Susan L. Korpela

1978 年获得化学工程学士学位后，Susan Korpela 加入了 3M 公司，从事工业和汽车应用粘合剂产品的工作，提供产品/工艺开发和技术服务。她在汽车行业担任过多个管理职位，包括收购、全球合资企业和新技术商业化。

在她的整个职业生涯中，她真正的热情在于 K-12 STEM 教育，认识到 1974 年女性工程研讨会对她的生活的重要性。Sue 曾多次担任辅导员、榜样和演讲者，并获得了 3M 基金会/3M Gives 资金（2011-2014 年每年 2.5 万美元），该资金为圣保罗市的女性工程夏季青年计划提供了奖学金和交通服务，明尼苏达的学生。此外，她还安排 3M 每年参加 Tech 组织的底特律地区青年工程和科学博览会（是的！）

In another outreach program, Sue facilitated collaboration between 3M Visiting Wizards and Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers, encouraging early student interest in STEM.在 Mind Trekkers 计划的开发过程中，Sue 提供了与 3M Visiting Wizards 计划的信息和联系，并获得了超过 4,000 美元的资金。

意识到技术教育的重要性，她在毕业后继续参与校园活动，从招聘开始。 Sue has been active with the chemical engineering department, serving on the Industrial Advisory Board for six years and was named to the Chemical Engineering Academy in 2013. She also served four years on the Corporate Advisory Board for Institutional Diversity where she was the co-chair of the education subcommittee.

Sue connected her 3M network to her Michigan Tech network on multiple occasions. Within the chemical engineering department, she organized meetings between professors and Tech alumni at 3M and had interactions leading to two 3M non-tenured Faculty Grants, Jason Keith and Keat Ong. She worked closely with Tony Rogers on Enterprise commercialization teams, providing 3M products, consultation, and student development mentoring. When a research project led by Julie King required a special extruder, Sue coordinated the use of 3M pilot plant process equipment. She recently even extended her reach to the mechanical engineering department, working with Jeff Allen to facilitate funded participation in a 3M-secured Department of Energy grant for fuel-cell development.

苏是校友会（生活）、总统俱乐部和校友主席委员会的成员。

摘自 2015 年校友奖入职计划