IEOM Student Chapter at Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Chapter Advisors
- Dr. Ahad Ali
- Professor Don Reimer
Chapter Officers, 2025 – 2026
- President: Dinesh Thalla
- Vice President: Aditya Panchal
- General Secretary: Neel Panchal
- Treasurer:
- Director Social Media:
- Director of Program:
- Director of Activities:
- Director of Membership:
- Director of Communications:
Chapter Members, 2025 – 2026
- TBD
Activities: 2025-2026
Entrepreneurial and Innovation Seminar
April 30, 2026, Thursday, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Siemens Electro-Matic Industrial Engineering Lab – E108
A Certificate of Accomplishment will be provided
Registration: You can send an email Dr. Ahad Ali to sali@ltu.edu to register.
Venue:
Siemens Electro-Matic Industrial Engineering Lab (Room E108) – Bldg. # 9
Lawrence Technological University
21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075
View Map: http://www.ltu.edu/map/
Parking is free. You can park in parking lot G or E.
Topics
- Entrepreneurial Thinking and the Engineering Discipline
- Opportunity Recognition
- Painstorming as a recognition tool
- Business Incubation, Commercialization
- Opening a New Business & maintaining it.
- Patents and Trademarks
- Business Model Canvas – validation
- Value creation and engaging the customer
- Venture creation as a next step
Speaker
Professor Donald M. Reimer
Chief Operating Officer (COO) – IEOM Society
President, The Small Business Strategy Group
Adjunct Faculty at Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Professor Don Reimer is a Chief Operating Officer of the IEOM Society International, Southfield, Michigan, USA. He is a managing member of The Small Business Strategy Group, LLC, and working as an adjunct professor at Lawrence Technological University. Professor Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Detroit/Mercy. He has been recognized as a professional management consultant with over 45 years of experience in working with closely held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, management, corporate entrepreneurship, and innovation for engineers. Professor Reimer served as a member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. He has served as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation. He is a member of the Lawrence Tech Alumni Board of Directors and has been elected a Fellow of the IEOM Society International. Professor Reimer is a faculty advisor of the Student Chapter of the IEOM Society at Lawrence Tech. He visited 17 countries to organize IEOM conferences. Professor Reimer is coordinating IEOM student chapters around the world.
8th Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) Workshop
April 20, 2026, Monday, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Marburger Science and Engineering Auditorium – S100
http://ltu.edu/gdt-workshop/
Organized by: Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group and IEOM LTU Student Chapter
Registration Link: https://ltu.edu/academics-calendar/geometric-dimensioning-tolerancing-gdt-workshop-2026/
SPEAKER
John-Paul Belanger
President of Geometric Learning Systems
Rochester Hills, MichiganJohn-Paul Belanger is president of Geometric Learning Systems, based in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He is certified as a Senior-Level GD&T Professional by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Belanger has been a full-time GD&T instructor and consultant for 20 years, traveling throughout North America and Europe, helping corporate groups implement GD&T properly in design, manufacturing, and inspection activities. He holds a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, specializing in aircraft design and safety.
A Certificate of Accomplishment will be provided
Continue Education Unit (CEU) / Professional Development Unit (PDU) Credits will be available
Chapter Officers, 2024 – 2025
- President: Snehal Arun Barge
- Vice President: Dinesh Thalla
- General Secretary: Mohammed Idris Syed
- Treasurer: Fahad Ahmed Mohammed
- Director Social Media: Ramesh Babu
- Director of Program: Nithin Kumar
- Director of Activities: Arvind Undavalli
- Director of Membership: Komal Gurrala
- Director of Communications: Abhishej Raj
Chapter Members, 2024 – 2025
| No. | Student Name | Email ID |
| 1 | Snehal Barge | sbarge@ltu.edu |
| 2 | Komal Gurrala | kgurrala@ltu.edu |
| 3 | Advit Muley | amuley@ltu.edu |
| 4 | Jaivik Rami | jrami@ltu.edu |
| 5 | Shiva Sai Bodige | sbodige@ltu.edu |
| 6 | Abhishej Raj Thallapally | athllapa@ltu.edu |
| 7 | Ramesh Babu Munagala | rmunagala@ltu.edu |
| 8 | Arvind Undavalli | aundavall@ltu.edu |
| 9 | Karthik Arava | carava@ltu.edu |
| 10 | Neel Patel | npatel2@ltu.edu |
| 11 | Dheeraj Reddy Karnati | dkarnati@ltu.edu |
| 12 | Nithin Kumar Aili | naili@ltu.edu |
| 13 | Fahad Ahmed Mohammad | fmohammad@ltu.edu |
| 14 | Prateek Kavvampalli | pkavvampa@ltu.edu |
| 15 | Valeria Ortega | vortega@ltu.edu |
| 16 | Evelyn Roen | eroen@ltu.edu |
| 17 | Mohammed Idris Syed | msyed2@ltu.edu |
| 18 | Ahmed Mohammed Maqdoom | amoham10@ltu.edu |
| 19 | Joe Puranen | jpuranen@ltu.edu |
Chapter Officers: 2022 – 2023
- President: Sai Abhijith Medavarapu
- Vice President: Sushil Dev Kumar Shivkumar
- General Secretary: Nauman Abdul Muqeeth
- Treasurer: Bharani Beenamapally
- Director Social Media: Gunuguthi Harshavardhan Goud
- Director of Program/Activities: Anjan Kumar Kolluri
- Director of Membership: Sriram Kumar Maddu
- Director of Communications: M Jayanth
- Director of coordination: Ajaz Ahmed Khan
Student Volunteers / Members:
- Chaturya Gadde – cgadde@ltu.edu
- Sai Chand Gogishetty – sgogisett@ltu.edu
- Gouri Reddy – greddyred@ltu.edu
- Ankitha Prava – sprava@ltu.edu
- SVS Karthik – vsalada@ltu.edu
- Arjun Nallachery – anallache@ltu.edu
- Feroz Mohamed – Fmohammed@ltu.edu
- Vyoma Teja Sajja – vsajja@ltu.edu
- Sahithi Algaskhanpet – salgaskha@ltu.edu
- Sibin Mathew – smathew@ltu.edu
- Rohith Rapol – rrapol@ltu.edu
- Ahmad Mahir Faysal – afaysal@ltu.edu
Planned Activities: seminar, idea competition, design competition, simulation competition, industry
problem solution competition, alumni networking, resume workshop, presentation competition, final year
project competition, industry speakers, webinar, lean six sigma certification, SCM certification, project
management certification, etc.
Chapter Officers: 2019-2020
- President: Swapnamurti Wagh
- Vice President: Mrunal & Nikhil
- Director of Operations: Kaustubh & Abhishek
- Director of Publications: Nihar & Rahul
- Director of Communications: Vignesh
- Director of Organization: Jinendra
- Director of Membership: Shivkumar M
- Director of Webmaster/ Social Media: Sameena
Chapter Officers: 2018-2019
- President: Nihar Shirke
- Vice President: Kaustubh & Vignesh
- Director of Operations: Varun, Abhishek
- Director of Publications: Ammar
- Director of Communications: Santhosh
- Director of Organization: Jinendra
- Director of Membership: Shivkumar M
- Director of Webmaster/ Social Media: Rahul
Chapter Officers: 2017 – 2018
- President: Santosh Gudagunti
- Vice President: Harsh desai
- Vice President: Syed Ahmed
- Director of Operations: Pathik Patel
- Director of Communications: Balaraju Perecharla
- Director of Organization: Pankil Patel
- Director of Membership: Varun sridhar
- Director of Webmaster / Social Media: Vikas Mistry
- Director of Webmaster / Social Media: Qasim Kriri
- Volunteer Varun Ganapathy
- Volunteer Reshma
- Volunteer Viraal Anil Nemani
- Volunteer Ramani Av
- Volunteer Karthik Thitte
- Volunteer Manish Kumar Behera
- Volunteer Sridevi Kosuri
- Volunteer Monish Bipinchandra Jirge
- Volunteer Karthik Manav
- Volunteer Sayed Bashir Mohiuddun
- Volunteer Yousuf Ali Khan
- Volunteer Sai Dinesh Gummadi
- Volunteer Hariharan Sankaran
- Volunteer Aneeka Patel
- Volunteer Vamsikrishna Chalamalashetty
- Volunteer Narendra Reddy Venna
Photos
Student Group with Dr. Virinder K. Moudgil, President of Lawrence Technological University
Chapter Officers
Plant Visit at the Fraser Faurecia Plant
IEOM Chapter Student Members – 2018-2018
EMERGING AWARD of 2017-2018 in the Presidential Ball (Blue Devil Bash), April 6, 2018
EMERGING AWARD of 2017-2018 in the Presidential Ball (Blue Devil Bash), April 6, 2018
EMERGING AWARD of 2017-2018 in the Presidential Ball (Blue Devil Bash), April 6, 2018
Chapter Officers: 2016 – 2017
- President: Santosh Gudagunti
- Vice President: Harsh Desai and Syed Ahmed
- Director of Operations: Pathik Patel
- Director of Communications: Balaraju Perecharla
- Director of Organization: Pankil Patel
- Director of Membership: Varun Sridhar
- Director of Webmaster / Social Media: Vikas Mistry and Qasim Kriri
IEOM First Student Chapter is established at Lawrence Technological University on April 10, 2014
LTU Chapter First Meeting Presentation
Founding Chapter Officials – 2014-2015
Nirav Sheth, President, nsheth@ltu.edu
Parth Patel, Executive Vice President, ppatel@ltu.edu
Rajashekar Geddadi and Byri Anupam, VP Admin
Abhishek Baer, VP Member
Sanjeev Manjunathan and Shashank Bhojappa, VP Finance
Abass Enzi, VP Program
Dhrupesh Patel and Prithu Raj Kokkula, VP Web and Communication
Faculty Advisors
- Dr. Jacqueline Chestnut
- Professor Don Reimer
- Dr. Ahad Ali