ET Faculty & Staff
- Engineering Technology Department Chair
- Civil Engineering Technology Faculty
- Electrical Engineering Technology Faculty
- Mechanical Engineering Technology Faculty
- Civil Engineering Technology Staff
- Electrical Engineering Technology Staff
- Mechanical Engineering Technology Staff
- Engineering Technology Student Employees
Engineering Technology Organizational Chart (.pdf)
Department Chair
Mr. Richard Pozzi, M.S., M.B.A., Full-Time Faculty, Chair
B. S., Illinois Institute of Technology, M. S., University of Colorado, M.B.A., University of Phoenix; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Professor Richard Pozzi is the Chair of the Engineering Technology Department at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He has served Metro State since 2002 in adjunct and visiting professor positions for the Electrical Engineering Technology Program. After rising to the top in the search process in 2008 he became tenure track faculty and Chair of Engineering Technology. Professor Pozzi brings to the position of Chair over thirty years experience in various management and engineering positions from employment with Nortel Networks, Bell System that was spun off into U.S. West, and Western Electric Corporation. While at Nortel he developed a Managed IP Voice and Data Product solution for California School Systems. Some of Professor Pozzi’s various job titles have been: Director of Systems Engineering and Sales Support, Senior Systems Engineer, Acting Director Network Architecture, Senior Network Architect, Project Manager for Electronic Library, Director Mechanized Information Systems, Director Planning and Administrative Services, Director Inventory Management, Manager Business Services, and Field Engineer. Mr. Pozzi enjoys golf, grandkids and running in his time off. |
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Civil Engineering Technology Faculty
Jeno Balogh, Ph.D., Full-Time Faculty
B.S. and M.S., Technical University of Budapest; Ph.D., Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Zsuzsa (Susan) Balogh, M.S., Full-Time Faculty, Advisor, CET Coordinator
B.S., M.S., Technical University of Budapest; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Guy Heyl, J.D., Affiliate Faculty
B.S., Kansas State University; J.D., University of Kansas. Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Linda Himmelbauer, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S. Chemistry, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Master of Public Administration, University of Alaska; Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Richard Potter, M.S., P.E., Affiliate Faculty
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Dale L. Rowlison, M.S., M.B.A., P.E., Affiliate Faculty
B.S.C.E., and M.S.C.E., Montana State University; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh; P.E. registered in CA, CO, PA, and WI. Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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W. Robert Talbot, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S. - Geology, University of Washington, B.S. - Oceanography, University of Washington, M.S. - Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, P.D.* - Hydrogeology, Colorado School of Mines, P.D.* - Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, (* = Post-Master's Professional Degree.); Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Runing Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., Full-Time Faculty
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder; M.Sc., Applied Mechanics, Colorado School of Mines; B.Sc., Hydraulic Engineering, Chendu University of Science and Technology, China. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Harold F. Zimbelman, M.S., P.E., Affiliate Faculty
B.S.A.E., M.S.A.E., and M.S.E.E., University of Colorado; Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Electrical Engineering Technology Faculty
Avinash Agarwal, M.S., Full-Time Faculty
B.S., India Institute of Technology; M.S., Southern Illinois University; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Christopher Amo-Quarm, Ph.D., Affiliate Faculty
Ph.D. & M.Phil, Electrical Engineering, Graduate School University Center/CUNY; M.E. & B.S., Electrical Engineering, City College of New York; B.S., Physics/Mathematics, University of Science and Technology, Ghana; Certificate Program in Unix Systems C/C++ Programming, Pace University; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Melvin E. Capehart, M.S., Professor Emeritus Faculty
B.S., University of Illinois; M.S.E.E., University of Colorado; Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Joseph P. Clark, M.S., Retired
B.A., University of Colorado; M.S.E., University of Colorado; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Naveen Dutta, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S., Punjab Engineering College; M.S., Southern Illinois University
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Ralph N. Jones, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S.E.E., Georgia Tech; M.S.Ae.E., USAF Institute of Technology. Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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| Ralph N. Jones received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Georgia Tech in 1962 and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree from the U. S. Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1964. He served four years as an Air Force officer at what is now called the National Aerospace Intelligence Center (NAIC), analyzing foreign weapon systems and estimating their capabilities. His expertise as a civilian includes time in Huntington Beach, California where he worked on projects such as McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics’ Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). In Denver years of expertise come from the time employed Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon at Buckley Air Force Base tracking satellites, processing downloaded satellite data, and performing control, operation and failure analysis of space-qualified hardware. As a technical writer he has written documents on projects involving command/control and signal processing systems, and user manuals for a publisher of civil engineering and animation software. As an Affiliate Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering technology at Metro State he brings these years of expertise in the aerospace industry into the classroom. |
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Bradley E. McGarvey, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.A., Mathematics, University of Colorado; M.S., Computer Science and Engineering University of Colorado; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Minh Nguyen, M.E.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.E.E., M.E.S., Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Clifton P. Oertli, M.S., E.I.T., Affiliate Faculty
B.S., M.S., Colorado School of Mines; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Megan E Paciaroni, Ph.D., Full-Time Faculty, EET Program Coordinator
B.S., University of Houston; M.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Dr. Megan E. Paciaroni is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. Dr. Paciaroni earned her doctorate in Engineering Systems (Electrical Specialty) with a minor in Physics from the Colorado School of Mines in the spring of 2004, and completed postdoctoral research at the Lund Institute of Technology in Lund, Sweden. Her general areas of interest include laser diagnostics, imaging systems, geometric and physical optics, and electromagnetic fields and waves. She has an established relationship with the combustion research facilities at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenberg Sweden and at Lund Institute of Technology. She is a member of the Optical Society of America and the International Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. In her association with the Colorado School of Mines, she worked as a Teaching Fellow and a Research and Teaching Assistant. During her work as a systems engineer at the NASA Johnson Space Center, she worked as a member of the Space Shuttle simulator upgrade team responsible for conversion of simulator voice/communications software from mainframes to microcomputers. Dr. Paciaroni joined the Metro State team full-time in the Fall 2008 semester. |
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Gary Price, M.S., P.E., Affiliate Faculty
B.S., North Dakota State University; M.S.E.E., University of Colorado; M.B.A., University of Denver; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Duane B. Swigert, M.B.A., Full-Time Faculty
B.S., University of Colorado, M.B.A., University of Denver; Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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David M. Williams, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S., Iowa State University, M.S.E.E., University of Colorado at Boulder; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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David M. Williams (“Dave”) works in the Colorado Front Range area as an independent consulting Electrical Engineer working in new product development and embedded systems. His background and technical-interests includes: electronic hardware design, writing embedded microprocessor firmware, analog design and digital design with programmable logic (FPGA). He has over 20 years of engineering design and electronic product development experience, having worked and consulted for many Colorado Front range companies, including medical product development, automotive manufacturing, aerospace, renewable energy research and development, and data storage industries. Dave was an operating partner in a Boulder-based contract engineering firm and was a presenter at the 2001 Embedded Systems Conference held in San Francisco, co-authoring a tutorial on designing digital filters in programmable logic devices. In the mid 1990's Dave worked in renewable energy research and development and has one U. S. patent award for a solar powered (PV), remote water desalination system. This experimental water system was successfully deployed and operated on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Dave has also worked on solar- and thermal-renewable energy projects for NREL, DOE and Sandia National Labs. He also enjoys entering embedded system design contests and in 2005 was recognized in the magazine Circuit Cellar Ink for his embedded system approach to printed circuit board and IC testing. Dave likes to bring an industry perspective to his courses, which he has enjoyed teaching at the college level for over 10 years. |
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Zhikai (James) Xie, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Beijing Polytechnic University, China, M.S. Computer Science, Saint Joseph’s University, Advanced Studies in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Mechanical Engineering Technology Faculty
Aaron Brown, M.S., Full-Time Faculty
B.S., California State University-Chico; M.S., University of Colorado-Boulder; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |  |
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John Chart, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
M.S. & B.S. Metallurgy, Pennsylvania State University; B.S. Computer Science, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Frantisek Grund, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
M.S.E., VUT University of Brno, Czech Republic; Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Mingli He, Ph.D., P.E., MET Coordinator, Full-Time Faculty
B.S., Nanjing Aeronautical Institute; M.S., Ph.D., University of Central Florida; Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Stephen Hevert, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S.M.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and M.S.M.E., California State University, Long Beach. Certified Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute; Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Mr. Hevert has over 25 years of professional experience in the aerospace industry supporting the design, development and production of chemical propulsion systems for spacecraft and missile systems. Between 1990 and 1995, he did additional post-graduate studies in the Center for Combustion Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Areas of academic interest include space vehicle propulsion systems, fluid dynamics, and management of engineering projects. In addition to teaching part-time in the MET department, Mr. Hevert is currently a Senior Staff Engineer for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, specializing in space vehicle propulsion systems. |
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Peter Higgins, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S. in physics, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, and attended Ph.D. graduate schools in both Space Science and Acoustics at Rice University and U of H; Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Mr. Higgins has a B.S. in physics, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, and attended Ph.D. graduate schools in both Space Science and Acoustics at Rice University and U of H. He has served as chief engineer of both a manufacturer of marine navigational aids and for a manufacturer of large valve actuators. He was vice president of an international fluid flow modelling company, then president of a computer modelling company serving energy clients. He was responsible for constructing NASA's solar weather forecast network, and served as the Console Coordinator for the Space Environment Console in the Mission Control Center for Project Gemini. |
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Ralph N. Jones, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
B.S.E.E., Georgia Tech; M.S.Ae.E, USAF Institute of Technology; Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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| Ralph N. Jones received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Georgia Tech in 1962 and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree from the U. S. Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1964. He served four years as an Air Force officer at what is now called the National Aerospace Intelligence Center (NAIC), analyzing foreign weapon systems and estimating their capabilities. His expertise as a civilian includes time in Huntington Beach, California where he worked on projects such as McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics’ Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). In Denver years of expertise come from the time employed Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon at Buckley Air Force Base tracking satellites, processing downloaded satellite data, and performing control, operation and failure analysis of space-qualified hardware. As a technical writer he has written documents on projects involving command/control and signal processing systems, and user manuals for a publisher of civil engineering and animation software. As an Affiliate Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering technology at Metro State he brings these years of expertise in the aerospace industry into the classroom. |
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Joseph J. Krupar, Ph.D., Affiliate Faculty
B.S., Cleveland State University; M.S. Physical Metallurgy, University of Denver; Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines; Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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| Dr. Joseph J. Krupar received his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering
with a minor in Statistics and Engineering Design from Colorado
School of Mines in January 1973. Upon graduation he worked for the
Atomic Energy Commission which evolved into the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE). He designed mixed oxide fuel (plutonium oxide/uranium
oxide), reactor cores, and fuels and materials experiments for Liquid
Metal Fast Breeder Reactors (LMFBR). He eventually became the
manager of an LMFBR named the Fast Flux Test Facility at the Hanford
Nuclear Site. He then was requested by DOE-HQ to come to Rocky Flats
as their Senior Site Representative to manage an organization that
conducted nuclear safety assessments at the site. This position
evolved with him being the director of a DOE-HQ organization that did
nuclear safety assessments at all the DOE nuclear sites in the U.S. | |
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Jose M. Lopez, M.S., Affiliate Faculty
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute; B.S., Aerospace Engineering, St. Louis University, Parks College of Engineering and Aviation; Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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"Professor Lopez is a retired Air Force
reserve officer and Engineer with over 35 years of experience in the
Aerospace Industry. His Air Force experience covered nuclear weapons,
the Minuteman and Peacekeeper ICBMs, and extensive work on military satellites.
Professor Lopez retired as an engineering manager from the Raytheon Company
(legacy Hughes) where he worked in a variety of space programs. Before
coming to Metro, he worked for the Lockheed-Martin company." |
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R. Keith Norwood, A.B.D., Full-Time Faculty
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.E., A.B.D., University of Virginia; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Paul Wesley Smith, Ph.D., Affiliate Faculty
B.S., M.S., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology; Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Paul has more than 35 years of experience in research and advanced product development. Dr. Smith spent 10 years with Seagate Technology in Longmont, Colorado, where he was primarily responsible for evaluating new data storage technologies under development throughout the company, and utilizing six-sigma processes to stage them for implementation in early engineering models. He was a member of the team that brought the world’s first notebook disk drive with perpendicular recording technology to the market. Prior to joining Seagate, Dr. Smith was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff for Research and Development at Applied Magnetics Corporation in Santa Barbara, California. In this position, he managed a group responsible for the advanced mechanical development of magnetic recording heads, worked on the transition from inductive to magneto-resistive technologies, and represented the company on the IDEMA standards committee. While living in Santa Barbara, Dr. Smith also found time to serve on the Board of Directors of the YMCA, and to chair their annual campaign for youth for two consecutive years. In this role, he led a team of over 200 volunteers in raising more than $300,000 for disadvantaged youth. His leadership was recognized in 2002 with the Dr. Paul Veazey award for significant service to youth. Paul holds a doctorate in Applied Mechanics from the California Institute of Technology (1988; Thesis: Considerations for the Design of Gas-Lubricated Slider Bearings), a Master of Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1973, Materials Science Option, Thesis: Determination of Defect Density and Distribution Using Magnetic Hysteresis Measurements) and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1972) | |
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William Rickard, M.B.A., Affiliate Faculty
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Phoenix, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), University of Phoenix, Certified Quality Manager (CMQ/OE), American Society of Quality (ASQ), Senior Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Professional (GDTP S-0128), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Dale L. Rowlison, M.S., P.E., Affiliate Faculty
B.S.C.E., and M.S.C.E., Montana State University; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh; P.E. registered in CA, CO, PA, and WI; Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. |
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Civil Engineering Technology Staff
Linda Succo, Full-Time Classified
Associates of General Studies in Multi-Media Graphic and Animation Technology, Red Rocks Community College; Associates of Arts, Red Rocks Community College; B.A. Technical Communications, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Administrative Assistant III of Engineering Technology. |
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David McCallum, Full-Time Classified
B.S.M.E. University of Maryland, College Park |
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Electrical Engineering Technology Staff
Keith J. Ball, B.S.E.E.T., Full-Time Classified, Electronic Specialist IV
B.S.E.E.T., Metropolitan State College of Denver; Electronic Specialist IV of Electrical Engineering Technology |
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Mr. Ball's classified position title is Electronic
Specialist IV. He has also served as a Certificate Contact Person
for the three certificates offered through Electrical Engineering
Technology. Interim Chair of Metro State’s Electrical Engineering
Technology Industrial Advisory Board 2000-2003.
While a full time (16-18 credits)student at Metro State from 1973-1978
he worked twenty to thirty-five hours a week as a mechanic for two
auto garages.
When Metro State moved on to the Auraria Campus in 1976 he was a
student employee for 2 months packing and unpacking labs.
In the Fall of 1978, while still a student, he accepted a half-time
temporary hourly position with Metro State.
He applied for and was hired into the full-time "Electronic
Specialist A" position at Metro State in April 1979. While employed
for Metro he received two promotional opportunities; "Electronic
Specialist B", then skipping one level to "Principal Electronic
Specialist". The state classified system has renamed the latter
first to "Telcom/Electronic Specialist IV" then to the
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Linda Succo, Full-Time Classified
Associates of General Studies in Multi-Media Graphic and Animation Technology, Red Rocks Community College; Associates of Arts, Red Rocks Community College; B.A. Technical Communications, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Administrative Assistant III Engineering Technology. |
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Mechanical Engineering Technology Staff
David McCallum, Full-Time Classified
B.S.M.E. University of Maryland, College Park |
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Linda Succo, Full-Time Classified
Associates of General Studies in Multi-Media Graphic and Animation Technology, Red Rocks Community College; Associates of Arts, Red Rocks Community College; B.A. Technical Communications, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Administrative Assistant III of Engineering Technology. |
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Engineering Technology Student Employees
Aaron Andrews
B.S. Civil Engineering Technology (In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Adam Beach, Student Electronic Specialist
B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology (In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Jasmine Bott
(In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Kelsey Card
Civil Engineering Technology (In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Patrick Kuretich, Student Electronic Specialist
B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology (In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Leah Perkins
History (In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Desiree Martin
(In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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PK McKenzie
(In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Greg Mular
Psychology (In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Vincent Spaziani, Student Electronic Specialist
B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology (In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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Arron M. Vance, Student Electronic Specialist
B.S. Civil Engineering Technology (In Progress), Metropolitan State College of Denver. |
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