Media Advisory: Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering to Host Panel on How Engineers are Joining the Ranks of Newly-Minted Entrepreneurs

November 30, 2007

Contact: Chriss Swaney
Carnegie Mellon
(412) 268-5776

EVENT: Carnegie Mellon University's Jonathan Cagan will moderate a panel discussion on how engineers have "the right stuff" to be entrepreneurs. Cagan, a professor of mechanical engineering and author of several books about successful product design, will lead a panel of professional engineers in a discussion about how the love of risk and a tolerance for hard work are some of the key ingredients to entrepreneurial success.

Other panel participants include Dan Tis, a chemical engineer with ownership interests in Pittsburgh-based S/D Engineers, Loftus Engineers, Core Technologies and SE Technologies; Alicia Avick, a mechanical engineer and president of Advantus Engineers; and Charles Toran, a mechanical engineer and president of Sci-Tek Environmental Services.

WHEN: Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4.

WHERE: Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, 337 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222.

About Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science, robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities. More than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors. While technology is pervasive on its 144-acre Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon is also distinctive among leading research universities for the world-renowned programs in its College of Fine Arts. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Qatar, and programs in Asia, Australia and Europe. For more, see www.cmu.edu.