Katy Anderson is a freelance contributor for Input Fort Wayne with nearly two decades of experience telling stories across Northeast Indiana. She loves following threads of conversation around town that lead to the people and moments you might otherwise miss. Her favorite stories highlight everyday residents doing quietly remarkable things—often without realizing just how interesting or inspiring they are.
“For our students, they are getting real-world, hands-on experiences working on key projects for innovative companies. For corporations and entrepreneurs, they are gaining access to facilities, research and development services that are making a difference on their bottom line. The regional economy here in Northeast Indiana benefits from both of these things.”
“It’s exciting from an engineering standpoint to bring in these earlier career engineers or big career engineers and have them get to work on some of the most sophisticated and important technologies for national defense. Hopefully, that will continue the push to continue to get more and more engineers and to bring people into the community to grow and expand.”