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Johnson and Johnson,
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Matt Lonnstrom, BS ’00
Motorola Semiconductor Products,
Austin, Texas
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I trained in various
laboratories (metallurgy, polymers,
chemistry). Now I work in the metallurgical
lab, performing such tests as failure analysis
and X-ray residual stress. Without the
fundamental information I gained from MSU,
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I would not have the position I am in today.
Heather Pesek, BS ’99
Ford Motor Company,
Dearborn, Michigan
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