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COVER STORY: Top Supporters of Historically Black College and University Engineering Programs................................. 16 Private and public employers that deans of ABET-accredited HBCU engineering programs consider to be most supportive

FEATURE: HBCU-MI Workforce Champ Retires........................33 Thirty years ago, Boeing’s Oliver (Bo) Leslie saw opportunity for HBCU/MI students to work on applied and productrelated areas.

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People and Events....................7 Leaders and rising stars making commendable efforts in the STEM world

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mployers featured in USBE&IT magazine’s Spring issue have one thing in common: Their mission areas, regardless of their sectors, are about young people like you taking them to the future.

In “One on One,” Lt Gen Robert Ferrell, chief information officer, U.S. Army, tells us that he expects your support as the service works on building its technology, educating new cyber professionals, and strengthening the security of networks. Gen. Ferrell is overseeing transformation of the Signal Corps.

From day one, preparing students to meet future workforce needs captivated Oliver “Bo” Leslie, who is retiring as program manager for Historically Black Colleges/Universities and Minority Institutions at Boeing. Over an almost 40-year career, his efforts mushroomed, providing a vehicle for reaching HBCUs and minority institutions across America and preparing people like you who will build Boeing’s jetliners, satellites, electronic and defense systems and create the technology of the future.

Leslie won the BEYA for Affirmative Action in Supplier Diversity in 2008 and his citation praised his accomplishments in bringing about possibilities for Boeing and HBCU-Minority Institutions, to take part in what Leslie called the “technological paradigm shift.”

That shift saw Boeing earn the No. 1 spot on USBE&IT’s “Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools” list three years in a row. In 2006, records show that Boeing campus hires were almost double that of the previous year and the company increased its sub-contracting dollars spent at HBCU-MIs by 35 percent.

John Lee, VP of the office for access and success at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, told “On Campus” with more than 100 patents issued to HBCUs since 1970, including 17 in 2012, the expectation is that you will be part of the roster of students, researchers, scientists and inventors at HBCUs—perhaps someday mirroring the accomplishments of inventors like Granville Woods, Garrett Morgan and George Washington Carver, Mark Dean, Lonnie G. Johnson and James E. West.

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PROFILES IN INNOVATION We celebrate the men and women who are reinventing and reenergizing STEM, business, and government.

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INNOVATIVE LEADERS AND RISING STARS

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S Black and Information Technology magazine strives to recognize innovative leaders and rising stars who are making commendable efforts in the STEM world. Here are three men who have recently made huge accomplishments and reached major milestones in their careers and education.

Dr. Joseph L. Wright named chair of pediatrics at Howard University Dr. Joseph Wright is one of the nation’s leading pediatricians, and will now chair the department of pediatrics at Howard University.

In this new position, Dr. Wright will advance pediatric research, continue to develop innovative Dr. Joseph Wright educational opportunities for trainees, realign clinical services for children and expand advocacy initiatives.

Dr. Wright has been highly recognized throughout his career.

Aside from being inducted into Delta Omega, the nation’s public health honor society, he received the Shining Star award from the Starlight Foundation, the Fellow Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for exceptional contributions in injury prevention and the Distinguished Service Award from the AAP Section on Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Wright is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in bio-psychology. He earned his medical degree from Rutgers University Biomedical and Health Sciences/New Jersey Medical School.

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Recent Robotics Graduate, Bertram LaRose, Lands First Job in Engineering at 54

Tennessee State University student Jeremiah T. Cooper named 2014 HBCU All-Star

BCCC Professor of Business, Management and Technology Alton Smith (left) and June 2013 Robotics Technology graduate Bertram LaRose

Achieving one of his biggest accomplishments, 54-year-old Bertram LaRose recently graduated from Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) with an Associate of Applied Science degree. Just last fall he was selected for one of BCCC’s new STEM scholarships endorsed by the National Science Foundation. Immediately after his graduation, LaRose received a job offer from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, where he works as a high-speed train technician on Metro’s Automatic Train Control System (ATC). In this position, LaRose looks for minor malfunctions and performs routine maintenance on the ATC system’s electronic and electrical components.

Originally from Guyana, LaRose emigrated to the United States in 1990.

He received his initial associate degree from Technical Career Institutes in New York City.

Jeremiah T. Cooper, Tennessee State University ’16

Jeremiah Cooper, sophomore Computer Science major at Tennessee State University was named the 2014 HBCU All-Star by the White House Initiative, which rewards HBCU students for their dedication to academics, leadership and civil engagement.

Cooper, who was among 75 allstars selected from 445 undergraduates, graduates and professionals, will serve as an ambassador of the White House Initiative and will provide outreach and communication amongst his peers about the value of education.

Cooper obtained a 3.74 GPA and is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He is also a youth leader, mentor and advocate with the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church youth council.

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PROFILES IN INNOVATION We celebrate the men and women who are reinventing and reenergizing STEM, business, and government.

One on One

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FROM PRIVATE E-1 TO ARMY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICE G-6

Army CIO Lieutenant General Robert S. Ferrell poses with two West Point cadets at the 2014 BEYA STEM Career Fair in Washington, D.C.

Taking the Army to the Future

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t. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell is stepping into very large shoes.

Not only is his career the fulfillment of a 70-year family tradition of military service—the first general officer, now with three stars on his shoulders—he succeeds to a post as chief information officer in which he gets to oversee the transformation of a storied branch of the U.S. Army: the Signal Corps.

To an outsider unfamiliar with the opportunities available in today’s education-focused, technology-centered military, Buck Private Ferrell’s path to lieutenant general was not the typical journey, but filled with determination for achievement and lifelong learning. He joined the Army in 1977—”seven, seven, seventy-seven,” as he puts it—and rose to the rank of sergeant as he completed two years of college study at Fayetteville State University.

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knew then the importance of getting an education. When his enlistment ended, the young Bob Ferrell went on to finish his B.S. studies at Hampton University, with enough credits to enroll as a junior. While at Hampton, Ferrell continued his military career as a Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet and member of the National Guard where he participated in a program that allowed him to keep his sergeant’s pay while he matriculated at the university. Upon graduation in 1983, Ferrell returned to active service as a second lieutenant, beginning his long climb into the Army’s top echelons.

A Golden Moment That by itself constitutes a story worth emulation by many a young career-climber. When Lt. Gen. Ferrell stood at attention during promotion ceremonies to accept his third star, his father and uncle, 80-plus-year-old warriors who, between them, had seen service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, mounted the stairs to join him on the platform.

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in the New Jersey Shore area, achieved his lifelong ambition to follow his forbearers into military service, described the scene in an interview. “It was the proudest moment of my life.”

But that interview also made it clear that Ferrell doesn’t spend a lot of time looking backward. The career path he’s blazed kept him far too busy for that.

Ferrell, who holds Master of Science degrees in administration from Central Michigan University and in strategy from the Army War College, has served at several Army posts, including the United States, Korea, Europe, Bosnia and Iraq.--At each assignment, Lt. Gen. Ferrell met challenges head on, and has served in a variety of leadership roles from platoon leader to Army major subordinate commander. His unique assignments have given him the opportunity to travel across the globe to Africa, Afghanistan, Russia, China, Vietnam, Australia, South America, and other places many people only dream of traveling to.

Giant Steps in His Career Among other accomplishments, the young officer Ferrell earned his master parachutist wings and served as operations officer and communications-electronics officer, second Battalion, seventh Special Forces Group (Airborne); and captain assignments officer with the Signal Branch Army Personnel Command before stepping up as aide-de-camp to the Secretary of the Army. Ferrell went on to become assistant division signal officer at the 82d Airborne Division; executive officer of the 82nd Signal Battalion; operations officer of the seventh Signal Brigade, fifth Signal Command; aide-de-camp to the commanding general, V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army in Germany before he returned to the Pentagon to serve as military assistant to the executive secretary, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

During the Iraq war, Lt. Gen. Ferrell served as military assistant to the director of the Coalition Provisional Authority’s program management office for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Ferrell bounced back to the Pentagon to be chief of the programs division of the Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison.

After serving as an Army senior fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, he became director of Army modernization, and strategic communication for the Army Capabilities Integration Center-Forward, Army Training and Doctrine Command. Following that assignment, Ferrell served as director for C4 Systems (Command, Control, Communications and Computers) for the U.S. Africa Command.

Medals and Ribbons and Then Some Decorations followed all that heavy-duty service: The Distinguished Service Medal, two awards of the Defense Superior Service Medal, three citations for the Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star, six Meritorious Service Medal citations, six Army Commendation Medal citations, and two Army Achievement Medal citations.

His vast experiences prepared him for the incredible mission that lied ahead: Overseeing $10 billion worth of investments in information technology at a time when the United States--especially its military arms--is under intense assault by foreign agencies attempting to penetrate the Pentagon’s www.blackengineer.com

Lt. Gen. Robert Ferrell, chief information officer, United States Army, at the BEYA STEM Conference.

deepest secrets and prise out the capabilities of the most modern weapons systems, strategic plans, and tactical operations the world has ever seen.

Priorities for the New CIO Army public affairs officer Andricka Thomas put it this way: “With cyber defense and the network being a top priority for Army and DoD, the work that gets done out of the general’s area of responsibility is truly vital to the Army’s future. Building the Army’s network capacity in IT and cyber defense; educating and training a new generation of cyber and IT professionals within our military and civilian ranks; and identifying and reducing network vulnerabilities to strengthen the security of our network . . . in all those mission areas, I expect the young people of today will support as they take our Army into the future.

“There is much work to be done. The Army is consolidating data centers, increasing bandwidths at our posts, camps and stations and looking at moving services to the cloud using our Defense Information Systems Agency’s services. It’s a joint effort.”

Interviewed by phone from a post in Hawaii during a whirlwind tour of units in the Pacific theater, Ferrell listed his priorities: • Maintain support to our deployed forces and set conditions to transition to a regionally aligned Army; • Providing Signal capabilities to the force; building an integrated and unified trained and ready military and civilian cyber/signal workforce that will meet today’s and tomorrow’s requirements; • Enhancing the Army’s cyber capabilities. This includes assisting the Army with standing up a cyber career field, establishing a Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia, setting up a Cyber & Signal School, and establishing Cyber Protection Teams, all of which open up a whole new realm of career opportunities; • Expanding enterprise capabilities and improving information sharing from posts, camps, and stations down to the tactical edge; USBE&IT I SUMMER 2014 9

“Building the Army’s capacity in IT and cyber, educating and training a new generation of cyber and IT professionals, reducing vulnerabilities to strengthen security of our network ... in all those mission areas, I expect our young people will support as they take our Army into the future.”

— Lt. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell

• Increasing network throughput—boosting bandwidth for the Army network backbone to 100 Gigabytes per second, increasing installations to 10-gigabyte transmission speeds— and ensuring capacity to optimize operations and eliminate constraints; • Strengthening network operations and increasing security, which is key for minimizing external and insider threats; and • Taking care of the Army’s people.

The following other activities—bringing other young achievers along—probably never occurred to him.

Asked about Army support for students interested in careers, either in civilian service or in uniform, Ferrell cited a plethora of programs.

• The Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) activities, for students in K-12 schools, undergraduate and graduate schools include STEM competitions, internships, provision of teacher resources, scholarships and fellowships, aimed at students of all proficiency levels.

• For students in kindergarten to middle school, AEOP offers experiences in mobile discovery centers, housed in 18-wheel tractor-trailer rigs that travel across the country to present programs designed to show young people that studying science and math can be fun.

• The Junior Solar Sprint program is a design engineering challenge in which 4th- to 8th-grade students race solar electric cars they’ve designed and built. It promotes teamwork and problem-solving skills, investigation of environmental issues, and development of hands-on engineering skills.

• The eCybermission program is a Web-based science, mathematics and technology competition for 6th- to 9thgrade students to promote self-discovery and enable all students to recognize the real-life applications of science, math and technology. Teams propose solutions to real problems in their communities and compete for regional and national awards.

• The Research & Engineering Apprenticeship Program (REAP) lets high-school juniors and seniors participate in a hands-on summer research experience through mentoring in university laboratories.

Lt. Gen. Robert Ferrell, chief information officer, United States Army, left with Dr. Eric Sheppard, dean of the Hampton University School of Engineering and Technology at the BEYA STEM Conference.

juniors and seniors to conduct research with Army-funded principal investigators as mentors in university labs.

• The Gains in the Education of Mathematics & Science program gives students in 7th- to 12th grades opportunities to participate in internships for one to four weeks in Army laboratories and learn technical skills. Advanced courses in subsequent years build on the prior experience.

Visit www.usaeop.com/programs to learn about these and other Army programs for students.

Lt. Gen. Ferrell’s career is a shining example of the many opportunities available to young men and women who desire to serve our country. He emphasizes that these opportunities are available both in and out of uniform. “It’s about education, setting goals, striving for excellence in everything you do, and having a mentor or someone that can help guide you through your journey.

But most important, the key to success is having a passion for what you do!”

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EXTREME SCIENCE INTERNSHIPS

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ohns Hopkins University and Morgan State University have joined forces in a new program designed to combine the strengths of both institutions to benefit their students and faculty members.

The “Extreme Science Internships” (ESI) program will build a bridge between science and engineering students at Morgan State and faculty and researchers at the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI) at the Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering, as well as other universities, laboratories and research institutes across nine states and Germany. Researchers at HEMI advance the fundamental science associated with materials and structures under extreme conditions, such as high-velocity impact.

Through the five-year, $500,000 internship program, Morgan State undergraduate and graduate students will spend eight to 15 weeks working with researchers and scholars at HEMI and 14 other institutions that are part of the Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments (MEDE) alliance. The funding also supports students working in internships at Morgan State in preparation for external internships next summer.

Funding for ESI is provided by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory through HEMI as part of the Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments Collaborative Research Alliance. The program’s first eight students will begin work this summer— three at Johns Hopkins, two at the California Institute of Technology, one at Drexel University, one at the Southwest Research Institute (Texas) and one at the Ernst Mach Institute in Germany. The student interns will work on projects involving computational mechanics, high-energy density physics, molecular dynamics, computational sciences, multi-scale materials research and more.

Jaime Arribas Starkey-El, a 20-year-old Morgan State junior from Baltimore, is looking forward to the opportunity.

“I am really attracted to Caltech’s interdisciplinary culture and small size; their research ecosystem is among the best in the

INNOVATION IN THE FAST LANE AT HBCUS If someday you’re eating peanuts and they don’t spark an allergic reaction, think about innovation occurring at an HBCU. Or if your vehicle, supported by an artificial intelligence valet system, can find its own parking space and avoid collisions, think once again about innovation at an HBCU. Those represent two examples in a chest of technological innovation occurring on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Statistics show that the 105 institutions with that designation produce 23 percent of all bachelor’s degrees, 13 percent of all master’s degrees and 20 percent of all first professional degrees earned each year by African American students.

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world. The faculty consists of top scientists who are extremely passionate about what they do. I aspire to go there for my graduate studies,” said Starkey-El, an engineering physics major.

“Through the Extreme Science Internship program, I hope to make meaningful contributions to science and to make great connections in the process.”

T.E. Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins, sees the program in the larger context of Johns Hopkins Engineering’s mission to make a positive impact on the world.

“In my view, the quality that defines the academic pursuit of engineering is its power to move beyond the traditional boundaries of universities to solve real-world problems and to make life better for people,” Schlesinger said. “It is partnerships such as this new one between Johns Hopkins and Morgan State that will allow us to do important work that makes a difference.

The incredible global needs of the 21st century demand such strategic collaborations.”

Alvin P. Kennedy, interim dean of the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences at Morgan State, agreed.

“The JHU-Morgan Extreme Science Internship program enables us to redefine the model for undergraduate and graduate research opportunities. The antiquated model of simply sending students to institutions with no previous research experience is not viable in today’s competitive global STEM ecosystem,” Kennedy said.

K.T. Ramesh, director of HEMI, considers the program a “major investment” in the future.

“Scientists understand the world. Engineers change it.

Our aim is to educate the people who will change our world,” Ramesh said. “Just as important, Johns Hopkins and Morgan both are dedicated to engaging with and supporting Baltimore City and the state, and this program presents a concrete example of that commitment.”

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and global importance, and HBCU faculty and students are advancing solutions to breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, and Parkinson’s disease,” said John Michael Lee Jr., who was appointed vice president of the Office for Access and Success for the Advancement of Public Black Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions, by the Washington, D.C –based Association of Public and Land-grant Universities in September 2012.

Lee said the pace of innovation at HBCUs has grown steadily since the mid-2000s, noting that before 1970, no HBCU-affiliated inventor had received a patent for an invention, but more than 100 patents have been issued since that time, including 17 in 2012.

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as majority institutions in spawning an expanding roster of students, researchers, scientists and inventors tinkering in labs, perhaps someday mirroring the accomplishments of legendary AfricanAmerican inventors like Granville Woods, Garrett A. Morgan and George Washington Carver, and contemporaries like Mark Dean, Lonnie G. Johnson and James E. West.

In 2007, researchers at North Carolina A&T University began developing a process for removing allergens from peanuts. Peanut allergies, which cause health issues ranging from hives to anaphylaxis, afflict millions of people.

The A&T researchers, led by Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna, received a patent New Science Building, North Carolina A&T University. from the United States Patent and Trademark students at HBCUs,” he said.

Office for the process and have drawn the interest of food In October 2013, the HBCU Innovation and manufacturers. The process removes the allergenic properties Entrepreneurship Collaborative (ICE) joined with Stanford from peanuts by applying a hypoallergenic solution to raw or University for an HBCU innovation summit in Silicon Valley, blanched peanuts while not inhibiting the taste or quality. followed by a second gathering in March 2014 in San Jose, The innovation is designed to reduce allergenic properties California, where nearly 100 HBCU stakeholders participated in in peanuts by 30 percent to 100 percent, according to the patent an innovation and entrepreneurship symposium to further spread filing. The A&T Office of Outreach and Technology Transfer the word about the capability of HBCU innovation. said the process is believed to be a first in food science.

Chad Womack, director of science education initiatives for The aforementioned vehicle artificial intelligence (AI) valet the United Negro College Fund, said the HBCU symposium system was conceived by Florida A&M University students. The served to raise the level of urgency for HBCU innovation. inventors, software engineering graduate students, Sihle Wilson “These summits are important as they serve as catalysts to and Ronald Benson, noted in their 2013 patent application that spur action among HBCU students and faculty, and also serve as such “smart car technologies have been developed to provide opportunities to galvanize HBCU leadership at our institutions,” innovative benefits to car drivers through software.”

Womack said. “These summits also serve as opportunities for The invention, titled “Autonomous Passenger Retrieval HBCUs to gather and discuss best practices and ways in which Systems for Automobiles,” employs an automated driving our campuses can become hubs and nodes of innovation and system configured to direct a vehicle to its owner and detect the entrepreneurship.” presence of another vehicle or pedestrian to evade collisions.

Lee said that while the air is filled with optimism about Other features include a distributed information sharing innovation occurring at HBCU campuses, more can be done. system that can obtain route information and an accident “HBCUs must invest in the infrastructure to deliver reporting system. innovation and entrepreneurship including creating opportunities Lee, of the Association of Public and Land-grant for students to take a leading role in developing and producing Universities, said the challenge for HBCUs is to achieve even innovation, create tech transfer offices to facilitate student and greater growth in turning out technological advances. faculty start-ups, idea incubation and commercialization, create “HBCUs must do more to foster commercialization and new institutional courses, change faculty pedagogy and develop entrepreneurship on their campuses by implementing new partnerships that will lead to success for students at HBCUs,” courses, and developing partnerships that will lead to success for Lee said.

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Top supporter of HBCU’s 12 years in a row. siemens.com/goplm

In a survey conducted by U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology (USBE&IT) magazine, Siemens has been named a top supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) for the twelfth straight year.

Siemens provides in-kind software grants to HBCU Engineering and is the only supplier of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) PLM software among this year’s list of companies. Siemens’ support is part of the company’s focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and diversity initiatives that help drive manufacturing revitalization efforts throughout the U.S.

Siemens’ recent $85 million in-kind software grant to Florida A&M is just one example of its commitment to HBCUs. This software will allow engineering students to train using the same technology as major manufacturers around the world.

“We’re committed to leading the industry in diversity initiatives and STEM education support,” said Chuck Grindstaff, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software.

“We will continue to work closely with the HBCU community to develop highly qualified and recruited engineers and technologists. www.siemens.com

Answers for industry.

2014 Top Supporters of HBCU ENGINEERING SCHOOLS

2014 State of the

TOP SUPPORTERS SURVEY HBCUs as Leaders and Teachers in STEM Education Whether they are in manufacturing, construction, financial services, geospatial technology, homeland security, automotive, information technology, transportation, aerospace, biotechnology, energy, healthcare, hospitality or retail, this year’s ranking employers in US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine’s Top Supporters of Historically Black College and University Engineering (HBCU) Programs survey offer students competitiveness in creative, informative, and realistic ways to shape their economic future.

However widely employers might vary in addressing the needs and desires of HBCU students, they offer a range of support in accordance with pipeline development. Some offer internship and co-op opportunities. Others offer support for innovation in education and research, sponsorship for Capstone projects, industry-mentored projects, collaboration, or funds to conduct programs to attract middle and high school students to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Going by the comments from the 2013 survey as in others over a dozen years, HBCU engineering students and faculty want industry-mentored undergraduate projects. They also desire executive presence, educational assistance to help with retention, research support and program advice. They seek internships and co-op programs that provide job training with selections based on interests and not on GPA. Most importantly, they strive to address the needs industry and incorporate new technologies in course offerings.

For many of the deans the best services come in funding and in-kind support such as executive presence, materials, time, scholarships and equipment.

At Howard University, one program allowed a corporation to “adopt” a group of students for an academic year—mentoring and helping them learn soft skills not taught in a classroom.

At Southern University in Baton Rouge, the Boeing Company sponsored Capstone projects. Over a decade, the sponsorship helped students work on real world projects.

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Similarly, P&G paid close attention to Tuskegee University’s annual Business and Engineering Conference held each year. At the three-day retreat, students learned project management, fundraising, time management assessments, bringing a flavor of business to engineering and technology to business, enlightening students.

“We are completing proposals for revised curricula in our engineering programs based on feedback from students, alumni, industry, and discussions among faculty about what changes could improve student learning,” said Hampton University’s Dean Sheppard. “The revisions make our program learning outcomes and curricula more relevant to where engineering is

“The AMIE partners and HBCU deans have developed a balanced scorecard for monitoring progress and establishing criteria for continuous improvement.” headed and create a better learning experience.”

In turn, employers have recruited mechanical electrical, and manufacturing engineers from HBCUs. They’ve also hired a diverse group of material scientists. Computer companies have focused on M.B.A.s, especially those with technical undergraduate degrees. For research at the Ph.D. level, they have hired scientists working on nanotechnology.

Degrees most in demand for Lockheed Martin are information technology (IT) and engineering, combined with the soft skills necessary to integrate complex technology. The relationships with HBCUs include philanthropic donations, scholarships, curriculum development, fellowships, laboratory development, and K-12 outreach efforts. In addition, www.blackengineer.com

2014 Top Supporters of HBCU ENGINEERING SCHOOLS Lockheed Martin provides in-kind support to senior design projects, student organizations, conferences, and training and development initiatives. They work to identify students to fill more than 4,000 full-time, intern and co-op opportunities.

Raytheon recruits engineers in most of the field’s disciplines, and a program called GENESIS was set up to train new and recent graduates totaling 15 per year. They have campus teams for each HBCU with a designated campus manager and a campus executive assigned. “Their job is to ensure that we are engaging the HBCU deans and giving them the support they need to help them achieve their mission of educating students,” said engineering learning strategy leader, David Anderson.

UGS has worked closely with the Advancing Minorities in Engineering (AMIE) organization to provide in-kind software grants valued at more than $600 million to HBCU engineering schools, empowering students with the same product-lifecycle management tools used by leading manufacturers.

AMIE is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to

expand corporate, government, and academic alliances to implement and support programs to attract, educate, graduate and place underrepresented minority students in engineering careers.

Over the span of the annual USBE&IT Top Supporters survey, employers have measured effectiveness of HBCU programs in a variety of ways. Some look at the number of interns, full-time hires, and graduates; how they have progressed and promoted up the career ladder to influence strategic decisions. Others have undertaken an analysis of acceptance ratios and ongoing retention and performance metrics each year. They measure all schools on hiring metrics, which include yields, quality and retention, using survey data and benchmarking.

In short, said one CEO, “The AMIE partners and HBCU deans have developed a balanced scorecard for monitoring progress and establishing criteria for continuous improvement.”

AMIE: ACHIEVING DIVERSITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS

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dvancing Minorities’ Interests in Engineering is a coalition of engineering professionals from America’s leading companies and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)-accredited Historically Black College and University (HBCU) engineering schools. AMIE shares a belief that science and technology is the key to the future of the world’s increasingly global economy and society.

ABBOTT LABORATORIES Abbott Laboratories, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois is a pharmaceuticals and healthcare products company. Abbott operates in over 130 countries and has 69,000 employees. In 2010, revenues rose to over $35 billion for the Fortune 200 company.

AMIE grew out of a discussion held at the 1991 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Conference between Dan Streubel, then vice president at Abbott Laboratories, and Lucius Walker, dean of Howard University (1978-95). The conversation was focused on increasing minority students in engineering and an industry-academic collaboration with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) that could do a better job of producing Black engineers. In 1992, Streubel and the deans of HBCU engineering schools invited representatives of the Fortune 50 to discuss forming just such an organization. The meeting grew in 1993 to include firms on the Fortune 150 list, and AMIE evolved from that conference.

THE BOEING COMPANY Boeing is the world’s top aerospace company and largest maker of commercial jetliners and military aircraft. Boeing employs more than 170,000 in the U.S. and elsewhere. More than 140,000 personnel earned college degrees and nearly 35,000 earned advanced degrees in virtually all technology and business disciplines.

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ship with AMIE. AMIE’s vision and mission align well with Boeing’s goal to influence the curricula and experiences of talented and diverse students at AMIE HBCU member schools so that they can join our company and quickly become capable contributors. The success of our collaborative relationship has come through alignment and Chong partnering on cutting-edge Dianne Vice President BR&T Materials, Manufacturing Structures research and the technol& Support ogy experiences gained by the students, as well as our joint efforts to build and promote a strong and diverse pipeline of talented students.

CAREER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, Inc. Career Communications Group (CCG) has built partnerships with top companies and government agencies in America.

The strength of these relationships has developed around CCG’s integrated group of magazines, dynamic Web sites, and annual conferences that provide a forum for organizations to find and retain professionals in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. CCG connects STEM professionals, college and university students, and pre-college students with the organizations that have the potential to fulfill their career goals. CCG reaches tens of thousands of students and professionals each year with the goal of introducing them to opportunities and providing the motivation to take that next step to a high-potential, technology-oriented career.

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2014 Top Supporters of HBCU ENGINEERING SCHOOLS CHRYSLER GROUP LLC Chrysler Group LLC, formed in 2009 to establish an alliance with Fiat S.p.A., produces Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, SRT, FIAT and Mopar vehicles and products. The alliance builds on Chrysler Group’s culture of innovation, established by Walter P. Chrysler in 1925, and Fiat’s technology that dates back to its founding in 1899. Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Chrysler Group’s product lineup features some of the world’s most recognizable vehicles, including the Chrysler 300 and Town & Country, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Dart, Ram 1500, SRT Viper and Fiat 500. Fiat contributes world-class technology, platforms and powertrains for small- and medium-size cars, allowing Chrysler Group to offer an expanded product line including environmentally friendly vehicles.

optimally efficient and economically sound, it has enabled mission-critical communications and networking and the rapid deployment of new initiatives.

EMC CORPORATION A $23.5 billion business, EMC is a global leader in cloud, Big Data, and trusted information technology (IT) enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service.

With more than 60,000 employees and growing, the company conducts business in more than 85 countries. Attracting, developing and retaining the best and the brightest talent available is a paramount requirement for sustaining the company’s market leadership and prowess.

Our membership in AMIE is a critical link in giving us access to the technical talent required to continue delivering cutting edge innovation for our customers. EMC believes that “diversity and inclusion” is a business imperative and that its ability to bring together diverse perspectives is key to its ability to continue to deliver excellence in technical innovation. Our partnership with AMIE and the pool of diverse minority engineers it represents is a big step in our journey to develop and maintain a highly inclusive EMC engineering community making EMC a great place to work.

EXELON CORPORATION

Mark D. Vaughn, Ph.D. Manager, Technical Talent Pipelining and Lead for Technology Community Office of STEM

CORNING Incorporated Since its inception nearly a quarter century ago, AMIE has become uniquely positioned as the primary catalyst for forging Industry-Government/Academia partnerships that support programs to advance minorities interest in engineering, especially at the undergraduate level. As such, AMIE is recognized by Corning Incorporated’s Office of STEM as the key resource of its kind in aiding our pipeline strategy for diverse technical talent. Our participation with AMIE affords us the opportunity for important “all-at-one-time” interactions with the Deans of all of the ABET accredited HBCU engineering programs in the nation while networking and sharing best practices with other industry leaders. Not only is this 18 USBE&IT I SUMMER 2014

Exelon has been able to strengthen their strategic partnerships with HBCUs through their involvement and support of AMIE. Furthermore, our participation has allowed several Exelon Companies to enhance their engineering recruitment and development strategic objectives by increasing our presence at these exceptional academic institutions, influencing curriculum and staff on critical skill sets and capabilities required for the energy industry, and attracting diverse and exceptional STEM talent for our internship and professional positions.

AMIE participation allows us to partner with other corporations and governmental agencies that have a common vision to enhance the STEM pipeline. Through our collective efforts we are able to address these academic institutions’ critical issues, such as R&D funding, effective internship recruitment, and staff developmental issues. AMIE partners clearly recognize we need to invest in the long-term success of these HBCUs since they produce nearly 30 percent of the minorities in the engineering STEM pipeline!

Exelon Corporation is the nation’s leading competitive energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately $24.9 billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon has operations and business activities in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity, comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company’s Constellation business unit provides energy products and services to approximately 100,000 business and public sector customers and approximately 1 million residential customers. www.blackengineer.com

2014 Top Supporters of HBCU ENGINEERING SCHOOLS Exelon’s utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than 7.8 million customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO). Exelon is committed to providing value and enhance customer satisfaction to all aspects of the energy value chain.

We know we need to attract and retain the best available talent in order for us to accomplish our mission. AMIE provides Exelon a valuable opportunity to meet our talent acquisition objectives and contribute to enhancing the overall STEM pipeline for our country.

right, respecting others and performing with excellence exactly align with the HBCU educational mission. HBCU’s offer Lockheed Martin a wide array of talent from multiple cultures, races and ethnic groups. We remain committed to continue, in partnership with HBCU’s, to develop, recruit and retain the most qualified, talented and motivated students to power innovation and help us meet our customers’ missions.

We enthusiastically look forward to our continued collaboration with HBCU’s to help build Lockheed Martin’s next generation workforce.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

MERIDIAN MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.

Since 1897, the leader of the Big Three has made cars.

GM’s 200,000 employees produce cars and trucks sold in over 120 countries, and in Detroit, Sao Paulo, Frankfurt, and Shanghai, through 11 brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Baojun, Holden, Isuzu, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling.

Meridian Management Group is a professional asset manager for economic development and private equity funds.

The group and its affiliates bring in excess of 100 years of experience in financing and fostering small and medium- sized businesses. The firm offers a portfolio of financing products and services. Each financing product and service package is designed to advance companies to the next level. MMG manages comprehensive program funds, which include the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority; Community Development Ventures, Inc.; and MMG Ventures, L.P.

HARLEY DAVIDSON, INC. Harley-Davidson Inc., is a motorcycle manufacturer founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century. From 1977 to 2014, motorcycles sold to the public under the Harley-Davidson brand have been heavyweight motorcycles, with engine displacements greater than 700 cc, designed for cruising on highways. Harley-Davidson motorcycles, or “Harleys,” are noted for the tradition of heavy customization that gave rise to the chopper style of motorcycle. Except for the modern VRSC and Street model families, current Harley-Davidson motorcycles reflect the styles of classic Harley designs.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Michigan State University (MSU), the nation’s pioneer land-grant university, is one of the top research universities in the world. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, MSU is a diverse community of students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.

INFOSYS

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND

Infosys is a leader in consulting, technology, and outsourcing solutions. Infosys helps enterprises thrive through consulting, operational leadership, and the co-creation of breakthrough solutions, including those in mobility, sustainability, big data, and cloud computing. In 1981, seven engineers started Infosys Limited with just $250. For over three decades, Infosys has been a company focused on bringing to life great ideas and enterprise solutions that drive progress for our clients. Infosys has a growing global presence of more than 160,000 employees worldwide, across 73 offices and 93 development centers in the U.S., India, China, Australia, Japan, Middle East, and Europe.

The Naval Air Systems Command supports naval aviation aircraft, weapons and systems. The backing includes research, design, development and systems engineering; acquisition; test and evaluation; training facilities and equipment; repair and modification; and in-service engineering and logistics support.

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION The world’s largest defense contractor’s core businesses include aeronautics, information systems and global solutions, missiles and fire controls, mission system and training, and space systems. Lockheed Martin’s technological capabilities include advanced materials, analysis, simulation, and modeling, electro-optics, communications, environmental sciences, navigation and control systems, and software and processors.

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NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND The Naval Sea Systems Command designs, builds, delivers, and maintains ships and systems for the United States Navy with a nearly $30 billion budget, and 60,000 civilian, military and contract support personnel. NAVSEA engineers also build, buy, and maintain submarines and their combat systems.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.

NGC has four business sectors: aerospace systems, electronic systems, information systems, and technical services.

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2014 Top Supporters of HBCU ENGINEERING SCHOOLS man direct access to university presidents, deans and students. AMIE teams with primes such as Northrop Grumman and others to expand collaboration within the academic community, corporations and government to enhance the ability of underrepresented minority students who seek to engage in research and development with the ultimate goal of producing game changing technologies. The support of students from the 15 ABET accredited schools also promotes and encourages minority students to pursue engineering careers that provides a pipeline for recruitment, research and a diverse, educated engineering workforce.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, is the Flagship University of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a landgrant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and money from Lafayette businessman John Purdue to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name.

The West Lafayette campus offers 200 majors for undergraduates, over 70 masters and doctoral programs, and professional degrees in pharmacy and veterinary medicine.

RAYTHEON COMPANY Raytheon is a defense and aerospace systems company focused on defense, security and civil markets. Its integrated defense systems, intelligence information and services, missile systems, space and airborne systems provide defenserelated goods and services. Specialties include command, control, computers and intelligence, electronic warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and space solutions.

SIEMENS Siemens Corporation is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global electronics and electrical engineering power. Business groups include energy: oil, gas, renewable, and distribution; healthcare: diagnostics, imaging and therapy systems; industry: automation, water, and drive technologies; and infrastructure and cities: rail systems, mobility and logistics.

Hulas King manages the $4 billion GO PLM (Global Opportunities in Product Lifecycle Management) Program, nurturing strategic partnerships that provide significant added value for academic institutions, youth development programs and global communities. These partnerships are key to Siemens Industry Leadership in developing successful technology environments where underutilized citizens of the world can work together to improve their economic conditions and promote peace. Mr. King is a decorated Vietnam veteran and a certified manufacturing engineer. He was inducted into the African American Biographies Hall of Fame for “Outstanding contributions in Business and Engineering.”

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services with nine million licensed seats and 77,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software helps thousands of companies make great products by optimizing their lifecycle processes, from planning and development through manufacturing and support. Our HD-PLM vision is to give everyone involved in making a product the information they need, when they need it, to make the smartest decision. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/plm.

U.S. AIR FORCE The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Armed Forces’ aerial warfare service branch. The core competencies are “developing Airmen, technology to war fighting and integrating operations.” The USAF Research Laboratory discovers, develops, and integrates war-fighting technologies for air, space and cyberspace forces.

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), one of the world’s biggest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies, is part of the Department of Defense.

USACE has 37,000 civilian and soldiers employees who deliver engineering services in more than 130 countries.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY The Department of Energy (DOE) manages policies regarding energy and is responsible for the U.S. nuclear weapons program, Navy nuclear reactor production, energyrelated research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production. DOE also directs research of the Human Genome Project, and sponsors physical sciences research in its National Laboratories.

In 1992 and 1993 representatives of Fortune 100 corporations and the Deans of Engineering from nine Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) participated in a conference, sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, to plan and initiate strategies and long-term solutions to increase the number of minorities in engineering.

A part of the conference enabled the DOE to make a significant and long lasting contribution by establishing the DOE Chair of Excellence Professorship, now the Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence, with emphasis in environmental disciplines at the nine HBCUs. For more than 20 years the US DOE has shared in success with AMIE the opportunity to advance minority education and increase diversity in the engineering discipline. Currently, Dameone Ferguson represents the US DOE on AMIE’s Board of Directors.

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2014 TOP SUPPORTERS OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING PROGRAMS

ADVANCING NEW GENERATIONS OF ENGINEERING GRADUATES

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areer Communications Group, Inc.’s annual major survey on supporters of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Engineering Programs has found that more than 80 of the largest private and public sector employers in America are considered most supportive of historically Black engineering schools.

Career Communications Group (CCG) asked the deans of the 14 ABET-accredited, HBCU engineering programs to list 10 corporate AND government sponsors they feel contribute most to their institutional mission. There were many duplications. But, in all, 85 separate organizations were named. These include profit and not-for-profit corporations, as well as federal, state, and municipal public bodies and authorities.

Top Corporate Supporters Lockheed Martin Corporation is 2014’s Top Supporter Lockheed Martin ranked number one as a top corporate supporter. The aerospace, defense, security and advanced technology company got the most mentions from HBCU engineering deans and AMIE. American multinational corporations Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Chevron also got top mentions. Below are the employers in ranking order of mentions.

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Lockheed Martin Boeing Northrop Grumman Raytheon Chevron 6. Shell 7. 3M 8. Exxon Mobil 9. Alabama Power 10. Siemens

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Aerotek Booz Allen Hamilton Huntington Ingalls BAE Systems Bosch BP General Electric General Motors Harris Corporation Hewlett-Packard Honda

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Participants in the survey also included board members of the corporate-academic alliance, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE). AMIE was asked which nonprofit or government organizations provide the most support to Black engineering schools.

Honeywell IBM Jacobs Engineering John Deere JP Morgan Chase KCI Technologies L3 MeadWestvaco Foundation Merck Microsoft Mistras Group, Inc. Norfolk Southern Procter and Gamble Southern Company Stanley Black & Decker The Freelon Group Toyota Company Unisys Xerox

Top 10 Government and Nonprofit Supporters

1. Department of Energy 2. NASA 3. National Science Foundation 4. NAVSEA 5. Army Corps of Engineers 6. Department of Education 7. Missile Defense Agency 8. NSA 9. US Army Research Office 10. Department of Homeland Security

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Development and Engineering Center Army Research Laboratory Army Research Office Battelle Memorial Institute California Institute for Telecommunications and IT CIA Department of Defense Department of Transportation Golden Leaf Foundation Maryland Department of Environment Maryland Environmental Service Maryland State Highway Administration MIT Lincoln Lab National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health National Nuclear Security Administration NAVAIR Nuclear Regulatory Commission Oak Ridge National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Lab Que Options Sandia National Laboratory The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The Riverside Foundation US Air Force US Army US Navy US Patent & Trademark Office USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) VA Department of Transportation

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RAYTHEON PEOPLE

INNOVATION.

DRIVEN BY DIVERSITY. As one of the world’s foremost technology leaders, Raytheon takes on some of the most difficult challenges imaginable. Meeting those challenges requires a diversity of talent, ideas, backgrounds, opinions and beliefs. Diversity helps our teams make better decisions, build stronger customer relationships and feel more inspired, supported and empowered. It is both a catalyst and an essential advantage to everything we do.

Raytheon.com/careers Connect with us:

© 2014 Raytheon Company. All rights reserved. “Customer Success Is Our Mission” is a registered trademark of Raytheon Company. Raytheon is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and welcomes a wide diversity of applicants. U.S. citizenship and security clearance may be required.

Innovation for the Real World The spark of an idea can ignite a world of possibilities.

Delphi salutes Rodney O’Neal and his fellow inductees into the Career Communications Group Alumni Hall of Fame.

Congratulations to each of you for your commitment to creating a world of new possibilities.

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Engineering Schools

The 14 engineering schools at historically Black colleges and universities listed below include descriptions of ABETaccredited engineering programs, information on bachelor’s or master’s degrees offered as well as doctorate degrees.

ABET, incorporated as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., is recognized as the worldwide leader in assuring quality and stimulating innovation in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology education. ABET serves the public through the promotion and advancement of education in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.

Alabama A&M University Engineering Technology and Physical Sciences Institution Reflecting its heritage as a traditional 1890 land-grant institution, Alabama A&M University (AAMU) functions as a teaching, research and public service institution, including extension. AAMU is a dynamic and progressive institution with a strong commitment to academic excellence. The serene, intimate campus is situated on “The Hill,” only a short distance from downtown Huntsville, the site of the school’s founding.

Alabama A&M University has four colleges with 41 baccalaureate, 23 masters, one Ed.S. and four doctoral degrees offered.

College / School Overview The College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences is organized into four departments, each headed by a department chair: (1) mechanical and civil engineering, (2) electrical engineering and computer science, (3) technology, and (4) physics, chemistry and math. The Bachelor of Science degree in computer science program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and the Bachelor of Science degrees in the civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. In

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collaboration with the College of Education, the College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences offers a variety of certified and non-certified teaching programs and the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The college actively collaborates with government and industry partners in the vibrant Huntsville research ecosystem.

Academic Programs

Bachelor of Science: Electrical

engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, chemistry, construction management Graduate Degrees: Master of engineering (material engineering and systems engineering), master of science in computer science, master of science in applied physics, ph.d. in applied physics Research Initiatives and Capabilities • Materials science and engineering, IC fabrication • Crystal growth, large and small band gap and piezoelectric materials • Image and signal processing, real-time embedded systems • Cyber security, neural networks, modeling and simulation in biometrics • Computational electromagnetics, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis

• advanced manufacturing • Unmanned aircraft systems, robotics • Intelligent manufacturing systems and advanced robotics • Mach-5 wind tunnel, rating 1000 cleanroom, three particle accelerators Point of Contact Dr. Chance M. Glenn, Sr. Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Arthur J. Bond Hall 4800 Meridian Street, Normal, AL 35762 Phone: 256.372.5560 | Fax: 256.372.5580 Email: Chance.glenn@aamu.edu Website: www.ammu.edu/cetps

Florida A&M University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Institution Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) was founded as the State Normal College for Colored Students, and on Oct. 3, 1887, it began classes with 15 students and two instructors. Today, FAMU, as it has become affectionately known, is the premiere school among historically Black colleges and universities. Prominently located on the highest hill in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University remains the only historically Black university in the 11-member State University System of Florida.

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ABET-accredited HBCU Engineering Schools Hampton University

Florida A&M University (Continued)

College/School Overview In its brief but impressive history, the College of Engineering has become one of the premier learning centers of its kind. The college offers comprehensive academic programs at all levels and works to continually evaluate, expand and improve programs to ensure that engineering students are prepared for the demands of an innovative global society. The college is a leading academic institution with excellent records of achievement in research and public service. The college has attracted an outstanding faculty from all over the world.

Having first-class programs with world-class facilities, such as the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Materials Research Building, the Center for Advanced Power Systems and the Aero-propulsion Mechatronics and Energy Center, and faculty and staff who have a passion to educate, the college products welltrained students with excellent entrepreneurial and job skills.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science: Chemical engineering, cvil engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering Graduate Degrees: Master’s and doctorate in chemical engineering, master’s and doctorate in biomedical engineering, master’s and doctorate in civil engineering, master of engineering in civil engineering, master’s and doctorate in electrical engineering, master’s and doctorate in industrial engineering, master’s and doctorate in mechanical engineering Research Initiatives And Capabilities • Polymers, materials, nanomaterial and nontechnology • Renewable, advanced and sustainable energy • Biomedical imaging, cellular and tissue engineering • Advanced transportation systems, structures, hydraulics • Environmental sustainability and water resources • Intelligent systems, control and robotics • Communication, information technology and cyber security • Active and supersonic flow controls • Superconductivity materials and applications • Manufacturing and operations research Point of contact Dr. Yaw D. Yeboah, Dean and Professor FAMU-FSU College of Engineering 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Suite B206 Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046 Phone: 850.410.6161 | Fax: 850.410.6546 Email: dean@eng.fsu.edu Website: www.eng.fsu.edu

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Institution A historically Black institution, Hampton University is a comprehensive institution of higher education, dedicated to the promotion of learning, building of character and preparation of promising students for positions of leadership and service. Its curriculum emphasis is scientific and professional with strong liberal arts undergirding. The university offers exemplary programs and opportunities to enable students, faculty and staff to grow, develop and contribute to our society in a productive and useful manner. In carrying out its mission, the university requires that everything it does in the areas of teaching, research and service be of the highest quality.

College/School Overview The School of Engineering and Technology (SET) is home to academic programs in architecture, aviation and engineering. The school enrolls approximately 320 students and produces about 50 graduates annually. The SET strategic plan calls for expanding and strengthening the undergraduate offerings, building graduate engineering programs, and developing clearly defined research areas of excellence. The school is also building contracting relationships with prime contractors in a variety of applications across federal agencies.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science: Electrical and computer engineering, Chemical engineering, Aviation management, Aviation management—air traffic control, Flight education, Computer science (school of science), Mathematical sciences (school of science) Graduate Degrees: Master of Architecture, Master of Science in computer science (school of science), Master of Science in physics (school of science), Ph.D. in physics (school of science) Research Initiatives And Capabilities • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Energy, the environment and sustainability Sensors and data fusion Data and network security Transportation systems and infrastructure Robotics Aerospace propulsion Imaging (medical and non-medical) Materials Reverse engineering Catalysis Manufacturing Imaging (medical and non-medical) Biomedical Medical physics

Point of contact Dr. Eric J. Sheppard, Dean School of Engineering and Technology Hampton University, 268 Marshall Ave. Hampton, VA 23666 Phone: 757.728.6970 | Fax: 757.728.6972 Email: eric.sheppard@hamptonu.edu Website: http://set.hamptonu.edu

Howard University Institution Howard University is one of the country’s leading private universities. Founded in 1867 in Washington, D.C., it is the home to 13 schools and colleges offering undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional degrees in a number of disciplines. The university continues to attract the nation’s top students and produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D.’s than any other university in the world. Since 1998, the university has produced two Rhodes Scholars, two Truman Scholars, 24 Fulbright Scholars, 20 Pickering Fellows, six Luard Scholars and 13 Presidential Scholars.

College/School Overview The College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences (CEACS) is composed of the School of Engineering and Computer Sciences and the School of Architecture and Design. Howard graduates are skilled in creative design and the application of technological and scientific solutions to complex and challenging problems, interpersonal relations, teamwork, critical thinking and leadership. CEACS is home to six academic departments offering accredited undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. The departments are architecture, chemical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Architecture Bachelor of Science: Chemical engineering, Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, Computer engineering, Mechanical engineering, Systems and computer science Graduate Programs: Master of Engineering (in civil, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering), Master of Science in chemical engineering, Master of Computer Science, Ph.D. (in computer and information systems, engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering), Cybersecurity graduate certificate Research Initiatives And Capabilities • Chemical engineering: bio molecular, nanotechnology, environmental engineering • Civil and environmental engineering: structural engineering, transportation www.blackengineer.com

ABET-accredited HBCU Engineering Schools engineering, nanotechnology • Electrical and computer engineering: signal processing and communications, power and control, electromagnetics and antenna, material sciences and nanotechnology, digital systems • Mechanical engineering: materials engineering, computational fluid mechanics, manufacturing engineering/additive manufacturing • Systems and computer engineering cybersecurity, computational biology, machine learning, data communications, computer science education Point of contact Lorraine N. Fleming, Ph.D., PE Interim Dean College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences, 2366 6th Street, NW, Suite 100, Mackey Building, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059 Phone: 202.806.6565 | Fax: 202.238.8513 Email: lfleming@howard.edu Website: www.howard.edu/ceacs

Jackson State University Institution Jackson State University is a diverse, technologically-advanced four-year university steeped in history and committed to preparing its students to become global leaders. It provides a caring, nurturing environment in which to challenge its 9,134 students to improve themselves and serve others. It was founded in 1877 by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and is located in the state’s capital. In 1979, Jackson State was officially designated the Urban University of the state of Mississippi. The university also has campuses in Madison, Mississippi and downtown Jackson.

College/School Overview The College of Science, Engineering and Technology at Jackson State University is committed to implementing the university’s mission and to focusing its intellectual, experience and other resources on improving the quality of life for its students, the surrounding community, state, nation and the global community. It is comprised of nine academic departments. Among them are the departments of civil engineering and computer and telecommunications engineering, which provide students with quality undergraduate and graduate programs that incorporate the systems aspect of professional engineering practice. The college has achieved a 7 percent increase in enrollment since 2010 and has been awarded 130 federally-funded grants and contracts with awards totaling approximately $30 million annually. It also has over 14 federally-funded student support programs.

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Academic Programs Bachelor of Science (engineering): Civil engineering, Environmental track, General civil engineering track, Electrical engineering, Biomedical engineering, General electrical engineering track, Power systems track engineering, Computer engineering, Computer science Graduate Degrees (engineering): Master of Science in computer science, Master of Science in engineering, Civil engineering, Master’s and doctorate in mechanical engineering, Computational engineering, Electrical engineering, Environmental engineering, Geological engineering, Telecommunications engineering

it also offers unique programs that address challenges associated with urban transportation systems. The school has earned a reputation for its close faculty/student interaction, low student/faculty ratio and opportunities for pre-professional experiences through gained internships. To ensure student success, Morgan State University has a diverse team of professionals working closely with faculty to assist students in the negotiation of the college environment. State-of-the-art facilities coupled with the program’s commitment to service, are all designed to achieve excellence through education.

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Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence Center for Defense Integrated Data High Performance Computing Center Interdisciplinary Center for Nanotoxicity Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Research • Centers in Minority Institutions • Center for Environmental Health

Bachelor of Science: Civil and environmental engineering, Electrical and computer, engineering, Industrial and systems engineering, Transportation and urban infrastructure Graduate Degrees: Master of Engineering, Master of Science in electrical engineering (online), Certificate in transportation systems, Certificate in cybersecurity, Doctorate of engineering

Point of contact

Research Initiatives And Capabilities

Research Centers

Dr. Richard A. Alo, Dean College of Science, Engineering & Technology Jackson State University 1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217 Phone: 601.979.2153 | 601.979.2058 Email: richard.a.alo@jsums.edu Website: www.jsums.edu/science

Morgan State University Institution Morgan State University is designated by the State Legislature as Maryland’s Public Urban University and is primarily responsible for addressing the needs of residents, schools and organizations within the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Enrolling about 8,000 students from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, the student body includes an enriching mix of international students. The mission of the university is to expose students to the full-range of experiences and services that will permit them to successfully meet global challenges that await them as they leave the university.

College/School Overview Guided by the motto “The Premier Public Urban School the Global Community” School of Engineering enrolls about 850 students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The school prides itself in offering programs that will ensure students develop a mastery of fundamental STEM-based principles, which may be applied effectively to benefit society. In addition to the nationally competitive accredited programs in civil and environmental, electrical and computer, and industrial and systems-related engineering,

• Electrical and computer engineering • Cybersecurity operations and physical systems • Software defined and cognitive radio systems • RF/microwave/mm wave communication systems • Computational engineering and analytics • High performance analog integrated circuits • Biomedical engineering systems • Wireless cybersecurity/information assurance • Engineering education • Image and signal processing • Civil and environmental engineering, water resources and ground water systems • Bridge/large-scale structural systems • Geotechnical studies • Geospatial and remote sensing studies • Fluid mechanics • Industrial and systems engineering, lean and advanced manufacturing • Robotics and automated manufacturing • Project and engineering management • Ergonomics/human factors engineering • Energy systems • Data mining • Industrial safety and health • Operations research Point of contact Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch, Dean Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering Morgan State University 5200 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21251 Phone: 443.885.3231 | Fax:443.885.8218 Email: Eugene.deloatch@morgan.edu Website: www.soe.morgan.edu

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Norfolk State University Institution Norfolk State University (NSU) is located in the vibrant urban city of Norfolk, Virginia and only 13 miles from the Atlantic Ocean

in Virginia Beach, Virginia. NSU is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and adheres to the standards set forth by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. NSU boasts a student population of 7,100 students, and has a satellite campus at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center.

The university offers 32 undergraduate degrees, 16 master’s degrees, three doctoral degrees, including: B.S and M.S in computer science, B.S and M.S. in electronics engineering, B.S. and M.S. in optical engineering, the M.S. in materials science and the Ph.D. in materials science and engineering.

• Digital forensics • Smart grid security • Modeling of biological neurons • Optics, plasmonics and meta-materials • Nanomaterials and nanotechnology • Advanced functional materials • Devices

• Semiconductor materials and devices • Neural probes • Bio-sensors • Photovoltaic • MEMS actuators • Multifunctional sensors • High K dielectrics

Point of Contact

Cross Departmental Research Strengths

Dr. Larry Mattix, Acting Dean College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Norfolk State University 700 Park Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23504 Phone: 757.823.8180 | Fax: 757.823.9114 Email: lmattix@nsu.edu Website: cset.nsu.edu

• Energy and sustainability • Healthcare applications • Multi-scale materials development and analysis • Aerospace and transportation systems • Wireless communications • Cybersecurity and network operations

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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College/School Overview

Institution

The College of Science, Engineering, and Technology (CSET) has over 2,000 students and presently comprises over 30 percent of the university’s student enrollment. Undergraduate programs are ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited, and graduate programs are driven by innovative state-of-the-art research programs that enhance the educational experience for students, and prepare them for national defense, industrial and academic careers. The College of Science, Engineering and Technology has played a pivotal role in the university’s 75-year history.

Faculty contributions in research, education, service and mentoring are exceptional.

Graduates are securing outstanding jobs and are earning advanced degrees in record numbers.

The college currently houses several research centers – the Center for Materials Research (CMR), the Information Assurance – Research, Education and Development Institute, the micro- and nano-technology venter, and the creative gaming and simulation laboratory.

North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University is a public, doctoral research, 1890 land-grant University committed to exemplary teaching and learning, scholarly and creative research, and effective engagement and public service. The university offers degrees at the baccalaureate, masters and doctoral levels and has a commitment to excellence in a comprehensive range of academic disciplines. Our unique legacy and educational philosophy provide students with a broad range of experiences that foster transformation and leadership for a dynamic and global society.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science: Electronics engineering, Optical engineering, Computer science— information assurance and computer engineering, information technology Graduate Degrees: Master’s in electronics engineering, Master’s in optimal engineering, Master’s in materials science, Master’s in computer science, Master’s in computer science – cybersecurity, Ph.D. in materials science and engineering Research Initiatives and Capabilities • Cybersecurity • Information assurance

• Cognitive wireless networks and cloud computing security

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Degrees Offered: architectural engineering (B.S.), bio engineering (B.S., M.S.), biological engineering (B.S.), chemical engineering (B.S., M.S.), civil engineering (B.S., M.S.), computer engineering (B.S.), computational science and engineering (M.S., Ph.D.), computer science (B.S., MS and Ph.D.), electrical engineering (B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.), industrial and systems engineering (B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.), mechanical engineering (B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.)

College/School Overview The College of Engineering is proud of the quality of education and research of North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University, and inspired by the innovative qualities, capabilities and achievements of our engineering students, graduates, faculty and staff. The university’s degree programs are distributed across seven departments: chemical biological and bio engineering; civil, architectural and environmental engineering, computer science; electrical and computer engineering; industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering; and the interdisciplinary computational science and engineering program.

Academic Programs Departments: civil, architectural and environmental engineering, chemical, biological and bio engineering, computational science and engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering

Dr. Robin N. Coger, Dean College of Engineering – McNair Hall North Carolina A&T State University 1601 Market Street Greensboro, NC 27411 Phone: 336.285.2642 | Fax: 336.334.7540 Website: www.coe.ncat.edu

Prairie View A&M University Member of the Texas A&M University System Institution Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is a comprehensive public institution of higher education and a land-grant university as part of the Texas A&M University System. Founded in 1976, the university’s main campus is located in the city of Prairie View approximately 40 miles northwest of Houston, Texas. There are also two outreach campuses within the city limits of Houston. The university’s enrollment now exceeds 8,350 including more than 2,000 graduate students. PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools.

During the university’s 135-year history, some 57,700 academic degrees have been awarded.

College/School Overview The Roy G. Perry College of Engineering offers eight ABET-accredited undergraduate programs, four master’s degrees and one Ph.D. degree. The college is a unique community of students, faculty, staff and scholars dedicated to the advancement, sharing and communication of knowledge in the fields of engineering, computer science and engineering technology.

Housed in a five-building engineering complex on the Prairie View A&M main campus, the most highly focused component of the college is student learning. Undergraduate and graduate programs are structured for discovery, applied learning, interpretation and the communication www.blackengineer.com

ABET-accredited HBCU Engineering Schools of learning through shared interactive courses and laboratories designed to engage students and faculty alike. The college prepares students to become dedicated and productive members of society. The college receives about $8 million for funded projects annually from governmental agencies and private sectors. The college enrolls more than 1,350 students; about 10 percent of them are graduate students.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science: chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, computer engineering technology, computer science, electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology, mechanical engineering Graduate Degree: Master of Science in engineering with concentrations in chemical, civil, environmental and mechanical engineering, Master of Science in computer science, Master of Science in computer information systems, Master of Science in electrical engineering, Ph.D. in electrical engineering, master’s or doctorate in mechanical engineering Research Initiatives And Capabilities • Telecommunication, wireless sensor network, and battlefield communication • Radiation engineering and science for space exploration • Renewable energy and environmental sustainability • Nano-composites fabrication, characterization and testing • Data processing, image coding, virtual reality and virtual prototyping • Thermal science and computational fluid dynamics • Gulf coast environmental data collection and analysis • High performance computing, cloud computing Point of Contact Dr. Kendall T. Harris, Dean Roy G. Perry College of Engineering Prairie View A&M University P.O. Box 519, MS 2500, Prairie View, TX 77446 Phone: 936.261.9890 | Fax: 936.261.9868 Email: ktharris@pvamu.edu Website: www.pvamu.edu/engineering

Southern University and A&M College Institution Southern University and A&M College founded in 1880 is a publicly supported, coeducational, land-grant, historically Black, comprehensive institution. The Southern University System is the largest HBCU system in the nation. It is composed of five campuses in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport, the Agricultural Research and Extension Center, www.blackengineer.com

and the Law Center and it is managed by the Southern University Board of Supervisors.

Southern University and A&M College is a Carnegie masters/comprehensive level institution with an average enrollment of 7,000 students at the Baton Rouge campus. It offers bachelor’s degrees in 42 areas, 19 master’s, six doctoral and two associate degrees. During its proud 134-year history, the university has maintained its unique status as the “flagship” institution of the only historically Black university.

College/School Overview The College of Engineering and Computer Science provides students with technological skills and opportunities that stimulate professional, educational, and personal growth. The college provides this growth through a diverse faculty and staff that is committed to teaching, research and service.

Students are encouraged to participate in laboratory research and cooperative education programs that enhance career confidence.

They also are encouraged to participate in ongoing research with faculty members that contribute to engineering innovations. The college maintains an atmosphere that enhances the student’s ability to achieve the optimum learning experience. The college offers five undergraduate programs in civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science and electronics engineering technology leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. The college also offers two master’s degree programs: a Master of Engineering program with three specialty areas: materials science and engineering, sustainable systems engineering, engineering management, and a Master of Computer Science program with two specialty areas: digital data communications and database management and data mining.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science: civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, electronics engineering technology, computer science Graduate Degrees: Master of Engineering, Master of Science in computer science Research Initiatives and Capabilities • Industrial wastewater treatment, air pollution, solid wastes • Pavement design and management, nanomechanics of clay materials • Telecommunications and computer network engineering • Electronic materials and processing, semiconductor device fabrication • Advance materials, micro and nanotechnologies • Renewable energy and energy optimization, computational fluid and heat transfer • Operating systems and architecture, algorithms and theory of computing • Software engineering, digital data communications

• Database management and data mining Point of Contact Dr. Habib P. Mohamadian, Dean College of Engineering and Computer Science Suite 206, P.B.S. Pinchback Eng. Building Southern University and A&M College Baton Rouge, LA 70813-9969 Phone: 225.771.5296 | Fax: 225.771.5721 Email: habib_mohamadian@subr.edu Website: www.subr.edu/index.cfm/subhome/5

Tennessee State University Institution Tennessee State University (TSU) is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational and landgrant university offering undergraduate and doctoral degrees. Founded in 1912, it is located in Nashville, Tennessee, the state capital, and sits on 500 acres near the Cumberland River in a residential neighborhood just 10 minutes northwest of downtown. The university also has a downtown campus in Nashville. Tennessee State University provides 77 majors in eight undergraduate colleges and schools, and enrolls about 7,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students.

College/School Overview The College of Engineering is committed to providing the highest quality industrydriven curricula in engineering, technology, computer and mathematical sciences. The college currently provides accredited B.S. degrees, and graduate degrees in strategic and emerging disciplines for research and working professionals. The graduate programs are supported by advanced laboratories and research centers in fields such as cyberphysical and security systems, sense and data fusion, control systems, bioinformatics, energy systems and wireless communication.

The college currently had funded grants with the Air Force Research Lab, Army Research Office, U.S. Navy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Boeing Company and the National Science Foundation.

The college enrolls about 900 students and produces about 750 graduates annually.

Academic Programs

Bachelor of Science: architecture engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical and manufacturing engineering, aeronautical and industrial technology, computer science, mathematical Sciences Graduate Programs: Master of Engineering, Master of Science in computer and information systems engineering, Ph.D. in computer and information systems engineering USBE&IT I SUMMER 2014 29

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Research Initiatives And Capabilities • Cybersecurity/physical systems • Sensor and data fusion • Intelligent health monitoring and control systems • Data and network security • Wireless communications • Advanced transportation systems and infrastructure • Intelligent manufacturing systems and advanced robotics Point of Contact

Dr. S. Keith Hargrove, Dean College of Engineering, Technology & Computer Science—Torrence Hall Tennessee State University 3500 John Merritt Blvd Nashville, TN 37209 Phone: 615.963.5401 | Fax: 615.963.5397 Email: skhargrove@tnstate.edu Website: www.tnstate.edu/engineering

Tuskegee University Institution Tuskegee University is a national, independent and coeducational institution that has a historically unique relationship with the State of Alabama, indeed the nation, and the world. At its core, the university prepares students academically, both graduate, professional and undergraduate, for insertion into a world driven by technology, an independent political landscape and a society of complexity that needs solutions to challenging problems. The university has distinctive strengths in the sciences, architecture, business, engineering and development of high-order technical, scientific, intellectual, moral and ethical qualities in students. Also stressed is the connection between education and the qualities of leadership that graduates must manifest, especially for the 21st century workforce and beyond. Tuskegee University seeks students whose technical, scientific and professional qualities are rigorously honed, and people whose spirits are sensitively oriented in ways that make them committed to go beyond selfcentered competence to excellence and service to others.

College/School Overview The College of Engineering, with an enrollment of 800, regarded premier for its production of exceptionally prepared graduates ready to perform with a broad educational background, graduates 100 undergraduate and graduate students annually. The college provides an academic portfolio through the disciplines of engineering to engage students in envisioning learning excellence, research and exploration, and service to the nation and the global community. The college is 30 USBE&IT I SUMMER 2014

programmed for excellence with the context of Booker T. Washington, the innovation of George Washington Carver and the mettle of the Tuskegee Airmen armed with facilities, professional faculty and staff, and the resources that support public/private funding as demonstrated by its partners and friends.

Graduate programs explore new frontiers for solutions that support global issues. Accredited undergraduate programs have become a tradition for students to enter and complete post-secondary/graduate studies in engineering.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science: aerospace science engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering Graduate Degrees: master’s in chemical engineering, master’s in electrical engineering, master’s in mechanical engineering, master’s in systems engineering, Ph.D. in materials science and engineering, master’s in materials science and engineering Research Initiatives and Capabilities • aerospace: aerodynamics, flight simulation, human interface, aeronautics, manufacturing • Chemical: bio-fluids/fuels/chemical, corrosion, environmental, water and wastewater modeling • Electrical: electronic warfare, systems engineering, smart grid, adaptive networks, cybersecurity • Mechanical: fatigue/corrosion, membranes, robotics, metallurgy, indoor air quality/food abatement • Materials science: characterization, nanomaterials, performance/nondestructive evaluation Point of Contact Dr. Legand L. Burge, Jr., Dean College of Engineering, Foster Hall 516 University Avenue, Suite 200 Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088 Phone: 334.727.8355 | Fax: 334.727.8090 Email: lburge@mytu.tuskegee.edu Website: www.tuskegee.edu/academics/ colleges/ceps.aspx

University of the District of Columbia Institution The University of the District of Columbia is a pacesetter in urban education that offers affordable and effective undergraduate, professional and workplace learning opportunities. The institution is the premier gateway to postsecondary education and research for all residents of the District of Columbia. As a public, land-grant institution, the university’s responsibility is to build a diverse generation of competitive, civicallyengaged scholars and leaders. Building

on a 160-year tradition of excellence and opportunity, the university enrolls about 6,000 diverse students. As the nation’s only urban land-grant institution, the university’s mission is to foster the education, critical thinking and intellectual growth of its students, and the creation and application of new knowledge and the effective engagement with the surrounding world.

College/School Overview The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) offers nationally competitive and fully accredited professional programs at the baccalaureate and graduate levels. These programs enable immediate employment upon graduation or for continuation for advanced levels studies. The school offers strong, ABET-accredited bachelor degree programs in civil, electrical, mechanical engineering and computer science. EAS also offers a bachelor degree program in information technology.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science: civil engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, information technology Graduate Degrees: master’s of computer science, master’s of electrical engineering Research Initiatives and Capabilities The Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CERE) is working with international agencies to develop energy power sources for pumping water.

Assurance Research Center for Trusted Information Computing (ARCTIC) has been designated as the National Center of Excellence.

Research capabilities include: • Cybersecurity manufacturing • Information • Product design assurance • Nanotechnology • High performance • Renewable energy computing • Rehabilitation • Sensor networks engineering and • Computational bio-assisted devices geometry • Structural • Robotics engineering • Mechatronics • Water resources • Energy conversion engineering • Modeling and • Construction simulation engineering • Advanced Point of Contact Devdas Shetty, Ph.D., P.E., Dean School of Engineering and Applied Science University of the District of Columbia 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008 Phone: 202.274.5220 | Fax: 202.274.5520 Email: devdas.shetty@udc.edu

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Virginia State University Institution Virginia State University (VSU) was founded in 1882 in Petersburg, Virginia. It is one of Virginia’s two land-grant institutions and was the first state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for Black Americans in the U.S. today. VSU has a student population of over 5,300 and offers 55 bachelor’s and master’s degrees, two doctoral degrees, and three certificates. Students study and conduct research in one of five schools: the School of Agriculture; the School of Business; the School of Engineering, Science and Technology (SEST); the School of Liberal Arts and Education; and the School of Graduate Studies, Research and Outreach.

School Of Engineering Science And Technology The School of Engineering, Science and Technology is focused on solving tough

problems. SEST defines success as the growth and discovery of fundamental knowledge and the movement of these ideas and results from the laboratory to the real world. The goal is to transform communities by attracting and retaining key industries, enhancing economic development and creating jobs. The research conducted here helps companies improve their products and services for items as diverse as jet engines, copiers and cutting tools. The school aligns resources and capabilities to the workforce needs of local, regional and national economies.

Research Initiatives and Capabilities

Academic Programs

Point of contact

Bachelor of Science: computer engineering, manufacturing engineering, computer sciences, information and logistics technology, psychology, chemistry, biology Graduate Programs: Master of Science in computer sciences, Master of Science in mathematics, Master of Science in biology/ informatics, Ph.D. psychology

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Cognitive science and human behavior Unmanned aerial systems Cybersecurity/big data Bioinformatics Enterprise systems and logistics

Organizing University Research Partnerships Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing: www.ccam-va.com Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems: www.ccals.com Keith M. Williamson, Ph.D., Dean School of Engineering, Science and Technology, Virginia State University 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA 23806 Phone: 804.524.1141 Email: kwilliamson@vsu.edu Website http://www.est.vsu.edu/departments/ engineering

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HBCU-MI WORKFORCE CHAMP RETIRES

by Lango Deen ldeen@ccgmag.com

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o engineering deans at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) whose endgame is promoting academic programs, directing faculty, setting policy and procedures for departments, teaching and R&D are all vital parts of their jobs.

But to Oliver S. Leslie, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions program manager for The Boeing Company, these functions prepare people who will build Boeing’s jetliners, satellites, electronic and defense systems and create the technology of the future.

Oliver S. (Bo) Leslie, senior principal specialist, supplier diversity and program manager, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Initiative www.blackengineer.com

Perhaps Leslie, a Toney, Alabama, native always imagined he would someday work for the world’s largest aerospace company. A sharecropper’s son, highlights of long days in the cotton fields were planes that flew by from the old Army post at Redstone Arsenal. Aircraft intrigued him and made him wonder how they operated. After high school, he went on to major in electronic engineering technology at Alabama A&M University—the start of a 42year career through GE, and then McDonnell Douglas, which merged with Boeing in 1997.

Leslie’s first job in 1971 was as an electrical engineer in a large industrial avionics laboratory. A little later he moved from design and build into system engineering, where he wrote specifications and was a go-between for the company and customers such as the U.S. Navy and Air Force. But while working on enabling realization of successful systems, Leslie grew to learn more about how his company made money and saw opportunity for HBCU/MI students to work on applied and product-related areas.

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the focus of Leslie’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) outreach and, eventually, a second job as program manager of Boeing’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Initiative.

“If corporate America was going to be successful, we had to grow the future workforce,” Leslie said in a recent telephone interview. That thought drove his passion for aerospace research coupled with Boeing investment in the future workforce.

In the course of his university relations outreach, he has served on a commission led by Michigan State University to study the need for an engineering program at Alabama A&M University in the 1980s; on the Board of Directors at AAMU, as member of the St. Louis Federal Executive Board’s Small Business Opportunity Committee, and on the 2012 Department of Defense Commission to study Engineering at and STEM Education at HBCUs/MI. Leslie has been an alternative board member of AMIE (Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering) since 1997.

From day one, preparing students to meet future workforce has captivated him and over the years his efforts have mushroomed, providing a vehicle for reaching deans, faculty, students at HBCUs and minority institutions across America.

In 2008, when Leslie won the Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) for Affirmative Action in Supplier Diversity, Joyce Tucker, then vice president of Boeing global diversity and employee rights, told US Black Engineer & Information Technology (USBE&IT) magazine that, “Oliver’s ingenuity, volunteering spirit and ease while interacting with others are of paramount importance to the world of diversity and change.”

Leslie’s citation praised his accomplishments in raising the level of collaboration between Boeing and HBCUs and other minority institutions, as well as bringing about possibilities for them to take part in what Leslie called the “technological paradigm shift.”

That shift saw Boeing earn the No. 1 spot on USBE&IT’s

“Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools” list three years in a row. The Top Supporters list features employers who receive direct recommendations from deans at HBCU engineering schools. In 2006, records show that Boeing campus hires were almost double that of the previous year and the company increased its sub-contracting dollars spent at historically Black colleges and universities and minority institutions by 35 percent.

Under Boeing’s cooperative partnership with Tennessee State University, TSU students and faculty developed computerbased systems that evaluate cockpits, did joint research on seat comfort in Boeing airplanes, and developed two Howard University nanotechnology research projects.

Leslie’s dream, which started more than 40 years ago, has soared beyond what he could have ever imagined while picking cotton in Alabama. Given corporate freedom to help people, he has used his influence to enhance relationships, build trust, and impact the future workforce.

While Leslie’s successor prepares to carry on his legacy, Joan Robinson-Berry gave a 360-degree view as vice president of supplier management, Boeing Shared Services: “In an increasingly competitive marketplace, Boeing needs the best talent available; a diverse workforce can provide tangible benefits. In fact, as markets expand globally being able to understand and reach out to the individual needs of people from other cultures and regions will be paramount. A multicultural, talented, and trained employee base gives companies that competitive advantage,” Robinson-Berry said.

Meanwhile, outdoors enthusiast Leslie, 65, looks forward to growing more veggies, tomatoes, cucumbers and hosta planting. In the summers, he plans to spend time on sandy beaches in Florida or Honolulu with his wife of 38 years, their two adult daughters, son-in-law, and their 15-year and 7-year-old granddaughters. He might also find time to watch Star Trek reruns with Captain Jean-Luc Picard on USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B.

TRIBUTES TO OLIVER “BO” LESLIE Morgan State University

The members of the Council of Engineering Deans at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) take pride in offering this salute to Mr. Oliver Bo Leslie, on the occasion of his retirement from the Boeing Company.

Bo Leslie, as one of the original attendees of the organizational meetings that led to the founding of AMIE in 1992, has contributed uncountable hours of his time, energy, and emotions, in advocating for and soliciting support for the growth and development of the engineering schools located at the HBCUs. Some who have observed this might be left to wonder what has motivated Bo to do this over the past twenty-two years.

Given our awareness that Bo is a proud graduate of an HBCU, it is not a mystery to us. Without exception, we the deans can say with certainty that Bo has been simply trying to repay those who helped get him to get to the place where he is today. Thanks to the existence of a HBCU for him to attend, and the belief instilled in him by those who advised and taught him that Bo was blessed with an opportunity to reach out to others. Thus, we the deans know that “What Makes Bo Run,” is that he is aware that there are many more “Bo types” out there. All they need is a hand up that will lead them on the pathway to a higher education degree; preferably one that they will attain at a HBCU; one of our nation’s National Treasures.

Eugene M. DeLoatch, Ph.D. , Dean, Engineering School Morgan State University

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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University “Few individuals have been as effective and dedicated as Oliver “Bo” Leslie in helping to build partnerships between a Fortune 500 company and the AMIE Colleges of Engineering.

Bo is a strategist that is truly skilled in assessing how HBCUs like North Carolina A&T State University could assist Boeing in achieving its technical goals. He also understands the importance of achieving a mutually beneficial result to the sustainability of the partnership and thus manages the lines of communication with success as his focus. Bo Leslie has truly built a legacy that serves as a wonderful example for us all.”

Dr. Robin N. Coger, Dean, College of Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Hampton University

“I first met Oliver “Bo” Leslie when I joined Hampton University as Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology. In the ten and a half years since then, I have enjoyed working with Bo, primarily through our mutual service on the AMIE board. Bo has been a steadfast supporter of HBCUs and HBCU engineering, inside and outside of Boeing and I will miss his friendship, guidance and humor at AMIE but hope to borrow a little of each from time to time in his retirement. Best wishes in your retirement, Bo! Eric Sheppard, Dean, Engineering School Hampton University

FAMU and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Norfolk State University

“The Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering (AMIE) organization has a rich tradition of bridging the gap between industry, government, and academia by promoting engineering discipline awareness and career opportunities for minority students. Its success is based upon individuals like Bo Leslie who exemplifies AMIE’s mission. On behalf of the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology at Norfolk State University we offer our sincere gratitude to Bo for his many years of service and dedication to AMIE, its institutional partners, the HBCU Engineering Schools, and the engineering community.”

Larry Mattix, Acting Dean, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Norfolk State University

Tennessee State University

“Bo has probably been the leading consistent voice and advocate in promoting the capabilities of HBCU Engineering programs to industry and government organizations. First and foremost...he is a advocate for developing students with the credentials to make them marketable and prepared for corporate America. Secondly....he is committed to enhancing the engineering programs and curricula that exposed faculty and students to emerging technologies in applied research, and solidifying the technical competence and leadership skills received by graduates of the academic members of the AMIE organization. We are all grateful for his loyalty demonstrated for decades to Boeing and AMIE...and his legacy will impact programs and students for many years to come.”

S. Keith Hargrove, Boeing Welliver Fellow and Dean College of Engineering, Tennessee State University

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On behalf of FAMU and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering I would like to express our sincerest appreciation to you for the many years of service as an advocate for diversity and inclusion. Your work with FAMU and other HBCUs, AMIE, BEYA, and the HBCU Council of Engineering Deans (COED) is much appreciated and will have a lasting impact.

We look forward to your continued involvement in diversity and inclusion at the workplace even in your retirement!

Yaw D. Yeboah, Sc.D., Dean and Professor

Southern University College of Engineering and Computer Science

Throughout his years of service at The Boeing Company, Oliver “Bo” Leslie has demonstrated his ability for leadership; he has exhibited sincere dedication in his work and eloquence in conducting business. His sterling character, great ability, and high integrity have guided him successfully through his career.

At The Boeing Company, his effort to cultivate and maintain a viable pool of diverse suppliers including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Universities (HBCU/MIs) has been very effective to foster opportunities for diverse suppliers. Industry partnership for the engineering programs is essential, and Bo has been instrumental in ensuring a strong partnership between Boeing and HBCU Engineering Schools.

Our students and faculty have benefited tremendously by participating in senior projects, research contracts, and scholarships provided by The Boeing Company. Southern University College of Engineering and Computer Science congratulates and is grateful to Mr. Leslie for being such a staunch and vocal supporter of our college.

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Tuskegee University

“Bo” did hard work for everybody and emphasized ethics, excellence and exemplary professionalism. He was always committed to ensuring the best talent was prepared for entry into the workforce while seeking to capture experience skills from others throughout the Nation.

While “Bo” was the Boeing Small Business and Supplier Diversity Program Manager he served as key executive to many of Tuskegee University’s projects for hiring of the best talent, funding research projects and securing opportunities that are continually ongoing. He was the key to our success for academic units, but most importantly for the impact he has within the College of Engineering.

He leverages Boeing’s support for our faculty development: Tuskegee has secured three Boeing Welliver Fellows. He brought support applications to laboratories, classrooms and facilities, and directly supports students with projects, internships and cooperative opportunities, and scholarships.

Because of Bo Leslie, we have some 20 Boeing Scholars in our pipeline initiative, which supports students in engineering, computer science and mathematics, and he has led to the hiring of dozens of students including interns, entry-level positions and graduate students

Howard University’s College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences

From the wisdom of the ancients, we have learned that the vision and dedication of one individual often makes the difference between stagnation and progress, failure and success. Mr. Leslie (Bo) Oliver has provided that vision and commitment in forging links between the world of practical invention and development and that of academic imagination and creativity.

Over the years, in his role at the Boeing Company, he has been one of the forces driving the connection between the world’s most advanced aerospace and aircraft manufacturer and Howard University’s College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences.

Mr. Oliver has helped create a path for minority engineers to enter the universe where ideas and imagination in engineering are routinely transformed into leading edge products in aerospace and aircraft design, development and manufacture.

At Howard, he was responsible for developing programs in aerospace research. Similar examples of his work can be found at other HBCS. Mr. Oliver’s work in mating the best of corporate capacity with academic initiative will remain an important part of the history of our nation’s technological achievements long after his retirement. We are the grateful beneficiaries of his commitment, courage and tireless work. We heartedly congratulate Bo on his retirement from Boeing and wish him all the best in this “new initiative.”

James W. Mitchell, Dean, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences

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with masters and doctorate degrees.

Additionally, Bo has served on our Industry Advisory Council that advises the dean on curriculum, facilities, and areas to improve the quality issues for the programs in the various departments.

Indeed, he broadens efforts to the other institutions through leveraging contracts and grants, linking collaborative efforts and supporting broad initiatives that include other majority institutions.

For example, recently, the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the professional organization for developing engineering talent throughout the country, sponsored the Engineering Deans’ Institute on Diversity in Engineering, and Bo has supported Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), HBCUs and Tier I institutions throughout the Nation.

It is my pleasure to honor Oliver S. “Bo” Leslie as he closes a chapter that continues at Tuskegee, and takes the mantle of leadership for himself. His continual sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Thanks Bo for your leadership Legand L. Burge, Jr., Dean of the College of Engineering, Tuskegee University

Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering

“Oliver “Bo” Leslie is one of the few individuals that have been involved with AMIE since its inception in 1992. He has been a strong and vocal advocate for AMIE and its mission of developing partnerships with one or more of the HBCU Engineering Schools. He has seen the accredited HBCU Engineering schools grow from the original nine to now include 15.

Through the past 20 plus years, Bo and Boeing have been outstanding supporters and partners with AMIE and the HBCU Engineering Schools.

Through Bo’s commitment and influence, Boeing continues to be a leader in the recruitment, development and advancement of minorities throughout the organization. Boeing is annually recognized as a top supporter of HBCU’s, and one of the leading companies minority students want to work for.

Bo’s contributions over the years as Boeing’s alternate on the AMIE Board of Directors are too numerous to name. He has continuously supported the AMIE initiatives developed to enhance and promote the HBCU Engineering Schools. His work and influence within Boeing is legendary in keeping Boeing in the forefront of developing partnerships with the HBCU Engineering Schools.

Myron L. Hardiman, AMIE Executive Director Darryl A. Stokes, AMIE Chairman

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artnerships and collaboration are being relied on heavily at engineering schools at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) to give students a leg up in gaining knowledge and experience as well as better positioning them for the job market.

At a recent gathering of HBCU deans of engineering and technology schools, partnerships and collaboration were the buzz words repeated by several deans talking about their schools’ programs and how they are working to ensure that graduates leave their institutions not only with degrees but also with the right skills and experiences.

Discussing aspects of their programs were the heads of 14 accredited engineering schools at North Carolina A&T State University, Tuskegee University, Howard University, Southern University, Norfolk State University, Florida A&M University, Jackson State www.blackengineer.com

“A lot of our corporate partners are telling us…that for our students to be that leader you have to be able to broaden yourself and take on opportunities not only within Texas, the U.S. but abroad.”

– Kendall T. Harris, dean of engineering Prairie View A&M University

University, Morgan State University, Hampton University, Prairie View A&M University and Alabama A&M University.

Kendall T. Harris, dean of engineering at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, said listening to the needs of partners has helped to shape the

engineering school’s approach.

“We have been listening to our corporate partners and government agencies,” Harris said. “You are telling us you need a different type of engineer, computer scientist and technologist. You have a growing aging population, and you are about to lose intellectual capital to go out the door so you’re going to need to replace that intellectual capital. You can’t replace it with someone who’s going to take the normal path that me or you may have taken, meaning time-wise. You don’t have the time to make a 20-year middle manager. You don’t have the time to make a 30-year vice president. So we are taking that approach in how we’re training our students and developing our students.

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they come into your company they are ready to move forward as well as we’re giving our students international experiences.”

Harris added he and his colleagues drive home the importance of leadership to the 1,352 students in Prairie View’s engineering program. (Prairie View engineering school has six departments including chemical engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering, electrical engineering and computer science.)

“A lot of our corporate partners are telling us…that for our students to be that leader you have to be able to broaden yourself and take on opportunities not only within Texas, the U.S., but abroad. We’re really taking a hard approach to that,” he said.

Prairie View University Roy G. Perry College of Engineering currently has partnership agreements with eight countries including China, India, Egypt, Spain and Nigeria.

“One of the wonderful things at our institutions is that we have a creative skill set in our students, just by the nature of our students.

They look at the world differently.”

– Robin Coger, dean of the college of engineering, North Carolina A&T State University

Robin Coger, Ph.D., dean of the college of engineering at North Carolina A&T State University (NCATSU), pointed out that federal agencies know the value of students who have attended HBCU premier programs such as the ones offered at NCATSU. “Remember we are universities of talent,” said Coger.

“Talented professors, talented students, talented researchers— that’s in all of our schools.

NCATSU offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in six programs including chemical biological and bio engineering; civil, architectural and environmental engineering; computer science; electrical and computer engineering and industrial and systems engineering.

“We are cleared as a center of excellence when it comes to certain security-related matters,” Coger said. “The cybersecurity work that we’re doing ends up being a benefit to the nation.

When you have three-letter agencies come to you because of the work that they need. They need innovative minds. One of the wonderful things at our institutions is that we have a creative skill set in our students, just by the nature of our students. They look at the world differently. So as you look at our schools and you have diversity, diversity. Diversity you say is color, absolutely, but the backgrounds of our students end up bringing a diversity of thought. And that diversity of thought is pretty critical when you’re sitting in a room that’s thinking one way and then suddenly someone looks at the problem in a very different way and comes up with an innovative solution.”

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Lorraine Fleming, Ph.D., Howard University’s interim dean of the college of engineering, architecture and computer sciences, spoke of being proud of the work done at her college in nanotechnology in partnership with Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Habib Mohamadian, dean of Southern University’s college of engineering and computer science in Louisiana, noted that Southern partners with the University of Louisiana and that joint staff teach at both. He also spoke warmly of the collaboration that exists among the 14 HBCU and how they seek “common threads” so they can work together.

He said Southern also values international connections.

“The international element in higher education, especially in STEM fields, is the concern other countries have,” said Mohamadian, explaining that foreign students are highly interested in attending American schools with strong and competitive STEM programs.

Southern University has memorandums of understanding with several universities in Africa, Turkey and other countries, he said.

When the conversation turned to what makes HBCU special, Eric Sheppard, dean of Hampton University’s school of engineering and technology, said “fulfilling dreams” is their true niche.

“We take young people who have a dream to be in STEM [science, technology, engineering and math], to be engineers, to contribute to what you all do for the world,” said Sheppard.

He said some of these young people have had the kind of high school preparation that results in their college applications not matching a preconceived notion of what a potential engineer’s application should look like. “We give them a chance to fulfill that dream. Now they have to perform, but we give them an opportunity.”

Anita Farrington, dean of student affairs at New York University’s school of engineering (Brooklyn Polytechnic), who sat in on the session with the deans, said not enough students considering graduate degrees are considering the programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

“I don’t think HBCUs are on our radar, and not just us,” said Farrington, adding that she’s been at NYU for 30 years and does the best she can do to spread the word about the schools and their programs.

Taking the conversation about graduate programs in a different direction, Harris of Prairie View said he holds that “talented African-American students should not have to pay for graduate school. The need is just that high.”

He said he worked with his school’s finance administrators and reached an agreement to substantially boost their graduate students’ financial support.

Angela Benjamin, diversity programs manager at Accenture, spoke to the deans about how individuals such as herself could better partner with their schools.

“I’m looking at ways to branch out,” said Benjamin. “I know we can buy talent but what else can we do.”

She said she would like to get five to 10 students in the pipeline at her company and “show what kind of value they bring.”

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he process of recruiting has evolved to inform potential employers more thoroughly to capture the attention of social media-savvy and digitally-oriented students and recent graduates. The Michigan State study illuminated strategies that employers use most often for recruitment.

The college employment system remains the key recruitment delivery system 98 percent of the time. It was followed by: posting on an employer’s website 97 percent; attending career fairs, 97 percent; visiting campuses, 89 percent; having alumni target schools, 88 percent; hiring from internship and co-op connections, 87 percent; and using social media, 82 percent.

Sectors that used the widest variety of recruitment strategies included administrative services, information services, hospitality, retail, transportation and utilities. Among the industries that used the fewest, and are among STEM student hunters are entertainment, educational services, healthcare, mining and oil, nonprofits, and wholesale.

The four main web sites recruiters use are LinkedIn, Facebook, Monster, and After College. The latter focuses on “entry-level jobs and internships for students of nursing, engineering, business and all disciplines.”

“[Students] should display maturity, a professional demeanor, and communication skills” How do HBCUs fit in?

Michigan State asked recruiters to identify the types of schools they actively recruited from for talent. During academic year 2013-2014, employers expect to boost HBCU, historically Black colleges and universities, recruiting by 10 percent. The employers are generally major organizations, with more than 10,000 workers. Each “expects to recruit 134 or more new bachelor’s degrees this year” and students at “these [Black] institutions may experience more robust recruiting than counterparts attending neighboring public and private institutions,” the report says.

There were 342 recruiters visiting Black schools and they projected an 11 percent hiring increase. There were 259 employers recruiting at Hispanic Serving Institutions for 159 hires per company and a 13 percent increase in hiring.

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What companies want and don’t want in an employee:

The Michigan State University report lays out what the employers and the prospective workers should expect from each other as well as provides examples of how the two groups sometimes disconnect and disappoint each other.

Students should: • Display maturity, a professional demeanor, and communication skills • Demonstrate a connection or interest in an employer’s culture and values • Be coachable and disciplined • Show their academic, employment, community involvement • Be open-minded, creative, curious, and confident • Have internship experience that demonstrates curiosity and ability • Be self-starters, optimistic, diplomatic, and ready to give recruiters an example • Know that workplace insight can trump academic history • Have internship, co-op, and/or volunteer experience • Create opportunities, show drive and value • Not confuse their degree with their salary value • Not assume that they know how much work is expected in a job • Realize that just clocking hours doesn’t create opportunities or show value • Never lower their dress and conduct standards once hired • Write cover letters that show specific knowledge about a specific employer www.blackengineer.com

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otice a trend in the network of employers that have partnered with US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine and its signature event—Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Global Competitiveness—since 1987.

BEYA STEM partners command a lion share of the world’s job market in information and communication systems, logistics, aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, and launch systems.

Since 1987, they have stood out from the crowd to overcome tough challenges in posting annual profit growths every year and compete for high-skill STEM professionals.

They understand the vision of USBE&IT magazine and its annual BEYA STEM event and that’s why these organizations, famous for pioneering innovations and novel approaches in STEM, continue to lead in vital activities such as hiring, investment in workforce development, educational outreach and promotion of opportunities in STEM.

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IBM Corporation

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Alabama A&M University AMIE Applied Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University AT&T BAE Systems The Boeing Company Booz Allen Hamilton Capitol-College Central Intelligence Agency CH2M HILL Chrysler Group, LLC Corning Incorporated Diversity/Careers Diversitycomm Inc. Drexel University Exelis Exelon Corporation Florida A&M University General Dynamics Corporation General Motors Company George Washington University Ms. Linda Gooden Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Gulfstream, a General Dynamics Company Hampton University

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Exelon Corporation

Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon operates in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. The company is one of the largest North American power generators, with 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity. Its Constellation unit provides products and services to 100,000 business and public sector, and 1 million residential customers. Exelon’s utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than 7.8 million utility customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO).

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Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs Missile Defense Agency The MITRE Corporation Morgan State University National BDPA (Black Data Processing Associates) National Institute of Standards and Technology Norfolk State University North Carolina A&T State University Noblis, Inc. Northrop Grumman Corporation Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNC Bank Raytheon Company Snap-on Incorporated Southern University and A&M College Southwest Airlines Tennessee State University Tuskegee University University of the District of Columbia University of Maryland, Baltimore County USAA U.S. Air Force U.S. Army - Marketing and Research Group U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of the Navy – Civilian Human Resource U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA for Vets U.S. Postal Service Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. World Wide Technology, Inc.

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Accenture

Accenture is a leading organization providing management consulting, technology and outsourcing services, with 289,000 employees; offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 56 countries, and net revenues of $28.6 billion for 2013. Their four platforms—Accenture Strategy, Accenture Digital, Accenture Technology, Accenture Operations—are the engines through which they build skills and capabilities, develop knowledge capital, and create, acquire and manage key assets central to the development of integrated services and solutions for clients.

Aerotek

Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group® Inc., the largest recruiting and staffing company in the United States. Allegis is comprised of a group of companies that provide niche staffing services throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. Aerotek was founded in 1983 to service the recruiting and staffing needs for the aerospace and defense industry. Due to rapid growth, Aerotek has continued to expand its services to provide recruiting and staffing to many industries focusing on technical, professional and industrial staffing.

AT&T

For more than a century, AT&T has provided innovative products and services for its customers. Today, their fulfilling their mission by creating new solutions for consumers and businesses and by driving innovation in the communications and entertainment industry. AT&T is bringing it all together for its customers, from smartphones to next-generation TV and broadband services and sophisticated solutions for multi-national businesses.

AT&T’s 2013 reported consolidated revenue is $128 billion.

BAE Systems

More than 88,000 people make up BAE Systems in Australia, India, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America. BAE is the UK’s largest manufacturing employer and is also the UK’s biggest employer of professional engineers. BAE has produced state-of-the-art defense equipment and technologi-

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cal firsts for decades, and the company’s engineers continue to work on some of the most advanced engineering projects in the world through mutually beneficial partnerships with investment in local businesses and the sharing of skills and technologies.

The Boeing Company

Boeing is one of the largest aerospace companies and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. With corporate offices in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 168,000 people across the U.S. and in more than 65 countries. 140,000 Boeing employees hold college degrees— including nearly 35,000 advanced degrees—in virtually every business and technical field from approximately 2,700 colleges and universities worldwide.

Chrysler Group, LLC

Chrysler Group, LLC had 73,700 employees as of December 2013. The company’s brands include Chrysler, Jeep, Ram, SRT, FIAT and Mopar. They sold 2.4 million vehicles in 2013 with a net revenue of $72 billion. Its manufacturing facilities include 13 assembly plants, seven engine, three transmission and 13 stamping, casting, machining, axle, tool and die.

General Dynamics Corporation

General Dynamics (GD) is one of the largest arms producing companies and it serves commercial and government customers around the world. GD is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technology.

General Motors Company

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Rodney O’Neal

executive officer.

During his tenure as CEO, Mr. O’Neal led Delphi through a historic reorganization that transformed the company into an entity with fewer, but more competitive and profitable product lines, as well as more diversified markets, customers and geographic footprint. Today, Delphi has over $16 billion in revenue and is considered a technological leader.

Mr. O’Neal serves on the board of directors for Delphi and the honorary board of directors for Real Life 101, a scholarship and mentoring program for at-risk African American males.

Chief Executive Officer and President Delphi Automotive LLP 2002 Black Engineer of the Year

Rodney O’Neal is chief executive officer and president of Delphi Automotive PLC, a premier global automotive supplier, with manufacturing sites and technical centers in 32 countries.

A veteran of the automotive industry, Mr. O’Neal began his career with General Motors while attending college at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University). After graduation, he held a number of engineering, production and manufacturing supervisory positions with the company in locations throughout the United States, Portugal and Canada.

Mr. O’Neal became president of Delphi’s Interior Systems Division in 1997 and later held executive level roles in several Delphi divisions and sectors before becoming the company’s president and chief operating officer in 2005.

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Glenn Arnold

Director of Programs Management Infrastructure Management Group EMC 2009 Special Recognition Honoree

When Glenn Arnold was an Atlanta high school sophomore, he listened to engineering students from the Georgia Institute of Technology talk about how

his aptitude for math and science could lead to an engineering career. Before then, he had never seen Black engineers.

Arnold went to earn a degree in physics from Morehouse College and a second bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech. He also earned an M.B.A. from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business and a master’s in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

Prior to joining EMC, he spent 20 years at Lucent Technologies/AT&T. At Lucent, he worked in multiple business areas, including wireless infrastructure, voice switching and data networking. He started his tenure at EMC leading infrastructure software program management. Prior to his current role, he was responsible for strategic investigations in the Chief Technology Office and for driving the Chief Development Officer’s operation.

Arnold is now driving and managing staff operations and strategic initiatives reporting directly to the President of GPO. His responsibilities include the following initiatives: prioritize and program manage cross-GPO initiatives, lead strategic product and process investigations, and story boarding major GPO activities and work streams. Prior to this position, Glenn served as Director of ASD Program management where he facilitated the Product Line leadership Team for Smarts as well as the Smarts Suite engineering team. He is the co-founder of the EMC Black Employee Affinity Group.

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BEYA-WOC HALL OF FAME

Oscar Barton

Professor and Department Chair Mechanical Engineering Department United States Naval Academy 2009 BEYA College-level Promotion of Education

Oscar Barton is a tenured professor in electrical and mechanical science at the United States Naval Academy. He was the first Black engineer to be a full-time professor in the history of the Academy.

The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) recognized his significant contributions to promote educational advancement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). In his 2009 nomination, retired Vice Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler then superintendent of the Academy, said Barton “has been an adviser to our finest Trident Scholars, while providing tireless mentoring to midshipmen in our study clubs. He is admired and sought as an advisor, teacher, and counselor throughout the student body.”

Barton developed the mechanical engineering curriculum and received a letter of commendation in 2006 for his work in preparing the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) report. Barton earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Tuskegee University in 1984. Three years later, he received his master’s, also in mechanical engineering, from Howard University.

He earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering at Howard in 1993.

Barton is a member of a number of engineering organizations, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).

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Pamela Carter

VP, Business Development for Global Services Boeing Defense, Space & Security 2010 Women of Color Technology All-Star

Leo A. Brooks, Jr.

VP, National Security and Space Group Boeing Company- Government Operations 2009 BEYA Stars and Stripes Military Leadership

Leo Brooks grew up in an Army family. Brooks, his father, and his younger brother, Vince, all rose to the rank of general officer in the U.S. Army. Brooks joined Boeing in 2006, after serving in the Army for 27 years. He is senior corporate liaison with the Pentagon, NASA and the Department of Homeland Security.

Before taking his current position, he served as the vice president of Army systems business development for Boeing defense, space and security. As a flag officer, he commanded units including an Airborne Brigade in the famed 82nd Airborne Division, and as commandant of cadets at the U. S. Military Academy.

His last assignment prior to retiring was vice director of the Army Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon.

Brooks holds a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy and a master’s in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Norwich University, Board of Directors of the District of Columbia College Access Program and Advisory Board of Directors of the Association of the United States Army.

Pamela Carter has spent most of her working life in aviation management.

After a 26-year career as an aircraft maintenance officer in logistics in the U.S. Air Force, she accepted a position with one of the leading corporations that design, manufacture and sell fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets and satellites.

Her first assignment with Boeing in 2004 was standing up C-17 operations at McGuire Air Force Base. Carter’s team was responsible for engineering, spares and engine management support. She led logistics and initiatives to create more effectives relationships. Carter is a two-time winner of the Boeing Business Development Leadership Award. She also won the 2012 Amelia Earhart Society Woman in Leadership Award for her courage, vision and groundbreaking achievements, both in aviation and for women.

Carter has bachelor degrees in psychology and philosophy from West Virginia State University, and a master’s in education from the University of Maryland. She also has a degree in national security policy resourcing from the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

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Robin Forbis

Senior Vice President – Finance Global Finance Transformation Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 2012 Special Recognition Honoree

Denise Russell Fleming Fumbi Chima

VP, Business Technology & Transformation BAE Systems 2012 Women of Color Career Achievement in Industry

We are all new immigrants to the hyper-connected world, Thomas L. Friedman said recently, and Fumbi Chima is a leading global executive in today’s flat world. Previously, as vice president of global technology services and strategic partnerships she was responsible for the vendor management office, project management office and Walmart’s global technology services office in India, as well as Walmart’s information technology asset management team.

Chima has assisted in the transformation of global companies to implement IT strategies and platforms, and drive revenue growth. She has led business units in banking, finance and investment management services, as well as retail in Asia, Latin America, Europe and in the United States.

Chima earned her bachelor’s degree from University of Hull in Yorkshire, England. Currently, she is vice president and chief information officer of Wal-Mart Asia. She serves as one of the officer sponsors for the Wal-Mart women’s resource council, secretary of the African American officer caucus and a member of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF). She also serves in numerous volunteer roles, including the World Affairs Council—DC, STEM connector, West Essex YMCA and the New Jersey School of Ballet.

Denise Russell Fleming is a pioneer in mentoring to increase the interest and confidence of girls and young women to pursue and succeed in STEM. After Fleming discovered her fear of blood could hinder a medical career, Fleming’s high school teacher coaxed her to develop an interest in engineering, sowing an early seed for mentoring, which Fleming has done throughout her career. In 2009 she served on the Maryland STEM Task Force.

Earlier in 2012, she presented scholarships on behalf of Lockheed Martin Corporation at the Mississippi Information Technology Day in Jackson.

Fleming herself attended the University of Virginia and earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1993.

Four years later, she earned her M.B.A. from Duke University. During her 13-year career at Sprint Nextel, one of her biggest achievements was delivering a $74 million savings in cost service.

Currently as VP at BAE Systems, she develops strategies to ensure alignment of technology with business goals. She also works with counterparts in operations, engineering and human resources to ensure process, people and technology are aligned to support the needs of the customers.

Fleming is a member of advisory boards for Women in Engineering in the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland and the information systems department in the School of Business at Howard University.

Vice President and Chief Information Officer Wal-Mart Asia 2012 Women of Color New Media/ IT Leadership

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Robin Forbis is a key figure in the management of Wal-Mart’s financials and a major decision maker in the financial management systems of the multinational retail corporation.

Forbis is responsible for transforming finance by designing new processes, systems and information in all countries in which Wal-Mart does business. Prior to her current role, she held major positions within the finance organization. She joined the company in 1990 and spent the early years of her career in internal audit, corporate accounting and tax. In 1994 she transitioned into leadership positions on the finance team supporting the Wal-Mart U.S. business.

She helped improve profit and loss forecasting, enabling the business to make decisions based on business trends.

In 2003, she was promoted to senior vice president, finance and strategy after assuming additional responsibility for logistics, real estate, Walmart.com, global procurement and strategy.

In 2004, she briefly left the U.S. team and led creation of corporate compliance, a group responsible for legal and regulatory matters. She returned to U.S. finance in 2005 and launched a reorganization to support the company’s largest business segment. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She became a certified public accountant in 1992, and served as member of the board of directors at United Way of northwest Arkansas in 2009-2010. Over a six-year period in 2001-2006, she was a member of the Helen R. Walton Children Center board of directors and served as the president in 2002-2003.

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Sonya Sepahban

SVP, Engineering Development & Technology General Dynamics 2012 Technologist of the Year

Rhonda Mims

Voya Foundation President Head, Voya Financial, Inc. office of corporate responsibility (ING U.S. recently rebranded as VOYA Financial) 2012 Women of Color Corporate Responsibility

Rhonda Mims ties key social issues to company business. She is responsible for Voya Financial, Inc.’s corporate strategy on children’s education, financial literacy and outreach to diverse communities.

Mims currently serves as an alliance trustee for America’s Promise, and she sits on the Board of Directors of The Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Boston College of Corporate Citizenship and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s business civic leadership center.

She is also an active member of the executive leadership council. Prior to her current role, Mims was a member of ING’s external affairs team. She served as ethics officer and conducted government affairs for some of the Midwestern states and the city of Atlanta.

Prior to that role, she was counsel with the ING U.S. litigation team, overseeing the management of outside counsel on litigation matters, and a territorial sales manager for ING. Prior to joining ING, she served as an environmental civil litigation attorney with the Department of Justice and as a senior attorney with the National District Attorney Association’s American Prosecutor’s Research Institute. Mims received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina and a Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

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Keith Ogboenyiya

General Manager, Micro controller Business Unit Texas Instruments 2013 BEYA Special Recognition Honoree

Keith Ogboenyiya is the general manager of Texas Instruments’ Motor Drive group, which is part of TI’s High Volume Analog and Logic business.

From 2009 until taking his current role in January 2014, Keith led TI’s C2000 Microcontroller business within TI’s Embedded Processing division. During this time he led this high performance microcontroller product line to one of the fastest growing and most profitable product lines within TI. Keith is an inspiration and mentor to aspiring engineers. His leadership and expertise in semiconductors for power electronics systems has led to TI’s products being widely adopted in systems such as heating and air conditioning, industrial motor drives, fluid pumps, digital power supplies, LED lighting, solar inverter systems, as well as smart utility metering. Keith’s unwavering commitment to innovating and leading a strong team are consistently recognized by his colleagues, and by others in the community.

Keith joined Texas Instruments in 2002 after graduating with a B.S. in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech and a B.S. in mathematics from Morehouse College.

Sonya Sepahban’s technology drive within her organization’s engineering functions led to the development of a center with a mission to enable transfer of technology into vehicles and programs to address the Armed Forces’ immediate needs. Prior to joining General Dynamics land systems division, Sepahban made her mark at Northrop Grumman, NASA Johnson Space Center, Lockheed Martin and a French aerospace company.

At NASA, where she spent 10 years, she worked on programs such as the space shuttle, the International Space Station and crew rescue vehicle. She led a EuroJapanese-NASA-Russian team as program manager of the crew escape capsule, which successfully modified the Russian Soyuz capsule as a lifeboat for astronauts orbiting earth in the space station.

At Northrop Grumman she was president of mission excellence, and chief engineer for North Grumman Space Technology. Sepahban has also served on boards of various organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs of America, California Academy of Math and Science, and Next Up, a leadership development program for high achieving early-career women. It will overcome traditional roadblocks to achieve enduring success in a new assignment or job. She earned a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 1982 and a bachelor’s in business administration from France’s Institute of Political Sciences.

Sepahban capped her portfolio with a master’s in chemical engineering from Rice University (1985) and a master’s in business administration from the University of Houston (1990). www.blackengineer.com

BEYA-WOC HALL OF FAME

Lauren States Vice President, CTO IBM Corporation 2013 BEYA Pioneer

Lauren States joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1978. During her tenure in IBM’s software group she built an organization of 5,000 technical architects and specialists along with management systems and supporting business processes. She also identified the corporate need to develop a Black executive talent review in a bid to provide mentors and sponsors to employees that may otherwise be overlooked among 100,000 individuals in the United States.

Since then, over 30 candidates have been promoted to executive rank. More recently as a senior executive on IBM’s integration and values team she was responsible for transforming processes for skills development, knowledge management and career progression for IBM’s professional sales force.

In her current role, she is responsible for technology strategy for IBM’s growth initiatives including cloud computing, Smarter Planet, business analytics and growth markets.

States co-chairs the IBM North America Black Constituency Council, chairs the Board of Visitors for Northeastern University College of Business, serves on the board of directors for MoJo (momsandjobs.com) and is a member of the Executive Leadership Council.

She was spokesperson for the Black Family Technology Awareness Week (BFTAW) campaign and launched BFTAW in Biloxi in Mississippi at a newly renovated middle school after hurricane Katrina. www.blackengineer.com

Albert Sweets

President, Innovate STEM Solutions, LLC BEYA Special Recognition Honoree

Albert Sweets is the CEO of Innovative STEM Solutions LLC (iSTEMS), an organization that seeks to build sustainable relationships between academia, government and private corporations. One of the primary goals of iSTEMS is to bring opportunities to urban children and adults, as well as excite them about the prospect of working in science, technology engineering and math (STEM). Sweets has sponsored the Ruth Golberg Design Camp, a summer communication and technology program for middle and high school students held at Arizona State University and his Alma mater, Morgan State University.

He also supports several extracurricular programs in the Baltimore area, and has been a mentor for K-12 school systems in Maryland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In 1984, Sweets enlisted in the U.S. Navy, eventually switching over to the Naval Reserves, where he remained until 2005.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Morgan State University in 1994. In 1999 he achieved his master’s in project management from George Washington University.

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