Professor Ryan Roeder ('90) teaches aerospace and mechanical engineering at Notre Dame. He has a Bachelors and PhD from Purdue University, and has recently revolutionized spinal surgery including improving outcomes for more than 600 patients through 1,200 implants.
When asked to be featured he said, "Hopefully a few more kids from Bremen can be inspired to take chances on big dreams, or to at least prepare themselves for dreams they don't even know they have yet!"
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