Jim Croce, president and CEO of NextEnergy, Michigan\'s alternative energy organization, will be among eight alumni inducted into Wayne State's College of Engineering Hall of Fame. The six men and two women will be honored at the college\'s annual Night of the Stars, Nov. 30. Croce, a 1986 electrical and computer engineering graduate, has held his position at NextEnergy since November 2003. The other 2004 inductees are: Robert Fenech, senior vice president of nuclear, fossil and hydro operations at Consumers Power Co. in Jackson; Robert Thomas, professor of electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.; Susan Iwasiuk, director of truck product procurement and supply at DaimlerChrysler Corp.; Orest Iwasiuk, retired president of Teleflex Automotive Group in Troy; Barbara Samardzich, executive director for small front and rear drive vehicle platforms at Ford Motor Co.; Brian Geraghty, director of design analysis engineering at Ford Motor Co.; and Joseph Boelter, president and owner of Management Recruiters of Plymouth. Joseph Mantese, group manager of materials for Delphi Research Laboratories, will be receiving the college\'s Socius Collegii award, given to friends of the college for their dedication and support. Mantese is also an adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering and research collaborator with the smart sensor and integrated microsystem lab at the college.