true01/20/2026 12:26:03 PMThe Human Side of MetalRob Ernesti, center, poses with his family at MetalWorks as he was awarded the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award for the Milford Campus. Rob Ernesti, center, accepts his 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award for the Milford Campus surrounded by his family. Rob Ernesti, center, poses with his family at MetalWorks as he was awarded the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award for the Milford Campus. It is hard for Rob Ernesti to hear people praise him for the successful business he and his partner Doug Swanson founded in 1997. He had to do just that when he was awarded the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award for the Milford Campus. AlumniManufacturing Engineering TechnologyMilford