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A headshot of Ronnie Karanjia wearing a gray suit with a purple tie, standing in front of a white background.

Oct 22, 2025

5 Questions with Ronnie Karanjia

Ronnie Karanjia, ISE alum, is a finance expert with academic roots at UNC and NC State, later leading risk roles at major banks, the Fed and Citigroup.
Louis Martin-Vega is standing outside of Page Hall on NC State's Main Campus.

Oct 28, 2024

5 Questions with Louis Martin-Vega

We asked former College of Engineering dean Louis Martin-Vega to share his experience and wisdom with the NC State ISE community.
Dick Franklin, Wanda Franklin and Dick Bernhard standing in front of a red background

Oct 18, 2023

5 Questions with Dick Franklin

ISE alum Dick Franklin shared his wealth of experience and knowledge from a 37-year career in telecommunications.
5 Questions with Anita Vila

Oct 24, 2022

5 Questions with Anita Vila

ISE alumna Anita Vila shared her wealth of experience and knowledge from a career in healthcare, education and technology.
5 Questions with | Tiffany Chin Moore | NC State ISE | inGear Magazine

Oct 25, 2021

5 Questions with Tiffany Chin Moore

ISE alumna Tiffany Chin Moore, BSIE '01, shares the wisdom and experience from a 20+ year career in manufacturing.
5 Questions with | Angela Colden Lanning | NC State ISE | inGear Magazine

Mar 17, 2021

5 Questions with Angela Colden Lanning

ISE alumna Angela Colden Lanning, BSIE '92, shares the wisdom and experience from a career in healthcare at Premier Healthcare Alliance.
5 Questions with William "Bill" Burton

Oct 28, 2020

5 Questions with William “Bill” Burton

ISE alumnus William "Bill" Burton uses his NC State industrial and systems engineering degree to improve the performance of Duke University Hospital.

5 Questions with Patrick Murray

Mar 25, 2020

5 Questions with Patrick Murray

Patrick Murray started as a co-op at Intel while at NC State and was hired full-time upon graduation. He held several positions over the next 30 years.

5 Questions with Rick Coffey | inGear Fall 2019

Oct 23, 2019

5 Questions with Rick Coffey

Hometown: Wilkesboro, NCGraduation Class: BSIEFMM, 1978Career Overview: After graduating from NC State, Rick Coffey began his career with Stanley Furniture in Virginia. At the age of 24, he became Stanley’s…
5 Questions with Misha Dawson

Mar 20, 2019

5 Questions with Misha Dawson

  Hometown: Fayetteville, NC Graduation Class: BSIE, 1995 Career Overview: Early in my career, I worked as an industrial engineer for Siemens Energy and Automation and Nokia Mobile Phones. For…