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People and Events .................8

Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the news.

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Boston Scientific Corporation CEO Michael F. Mahoney on talent, innovation, and initiatives that support diversity.

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Walking the Walk | Most Distinguished HBCU Alumni of 2015.....................25 Who’s Who list of Top HBCU Alumni Supporters.

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At the 2015 BEYA STEM Engineering Deans Round table in Washington DC, participants discuss partnerships, recruitment, STEM education and diversity.

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First Steps............................42 The School-to-IBM Pipeline, Building the Technical Pipeline.

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S Black Engineer magazine salutes the 2015 top supporters of historically Black college and university (HBCU) engineering. Getting ranked in USBE’s 13th annual survey is recognition for a job well done.

Employers come from the aerospace and aircraft manufacturing industries, weapons and military and commercial electronics, consumer goods, and high-technology products in areas including HVAC, fuel cells, elevators and escalators, fire and security, and building systems, among others.

No doubt about it, top supporters of HBCU engineering programs really do embrace diversity and value the unique talents, ideas and experiences of their employees.

On our cover is Michael F. Mahoney, CEO of a medical solutions innovator. Boston Scientific Corporation products and technologies are used to diagnose or treat medical conditions, and they continue to innovate and extend innovations into new geographies.

Last fall, Mahoney and his vice president of human resources in Interventional Cardiology, Camille Chang Gilmore, met the HBCU engineering deans.

Together they stood up a new Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) partnership that will facilitate recruitment of student interns, and graduates. Gilmore is also Boston Scientific’s global chief diversity officer.

AMIE’s purpose is to expand alliances to implement and support programs to attract, educate, graduate and place minority students in engineering careers.

The data contained in US Black Engineer’s 2015 Top Supporters Survey is provided by the engineering programs at HBCUs and the AMIE corporate academic alliance. The survey was conducted from August to December 2014.

While reporting their support from industry, government and nonprofits, the HBCU deans consider the following factors, infrastructure modernization and enhancement, research, participation on advisory councils, faculty development opportunities, scholarships, student projects, stipends, co-op, and career opportunities over the past year.

The 2015 list was announced on a live webinar by engineering deans from two of the largest HBCU Engineering Colleges: Dr. Robin Coger of North Carolina A&T University and Dr. Kendall Harris of Prairie View A&M. The top supporters of historically Black College and University (HBCU) engineering schools come from over 100 corporate, academic and governmental organizations.

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Letters to the Publisher Thank you for selecting Lockheed Martin as a 2015 Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Engineering Programs. It’s an honor for our company to earn this unique distinction and to be recognized in the May Deans’ Edition of US Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine. ¶ We appreciate this powerful acknowledgement, as we believe our diversity and inclusion efforts ensure we have the unique perspectives and strong talent pipeline to yield breakthrough innovations for our customers and the world. ¶ We thank you again, and I look forward to our continued efforts in advancing careers in STEM. — Marillyn A. Hewson Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Lockheed Martin Corporation

It was great to spend time together last month. I appreciate you making the trip to our new World Headquarters in Marlborough. I’d also like to personally thank you for naming Boston Scientific to the 2015 list of Top Supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Engineering Programs. ¶ This honor means a lot to us, particularly because of the close involvement of the Engineering Deans in selecting the top supporters. It also provides further evidence that our approach to diversity and inclusion efforts is working. Hosting the Engineering Deans for two days at our Maple Grove, MN campus is a great example of our unique approach to talent acquisition, and this served as a great start to our collaboration.

As we discussed, we want the Deans to see and understand the culture and innovation at work at Boston Scientific, so that together we can identify ways to promote STEM education and careers. We share in your — and in the Dean’s — dedication and passion to develop diverse talent who will become the next generation of leaders. ¶ I’m very pleased that our collaboration is already paying off. We are grateful that the Deans have connected us with top engineering students, and we now have a 75% acceptance rate from those HBCU students who were offered summer internships at Boston Scientific. ¶ Thanks again for recognizing our efforts and for promoting the many opportunities for meaningful careers in STEM. — Mike Mahoney President and CEO Boston Scientific Corporation

Thank you for your letter announcing the United States Air Force as 2015 Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Engineering Programs. It is an honor to be recognized by the deans of the 15 HBCU engineering programs and the corporate academic alliance Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering. ¶ Diversity in military service is highly valued, especially in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. We are proud to support programs that will produce the next generation of Air Force engineers.

— Mark A. Welsh III General United States Air Force Chief of Staff

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SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY JEH JOHNSON PROVIDES KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR FMU GRADUATES

Florida Memorial University (FMU) President Dr. Roslyn Artis (left) and the Vice Chairman for FMU’s Board of Trustees, John Ruffin (center) presented Secretary Jeh Johnson the President’s Award.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was the keynote speaker at the Florida Memorial University commencement ceremony held on May 2, 2015. Secretary Johnson gave the spring graduates a handy list of 10 life lessons. The secretary’s tips ranged from putting maximum effort into all endeavors to seeking a mentor, doing the right thing, and treating others as you’d want to be treated. His first lesson advised “you have it within you to do far more than you know. I am living proof of that.”

Thoughtfulness came in at number eight. He also included accounts of his journey as a C and D student in his sophomore year. Johnson overcame his hurdles to become a 4.0 student. He graduated from Morehouse in 1979. Secretary Johnson encouraged students to consider a career in public service and to be productive. Prior to joining DHS, he served as general counsel for the Department of Defense, where he led 10,000 lawyers across the department. As general counsel, Secretary Johnson oversaw the development of the legal aspects of counterterrorism policies, spearheaded reforms to the military commissions system at Guantanamo Bay in 2009, and co-authored the 250-page report that paved the way for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2010.

CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND SECRETARY RE-ELECTED TO MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS

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The 15-member Morgan State University Board of Regents held their scheduled meeting May 5.

They decided that Kweisi Mfume will continue as chairman of the Morgan State University System Board of Regents with Rev. Frances Murphy Draper as Vice Chair and Tyrone Taborn as Secretary. Mr. Mfume is a magna cum laude graduate of MSU and The Johns Hopkins University. Rev. Dr. Frances Murphy Draper is a graduate of MSU, The Johns Hopkins University, the University of Baltimore, and Loyola College and received her doctorate in ministry from United Theological Seminary in Ohio. Mr. Tyrone D. Taborn is publisher, chairman, and CEO of Career Communications Group, which promotes the achievements of minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Taborn holds honorary degrees from MSU and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and a Bachelor of Science from The Johns Hopkins University. The Governor of Maryland appoints Board members for six-year terms, except for the student regent, who is appointed for a one-year term. The Board appoints the University President, who serves at the pleasure of the Board. The Board also sets admission standards, reviews and approves university policies and budgets, and establishes the regulatory framework within which the individual units operate.

Jackson State University faculty, staff, and administrators kicked off a cooperative research agreement with members of the Engineer Research and Development Center of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently. Joint areas of research include cyber warfare, cyber defense, high-tech computational research and analysis, development of technical measurement involving high-performance computing, energy management, and Internet apps. Talks to establish the partnership started about a year and a half ago. The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) will work with JSU students and faculty to develop nationally-recognized research. Jackson State is assuming a leadership position in the field of computational and data-enabled science and engineering as one of the first universities in the nation to offer a doctoral degree in big data.

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RETIRED MILITARY OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES BUSINESS INSTITUTE AWARDS

The Retired Military Officers’ Association launched its Business Institute awards during National Small Business Week and recognized 10 people for Top photo: Harvey Dickerson III receivtheir contributions. ing RBA Member of the Year Award on Harvey G. Dickerbehalf of his father, Harvey Dickerson, Jr., Colonel, U.S. Army (ret). son, Jr., Colonel, U.S. Army (retired) was hon- Mr. Caesar Fenderson (seated) and with Colonel Frank Francois, ored as “RBA Member of family, U.S. Army (ret), far right, and to his the Year” for his commit- right, Mr. Dan Akerson, former chairment to veterans in their man and CEO of General Motors. quest to create businesses with the help of the Association. Theodore A. Adams, III, president and CEO of Unified Industries, Inc. won the Heroes in Business Award for his “unparalleled leadership and creativity in the business world.” Kevin Jennings, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (retired), president/CEO of Millennium Corporation, was Entrepreneur of the Year. Jennings built his program management and acquisition company from a tiny space to a $29 million business with 160 employees. The Service Disabled Veteran Award went to Louisa Jaffe, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (retired). Jaffe has a combined 28 years in military service and is CEO/president of Tape-LLC, an Inc. 500/5000 Company. Tonya Saunders, lobbyist and principal of Washington Premier Consulting, LLC, was honored with the Constellation Award. Caesar Fenderson was recognized for his service as a U.S. Army combat veteran who participated in the WWII Battle of Normandy and as a member of the “Red Ball Express” truck convoy system.

The Retired Military Officers’ Business Association was created 21 years ago by retired military officers to assist each other in small business development. The Retired Military Officers’ Association, or RMOA, sponsors the RMOA Business Institute, which provides mentors and education for veterans and others to start their own businesses. www.blackengineer.com

2015 PUSH TECH 2020 SUMMIT Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s Reverend Jesse Jackson, a close ally of Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich, applauded Intel’s Diversity in Technology Initiative at the Rainbow PUSH Tech 2020 Summit on May 6. Since Intel announced its commitment to $300 million for workforce diversity in January, Krzanich said that Intel has made progress, with 41 percent of hires so far this year diverse versus 32 percent last year. Seventeen percent of senior hires in the first quarter were minorities and 33 percent were women, up from 6 percent and 19 percent in 2014 respectively, he added. Intel’s CEO also said that the corporation has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Oakland Unified School District in California to commit $5 million over five years towards education transformation that would create a computer science and engineering pathway for more than 2,400 students, with a graduating cohort of 600 students over the next five years. Highlights of the event included a pitch competition with Black and Latino start-ups and technology entrepreneurs, panels on venture capital and success stories for entrepreneurs and technology leaders, supplier diversity and procurement opportunities, diversity strategies, minority participation of financial services firms, and minority participation of financial services firms and the tech industry. Intel has committed to spending $1 billion with diverse-owned businesses by 2020.

BEYA STARS AND STRIPES WINNER LED MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD’S RESPONSE TO BALTIMORE’S UNREST Baltimore’s public safety emergency was one of the first domestic missions for Major General Linda Singh.

The 29th adjutant general of Maryland, the first African-American, and the first woman to hold the post, Singh took command of the Maryland Army and Air National Guard in February 2015. Gen. Singh received the National Guard Stars and Stripes Award during the 28th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Global Competitiveness Conference in February 2014. Prior to the award ceremony, she joined other senior leaders from the military in a mentoring session for high school students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math. The event was designed to foster interest in science, technology, engineering, and math among high school students — specifically minority students — and featured many senior military officials who spoke about their experiences and how science and technology impacted their lives.

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One on One

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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES | THE PROS AND CONS WITH TWO LEADING AUTHORITIES ON HBCUS

Dr. Michael Lomax President and Chief Executive United Negro College Fund

Dr. Ivory Toldson Deputy Director White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Photo by Timothy Greenfiled-Sanders

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ven as the nation’s partisan divide has grown ever sharper, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) have always enjoyed strong support from both Republicans and Democrats. That history only adds to the irony, which comes with the recent criticism of President Obama, the nation’s first African-American president, who has come under fire in some quarters for pushing policies they say have harmed HBCUs. HBCU advocates say a tightening of credit standards for a federal loan program led to 28,000 Black students leaving historically Black colleges. The Administration is also preparing to unveil a new college ratings system that HBCU leaders say could unfairly keep their schools from getting more federal help. And after the president unveiled a new initiative to pay for community college tuition, it angered some HBCU leaders, who argue that their schools should also be eligible for similar help since they also serve many low-income students.

Through it all, the nation’s 105 historically Black colleges and universities have continued doing the yeoman’s work that forms the core of their unrivaled legacy. Together, the schools account for only 9 percent of Black undergraduates, yet they award nearly 20 percent of the bachelor’s degrees earned by African Americans, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

US Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine recently spoke separately with two leading authorities on historically Black colleges, both of whom are strong supporters of HBCUs but represent opposite sides of the simmering controversy.

Dr. Michael Lomax is a former president of Dillard University who for more than a decade has been president and chief

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executive of the venerable United Negro College Fund, which in its history has raised more than $2.1 billion for the nation’s 37 private Black colleges and their students. The magazine also spoke with Dr. Ivory Toldson, deputy director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

The conversations follow here, beginning with Dr. Lomax: USBE&IT: Some critics have argued that Obama Administration policies, including tighter standards for Parent Plus loans, a plan to offer free community college, and ratings that single schools out for low graduation rates and high loan default rates, are hurting historically Black colleges. What are your thoughts on that?

Dr. Lomax: The Parent Plus loan changes, we have argued vehemently, were bad policy badly made. We argued from the very beginning that was going to have a disparate negative impact on historically Black colleges. The Department of Education argued that this was an appropriate change and they could mitigate the impact on historically Black colleges. As this has turned out, they have issued a study themselves which has affirmed what we suggested from the very beginning: that this was a policy that would have an adverse impact on historically Black colleges and the students that attend them. Enrollment is down significantly. The good news is that we have adjusted those credit standards. We believe they are better now, but we can’t undo the impact that they had. I think Department of Education policy that would hold schools responsible for graduation rates would also adversely impact HBCUs. When you look at HBCUs and say, “Well, only 33 percent of their students graduUSBE&IT I SUMMER 2015 11

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ate in six years. That’s lower than the 51 percent of Americans who graduate in six years at all four-year institutions.” Well, yes. But at HBCUs, 75 percent of the students are low-income students. And low-income students have 10 percent graduation rates. When you look at the performance of HBCUs, they are outperforming consistently all other institutions that are educating the demographic groups that we educate. When we look at evaluating those institutions, it is very often done against a more privileged subset of institutions.

USBE&IT: Are HBCUs and the families that send their children to them relying too heavily on loans?

Dr. Lomax: Unfortunately, parents are having to rely too much on loans. In the last decade, scholarships through Pell Grants have lost their buying power. A Pell Grant used to pay for 70 percent of college tuition. Today, it pays for 30 percent.

Low-income families that don’t have savings therefore can only finance these educations through the student working and/or taking out loans. Do we want loans? No. But if the alternative is no education, then I would argue that that loan, if taken out conservatively, is the best ticket to the future for a low-income, firstgeneration student. UNCF works night and day to raise funds. We’ll award $100 million in scholarships this year. That makes us one of the largest scholarship providers in the nation. It is an important role that we play, but we need billions of dollars of financial aid for students, not just millions. The federal government is not fulfilling its role with Pell Grants. And if you look at the scholarships that are awarded by the states, very often they are funded with the proceeds from the lottery. Tickets are disproportionately bought by low-income people of color.

Those lottery-funded scholarship programs have moved to being largely merit based. And the percentage of low-income AfricanAmerican students who get the benefit of the scholarships paid for by their family members who are buying lottery tickets has diminished. So we have an unfair and uneven playing field.

USBE&IT: Why is it that HBCUs continue to produce a disproportionate share of the nation’s Black college graduates? What are you doing that other schools are not?

Dr. Lomax: The first thing we’re doing is that we believe in our students. We believe that Black students can go to college, should go to college, and that they should pursue four-year degrees. Unfortunately, many of the educators that our kids encounter in grades K through 12 set very low expectations for them. They don’t believe in them. They still believe they are going to be hourly wage earners; they are not “college material.”

HBCUs believe if you got there, we’re going to get you out.

USBE&IT: What prevents other schools from replicating that success?

Dr. Lomax: You might have to ask those other colleges that one. But what I still see, particularly in the STEM disciplines, is this question of belief. I was at Google, where my daughter (a Howard University student) was an intern. I was meeting with members of the African-American employee group there.

I was sitting next to a young man who has a Ph.D. in computer science from an elite Southwestern university, and he said to me, “I can’t tell you how often as I pursued this degree, I would continue to have professors who would say, ‘This really isn’t for you.’”

So there is still in the professoriate, in the academy, a belief that African Americans don’t have the intellectual firepower. So I think we still encounter stereotypes. We still encounter misconceptions.

We still encounter a lack of belief in our intellectual capability.

The nation’s 105 historically Black colleges and universities account for only 9 percent of Black undergraduates, yet they award nearly 20 percent of the bachelor’s degrees earned by African Americans, according to the NCES.

USBE&IT: What is the current role of HBCUs?

Dr. Lomax: I think the current role of HBCUs is the role they have played historically. If you look at who attends HBCUs, 70 percent of the students at HBCUs are low-income, or Pell-eligible. That is versus 40 percent at all colleges and universities. Disproportionately, they are first-generation, low-income students. HBCUs continue to be the first rung on the ladder of post-secondary education for African-American families. We begin our educations generationally at historically Black colleges, and that has not changed.

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USBE&IT: What about among employers? Do you get the sense they respect HBCUs?

Dr. Lomax: We’re seeing a real uptick in American companies’ recognition of the demographic shift that the country is going through. People who gave lip service to diversity a decade ago are working more energetically to identify opportunities for bringing African American and other graduates of color into their companies. Here at UNCF, we have been growing more scholarship programs that are focused on careers in STEM and continuing careers in financial services. Like so many higher education institutions, I think HBCUs are going to have to do an even better job mapping out career options for our students. That means we’re going to see not just a focus on critical thinking and communication but I think we’re going to see students getting proficiency in the use of technology, using some of the team building and group work practices that we are seeing in American businesses.

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USBE&IT: Looking ahead, do you see most HBCUs being up for that task?

Dr. Lomax: There is a belief within higher education that only the best survive. You know, I think we can build fitness. I know at UNCF we’re doing everything we can to build stronger capability at our institutions. Much of that is around financial capability. We have worked at UNCF to help schools build their fundraising and to help them tap into what would seem to be one of their most important sources of funds, their alumni. I am proud to say that one of the institutions we invested in, Claflin University, today is the first HBCU to have over 50 percent of its alumni donating to its annual fund. They have surpassed Spelman, which is typically No. 1. With the right kind of investment, our institutions can build the strength and the capability to not just survive but to prosper.

USBE&IT: Some critics have argued that Obama Administration policies, including tighter standards for Parent Plus loans and plans for college ratings, are hurting historically Black colleges. What are your thoughts on that?

Dr. Toldson: I think every policy has to be viewed very carefully, and I think sometimes policies that have good intentions may adversely affect a certain sector. The Parent Plus loans, if people look at why the changes were made, they would see that it was a decision made to protect consumers. It was made by an administration that saw itself taking on the burden of some irresponsible credit decisions from the housing market to students that seemed to go unchecked in the previous administration. The changes were done without doing an impact assessment to see how they would affect HBCUs, and the Secretary of Education has conceded that there were some unintended consequences. Since then, there have been steps taken, such as the reconsideration process, which allows parents to be reconsidered if they were rejected, and that resulted in about 97 percent of all the parents who went through the process getting in. There was also an effort to come up with some consensus between the HBCU community and the federal government. The loan standards did not go back to where they were, but they did get moved in a direction that the majority of the HBCU community was happy with. Those changes went into effect in March, and we will be watching closely to see whether it has the intended effect, which is to see to it that every student who wants to go to an HBCU gets an opportunity to do that.

USBE&IT: How would you describe the role of historically black colleges today, and how has that changed in the last 30 or 40 years?

Dr. Toldson: HBCUs are very, very important in making sure that every student, regardless of their race, is afforded an opportunity for higher education. HBCUs have been very successful in producing graduates who have gone on to great things.

Different students require different things. A lot of students need to have their culture affirmed, and they need to be in an environment where who they are is valued and appreciated and they see models of people who look like them who have done great things. There are over 100 institutions, and they range considerwww.blackengineer.com

ably in the type of offerings they have for students.

USBE&IT: What accounts for the success of HBCUs?

Dr. Toldson: I think they are more nurturing. Modeling is an important characteristic of that. When I say that, I mean you have Black students who are seeing a lot of Black professors.

There are many Black students at predominantly white institutions that have never seen a Black professor, except maybe in a Black studies class. At HBCUs you are seeing Black physics professors, Black computer science professors, biology professors. I think HBCUs share characteristics with a lot of smaller institutions in that there is much more of a focus on undergraduates.

USBE&IT: Do employers value HBCU graduates, or is that more on a case-by-case basis?

Dr. Toldson: It is on a case-by-case basis. Many of them do. Many of them don’t. There are constantly employers saying they can’t find quality Black applicants. Many of them are not looking at HBCUs. Then there are many others that use HBCUs as their primary recruitment ground, sometimes to the dismay of Black students who attend predominantly white institutions.

There is also an employer who said that having U.S. citizens was very important to their agency, so they liked to recruit at HBCUs because they have more U.S. citizens. A lot of colleges now, most of their STEM students are mostly people from another country. At HBCUs, you have STEM students who mostly are not only Black but they are U.S. citizens. Some people talk about the advantages they have coming from HBCUs, but many others lament the biases people hold toward HBCUs. USBE&IT: What will it take for historically Black colleges and universities to have a future that is as glorious as their past?

Dr. Toldson: One, they have to focus on innovation, and they have to look at their infrastructure and administration and the services that they provide to their students and make sure they are modernized. Make sure that they use technology appropriately. Make sure they are not hanging on to antiquated systems. This is everything from financial aid, to admissions, to advising. There needs to be a strong emphasis on getting the infrastructure right so that the student experiences are really good.

HBCUs also need to make sure that they understand their own numbers and metrics. We are living in a time of hyper-information. We did not get to talk much about the college rating system, but that is something many HBCUs have some anxiety about.

But the reality is that the way that information is available right now, anyone with just a little bit of technological savvy can pull lots of indicators of a university. Some of these numbers could be drastically transformed by just doing some small things.

Some HBCUs are small enough that if they graduate 50 more students, they could significantly change their graduation rate.

Doing things like targeting students, giving emergency grants— sometimes you could keep a student in school with just $300 or something like that. So HBCUs really have to take care of their own metrics and take them seriously.

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t first glance the affable Mike Mahoney doesn’t look like a fighter, but don’t be fooled by that easy-going manner. Lean in a little more and you will find that nobody sells Boston Scientific and its 13,000 products better than the CEO. This Chief Executive is on an unrelenting quest to make the medical device business a leader in quality, and find the best talent — no matter where he has to go.

The company’s taglines say a lot about what they do, who they work for and their mission. Whether it’s “Closing the Gap in Pancreatic Cancer Research,” “There’s never been a better time to be a part of Boston Scientific,” or “I have to confess, we’re talent obsessed.”

And we should be glad about that obsession. Just ask some of the 58,000 patients who are treated each day with Boston Scientific products, or the 22 million people that the company expects to treat in 2015.

In a recent interview with US Black Engineer magazine, Mike F. Mahoney laid out his vision for the global developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices.

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Thirteen of the 15 HBCU Engineering Deans, along with Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) Chair Darryl A. Stokes and AMIE Executive Director Myron Hardiman, pose with senior Boston Scientific Corporation CEO Mike Mahoney and several senior executives last fall in Minnesota.

Prior to joining Boston Scientific Corporation in Oct. 2011, Mike Mahoney served as chairman of Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Devices and Diagnostics division. In his previous role as group chairman of J&J’s DePuy orthopedics and neuroscience business, which he held from 2007 through 2010, Mahoney drove a successful growth strategy via product innovation, multiple acquisitions, and international expansion, particularly in China and India.

Mahoney, who has more than 20 years of experience in medical devices, equipment and healthcare information technology (IT) service businesses, is set to drive the same growth at BSC, with a renewed war on talent.

“I really want Boston Scientific Corporation to be the place where the best talent wants to come,” Mahoney said. “That’s everything for the company. And we’re making great strides in our ability to recruit diverse talent; our ability to recruit excellent M.B.A.’s, engineers, and competitive talent,” he added.

This April, the company brought in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) talent scouts and recruiters to help augment their hiring of diverse talent.

‘New Partnerships’

Last fall, Boston Scientific held a meeting at its Interventional Cardiology Group’s site in Minnesota, with a 23-year-old organization led by fifteen historically Black college and university (HBCU) Engineering Deans. www.blackengineer.com

Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering or AMIE is a coalition of industry and government agencies and HBCU schools of engineering. The nonprofit facilitates partnerships between HBCU engineering schools and member organizations.

“They were genuine in how they looked out for employers, for their students; and how we could partner with them to develop engineering talent,” recalls Mahoney. They were 9 1/2 out of 10 in engagements.”

AMIE’s partnerships bring employers to career fairs at accredited HBCUs and afford them recruiting schedules.

Partnerships also include internships, co-ops, scholarships, equipment donation; faculty internships, research projects, and pre-college programs.

After the meeting with the deans, Boston Scientific gained 21 new candidates, made 16 offers, and 12 “accompanied to site” referrals.

“That’s why we assembled the deans because we wanted to expose them to Boston Scientific,” explains Camille Chang Gilmore. As vice president of Human Resources in Interventional Cardiology for Boston Scientific and its Global Chief Diversity Officer, she was instrumental in forging the links with AMIE. HBCU engineering schools represent 4 percent of America’s accredited engineering schools and graduate about 30 percent of Black undergraduate and graduate engineers.

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‘Building a critical mass’

“What I found interesting also was the deans talking about the internship program,” Mahoney added.

“They said ‘don’t bring in two from each one of our schools. Hire five or six from four schools. That way you build up a critical mass and a community with those students, which gives you a stronger reputation back with that school as they move on to join the company.’”

Mahoney is hopeful the approach will yield results.

“Because we don’t want to bring in 20 people, do internships and then don’t retain them. That means they didn’t have a great experience, and the community wasn’t there,” he said.

On average, Boston Scientific invites 200 students to participate in their internship and co-op programs each year.

“I think the need for stronger STEM education is one of the biggest problems in our public schools today. Less than 16 percent of high school students are interested in a STEM career and the US ranks 17th worldwide in science education,” Mahoney said.

“Businesses have a very important role to play in supporting efforts to improve STEM education, through providing funding, resources, and expertise in order to build a more competitive US STEM workforce,” he added. “Boston Scientific has made a commitment to STEM education at multiple levels — from K-12 to post-graduate education — because we know that in order to continue to produce transformative technologies for our patients we need to invest in developing the next generation of STEM leaders.”

Diverse talent on the agenda

No doubt about it the war for talent is very much alive at Boston Scientific.

“We spend time looking at diversity throughout the organization,” Mahoney said. “When you bring that skill in your leaders, it cultivates throughout the rest of the company,” he adds.

Alberto Quesada, a quality director at the Boston Scientific facility in Heredia, Costa Rica, is one of those leaders.

A week ahead of the interview at BSC’s headquarters in Massachusetts, US Black Engineer magazine visited the BSC site in Costa Rica to get an inside look at the company’s offering.

Quesada, a 22-year career industrial engineer, credited Mahoney for renewed vigor in Costa Rican operations.

“I spend a lot of time trying to enable a faster culture with a winning spirit,” adds Mahoney.

“Costa Rica used to be a manufacturing center, but we’ve turned that into more R&D development.

They come up with insights that help create new products.

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Employees are up skilling R&D and sustaining engineering. And we are partnering with the local schools to do that. That’s a good example of taking people on a career continuum.”

The Costa Rica plant leadership teams partnered with the local university to create a new academic program. The Master’s Degree in Engineering Design of Medical Devices launched in September 2014.

As of February 2014, Boston Scientific had 18 manufacturing facilities with a market presence in the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa; $817 million in R&D and revenue was $7.38 billion.

Boston Scientific’s World

Boston Scientific has 23,000 employees, with a sales force spread over 40 countries. Their products and technologies are used to diagnose or treat medical conditions, including heart, digestive, pulmonary, vascular, urological, women’s health, and chronic pain conditions.

“Scientific discovery is best advanced when we can harness the insight and creativity of a diverse talent pool with unique perspectives to develop challenges to some of the most significant challenges in healthcare today,” Mahoney said.

“The more we drive innovation, the healthier the company is, the more patients we impact. We do that in so many ways,” he added.

Reducing Boston Scientific’s environmental impact is perhaps the most important.

“Since I joined as CEO of Boston Scientific, we’ve implemented multiple strategies to make our company more ‘green’ both in the US and at our sites around the globe. We know the

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MICHAEL F. MAHONEY • President and Chief Executive Officer, Boston Scientific, 2011– • Worldwide chairman, medical devices and diagnostics, Johnson & Johnson, 2010–2011 • Worldwide company group chairman, Johnson & Johnson DePuy franchise, 2007–2010 • President and CEO, Global Healthcare Exchange, 2001–2006 • General Manager, GE Healthcare Information Technology • M.B.A., Wake Forest University • Bachelor’s degree in finance, University of Iowa USBE&IT Publisher Tyrone Taborn gestures as he interviews Boston Scientific Corporation President and CEO Michael F. Mahoney (center) at Boston Scientific headquarters in Marlborough, MA, Friday, April 17, 2015. They were joined by Camille Chang Gilmore, Global Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President of human resources in Boston Scientific’s Interventional Cardiology unit, to discuss building the talent pipeline necessary for continued success.

impact that the environment has on health -from increased rates of asthma to lack of clean water.

“As a life sciences company, I think that it’s important for us to think about not just how our products can transform the lives of patients, but how we as a company can help to build a healthier world.”

‘Fostering diversity’

Like any turnaround CEO with an eye on the future, Mahoney is focused on diagnosing and defining challenges, developing strategies for dealing with challenges, and ensuring that those strategies are carried out. But one thing tops strategy for this business leader, who began his health Information Technology career in a brave new world hallmarked by generational shifts.

“I saw first-hand the power of medical technology to break down barriers of race, class and geography,” Mahoney observes.

“I don’t think it is a coincidence that the technological revolution occurred alongside the Civil Rights movement and advances for women.”

In a recent Forbes study, of 321 companies with at least $500 million in annual revenue surveyed, 85 percent agreed or strongly agreed that diversity is crucial to fostering innovation in the workplace.

“The diversity of our R&D group — not only geographic diversity and capabilities but building the diversity of our workforce is key,” Mahoney said. “It’s that principle which guides our engagement with a variety of communities where we believe that our science and our solutions can have an impact.”

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Recent research and development successes bear him out.

They include Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals of the Watchman™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device and the Emblem™ Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) System, as well as the commercial roll-out of the Emblem S-ICD System in Europe and of the Rhythmia™ Mapping System in the United States.

Ted Childs of Ted Childs LLC, diversity thought leader, strategist and a catalyst for change, recently cited Mahoney as “a new generation of CEO leadership” in an article published by Career Communications Group.

“In the spirit of our diversity discussion, we need a 21st century CEO perspective, vision, behavior and execution. We need their intensity of focus on our talent development and hiring practices — ­ not just to attend awards events, or write a check, but to be personally engaged,” Childs said.

“One example of such leadership is Mike Mahoney at Boston Scientific,” he added.

“Mahoney and his team established “street cred” with the HBCU engineering community. He talked about his business, talent needs, and desire to have the talent on their campuses in his workforce.

“Equally important, the Boston Scientific senior leaders listened to the deans. That two day meeting has been followed by a series of individual calls with the deans to begin a step by step process toward the ultimate goal: jobs for students and continuous access for their company to a rich talent pool.”

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HBCU SUPPORT STRATEGIES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

Dr. Felecia McInnis Nave, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, associate professor of Chemical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University

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ver 80 percent of the students in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University are undergraduates. Their hometowns are located throughout the state of North Carolina, the nation, and the world. They also range from students whose families have earned degrees for generations to groundbreakers — first in their families to attend college and pursue careers as engineers or computer scientists.

As in all 15 Historically Black College and University Engineering Programs, North Carolina A&T works to provide a supportive environment with educational programs that close achievement gaps and boost opportunities for students from both low-income and high-income families.

North Carolina A&T’s pre-college bridge program, Helping Orient Minorities to Engineering, or HOME, is designed to assist students in their academic, personal, and professional development with mentoring, seminars, and workshops that seek to retain engineering and computer science students.

A&T college sources say the HOME Program, which is funded by industry partners, nurtures a sense of community for its participants at a critical juncture in their lives, transitioning from high school to college.

Achieving Great Goals Student organizations are also vital in helping provide a sense of community.

A&T’s College of Engineering has 24 active groups, with many more throughout campus, giving students the ability to tailor their Achieving Great Goals in Everything or “Aggie” experience in a way that best matches their needs and extracurricular interests.

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overload themselves,” says Dr. Felecia McInnis Nave, who is provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Prairie View A&M University.

“Even positive activities can become a distraction,” Dr. Nave adds. “For example, they can be president of NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers), vice president of the American Civil Engineering Society, and engaged in student government associations, and before they know it, they’re struggling to find time to get on with their academic studies. So we work with them on balance, being a little more deliberate in the activities they choose to better align with the career choices they’ll make for a corporate career.”

In addition to her provost’s job of working with deans, department heads, student services, counseling professionals, faculty, and staff to provide programs within and outside the classroom for undergraduate and graduate students, McInnis Nave is also a professor of chemical engineering at the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering and a member of the Texas A&M University System Graduate Faculty.

Her research interests include issues impacting the recruitment, retention, and persistence of African American and women students in STEM disciplines.

First Generation Students “Many of our students don’t have a historical context,” Dr. Nave says. “There’s no one in their family who has pursued an engineering degree,” she explains. “For a number of our students, they are the first generation to go to college. So we try to provide the foundational knowledge to enlighten them on what their career options are. We expose them to internships and coops very early so that they can develop a better understanding of the profession and the theoretical and professional demands in a practical setting.”

According to the College Board, first-generation students can come from families with low incomes or from middle- or higherincome families without a college-going tradition. Some have parents that support their plans for higher education; others are under family pressure to enter the workforce right after high school.

These students may come from families that speak languages other than English at home or cultures outside the United States with different education systems, the Board notes.

College Readiness The best college-ready education programs across the country aim to ensure that all students graduate from high school prepared to succeed.

“Many students are coming to us not having the necessary math preparation that we look for in degree programs, particularly in engineering,” notes Dr. Nave.

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order to address some of the deficiencies to help them level for retention. We have had, for a long period of time, various summer programs, where students come in the summer prior to their freshman year.

“We engage them in math, chemistry, physics, biology — science preparation. So once they start their degree program, they’re better prepared to be successful in their classes.

Additionally, we’ve opened up courses at college level to provide the tutoring, supplementary stuff, and mentoring in order to help students be more successful in their courses.”

Study habits also require some work, Dr. Nave says.

“They’re not always attuned to the demand or what we expect of that type of academic program. So we work students on study skills and soft skills so they know how to communicate and how to present themselves and balance the support that they need.”

Working College Students Four years ago, Laura W. Perna, a professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania, found that students across America are working more and juggling a multitude of roles, creating anxiety and lowering graduation rates.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2007 nearly half (45 percent) of “traditional” undergraduates — that is, students between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four attending college full time — worked while enrolled. About 80 percent of traditional-age undergraduates attending college part time worked while enrolled. Today nearly one in ten (8 percent) full-time, traditional-age undergraduates is employed at least thirty-five hours per week, Perna observed.

Most college students are now not only employed but also working a substantial number of hours.

“Working more than 20 hours a week will have an impact on your courses,” Dr. Nave says. “So we try to create opportunities on campus where they can earn money to pay for their college education.”

Research shows increased academic success for students working on rather than off campus. At Prairie View, jobs are available in the library, student athlete offices and campus recreation, bookstores, Centers and Institutes, computer labs, student centers, university dining, and undergraduate research.

Undergraduate students also gain experience by engaging in projects such as establishing an identity-theory framework, exploiting Web IDs for multiple identities, mitigating biometricbased replay attacks, identifying web clients through behavior characterization, and detecting cyber threats by matching patterns of user behavior.

The Computer Science department recently received $1.6 million to expand enrollment in its master’s and doctoral programs as part of a federal Cyber Security Workforce Pipeline Consortium. The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration sponsor the five-year program.

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the U.S. Department of Education called “Engaging the Next Generation of African-American Graduates Entering Biomedical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Careers,” or Engage2BE. Engage2BE is a specialized mentoring program designed to increase the number of underrepresented students that graduate with STEM undergraduate degrees.

The program provides support for underserved students with disabilities, students from low-income families, and students with children.

Engage2BE’s academic mentoring, motivation, and advisement are important in eliminating the feeling of isolation many students experience.

Grand Engineering Challenges Prairie View’s Dr. Nave has received over $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense, ExxonMobil, Society of Women Engineers, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Engineering Information Foundation, and PVAMU Research Foundation to advance her technical and education-related research agenda.

She has invested extensively in K–12 Outreach, serving as the summer programs coordinator for the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering in 2009, the program coordinator for the STEMPrep Enrichment Camp in 2006–2008 and program coordinator for the Minority Introduction to Technology and Engineering in 2003–2006.

A&T’s engineering undergraduates engage in technical challenges, competitions, international travel, and internships.

Additionally, the College has also embarked on a path for equipping undergraduates to address the technical challenges of the future by intensifying their exposure to innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities.

To achieve this, the college has joined the NSF-sponsored Pathways to Innovation program led by Stanford University.

Through this program, A&T is part of a cohort of engineering colleges across the country that are focused on providing students with curricular and extra-curricular experiences designed to bring their innovation skills to the forefront.

In conjunction with this effort, Dr. Robin Coger, Dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University, has committed, along with over 120 other engineering deans across the nation, to producing a cadre of undergraduate engineers each year with demonstrable evidence of experience in five areas necessary for the engineering workforce of the United States — like the list of “grand engineering challenges” identified by the National Academy of Engineers.

The five areas that must be demonstrated by each potential Grand Challenge Engineer in their portfolio of experiences are: research or design projects connected to the Grand Engineering Challenges Real-world, interdisciplinary experiential learning, entrepreneurship and innovation experience, global and crosscultural perspectives, and service learning.

The first cohort of engineering undergraduate Grand Challenge Engineers will be evaluated and honored in accordance with the national model during the current spring 2015 semester.

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Top Supporter

Employers Talk About Hiring on Campus ALABAMA POWER Tondra Fields

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Campus Recruiting Consultant

Alabama Power is one of four U.S. utilities operated by Southern Company, one of the nation’s largest producers of electricity. We have consistently recruited at Tuskegee University for engineering students.

Over the years we broadened our efforts to include Alabama A&M, Florida A&M, and Tennessee State. We also hire business students from a number of HBCUs (historically Black colleges and universities) including Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Miles College, Stillman College, and Tuskegee University.

We are constantly working to improve our relationships with HBCUs, in particular the HBCUs that reside in the State of Alabama. We do this through not only financial support but through providing internship and co-op opportunities in chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering as well as some business majors including administration, marketing, and accounting.

BASF CORPORATION

Latasha Teemer BASF portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and crop protection products to oil and gas. In 2014, BASF had sales of over $74 billion and around 113,000 employees. We have a number of employees who have attended HBCUs. Through our Engineering Professional Development Program we have partnered with North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University and Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College to recruit top engineering talent into our internship and full time rotational programs.

We work closely with Career Services and the Deans of Engineering to identify ways that we can help develop their students, e.g. through mock interviews, resume critiques, engineering career discussions or providing an externship/site tour. Another way that we have improved our relationship with our HBCUs is by identifying areas that would benefit the university and its students.

BASF has provided scholarships to high academic achieving students and donations for a Career Services Tech Center and Southern University and a 3-D scanner for the engineering students at North Carolina A&T. BASF offers internship opportunities through Professional and Leadership Development Programs every summer at production and corporate sites throughout North America.

For many PDP and LDP internship participants, their introduction to BASF begins with a 10- to 12-week summer internship that is kicked off with a robust orientation at the U.S. headquarters. Along with assignment responsibilities; interns perform community service, attend networking events, are given peer and professional mentors and are exposed to BASF leaders. Every year we manage around 65 interns nationally for this select program.

Summer internships are available for students majoring in Accounting, Agriculture, Controlling (Finance), Business, Engineering, Human Resources, MBA and Supply Chain.

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Walking the Walk Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2015 employment opportunities at the end of their summer employment experience. These programs help serve as a feeder pool for talent at BASF.

EMC

Danny Best

Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Global Workforce Inclusion

EMC is proud to sponsor an HBCU Program. This important program is led in partnership between EMC’s BEAG (Black Employee Affinity Group), University Relations and Office of Global Workforce Inclusion. The HBCU program was initiated in 2011, in response to EMC Chairman Joe Tucci’s commitment to support the establishment of relationships with HBCUs that were on par with the relationships that EMC had with other top tiered schools.

Some of the schools that EMC specifically engage include Alabama A&M, Clark/Atlanta University, Howard, Morehouse, North Carolina A&T, Spelman, Southern, Tennessee State University and Virginia State. A key component of the program is the EMC Summer Internship program for all Black Interns. It has been highly rated by participants and we are beginning to see the benefits with a number of returning students and post graduate hires.

EMC is a member of the AIME board and is represented

by Jackie Wynn who is RSA Vice President of Strategy and Integration. EMC had the pleasure of hosting many of the HBCU engineering deans for an AIME board meeting at our world headquarters in Massachusetts in 2014. This meeting also served as a catalyst for EMC to begin exploring ways to further support the HBCUs as well as other organizations driving STEM diversity such as AIME and NSBE. Each year EMC looks to hire interns from HBCUs. In 2014 we were successful in hiring 29 interns (16 HBCU students) and in 2014 that number increased to 33 (20 HBCU students).

Nine of those interns were hired as fulltime employees by early 2015. Our goal is to continue increasing that number in 2015 and beyond, and ultimately retain this pipeline of talent as regular full-time employees upon graduation.

EMC also regularly participates in activities and events that support HBCUs including industrial board memberships, academic/industrial programs and events, job fairs, information sessions, student cyber- competitions, conferences and conventions where HBCUs are prominently featured.

EMC is proud to be a partner and supporter of the HBCUs – we are proud to have several HBCU alumna employees here at EMC and look forward to welcoming many more.

Jackie Glenn, EMC’s Global Chief Diversity Officer states “Today’s diversity and inclusion initiatives are enabling unique perspectives, novel thinking and broad cultural awareness in the EMC workforce. They are positively impacting our ability to hire diverse talent in a global marketplace and support EMC business goals.”

For those interested in these opportunities and to get a powerful, personalized look into EMC’s careers, we encourage you to visit: me.EMC.com

HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES Dawn Smith

Manager, EEO, and Diversity

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and non-commercial energy, oil and gas markets. HII employs approximately 38,000 people.

HII is engaged with HBCUs in multiple areas. In addition to providing direct financial support to key schools through grants, we also partner by serving on advisory councils, supporting curriculum development and accreditation efforts, and providing career opportunities. We regularly recruit at key HBCUs for both interns and graduates. Specific leading edge programs include the following: Our Ingalls Shipbuilding division is a participant in both the Black Executive Exchange Program and the Industry Cluster at Florida A&M. We continue to work with HBCUs to recruit students for internship and career opportunities. Additionally, our Ingalls Shipbuilding division is currently piloting a program designed to reach out to HBCUs on two fronts – by assisting faculty with student preparation and by assisting students with business skills preparation. This includes programs delivered to students by HR professionals on resume writing, interviewing and networking in addition to resume review sessions and mock interview panels.

Additional skills training and discussions with faculty on student preparation are also part of this pilot.

HONDA MANUFACTURING OF ALABAMA

Marion Gray-Wright We partner with many universities, and recruit for diverse candidates. We recruit for full-time, co-op, students. We want to partner with many of the schools to continue with our Diversity Iniatives of identifying qualified candidates. We have a co-op program for Engineering, and Business Major Students.

IBM

Andrew Henry-Kennon

University Recruiting Program Manager

IBM remains committed to seeking out diverse talent for our organization, and HBCUs serve as an integral piece of fulfilling that mission. IBM is seeking to partner with more HBCUs and increase our focus with underclassmen to provide them with more information pertaining to our organization and career paths.

MWV

Olivia Tillerson

Director, HR & Diversity

MWV is a leading global packaging company. We help shape consumers’ experiences with products in food, beverage, tobacco, beauty and personal care, healthcare, and home and garden markets around the world. We also provide specialty chemicals to the automotive, infrastructure, and energy exploration industries.

We are powered by 16,000 employees around the world.

Our affiliations with HBCUs are critical to giving us access to the engineering talent required to continuously provide leading edge innovations for our customers. We have a rich experience with HBCUs. Our partnership with North Carolina A&T continues to be a mutually beneficial one. We have attended, presented and recruited at several institutions in the HBCU network including Howard University and Virginia State University.

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To be considered for our employment opportunities, please visit www.mwvcampuscareers.com to create a profile and submit your resume.

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY Lauren Scott

HR Program Manager

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is home to America’s code makers and code breakers. The Central Security Service was established in 1972 to promote a full partnership between NSA and the cryptologic elements of the armed forces. NSA/CSS provides products and services to the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, government agencies, industry partners, and select allies and coalition partners. In addition, we deliver critical strategic and tactical information to war planners and war fighters.

Our Information Assurance mission confronts the formidable challenge of preventing foreign adversaries from gaining access to sensitive or classified national security information. Our Signals Intelligence mission collects, processes, and disseminates intelligence information from foreign signals for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes and to support military operations.

This Agency also enables Network Warfare operations to defeat terrorists and their organizations at home and abroad, consistent with U.S. laws and the protection of privacy and civil liberties.

NSA continues to grow strong partnerships with HBCUs as we continue to hire top talent into the Agency. We work closely with the Career Services staff, administrators, faculty, and students at the various HBCUs in order to identify unique ways for us to be more engaged in the classroom and with student organizations on each campus. These partnerships continue to allow us to successfully recruit diverse talent to the Agency.

NSA offers internships, a co-op program, and scholarships for a wide variety of majors.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Tizoc S. Loza

Corporate Program Manager, Mentor-Protégé, Small Business Innovation Research, AbilityOne and Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Programs

Northrop Grumman offers an extraordinary portfolio of capabilities and technologies that enable us to deliver innovative systems and solutions for applications that range from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. Our core competencies are aligned with the current and future needs of our customers and address emerging global security challenges in key areas, such as Unmanned Systems, Cyber, C4ISR, and Logistics that are critical to the defense of our nation and its allies.

NGC is a proud supporter of HBCUs and have been supporting the different organizations that provide assistance and directions for the various programs. NGC not only do we support HBCUs but also Hispanic Serving Institutions and Tribal Colleges and Universities.

NGC attends and participate in various Boards within the HBCUs. We provide scholarship support, and cooperate in Research and Development programs.

Northrop Grumman has a Professional Development Program for recent graduates and summer internship programs within the various sectors of Northrop Grumman.

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SHELL

Leigh Anne Kelly

College Recruiting Department

We recruit top technical talent from and provide program funding to Florida A&M University, Prairie View A&M University and North Carolina A&T. We also partner with the Thurgood Marshall Leadership Institute, INROADS, the United Negro College Fund, National Society of Black Engineers and the National Action Council for Minorities in engineering organizations that connect Shell Recruitment to top talent from other HBCUs. Shell continuously assesses opportunities to support programs that attract, retain and build support for top technical talent at Florida A&M University, Prairie View A&M University and North Carolina A&T University. These programs assist with developing and retaining students in the technical discipline positioning them for success in obtaining internships and full time opportunities.

We believe that internships are a valuable opportunity to gain skills that will enhance a student’s remaining education and future career aspirations. Each year Shell invites 250 to 300 students from all over the US to take part in our Assessed Internship Program. The program is designed to provide interns an authentic and inclusive work experience, enabling them to discover their strengths and enhance their knowledge of the energy industry. Over the course of their internships, students have the opportunity to make a real impact through challenging and diverse projects, working with some of the best minds in the world.For more information, or to apply, visit www.shell.us/students and click on the Assessed Internship Program

SOUTHERN COMPANY Patrick Razuri

Diversity Programs Specialist, Talent Acquisition

With more than 4.5 million customers and nearly 46,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company is the premier energy company serving the Southeast through its subsidiaries. A leading U.S. producer of clean, safe, reliable and affordable electricity, Southern Company brands are known for energy innovation, excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are below the national average.

Southern Company has enjoyed relationships with four HBCUs located within our service area. We work primarily through the campus career services offices to engage students and build awareness of opportunities and engineering career paths with Southern Company.

Southern Company is engaging with additional HBCUs within and outside of our traditional service areas. We have targeted five additional HBCUs to build relationships with and are working to evolve our current HBCU partnerships. Our goal is to increase our overall engagement with students by working with faculty, deans, student organization advisors and career services.

Through activities such as panel discussions with company engineers, targeting student engineering associations and participating with summer bridge programs we will provide technical, professional and career development workshops and activities to help prepare the students for the workplace.

Southern Company utilizes co-op and internship programs to attract a diverse and skilled workforce, helping build a pipeline for entry-level engineering hires. Applicants can search for opportunities on our campus recruiting page: http://www. southerncompany.com/about-us/careers/campus-recruiting/ home.cshtml.

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Distinguished

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HBCU Alumni

longside leading government, industry and nonprofit employers of STEM talent, Historically Black College and University (HBCU) engineering deans annually recognize HBCU graduates who brought credit to their university.

In this issue, meet some of this year’s most distinguished graduates as USBE&IT

magazine marks the 13th annual Top Supporters of Historically Black College Engineering list.

Darryl K. Washington

Chief Executive Officer and President DKW Communications, Inc.

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Darryl K. Washington proudly represents Howard University’s tradition, legacy, and achievement.

Like thousands of bison before him, he serves within Howard’s communities, as well as towns and cities across the nation.

Washington graduated in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

As a new college grad he opted to work for the U.S. Department of Defense. There, he spent more than a decade as a General Schedule (GS) or white-collar professional worker.

In 1998, Washington joined one of the largest professional services firms. PricewaterhouseCoopers is one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. It was during this period that Washington’s professional career crystallized into a startup.

“I had an itch, I had to scratch,” he says simply. “But don’t forget I walked away from a fixed income to create DKW,” he adds.

DKW Communications, Inc. began as an entertainment company with one employee in 1999. Three years later, it had transformed into an information technology services company with a Small Business Administration (SBA) certification. The SBA helps new entrepreneurs find business success.

Today, DKW has 220 employees with offices in Charleston, South Carolina; San Diego, California; New London, Connecticut; Jacksonville, Florida; Kansas City, and Denver, Colorado. DKW has delivered on prime contracts, subcontracts and task orders, providing a range of services in cyber security and intelligence, information assurance, application development, data center support, healthcare IT, IT service management, and defense messaging services for customers in the U.S. and abroad.

The U.S. government is the largest purchaser of goods and services and DKW has more than 70 federal departments, including Energy, Homeland Security, Transportation, Agriculture, Commerce, and the General Services Administration, which supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices.

DKW has received wide customer and industry recognition. In 2010, the company won the Small Business Administration (SBA) Prime Contract of the Year for Region III. DKW also made Black Enterprise magazine’s BE100 in 2011, 2012, and 2013, as well as Inc. magazine’s 500/500 list for “Fastest-Growing Private Companies” in 2008 through 2012. The company has been ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and is a 2004 “Rising Star” award winner. This award ranks the 50 fastest growing technolUSBE&IT I SUMMER 2015 25

Walking the Walk Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2015 ogy companies that have shown strength, vision, and temerity to succeed in a challenging technology environment. It honors strong performance accomplished through sustained revenue growth.

Washington himself has been named one of the “Fifty Influential Minorities in Business” by Minority Business and Professional Network and “Business Person of the Year for Montgomery County” by Omega PSI PHI Fraternity.

Studies show that 50 percent of small businesses in the US fail in the first year and 10–12 percent fail each year after that. How has Washington achieved success as a small business?

“It takes motivation and dedication,” he says. “It’s about building relationships and not relying on past performance.”

DKW works with major Fortune 500 companies such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, IBM, SAIC, L3, Raytheon, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

DKW’s designation as a prime contractor gives Washington influence in the cyber security job market.

“We get a lot of calls for top talent to fill positions,” he says.

Washington notes however that the Snowden effect means anyone hoping to land jobs in areas such as designing the Naval Operations Center, protecting crown jewels like the national grid, at NASA, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Defense Information Systems Agency, or as a manager of the global Information Grid, must keep a clean record.

“No convictions,” he warns. “Don’t default on loans, or keep a high debt ratio.

Don’t open up a bunch of credit cards.”

Although Washington admits he launched his business on the back of credit cards, he says advisedly “I lived within my means,” never ever spending beyond his ability to pay off the bill in full each month.

A self-effacing man, he talked up organizations like The 100 Black Men of America of which he is a longtime member. The men’s service club has 110 chapters and over 10,000 members in the United States and throughout the world.

Washington’s current community service activities include working with the board of directors at Evangel Missionary Baptist Church, his home church, sponsoring the AAU Basketball Team, and serving as a member of the National

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Leadership Council of Greater Washington, D.C. “It’s all about developing the next level of talent,” he says “We mentor students, do a lot of STEM programs, hold leadership programs and work with public high schools and charters.

“We need to get students away from simply playing video games to doing next level gas and next level coding.”

When DKW is not poring over prime contract bids, he finds time to attend the annual National Book Club Conference in Atlanta, which pulls big blockbuster names like Terry McMillan and Hill Harper.

For most of 2015 and the year prior, Washington recalls reading mainly faithbased articles and those focused on the American Dream, with freedom and opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers.

Curtis Bunn, founder and president of the National Book Club Conference Foundation, Inc., says when he first mentioned the book club conference to Washington, he got a great response.

“There was a check in the mail a few days later. That was 2005,” Bunn said.

“Since then, if you include a $25,000 to $30,000 donation for this year’s annual event, he would have contributed more than $100,000 to what we do to promote reading among adults and literacy among youths.

“Further, because of his goodwill, we have adopted an orphanage in Johannesburg, South Africa and an elementary school in Cape Town where we send books, school supplies and clothes. So, I could say without exaggeration that he is the lifeblood of our organization.”

Bunn also notes Washington’s humility.

“He gets it. He, from my interactions with him, sees a bigger picture in business and in life. He sees service of others as a responsibility, and it’s humbling to me that he has been such an uplifting factor in my life and organization.”

Washington is also active in Howard University’s Homecoming Games. During the 2015 season, Hampton University, Morgan State, Norfolk State, and North Carolina A&T are some of the colleges Howard Football will play.

We all have a responsibility to reach back, provide support to our alumni HBCUs, and contribute time and talent to help students make connections. It is vital to ensure a workforce pipeline.

— Sonya Stewart Habimana, Vice President, Performance Excellence, Information Systems & Global Solutions Civil, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Lt. Gen Robert S. Ferrell Army Chief Information Officer G-6 U.S. Army

Robert S. Ferrell completed his undergraduate degree at Hampton University and was commissioned in 1983 as an Army Signal Corps Officer. More than 30 years later, Lt. Gen. Ferrell is the U.S. Army’s highest-ranking information officer.

In Jan. 2014, he was chosen to give the keynote address at Hampton University’s 121st Founder’s Day celebration.

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Walking the Walk Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2015 especially meaningful to walk in the footsteps of legends like Hampton’s founder, General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, a Gettysburg hero. After leaving the Army, (he) continued his commitment to public service by founding one of our nation’s great universities and leaving a legacy that lives on in the tens of thousands of Hampton graduates working and serving across our nation and around the globe.”

Lt. Gen Ferrell also said Hampton and schools like it — HBCUs and (majority) colleges and universities — are the foundation of the Army’s future success.

“When it comes to areas in my lane – as chief information officer/G-6 for the Army – we need soldiers, Army civilians and defense professionals with advanced STEM skills and who can see where technology is headed in the coming years,” the general said.

Information technology (IT) and communications underpin everything the Army does.

In addition, Lt. Gen. Ferrell said, cyberspace is now a warfighting domain, which means IT, communications and the network – can be the Army’s force multiplier or our biggest Achilles heel.

“Designing and running the Army’s network and communications systems is an enormous task. And it takes engineers, computer scientists, cryptologists, and mathematicians – basically the whole STEM team.

“Science, technology, engineering and math factor into a multitude of military disciplines – ground vehicles, helicopters, unmanned systems and smart weapons that target our opponents but at the same time can protect innocent civilians.

“They are also critical to designing the incredibly realistic virtual training we use to prepare our soldiers and in making the medical advances that save lives,” Ferrell said.

The truth is our national security relies on STEM, Lt. Gen. Ferrell observes.

“Some of the most forward-reaching and coolest research is occurring at Department of Defense labs, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and our partner academic institutions.

“I would love for Hampton grads and graduates from top schools around the country to look to our Army and Armed Forces for some exciting, interesting STEM career options that also serve our nation.” www.blackengineer.com

Reuben Vincent Rabsatt

Ph.D. student University of California, Los Angeles

Reuben Vincent Rabsatt majored in computer science at Prairie View A&M University.

Currently, he is a Ph.D. student at University of California, Los Angeles in the Network Research Laboratory and is a National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM) fellow researching vehicular ad hoc networks.

A vehicular ad hoc network allows cars approximately 100 to 300 meters of each other to connect and, in turn, create a network with a wide range.

As a Prairie View undergraduate, Rabsatt worked on projects utilizing virtual reality to develop alternative methods of teaching math that students would find more enjoyable. He is passionate about working with young people, encouraging them to pursue education in STEM fields.

Anthony “TJ” Jackson was also selected as a GEM fellow in his junior year at North Carolina A&T State University.

At A&T, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 1981 and his master’s, also in EE two years later. TJ’s daughter is also a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University.

Jackson is a member of the A&T State University Alumni Association Board of Directors.

As a senior engineer at Johns Hopkins University-Applied Physics Laboratory, he provides the U.S. Navy with analysis and assessment of reentry body systems deployed from Trident I/II Submarine Launched ballistic Missiles.

Born and raised in Washington D.C., ‘TJ” attended local schools where he excelled in mathematics and athletics. He continued his education at A&T on a baseAnthony “TJ” Jackson ball scholarship and was also supported Senior Engineer of the Professional staff as an undergraduate by a National Action Johns Hopkins University-Applied Physics Council for Minorities in Engineering, Laboratory Inc. (NACME) fellowship.

Jackson spends time as a mentor to pre-college students in Maryland Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement (MESA) and First Robotics. He’s been a science fair judge for the NAACP-ACT-SO program, the National Engineer’s Week “Future Cities Competition,” and the DC STEM fair.

In 1990 he established the Anthony “TJ” Jackson Electrical Engineering Scholarship at A&T for students from the Washington, DC area majoring in electrical engineering. In 2012 he founded The Steven D. Cook and Anthony “TJ” Jackson Unrestricted Endowed Fund in Engineering with A&T classmate, Steven D. Cook.

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Walking the Walk Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2015 Steven D. Cook’s ambition is to be an advocate for all Historically Black Colleges and Universities, especially A&T. As technical director for the National Security Operations Center, Cook is principal technical advisor for the mission Steven D. Cook management of Technical Director, National Security 24/7 time-sensitive Operations Center Principal Technical Cryptologic Advisor, Cryptologic Operations Operations at the National Security Agency National Security Agency.

“Mentorship and coaching our promising kids and young adults in STEM are the greatest gratification,” he says.

“It is not until you step on a HBCU campus does one really understand what it means to have a sense of family in the best village in the world, where a can-do attitude is instilled in your body, mind and spirit.”

Cook has held positions in signal intelligence, research and technology. Prior to the National Security Operations Center, he established a knowledge management/cognitive computing system based on Artificial Intelligence principles within the NSA/ CSS Threat Operations Center.

Davida Washington

Over the last 4 years, Chereece Warner has served on the Board of Trustees for Tuskegee University.

She joined ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas, after graduating from Tuskegee University with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 2008.

Six years later, she moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 2014 after learning of an opportunity Chereece Warner Programmatics Engineer to support Point Thomson Operations Readiness ExxonMobil’s Exxon Mobil Alaska Production Point Thomson Operations.

Currently she is a programmatic engineer in the company’s Operations-Technical group and is leading development of their facility integrity plans.

In her free time, Chereece takes advantage of the numerous volunteer activities offered by ExxonMobil through United Way, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, and other mentoring opportunities.

Davida Washington is chair of Tuskegee University’s Chemical Engineering Advisory Board.

She is also commercial contracts manager in contracts and procurement at Motiva Enterprises. She has held various roles in contracts, procurement and project management in upstream and downstream for Shell.

Under her tenure as chair of Tuskegee’s ChE board, she says alumni giving and support of the Department has increased. The board has bought software, computers, printers and a server, provided scholarships, finance and advice for student chapters of American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Chemical Engineering Honor Society (Omega Chi Epsilon).

In addition, she said, the board supported the successful efforts of the Department and School of Engineering toward accreditation, and reviewed and advised on curriculum.

“We have developed a corporate-to-student and student-to-student mentoring program, sponsored industry trips increasing student awareness of what goes on in a plant, supported student efforts for permanent and summer employment, increased department visibility in industry and aided in recruiting of students and increased professionalism by sponsoring a Dress for success day,” Washington added.

Commercial Contracts Manager in Contracts and Procurement Motiva Enterprises LLC

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Walking the Walk Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2015 “I write grants, mentor faculty, and my body of work further advances and brings others along,” said honor A&T graduate Stephanie G. Adams.

She earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at A&T in 1988.

In 1991 she earned her master’s in Systems Engineering from University of Virginia.

She received a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998.

Dr. Adams is a leader in the advancement and inclusion of all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. She has worked with a number of colleges and universities, government agencies and non-profit organizations on graduate education, mentoring, faculty development and diversifying STEM. A few examples include: The University of Michigan, North Carolina State University, NASA Must Program, and the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education. Dr. Adams is department head and professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech.

A year ago, Dr. Adams started a professional development fund with a $25,000 fiveyear pledge. The fund aims to bring the “John T. Molloy’s New Dress for Success” books to life with a focus on clothing in business and “power dressing.” In 2012, Dr. Adams got a buy-in from Dean Robin Coger for a new class that is now taught at AT&T and Virginia Tech.

The Global Engineering Practice Leadership Culture Course culminates in the spring semester with the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program or RSAP, which takes students to visit car manufacturing sites like Audi and Lamborghini, and historical sites such as the Castle Heidelberg in Germany, Italy, and France.

Since graduating from Hampton in 2006, Iyabo Alli has been employed as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent Office.

“As a patent examiner, I review applications to determine whether patents can be granted for inventions. Patents give inventors the right to exclude others from making or selling their Iyabo Alli inventions for a Patent Office Optical Testing and limited time,” Alli Measuring explains.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office “We search prior art to ensure that an invention is new and unique, I review patent applications to ensure conformity to formal requirements, and I write legal office actions on patentability and respond to patent applicants.”

There are about 10 other Hamptonians at the Patent Office.

Last year, she was accepted into a program in the Office of Education and Outreach.

“I go out into the community and help with IP awareness in the schools, help conduct the patent cycle with students.

“For example, if they invent something, how would the packaging look? What would the name be? What would it do?

It was a great hearing the kids come up with different tools that would help improve their lives,” she enthused.

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Stephanie G. Adams, Ph.D. Professor and Head Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sonya Stewart Habimana is vice president of Performance Excellence in the Information Systems & Global Solutions Civil unit of Lockheed Martin “I chose to attend an HBCU because of the academic excellence, cultural orientation and an outstanding college recruiting experience,” Habimana said.

“North Carolina A&T State University, where I matriculated has an excellent engineering school, and noted alumni Sonya Stewart Habimana from the engineering Vice President, Performance program. Astronaut Ron Excellence Information Systems & McNair, for example, Global Solutions - Civil unit earned his undergraduate Lockheed Martin degree from N.C. A&T.” Habimana says young people should include HBCUs in their college tours because they are producing some of the strongest engineers.

She adds that there are many reasons for distinguished alumni of HBCUs to support young professionals.

“I think we have a responsibility to reach back, providing financial support to our alumni HBCUs, being role-models for what can be achieved and sharing the pathway that has led to our success. Additionally, we need to contribute time and talent to help students make valuable connections from STEM in the corporate world to the academic world. It is vital to ensure a healthy workforce pipeline.”

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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: AMERICA’S HBCUS

HBCU Engineering deans pose with industry and government partners in AMIE (Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering) during the 2015 BEYA STEM Conference. The Council of Engineering Deans of Historically Black Colleges and Universities convened its annual discussion with business and industry leaders at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards conference in February.

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he round table of the 15-member Council of Engineering Deans at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities is where education, industry, and business find common cause at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) STEM Conference.

During the meeting this February, the audience deep dived into the ecosystem and pipelines that are fostering HBCUs.

Here are excerpts from the discussion.

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John James, the sharp-shooting, straighttalking executive director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) couldn’t be more direct.

A student at the 2015 BEYA STEM Career Fair had walked up to him and asked for an internship. Sadly, he had to tell him that the Department of Defense section responsible for developing a defense against ballistic missiles didn’t have one.

“I helped to put one in place at MAPC but there’s not one at MDA. I’m going to get one in place,” he said.

Internship programs provide college and graduate students with paid opportunities to work in federal agencies. The intern’s work is related to their field of study or career goals. Each agency decides how many interns they will hire.

Getting a more diverse workforce has become important to the Department of Defense (DOD), James said.

John James, executive director, Missile Defense Agency

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“I am retired Air Force, and I spent about 30 years involved with the agency. SCIF requires commitment of the trustee board, and we’ve got to have the board in line so they can do the clearance too. We need to have, depending on the agency, certain folks that are going to be eligible to do this,” Burge said.

“This is a challenge for the school,” the dean added.

“A lot of our folks are non-American born.

At Tuskegee, one way we thought about this with Homegrown Talent For National Security some of the contracts The U.S. Department of Defense and historically Black we’re doing is to have one colleges and universities (HBCU) help each other by focusing on of our industry partners small and disadvantaged businesses, contracts and grants, science who already has a SCIF and technology, research and development, ROTC, internships, allow some of our students and civilian employment opportunities as well as access to surto work.” plus and excess equipment.

Dr. Robin N. Coger “If there’s a DOD facility close to you, you ought to be is the dean of the College partnering with them,” he advised, adding, “There is nothing in of Engineering and a promy agency that is not classified.” fessor of mechanical engiProcessing types of classified information is done in a Sensitive neering at North Carolina Dr. Robin Coger, dean, College of Engineering North Carolina Compartmented Information Facility (or SCIF), an enclosed area Agricultural and Technical Agricultural and Technical State University within a building for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).

State University.

Bill Brown, the longtime moderator of the HBCU EngineerCoger was hopeing Deans panel asked the deans how they would engage agenful that HBCU Engineering programs will have more students, cies with top secret clearance requirements such as the Missile as well as faculty, cleared to some level through the security Defense Agency (MDA) or other bodies with compliance and process. regulatory oversight.

“We will take that challenge because we’re looking to get “Whatever the government’s model, it’s always a challenge the next levels of dollars. Periphery dollars where we are aren’t to find individuals and faculty members to address the opportuniwhere we want to be,” Coger said. ties,” said Brown, a federal government strategist who served Devdas Shetty, the new dean of the School of Engineering as principal-in-charge of the evaluation study to select a site in and Applied Sciences at the University of District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., for the National Museum recalled a missiles and hybrid projectile projof African American History and Culture. ect sponsored by the Research Development Center while he was at University of Hartford.

“Hey, do you have a classified The Research Development and Engifacility?” neering Center (RDEC) is the Army Materiel James said one of the reasons he was an Command Center for Excellence for comearly bird at the BEYA STEM Conference mand, control, communications, computers, was to hire people for a partnership with L-3, intelligence, electronic warfare, and night a contractor in aerospace systems and national vision electro-optics. With digitization of the security solutions. battlefield, RDEC has become a key player in L-3, also a leading provider of commuArmy war fighting experiments. nication and electronic systems and products “The challenge is to have professors used on military and commercial platforms, who are U.S. citizens, students who are U.S. was taking over cyber security networks at the citizens, and keeping a safe room where it is Devdas Shetty, the new dean of the National Geospatial Intelligence Community. controlled,” Shetty said. “It can be done if you School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Anyone who sails a U.S. ship, flies a have a procedure; it was addressed by RDEC. District of Columbia U.S. aircraft, makes national policy deciThey were in a weekly communication. I feel sions, fights wars, locates targets, responds to that some of these issues can be addressed if natural disasters, or even navigates with a cellphone relies on the the funding agency or the agencies with which we are working National Geospatial Agency. are in close collaboration.”

“The SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility) Loraine Fleming, dean, College of Engineering, Architecissue is a serious one,” said Legand L. Burge, Jr., dean of the ture and Computer Sciences, Howard University says she was College of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering at happy to report that Howard University will have a classified Tuskegee University. facility next year.

Advocacy While on the subject of experiential learning, James also asked something of the academic deans that had bussed in their students to seek out internships, co-ops, and jobs at the BEYA STEM Conference and Career Fair in Washington, D.C. “You have got to get someone on your staff [a] full-time job to engage us. There’s money out there, things to do…. It isn’t about capability. It is about advocacy. Do you have someone inside Defense who is willing to support you?” asked James.

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“We have the space identified,” she said. “We know exactly where it’s going to be. Not that I’m not pushing it, but they’re the ones that control the funds, and since they want it done, I can put it in the budget, and we will have it next year for sure.”

A Ford Foundation report said Howard University has been Loraine Fleming, dean, running commercial revitalization College of Engineering, Architecture and Comactivity for more than a decade with puter Sciences, Howard new private investment and univerUniversity sity initiatives.

However, most small colleges cannot easily mount the kind of commercial revitalization project that a large university can put in place. They cannot invest their meager resources, assemble land, and leverage their dealings with public agencies, the report said.

Professional Development Next up were questions from executives at top employers such as Accenture and Northrop Grumman.

The first was from Angela Benjamin of Accenture.

“As an organization, we recruit on campuses. We also recruit through diversity partners, and I’m finding a lot more engineers are interested in our management consulting and strategy careers than just our technology analyst opportunities.

“But I find that most of the students that I interact with are not always prepared in the same way. So I wanted to ask what your programs might be doing to position these students to compete.”

Responding, Richard Alo, dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, said “I really appreciate the question because that’s something I faced when I got to Jackson State two years ago. It’s important, those ancillary skill sets; we pick up great things in the classroom but not necessarily the body language. We need to know how to undertake an interview, the necessary concepts about dress. So we Richard Alo, dean, College have appointed somebody part of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State time to work with students before University they go out to interview.

“We have a lot of students who are disadvantaged, with a 2.5, not a 3.0, and therefore not competitive in certain kinds of scholarships. But the 2.5 is probably not just because they didn’t have the right background. So we (have) the Scholars Academy, where our 3.0 students and above work to tutor and help collaborative learning, team learning to move students into the competitive 3.0 plus range.” www.blackengineer.com

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Dr. Kendall Harris is dean of the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University.

“We heard our corporate and government interested partners loud and clear that 3.0 is what you need, that’s our average GPA in our college. We’re not quite yet there yet. Full disclosure, 2.89 is our average for the entire college. But the awareness is there at all Dr. Kendall Harris, dean, Roy G. Perry levels.

College of Engineering, Prairie View “To faculty, to A&M University students I was able to hand-pick that we brought to bear, I said, ‘Hey, the ticket on the bus is a 3.0. It was a 3.0 because I know what our corporate and government agency partners are telling us.’

“I did let one 2.86 get on the bus, but he had a lot of experience. You guys would like to hire him even with a 2.86. He’s pretty good!

“And we’re working soft skills. At the college, we call them the ‘unwritten rules of engineering’ — what you can and cannot do, can and cannot say, how you dress, all those things you won’t learn in the classroom.

“We have reached out to our corporate partner and have a lecture series that takes place. It’s voluntary, so we tell students every time you do anything in the colleges of engineering, or for the college of engineering, bring a friend. That’s migrating through the system.”

Persistence Rates An April 2015 report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center says the persistence rate for students that entered college in Fall 2013 was 1.0 percentage point higher than that of students that entered college in Fall 2012, while the retention rate increased by 1.1 percentage points.

They described the persistence rate as the percentage of students that return to college at any institution for their second year, while the retention rate is the percentage of students that return to the same institution for their second year.

Of all the students that started college in fall 2013, 69.6 percent returned to college at any U.S. institution in fall 2014, and 59.3 percent returned to the same institution. On average, the overall persistence rate is about 11 percentage points higher than the retention rate. Thus, about one in nine students that start college in any fall term transfer to a different institution by the following fall.

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“We have several students we give scholarships to become engineers. What we’ve found is the first year drop-off has been significant. These are 3.0 students coming out of public school K–12. So there is obviously a gap. They’re not being well-prepared for engineering schools.

“Most of you have bridge or summer bridge programs to help close that gap. As a company, we have supported those programs in the past, but we’ve had a series of starts and re-start with most of your institutions.

“Now that I have cognizance for university relations, I would like to hear from you, how can we start a relationship that is sustainable?” Imes asked.

Dr. Eric Sheppard is dean of the School of Engineering and Technology at Hampton University.

“The drop-off is critical. I’ve worked a lot with, as an example, our Dean of Science, and we’re trying to figure out a way to institutionalize what we call pre-STEM education. Because what we see is before Calculus I. That’s where the issues come up, and we’re trying to figure out a way to work with that, but the Dr. Eric Sheppard, dean, School of Engineering and Technology, long-term issue is about Hampton University how we make it institutional.

“If you build a pre-college program, build those sorts of things to bring people in, one approach would be to go to the communities around your units and figure out how to get those students.

“Bring them through some of your workers who don’t have bachelor’s degrees as engineers, and get them started because they’re going to bring value to you right away, and hopefully, if we do a good job, that relationship will last.”

“Help Me Tell the Story” Richard Alo, dean, College of Science, Engineering and Technology at Jackson State University recalled a program that Northrop Grumman provided seed money for along with NASA. “It was middle through high school for a year, an academically-intensive program. And the key to making it sustainable was to engage the school districts. Once they saw the value added, the seed money provided the opportunities to show value.

“In addition to having a program for students, we had a program for the teachers. Selected teachers became master teachers because we had a training program for them prior to the six-week session for the students.

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the program, and that program is running today after 25 years.

It’s still going…very successful.”

Dr. Coger wanted to know how some of these industryacademic successes were being passed on.

“It’s really talking about things that are enabling,” she said.

“Can you help me tell the story so that we can keep propagating it throughout the company?

“Because that’s the fight that those who are intentioned well with us are fighting,” she said.

Connecting Physics, Math, and Real Engineering Dr. Shetty thought students drop out from freshman to second year because they don’t see the connection between physics, math, and real engineering.

“We have been trying for the last couple of years to change the introduction of the course to make it a little more creative problem-solving, step–by-step, project-based computations,” he said.

Over 15 weeks, students experience fun as they learn. “We don’t have the results, but it has anecdotal evidence that retention has increased,” he said.

Outreach And Diversity Gayla McMichael is responsible for STEM Outreach and Diversity at the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center.

“I’m a proud graduate of Prairie View A&M University. My current job is STEM outreach and diversity for Aviation and Missile Research Development and EngiGayla T. McMichael,, STEM Outreach and Diverneering. sity, Aviation and Missile “We have partnership agreeResearch Development and Engineering Center ments with several of you: one with Prairie View, one with North Carolina A&T, one with Tuskegee, and we have one with Clark Atlanta in that area.

“Once we establish these partnerships, I try to connect with the right person to get students positioned such that they will have priority consideration for employment.

“I approach that from a broad spectrum because I was a soldier once. I’m civilian now, and I have the opportunity to impact K–16. I’m not only looking for graduates from universities. I’m looking for the pipeline — who your feeder schools are.

“What Mr. James was speaking to when he talked about a classified program is a chicken and an egg situation. To get a cleared facility, you have to have work first. If you don’t have work, you can’t get a cleared facility. So you’re in a loop….

“That’s a big deal for minorities, and I want to know how or what I can do as part of my function in these partnership agreements for you. What makes them more powerful or more beneficial for your strategic missions?”

Anita Farrington is dean of Students, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. www.blackengineer.com

Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch dean and professor, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering Morgan State University

Dean Eugene DeLoatch is a past president of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), having served that 12,000-member organization as its president during the 2002–2003 activity years.

At the time of his election to the presidency of ASEE, Dr. DeLoatch became the first African American to hold that position in its 109-year history.

Prior to DeLoatch beginning his service at Morgan in 1984, he completed twenty-four years of affiliation with Howard University. His last assignment there was as chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering for a period of nine years.

“We have some real challenges in terms of technical personnel, prepared personnel, people who need to work at facilities in this country that have a whole spectrum of work activities going on,” he said. “One of the challenges I see, though, is that you’re spending a lot of money and we’re spending a lot of money supposedly developing talent.

“We’re doing it and also working on significant research projects, and yet when I look statistically every year at the output from the dollars that have been spent, especially at the highest level of degree attainment in this country, 56 percent of all the degrees awarded in the doctoral level at engineering in the United States are for people who you cannot hire.

“Now, that’s an investment to me that seems to be in the wrong direction. I hear the Congress talking now that, well, maybe we should do something. We should do something with our H1B visas.

“But there’s money being spent that

“At NYU, for over 25 years, we have provided resources through our faculty resource network, and we’ve had hundreds and hundreds of HBCU faculties come to summer programs to study… research, use our facilities, from Anita Farrington, dean of Students, New York Univertwo to six weeks. sity Polytechnic School of “That’s one example. At the Engineering school of engineering, there are summer research opportunities for your students to come to our engineering campus. We have one of the biggest, most award-winning NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) regional groups on Poly’s campus.

“Our distinguished Dean DeLoatch is a Poly alum. Poly’s second-oldest engineering school in the country just merged with NYU. “So I’m here for the second year in a row, and I ask, where are my private universities partners who I would love to sit in this room, who have the resources to talk about synergies to bring your students to our campuses?

“We have an articulation agreement. We have some students that come from your schools who study for a semester, HBCU www.blackengineer.com

could attack the problem for people who could come out of these institutions, out of these programs, who are employable immediately.

“So we need to work on how do we get this partnership developed, structured such that we don’t waste these funds and put ourselves in peril, in fact, in something that could be something we didn’t anticipate.

“I’m simply saying that this is a good opportunity for us to look at the facts, try to figure out, and I’ll tell you frankly there’re ways to get three students out with 3.2, 3.3.

“You make them work. We don’t permit any engineering faculty member in the School of Engineering at Morgan to use a grade of D. “There are only four grades—A, B, C, and F—and when they get in that middle point between the C and the F, it really becomes challenging.

“I tell faculty you have sworn to uphold the ethics of an engineering school and to protect the public. So when we look at our grade point averages, some people may think they’re inflated. No, no, they’re not inflated.

The students get the message real quick, and they burn the midnight oil. It’s a real challenge; we’re going to need a lot of people helping out with the challenges.

schools who study for a semester at NYU, and we do the same.

We send them to your schools, but I’m talking about beyond that.”

Dr. Sheppard: “Don’t forget that 25 percent or 30 percent of the students who get their Ph.Ds in engineering, who are of color, started from our schools.

“Some of your agencies may find folks at Lincoln Labs who started at an HBCU. That’s another route where we can build collaborations with the folks that you already work with and that would allow us to do sort of the egg part first and then get to the chicken.”

Dr. Yeboa: “As I indicated earlier, our college is a joint college between an HBCU and a majority institution. So our faculties, especially the faculty from Florida State University, have fantastic research facilities.

“The National Howard Magnetic Field Lab is at Florida State, and our faculty from both sides get to use that. So we would, like Dr. Lawrence talked about, like it to be a two-way street, where some of your students also come to us and they — our students — also come to you.

Talib I. Karim is a Howard University, Mechanical Engineering grad, and Executive Director of STEM for Us. “I’m now a lawyer and the executive director of a non-profit organization called ‘STEM4US.’ Just this past week we were USBE&IT I SUMMER 2015 35

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invited to the White House at a round table to talk about the president’s investment in STEM with Dr. Holdren.

“I spoke to Dr. Holdren about my concern that three billion dollars is being invested in STEM this year, which is an increase, but three billion dollars for all of the schools and universities across the country, the HBCUs as well as the non-HBCUs, is, in my opinion, not enough.

“When we look at our annual budget for fiscal year ’16, which is four trillion dollars, three billion Talib I. Karim, Howard University, Mechanical equals 0.1 percent, and so unfortuEngineering Grad, Executive Director, STEM for Us nately, the president’s budget talked about Hispanic-serving institutions, but there was no mention at all about HBCUs. “At my organization, which I’m happy to say has partnered with the Howard University CX program, we’re focused on STEM, but I really would have liked to have seen more HBCU deans in that room.

“Two days before we were in a similar room with the National Science Foundation in their education and human resource working group talking about their specific investments, and again, there were no HBCUs represented.

“My question is what more can we do to get you involved in this conversation about policy in terms of the federal government’s investment? For example, the chair or the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, which funds billions of dollars at Homeland Security Technology, is from Mississippi. It seems to me the private industry is always lobbying Congress.”

Dr. Habib Mohamadian: “I want, towards the picture, for Southern University to have a part-time lobbyist in Washington, D.C. “We couldn’t afford a full, but is there any way that it could be a collaboration between your firm and the lobbyist? I’m sure the rest of the universities have some sort of lobbyists.”

Talib Karim: I’m one of the few so-called lobbyists Habib P. Mohamadian, in D.C. that happen to also dean, College of Engineering, have a mechanical engineerSouthern University and A&M College ing degree, but there are a few of us.”

America’s Talent Pool Dr. Eugene Deloatch: “I’ve been in this business half a hundred years, 50 years or more, and this group of students that we have today is the most challenging. They’re the brightest, most exposed, and we bore the hell out of them.

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“Some of the brightest kids on the face of this earth are in inner cities and capable of manning and womaning these jobs that we have for the future.

“This is our talent pool, and we’re going to have to compete globally.

“We praise the kids coming from China and India and everywhere else. We’ve got some of the brightest kids in the inner city in the United States that ever lived, and we just have to put resources there, develop these minds, and then take our rightful place in this global marketplace.

“I just want to say that because I believe it, I see it, and I’ve gone through 50 years of students. John James is one of the brightest students I’ve ever had.”

Chance Glenn began his engineering career at the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD, where he designed microwave and radio frequency devices for a range of defense-related applications. He was also involved in signal processing and the study of nonlinear dynamical systems. He then left the Army Research Lab and started Syncrodyne Systems Corporation with a colleague.

Dr. Chance Glenn, dean of the Syncrodyne Systems College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences at patented the Syncrodyne Alabama A&M University Amplifier, which is a highly efficient power amplifier for radio frequency communications.

In August 2012 Dr. Glenn was appointed dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences at Alabama A&M University. He is leading the college through its expansion to prepare students and researchers to meet the global needs of the 21st century.

He is also working with the faculty to develop programs in engineering and applied science as Ph.D. programs and leading efforts to collaborate with industry and other academic institutions around the world to grow research in materials science, image and signal processing, alternative energy, and other areas of major global significance.

“Contracts are really the best way to do business. The president submitted a four trillion dollar budget the other day, and the money is in this area, and all you got to do is come up maybe with a consortium.

We already have a consortium. How do you contact AMIE (Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering)?

“A lot of my students, I should say 95 percent of them are African American. I get a group of Hispanics now because of where Alabama is, and we’re getting a great group of Caucasian folks coming in. They’re all American citizens for the most part, particularly undergraduates, because that’s what we really need.

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Career Voices

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MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE, THE NEWEST HBCU ENGINEERING SCHOOL It’s an often-repeated truism that journalists are witnesses drive, and the next year the University System of Maryland to history, a repetition loudly heard when the events being witagreed. Maryland-Eastern Shore now offers Bachelor of Science nessed bring high drama — a space shot, a presidential election, degree studies, under which students pursue concentrations in a military conflict. But historic steps, by institutions as well as electrical, computer, mechanical, and aerospace engineering. individuals, are not always heralded by the trumpets of public Pushing upward from the Start acclaim. Instead, the drama is found in their long-term effects.

It began with 25 students and now enrolls 147, and uniThe development of an engineering program at the versity records say it has produced 35 graduates across the four University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (UMES) provides specialization areas. The program suca telling example. ceeded in its review by the Accrediting A visit to UMES’ campus, tucked Board for Engineering and Technology. away in rural Southern Maryland, And Dean Alade now is a member of brought to light a program decades in the Council of HBCU Engineering the making. The news about its instituDeans and an active participant tion might have been too underwhelmin AMIE, the corporate–academic ing to win headlines in the Washingpartnership to promote opportunities ton Post, but the new availability of for minorities in technology careers. educational tracks leading to careers Starting small doesn’t mean staying in America’s burgeoning technology in the same limited space. According to enterprise for African Americans and Dean Alade, the state of Maryland has other under-served minority and nonallocated $93 million for construction of minority youth was nothing less than a new classroom and research building earth shaking. A school whose science for students in “STEM” disciplines, set faculty had to hand build its ocean reto open occupancy in 2016. search laboratory during the late 1980s That’s a lot of growth for a school now has joined the ranks of historically that began in 1886 as a prep school black college and university (HBCU) founded by Methodist Episcopal Church engineering programs, with only 3 leaders and began with nine students percent of the institutions producing and three teachers. Today its 200 America’s science and technology full-time faculty preside over classes workforce but producing almost a third Dr. Ayodele Julius Alade, dean, School of for 4,300 students, mostly Maryland of all of America’s Black engineering Business and Technology residents, but with students also coming graduates. from three dozen other countries.

Working Quietly out of the Limelight The university offers 38 undergraduate degree programs, Getting there was a long slog: The university leaders, work15 master’s degree programs, and nine doctoral programs, and ing outside the major media limelight that is so prevalent in the 28 of those programs have received peer-review accreditation. nation’s metropolitan centers, started work on a pre-engineering Among its listing of “signature” programs, engineering and curriculum all the way back in 1982, providing instruction for aviation science stand out, as does construction management as the first two years of majors in mechanical and electrical engiwell as hospitality–tourism management. neering. Students were to move on to the state’s flagship, The Importance of Growth the University of Maryland at College Park, to finish.

And seen against the background of President Obama’s call In 1997 UMES’ leadership shifted to a higher gear, pushfor major federal and state investments to upgrade and reconing for a “collaborative” four-year program in partnership with struct America’s infrastructure, the technology programs take Salisbury University and College Park, with the B.S. degree in on added importance. electrical engineering to be awarded by College Park.

A look at the facts presented in a 2014 Computerworld According to a statement issued by School of Business and article by Patrick Thibodeau should lend perspective: A 2013 Technology Dean Dr. Ayodele Julius Alade, by 2006 the success report by the National Academies of Science and Engineering of that program had built interest for UMES to establish its own drew attention to the fact that the United States graduates more bachelor’s degree program. A higher-education committee led by visual arts and performing arts majors than engineers, leaving the System of Maryland’s senior vice chancellor stepped in, conthe U.S. to rank 27th among developed nations in the share of sidered the university’s remote location and supported UMES’ www.blackengineer.com

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its college students earning undergrad degrees in science and engineering.

Quoting President Obama, Thibodeau’s piece noted that the United States produced 126,194 bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. graduates in 2009.

That seems to critics of Mr. Obama’s call for an increase of 10,000 B.S. degree engineers a year to be plenty enough engineers for America’s needs. But against Dr. Alvernon Walker, professor and chair of the Department of Engineering and Aviation the backdrop of Sciences other countries’ surging production of science and technology graduates — India and China alone boast hundreds of thousands of graduates each year — it does not seem so plentiful. And contrasted against a backdrop starker still, it seems far less plentiful, as executives of many industries, especially in the booming American energy fields, talk of a “Big Crew Change” as Baby Boomers retire, and taking with them much of the intellectual capital that propelled American industry to world leadership in the 21st Century. Today’s production may indeed be a lot less plentiful than what is needed for the capital projects America needs going forward.

The Makers of Change

On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Dean Alade and his colleague, Dr. Alvernon Walker, professor and chair of the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, are looking at the problem from the heavy-lift end: Decades after Dr. John Slaughter led a major National Academy of Engineering investigation of the barriers preventing African Americans from full participation in engineering and science careers — a generation since the founding of the National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering — Blacks, now some 15 percent of the American population, still represent only a reported 4 percent of America’s engineers.

Heavy lifting means getting students from very diverse, underserved backgrounds, most of them first-generation collegegoers, talented but underexposed, prepped and equipped for careers that will take them far from the rural, semi-rural, and yes, even inner-city urban areas in which many grew up for the betterment of their lives and for the betterment of American society as a whole.

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Alade, who earned his Ph.D. in industrial economics from the University of Utah, heads a school that straddles business as well as technology studies. Inducted into the AACSB Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society in 2011, he has been involved in international assignments sponsored by the United State Agency for International Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and is coexecutor and policy analyst and business consultant to emerging businesses in South Africa’s wine industry.

Dr. Walker, who earned his bachelor’s degree and M.S. in electrical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University and his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University, is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery and has been inducted into Sigma Xi, the International Science and Engineering Honor Society, and Eta Kappa Nu, the International Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society.

Clearly neither one, working in an area where there are no other engineering schools for under-served minority and nonminority career aspirants, thinks the critics fighting the expansion of engineering education in America are making any sense.

According to Dean Alade, the state of Maryland has allocated $93 million for construction of a new classroom and research building for students in “STEM” disciplines, set to open occupancy in 2016.

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Rashid Davis, Principal, Pathways in Technology Early College High School

First Steps

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arly in 2011 Sam Palmisano, then chairman, president, and chief executive officer of IBM, and Joel Klein, former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, sat down and came up with a plan to put New York City students first in line for a STEM career at IBM.

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At the time, IBM wasn’t doing high school internships.

Over the next several months, IBM looked at post-secondary skill credentials, New York State and college requirements, and what was appropriate in the industry.

Stanley S. Litow, former deputy chancellor of NYC public schools and president of the IBM International Foundation, was the key architect in designing a new model of education. By December of that year, New York City, in collaboration with the City University of New York, IBM, and the New York City College of Technology, had identified a host institution to award two-year degrees in applied science.

Pathways in Technology Pathways in Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH, is the first school in the nation that connects high school, college, and the world of work

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through college and industry partnerships, pioneering a new vision for college and career readiness and success. With a 9 – 14 model, the goal for a diverse, unscreened student population is 100 percent completion of an associate degree within six years.

“Four months from today, six students are on path to graduate,” said Rashid Davis, the founding principal of P-TECH, in January 2015.

Davis opened P-TECH after spending fifteen years in New York City public schools as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal of the Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy (BETA). Under his leadership, BETA rose to #143 on the Newsweek list of 1500 Top American High Schools, also receiving accolades from U.S. News and World Reports and Good Morning America.

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aren’t academically screened,” said Davis, who sees the urban to align each emerging technical leader with a coach and execuNew York City turnaround initiative as a model for the kind of tive sponsor and continues for at least three years.” diverse representation corporations need.

IBM sources many candidates from chapters of student-led The majority of the students at P-TECH in Brooklyn are university organizations like the National Society of Black EngiAfrican American and Hispanic males — students that weren’t neers, National Black MBA, Society of Women Engineers SHPE, expected to succeed.

Great Minds in STEM, and the American Indian Science and “Many entered the school behind in reading and math, but Engineering Society (AISES). All these groups work to increase now six of them are ready to graduate this spring two years ahead representation of diverse talent in science, technology, engineerof schedule,” Davis said. ing, and math (STEM) studies and careers.

At P-TECH, it is all about open enrollment. Students take Tang said IBM does not disclose how many African Americollege courses as early as their sophomore year, work in teams, can, Hispanic, women, and other minorities are in the program and learn critical thinking, presentation skills, and how algebra or work at the multinational technology and consulting company, can be used in the real world. In addition, every student has a but she says IBM’s strategy is driven by its people, beliefs, climentor. Employees at IBM ents, and integrated business. work with their mentees in a Insights from diversecure online portal to provide sity data is enabling IBM guidance, tips, and advice to ensure that recruiting, on networking. Many of the development, and career prostudents at P-TECH will be the motion programs work well. first in their family to graduate In addition, Tang said the from college. company has moved beyond With the involvement of inclusion into active engagehigher education, IBM, and ment of diverse talent at IBM, the Department of Education, connecting with them in new Davis aims to “change generaways. Diversity is at the core tions” through education that of IBM throughout its history. is aligned with college and the “At IBM, we embrace workplace. each other’s differences “Good leadership is half because we each share a the battle,” Davis noted. “Mencommon identity — we are In Brooklyn, N.Y., teacher Tanya Spence (right), Principal Rashid Ferrod Davis (left) and IBM Citizenship Vice President Stanley Litow toring is relevant — pointing all IBMers,” she explained. prepare for a class at Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH). the way to what is possible.”

“We are a global network P-TECH’s advisory board of individuals unified by is tasked with finding paid skills internships for students. purpose, values, and practices. We draw on the unique experiThis past summer, the lion’s share were from IBM. ences, capabilities, and expertise of IBMers around the world to reimagine how the world works. IBM diversity is the source of Building the Technical Pipeline collective and varied intelligence, which when regularly and acGrowing the talent pipeline in early-college high schools tively engaged, enables innovation that matters for our company goes hand in hand with another IBM program that has had a and the world.” lot of traction, said Belinda Tang, who was named IBM’s Vice Diversity exists in infinite dimensions, she added. It has President, Leadership and Diversity in January 2014. evolved past gender, race, religion, and sexual orientation to During her career at IBM, she has worked in general maninclude “dimensions,” including generations, culture, countries, agement, finance, and human resources. Previously, Tang was knowledge, and expertise, just to name a few.

Vice President, Human Resources, Global Business Services, “Our globally interconnected society produces an infinite IBM Growth Markets, based in Shanghai. She was responsible number of interactions crossing what can now be defined as for talent management in IBM’s consulting and application artificial barriers to engagement,” she said. management services business in eight regions: Greater China, IBM is a leading provider of global enterprise technology, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), India, Korea, hosting, and consulting services in areas ranging from cognitive Australia, Latin America, Africa and Middle East, and Central computing to nanotechnology. IBM has approximately 380,000 and Eastern Europe. employees working in 170 countries.

IBM’s Technical Pipeline program pairs emerging leaders As of 2013 the company held the record for most patents with IBM coaches and executive sponsors for three years. generated by a business for 22 consecutive years. Its employees “The program’s objective is to increase the number of have garnered five Nobel Prizes, six Turing Awards, ten National highly qualified diverse candidates for IBM’s top technical leadMedals of Technology, and five National Medals of Science. ers: Distinguished Engineers and Fellows,” Tang said. “It begins with an education session at IBM headquarters in Armonk, NY, www.blackengineer.com

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Engineers, scientists, executives, STEM students, and top supporters applaud at the 2015 Engineering Deans Power Breakfast held during the 29th annual BEYA STEM Conference. The event is where HBCU Engineering Deans recognize outstanding alumni and top industry and public supporters.

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Historically Black college and university Engineering Deans flank Eric Spiegel, president and CEO Siemens Corporation, USA, as he holds up a certificate of recognition as a “Top Supporter” for the 12th year, according to the annual survey conducted by Career Communications Group, Inc. Siemens supports diversity in STEM education by providing in-kind grants of software to HBCU Engineering schools through its product lifecycle management software business.

(L-R) Victor R. McCrary, vice president for research and economic development at Morgan State University, and Brigadier General C. David Turner, commander, South Atlantic Division.

David Stewar d, chairman and co-foun Inc. (center) der of World with Joan Ro Wide Techno binson-Berry, Supplier Man logy, VP, Shared Se agement orga rvices Group nization, Boein VP for Learnin g, Training an g, (left) Norm a Clayton, d Developmen t, Boeing, (rig top HBCU en ht) and other gineering supp orters.

(L-R) Advancing Min orities’ Interest in Darryl A. Stokes, Engineering (AMIE) director, Enginee chair, ring & Standards, Electric Company, Baltimore Gas an Dr. Kendall Harris d , Prairie View A&M Roy G. Perry Colleg University’s e of Engineering.

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Raytheon Company Chief Diversity Officer Hayward L. Bell (center) with engineering deans from (l-r) Tuskegee, Jackson State, Howard, Southern A&M, North Carolina A&T State, and Hampton universities.

Morgan State University Engineering Dean Eugene DeLoatch presents 2015 Deans’ Award to Marvin Carr, systems engineer and project manager, Innovative STEM Solutions, LLC at the HBCU Engineering Deans Breakfast.

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Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools Distinguished Howard University alum General Motors Vice President of Global Design Ed Welburn received the Black Engineer of the Year Award at the 2015 BEYA STEM conference.

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Erica Simmons, global marketing manager at Siemens PLM Software - Digital Factory Division, Eric Spiegel, president and CEO Siemens Corporation, USA, Klaus P. Stegemann, chief financial officer, Siemens Corporation, Hulas King, director of diversity, professional affiliations and global community relations for Siemens PLM Software.

University a A&T State North Carolin at rop Grumg rth rin No ee e, llege of Engin ion Excellenc Co iss e M th ys Proal of wa ob th an Gl de er Pa ent, Robin Coger, or vice presid er of the Care rs. lson, manag CU supporte t Lofton, sect Ne Ar HB a th p nic to wi r ro r) he te Ve ot ft), (cen s (right), and e Systems, (le em ac st sp Sy ro nic Ae tro man Elec rop Grumman gram at North

Tuskegee University Dean of Engin eering Legand Burge (second left) and Career Communications Group HBCU Alum ni Chair Oliver “Bo� Leslie (right) with top supporters of HBCU Engineerin g Schools.

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Support of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is deemed essential to the nation’s economic, social and cultural future.

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resident Barack Obama’s signing of Executive Order 13532 on February 26, 2010, signified a larger effort to ensure that “the United States of America has the highest proportion of college graduates in the entire world by the year 2020.” A number of U.S. companies and organizations are seeking to adhere to the spirit of the presidential order, creating opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by forming strong bonds with the HBCU institutions.

Each year, the Career Communications Group Inc., develops the “Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools” list, which is a survey of the deans of the 15 ABET-accredited, HBCU engineering programs and the corporate-academic alliance, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE). The “Top Supporters” list determines those corporate and government/non-profit organizations that provide the most support to their schools.

In completing the annual survey, the institutions consider the following factors: support for infrastructure modernization and enhancement, research and mentorship projects, participation on advisory councils, faculty development opportunities, scholarships, student projects, stipends, co-ops, and career opportunities.

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• Lockheed Martin Corporation • The Boeing Company • Northrop Grumman Corporation • Chevron Corporation • Raytheon Company • Exxon Mobil Corporation • Shell Oil Company • Xerox Corporation Ltd. • Procter & Gamble Co. • United Technologies Corporation • Deere & Company • General Motors • 3M • Nucor Corporation • Alabama Power Company • Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. • Volkswagen • L-3 Communications Holdings • International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) • Avaya Inc.

TOP 20 GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • Naval Sea Systems Command • Air Force Office of Scientific Research • U.S. Navy • National Science Foundation • United States Department of Transportation • U.S. Army Research Lab • Missile Defense Agency • National Security Agency • Central Intelligence Agency • National Geospatial Intelligence Agency • U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission • U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory • U.S. Army • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Naval Air Systems Command • U.S. Department of Energy • U.S. Department of Education • U.S. Department of Agriculture • U.S. Department of Defense

TOP SUPPORTERS • 3M • Abbott Laboratories • Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering • Alabama Power • Honda Motor Co., Inc. • Alcoa Inc. • Altria Group, Inc. • Avaya • Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) • BAE Systems • BASF Corporation

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Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools • Battelle Memorial Institute • Boston Scientific Corporation • Bosch • Booz Allen Hamilton • BP America, Inc. • California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology • Central Intelligence Agency • CH2M Hill • Chevron Corporation • Clark Construction Group • Coalition Against Major Diseases (CAMD) • Corning Incorporated • Deere & Company • Dominion Resources, Inc. • Duke Energy Foundation • EMC Corporation Entergy Corp.

• Exelon Corporation • ExxonMobil Corporation • FCA US, LLC • General Electric International, Inc. • General Electric Foundation • General Motors • Genesis Energy, L.P. • Golden LEAF Foundation • Google Inc. • Harley-Davidson Motor Company • Harris Corporation • Hewlett-Packard Company • Honda Aircraft Company • Honeywell International, Inc. • Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. • iAM Solutions • Infosys • International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) • Intel Corporation • Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. • JP Morgan Chase and Co. • L-3 Communications Holdings • Lockheed Martin Corporation • Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation • The LONI Institute • Louisiana Board of Regents • Louisiana’s Quality Education Support Fund • Maryland Environmental Service • Maryland Department of the Environment • Maryland State Highway Administration • MeadWestvaco Foundation • Merck & Co., Inc. • Meridian Management Group • Michigan State University • Microsoft Corporation • Missile Defense Agency • National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) • National Nuclear Safety Administration

• National Science Foundation (NSF) • National Security Agency (NSA) • Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) • Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) • National Institutes of Health (NIH) • Norfolk Southern Corp • Northrop Grumman Foundation • Nuclear Regulatory Commission • Nucor Corporation • Oak Ridge National Laboratory • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • PPG Industries Foundation • Procter & Gamble (P&G) • Purdue University • Que Options • Raytheon Company • Riverside Foundation • Rockwell Collins, Inc. • Rolls-Royce Corporation • Sandia National Laboratory • Shell Oil Company • Siemens • Southern Company • Southwest Airlines Co. • Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. • Texas Instruments • The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) • The Boeing Company • The Freelon Group • The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory • The MITRE Corporation • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. • Unisys Corporation • United Technologies Corporation • U.S. Department of Transportation • U.S. Air Force • U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory • U.S. Army • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • U.S. Army Research Laboratory • U.S. Army Research Office • U.S. Department of Agriculture • U.S. Department of Defense • U.S. Department of Education • U.S. Department of Energy • U.S. Department of Homeland Security • U.S. Department of Transportation • U.S. Navy • U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office • Virginia Department of Transportation • Virginia Department of Aviation • Volkswagen • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. • Xerox Corporation Ltd.

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TOP CORPORATE SUPPORTERS Lockheed Martin Corporation

employees and their commitment to achieve results by operating responsibly, executing with excellence, applying innovative technologies, and capturing new opportunities for profitable growth.

Raytheon Company

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin Corp., a $45.6 billion global security and aerospace company, employs some 112,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. Perhaps Lockheed Martin is known most for its work in aeronautics, building aircraft for U.S. and allied militaries.

Other expertise includes information, defense, mission and space systems. Marillyn A. Hewson, the company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, who once headed the company’s Electronic Systems business area, is one of the most influential women leaders globally, selected by Fortune magazine for several years running as one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business.”

With 2014 sales of $23 billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, Raytheon Co. headquartered in Waltham, Mass., provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas that include sensing and command, control, communications and intelligence systems. The company’s history of innovation spans more than 93 years. For more than 30 years, Raytheon has been a leader in cybersecurity and is already preparing to address the needs of 2020 and the projected 25 billion connected devices that will be vulnerable to cyber attacks. Over the past 10 years, Raytheon through 17 corporate has greatly expanded its cyber profile and reach to serve its growing portfolio of government and commercial enterprise customers.

The Boeing Company

ExxonMobil

The Boeing Co. is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, supporting airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing product and services portfolio includes commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training. The company is perhaps best known for its manufacture the 737, 747, 767, 777 and 787 families of airplanes. With corporate offices in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 165,000 people in the United States and more than 65 countries. W. James (Jim) McNerney, Jr., is chairman and chief executive officer.

The Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil Corp., grew from an offshoot of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company as a regional marketer of kerosene in the United States to the largest publicly traded petroleum and petrochemical enterprise in the world. It joined with Mobil in November 1999 in a mega-merger of Exxon and Mobil. The company operates globally via the familiar brand names of Exxon, Esso and Mobil. Its petrochemical products help drive modern transportation, power cities, lubricate industry and provide building blocks that lead to thousands of consumer goods. The company’s objective is to achieve superior financial and operating results while at the same adhering to high ethical standards.

Northrop Grumman Corporation

For more than a half a century, Xerox Corp. has been a leader in document technology and services, transforming itself into a global-leading enterprise for business process and document management while offering global services in areas that run the gamut from claims reimbursement and automated toll transaction to customer care centers and human resources benefits management. The “new” Xerox, the company says, is dedicated to innovation, service and giving its customers the freedom to focus on their businesses. Ursula M. Burns, chairperson and chief executive officer since July 2009, is an African-American woman and has been the face of the Norwalk, Conn., a $19.5 billion company. Burns joined Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineering summer intern and rose through the ranks to head up many of the initiatives that strengthened Xerox’s leadership in document technology and services.

The mission of Northrop Grumman Corp., a leading global security company, is to be at the forefront of technology and innovation, delivering superior capability in tandem with maximized cost efficiencies. Providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber and logistics to government and commercial customers worldwide, the Linthicum, Md., company conducts itself with integrity, delivers superior program performance, foster an internal environment of innovation, collaboration, and trust, and also strives to become their customer’s partner of choice. Wes Bush has been chairman since July 2011, while serving as chief executive officer and president since January 2010.

Chevron

Chevron Corp., a global integrated energy company, traces its roots to the American industrial age. Founded as the Pacific Coast Oil Co. following an 1879 oil discovery at Pico Canyon, north of Los Angeles, the company later became Standard Oil Co. of California and subsequently Chevron after acquiring Gulf Oil Corp. in 1984. Its merger with Gulf was then the largest in U.S. history. Today, Chevron, based in San Ramon, Calif., fundamentally explores, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas. Among other activities, the company refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells petrochemical products, and provides renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. Chevron credits its success to its 56 USBE&IT I SUMMER 2015

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Shell

Shell Oil Co. is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with some 94,000 employees in more than 70 countries and territories, achieving 2014 revenue of $421.1 billion. With an extensive history in the United States with about 22,000 employees, Shell’s parent company, Royal Dutch Shell plc, is headquartered in Hague, the Netherlands. In the United States, Shell is probably best known for the bright red and yellow service stations and for exploring and producing oil and gas on land and at sea. Shell’s U.S. businesses include Upstream Americas, a portfolio that today generates significant cash flow from core production business areas, such as www.blackengineer.com

Walking the Walk Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2015 the exploration and extraction of crude oil and natural gas. Shell also operates a robust portfolio of deep-water and onshore acreage across the Americas to ensure sustained production.

Procter & Gamble

With well-known brands that include Tide, Bounty, Charmin, Crest, Dawn, Downy, Febreze, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Oral-B, Pampers and Vicks, Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is the world’s largest and most profitable consumer products company, achieving nearly some $84 billion in annual sales. P&G brands serve nearly five billion of the more than seven billion people on the planet today, the company says. Through its products, P&G says it seeks to help improve the lives of its customers through community development to enable them to thrive and increase their quality of life. Innovation is what drives P&G, which was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. Of its 8,000 employees, more than 1,000 have earned Ph.Ds. A.G. Lafley is chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Research (AFOSR) serves as the basic research arm for the U.S. Air Force. AFOSR, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), funds high-level research within its labs, U.S. universities and industry laboratories to ensure the transition of research results to support Air Force needs. To accomplish its mission, AFOSR solicits proposals for research through various Broad Agency Announcements as well as through various other programs. Dr. Thomas F. Christian currently serves as director, leading a staff of 200 scientists, engineers and administrators in Arlington, Va., and foreign technology offices in London, Tokyo and Santiago, Chile. AFOSR interacts with leading scientists and engineers throughout the world to identify breakthrough opportunities, actively managing a $510 million investment portfolio.

AFOSR also manages several programs that improve science and engineering education in the United States and stimulates interactions between Air Force researchers and the broader international, as well as domestic, research community.

National Science Foundation

United Technologies

As a $65 billion dollar company with more than 211,500 employees, United Technologies Corp. (UTC) committed $5 billion to innovation, research, and development in 2014. Serving customers in the commercial aerospace, defense and building industries it also develops, and manufactures high-technology products that include aircraft engines through its Pratt & Whitney unit, helicopters through Sikorsky, heating/ventilation/air conditioning systems, fuel cells, elevators and escalators, fire and security, building systems and industrial products. UTC is also a large military contractor, producing missile systems and military helicopters, including the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Based in Hartford, Conn., UTC offers a range of career opportunities for those interested in engineering, finance, human resources, information technology or operations.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…” With an annual budget of $7.3 billion (FY 2015), the NSF is the funding source for approximately 24 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities.

The NSF issues about 11,000 research awards annually to fund specific research proposals, primarily to individuals or small groups of investigators. Over the past few decades, NSF-funded researchers have won 214 Nobel Prizes in addition to other scientific honors. France A. Córdova, a Latina woman, was sworn in as NSF director on March 31, 2014, nominated by President Barack Obama. The former Purdue University president, who has a doctorate in physics from the California Institute of Technology, is the 14th NSF director.

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Missile Defense Agency

Naval Sea Systems Command

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has a key mission for the U.S. Navy – to design, build, deliver and maintain ships and systems, effectively accountable for the health of military service. Comprising command staff, headquarters directorates, affiliated Program Executive Offices and field activities, NAVSEA is the largest of the Navy’s five system commands with a fiscal year budget of nearly $30 billion. NAVSEA’s 60,000 civilian, military and contract support personnel manages 150 acquisition programs along with foreign military sales that include billions of dollars in annual military sales. With activities in 16 states, NAVSEA’s Naval Systems Engineering Directorate is a key provider of engineering and scientific expertise to the Navy. The command, headquartered on the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., dates to 1794, when Commodore John Barry was charged to oversee the construction of a 44-gun frigate and ensure that all business “harmonized and conformed” to the public’s interest.

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Based in Arlington, Va., the Air Force Office of Scientific

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) develops, tests and fields an integrated, layered, ballistic missile defense system to defend the country, its deployed forces and allies. A research, development and acquisition agency within the Department of Defense, the MDA’s workforce includes civilians, military service members and contractors based in locations nationwide.

The agency traces its roots back to the origins of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program, which commonly was known as “Star Wars.” President Reagan launched this initiative in 1983 to develop non-nuclear missile defenses, which consolidated missile defense programs that were scattered among several government offices and molded them into a coherent program.

Vice Admiral James Syring, a 1985 Marine Engineering graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, leads the agency, which is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Va. The agency’s STEM Outreach Program serves as an educational liaison to increase the awareness of K-12 and college students to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

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Walking the Walk Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering Schools, 2015 early 19th century. ARL scientists and engineers perform work in pioneering research areas, such as neuroergonomics, energetic materials and propulsion, individual warfighter protection and virtual interfaces. One recently announced investigation involves the development of noninvasive electroencephalography based on a brain-computer interface that enables direct brain-computer communication for training. ARL partners with leading researchers in industry and academia, while it is also reaching out to the active Army to ensure that programs produce advanced technologies that support soldiers in the field today and in the future. The APL is headquartered in Adelphi, Md., with operations also at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future. DOT employs about 55,000 people across the country, led by Anthony Foxx, the former mayor of Charlotte, N.C., who became 17th DOT Secretary on July 2, 2013. DOT key sub-agencies include the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Inspector General, Federal Highway Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Surface Transportation Board, and Maritime Administration.

U.S. Navy

Central Intelligence Agency

The U.S. Navy is a formidable American military organization with an annual budget of more than $170 billion and some almost 900,000 people. Included in the force on May 20, 2015, are 325,859 active duty personnel, including 53,442 officers and 267,999 enlisted personnel. As the world’s largest, most powerful navy in the world, the U.S. Navy operates 272 deployable battle force ships, such as aircraft carriers like the USS Carl Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan, both deployed into the Pacific Ocean, and more than 3,700 aircraft. The Navy’s mission statement seeks “to maintain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.” Ray Mabus is the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy and leads the Navy and Marine Corps. Among Mabus’ priorities are improving the quality of life of Sailors, Marines and their families, decreasing the Navy’s dependence on fossil fuels, strengthening partnerships and revitalizing the Navy’s shipbuilding program. The Navy’s roots can be traced to Continental Navy, during the American Revolutionary War.

National Security Agency

The National Security Agency (NSA)/ Central Security Service leads the U.S. government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) products and services, and enables Computer Network Operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation and its allies under all circumstances, according to the agency. The NSA was established formally on Nov. 4, 1952, when President Harry Truman understood the need to continue U.S. efforts that had led to breaking German and Japanese codes in World War II, success against the German U-Boat threat in the North Atlantic, and victory in the Battle of Midway in the Pacific. Today, the NSA’s strategy includes leading an expert workforce to advance and operate world-class cryptologic systems and tools; improving performance and integration of core U.S. expertise and missions; and increasing the security of national security systems and other critical operations and information when and where needed. Following the attacks on September 11, 2011, NSA created new systems to collect information from new emerging technologies. Admiral Michael S. Rogers, U.S. Navy, currently leads the NSA, assuming his duties in April 2014.

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior U.S. policymakers. The CIA is separated into four basic components: the National Clandestine Service, the Directorate of Intelligence, the Directorate of Science & Technology, and the Directorate of Support. These components carry out what is called “the intelligence cycle,” which the process of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence information to top U.S. government officials. The CIA’s primary mission is to collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to assist the President and senior U.S. government policymakers in making decisions relating to national security. As a “spy” organization, neither the number of employees nor the size of the Agency’s budget can be publicly disclosed. While classified, the resources allocated to the CIA are subject to rigorous examination and approval process that applies to all other government organizations. On December 17, 2004, President George W. Bush signed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act which restructured the Intelligence Community and created the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI), which oversees the Intelligence Community and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The vision of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to “reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower established NASA in 1958, partially in response to the Soviet Union’s launch of the first artificial satellite the previous year. Then President John F. Kennedy focused NASA and the nation on sending astronauts to the moon by the end of the 1960s, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969, becoming the first of 12 men to walk on the moon. NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., provides overall guidance and direction to the agency, under the leadership of the administrator, Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., (USMC-Ret.) since July 2009. As Administrator, Bolden leads a nationwide NASA team to advance the missions and goals of the U.S. space program. Today, NASA conducts its work in four principal organizations, called mission directorates: Aeronautics, which manages research focused on meeting global demand for air mobility; Human Exploration and Operations, which focuses on International Space Station operations; Science, which explores the Earth, solar system and universe beyond; and Space Technology, which is enables NASA’s future missions while providing economic benefit to the nation. www.blackengineer.com

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he 15 historically Black colleges and universities with an accredited school of engineering represent four percent of America’s engineering colleges but produce almost half of the nation’s Black science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduates.

ABET, incorporated as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., is a non-governmental organization that accredits post-secondary education programs in “applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.”

Below are the 15 ABET-accredited historically Black college and university (HBCU) engineering schools.

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ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY College of 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 collaboration with the College of Education, the College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences offers a variety of certified and non-certified teaching programs at 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 www.blackengineer.com

• 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 bandgap, 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, senior 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: http://www.aamu.edu/academics/ engineering-technology/pages/ default.aspx

FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY Florida A&M University – Florida State University College of Engineering

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.

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 produces well-trained students with excellent entrepreneurial and job skills.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science • c hemical engineering • c ivil engineering • e lectrical engineering • c omputer engineering • i ndustrial engineering •m echanical engineering Graduate Degrees •m aster’s and doctorate in chemical engineering •m aster’s and doctorate in biomedical engineering •m aster’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, nanomaterials, 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 USBE&IT I SUMMER 2015 61

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Walking the Walk Historically Black College and University Engineering Schools 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, FL 32310-6046 Phone: 850.410.6161 | Fax: 850.410.6546 Email: dean@eng.fsu.edu Website: www.eng.fsu.edu

HAMPTON UNIVERSITY School of Engineering and Technology

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 about 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)

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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 College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences

Institution Howard University is one of the country’s leading private universities.

Founded in 1867 in Washington, D.C., it is 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 PhDs 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 engineering, nano technology • 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

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Walking the Walk Historically Black College and University Engineering Schools 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 College of Science, Engineering, and Technology

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, MS, 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, the state, the 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 seven percent increase in enrollment since 2010 and has been awarded 130 federallyfunded grants and contracts with awards totaling approximately $30 million annually. It also has over 14 federallyfunded student support programs.

Academic Programs Bachelor of Science (engineering)

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• 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) • M.S. computer science • M.S. engineering • civil engineering • master’s and doctorate in mechanical engineering • computational engineering • electrical engineering • environmental engineering • geological engineering • telecommunications engineering Research Centers • 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 Point of Contact Dr. Richard A. Alo, dean College of Science, Engineering and 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 Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering

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 of the Global Community,” School of Engineering enrolls about 850 students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The school prides itself on 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, 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 internships. To ensure student success, Morgan State University has a diverse team of professionals working in close concert 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.

Academic Programs 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 Research Initiatives And Capabilities • 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

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NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY College of Science, Engineering, and Technology

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

College/School Overview The College of Science, Engineering,

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and Technology (CSET) has over 2,000 students and presently comprises over 30 percent of the university’s student enrollment. Undergraduate programs are ABET accredited, and graduate programs are driven by innovative, state-of-theart 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.

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 – cyber security • Ph.D. in materials science and engineering Research Initiatives And Capabilities • cyber security • information assurance • cognitive wireless networks and cloudcomputing security • digital forensics • smart grid security • modeling of biological neurons • optics, plasmonics, and meta-materials • nano-materials and nano-technology • advanced functional materials • devices • semiconductor materials and devices • neural probes • biosensors • photovoltaics • MEMS actuators

• multi-functional sensors • high K dielectrics Point of Contact 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: https://www.nsu.edu/cset/

NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY College of Engineering

Institution 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, master’s, and doctoral levels and has a commitment to excellence in a comprehensive range of academic disciplines. Their unique legacy and educational philosophy provide students with a broad range of experiences that foster transformation and leadership for a dynamic and global society.

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 innovativeness, capabilities, and achievements of their engineering students, graduates, faculty, and staff.

Their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral 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.

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PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY – A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Roy G. Perry College of Engineering

Institution Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is a comprehensive public institution of higher education and a landgrant university as part of the Texas A&M University System. Founded in 1976, the university’s main campus is located at the city of Prairie View approximately 40 miles northwest of Houston, Texas. There are also two outreach campuses within

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the city limit 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 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 PO 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 College of Engineering and Computer Science

Institution Southern University and A&M College, founded in 1880, is a publiclysupported, 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, 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 degrees, six doctoral degrees, and two associate degrees.

During its proud 134-year history, the university had maintained its unique status as the “flagship” institution as the

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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: 1) the master of engineering program with three specialty areas: a. materials science and engineering b. sustainable systems engineering c. engineering management 2) the master of computer science program with two specialty areas: a. digital data communications b. 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 nano-technologies • renewable energy and energy optimization, computational fluid and

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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 Engineering 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: http://www.subr.edu/index.cfm/ subhome/5

TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY College of Engineering

Institution Tennessee State University (TSU) is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational, and land-grant university offering undergraduate and doctoral degrees. Founded in 1912, it is located in Nashville, TN, 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 industry-driven curricula in engineering, technology, and 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 cyber-physical 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 75 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 Research Initiatives And Capabilities • cyber-security/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 College of Engineering

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, 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 USBE&IT I SUMMER 2015 69

Walking the Walk Historically Black College and University Engineering Schools 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. They seek 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 self-centered competence to excellence and service to others.

College/School Overview The College of Engineering, with an enrollment of 800 and 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 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

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Research Initiatives And Capabilities • aerospace: aerodynamics, flight simulation, human interface, aeronautics, manufacturing • chemical: bio-fluidies/fuels/chemical, corrosion, environmental, water and wastewater modeling • electrical: electronic warfare, systems engineering, smart grid, adaptive networks, cyber security • mechanical: fatigue/corrosion, membranes, robotics, metallurgy, indoor air quality/food abatement • materials science: characterization, nano-materials, performance/ nondestructive evaluation Point of Contact Dr. Heshmat Aglan, interim 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: haglan@mytu.tuskegee.edu Website: www.tuskegee.edu/academics/ colleges/ceps.aspx

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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, civically-engaged 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, the creation and application of new knowledge, and 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-level studies. The school offers strong, ABET-accredited bachelor degree programs in civil, electrical, and 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 Initiateives 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 the following: • cyber security • information assurance • high performance computing • sensor networks • computational geometry • robotics • mechatronics • energy conversion • modeling and simulation • advanced manufacturing • product design • nanotechnology • renewable energy • rehabilitation engineering and bioassisted devices • structural engineering • water resources engineering • construction engineering Point of Contact Devdas Shetty, Ph.D., P.E., dean School of Engineering and Applied Sciences University of the District of Columbia 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW

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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE Department of Engineering and Aviation Services

Institution The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering with a specialization in aerospace, computer, electrical, or mechanical. The department also offers a Bachelor of Science program in aviation sciences with concentration in aviation electronics, aviation management, aviation software, or professional pilot.

Programs The mission of the engineering program is to provide a high quality Bachelor of Science degree in engineering with a specialization in an aerospace, computer, electrical, or mechanical field.

The program incorporates undergraduate student research opportunities in its curriculum.

The Aviation Sciences program is Maryland’s only four-year bachelor’s degree program in aviation. They offer a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Science degree with concentrations in professional pilot, aviation management, aviation electronics, and aviation software. In addition to the four-year residential program, students that have completed a two-year associate degree in aviation at the Community College of Baltimore County or another community college are offered the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree.

Facilities • 3D Visualization & Virtual Reality Center • MIST Small Vehicle Mission Planning Lab • Advanced Aviation Simulator Lab • Air Traffic Controller Lab • Analog Circuit Lab • Digital Circuit Lab • Instrumentation and Control Lab • Advanced Communication Lab • Computer Lab

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• Multimedia and Online Learning Lab Point of Contact Alvernon Walker, Ph.D.chair and associate professor, Department of Engineering & Aviation Sciences University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853 Tel: 410-651-809 |Fax: 410-651-6486 Email: awalker1@umes.edu Website: https://www.umes.edu/EngAvi/ index.html

VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Engineering and Technology

Institution Virginia State University (VSU) was founded in 1882 in Petersburg, VA. It is one of Virginia’s two land-grant institutions and was the first statesupported 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. Their research 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.

Undergraduate Programs 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. in psychology Research Initiatives And Capabilities • cognitive science and human behavior • unmanned aerial systems • cyber security/big data • bioinformatics • enterprise systems and logistics Organizing University Research Partnerships Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing: http://www.ccam-va.com Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems: http://www.ccals.com Point of Contact Keith M. Williamson, Ph.D., dean College of Engineering and Technology Virginia State University 1 Hayden Drive Petersburg, VA 23806 Phone: 804.524.1141 Email: kwilliamson@vsu.edu Website: http://www.cet.vsu.edu/ departments/engineering/index.php

The 15 historically Black colleges and universities with an accredited school of engineering represent four percent of America’s engineering colleges but produce almost half of the nation’s Black science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduates.

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