Trends in Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing is one of the major wealth producing sectors of the world economy with a direct and powerful impact on the quality of life of everyone. The field of manufacturing has undergone dramatic changes during the past decade. Read More

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Shendorah Nalls
For instance, Shendorah Nalls, a recent MFE graduate, went to work for the Boeing Aircraft Company in St. Louis, Missouri. She started work as a manufacturing engineer in the Harpoon Cruise Missile factory. After a few years, Boeing paid for her to get a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree in the evenings. When she completed her degree, Boeing promoted her to a management position in the F-18 Fighter aircraft division. She is now getting a PhD in leadership at night, for which Boeing is paying her tuition.

Recently, Boeing selected her out of 500 applicants to be an Enterprise Auditor (grooming for top management – salaries and stock options in the range of $1.2 to $2.3 million/year). She is now in a training program for that position where she audits Boeing’s manufacturing facilities worldwide. Shendorah says, “I have an advantage at Boeing because I grew up in poverty. When times get tough at Boeing, I know what to do, because I am no stranger to tough times.”

She enjoys being part of the Boeing team. Her grades were so good at Central State that she received a Boeing tuition scholarship her Junior and Senior year. She had seven job offers as a graduating Senior in MFE. She has certainly done a lot in the four years since graduating from Central State.

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