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Alumnus Interviewed by the Financial Times

Alumnus Arun Luykx (B.S. '07, electrical engineering and M.S. '10, materials science and engineering) was recently interviewed by the Financial Times about his journey from an engineering education at the Clark School to working on a masters degree in general management at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium while planning to launch his own magazine. In the story, Luykx explains why he feels engineers are good candidates for management positions and entrepreneurial endeavors, and what his business school experience has been like.

Read "Engineering success" on the Financial Times' web site »

Published December 14, 2012

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