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One on One

CHARLES F. BOLDEN, JR. TAKES USBE&IT BEYOND THE STARS missions during the Vietnam War.

Bolden, Jr., a

Later, he earned a

former space

shuttle Charles Bolden, former shuttle astroF.

master's degree in systems

naut and retired Marine

management. Afterward, he

general, and 1996 Career

was assigned to the Test Pilot School at Patuxent River,

Achievement in Govern-

ment BEYA honoree, took

Md. In 1980, he was selected

the helm of the National

as an astronaut candidate. He

Aeronautics and Space

eventually logged more than

Administration at a pivotal

680 hours in space, and com-

moment in the agency's

manded two space shuttle

history.

missions.

The former aviator,

After several promo-

the first African Ameri-

tions and command assign-

can to head NASA, was

ments, he retired from the

charged with overseeing a

Marines as a major general

broad review to determine

in 2003. He was working

the next steps for space

as chief executive officer of

exploration, even as the

JackandPanther, a Texas-

space shuttle program was

based military and aerospace

being wound down.

consulting firm, when President Obama nominated him

Not long after he took charge, the administration

to head NASA in early 2009.

decided to scuttle the Con-

He was confirmed by the

stellation program, which

Senate and began his duties

involved developing

as NASA administrator in

July 2009.

new spacecraft for both

missions to the moon and orbital flight, as well as new rocket

He recently discussed the challenges of his new job with

boosters. NASA decided to rely on the commercial space indus- US Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine. The try to ferry future astronauts to the international space station.

conversation follows here:

Meanwhile, NASA plans to focus its attention on developing a capsule capable of taking astronauts far into space, to asteroids and, perhaps, Mars.

Bolden raised eyebrows when he told an interviewer at al-Jazeera television that one of his top priorities was to "reach

USBE&IT : After the space shuttle is mothballed, when do you expect U.S. astronauts will again go into space on a U.S. spaceship?

Bolden: A decision was made back in 2004 to phase the

out to the Muslim world," a misstatement that fueled a frenzy

shuttle out and now it is our job to see this process through.

among right-wing pundits and conspiracy theorists. The White

Fortunately, the future for human spaceflight is bright and we

House quickly disavowed the statement and Bolden has clarifiedexpect to have many more capabilities for accessing low-Earth it, saying that cooperative space exploration can build bridges

orbit than we have now. We anticipate redundant access by a

between nations.

range of industrial partners very much in the fashion of what

The controversies have not eclipsed the important work that you saw from SpaceX with their Falcon 9 launch vehicle and

Bolden is undertaking at NASA. Dragon capsule as a potential candidate for a future crew vehicle Bolden, 64, was raised in South Carolina and earned a com- to low-Earth orbit. NASA will provide oversight to commercial mission to the U.S. Naval Academy, where he earned a Bachelor companies working on this capability but no longer needs to of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1968. After flight own the systems themselves. We also expect that other governtraining, he became a naval aviator, and flew more than 100 www.blackengineer.com

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One on One continues partners will be using these capabilities-opening up an entire

USBE&IT : What do you tell people who criticize the

new segment of our economy that will be a jobs engine for years

$15 billion or so a year that goes into NASA as an

unaffordable luxury amid hard times?

NASA has also begun the process of evaluating its needs for Most people fail to acknowledge advances in Bolden:

to come.

a heavy lift rocket. We recently gave awards to 1 3 companies for and science that come through our annual projects aeronautics

negotiations leading to potential contract awards to conduct sysand programs here at NASA. We continue to apply the precious tems analysis and trade studies for evaluating heavy-liftfunds launch appropriated by the Congress to needs that benefit life here vehicle system concepts, propulsion technologies, and affordon Earth for not just U.S. citizens, but also for people of other ability. This is the rocket that could potentially launch humans nations. The fact is that space exploration-whether human or

on missions beyond low-Earth orbit. We'd like to visit a robotic-has variety made huge contributions to all of the problems we of destinations - eventually orbiting Mars with humans face and asthen a planet, and the costs of these efforts represents less than landing on it - but the president has first established an one-half asteroid of one percent of the entire federal budget.

as a priority mission for humans by 2025.

Technology like [what] we use in our water processing systems on the International Space Station (ISS), for instance, is

USBE&IT : Speaking of misunderstandings, what did you mean to convey when you told an interviewer that reaching out to Muslim nations would be one of your top priorities at NASA?

helping people in remote areas get access to water. ISS research

has helped us learn more about Salmonella and has led to a candidate vaccine, and we're also studying other pathogens. Many of the tools and technologies we take for granted came about as

Bolden: My top priority

a result of exploration.

at NASA is focusing on our

And you need only look

core mission of exploration, from pushing the boundaries of known space to breakthrough

"Fortunately, the future for

human spaceflight is bright... "

innovations in science and

technology here at home.

Without question, that work in-

- NASA Adminstrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr.

cludes collaboration with other

at the partnership between 15

nations-including our former Cold War rival, Russia-that created the International

Space Station to see how exploration brings our world together.

nations who share our goals.

USBE&IT : What kind of

However, the most impor-

tant challenges we face are here at home - safely flying out the contributions, in R&D and other areas, does NASA shuttle, trying to ease the workforce transition issues associated make that, perhaps, most people are unaware of?

Bolden: Certainly you have our marquee missions like the

with this and promoting the commercial space industry, where

the aerospace jobs of tomorrow will be created.

shuttle flights and the Mars rovers and the Hubble Space Tele-

USBE&IT : What are the risks and benefits of privatizing the design of spacecraft and rockets that

to see] the latest images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,

scope, but literally millions around the world are also [thrilled which has developed the most detailed maps of the moon ever;

NASA will use in the future?

the incredible images of Saturn and its moons from Cassini; and Bolden: Sending humans to space is a risky businessthe andcosmos-spanning discoveries of the Chandra X-ray Observaalways will be. NASA obviously has the world's most extensive tory and the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. track record in doing this, and we will be providing oversight NASA to Earth-observing satellites are monitoring the oceans, companies we work with who will be sending astronauts to orbit the polar ice sheets, and our atmosphere. Just this past year, in the future. However, we've always done this in partnership NASA Earth science satellites provided invaluable data to disaswith the private sector. President Obama has concluded that ter we managers in crises such as the Haiti earthquake, the Iceland need to shift the paradigm, encourage innovation and incentivize volcano, and the BP Gulf oil spill. Our NASA technology and the private sector to take the lead. NASA will provide oversight medical science experience from the International Space Station to all commercial companies working on this capability, but no a key role in the rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners. played longer needs to own the systems themselves. The bottom line The is Solar Dynamics Observatory has been sending astoundthat no one will fly until we are convinced all safety criteria ing have images of the sun that are helping us to understand how it afbeen met.

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on the Boeing 787 engines, are helping reduce airplane noise and

USBE&IT : Why did you become an astronaut? When and how did you know that is what you wanted to

engine exhaust air pollution; that our satellites are being used to

do?

tics technology we've helped develop, such as chevron nozzles

Bolden: It actually wasn't something I was thinking about

integrate space data with ground observations to help people in South America, Africa and Asia respond to natural disasters and

when I was in college, even though we were in the Gemini and

make good environmental decisions; that our technologies are

Apollo programs then. I thought the space program was great,

being adapted constantly for uses here on terra firma. A technol-

but I had no desire to fly let alone go into space. My career

ogy used to detect minerals on Mars, for example, has also been

choice coming out of the Naval Academy was to become an in-

used to improve imaging of cancerous tumors. There's a huge

fantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. During the final portions

ripple effect from investment in exploration, and the American

of my initial officer training at the Marine Corps Basic School, I

people and the people of the world are the beneficiaries whether

changed my mind and decided to exercise an option I had to go

or not they follow all of our missions.

to flight school. To my pleasant surprise, I literally fell in love with flying on my first flight in Pensacola, Fla. After complet-

USBE&IT : What does NASA look for in hiring young professionals?

ing my flight training, I became an A-6 attack pilot; flew combat

missions over Vietnam; and eventually attended Test Pilot

Bolden: People who have chosen to pursue a career in

School and became a test pilot. While serving as a test pilot, I

science, technology, engineering or math are going to be vitally met the late Dr. Ron McNair, who was selected in the first group needed in the workforce of the future.

of NASA Space Shuttle Astronauts. We became good friends and he became an invaluable mentor to me. It was Ron (who died in

I get asked all the time how NASA is going to deal with the large number of retirements that are expected to happen

1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after

in the coming years and how we plan to create a more diverse

take off) who convinced me that I should apply for the astronaut

workforce. These are two big challenges, but we're undaunted,

corps. He will forever be remembered as one of those key fig-

because of the excitement I see out there in the schools and uni-

ures in my life, and I have these unforgettable experiences flying

versities and because of the big, exciting things we have comingin space thanks to his influence. up in which many people are going to want to be involved.

USBE&IT : Why did you decide to accept the job as

I tell the members of our NASA workforce that I want all

sorts of diversity, not just race and gender, but geography, politi-

NASA administrator?

Bolden: I was happy to answer President Obama's call to

cal views, cultures and ideas. We have to go out and find people

come out of retirement to lead an agency in which I had previ-

who look different, think different, have different philosophic

and political views. I don't care about your race, gender, sexual

ously served and that I respect so highly. Accepting this position

persuasion, or political affiliation. Those are not critical fac-

affords me an opportunity to create a brighter future for my three

tors-they don't make a difference in your performance and that's

beautiful granddaughters and the generations to come. We are

what counts. If you can help me put boots on Mars, that's what

going to develop capabilities that we don't have now that future

I'm looking for.

generations will need, and it was an exciting prospect for me to be able to have a leadership role in this endeavor.

USBE&ITi How can students increase their chances

I think humans have an insatiable urge to explore, and just

for summer jobs and internships with NASA?

in the past decade we've rewritten the textbooks in so many

Bolden: We're interested in anyone with a passion for ex-

fields, from astrophysics to quantum physics. We've developed

ploration and a good grounding in science, technology, engineer-

the ability to look back nearly to the very formation of the

ing and math. We've been working to increase interest in these

universe. We've developed an incredible fleet of Earth-observing

career paths among young people. One of the main activities

satellites that are helping us understand the processes and chang-

this year was the Summer of Innovation, which brought middle

es of our planet and respond to natural disasters and predict the

school teachers and students from across the country into direct

weather. We're developing new aeronautics technologies that

contact with NASA missions and professionals. We will expand

will lead to more efficient, safer and greener aircraft. And while

that in the coming years. But really, it's about a passion to ex-

we do all of these things, we're inspiring the next generation of

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he was getting ready to go off to university, then he lost his mother. Faced

Lloyd with he was twowithHowel two choil cgetti es: delnayg colchoilegeces:indefiisnalitelwyaysor press readyon, deltheayoung y to Phiwilla-ing college go off to to step indefinitely university, up to challenges. or then press he lost on, In his the the mother. young mid-1980s, Phila- Faced delphian - who came from a long line of street merchants and school teachers decided to honor her the best way he knew how. So he got an electrical engineering degree at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1988.

Then he wanted an investment banking job on Wall Street, after he completed his

M.B.A. management degree at Harvard Business School in 1993, but found that long hours in a demanding, high-octane financial institution group in New York burned up quality time with his family. So he told his wife it wasn't quite working out as he'd hoped and they

moved to Washington, D.C., where he landed a job with a previous employer working on development of satellite systems for the United States government.

During Howell's first stint with Booz Allen Hamilton's Satellite Systems, (after he'd graduated from Penn) he supported complex engineering and business projects such as

Milstar (Military Strategic and Tactical Relay), a constellation of communications satellites in orbit which are operated by the Air Force, and the Navy's Extremely High Frequency Satellite Communications office.

In 1998, Booz Allen was tasked with developing a Web-based system that tracks and coordinates the movement of sick or injured service men and women, during war and peace,

within the U.S. military's network of healthcare facilities. TRAC2ES - Transportation Com-

mand Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System - was doubted even by the user community it was intended to serve. So he took on Booz Allen's internal organizational and change management at the base.

By September 2001, TRAC2ES rolled out to support military operations in Afghanistan and, much later, in Iraq. Mr. Howell's team enabled the revamped system to realize more than $260 million in benefits for the U.S. Department of Defense, including a remarkable

380 percent return on investment. His team was awarded Booz Allen's highest award recognizing professionalism and client service.

All About Change A 20 year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton, Lloyd Howell is all about change. He has led thousands of Booz Allen Hamilton consultants serving clients in a range of service areas including transformation and change management, organization design, organizational efficiency and process management, human capital management, strategic communications,

learning systems, and strategy and leadership. In 2005, he was selected to lead Booz Allen's enterprise wide "One-Firm Evolution" organization and change team. Recently, he was handpicked to work with the chairman and CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, Dr. Ralph Shrader, and the firm's CFO, on the strategic separation of Booz Allen Hamilton into two companies, and the new investment in BAH by The Carlyle Group. The firm's separation effort, the largest and most high-profile transformation and change effort in its nearly 100 years in operation,

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Booz Allen. It involved running our large Organization & Strat-

In his developing, multidimensional business career, he

also plays an active civic role. He led a pro bono engagement

egy group, which served commercial and government clients

to provide consulting to the Washington D.C.-based Children's and had strong-willed partners more senior to Lloyd in years and National Medical Center in a drive to expand access to health- level. He excelled in this role, quickly gaining an understanding care for all children. His team developed an innovative plan

of the partners' and staff members' strengths and weaknesses

to promote telemedicine, which helped patients access physi-

and leading the group in a very fair and effective manner... Lloyd

cians wherever they were. In support of Lincoln University,

has always distinguished himself in his willingness to step up to

just outside Philadelphia, he served on a Booz Allen team that

new challenges and in the way he has excelled in these challeng-

developed an IT strategy to wire its campus and dorms, enabling ing new roles."

Mr. Howell has a gift for finding solutions and drawing in-

the nation's oldest historically black university to foster greater

communication in the college environment and with the larger

sights and ideas to challenges, whether they are serving soldiers injured in combat, modernizing the Internal Revenue Service, re-

online community.

John Thomas, a former COO at the Children's Hospital

engineering the Marine Corps' recruiting processes, developing

Foundation, recalls that "Unlike so many who jump immedi-

a plan to promote telemedicine to serve the primary health care

ately from the assignment to creating solutions, [Lloyd Howell] needs of children, or rethinking the vision and mission of the

learned as much as he could about the problem before we began United Negro College Fund, with its 39 member schools, 60,000 to contrive a solution," he students, 200 employees,

said. "Together with Quincy

and 130,000 individual,

[Jones, an inspiration for

corporate and foundation

" Unlike so many who jump im-

the project] Lloyd used his

prodigious team management skills to work with all of us...

he raised our game to the

donors.

mediately from the assignment to

creating solutions, [Lloyd Howell]

highest level."

learned as much as he could about

An important part of Mr. Howell's life is his role

Mr. Howell is devoted

to developing next generation leaders. In 2008, he identified the Management Leadership for Tomor-

row (MLT) as a potential

the problem before we began to condevelopment institute that equips high potential Afritrive a solution... he raised our game

as assistant basketball coach

partner. MLT is a career

to young men from Wash-

ington D.C. and Maryland.

The coach of the D.C. Heat

youth basketball team, Abe Ball, and his wife, Marshelle, note that what makes Mr.

can Americans, Hispanics

to the highest level. "

and Native Americans with

skills, coaching and door-

- John Thomas, former COO, Children's Hospital Foundation.

opening relationships.

He engaged his senior

Howell unique is that "he

leadership network within light up when they recall how the boys react when Mr. Howell Booz Allen to obtain firm-wide commitment to the MLT-Booz

is always there." They both

is away for one or more practices. "The boys ask, 'where's Mr.Allen relationship. Through seminars, workshops, networking Howell?"' Abe and Marshelle note with pride how he teaches events and mentoring, these efforts led to the hiring of 32 future the boys the importance of planning, teamwork, and execution leaders into Booz Allen, representing one of the highest number and celebrates their individual and collective value - whether

of hires within the first years by any MLT partner. MLT partici-

they win or lose.

pants comment on how motivated they are to succeed by seeing

Step Up to New Challenges

engineer in the consulting industry.

a leader who has made such significant achievements as an

As leader of Booz Allen's financial services business, which Everyone who advances to, and through, Booz Allen partner delivers technology, strategy/organization, operations and ana-

ranks needs to be an expert. Someone who knows how to bring

difference-making advice. Lloyd Howell has done this. Over the lytic services across a number of financial government agencies, span of 10 years, he has advanced from his tenure as a principal Mr. Howell heads a team of more than 1 80 consultants, includthrough the three levels of partnership in Booz Allen: entry, lead ing a senior management team of eight senior officers, two vice and senior.

presidents, six executive advisors, 21 principals and 59 senior

"Since Lloyd returned to the firm," says Booz Allen Chair-

associates.

A 2001 BusinessWeek "Follow the Leader" article noted

man and CEO Dr. Shrader, "I have watched his growth and served as a mentor as he moved up the leadership ranks at our

that most Fridays, Lloyd Howell heads out of the office to meet

firm." On rejoining the firm in 1995 "Lloyd led the growth of

his wife for their weekly date. It's no big thing, the writer noted,

our consulting services to the Marine Corps, growing it from al- except that Howell made sure that people in his office know

most nothing to a $50 million business area." Several years ago, about the weekly ritual. "It sends a signal: 'Hey, I've got a life he recalls, "I asked Lloyd to take on the hardest leadership job at outside this place,"' he said.

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LEO BROOKS, JR.

Vice President, National Security and Space, Government Operations, The Boeing Company

Leo Brooks served in the U.S. Army for 27 years before retiring as a brigadier general. He began his military career as a rifle and anti-tank platoon leader with the 1 -503rd Infantry, 101st

Airborne Division (Air Assault), and went on to command units in every echelon of the Army, including an Airborne Brigade in

the famed 82nd Airborne Division. He also served as the deputy commanding general of 1st Armored Division in Germany, and the 68th commandant of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.

His last assignment was at the Pentagon, where he was principal deputy to the director of the Army staff, responsible for integrating, coordinating and synchronizing the efforts of the Army staff

to support Army and combatant commands. As he completed his final assignment, other paths of opportunity beckoned. The retired

general joined a leading defense contractor in 2006 as vice presi-

dent of Army Systems Business for Boeing Defense, Space and Security, where he represented Boeing's viewpoints to policy and analysis organizations to help position the company to win new business opportunities within the U.S. Army. Currently, he serves

as Boeing's senior corporate liaison with the Pentagon, NASA, and the Department of Homeland Security, interacting daily with

the government's most senior leaders. He leads a team filled with former general officers and admirals that guides future investment

and business strategies.

Career Achievement - Government

VICTOR GAVIN, SES Deputy Director, Executive Officer for Littoral and Mine Warfare, Department of the Navy

Our honorees are in-

dividuals at the pin-

co-op betwe n the U.S. Naval Underwater System Center and North Carolina A&T State University.

nacles of their pro-

After he graduated in 1985 with a bachelor's degre in electrical engine ring, he returned to

fessions. They have

the Center to serve in submarine combat sys-

tems. From 198 to 19 6, he served as an on-site

refined their raw

government representative at Lockhe d Martin.

Β the After tems. Center co-op degre government Center Victor he From betwe n and in graduated electrical to North Gavin's 198 represOefnptaarttiicvulearsneortevwaesthhiserotleoinClaeardoinlginefaoUrt.sS. in in engine ring, federal 19 6, submarine 1985 Naval he A&T at with service served Lockhe d Underwater a he State combat bachelor's began returned as University. an Martin. sys- ef orts in a to migrate submarine sonar system development

talents through hard work and incredible

to a revolutionary concept that has be n embraced as a model in the Navy.

His distinguished performance as a technical director is responsible for the

perseverance. Their

modernization of al in-service and new submarines. A proven leader, he is an often-requested speaker at busines and diversity training venues, and a

industries and com-

sought-after member of a select group within Naval Sea Command that visits

HBCUs to brief students on employment op ortunities. He is recognized as

panies have benefitted

an advocate and mentor for a growing number of engine rs. In 20 7, he was

ap ointed to the Senior Executive Service, comprised of the men and women

massively from their

charged with leading the continuing transformation of the U.S. government. In

dedication, and so has

his cur ent position he leads a team of eight program management of ices and over 179 employe s responsible for the design, development, and procurement

our nation.

of 2 0 programs. He has be n the catalyst for the integration of numerous

smal busines research initiatives promoting the inclusion of non-traditional

Department of Defense smal companies.

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Career Achievement - Industry DAVID BOZEMAN

Career Achievement - Industry KELVIN HAWKINS

Vice President, Integrated Manufacturing Operations Division, Caterpillar, Vice Inc. President, Integrated Systems Hardware Development, IBM Corporation

Kelvin Hawkins started his IBM career 16 years ago in the personal computing customization facility. Since then he has held a variety of technical, business and managerial positions. Along the way, he has served as a professional mentor and a career coach to more than 50 engineers, and has worked on the development of more than 20 desktop and server system platforms. He was part of the engineer-

ing team that developed the industry's first petascale system

(called Road Runner) used for national security initiatives.

He has received awards for innovation and product excel-

lence for IBM's x86 systems, one of the industry's first sys-

tems to support 64 bit x86 architecture, as well as awards

for products he has delivered, including POWER Systems, System x, NetVista and Aptiva, where he launched the first

sub-$ 1,000 personal computer. Currently, he leads 500 engineers and scientists in the development of IBM's system

z mainframe and power systems RISC/UNIX servers. In

this capacity, he has partnered with PMC Sierra, Broadcom,

Emulex and Qlogic Corp., who all provide technology for the power systems technology ecosystem. The results for IBM, across the entire organization, are immense - as evidenced by the multistage launch throughout 2010, of one of the most impressive portfolio of midrange systems

and price performance IBM has produced in some time.

An outstanding engineering professional, David Bozeman Working with the Office of Minority Educational Developis one of the newest members of Caterpillar's executive leaderment at Georgia Tech, he launched the FOCUS program fo ship team. He joined the company in 2008 as a general manager diversity doctoral scholarships as well as summer programs for the Specialty Products business unit, and in less than year fora incoming freshmen.

was promoted vice president of the Core Components unit. In June of 2010, he took on the challenging role of leading a very important division with oversight for its $1.5 billion budget, and more than 1 1,500 employees in eight facilities in the United

States, Mexico, India, and the United Kingdom. These facilities manufacture product lines with heavy ties to Caterpillar's mining and quarry applications. A leader with an eye for quality and the ability to motivate others to deliver that quality, Bozeman was recently selected to be part of an elite team of 12 that helped formulate the company's renewed enterprise strategy,

which lays out its corporate vision through 2020. Bozeman is an executive sponsor of the Caterpillar Korean affinity group and has spent time with the Experienced Professional Direct Hire affinity group sharing his unique experiences and perspectives with other mid-career hire employees from across the company.

Prior to joining Caterpillar, he had a distinguished 17-year

career at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, where he was the manufacturing voice in the concept phase of product develop-

ment. He started his career at Harley-Davidson in 1992. He is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the National Black M.B.A. Association, NSBE, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the Machinery and Allied Products

Institute, and the Executive Leadership Council, an organization comprised of the most senior African American corporate execu-

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Community Service WILLIAM PATRICK Principle Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation

William Patrick, a computer/networking systems expert, promotes the

vision that each individual is unique.

Building on successive achievements, he has been responsible, since 2007, for the testing of products such as F 16, F22 and

EA-18 radars, and hardening computer systems with classified data against cyber attacks. Early in his work-life, Mr.

Patrick donated computers and repaired computer equipment to his sons' schools.

He saw the need to offer more. And he

did. He served first as a member, then as the chair of the Robert W. Coleman El-

ementary School's improvement team helping lead them through 1993-1995 to become the first year-round school in

Baltimore. He spearheaded the African American Task Group that helped rebuild the computer lab at the Robinwood Community Center in 1997, and as a result Northrop Grumman received the Community Service

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

ERIC GARVIN

Martin Luther King Drum Major award.

Global Hawk Manager, Northrop Grumman Corporation

From 1998 to the present, he has been active in the company's Christmas ProjEric Garvin had every excuse not to succeed. His father was in jail for killect, participating in the fundraising and ing his grandma, and his mother survived six gun shootings only to succumb to

deliverylosof presents to schools and nursalcoholism before abandoning her family, which included two brothers slowly

ing homes ing their lives to illegal drugs. But the hardships wouldn't break the young man's in the Metropolitan area and following up computer networking tasks spirit. By the time he finished high school,

for disadvantaged students and senior

young Eric Garvin

residents. In 2010, he won a Congres-

had served as class

sional Achievement Award in recognition

president for three

of his outstanding service to BCPS, Balti-

years and as president

more's Sandtown/Winchester community,

of the Honor Society.

and the field of engineering.

Given the opportunity to attend the Air Force

Academy, he seized the day and made the most of his chance to live his own dream. After 26 years of service, he retired as a colonel and joined Northrop Grumman Corp. In addition to his responsibilities as representative for a Northrop Grumman flagship program valued up to $13 billion, Mr. Garvin serves as a board member for an after-

school program which provides a safe haven and academic support for children aged 6-12. A few years ago he was the lead administrator for his church's College Family Ministries. There, his responsibilities involved mentoring students from Howard University, Morgan State and Bowie State, driving them to and from church and dining with them. Over the past three years, he has hosted hundreds of students

from Hylton High School in Woodbridge, VA, Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C., and the Flying School, to attend the annual

Black Pioneers in Aviation event at the National Air and Space Museum.

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Chief, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

James Braxton has served the military and civilian worlds for 30 years - with 16 of them spent in the field

of equal employment opportunity (EEO)/equal opportunity (EO), diversity and affirmative action. He began

a civilian career in 1981 as a management-employee relations specialist, and then progressed to become one of the most promising senior leaders in the Department

of the Army and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Braxton's hallmark has been an ability to grow, mentor and develop a new field force of EO practitioners at a time of high turnover, and when the Army needs them

most. Under his outstanding leadership, he has assured a steady increase in the representation of minorities,

women, and disabled people. In recognition of these

accomplishments, he was awarded with a Managing for Excellence Award. His other achievements include

reengineering of the EEO, Diversity & Affirmative program of the Army Missile Command, the Army

Materiel Command, and Redstone Arsenal; developing theprofessionals. Since 2008, he has been responsible for the operations of the Corps' EEO/EO, diversity and affirmative ac Equal Employment Opportunity Strategic Plan for the EEO

Community of Practice, and establishing the EEO Professional tion programs, serving more than 36,000 civilian and military Development Plan for more than 110 plus EEO/civil rightspersonnel.

Diversity Leadership - Industry BENITA FORTNER Director, Supplier Diversity, The Raytheon Company

Benita Fortner has been involved in minority and women business outreach

and development for more than 20 years. She assumed her current position in

September 2000, after serving as the socioeconomic program manager for Ray

theon Systems Company. Prior to joining Raytheon, she served as corporate li

officer and a manager of socioeconomic programs for Hughes Electronics Cor-

poration, where she held numerous management positions over a 28-year caree

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helped to establish programs that provide minority businesses development tr

and education to managers and buyers. She spearheaded efforts with historical

black colleges and universities as developmental assistance providers in suppo

Raytheon's mentor-protege programs - an effort that has garnered 14 U.S. De ment of Defense Nunn-Perry awards, in addition to many other high honors

long list of successful program graduates excelling in several business fields. M

Fortner also ensures that a broad spectrum of women-and minority-owned bu

nesses benefit from Raytheon. She served on the Youth Motivation Task Force

volunteer for more than 20 years. She currently serves as one of three co-chair

an aerospace and defense industry group focused on small business. She serv

chair of the Advisory Board for the Tuck Minority Business Executive Progra

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Most Promising Engineer or Scientst - Industry TAVON BROOKS

Senior Vice President, Energy Policy, Constellation Energy

Senior Systems Engineer II, Integrated Defense Systems, The Raytheon Company

Tavon Brooks enjoys working on innovative and cutting edge technologies. As an outstanding high school student at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, he won an

internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

His mentor was an engineer who designed a system that predicted the longevity of satellites in orbit. Shadowing this inventor for a summer helped young Mr. Brooks connect to the field of engineering, and the experience introduced

him to the pleasure of seeing engineering principles work in

practice. Mr. Brooks went on to earn a bachelor's degree in

mechanical engineering and a master's degree in engineer-

ing from Cornell in 2005 and 2006. As a new member of

Raytheon's Rotational Engineering Development Program, he gained experience via a systems engineering role for Raytheon Australia's Air Warfare Destroyer. Currently, he

serves within the Systems Architecture and Design Integration Directorate as Warfare Integrated Product team leader for the U.S. Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier.

His community involvement includes initiating a tutoring

program for inner-city students in Baltimore, volunteering at

the Washington, D.C. Veteran Affairs Center, and mentoring

aspiring engineers and speaking at area schools. Mr. Brooks

is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers. In the past he was a participant of INROADS, Inc. and a GEM Martin Proctor pledged Kappa Alpha Psi at Hampton Fellow. GEM's principal activity is the provision of graduUniversity, served as chapter polemarch that same year and the ate fellowships at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels, coupled with next, but was forced to drop out before he could earn paid a degree. summer internships.

Seeking to push ahead, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and got his initial training at the Naval Nuclear Power School. Later,

he would serve aboard a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the reactor controls division, rising to leading petty

officer and overseeing operations and maintenance. After an

honorable discharge in 1986, he was hired at Baltimore Gas & Electric-Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. While work-

ing full time, Mr. Proctor, now married with a young family,

pursued an undergrad degree at the University of Maryland,

College Park. He graduated with a B.S. degree in business management in 1990. Five years later, he transferred to energy

sales and service within BGE. In this role, his interest in the business side of energy grew noticeably and one of his mentors recommended he pursue an M.B.A., which he earned from George Washington University in 1998. At the time, he was spearheading the entry of his new employer, Constellation Power Source, into U.S. deregulated markets, where utilities, municipalities and cooperatives were starting to procure electricity from competitive suppliers. Over the next several

years, Mr. Proctor worked increasingly on policy, developing an effective regulatory group with specialists focused on fossil fuels, transportation and emissions as well as utility procurement proceedings across the country. As one of the two

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Most Promising Engineer or Scientist - Industry

LEONA CHARLES, PH.D.

Payload Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Leona Charles graduated from CUNY in 2008 with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering - her more than four-year research helped

to advance the science of air pollution. Dr. Charles brought a results-driven record to Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, and because of her experience in cooperative remote sensing sci-

ence and technology research, she was selected as an analyst on one of the most important national defense space sensor programs.

Dr. Charles' role was to validate sensor performance data during a test sequence that simulates space. Over a year, she led an

incisive analysis on the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), uncovering a performance issue with the sensor that, if not cor-

rected, could have resulted in failure on orbit. The Air Force and its consulting organization, Aerospace, remarked that the project was one of the best root cause and fault determining efforts from

all Northrop Grumman Space-Based Infrared System sectors. As a result of identifying a major flaw on the surveillance sensors for

SBIRS GEO, Dr. Charles received the 2008 Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Timely Award Plan award. Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems also recognized Dr. Charles as part of the team that received the highest award presented by the division in 2009.

In addition to her technical prowess, Dr. Charles has been active in human resource issues, including serving as a representative for minority groups during her college years and, lately, as a young

professional at Northrop Grumman.

Outstanding Technical Contribution - Government KERRY NICHOLS Computer Engineer, GS-13, Wind System Software Lead, Naval Air Systems Command

Kerry Nichols does exceptional work as an engineer and a leader in the NAVAIR Moriah Wind System program. Used

by both the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard in advanced wind and navigation information for defense applications, the digital

Moriah Wind System includes multifunctional color displays and provides accurate wind speed and direction measurements.

Integrated on approximately 35 vessels, it is expected to replace the Navy and Coast Guard's current Type F Windbird sensors and data distribution equipment. A software-intensive system that often presents some of the most difficult technical problems, the

Moriah Wind System requires the input of bright and insightful

software engineers. Mr. Nichols is one such contributor. Whether he is developing code, supporting Virginia-based Quality Perfor-

mance, Inc. - the Naval Air Systems Command's prime contractor for the Moriah Wind System - in delivering systems to the fleet or providing technical insight to a host of new ship initiatives, he has

proven to be a valuable asset. Currently, Mr. Nichols is building a Moriah Wind System team of other high-level specialist software engineers and has been mentoring them very successfully. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from

City College of New York in 2002, and began work as a software developer for the integrated shipboard information systems in

February 2003. By March of the next year, he had earned a promotion to lead software engineer for the Moriah Wind System.

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Outstanding Technical Contribution - Govt.

TAMI RANDOLPH, PH.D.

Program Manager, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Dr. Tami Randolph is an innovator.

She is responsible for breakthroughs that have resulted in excess of $20 million in sales to Northrop Grumman. One of her first innovations went

operational on the eve of the invasion of Iraq and helped to provide key intelligence. Another technology she has been instrumental in developing was to study biometrics as they relate to heart

waveforms - using vibrocardiograms for identification with a laser or radar as

the sensor system. The research looks to be a key advancement in ensuring a reliable and safe stand-off mechanism for

identification and pursuit of terrorists/

persons of interest. This technology can be integrated onto a vehicle, mounted to a fixed location or flown on an aerial

vehicle. Dr. Randolph's efforts on the biometrie R&D not only highlight her technical contributions to both company Outstanding Technical Contribution - Industry

and customer, but they exemplify her

STEVEN OGUNWUMI, PH.D.

commitment to the success of women

Research Associate, Corning Incorporated

in technology. She mentored Melanie

Dr. Steven Ogunwumi has 14 issued patents, with many more pending. One Bernard, Ph.D., as the early-career researcher worked to enter a technical of his inventions is a material used in catalytic converters to minimize hydrocar-

bon emissions. Corning commercialized DuraTrapÂŽ AT in 2005. On an annualleaders' program aimed at shaping nextgeneration technologists. Dr. Randolph basis, revenues from the filter products exceeds $200 million - the products have been selected by vehicle and engine manufacturers for use in cars and trucks. has provided mentoring to two other Corning filters are used in trap systems that remove soot from diesel exhaust

young researchers. The systems Dr.

emissions. Dr. Ogunwumi is now leading

protecting the nation's war fighters

a project to explore

and the country itself. Currently, she is

Randolph delivers play a vital role in

CO2 capture from flue

leading a multimillion-dollar classified

or natural gas. Born in

effort for the intelligence community

Liberia, he emigrated to

and her work includes building a cross-

the United States after

sector, multidisciplinary team, systems

high school. He earned

engineering and technical support.

a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1991,

and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Purdue University in 1997, before joining Corning. In over 12 years with the the world leader in

specialty glass and ceramics, Dr. Ogunwumi has used his expertise in

material chemistry and catalysis to advance R&D of ceramic compositions. Corning has benefited from the resulting business and millions have benefited from a much cleaner environment. Dr. Ogunwumi was the 2005 recipient of the Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist award from

NOBCChE (National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers), and the 2006 Karl Schwartzwalder-Pace award for Professional Achievement in Ceramic

Engineering from the American Ceramic Society. Dr. Ogunwumi serves on the board of the International Association of African Scientists.

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President's Award

Pioneer Award

TYREE MINNER

WANDA DENSON-LOW, J.D.

Plant Manager, Chrysler Group, LLC

Senior Vice President, Office of Internal Governance, The Boeing Company

Tyree Minner joined the Chrysler Group in 2006, and since then he has held a number of top leadership positions in the company's manufacturing facilities. As plant man-

ager at St. Louis South, he oversaw a $3.5 billion division producing 200,000 vehicles annually. Later, he assumed the role of manager of the Twinsburg stamping plant

(which closed in July 2010). Currently a plant manager at the Chrysler Sterling Heights factory, he oversees the pro-

duction of Chrysler Sebring sedans, the new Chrysler 200, which began arriving in dealerships in the fourth quarter

of 2010, and the 201 1 Dodge Avenger. An economics and management major at Albion University, he was appointed chairman of the board of directors for the Federal Reserve

Bank of Kansas City's Oklahoma City branch in 2004. He also served on the Oklahoma Business Roundtable and

on the board of directors for Oklahoma City Chamber of

Commerce; as chairman for the Oklahoma City American Heart Walk, and as judge and sponsor of the St. Louis

Gateway Classic College Scholarship Awards to historically black colleges and universities. Minner was one of the best defensive players in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. He earned the first of his two MIAA

All-Conference first-team awards in 1977 and, as defensive end, served as captain in 1978. He was inducted into the

Albion College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. He has an

Wanda Denson-Low has built a distinguished career combining science and the law. She earned a J.D. from Brooklyn

M.B.A. from Wayne State University and a master's in

Law school and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Rensse-

industrial engineering from the University of Dallas.

laer Polytechnic Institute. After starting out as a patent attorney

at Union Carbide Corporation in 1981, she joined the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1985. Four years later she was named chief patent counsel, making her the first minority woman to

hold this position in a Fortune 500 company. As part of the

Boeing acquisition of Hughes Electronics Corporation's space and communications businesses, where she had risen to become general counsel, she became a member of the legal team in October 2000. She first led the legal staff for Boeing's defense

and space unit, and then its Phantom Works R&D organization.

She also served as vice president of human resources for the defense and space unit. Currently, she is responsible for internal

governance policies and all other regulatory and compliance matters, including corporate audit, ethics and business conduct,

and global trade controls, which includes all of Boeing's import

and export activities. In the past decade, Ms. Denson-Low has provided leadership to the Japanese American National Museum, first as a member of the board of trustees, and recently as a member of the board of governors. She has brought valuable business acumen to the museum's work, and rallied Boeing to become a top supporter of the institution's nationwide efforts in

diversity education. Ms. Denson-Low is a member of the board of trustees for College Bound, and a national board member of

the YMCA. Her professional affiliations include the American

Bar Association, American Corporate Counsel Association, and Black Women Lawyers.

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Develop revolutionary new ways to fly.

Work with technology that's redefining the cutting edge.

Discover how it feels to soar.

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ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

Professional Achievement - Government

WILHELMINA PIERCE, P.E.

Resident Engineer/ Supervisory Civil Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ms. Wilhelmina Pierce joined the Corps in 1992, and over her 1 8 years of service, she has worked in

shipyards, sailed on dredges, negotiated with South Korean contractors and advised Japanese buyers on Air Force projects. She has also held responsibility for quality assurance requirements for heating, air conditioning, plumbing, fire protection and other mechanical systems at Fort Bragg. Ms. Pierce has supported the Army, Air

Force and Special Ops during peace time and war in three countries, culminating in a career milestone, in

2008, as Savannah District's first African American woman resident engineer. In this post, she has facilitated

construction for special ops facilities, a blood donor center, weapons training facilities, a military dog train-

ing center, and museum-type building additions. Her

team's work got exceptional feedback as she increased diversity in her office: 60 percent veterans/reservists/

prior military, 30 percent women, and 40 percent minor-

ity engineers and quality assurance specialists. Before departing for South Korea, she served as a member of a women's organization committed to enrich and sustain the cultural develop-

Professional Achievement - Government

ment of African Americans. She is also a

RADM BRUCE GROOMS

longterm supporter of a scholarship fund

Assistant Deputy, Operations, Plans & Strategy (N3/5B), U.S. Navy

administered by North Carolina's state

Bruce Grooms

Indian tribe, Occaneechi Band of the

joined the Navy to

Saponi Nation, based in her hometown

become a submariner.

in Alamance County. She is a member of

He graduated from the

the Regional Council for the Advance-

Naval Academy with

ment of Minorities in Engineering and

a bachelor's degree in

she's also a member of MATHCOUNTS.

aerospace engineering in 1980. Following completion of nuclear power training, he served in nearly every capacity aboard a variety of subma-

rines. In the first century of the Silent Service (1900-2000), only seven African Americans have commanded a submarine. Rear Admiral Grooms has not only achieved this, but has continued to rise. In 2006, he was appointed the 81st commandant of midshipmen at the Naval Academy, the first African American to hold this position. As commandant he administered operations of the battalion and served as a primary mentor for

tomorrow's leaders. The same year, RADM Grooms, and the first black

Naval Academy graduate, retired LCDR Wesley Brown, broke ground for the Wesley Brown Field House at the Academy. In 2008, all nine of the serving black submarine commanding officers were present at the

Black Engineer of the Year Awards STEM Conference to mentor 30 midshipmen and junior officers. RADM Grooms also takes time to meet with

educators such as Hampton University's Dr. William R. Harvey to build on partnerships that Hampton can use in its curriculum to train future of-

ficers as nuclear engineers. Throughout his leadership roles, Grooms has continued to focus attention on mentoring others. He believes that, "It is

critical that these young people see that higher goals are attainable. We did it. So can they, and we're here to give them guidance."

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Professional Achievement - Industry GARY BAILEY Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Gary Bailey started out his Aeronau-

tics Company career in 1978 as a buyer of simple, low-cost products. Today, he is chief procurement officer at the helm of the

1,100-member Supply Chain Management (SCM) organization. SCM finds suppliers for thousands of pieces of parts, subsys-

tems and systems utilized in production of military transport, reconnaissance and fighter aircraft delivered to the U.S. armed

forces and her allies. Approximately 60 to 70 percent of the parts and systems used are purchased from suppliers around the

world. Under Mr. Bailey's leadership, SCM faces the challenge of establishing a supply chain to meet the manufacturing rate of

one F-35 per day. The aircraft is designed

of Defense.

As executive sponsor of Lments (pronounced eleto be flown for the next 30 to 40 years by military around the ments) world and will provide thousands of jobs at Lockheed and - an organization developed to improve retention rates develop the professional skills of zero-five-year employsupplier facilities for decades. Mr. Bailey has led theand organiza- he has helped grow the Forth Worth chapter from 700 tion's drive to help small disadvantaged businesses ees become

members more competitive through the Mentor-Protege Program.

This in 2007 to a membership over 1,000. In addition, Mr. Bailey mentors four employees and many more on an informal has been an outstanding success resulting in numerous awards, basis. including two Nunn-Perry awards from the U.S. Department

Professional Achievement - Industry

ANDREW BROWN, JR., PH.D., P.E.

Executive Director and Chief Technologist, Delphi Automotive

Dr. Brown provides leadership on innovation and technology that helps the Tier 1 automotive supplier achieve a profitable competitive advantage. Over 35 years of engineering assignments, he has contributed immensely to Delphi and, prior to the

spinoff, General Motors. He began his GM career as a project engineer with manufacturing in 1973, progressing in the field as

a senior project engineer, development engineer, and manager of R&D for manufacturing staff. During this period he worked

on processes and systems with emphasis on energy systems, productivity improvement and environmental efficiency. He

came to Delphi in 1995, from the GM Research and Development Center where he was director, Strategic Futures. He is a long term proponent for government-private partnerships as well

as determining standards and best practices for industry. As chief

technologist, he has responsibility for Delphi Research Labs, and coordinates the activities of directors of engineering for all business units. Prior to this, he had responsibility for processes

and performance across the company's 17,000 member technical community, its $2 billion budget, and its new centers in Poland,

India, China and Mexico. In 2002, Dr. Brown was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for planning and integration of diverse research and engineering activities. Dr. Brown started his one-year term as president of the Society of Automotive Engineers in January of 2010. wvwv.blackengineer.com

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Vice President and North America Service Line Leader for Application Management Service IBM Corporation

Gary Collins has 20 years of career experience in the sale and

technical delivery of application development, application main-

tenance, application planning and application assessments. He is a

technical expert who has been instrumental in the successful sellin

and delivery of key projects. He took responsibility for a $4 billion

book of Application Management Services (AMS) business on Aug 10, 2010 - expanding on his $750 million telecommunications, ene

and utility, and media and entertainment industries portfolio to inc

financial services, industrial, distribution, general business, and pu

sectors in the U.S. and Canada. For the last eight years, he has wor predominantly in the long-term Application Management Services

space, where he has successfully developed AMS sales and techni-

cal strategies, and go to market strategies. He has executed delivery

support engagements, leveraging staff from IBM's U.S.A., India a

Brazil support facilities for clients such as Google, DIRECTV, AO

Sprint and The Occasions Group. Mr. Collins has a unique balance

client skills, technology skills, selling and delivery competencies an

people leadership. He is a regular presenter on AMS and he also se

as an IBM executive and diversity program coach and mentor. He

served as a volunteer presenter on resume writing and interviewing

skills to the Minority Engineering Education Task force as well as Freshman football coach. Prior to IBM, Mr. Collins served as an a combat intelligence chief stationed in Okinawa, Japan.

Technical Sales and Marketing Î&#x160; ANTHONY NEAL-GRAVES General Manager Workstations and Highly Parallel Computing, Intel Corporation

Anthony Neal-Graves leads a billion-dollar business in workstation processors and platform silicon at the world's largest semi-conductor company - his latest achievement in a 30-year

career. Starting out at AT&T Bell Labs, he developed a reputation as a visionary engineer with an equally strong acumen in business and marketing. Since 2000, he has made major contributions at

Intel. He led a proposal for a hundred million dollar R&D coprocessor investment in high performance computing to the board of directors. The proposal was approved, delivering a product line announced in June 2010. This revolutionary product will transform high performance computing and advance scientific discovery from cancer research to energy exploration, hurricane prediction and

climate modeling. Mr. Neal-Graves' leadership was critical as he worked to bring together architects, planners, marketing, hard-

ware and software engineering, as well as quality and reliability.

With Intel delivering processing capability in over 400 of the top supercomputers in the world, the high performance computing line has the potential to deliver computers with 1,000 times the perfor-

mance of today's fastest 500. He also co-founded and co-chaired the Black Leadership Council, a group comprised of senior African Americans at Intel who serve as mentors and role models. He is

the first to have P&L responsibility for a billion dollar business. He also represents Intel on the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Board of Directors.

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Educational Leadership

Educational Leadership MORDECHAI LEVIN

MARCOS STEPHENS

Executive Director, Masterflight Foundation

Manager, Training Programs, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Mordechai Levin has served in the Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol for more than a decade. He has been active

in the development of formal and informal aerospace and

STEM programs for about as long. Since he was introduced to the Civil Air Patrol in 1998 - through an opportunity to

provide flight instruction and aerospace education labs at Chicago's Midway Airport - he has shared the thrill and enchantment of flight with diverse students. One of his first

went on to become the Air Force Academy's 2003 vice president and an F-16 fighter pilot assigned to the 13th

Fighter Squadron at Misawa Air Base in Japan. In 2006, Mr. Levin, together with a team of leaders in education

and social change, launched Masterflight Foundation.

Their goal is to recruit next generation pilots, astronauts,

engineers, teachers and scientists. As chair of the Civil Air Patrol Diversity committee, Mr. Levin leads a team of diversity champions to achieve, within this decade, a mem-

bership, as well as leadership, that will include 23,000 K-12 cadets and that will be a proportional representation of the

entire U.S. population in gender, race and ethnicity. As chair of the Black Engineer of the Year Alumni K-20 Committee, Mr. Levin is leveraging Black Engineer of the Year Awards to increase the throughput of STEM professionals from pre-school through university. In 2008, he received

Marcos Stephens is responsible for the training, educati

the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

and professional development of more than 2,000 employ

Barry M. Goldwater Educator of the Year award for his

in the ground systems business unit (GSBU) of the Northro

commitment to increasing access to aerospace education

Grumman Information Systems sector. His successful man

and careers.

ment of the GSBU program led to its expansion to support another division's training activities, which includes 4,500

employees in 23 states and six overseas locations. To help

retention and recruitment, he incorporated learning opport

nities from weekly lunch and learn sessions to engineering

architecture, and framework courses catering to a geograp

cally dispersed population. One of his major accomplishm

is the set-up of an on-site computer science systems engin

ing graduate degree program with University of Denver. T

program provides all GSBU engineers opportunities to stu

and research new technologies while applying their learnin

real world engineering challenges. Building on this succes

led the establishment of another graduate program with St

Institute of Technology. Systems engineering is one of the

ness unit's core capabilities and these educational and rese

programs are vital to growth and success. Mr. Stephens has

made a significant impact in the community with his suppo

the Aurora Public School District STEM program, among

P-20 education-industry efforts. He has taught a college pr

course on engineering disciplines to 11- 12th grade student

physics and engineering hands-on activities, plus flight sim

tions and demonstrations. As team mentor/coach, he partic

in the 2010 Conference on Education & Industry Partnersh

and Cyber Patriot Initiative, a national high school cyber s rity competition sponsored by Northrop Grumman.

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Developing the next generation of amphibious assault vehicles. Building a laser defense system. The first flight of an unmanned surveillance aircraft. Success stories like these are why Northrop Grumman is a leader in global security. We're proud to partner with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards in recognizing those who pursue excellence in achievement. We congratulate these outstanding

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GEM Student Leadership DEVON ROLLINS Senior Information Systems Engineer, The MITRE Corporation

Devon Rollins is the only MITRE intern to date who has received the

organization's Challenge Coin for his consistent demonstration of their core

values. Since he joined the not-forprofit corporation engaged in scientific and technical activities for government

organizations, he has become an integral part of an advanced group working on high profile cyber investigations with

a national security emphasis. Rollins attended North Carolina A&T State

University on a track scholarship and

pursued a bachelor's degree in computer

science. He joined MITRE in 2008 upon completing his first master's degree in information assurance, and made an

immediate impact on several sponsored work programs. He returned to grad

school via the GEM Fellowship program and obtained a second master's degree in

GEM Outstanding Young Alumnus

information security policy and manage-

MICHAEL HOLLIS, JR.

ment. At Carnegie Mellon, his ideas were

Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation

an actionable set of recommendations on

Michael Hollis' accomplishments and service have earned him the respect how social media can be used to discern of his peers, management and the customer. He received his master's degree in the nature of social networks, identify important influencers, and distill inforelectrical engineering in 2000 and joined Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems

as a systems engineer. Through his outstanding leadership, payload simulators

mation from network communication.

The hallmark of Rollins' tenure at CMU were delivered under cost and on schedule in 2006 through 2008. The same year,

he transitioned to the $20 million "Walleye" program. The new sensor prod-

was opening for Dr. Steve Perry, a criti-

uct will be delivered

cally acclaimed urban public education

in 20 11. Mr. Hollis'

advocate. He used this platform to honor

contributions to the

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and serve a

program have led to

call of arms for more pronounced efforts

further interest from

in mentoring and volunteerism. MITRE

Electronic Systems

was delighted when he elected to come

customers. Over the

back.

past three years, he

has participated in the

Discover "E" program at the Empowerment Academy in Baltimore, MD. The National Society of Professional Engineers introduced Discover "E" many years ago as part of an outreach effort to get more students interested in engineering.

Northrop Grumman has been a major sponsor of Discover "E" in the Baltimore area for the past 20 years in an effort to help address a criti-

cal need to cultivate and motive the engineers of tomorrow. Mr. Hollis has also participated in an educational program for homeless young people - meeting a 5th grader biweekly to study at the library and

discuss the importance of always doing one's best. He also volunteered with the Habitat for Humanity organization to help rebuild vacant

houses in Baltimore city.

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LCDR ZEITA MERCHANT Congressional Fellow, U.S. Coast Guard

LCDR Merchant is an expert in the marine environmental field. She was a responder in the

strategic operations to the oil spill that affected the ğ|^^¡ Gulf's commerce, wildlife resources and wetlands.

She is a tireless volunteer in promoting STEM

education and Coast Guard opportunities across the nation. In addition to her efforts as a histori-

cally black college and university ambassador at Spelman, she established ties with a local nonprofit organization that supports minorities in STEM fields, while offering young people an opportunity to learn skills needed to compete in the 21st-century workforce. Her work with the Ripple Institute led to

Coast Guard sponsorship of 55 students from Clark-

Atlanta, Morehouse and Spelman to participate in career development seminars and workshops at the

2010 Black Engineer of the Year Awards STEM Global Competitiveness Conference. A champion of excellence in education for all, LCDR Merchant, officers to facilitate the creation of vocational opportuwho completed her undergraduate degree throughGuard the Coast

nities in STEM, while providing help to students experiencing Guard's Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative Scholarship hardship.

Her legacy will persist in paving the way for next program, also teamed with the White House Initiative on His-

torically Black Colleges and Universities and top generation brass Coastgraduates of HBCUs.

K-12 Promotion of Education

PAULA SHELTON Executive Director, Maryland MESA Program, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Ms. Shelton has demonstrated commitment to the education

and advancement of K-12 students by her outstanding leadership of the Maryland MESA Program. Through her vision, the program has helped increase the opportunities and activities available to more than 3,000 students and 300 teachers in the state.

Along with rocketry, the K-12 precollege program administered through JHU/APL now offers robotics, a biomedical program, a

Cyber Battle lab, and college preparation. MESA students have the unprecedented opportunity to see "technology at work" in the

Naval Warfare Center, Naval Academy, Northrop Grumman, and JHU/APL. These trips offer students the chance to learn about exciting and rewarding careers that explore the heavens, protect

troops, develop medical technologies, and enhance the nation's computers and border security. Doors have also been opened with the Army Research Lab's Gains in the Advancement of

Mathematics and Science program, the NASA Lunar Institute's

Mission and the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii.

She has also formed a partnership with NAVSEA, through which teachers have received training on an undersea robotics program.

After her graduation from Howard with a bachelor's degree in

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Complex challenges, breakthrough solutions -

that's innovation

Corning Incorporated is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommuniucations and life sciences.

We turn possibilities into breakthrough realities.

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SPECIAL RECOGNITION WINNERS

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Our and 201 and beyond" 1theSpecial new standard. the Recognition Their tireless new standard. efforts and honorees Their tireless have made efforts "above and powerful achievements have distinguished them in their industries. They consistently bring energy and innovation to commerce,

business, technology and government.

Dean's Award

JASON MASSEY Project Manager, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

North Carolina A&T State University alum Jason Massey is a software eng

received a B.S. in computer science (summa cum laude) in 2000 - earning him M.S. Engineering Fellowship, which promotes the benefits of a master's degree industry. After he earned an M.S. in computer science (cum laude) at Michigan University in 2002, he landed a job with the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory of his major contributions at APL include the development of an open source sy

environment used to test a prototype of the first prosthetic arm that can be contr

naturally. The arm provides sensor feedback and allows for eight degrees of fre

a level of control far beyond the current state of the art for prosthetic limbs. H

developed a synthetic environment to help children who are struggling in scho

digital learning games. Mr. Massey mentors new staff members at APL. In addi

is a regular volunteer and judge for the Maryland Mathematics, Engineering an

Achievement program. He has been a member of NSBE and the Association fo ing Machinery since 1997. He made the Dean's List every year between 1996 a Special Recognition

Special Recognition

DERRICK BURTON

IRA DORSETT Structural Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Principal, Information Services, Booz Allen Hamilton

Ira Dorsett is a 2007 engineering information technol gy group that

graduate from Jackson State University. He

sup orts more than 24,0 0 people.

joined the US ACE as a structural engineer

As the director of IT strategy, he has contributed to Booz Allen's se-

that same year, and is a major contributor to one of the largest gated structures ever built.

lection as one of Computerworld' s

His work ethic and technical performance

100 "Best Places to Work in IT" played a big part in getting him assigned since 2003. He has helped build an to the complex and demanding project reIT organization that ranked second quired to complete the 1 00-year level protection on the west place in the 2010 IT survey. In of the city of New Orleans. Mr. Dorsett played a pivotal role M place has As IT since lection ad it on information sup orts 10 organization the contributed "Best Der ick 20 3. in director as the to more one Places being He 2010addition technol gy Burton of than of has to that Computerwoto rld' to a IT IT Bobeing z technical helped 24,0 0 Work rankedaleads urvtechnical ey. strategy, group Al en's in an leader, in the structural design of a 250 ft. wide sector-gated structu he is a principal sponsor of AAF, considered to be the largest in the world. His efforts in the d

Booz Allen's African American Forum of over 1,200 employees. and construction of the gate will assist the Corps of Enginee

Mr. Burton has created internship opportunities in IT Opera- maintaining hurricane flood protection for New Orleans on t

tions. 1 8-24 year olds from Year Up, an organization that serves west bank of the Mississippi River. Mr. Dorsett was respons

people whose income is less than 150 percent of federal poverty for over 100 design loadings for this gate. His design work w

guidelines, have benefited from the Year Up-Booz Allen Internthorough, and it provided excellent examples for all entry-le ship program. Mr. Burton serves as a role model to the diverseengineers to use, helping to increase knowledge and producti African American, African, Latino and Asian interns, who have ity and exemplifying successes in building the bench. The yo

progressed to either join the Booz Allen staff or have gained emengineer used innovative structural components in his design ployment elsewhere. Mr. Burton has led Booz Allen's Associates that were outside the norm for such structures, ultimately le Forum to deliver 400 duffel bags of needed supplies to students to significant cost savings over $3 million. Also, his assessme

before they leave for college. As part of AAF, he participates and in design that utilized buoyancy tanks on the gates along fo regular discussions with students on topics like financing higher weight reduction reduced not only machinery requirements education, writing a resume, and developing career goals. www.blackengineer.com

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hSJ SJ BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

DARRELL Vice President, Cyber Solutions, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions

Darreil Durst holds a B.S. in

As vice president of Cyber Solutions, he is re-

mathematics and a master's degree in

sponsible for creating global network defenses

electrical engineering from Howard Uni- that keep information secure and support mis-

to security. Cyber Solutions

versity. He has served in numerous roles throughout his 2 5 -year career support-

also provides encryption technologies, intru-

ing the intelligence community - 2 1 of

sion detection, cyber training and wargaming.

Mr. Durst responsible for all operations,

which have been with Lockheed Martin.

Currently, he and his team, a 600-person, including program performance, business and

$300 million organization, are helping to financial growth, personnel management, and shape the future of a fast-growing area.

R&D. He joined Lockheed Martin in 1989 as

Protecting America's information infra-

a systems engineer supporting requirements

structure - the vast global networks and

development and analysis on a large scale satellite program. As a member of Lockheed

databases that run the nation's financial,

Martin's Executive Diversity Council, he has served as an ambassador to the corpora-

health, energy and defense operations - is tion's business diversity councils since 2002. He also serves on the advisory board for the newest front line for national security. University of Maryland's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Special Recognition JERRY M. GIVENS Senior Vice President, Los Angeles Area Manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff

Jerry Givens leads one

of PB 's flagship

«I ipM responsible for

Special Recognition MICHELLE GODDARD, P.E.

Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army Research Development & Engineering Command (RDECOM)

Michelle

Goddard joined the Research,

Development

and Engineering 7^2

the Los Angeles Command

as

a

^

new engineering '

science gradu'IêËÈËÊÊËÊËÈ^ anc* ProJect ate from Loyola WĚ development,

management

College

and operations within the area.

has recfor her

' Over the past

mļk 32 years, he has

built teams that

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performance

the biological agents Los Angeles,

and on products

mentor and train

contaminated environments. The results of this wor

WÊmmHÊ^Ê^ÊÊIÊÍ helPs t0

like gas masks, protective suits, shelters and tactica

U.S. Army decisions related to war fighter capability

infrastructure professionals. In his current post, he has stepped

up outreach to small and mid-sized businesses and shown how

She has also earned recognition for efforts outside o

a large corporation can provide local business opportunities. He

duties. Ms. Goddard has volunteered for mentoring

is a sponsor of the LA Council of Black Professional Engineers,

and outreach to historically underrepresented group

and supports scholarships for students. Prior to joining PB in

As chairperson of the RDECOM Diversity Advisory

2008, he held senior positions with the Los Angeles County

tee, her work resulted in implementation of the first

Metropolitian Transportation Authority. He worked with com-

Undergraduate Summer Internship Program for col

munities, utility companies, the California Public Utilities Com-

pursuing STEM fields. She has also been at the foref

mission and other agencies on utility relocation and construction

efforts to foster interest in STEM among students a

coordination. In 2009, he was appointed a member of the board

their awareness of corresponding career opportunit

of governors of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. The LAEDC has helped attract or retain

was recognized as a Rising Star at the 2009 Women STEM Awards Conference, she has earned a master

over 150,000 jobs, which contribute more than $7 billion to the

neering management from Drexel University in Pen

regional economy and $120 million in revenue to local govern-

and achieved Army Acquisition Level III certificatio

ments.

planning, research development and engineering.

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BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS SJ Special Recognition

Special Recognition

CAPT. PHILIP JOSEPH, JR.

BRYAN GREEN

Weapon Storage & Security System Program Manager, U.S. Air Force

Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Bryan Green joined Capt. Joseph was el cted to lead one of the most

20 6, after earning a bachelor's in electrical

complex programs at the

Κ engineering and a master's

Air Force Nuclear Weap-

I in computer information ft and systems engineer-

on Center. The program

required management

I ing from Tennessee State

of people, resources, multimillions of dollars

University. He is one of

and tasks in 13 different

Ļ the key contributors on 4 the airborne surveillance,

locations in five coun-

% v target acquisition and

tries. Capt. Joseph has a

• ft I Κ Ļ 4 % v Northrop bachelor's 20 6, University. engine ring the and in target he minefield ing computer key airborne from systems after acquis tion contributors Teminefield n es e Grumman detection in earning He and informationdetection surveil ance, engine r- el ctrical is a one and a in on system (ASTAMIDS), and is responsible for the integration and testing of the Airborne Pay-

bachelor's degree in elec: trical engineering, with a

RAs : to Air Capt. required complex on multimil ons tries. bachelor's trical of and locations lead people, Center. Force tasks Capt. engine ring, Joseph one a management programs in young in Nuclear esources,minor The degre Joseph of ive 13 was ofinthe programnuclear dif er nt coun- engine r, dol ars el ctescience. d most in Weap- with has at el c- the a Since he graduated in

load (AP). The AP is a sensor suite on the Northrop Grumman FireScout unmanned helicopter that detects buried explosives.

2002 from Louisiana State University, his electrical engineering,

It's equipped with electro-optical, infrared and multispectral

program management and nuclear experience have enabled him

cameras, along with lasers for range finding, enabling target

to have a significant impact on the U.S. nuclear enterprise. In

capability. Mr. Green has earned over 150 flight hours on the

his current position, he manages the maintenance depot shop at

Army Huey used to perform the majority of ASTAMIDS flight Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, and he is responsible for the tests. While he was a student completing his undergraduate and acquisition of all system components and subsystems. He has graduate studies, he interned at NASA Glenn Research Center

led a number of programs to modernize and maintain over $25

in the Satellite Networks and Architectures Branch. During this million of nuclear support equipment, and he now leads a group time, he volunteered with after-school chess clubs at a local

of senior engineers, technicians, and technical writers supporting

elementary school. He's been a supporter of Big Brothers, Big

reinvigoration of the nuclear enterprise. He has also served as

Sisters of America since 2008. Mr. Green has been honored as a

engineer recruiter and officer in charge of ROTC field training.

He is one of the Air Force's top young officers and engineers.

Presidential Scholar by Tennessee State and is a NASA Scholar.

Special Recognition STANFORD LEWIS Senior Technical Architect, AT&T

Stanford Lewis is a systems engineer. He supports fast, efficient

telecommunications service offered over networks, and he has filed five patents in this area with the U.S. Patent Office. He is responsible for introducing zero test architecture, and the resulting customer and

network care has delivered accumulated savings of over $4 billion over the last eight years. Under his leadership, the mean time of repair

has been brought down by over 50 percent. His other notable work includes the testing and diagnosis of customer troubles, designing and implementing engineering standards for referral to local and inter-

national exchange carriers, and developing ticket work lists and the portal infrastructure for WiFi services. As a senior technical analyst,

he collaborates with business partners, and he analyzes, evaluates and delivers detailed system solutions that support emerging services such as mobility, U- verse, IP, and cloud computing networks. He earned a master's degree in telecommunications management at the Stevens Institute of Technology in 2004, a bachelor's degree in electrical technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1989, and an

associate's degree in applied science at Essex County College in 1981.

He has also authored two books, Nothing But Time and Things Left Behind , describing life growing up in St. Kitts and Nevis in the West

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hSJ SJ BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS In 2009, Howard Miller joined engineers from Northrop Grum-

Special Recognition

HOWARD MILLER, III

man in the Orange County Public Schools Teach-in. The program brings

Business Development Manager, Northrop Grumman Corporation

industry partners from the community in to teach local elementary and

middle school students, including discussion of the significance of engineering in everyday life.

After earning his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at

Tuskegee University in 1999, Mr. Miller was commissioned in the Air Force the same year. He worked his way up to missile combat crew

commander, responsible for space application of $3.3 billion in weapon systems, including intercontinental ballistic missiles. He left active duty in 2006. Mr. Miller often volunteers to support military veterans.

He shifted his focus to business after receiving his M.B.A. in project

management and an Executive M.B.A. in business administration in 2005. Two years later, he was responsible for the execution and delivery of simulation training and winning proposals valued at nearly $675 million. He also developed curriculum and courseware for the program and facilitated all relevant workshops in support of must-win captures. Since

2008, he has managed business development operations across all lines of business within Northrop Grumman Laser Systems.

Special Recognition

Special Recognition

VERNON ROSS, JR., ED.D.

TONY OBY, P.E.

Director, Talent & Organizational Capability, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Area Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Dr. Vernon

Ross leads a team

is a retired Navy

human re-

SEAL and a

talented engineer.

sources

In Iraq, he has

als the for

responsibility for

over 100 projects valued at

He

$535 million. He

for

supervises three

heed Martin has a workforce

resident offices

comprised of 125

systems

military and

civilian personnel

ware

cyber JHļi,

spread over nine provinces, includ-

Over the two

ing Basra, Karbal, Wassit and Najaf.

years, the Informa-

8 talented responsib lity is In ects resident over mil tary SEAL $535 provinces, comprised supervise civ lian spread Was it ing a Iraq, Basra, retired valued Tony 10 mil on. and over and he person el engine r. of ices and proj- Oby Karbal, has a Navy thre includ- of Naj f. at ni e

■ ^ - Mr. Oby'swork

tion Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) sector has won new cyber secu

business because they have had the right talent in place. D often requires

established Lockheed's "Cyber University," a comb him to go in harm's way, but Ross despite threats posed by insurgen

of live instruction at IS&GS environment, locations and through on on convoy movements across tion Iraq's harsh desert

and Web-based training.

Due to his efforts, there are over he does this without hesitation.

Prior to volunteering to serve

cyber security professionals across all business Thro in Iraq, he led several multimillion dollar projects in the areas.

Corps'

his voluntary work There, with the YMCA, local schools and co Fort Worth district, and in Afghanistan. he was respongiate-level engineering and diversity boards,spread he serves as sible for construction contracts worth over $4 billion, over 800 locations. These contracts were difficult to administer

model for young people. He sits on the Penn State Univer

because of the rough terrain and cultural differences between in- Engineering Diversity Advisory Board, serves on the Jack

ternational contractors and local suppliers, but Mr. Oby created a State University National Alumni Board and as president

workable environment in some of the most impossible cases. He the Delaware Valley chapter. He graduated from Jackson

is a 1987 chemical/civil engineering grad from the University of University in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in computer

Alabama, Tuscaloosa, with an advanced degree in construction

and mathematics, a master's degree in computer education

and public works management from the Naval Civil Engineer

Philadelphia University and Doctor of Education degree

Corps in Port Hueneme, California.

cational leadership and innovation from Wilmington Univ

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Special Recognition WENDELL SCRUGGS

BRIAN SMITH, PH.D.

Director of Computational Science, Sr. Engineering Specialist, Systems Analysis Science Applications International CorporationDepartment, (SAIC) General Dynamics Corporation "

Dr. Smith's research, which measures injury tolerance in the tibia and

the spine as a result of a mine or im- HW Vhk.

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Through comparative work utilizing

hybrid crash dummies and cadavers, Dr. Smith has become a leader the

of appropriate methods for

the prediction injury and survivability. As a principal investigator in

the field of biomechanics, he collaborates with research labs, universities and hospitals.

Recent partnerships have included the Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, Henry Ford Hospital, Roush Industries and his alma mater, Wayne State University. Dr. Smith has been a devoted member of the Tuskegee Airmen for 27 years. The son of a WWII POW, he is a former president of the Detroit chapter of the Tuskegee Airman, and director of Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum Expansion at the Detroit City Airport. He is a licensed pilot, and also a member of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers.

Wendell Scruggs lettered four times

as a linebacker at the College of William Special Recognition

and Mary, while completing a strenuous EDWIN TATEM, P.E. President, Parsons Brinckerhoff, academic schedule. He graduated with

Michigan, Parsons Brinckerhoff

a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1988. After two years at SAIC, he won

Michganof icesinDetroit,Southfield,

rare financial support for grad school,

andLansi gsince20 5.Duringthis

where he earned his master's of science

time,onecontractgrewfrom$2.6mil-

■> lion in 2006 to $7.8 million in 2009;

in 1994 and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics in 1996. Soon after Dr. Scruggs

another client contract has grown from $6 million in 2006 to $18 million in

returned as a senior engineer in 2000,

he joined an SAIC team working on the

2009. Mr. Tatem continues to surpass

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Human Identification at a Distance program. When R&D efforts hit a snag, he developed his biometrics - fingerprint, face, and iris recognition experimentation environment (BEE),

goals each year, growing the office from

Mjj^Vp^ 68 to 120 employees in just five years.

WÊÊÊjm In 2009, he appeared in the PB Annual Review for his contribution to the new

15-bus bay, 27,500 square foot Rosa Parks Transit facility in Detroit. He was

which solved the problems and pro-

principal-in-charge of the $22.5 million

vided the infrastructure. Within the BEE

project, which has renewed interest in the

framework, a face recognition algorithm

city's public transit. Growing up as an

developed - faster than its predecessor

immigrant in New York City, young Ed

by a factor of 1,000. Dr. Scruggs' and his

Tatem was fascinated by the skyscrapers,

team's reputation were so good, the fruits of their efforts were integrated into tools

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used in Iraq, saving the lives of American

continued his studies at the Pratt Institute, where he received his bachelor's degree in

soldiers and marines. Other trailblazing

engineering. He went on to Wayne State University and completed his master's degree

projects include biometrie and database

in civil engineering in 1990. As an engineer, he worked for the Michigan Department of

development for the FBI, and image

Transportation and Road Commission of Macomb County, where his concentration was

processing algorithms for the Army Night bridges, road design and construction. He serves as a great role model and is committed Visions Lab.

to mentoring.

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The as Leaders womenLeaders Modern-Day are reachingaretheandtopsreaching men Technology recognized the tops of their professions. They are enterprising technologists and engineers who spend

their days expanding possibilities and developing opportunities. They are the scientists who will bring us to a future where the

word "impossible" is an anomaly. We honor them not only for the considerable ac-

complishments they've already made, but for the wealth of their potential. Their stars

are on the rise, and will soon illuminate the

Linda Sicienski Christopher Allen

IT/Web/Computer Specialist Engineer,

Mission Assurance

Samuel Lively ATK Aerospace Systems

Senior Systems Engineer, Aerotek

Jason

Cook

Senior

wide sky of scientific achievement.

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Vijay Gayee Live Fire Test and Evaluation

Senior Software Engineer, bAE Systems, Inc. Aerotek/ARINC ĶŅ Denton Guy-Williams

Justin Lee Manager, Information Systems Aerospace Engineer, BAE Systems, Inc. if;

Air Force Research Laboratory ,

Terrence Head ^

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KAROLYN YOUNG

SCOTT FLANDERS, SES

JOSEPH GORDON

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Special Advisor to the Director, Air Force Research Laboratory

As inaugural chair of the AFRL

Scott Flanders joined the Nuclear

A 26-year Aerospace professional,

Karolyn Young started her career as Commission (NRC) in 1991.

Propulsion Directorate's DiversityRegulatory Task Since then, he has made significant contriForce, Joseph Gordon led the implemenan intern after her freshman year at the tation of a new recruitment and reten-

butions to public health and safety. He University has of Michigan. Since then, she's

tion strategy. He is also architect of the

been a mission planner for 12 Global led the preparation of the environmental

Directorate's Historically Black Colleges

impact statement for the last nuclear powPositioning System missions, and director

and Universities/Minority Institutions

er plant that the NRC licensed, and served for the division responsible for integration of small satellite tech demos and as a project manager for the Calvert Cliffs

Program. He is directly responsible for the award of contracts that provide lead-

ing research for aerospace propulsion,

Nuclear Plant license renewal application. launch systems. More recently, she was In 2004, Mr. Flanders was selected for the selected to co-lead a team responsible for

turbine engines and rocket propulsion.

federal Senior Executive Service (SES)industry-wide mentoring programs and

Mr. Gordon also lends his talents to

for developing the framework for such a position in the Environmental Protection

program within Aerospace. She has develmany Dayton, Ohio causes. Some of his and Performance Assessment Directorate.

In his current role, he has led issuance of oped workshops to equip corporate staff

community activities include serving as

a K-12 robotics coach, and tutoring more the first three draft environmental impact with resources to be effective mentors and

than 300 people over 21 years.

statements for new nuclear power plant

facilitated mentoring exercises with men-

applications in nearly 20 years.

tors and summer interns.

Community Outreach

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Director, Maryland Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities,

Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T

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Information Technology Manager, Operations, JCPenney

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public health programs in 23 Maryland

2009, he served as president of the Com-

role model and leader. Over his 15-year career at the $17.6 billion retailer, he has

counties and in Baltimore city. In 2004,

munity NETwork, an employee resource

been tasked with supporting numerous in-

she launched a health disparities web-

group for African American telecommu-

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site that provides disparities data, ethnic

nications professionals of AT&T. While

telephone systems, and multiple versions

health resources, cultural competency

president, Dr. Tyrone and Community

of both proprietary and vendor- integrated

information, and best practices for local

NETwork led AT&T's education effort

software applications. In his current role,

community-based groups. She also pub-

by spearheading a donation of scholar-

he ensures uninterrupted technical service

lished the Maryland Health Disparities Chartbook , and disseminates information

ships to deserving high school graduates. support as he leads a diverse team of techIn February 2010, he became a member nicians to perform restoration and service of the board of directors of the Austin activities for 5,000 desktop and mobile

Dr. Carlessia Hussein manages

in the community. Between 2004 and

to a growing network of minority organi-

established a minority recruitment and

Area Urban League, reflecting AT&T's commitment to the city's Urban League

areas of responsibilities, he has fully met

retention program that increased minority

efforts to elevate the standard of living

or exceeded expectations year on year and

matriculation to 43 percent in the early

of underserved residents by focusing on

achieved the highest performance scores

1970s.

educational improvement, employment

at JCPenney since 2004.

zations throughout the state. Dr. Hussein

computers at JCPenney home office. In all

readiness, health, and affordable housing.

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Health Care Executive of the Year

Medical Leadership

RONALD WILLIAMS

JAMES BENTON, M.D.

Medical Leadership

PATRICE MATCHABA, M.D.

Head, Global Development, U.S. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Certified Radiation Oncologist, RC Centers

Chairman, Aetna Inc.

Ronald Williams served as Aetna's

Dr. Benton has been a certified radia-

Dr. Matchaba was appointed head of

chief executive officer from February

tion oncologist since 1997. Before joining Global Development, U.S., for Novartis

2006 to November 2010. He has been

the Radiation Therapy Oncology Center

the chairman of the board since October

in 1998, where he treats prostate can-

2006. Under his leadership, company

cer patients, Dr. Benton served as chief

Mr. Williams has focused on innovating

he thought often about growing up to be

Pharmaceuticals Corporation in October

2010. He is also the global head of Drug Safety & Epidemiology. He joined Norevenues increased 54 percent, to $34.7 resident of radiation oncology at Emory vartis South Africa in 2000 as the Country billion, from 2005 to 2009. Membership University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. As a Pharma Organization medical director. increased 28 percent in the same period toyoung boy living in Savannah, his grand- Since moving to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in 2002, he has held 18.9 million. Since joining Aetna in 2001,mother developed stomach cancer and the industry, helping make possible new a physician. He went to earn his medical

several roles of increasing responsibility

in global clinical development, including

levels of transparency in the healthcare

degree at Morehouse School of Medicine, global head, Development Franchise, Im-

system. He stepped down as CEO after

graduating first in his class in 1987. Dr.

almost a decade with the Hartford-based

Benton completed his radiation oncology and interim Therapeutic Area head for

health insurer, but will remain executive

residency at Emory University in 1996,

chairman until his retirement in April

eventually becoming chief resident before fairs. He was also the Global Therapeutic

2011.

coming to RCOG.

Area head for Arthritis and Bone.

President's Award

President's Award

Professional Achievement

ANGELA JOYNER

MICHEL PAUL

JOHN MORTON

munology and Infectious Diseases (IID) IID, Clinical Development & Medical Af-

Vice President and General Manager, ConAgra Foods Company Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson VP, Northeast Ohio Operations, Arctic Slope Research Corp.

Michel Paul has headed a $2.5 bilAngela Joyner, VP and general lion diabetes care franchise of Johnson & John Morton is a model of how manager, ConAgra Foods, was recognized as one of Black Health magazine's top Johnson since January 2008. Previously, engineering services are delivered to 25 most influential African Americans in he was the worldwide president of Depuy and beyond customers' expectations. He healthcare, medical, pharmaceutical and Mitek, a Johnson & Johnson company has spent 45 years in government and in nutritional food industries in the publica- and a leader in arthroscopic surgery and industry, with 35 years of experience in tion's Black History Month issue of 2010. sports medicine. Under his leadership, engineering product development, support ConAgra Foods is one of North America's Depuy Mitek revenues doubled over the teams, and customer relationship manageleading food companies, with brands past three and a half years. Prior to join- ment. His keen ability to visualize orgain 97 percent of America's households. ing Mitek in 2004, he held the position of nizational growth strategies and execute

Consumers find ConAgra Foods brands - worldwide general manager of the bariat- strategic plans to achieve performance Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice, ric surgery franchise for Johnson & John- is substantiated by a four-year average Hebrew National, Hunt's, PAM, and son's Ethicon Endo- Surgery Division. award fee history of 95.8 percent. Early many others in grocery, convenience, Over the course of his 28-year career within Februray 1970, Mr. Morton received a mass merchandise and club stores.

the leading healthcare and pharmaceutical"Silver Snoopy" award for professional

ConAgra Foods also supplies vegetable, spice and grain products to commercial

a variety of roles.

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PAUL RUFFIN, PH.D.

SHARON MONICA JONES, PH.D.

YUE JIN, PH.D.

Senior Research Scientist (Micro Sensors and Systems), U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)

Dr. Ruffin's technical contributions

Research Aerospace Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center

Research Plant Pathologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Dr. Sharon Monica Jones is an expert in robot vision and aviation systems

Dr. Jin is a cereal rust expert. Wheat

provide revolutionary methods to reduce

analysis. Her research looks at data from rusts are something like flu strains for

the size and cost of weapon components

the Federal Aviation Administration and

and enhance reliability. In 2003, he was

the National Transportation Safety Board strain appeared to threaten humans, over

promoted to the highest rank a scientist

to determine the probability of a particu- 80 percent of the world's wheat supply is

humans; just as a virulent Spanish flu

could ever achieve in government service. lar accident happening in the future. In at risk to Ug99. When this new strain was 2010, she led a multicenter assessment ofconfirmed in Uganda in 1999, Nobel Prize His latest patent disclosure revealed a noninvasive technique for treating cancer the Aviation Safety Program. The three- winner Norman Borlaug and the Interpatients. Dr. Ruffin became the first African American to receive advanced

national Maize and Wheat Improvement helped reshape the program's governanceCenter looked to Dr. Yue Jin to assess

month study produced information that

degrees in physics from any school of

structure and research portfolio. Dr. Jonesthe mutant. His work is changing cereal

higher learning in the state of Alabama

first came to the NASA center as a math

when he received a master's degree in

graduate from Hampton University. Her

international food security. New wheat

physics in 1982 and a Ph.D. in physics

10- week Langley Research Center Sum-

varieties with the first resistance are being

four years later from the University of

mer Scholar assignment was in computer

developed by research centers through the

Alabama.

vision algorithms.

world.

crop breeding and serving as a basis for

Technical Innovation

Senior Investigator ALANKAR GUPTA

LASHON BOOKER, PH.D.

BCA Delegated Compliance Organization, Project Administrator, The Boeing Senior Company Principal Artificial Intelligence Engineer, MITRE Corporation

Dr. Booker is a leading expert in artificial intelligence. Since he Alankar Gupta has dedicated his life to aviation safety.

He joined MITRE in 1990, he has been engaged in various R&D has been a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Enareas such as malware classification, network intrusion detecgineers for two decades, served as chairman of the Society of tion, network analysis, data and text mining, modeling behavAutomotive Engineers' AC-9 Environmental Control Systems iors for command forces, and enabling better decision making Committee, and taught SAE courses on design of pneumatin training systems. Over the last decade, he has focused on ics and air conditioning systems for commercial and military cyber security, one of the most complex problems that America transport planes to practicing engineers from all over the world. faces.

He is currently working on the identification of potential Mr. Gupta has represented Boeing on the American Society intrusions in computer systems through forensics detection and of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, the computational modeling of social networks in play to determine Society of Automotive Engineers, and Federal Aviation where Adminand when a threat may occur; in addition, he has worked istration technical committees. He has been granted 10 with U.S. the 1RS and FAA. Dr. Booker provides mentoring as earlycareer professionals conduct their research. patents and has three pending.

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Information is our most powerful resource, whether we receive it via the printed page, a computer screen, or from

a dedicated teacher. In this section, we look at the trends and developments that are expanding STEM education.

by M. V. Greene

Book Review

mgreene@ccgmag. com

APPRENTICE PINKETT ADVANCES STRATEGIES FOR "WHITE PLACES" do the book.

imperative for this is the ability of African

While that was a moment for national

wide notoriety in 2005 when, as an African American, he

Randal won wide as an the notoriewon ty African Pinthe kett fourthfourth American, gained inseason season 2005 worldof - of when, he

Americans to "code switch'-adapting to

television, Pinkett, despite stellar academ- new and different cultural realities and

ic and corporate credentials, has been a sensitivities on a global scale. "In AmeriDonald Trump's NBC-TV reality program black face in white places like many other ca, that has historically meant learning the The Apprentice , going on to spend a year

African American professionals. Pursu-

working as an executive with the Trump

ing strategies to

ity white culture,"

Entertainment Resorts in Atlantic City,

get beyond such obstacles, how-

Pinkett writes. But

ever, is the point

ethnic, multiracial,

had been a player in the game of ambi-

of his book,

global society code

tion and success. An electrical engineer,

co-authored by

switching is rel-

Pinkett holds five degrees, including an

Jeffrey Robin-

M.B.A. and a doctorate, from Rutgers

son, a Rutgers

evant well beyond U.S. shores, and

University, the University of Oxford in

professor and

African Americans

England and the Massachusetts Institute

business scholar,

must also have the

of Technology. His corporate experience

and with busi-

ability to relate to

includes technical staff positions at Gen-

ness journalist

the business world

eral Electric, AT&T Bell Laboratories and

Philana Pat-

in other places,

Lucent Technologies.

terson.

N.J.

Even before Trump, Pinkett already

An entrepreneur, speaker, author and

game and playing the game of the major-

in today's multi-

such as Europe and

Pinkett

the Far East, in

community servant, as he refers to him-

notes that

self, Pinkett today is founder, chairman

while so-called

today's corporate

and CEO of BCT Partners, a Newark,

"browning"

marketplace.

N.J., consultancy that provides program

of America is

order to succeed in

What Pinkett contends in the

management, information technology

continuing over

and public policy services in industries

the coming

book is that African

that include housing and community

decades, with

Americans are

development, economic development, healthcare, human services and education.

people of color

facing a much

gaining traction

greater challenge

He is author of the new book Black Faces

economically within society, African

in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find

Americans still make up a minuscule

on gaining the education and skills to

number of senior positions in Fortune

get their feet in the doors of corporate

today than in the past when they focused

Greatness-3. roadmap for African Ameri- 1000 companies today despite comprising

America. Today, the contest is about

cans navigating corporate and entrepre- 12 percent of the workforce.

what you do once you get in. That means

neurial circles.

Drawing on his own experiences, as

As Pinkett recounts in the book, The Apprentice brought tons of good fortune.

playing the game that moves you ahead, he notes.

well as those of other prominent African

Americans, Pinkett takes his readers on

Starting in February 2011, Pinkett

But coming with it was one of those dicey an odyssey that outlines how to establish

plans a Black Faces in White Places

"black faces in white places" moments.

National Town Hall Tour, inviting profes-

one's identity and purpose, develop a

After becoming the first African American "comfort zone" in the face of obstacles,

sional and celebrity guest panelists to

to win the show, Trump took the auda-

build key relationships and seek competi-

recount in roundtable discussions how

cious step of requesting that Pinkett share

tive advantages in white places.

the honor with the white woman who finished behind him. Pinkett refused vehe-

they have been able to navigate corporate

Understanding how to navigate the

workplaces and run entrepreneurial enter-

corporate environment is paramount,

prises. Information on the tour is located at RedefineTheGame.com.

mently, setting the stage for the impetus to according to Pinkett. For instance, one

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■ We honor the individuals and institutions that strive to create and maintain a diversitied workforce.

People and Events

by Lango Deen and M. V Greene ldeen@ccgmag.com, mgreene@ccgmag.com

PRESIDENT OBAMA APPOINTS LINDA GOODEN TO KEY ADVISORY POST nounced his intention to appoint Linda Gooden to the National

President nounced Linda SecuriSecurity ty Gooden Barack TelecommunicatiTelecommunications ons his intention to Obama the National to has appoint an-

ernment regulators lacked the neces-

versity and on the board of directors for

sary authority, resources, and technical

Piedmont Hospital and nuBridges, Inc. He

expertise to oversee the companies, and

was named one of USBE&IT magazine's

that without "significant" reform in both

Most Important Blacks in Technology

Advisory Committee (NSTAC). NSTAC oil industry practices and government

for six consecutive years (2005-2010).

brings together about 30 industry chief

policies, it remains possible that another

executives from major telecommunica-

similar disaster could occur.

tions companies, network service provid-

He earned a bachelor's degree in science from South Carolina State University and

Dr. Stancell is Turner professor of

a master's degree in science from North-

ers, as well as information technology, chemical engineering, emeritus, Georgia western University. finance, and aerospace companies. TheseTech, and has been a member of the ΝΑΕ industry leaders provide the U.S. govern- since 1997. He had a 31 -year career with Booz Allen's Reggie Van Lee is ment the best possible industry advice, Mobil Oil, where he led development of the new Chairman of the Board develop recommendations to assure vital the now $70 billion natural gas producof Directors for the Washington telecommunications links through any tion and liquefied natural gas joint venturePerforming Arts Society Booz Allen event or crisis, and help the government between Mobil and Qatar. He Hamilton Executive maintain a reliable, secure, and resilient has nine U.S. patents in petro-

national communications posture.

Ms. Gooden, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin's Information

chemical processes. Dr. Stancell

Vice President Regi-

is the 1992 Black Engineer of

nald Van Lee was

the Year.

named chairman of

Systems & Global Solutions business area, is a formidable leader with intimate

knowledge of the public-private linkages

the board of directors

Most Important Blacks in Technology Honoree

by the Washington Performing Arts

of strategic information technology. She is Promoted

Society (WPAS).

the 2006 Black Engineer of the Year.

Cox Enterprises announced that Gregory Morrison has

Before being named chairman of WPAS,

ΝΑΕ names Arnold F. Stancell

been promoted to senior vice

Mr. Van Lee was

to Committee on Causes of the

president and chief information Reginald Van Lee Senior Vice President officer. He will continue reportBooz Allen Hamilton

vice chair of the

Oil Spill

society's board and has served as a board The National Academy of Engineering to John Dyer, executive vice ing (ΝΑΕ) and the National Research president and chief financial officer.member since 2007. In November 2009, Council named Dr. Arnold F. Stancell to a

"Greg is a dynamic leader who President Barack Obama appointed Van Lee to serve on the President's Committee committee examining the probable causes continues to transform our technology of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, department," said Dyer. "In an area on that the Arts and the Humanities, following

fire, and oil spill in April 2010. The U.S.

is constantly changing, Greg ensuresa long that association with arts organizations

presidential panel concluded that energy

Cox and our businesses are utilizing in the New York and Washington, D.C.

firm BP and its partners made a series of

best and most efficient technology."

"systemic" cost-cutting decisions that led to the oil spill that polluted the Gulf Of

Mr. Morrison joined the company helped private and public organizations better achieve their missions and assisted in 2002 and is responsible for technol-

Mexico coast last year.

ogy service and strategy development for in the growth of a diverse range of not-

In its final report on the causes of the

largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history,

Over his 26-year career, he has

all corporate systems. In addition, he is for-profit organizations and foundations. responsible for enhancing the IT infraMr. Van Lee is the 2008 Black Engineer

of the Year. the commission said that many of the de- structure to support business expansion

cisions made by BP and its partners, Hal- and to ensure consistent service levels and liburton and Transocean, had saved the operational reliability across the entercompanies "significant" time and money, prise. but had increased the risk of an accident.

The commission added that gov-

Mr. Morrison also serves on the

board of trustees for Clark Atlanta Uni-

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Lockheed Martin congratulates the winners of the 201 1 Black Engineer of the Year Modern Day Technology Leaders

Award. What they've achieved thus far is inspiring. We look forward to the high standard of excellence they will continue to set in the years to come.

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Georgia Chancellor Erroll B. D ergy, Mr. Davis served as president and increase in research awards and expenJr. announced his plans on CEO of WPL Holdings, from 1990 to ditures fromto $37 millionretire 10 years ago to 30, 201 1 . has served asawards chanc 1998.He From 1978 to 1990, he rose through $90 million today. Research and the

system's 35ranks colleges and the senior management at Wisconsin expenditures are continuing to grow at univ February 2006.

During t Power and Light Company, starting as a rate of nearly 10 percent annually, his and

since

the system has seen a in vice president of finance and ending as include ajump focus on important areas such as enr from 259,945 students fall 200 CEO and president. biotechnologyin and the Web.

310,361

students fall 2010, an Mr. Davis' higher-educationin experiAlso seeing an increase is the amount financial aid available to students. More 50,416 ence students.

USG's an includes serving as a member of the of The economic University impact has of Wisconsin System on Board thanGeorgia 13,460 high school students applied

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$10.4 billion in FY06 to $12.7 of Regents from 1 987 to 1 994, and as a to Rensselaer for a place in the fall 2010 former chairman of the board of trustees FY09, and the amount d freshman class - up 8.8 percent from theof

in

generated offrom research, a Carnegie Mellon University, of which previous year. Overall, grants applications are up a life member. Mr. Davis earned a tracts has he is increased $75.5 million, 140 percent since 2005. President Jackson $831 million in FY06 to $906.5 million

Bachelor of Science in electrical engineer-became the 1 8th president of Rensselaer

in FY08.

ing from Carnegie Mellon University in in 1999. She is the 2001 Black Engineer 1965, and his M.B.A. in finance from the of the Year.

Efforts to increase the numbers of

students enrolling in STEM were ramped University of Chicago in 1967.

He is a member of the board of up and the USG was cited for its achieve-

1987 Black Engineer of the Year Joins the Viterbi Faculty

ments in increasing the numbers of K-12, directors of General Motors and Union particularly minority, teachers it produces.Pacific Corp., and serves on the National Chancellor Davis has also established a

system-level human resources function that has addressed rising health benefit

Dr. John Brooks Slaughter joined Commission on Energy Policy along with USC as professor of engineering and edunumerous professional associations and cation in January 20 10. In his new posicivic organizations. tion, he will be looking at the intersection

costs and established an executive leader-

between engineering and education, with

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a focus on what has become his lifelong ing leaders within the system. Issues such Board of Trustees Appoint Shirley quest of increasing underrepresented

ship institute to identify and train emerg-

as philanthropic giving, campus safety

Ann Jackson for 1 0 More Years

minority participation in the STEM

The Rensselaer Board

and emergency planning

fields.

and response and energy

of Trustees voted unani-

conservation have all been

mously in June of 2010 to

A Crowning Moment in His Career

addressed through special presidential task forces cre-

invite Shirley Ann Jackson

to continue as president

Rodney O'Neal, president and CEO of Delphi Automotive LLP since October

ated under his leadership. He

for another 1 0 years. In an-

2009, knows what receiving it means.

is the 1988 Black Engineer of

nouncing the decision, the

the Year.

He calls it "a crowning moment in my

board noted the remarkable

career."

Previously, he had

range of her accomplish-

served as chairman of the

The it is the Black Engineer of the

ments over the last 1 1 years,

Year award, bestowed annually for 25

board of Alliant Energy Cor- Shirley Ann Jackson

ranging from research to

years by US Black Engineer & Informa-

poration-an energy holding

student life to higher educa-

tion Technology magazine to recognize the

company with $8.3 billion in

President

Rensselaer Poly-

technic Institute

tion to Institute business.

achievements of black engineers, scien-

Under President Jackson's tenure total assets and annual operating revenues of $3 billion at that time-since 2000. Mr. and The Rensselaer Plan, the Institute

tists, diversity advocates and executives of

Davis joined Alliant in 1998 as president invested $700 million in new construction

tions Group Inc. created the award as a

and chief executive officer. He retired

technical companies. Career Communica-

as well as making significant renovations

from his dual roles in July 2005, and re- and improvements to existing buildings. tained the chairman's post until his move The Institute has also seen a rise in its to the university system.

Prior to the creation of Alliant En-

rankings as a top-tier research university in the United States and the world, and an

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Events continued at Fortune 500 corporations in the country

today, was named Black Engineer of the Year for 2002.

"It was great to have been recognized, but even more important to me was the fact

that it served as an example to our young people that both leadership skills and technical acumen are equally important in running a

global, diverse, and innovative company like

Delphi," O'Neal said recently. Clearly, adding the moniker Black Engineer of the Year to

recipients' executive biography is a plum-if only judging by the continued upward trajectory of their careers.

O'Neal, for instance, had been executive vice president and president of the Safety, Thermal & Electrical Architecture unit for

Delphi in 2002. A long-time executive and manager at General Motors before moving with Delphi when it was spun off from the

automaker into a separate company, O'Neal helped shepherd Delphi through a Chapter 1 1 bankruptcy reorganization during 2005.

Big Changes for 201 O's BEYA Winner Before He Passes the Torch

John D. Harris II, who won the 2010

Congratulations

award while vice president of contracts and supply chain for the Raytheon Co., was

Eric Williams

promoted to president of Raytheon Techni-

cal Services Co. in March 2010. Harris, who

2011 Modern Day Technology Leader

joined Raytheon in 1983, was the company's first winner of the award.

Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA)

Remebering BEYA Fondly

Texas Instruments is proud to support professionals working in the

"US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine has a history of selecting the 'best and brightest' for its top award. To

have been selected for this prestigious award

science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. We have the products, insights and people (like Eric) that bring new ideas to life. www.ti.com/careers

was an extreme honor. To be acknowledged as a technical leader has great meaning for

me because Delphi is a technology company and innovation is at the heart of our success,"

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Over four decades of sustained excellence, Dr. John Morton has exemplified the perfect blend of engineering and business acumen. His engineering management style has contributed to successful resolution of complex national aerospace challenges.

He has served as a role model for minorities and mentored

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by Frank McCoy fmccoy@ccgmag. com

The Next Level NUCLEAR ENGINEER PUTS THE PEDAL TO THE METAL

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Hayes vice ing Strategic System presidenting System Fountai(nTBS)Audidiseplnceays(Tmany BS) ofeleIments I, Strategi of a c the displays Solutions, newly-appointed, Technology many at Turner elements Outreach, Broadcast- and of first, a

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technology, engineering and math-related (STEM) professional While not exactly like Optimus Prime, the autobot hero of

and student organizations to continue to hire top techs. "My goal

the "Transformers" movie and television franchises, Fountain

is to make Turner Broadcasting a technology career destina-

has the ability to shift and adapt ambition, intellect and experi-

tion like Dupont, Northrop Grumman, Microsoft, and Google,"

ence to exploit opportunities. Inspired determination, coupled

Fountain says.

The latest deal at Turner illustrates what is at stake. This

with an education in mathematics and nuclear engineering, has

year TBS initiates a 10-year, $10.8 billion deal to broadcast ev-

propelled him to leadership posts in television and Web techni-

cal operations at Fortune 500 companies, and as a classic auto

ery game played in the NCAA Division One basketball tourna-

restorer and entrepreneur. As a student at Hampton University,

ment. They will be broadcast on TBS, TNT, TruTV or CBS, and

he attended the Black Engineer of the Year Conference regularly,

Turner will manage the websites that disseminate game informa-

and the lessons he learned there have helped take him to the top.

tion.

Fountain's new position did not exist in 2010, and his

Fountain's job is high-profile. He reports to the TBS chief

charge is to be TBS's first technology wrangler. Few TBS televi-

emerging technology officer, who reports to the chief strategy of-

sion and digital global users think about how much technology

ficer who reports to the CEO.

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The Next Level continued Prior to January 201 1 Fountain, a Delaware native, had been the TBS vice president of Traffic

and Media Operations. His area was the primary deliverer of media content, commercial programming and everything that airs on the national broadcasts for Turner Broadcast Entertainment Networks. It

provided 24-hour technical and operational support for networks, including TNT, TBS, Turner Classic Movies, as well as NBA-TV, video on demand of-

...Fountain has the ability to shift and

adapt ambition, intellect and experience to exploit opportunities.

ferings and mobile and broadband products. says, "Admiral Watson has provided mentorship and guidance to

Fountain, 48, experienced his proudest professional moment

me at every point or promotion in my career."

in that job. Over an 18-month period, he oversaw the implemen-

Another member of the black naval nuclear power school

tation of a traffic system, rolled out in New York, Chicago, De-

troit and Los Angeles. It had been in development for three years

fraternity brought Fountain into his first civilian job. By 2000,

and provides ad sales continuity in those cities for the Turner

Fountain had earned an M.B.A. from Troy State University,

Entertainment and News networks. Fountain says, "Turner had

and was ready when Byron Marchant, then chief administrative

spent almost 15 years trying to establish a system like this. It

officer and general counsel at Viacom's Black Entertainment

was rewarding to be the leader of that team."

Television network, vouched for his leadership qualities and tech

savvy. BET hired Fountain.

Within 1 8 months, he was a vice president responsible

It was also some distance from growing up as one of three children of a single mother, in an area close to the Blue Hen state's poultry industry. Fountain's mom, and her father,

for implementation of standard operating procedures, digital

who worked 30 years at a chicken plant (eventually rising to a

transmission of all BET commercial inventory, and select budget

supervisor position), taught the siblings to pursue education, and

and project delivery. He stayed there until 2004, when he joined

balance work and family.

TBS. Marchant is now the incoming president and CEO of the

U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation.

Gaining a Strategic Mentor

From Teen Necessity to an Adult Hobby

The strategy worked. Fountain's brother joined the Air

Even before he arrived at Hampton, Fountain displayed

Force, and worked on ships in Newport News, Virginia, and

their sister is a computer engineer. Hayes followed his brother to engineering skill. As a teen, in the early 1980s, when manual transmissions - not circuit boards - still controlled automobiles, the Tidewater basin and matriculated at Hampton University.

Training Corps, and transformed his life when he met now Rear

to save money he learned how to repair and tune up cars.

As an adult, often with the assistance of his son (who has

Admiral Anthony Watson. He was the commander of the US S

handled a wrench since he was four years old), Fountain has

Jacksonville, and the second African American to control a

rebuilt, refurbished, detailed and then sold several cars. These

For tuition, he joined the school's Navy Reserve Officer

include 1965 and 1967 Ford Mustangs, two Volkswagen Beetles,

nuclear-powered submersible boat.

After hearing Watson give a presentation, Fountain approached him and declared that he wanted to attend the Navy Nuclear Power School. "I felt that the submarine officer corps was the brightest and the elite of the service," says Fountain.

After graduating from Hampton with a Bachelor of Sci-

and a Corvette Sting Ray. He also has a restored candy apple red 1965 Corvette Sting Ray that Fountain says his son, a college senior, will inherit someday.

Fountain doesn't have a car under reconstruction in his suburban Atlanta two-car garage currently. But he keeps busy by

the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity member hit the books again. He

helping a neighbor restore a 1957 Chevrolet.

How does he balance auto restoration and a high-pressure

spent six months at the Navy power school, in Orlando, Florida,

vocation? He says, " I work on the cars when I can. It's not an

ence degree in mathematics and a minor in physics, in 1989,

and became the first HBCU alumnus to graduate the course. He every day or every week thing. The fun is that you do somethen spent six months working on a land-based submarine pro-

thing, and if you did it right it's almost working instantly."

Fountain's ability to complete a task correctly is being

totype, and three months at a submarine officer training facility.

To repay the nation for training him to be a nuclear engineering tested anew, but if past is prologue he is ready to transform the hiring of technologists at TBS. submarine officer, Fountain had five-year naval commitment.

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undeniably some of the most sought-after honors in STEM. The event has become a ■

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hiring some of the most diverse and dynamic minds in science, 1 technology, engineering, and math today. BEYA has given hope to emerging generations of technology leaders by offer-

ing them real role models. These enterprising men and women have stared down adversity to make lasting advancements that impact everyday life for people all over the world.

The rich history of how BEYA came to exist is an inspiring

story of dedicated individuals across many disciplines coming together to champion a cause. Their sustained efforts helped to

create the BEYA STEM Conference as we know it today. Even as their vision expands to greet the future, their fundamental mission remains the same.

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not be so obvious in the events of everyday living and working. Looking back over a quarter-century-long string of high-profile conferences,

The not workshops, ing perspectiveworkshops, be back sosymposi over obvia andousHBCUsymposi Deansa Roundtabl a of quarter-century-l es-and, significantlongy,years in the and brings events HBCU out of Deans everyday insights string Roundtables-and, on of living developments high-profile and working. conferences, significantly, that Look- would a quarter-century-long string of intense selection panel jousts over who's really the "Best of the Best'-brings out important insights about the impact of the Black Engineer of the Year Awards.

Consider the years before anything like a Black Engineer of the Year Award ever existed. A young John Slaughter entered high school in Topeka, Kansas, during the late 1940s, aspiring to be an engineer despite the polite disbelief he met in the counselors' office. Those counselors had never heard of a black man working at the high levels of technology development populated by engineering professionals, so they kept trying to get him to take classes to prepare for a trade. Never mind

college.

Individual Drive

That John Slaughter persisted is a testament to his own internal fortitude: In

1952 when he graduated and enrolled at Kansas State University, role models for African Americans in scientific pursuits were rare. George Washington Carver rewriting the books on endocrine chemistry, stories about him were not widely disseminated.

That same year, a young Waymon Whiting graduated from historically black Prairie View A&M University, beginning his professional climb in a world totally

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unprepared to expect the burst of inventive energy he would unleash at Boeing, the aerospace pioneer whose bombers had put an end to World War II. Not only were there no role models for young blacks like Whiting and John Slaughter, there was in all of American society no organized nationwide effort to support the rise of

young African Americans into the professional technology careers to which many

aspired. The G.I. Bill prompted an expansion of HBCU technical programs to add to the corps of engineers streaming out of Howard University after World War II,

but the image of anyone other than whites becoming world-beating technology pioneers remained indigestible to many Americans.

That began to change decades later, when Dr. John Slaughter led a National Academy of Engineering study group looking for answers as to why so few African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans were making their way into the engineering profession despite the vast increases in college entrance by minority youth prompted by the post-war expansion of higher education and the opening of massive Equal Opportunity programs driven by the decades-long civil rights cam-

paign. NACME, the National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering, was founded on the results of that study, providing scholarship funds that supported

thousands of career-aspirants from the nation's underserved minority communities

as they pursued the college curricula Dr. Slaughter's high-school counselors once thought too rigorous for people like him.

Feeling All Alone Still, something was missing. As Tuskegee University Engineering Dean Legand L. BĂźrge, Jr., a mid-level Air Force officer when the Black Engineer of the Year Awards began, said in an interview, "When I came out of Oklahoma State University, there were no role models. Young beginners like me had no one

we could look up to and say, 'Oh, this is what we could be; this is how we could contribute.'"

Dr. Eugene DeLoatch, a graduate of historically black Tougaloo College who had taught engineering at several institutions before founding Morgan State

University's Clarence Mitchell School of Engineering, had an idea. And at a 1985 luncheon meeting with then-Howard University Engineering Dean Dr. Lucius

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viewed awards for excellence in technology. Not only would general thispublic even though he was a key architect of the worldcreate a national showcase for black talent that had long wide gone PC revolution, received major media attention after he won a BEYA President's Award and in 2000 won laurels as Black unrecognized, it also could be the spur to get corporate hiring

Engineer managers to open their eyes to the long-under-appreciated capa- of the Year. IBM later promoted Dr. Dean to director of bilities of the nation's historically black colleges and universities. its famed Almadén Research Laboratory, and he now is regularly sought out for interviews on the direction in which technology is BEYA Paints a New Picture

moving.

Former Black Engineer of the Year Walt Braithwaite, who The Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA), moved from pioneering computer-aided manufacturing to bring inaugurated in 1987, grew out of that critical meeting.

The rest is history. And what a history the last 25 years have seen. order to computer-aided design with his work on the Boeing 777 Dr. Slaughter was the first Black Engineer of the airliner, Year, rose to corporate officer and president of Boeing's Africa divisionaccombefore retiring. standing at the head of a lineup of high-achievers whose Another plishments clearly were reshaping corporate product lines and BEYA winner, Lockheed Martin's Art Johnson, be-

a senior corporate officer, then his colleague Linda Gooden America's military capabilities. Dr. Slaughter, then came chancellor rose to command of the University of Maryland, had already made history several an entire Lockheed business sector, with thoudirect reports working in many countries. times, most notably as the first African American to sands leadofthe National Science Foundation.

Dr. Lydia Thomas, a biologist recognized early on for her

Erroll Davis, then working his way up the ladder to the top work running engineering labs at MITRE Corp, rose to become

CEO of the spinoff Mitretek, now Noblis Corp., and won her executive offices at Wisconsin Power & Light, won a promotion own top honors as Black Engineer of the Year before she retired. almost immediately upon his return to work after being named

the second Black Engineer of the Year in 1988. He then led a

It would be a stretch to claim BEYA's high-profile recogni-

series of corporate mergers, ending up as chairman and CEO tion of aof these individuals' outstanding performance was what got Midwest utility serving electric power and gas customers in them fourpromoted, but many observers watching award- winners' rise over the years have noted that, considering the intense review of credentials, career achievements and value to the Nuclear submarine commander Anthony Watson, a BEYA

states.

employer that a company's officers have to make to present a category winner, became the youngest captain in the U.S. Navy, package that brings a gleam to the careful eyes of retiring at the rank of rear admiral. His colleague, Vietnam submission vet-

BEYA selection panel, getting to the BEYA winner's circle eran and F-14 Tomcat pilot Walter Davis, rose to flag rank the also, frequently does work as a kind of certification that that employer first becoming a carrier task group commander and rising to vice

has indeed identified a top performer. admiral and head of the Space and Nuclear Warfare Command.

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Companies Change their Views

Granville said, "where I was in charge of technology transfer for The other requirement, getting employers to recognize the 18 countries."

strength of black-college programs, also has been met. Two developments illustrate the point. The first is the change in at-

Enter the Salesman

titudes of hiring managers. The second is shown in the develop-

By the mid-1980s, Granville had risen to corporate execu-

ment of AMIE (Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering).tive status. He was sitting in his office at Mobil when a young More about that later.

Tyrone Taborn walked in.

"I don't know how he knew who I was," Granville recalle On that first point, as Tuskegee's Dean BĂźrge puts it,

America's "mainstream" institutions have long been assumed to

"but I saw that Tyrone was a good salesman. He presented log

be competent to produce new generations of first-rank science

cally and I liked the way he handled people. He wanted to see

and technology professionals, but until the BEYA Conference

he could get some money for his plan, and I had some connec-

brought a close involvement of top corporate officers with the

tions with people on the Mobil Foundation. I saw that it was a

HBCU deans and students each February, the HBCUs' abilities

good thing to invest in."

Granville attended that first BEYA Conference, and return

to regularly produce top technology performers from among a

student population drawn from the nation's least well-served

to New York with a positive report. Mobil bought in, and afte

communities was lost in the hash of stereotypes about what

a few years became BEYA's first primary sponsor. The Mobil

blacks were not prepared to do.

CEO wrote a letter to other Fortune 500 CEOs, telling them he

"We regularly bring large numbers of students to the BEYA

discovered a wonderful program that he thought other compa-

Career Fair," Dr. BĂźrge

nies should support.

said, "and a lot of them get

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people wanted to have a

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Bill Granville, a

having top-level professionals and executives

young Mobil Oil executive during the mid-1980s, was

conducting such work-

there at the beginning, and has firsthand knowledge of how the shops.

Mobil wanted to put their best feet forward, given the

changes occurred.

EEO challenges at the time. Mobil saw that EEO was good for

As Granville, founder of the nonprofit Granville Academy business internally and externally. At the time, Corporate Ameribusiness tutoring and motivation program and an ordained ca was just beginning to understand the urban environment from minister after he retired, said in an interview, he was a which Delaware I hailed. Mobil became one of the few pioneering major State University mathematics graduate, up from the streets of corporations publicly and honestly promoting EEO."

East Trenton, New Jersey, when he got hired by Mobil Research

Steps Up in Princeton. Granville had begun his career at AberdeenLockheed Proving Ground, and Mobil wanted his computer skills.

Gradually, as other corporations signed onto the BEYA pro-

At that time, Granville said, there were very few blacks gram, Granville said, Mobil reduced its role. Lockheed Martin

holding management positions in the company's operating replaced Mobil as the primary corporate sponsor in the 1990s, arms, or in the operating divisions of other major corporations and has continued for more than a decade. Boeing, Chrysler,

in the energy sector. The clamorous push for independence IBM,and Northrop Grumman and Raytheon signed on as major self-reliance among energy-producing countries during sponsors the mid-as well, and Granville sees broad growth in the way

1970s opened up new opportunities, however. "These companies companies now approach diversity. started to look around, and they saw black people overseas in "Through BEYA interfacing with Mobil, now ExxonMobil, high government positions," Granville said, "and they knew theyEEO-pioneering corporations, it became a catalyst for and other had to change. They had to get some black people out there." companies with similar Equal Opportunity interest, especially "I was in research," Granville said, "and when they want tosaw meaningful corporate inclusion efforts tying into the as they bottom line," Granville said. move you over to operations, the first place they put you is planning. So I worked in planning, and then the next thing I knew, "Up until BEYA, blacks for the most part were just in staff

I was going to corporate board meetings. Then I was in South jobs (personnel, public relations, equal opportunity, etc.), and

America, representing Mobil."

not in the mainstream of the business: manufacturing, supply

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kind of environment became a backdrop for BEYA, the pioneer for blacks in technology and engineering, to enhance its goal of motivating corporations to support activities that

promote inclusion in all phases. BEYA is viewed by many, whites as well as blacks, as a catalyst to take corporate WITHOUT

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BEYA programs. One look back shows how it happened.

Today's HBCU Engineering Deans' Power Breakfast is a major conference event with 1,000 people in attendance, but it was not always so. Not only were fewer schools represented on the Council of HBCU Engineering Deans-FAMU, Howard, Morgan State, North Carolina A&T State, Prairie View, Southern, Tennessee State and

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But in the beginning, only a handful of forward-thinking

corporate executives attended.

That Deans' Breakfast and the HBCU Engineering

Deans' Roundtable discussions exposed corporate officers to the resource the HBCUs represent, and the corporate officers began meeting with the deans to discuss ways to regularize their connections. AMIE, the corporate-academic partnership, was founded as a direct result, bringing fre-

quent appearances by senior corporate officers on HBCU

campuses, according to Tuskegee's Dean Bürge.

"When corporations realized we could help them reach their goals of developing diversity for business experience," Dr. Bürge said, "the benefits began to flow. Scholar-

" BEYA is viewed by many, whites as

well as blacks, as a catalyst to take ' corporate engineering and technology to another level to help build a more competitive technology-based ; industrial sector. "

ships, internships, donations of lab equipment, loans of top

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professionals for faculty positions, all of that came out of that connection."

Thus, when Abbott Laboratories' Dr. Lance Wyatt invited the interested executives and HBCU deans to his

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IBM is proud to sponsor the 25th Black Engineer of the Yea

Awards STEM Competitiveness Conference and salutes of the BEYA honorees!

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from Gilles, who was born in New York slowly moving turntable,

in 1970 and raised in Montreal, Canada.

was a silver, supercharged,

That requires something of a race against the normal three-year develop-

Welburn grew up in the era of the 1950s

ment timeline, and the company has been

On was slowly 556-horsepower, his556-horsepower, a left, silver, movi Cadil nacg glistening supercharged, turntable, Cadil ac on a

"hogs;" those long cars with huge tail fins

running on all cylinders. Chrysler introduced a new Grand Cherokee in June-

CTS-V; on his right, the new edition to

whose styling cues came from lumber-

his growing rolling flock, was a silver

ing, big-winged, Air Force bombers. Not

characterized chiefly by a remarkably

CTS-V station wagon.

surprisingly, while his wife tools around

upgraded interior-and followed up the

in the sleek Saturn Sky roadster-one of

highly praised launch with a slew of new

why would you make a 150 mile-an-hour

Welburn's favorite designs-Welburn pre-

products, including the all-new Dodge

station wagon?"

fers to tool around in his vintage yellow

Durango and Dodge Charger, to finish out

and black 1969 Camaro.

2010 and head into 2011 with dealer lots

Which prompted the question: "Ed,

"Because we can," replied Welburn,

Gilles, on the other hand, is a product filled with fresh new products.

grinning. "Besides, does that look like a

of the 70s and 80s, when stealth jets and

station wagon to you?"

General Motors is still the world's

sleek, fast, fighters dominated the designlargest auto maker and Welburn, as design

In fact, the functional station wagon did not look like one at all. The rear was

cues of transportation artists. Growing

more tapered, the windows were trap-

to meet the world's disparate motoring up, he was inspired by Formula One race

ezoids under a sloping roof reminiscent ofcars tearing through the streets of his

chief, controls a variety of crayon boxes tastes. He is the sixth design chief in

Acura 's crossover, the ZDX, and the fronthometown in Montreal. Today he loves to GM's history, with his stamp on every was the aggressive grill of the Cadillac

vehicle conceived by the more than 1,600 race his beloved Dodge Vipers in the new

car.

Viper Cup racing series.

"Who wouldn't want one?" asked

Welburn.

The question was not really rhetorical. Buses and trains are modes of trans-

And they are artists with differ-

designers at the company's 1 1 design studios in eight countries.

ent missions and starting points. Gen-

"I don't think what I am doing is

eral Motors came out of bankruptcy a

the same as what Ralph is doing," mused

Welburn. "I have a lot of respect for slimmed-down giant with four successful,

portation. Cars are the largest form of

ongoing brands-Cadillac, Buick, GMC, Ralph. But I am dealing with a global

utilitarian art most families ever invest in.

and Chevrolet-which Welburn had been

design organization dealing with a lot of

It is how a potential buyer feels in or next developing new cars for. He was most

different cultures. I am in and out of a lot

to a car which closes a sale. And while

sorry to lose Saturn, a line he had just

of places I never thought I would be in

news from the various 2010 auto shows

finished completely redesigning.

was that GM and Chrysler are coming

"But I understand it fully," he said.

and out of, and leading teams of people from cultures I never thought I or any one

back from the brink and again competing "It is a business, like they said in The

else of African American descent would

in the marketplace, success will not rest on the existence of small cars, fuel effi-

Godfather , which is still my favorite

be leading.

all-time movie. I'm still proud of those

"I'm working with Australians for that market; folks from China or Korea

cient hybrids, the use of quality materials, designs."

At Chrysler, Gilles, Black Engiand the latest electronic gadgets. Those technologies are widely known and every neer of the Year President's Award, has recently helped feed the Chrysler Group's car company has them.

To sell cars by the millions, GM and Chrysler will need fleets with pizzazz,

product pipeline with 16 all-new or significantly refreshed products for the

with flair, with allure, with styles that will 2011 model year. Chrysler, which went

for the Asian market; or Brazil or here in

the United States. I don't dwell on that, but it doesn't escape me at all that it's a

long way from Philadelphia."

For a young Ed Welburn, the 1958

Philadelphia International Auto Show was

bring buyers back into the showrooms

bankrupt and is now partnered with Italy's

the key to his future. It wasn't the eight-

saying "wow!" as they reach for their

Fiat, is primarily a domestic auto maker.

year-old's first exposure to the intricacies

checkbooks.

Historically, it has concentrated on large

of cars. His father, Edward, owned and

The future of these two troubled,

sedans and trucks-an area where Gilles

historic, American automakers now rests made a name for himself. He now wears

operated an auto body and repair shop in nearby Berwyn, Pa., and young Ed spent

largely with the fertile imaginations of

two hats: president of Dodge cars and

hours watching his father working on the

two black artists: the sculptor, Ed Wel-

senior vice president of design for all of

cars from the skeletons out.

burn, vice president for Global Design

Chrysler Group LLC. One of his missions

at GM; and the executive and designer,

is to take Fiat's expertise with developing period," Welburn said. "And it was a

Ralph Gilles, president and CEO of the

small, fuel-efficient cars, and make those

"The 4 50s were a very car-oriented period in which cars had a lot of flair.

Dodge brand and senior vice president oflittle boxes appealing to American tastes, You could easily identify different brands in addition to ensuring that Chrysler's re- by their looks. They all have very strong Design, Chrysler Group LLC. The two men are cut from different

maining brands turn out an arresting fleet

cloths. Welburn, the 60-year-old Phila-

of high performing, eye catching sedans,

delphia native, is a generation removed

SUVs, and trucks.

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were always new cars around."

something stealth-like. They are not the studio I would have gone

But the Auto Show was special. Designs were changing as American society shifted into a mobile culture. The automakers were experimenting with new designs, configurations and bold

to for this assignment."

Welburn sees the world as a global palate, with cultural changes in styles, tastes and textures. Asian artists, trained in intricate brush strokes and shades in jade, provide softer interior

styles.

"I like a design that has flair," said Welburn, "that is very expressive and has character that can mean very different things on

different types of vehicles. Some designs need to be expressive,

design cues for cars than the more brash Australian designers.

"I see the entire world more than anyone else in our organization," he said. "I was in Korea, China and Australia, and while I enjoyed the time I spent in the studios, I also enjoyed walking

and others need to be quiet.

"But they all have to be contemporary. And that is what the

big fins on the cars-especially the Cadillacs-were all about. They were built on the new technology of the time."

His parents encouraged him to read everything he could

the streets, riding the cars, seeing the automotive landscape and

seeing how people use and personalize their cars.

"In Dubai, the architecture is very edgy on the exterior and

very light in color. Inside, it's a shock when you see all the rich

about car design and by the time he was 1 1, he said, "it was

colors; brilliant colors that contrast to the exterior. We need to

my dream to be a designer, and I did not think of it as a field in

understand that taste as we sell cars in the Middle East. In other

which there were not a lot of African American designers. I just

parts of the world, it may be colorful outside the building but

thought of it as a field I was extremely interested in."

dark and quiet inside. It is a way of looking at what artistic sense

He took the unusual step of writing a letter to General Motors "and I just let them know I was an 1 1 -year-old kid in

connects with people."

An example is the critically acclaimed Buick Lacrosse,

Berwyn, Pa., who was interested in auto design and wanted their

which was put together by a team from Warren, Michigan, taking

advice. What courses should I take in high school and what other

lead on the exterior, and a team from Shanghai, China, taking the

preparation would I need to go to a university?"

GM responded with a high school curricula and a list of the competitive colleges they recruited from. Welburn followed their

advice and went to Howard University, which allowed him to de-

lead with the interior. The car is a hit in both countries, particu-

larly China.

"The design is much better than t^hat either of those teams

would have developed on their own," said Welburn. "There is

sign his own course of study, specializing in sculpting. He joined

an emerging design language coming out of China and it comes

GM's design center in Warren, Mich., in 1972 and began a steady

from their art, whether it is jade sculpture or cut paper.

progression upward. In his early years, the Cutlass Supreme,

"There were a couple of people who switched locations to

1977 Buick Park Avenue, and the Oldsmobile Riviera sprang

help the blending process. Through virtual reality, we were look-

from his creative pad. Then, in 1985, GM asked him to design a

ing at each others' designs all day, every day, so it was a pretty

1 ,000-horsepower car for the legendary race driver A.J. Foyt to

seamless process."

pilot in the Indianapolis 500. His 1987 Aerotech, with Foyt at the wheel, set a world land speed record, averaging 257 miles per hour and topping 300 on the straightaway.

In 2003, GM promoted Welburn to vice president of design, making him the highest ranking black executive in the auto

Across town, Chrysler is now working closely with Ital-

ian colleagues across the ocean at Fiat. And while coming up with eye-catching designs is not a new task for Gilles, he's now responsible for building an identity for the Dodge brand.

"Dodge and Chrysler were separating themselves into

industry. Two years later, the title was expanded to head of global

different types of vehicles, with different customers in mind,"

design. In that capacity, if he is not globe-trotting, Welburn is in

explained Gilles. "Dodge is a mainstream brand with an attitude.

his office facing the equivalent of a giant video parlor.

Every vehicle will have a soul.

"The screen I am looking at," he explained, "is 1 8-feet wide.

Today, the studio in Brazil is working on a car for their emerging market, and it's like I'm in the studio with them-but I'm here

"But Chrysler is more aspirational, more graceful with more high-end products. We're going to a premium market where the main competitors will be Volvos, Audis and other imports."

in Michigan. The guys in our studio in Australia are part of the

Gilles is credited with leading the team that designed the

design review because I asked for their input. Every studio has

Chrysler 300 that was introduced in 2004. The car, said Gilles,

roughly the same equipment. It is fast moving, full of energy and

"would redefine us as a car company and it would be the kind of

very creative."

car the valets would park out front. That car was a perfect storm

The participants in these global video design conferences depend on Welburn's artistic feel for the strengths of his staff. "It

of all our ideas," said Gilles. "That car really resonates."

And when he sat in the driver's seat and stepped on the gas

really depends on the project," he said. "I know my people and I

"I was almost in tears driving the car. It felt so right. It's one

know them all around the world. I know that the team in Austra-

thing to make it look good, but the engineers brought it home."

lia has the emotion I was looking for.

"The team in Brazil is doing a fantastic job. But to give a

Critics thought so, too, and Motor Trend magazine named the Chrysler 300 its 2005 Car of the Year, beating out 24

different perspective, I didn't want a team that was just like the

competitors-including Porsche 911, Lotus Elise, and BMW 6.

team in Brazil. The team in the UK, for example, where they

Together, Gilles' cars led the way in an amazing turnaround for

are strong, they are really strong with Cadillac-something edgy,

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"I direct a studio to draw," he said. "We get together with

2004. In all, 2004 was a banner year for the 34-year-old artist

the other team members and exchange ideas. It's like when you

from Montreal, Canada's black community.

make a movie, and you talk about the scenes in the movie before

And it all began with pencils at a kitchen table.

you film the thing.

Gilles was six when he started sketching. When he was 15,

"It's like that with cars. No one person designs a car."

For 201 1, the Chrysler Group has been pumping out an

he spent the summer with his Aunt Gisele on Long Island and

unprecedented number of redesigned and updated vehicles. The

she watched him drawing.

"My aunt saw my sketches," Gilles recalled, "and she turned

Dodge brand alone has six all-new or significantly redesigned

to her husband and said 'Hey Jean! My nephew can draw! Give

vechicles in dealer showrooms this year, including the all-new

him some paper to draw on.' "

Dodge Durango, the all-new Dodge Charger, and the significant-

ly upgraded Dodge Grand Caravan, Dodge Challenger, Dodge

So he began sketching wherever he went, passing dull mo-

Avenger and Dodge Journey, which feature all-new interiors,

ments in school with fanciful drawings of cars and other modes of transport. At 15, Gilles wrote a letter to Chrysler head Lee

new engines and new suspensions. The team also is working on a

Iacocca, asking what it would take to become a design artist for

next-generation Dodge Viper. The Chrysler brand took the stage

the giant car company.

at the 201 1 North American International Auto Show in Detroit

"And wow, they wrote me back," he said. "I was so im-

to introduce its all-new 2011 Chrysler 300, which stood on stage with the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan and the new

pressed. They wrote giving the different names of colleges they hire from, and that was all I needed. I felt a certain loyalty to

Chrysler 200. The company also recently showed new images of

Chrysler because they wrote me, and it changed my life."

its redesigned Chrysler 200 Convertible.

And the Chrysler team is working with the Italian design

Gilles attended the College of Art and Design in Detroit, which trained about 40 percent of Chrysler's designers, and went

shops to redesign the Fiat 500, a popular small European car, to

to work for the firm after graduating in 1992. Within a decade he

meet American tastes.

had worked his way up to head Studio #3 in Auburn Hills, Michi-

gan, one of the company's seven design studios. Gilles equates

Gilles has a track record of producing exciting, crowd-pleasing cars. Chrysler's future rests on his ability to do it again.

the design studio with a movie lot.

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in the program. Michigan State University is the consortium's leader. In addition to A&T, other members are the University of Idaho, the University of Texas- Austin and University of Washington. Total funding for the program is $25 million.

The BEACON program will involve North Carolina A&T faculty in five departments in the College of Arts & Science,

College of Engineering, Division of University Studies, as well as N.C. A&T graduate students and undergraduate students. Below are excerpts from our conversations with Dr. Gerry Dozier, professor and chair of the Department of has served as the Dr. Gerry Dozier Computer Science in the College of Engineering at A&T, and Dr. Joseph L. Graves, chair of the Department of Computer Science at dean of the Division of University Studies and professor of biological studies.

North Carolina A&T Univer-

evolutionary dynamics through interdisciplinary research between evolution theo-

sity since 2007. He is also a professor in the department. His areas of specialization are genetic, evolutionary and neural computing, biometrics, distributed constraint reasoning, evo-

rists, evolutionary biologists, and evolutionary practitioners - engineers and computer

lutionary robotics, Al/computational

USBE&IT: What is BEACON working on?

Gerry Dozier: The overall goal of BEACON is to gain a better understanding of

scientists working in the field of genetic and evolutionary computing, and [to] provide intelligence, and intrusion detection

a vehicle to inform the public of how the dynamics of evolution impacts the lives of

everyday people.

One objective of BEACON (and BEACON@A&T) is to allow evolutionary biolo-

systems.

Dr. Dozier is the founding director 'of the Center for Advanced Studies in

gists and evolution theorists to work with researchers in genetic and evolutionary com- Identity Science, and the first director

of the National Intelligence Science and Technology Center of Academic solutions (problem solvers) for complex, real-world design, optimization, and machine Excellence. This U.S.-based computer

puting, in an effort to help them develop more effective and efficient evolution-based

learning problems.

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A second objective is for researchers in genetic and evolutionary computing to pro-

continued from page 58

vide evolutionary biologists and evolution theorists greater insight as to how evolution science, electrical and computer engineering, and visual computing research center is composed of

operates outside the "strictly biological" arena. By observing how evolution operates on digital organisms as these organisms attempt to solve complex problems, evolutionary biologists will gain a better understanding of evolution as a universal concept. This is

researchers from North Carolina AÔT

because digital organisms evolve so much faster than biological organisms.

(the lead institution), Carnegie Mellon University, Clemson University, and

A third objective is to provide opportunities for the general public to see how evo-

the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

lution is presently at work around us on a daily basis and how the power of evolution

can be harnessed and exploited.

USBE&IT : What does the Science and Technology Center hope to do?

GD: The Science and Technology Center hopes to be a "BEACON" for "the Study of Evolution in Action". Through interdisciplinary, interinstitutional research, the S&T hopes to demonstrate how evolution can be used to change the lives of everyday people.

Dr. Dozier is also founding director of the Center for Cyber Defense, the North Carolina AÔT State University's Information Assurance Center, This is

an interdisciplinary center composed of information assurance research lab-

oratories from N.C. A&T's Department of Computer Science, Department of GD: The future for BEACON is amazing! The majority of the researchers and Management, and the Department of scientists in BEACON have already collaborated on various projects in the past. So we Mathematics. Besides leading interdisciplinary research centers. Dr. Dozier already have a working relationship and an appreciation for one another's work. This is also working to increase diversity will result in greater cohesion with respect to our collaborations, which in turn will lead in the field of computer science. He to greater research success. I believe that in five to 10 years from now people will look developed an organization which

USBE&IT : What kind of future do you envision?

to BEACON as the model for doing interdisciplinary, interinstitutional research.

seeks to increase the number of African American Ph.D. and master's

degree recipients nationwide. The Al-

USBE&IT : What does this mean for A&T?

liance for the Advancement of African

GD: North Carolina A&T State University has always been known as a university

American Researchers in Computing

on the cutting edge of engineering, science, and technology. At A&T, we have a number currently consists of eight universities [of] world-renowned researchers and scientists in engineering, biology, and computer and colleges.

science. BEACON (and BEACON@A&T) provides an opportunity for these researchers and scientists to work collaboratively on solving some of the most difficult and

important problems of our time. BEACON is simply consistent with N.C. A&T's legacy and history of research excellence.

Dr. Joseph Graves, Jr.

Dean, Division of University Studies

A PASSIONATE EDUCATOR BROADENS HIS MESSAGE 0 Professor of Biological Studies Dr. Joseph Graves is one of the education and diversity coordi-

nators for BEACON@A&T. He talks to USBE&IT about the center's x

North Carolina A&T State

University

educational component and how it hopes to target all student age

groups, from mentoring postdoctoral candidates considering aca- ^

demia to implementing summer camps and teacher education for the ';>■ * K-12 community.

USBE&IT : How will the BEACON Science and Technol-

ogy Center help STEM diversity at A&T? Joseph Graves: African Americans are the most underrepresented population in evolutionary biology. I was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology, in 1988. Since that time only about five [or] six individuals, including Dr. Scott

Joseph Graves received his Ph.D. in environmental, evolutionary and systematic biology from Wayne State

Edwards, Harvard, Dr. Paul Turner, Yale, and Dr. Charles Richardson, University of

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Kentucky, have completed Ph.D. s in evolutionary biology. We believe that the BEACON evolution-in-action projects have a tremendous potential to help more African

University in 1988. ideas He was to elected a American students grasp the significance and the power of evolutionary solve fellow of the Council of the American

significant, real-world problems, both biological and engineering.

Association for the Advancement

Digital evolution will provide a revolutionary new educational tool that can help of Science (AAAS) in 1994. He has

students understand and appreciate not only the power of evolutionary but served as a member of themechanisms, external also the nature of scientific reasoning itself. For example, it has already been Human demadvisory board for the National Genome Center at Howard University. onstrated that Avida-Ed software (http://avida-ed.msu.edu/) has improved Michigan

Dr. Graves is currentlyincorporation serving on the State University students' grasps of evolutionary mechanisms through of

senior advisory board for the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center at Duke

this tool in biology courses. Thus we see North Carolina A&T State University as an important reservoir of untapped potential for diversity inUniversity. fields utilizing evolutionary

reasoning.

Dr. Graves has been an active participant in the struggle to protect and improve the teaching of science, particularly evolutionary biology in public JG: BEACON was designed with outreach as a fundamental component. Myself schools. In 2007, he was featured in

USBE&IT: Will A&T host awareness-raising events such as summer camps and teacher education for the K-12 community?

and Goldie Byrd are the education and diversity coordinators for BEACON @A&T. We the CNN Anderson Cooper 360 program on Dr. James Watson. The same are both biologists of international reputation with outstanding records in undergraduate year, he became a member of the mentoring of underrepresented minority students. For example, I author a monthly blog entitled Making Sense of Biology (http://evostudies.org/blog/?author=8).

editorial board of Evolution : Education

and Outreach, published by SpringerDr. Randall Hayes is developing a for-credit online course on the teaching of evo- Verlag. Dr. Graves has been a leader in lution and a weekly podcast. The course is targeted to a mixed audience of undergradu-addressing the underrepresentation of ate biology majors, pre-K-12 teachers, in-service K-12 teachers, graduate students and /minorities in science careers, and has directed successful programs in Calior postdoctoral researchers, particularly those interested in pursuing careers at teaching-

fornia and Arizona. Currently, he serves

intensive undergraduate institutions.

as a member of the board of the

The podcast will be a 15-minute weekly podcast on evolution, broadly defined as Guilford Education Alliance, which consystems that display variation, heredity, and selection. This podcast will be unique in nects home, school and community as being both primarily informational and interdisciplinary, comparing and contrasting

the foundation for a quality education

system for all American citizens. how evolution works across systems and in layman's terms.

The content will consist of interviews with scientists and teachers, evolution book

reviews, interesting anecdotes from the history of evolution, and answering listener e-

mails. Interviews will focus on evolution, but also cover more personal "how I became a scientist" stories in order to increase the human dimension of science.

In addition to initiatives at A&T, due to BEACON'S consortium character, students will have access to resources at all of the partner institutions - Michigan State University, University of Washington, the University of Texas-Austin, and University of Idaho.

These include a residential BEACON summer program for high school students at Michigan State University, and courses at the Kellogg Biological Station in Michigan, and the Friday Harbor Marine Laboratories in Washington.

Michigan State University announced in June that the MSU Beacon Center

is now open. In partnership with colleagues at University of Texas-Austin, University of Washington, North Carolina A&T State University, and the TURNING SUCCESS INTO LEGACY University of Idaho, the center will One man's pursuit to lift up generations behind him: promote the transfer of discoveries What distinguishes Randall Boseman as an outstanding guy is notfrom his biology senior-level into computer science

position at one of the biggest companies in the world, but rather his contributions the and use and engineering to design, novel computational methods to adcommunity and his desire to lead the generations behind him.

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Randall's success derives from his inherent attraction to technology, both as a means of innovation and as social connectivity. When he joined Microsoft in 1994 at the dress complex biological questions that

height of the word processor war, he worked on features in Microsoft Word that were

aimed at converting users of competing products into loyal Microsoft Word users. Over the course of his time at Microsoft he has led several teams concerned with integrating

are difficult or impossible to study using natural organisms.

internet capabilities into the Office applications, tackling the total cost of ownership

"BEACON will conduct research on fun-

(TCO) around Office, and improving the user interface.

damental evolutionary dynamics in both natural and artificial systems," said Erik Goodman, MSU professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the center. "In addition, we will edu-

Currently, he manages a team responsible for the development and implementation of the Microsoft Office website (http://office.microsoft.com) and several other features

that exist in the client applications. These features enhance the users' knowledge of the product , which will improve user productivity while increasing customer satisfaction.

cate a generation of multidiscipiinary scientists, and improve public understanding of evolution at all levels."

"Since I was young, I have always been fascinated with technology," says Boseman.

"Particularly taking stuff apart and figuring out how to break it."

But it was his journey as an intern at IBM, while attending Xavier University, which helped shape his career to what it is today. "My internship gave me real life experience in coding, computer programming and introduced me to the work environment."

At the conclusion of his second internship, Boseman knew that he definitely wanted to continue his work with technology, but didn't know what steps to take in order to reach his career goals. It wasn't until a college career fair that he would find his

answer. There, Boseman was introduced to representatives from Microsoft looking to recruit talented college graduates.

"I just had a gut feeling that there was a future in Microsoft," Boseman recalls. "I

In contrast to evolutionary studies focusing on fossil records or comparison of DNA among species to discover common ancestry, BEACON will focus on evolution as an ongoing process, using real organisms in laboratories and at field sites, and using "digital organisms" undergoing real evolution on computers. "BEACON is multidiscipiinary to its core," Goodman said. "In addition

to making discoveries in basic science and applications, it will prepare a new

went over to the Microsoft podium, signed up, submitted my resume and hoped for the best."

the Microsoft Profit Group. Boseman says Microsoft offered an inclusive environment

generation of researchers with the kind of insight that comes from first-hand experimentation with evolution in the

that encouraged problem solving, and a place to grow his skills. He believes that his

lab and in the computer."

Several days later, he would interview and receive a job offer as a test engineer in

journey from being an intern at IBM to his current employment with Microsoft is one

BEACON will unite biologists who study natural evolutionary processes with computer scientists and engineers

that others looking to engage in similar avenues in technology should experience.

With this mission in mind, Boseman wanted to reach out to the very community

that helped launch his career. Using his contacts at his alma mater, Randall aided Mi-

who are harnessing these processes to

crosoft in pursuing diverse talent and provided mentoring to students about how to be

successful in Microsoft's highly demanding work environment.

In 2003, Randall went a step further when he assisted in running a program started

by a few colleagues called Project X - a program designed to get HBCU students interested in technology. Project X allowed students an opportunity to participate in rigorous contests that offer them real world experience in a technology-based career.

solve real-world problems. The center will promote the transfer of discoveries from biology into computer science and engineering design, while using novel computational methods and systems to

address complex biological questions that are difficult or impossible to study with natural organisms.

Project X was set up to offer a chance for each student to understand and experience what it would be like to work at Microsoft. The contest was so successful that it

expanded to Morehouse College, Howard University and other HBCUs. "It's all about reaching back," says Boseman. "I knew that there were students at Xavier and other schools that could learn from my experiences and who would also have a positive experience here at Microsoft."

Boseman 's unconditional compassion for his community, along with his commitment to helping others to reach their career goals, is a rare gift that sets him apart from

many others. His incredible journey to success isn't just measured by his tenure at Microsoft, but by the many students he has helped navigate through a maze of uncertainty to imagine their goals and obtain them.

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Dr. from college Eve historicallyfromJ.historically graduates, black colleges Higginbotham and black and particularly colleges believes and that universities (HBCUs), with science, technology, engineering, or math-related (STEM) degrees have a bright future in virtually all research science sectors. Her area of expertise happens to be healthcare, an industry some

have deemed "recession-proof."

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Last March, when President Barack Obama signed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law, he began a process that will, over the next four years, pump money

tion technology and healthcare is critical, user-friendly, confi-

dential, and inexpensive."

But are the job prospects really that good? Kip Cassino,

into research science. As the senior vice president and executive

vice president of research at Borrell Associates, thinks so. The

dean for Health Sciences at Howard University, Higginbotham

chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-

media research firm tracks job openings based upon whether a job was created or someone left. In 2010, Cassino says 576,300 research science jobs (in predominately healthcare-oriented careers) are projected to open up. This is all evidence that research science is opening up to a wide array of students and profession-

nology, and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School.

als with varied interests.

looks at this boon to STEM students of all disciplines from multiple angles. Higginbotham is an engineer by training. She

earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in

The educator, researcher and ophthalmologist has a broad portfolio. She is responsible for Howard University Hospital,

the College of Medicine, the College of Dentistry, the College

The Projected Surge in Research Science Jobs Statisticians at the Department of Labor agree. Through

of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health and the Health Sciences

2014, the wage and salary employment of all industries com-

Library. And "Obamacare" excites her.

bined will grow 14 percent. By contrast, growth is expected to

A key component of Obama's plan will be the uses of information technology to streamline delivery care. Higginbotham

leap 27 percent in the healthcare industry as a research science field. Labor also projects that "employment growth... is expected

foresees patients taking a microchip with their medical data

to account for about 3.6 million new wage and salary jobs, 19

anywhere in the country, then showing a doctor their medical

percent of all wage and salary jobs added to the economy over

history on a website. She says, "the marriage between informa-

the 2004-14 period."

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HEALTHCARE ACADEMIC AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Of research scientists, physicians are some of the high-

General Health Professions

ExploreHealthCareers.org features information about nearlyest 90 paid. healthThe

careers.

www.ExploreHealthCareers.org

American Association of Medical Colleges: AspiringDocs.org

American Medical Group Association (AMGA)

produces a nationally recognized compensation survey and the following was gleaned from the 2009 report. Physicians in family medicine have a starting salary of $144,990 and the median salary was $197,655. If obstetrics is added to a family physi-

http://www.AspiringDocs.org

Postbaccalaureate premedicai programs http://services.aamc.org/postbac/

Healthcare Summer Enrichment Programs Deadlines are usually the January or February before the summer program begins - no exceptions.

College Students Medical and Dental Programs: http://www.smdep.org/apply.htm Programs by region: http://services.aamc.org/summerprograms/ Internship in Biology: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/ug/intern.html

High School Students Explore Health Careers http://www.explorehealthcareers.org/en/Article.183.aspx Enrichment Programs http://www.venturescholar.org/hs/enrichment.html Biomedical Sciences

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cian's shingle, the starting and median salaries were respectively,

$145,513 and $202,047. Geriatric specialists may earn $157,994 initially and the median salary was $21 1,425. General surgery pays $260,000 at the start and $340,000 is the median salary.

Research Science may create about 3.6 million new jobs by 2014.

For STEM Grads It's Sunny Even When It Rains In July, a National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) study reported that the average starting salary offer to

Examination Preparation

Class of 2010 graduates, of around $48,661, was down 1.3 per-

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cent compared to the average posted last year at the same time by the Class of 2009.

That's not great news, unless you are a STEM major interested in research science.

The average starting salary for the information technology

Financial Aid Information

grads that will keep all the data straight under Obama's plan is

Paying for School $55,084. Not bad until compared to computer science majors http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/Page.PayingForSchool.aspx Free Assistance Program who maintain server farms everywhere from the Department

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of Health and Human Services to public and private hospitals, as well as the National Institutes of Health. They are making

$61,112.

NACE says "engineering majors have consistently posted

Information for Incoming Medical Students

increases to their average salary offers, and seemingly have been

Careers in Medicine Timeline

immune to negative economic effects," and it shows. Chemical

http://aamc.org/students/cim/cimtimeline.htm Online Career Resources

http://aamc.org/students/cim/careerplanning.htm

engineering graduates, who could be doing research at places including the Mayo Clinic or the Fortune 500 pharmaceutical

companies received an average offer of $65,628.

Scholarship Opportunities Collegiate Inventors Competition http://www.invent.org/collegiate/ Institute for Brand Leadership

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There were a few dips. NACE reports that, "Computer engineering graduates saw the biggest decrease in the group: Their average offer fell 2.9 percent to $59,917. Electrical engineering

2002Rules.htm

graduates' average salary offer dropped 1.2 percent to $59,381,

Gates Millennium Scholarships

and the average offer to mechanical engineering graduates

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dipped less than 1 percent to $58,457." In this down economy, the salaries, and job prospects of those degree holders, when considered objectively, do not warrant complaints.

National Service Scholarship http://www.nationalservice.org/scholarships Who Has Been Hired Microsoft Scholarship Program https://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/collegescholarship.aspx There may be a bright future for STEM students, but there ScienceNet

is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to employing

http://www.cse.emory.edu/sciencenet/undergrad/scholarships.html African Americans in research science. The Bureau of Labor

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SERVING THE UNDERSERVED

sentation, overall, for blacks in research

science and medical-related professions in 2009.

Students in STEM majors could easily excel in a number of research science sub-sectors that demand their grounding

and discipline. These include physicians and surgeons, dentists, optometrists,

pharmacists, veterinarians, and audiologists. In 2009, there were 914,000 physicians and surgeons nationwide, of them 52,100, or 5.7 percent were black.

There is little diversity among den-

tists as blacks comprised only 2,300, or 1.4 percent of the nation's 164,000. There

were so few black biomedical engineers among the 16,000 positions counted that they did not show up numerically. There were 7,650 black medical scientists

out of 170,000 total, and 4,606 blacks worked in the related field of biological science.

The critical area of information

technology is one area where black representation is greater than percentage

of African Americans in the population.

Currently blacks have 17.8 percent of the

jobs, and comprise 18,334 employees among the 103,000 medical records and health information technicians.

In economic downturns, job seekers look for fields that defy the trends.

Research science is vital not only to our economic recovery, but to the very way we live.

"Pharmacy may be considered a recession-proof profession," says the dean of Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy (COP), Dr. Kathleen Kennedy, "because there is still a shortage of pharmacists, especially in rural areas of the country. Many of the larger cities are saturated with pharmacists who only offer dispensing

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services."

Rite-Aid. In 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were 23,763 black pharmacists, which comprised 8.9 percent of the 267,000 pharmacists nationwide.

One area of potential growth is employment by hospital pharmacies, where Kennedy says there are shortages. To encourage academic enrichment Xavier COP offers five postgraduate year one residency positions.

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In 2009, the BLS reported that there were 462,000 employees in all areas of pharmaceutical and medicine making jobs. Of that number, 44,000 were black. African Americans comprise 7.2 percent of 8,136 of the nation's chemists and materials scientists. But 18.2

percent of chemical technicians were

black, or 9,828 of the 54,000 workers in the field, and there were 7,150 black

chemical engineers, or 1 1 percent of the country's 65,000.

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In addition to Xavier COP, there are one is in a community practice position four other HBCU pharmacy schools. in collaboration with Rite Aid. They the Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Services, Hampton University: School One might assume that major pharmaceutical makers would be a natural of Pharmacy, Howard University landing spot for pharmacy students, School of Pharmacy, and the Texas Southern University College of Pharparticularly in age of healthcare expanmacy and Health Services. sion. Yet only two of 1 2 companies on Sciences Center in New Orleans, and

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SUSAN GORDON BARKER

industry since 2005. Culbreath served life support system technologies to meet

Infrastructure IMLP Leader,

as IT manager at BITHgroup, an awardexploration goals.

GE Healthcare

winning information technology consult-

Susan Gordon Barker develops

DAWN MICHELLE HOLT ing firm and certified minority business

Ph.D. Student, University of Maryland, Baltimore

young leaders in information technology. enterprise, for five years before taking on

Dawn Michelle Holt is a 2008 As head of the information management his current position in 2010. He freelances American Association for Cancer Releadership program in GE Healthcare,as a a photographer at Creative Photo $17 billion unit of General Electric Co., Expression. search Minority Scholar Award winner. her focus is to recruit, coach and train The organization celebrated the 25th year

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Electronics Engineer/Program Manager,

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Research program in 2010. The awards

Air Force, AFMC/AFRL/RYZT

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nesses after two years. The GE Healthcare

division delivers medical technologies

Patrick Gould conducts field and

training of minority researchers, and to

and services for the new healthcare

flight test demonstrations in support of

increase the visibility and recognition of

environment, and looks for IT leaders to

risk reduction simulation and evaluation

minorities involved in cancer research.

of offensive sensor technology that sus-

Each year since 1985, these awards have

implement its vision for the future.

tain U.S. military functions of navigation,been offered to eligible minority scientists target identification, reconnaissance/sur- who wish to participate in annual meet-

PAMELA CHU, PH.D.

Research Chemist,

National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST)

veillance for air and space vehicles. He is ings of the AACR. responsible for the outside the continental

Dr. Pamela Chu was one of 60 young researchers to receive the 200 1 Presiden-

United States demonstration of the Angel HAICHANG HUANG, PH.D. Fire sensor. It provides a higher resolu-

Research Scientist, Bristol Myers

tial Early Career Awards for Scientists and tion, geo-rectified image with recall and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by up to three times area coverage compared

Dr. Huang works in hepatitis C virus (HCV) research. He is focused on

the U.S. government on professionals at

with video imagery typically provided

the outset of their independent research

by an unmanned aerial vehicle. This is a treatments in clinical development - spe-

careers. In 2007, she was part of a NIST

valuable asset in the counter-improvised

cifically anti-HCV compounds using

project to develop and disseminate tools

explosive device effort.

molecular and cell biology techniques.

to improve the evaluation of chemical

Huang says one of his proudest accom-

detectors used by first responders, as well NANCY RABEL HALL

plishments is his contribution to the HCV

as the accuracy and reliability of measure- NASA

NS5A inhibitor project. In January 201 1,

Research Scientist,

ments of toxic industrial chemicals and

Glenn Research Center

chemical warfare agents.

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced a new joint study to investigate the potentially Nancy Rabel Hall is active in outreach and demonstrating reduced gravpromising new means of treating hepatitis

COREY CULBREATH

C. The research represents the first crossity environment to educators, students

PMP Project Manager, BITHGROUP Technologies, Inc.

company collaboration to combine two and the public. She works in the Space oral agents to combat this viral disease.

Processes and Experiments Division at Glenn Research Center, which Corey Culbreath is a certified NASA project

ZACKARIE LEMELLE management professional (PMP), she a joined over 17 years ago. Her area of Vice President of IT Corporate Systems, credential offered by the Project Manageresearch is on fluid physics and how fluid Johnson & Johnson in a reduced gravity environment. ment Institute. He graduated frombehaves the University of Baltimore in 2004 and Shehas is currently technical lead for projectsZackarie Lemelle has 30 years of

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HisAs specialties are CRM, of project manageof Diversity M.B. A. magazine's "Top 100 process management. the chair the ment, knowledge management, off- 50 Diverse Executives."

Information Technology Senior Man- and Under shoring. As an IT he strategy professional at agement Forum (2008-2009), helped Pitney Bowes, he plays an integral role in SHIPPY, PH.D. advance the only national organization SCOTT Associate Professor of Chemistry, dedicated to fostering bringing African customers American more productive ways University of Illinois at Chicago IT executive talent. Over to store, his protect, long process, career, transmit, and ache held a number of senior-level execu-

cess information. He earned management Dr. Scott Shippy is part of a group of

tive positions before retiring in 2009 as

and computing degrees at Instituto de researchers studying a chemical approach

vice president, Information Technology

Empresa in Madrid, Spain, and Osmania to treating retinal diseases-neurotrans-

Corporate Systems, Johnson & Johnson. University in India.

mitters would be delivered to the retina

He launched the Johnson & Johnson

through micro-and nanoscale-implanted

African American Leadership Council to

devices. The multidisciplinary team was

promote diversity and inclusion.

awarded a four-year, $2 million grant to

conduct its work in 2009. Dr. Shippy will

These women and

VANESSA MILES B83 Stockpile Evaluation Test Engineer,

Sandia National Laboratories

study release characteristics of natural neurotransmitter chemicals on retinal tis-

men are some of the

sue to determine optimal amounts needed

Vanessa Miles helps validate safety,

most dynamic minds

ensure reliability, and detect, or if pos-

that will help restore sight. Experiments

will be done outside living organisms to

sible, prevent, problems from developing

develop an understanding of the chemis-

for each warhead in the current stockpile

try and physiology of this therapy route.

working in STEM to-

of nuclear weapons. The B83 is one of

day Their innovations NORBERT STONE

the most modern nuclear weapons in

National Senior Director of Sales, Managed Care & Marketing Training,

will further not only

the stockpile. In 1983, the U.S. nuclear

Astellas Pharmaceuticals

arsenal acquired the Β 83 strategic nuclear

gravity bomb. Sandia Corporation, a

their own work, but

Norbert Stone is an executive

Lockheed Martin company, manages San-

with over 25 years of experience in the

the work of countless pharmaceutical and biotech industry.

dia for the U.S. Department of Energy's

He has held numerous roles in focused

National Nuclear Security Administration.

STEM professionals

SHERINE O. OBARE, PH.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Western Michigan University

Dr. Sherine Obare served as the

2009-2010 chairperson for the annual NOBCChE Science Fair. The National

areas such as senior field sales leadership,

to come. We will all

marketing, strategic planning, leadership

benefit from their incredible discoveries.

ing personnel development and software

development, field sales training, market-

consulting. He has worked for Bristol-

Myers Squibb, NovoNordisk, Novartis and Astellas. In his current role, he and

Organization for the Professional Ad-

his staff are responsible for the training

vancement of Black Chemists and Chemi-

and development of field sales, senior

cal Engineers (NOBCChE) promotes careers in science and technology as an BERNADETTE PINAMONT, J.D.

market personnel.

achievable goal for elementary, middle,

Head of U.S. Tax,

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

and high school students. The NOBCChE Science Fair provides a venue for students to present original research through a

sales leadership, marketing and managed

RACHEL TUILESU Software Project Lead, The Boeing Company

Bernadette Pinamont is a 1990

graduate of top-ranked Seton Hall Univer-

poster competition in which students

sity of Law. As head of U.S. Tax at the

A rising star, Rachel Tuilesu works to

compete individually.

multinational research-based biophar-

develop next generation mission software

maceutical company, she is responsible

for Boeing aircraft. In collaboration with

MAHESH PILLAI

for optimizing tax treatment of business Boeing's systems and software, she helps

Customer Service Applications Project Manager, transactions Pitney Bowes Inc.

and other matters, Astra-

to assemble an array of software prod-

Zeneca discovers, develops and markets medicines for some of the world's most Mahesh Pillai is a project management professional (PMP) certified cusserious illnesses, including cancer, heart tomer relationship management (CRM) disease, neurological disorders such as project manager. He has extensive experischizophrenia, respiratory disease and infection. Ms. Pinamont was named one ence on eBusiness application projects.

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Vice President,

Diversity and Community Responsibility Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

servicing clients in the pharmaceutical, with a K-12 project that contributed to his

work as chemistry course coordinator for consumer goods and sports industries. the Inquiry to Build Content program forHe also served as VP of Global Talent Equilla Wainwright joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in 2007,the Chicago Public Schools' High SchoolAcquisition and Diversity at Advanced Micro Devices, VP of People, Processes Transformation project. after directing the diversity efforts at Johnson Controls since 1996. She is the & Diversity at Coca Cola, and director of 2009-201 1 secretary to the Executive

and Development Committees of the Girl DIVERSITY TRAILBLAZERS

Scouts, a board member at large of the Michigan Roundtable Diversity Council and a member of the Conference Board

OLESTER BENSON, PH.D.

Corporate Scientist, 3M Corporate Research Process Laboratory

the Employment & Diversity division at Johnson & Johnson.

MONICA POINDEXTER Director, Diversity & Inclusion

Genentech

Diversity & Inclusion Council. She is also mentor member of Black Sisters in Ac-

Since joining 3M in 1988, Dr.

tion, a board member at large of Women Benson has led efforts to develop en-

Monica Poindexter joined Genentech in 2000 and has held various positions

Looking Ahead, and a Detroit Public

vironmentally friendly manufacturing within human resources and corporate

Schools compact mentor.

staffing. She played a key role in develprocess technologies using high-energy

VRUSHALI WAKNIS, PH.D.

development and M.B.A. programs. In gies in the medical, safety, traffic control,

radiation He has applied these technolooping Genentech 's operations rotation Research Investigator, Bristol Myers Squibb Company

energy, aerospace, home improvement,2001, she co-founded Genentech Scholars, which provides internships as well as semiconductor processing, and electronic

Dr. Waknis is an active member of

scholarships for diverse students. To date, display industries. He serves as a mentor

the American Association of Pharmaceuti-

in the 3 M science training encouragement the program has awarded over $860,000

cal Scientists. She served as a summer

in scholarships. Her leadership in the area program (STEP), which recruits, supports,

of workforce development for Genentech intern at the Princeton, New Jersey office and trains promising high school students.

Dr. Benson holds 40 U.S. patents.

of Bristol-Myers Squibb between June

has led to development of the Biotechnology Certificate Program.

20 10- August 2010, before being appointed to her new position. She was a gradu- ROD CHRISTMON ate student at the University of the Sci-

Director, Talent Acquisition, Diversity and Inclusion

MARILYN PRIESTLEY

Astelias Pharma US Inc.

Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

ences in Philadelphia from January 2005

Rod Christmon joined Astellas

until August 2010, and she completed her

doctorate in pharmaceutics in 2010. A

Pharma in 2008. He has held his cur-

year earlier, she spent seven months as a rent position for more than three years.

Marilyn Priestley is responsible for the development and execution of a

diversity and inclusion strategy focused postgraduate co-op at AstraZeneca Phar- Astellas Pharma US is the U.S. affiliate of on talent, culture and marketplace. Under maceuticals and a half year as a research Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan's second largscientist at Lupin Research Labs in 2004.est pharmaceutical company and ranked her direction, Novartis is building a highShe graduated with a Bachelor of Phar-

within the top 20 in the global market. Aperforming, inclusive culture to drive

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Uni-business performance. She was previously macy in 2002 from the University of Pune and earned an M.S. in pharmaceutics at versity (FAMU) alumnus, Mr. Christmonthe pharmaceutical giant's VP for Human served as a human resources manager at Resources, making her the first African

the National Institute of Pharmaceutical

Commonwealth Edison from 1991-1998

Education and Research.

DONALD WINK

served for many years on the board of the

sociate director at Kraft Foods between

Urban League of Morris County, N.J., and

Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, February Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Chicago

2002 and April 2008.

EDWARD (ED) GADSDEN, JR. Chief Diversity Officer, education includes a preparatory chemis-Pfizer, Inc.

President's Award in 2005.

JOSE M. RODRIGUEZ

try and intermediate algebra curricula, and ratory chemistry text, The Practice of

has also been honored with the organization's Corporate Award in 2003 and the

Donald Wink's work in chemical

resulted in the publication of the prepa-

American vice president at Novartis. She

and then as senior HR manager and as-

Ed Gadsden is a major driver of

Director of Diversity,

Abbott Laboratories

Pfizer 's efforts in recruitment, talent

Chemistry , and development of scenario-development, and the fostering of global based laboratory instruction, resulting in colleague-resource groups which help the lab text Working with Chemistry. In

the pharmaceutical giant better serve its

K-12 education he has worked with pre- underrepresented patient communities.

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Ashley has maintained a 4.0 GPADanielle Anderson is a fourth year biochemistry major and a student athlete. while at Tuskegee University. She is also She plays basketball at the collegiate involved in many different organizations level and enjoys participating in fundraison campus - Civitan Club, NAACP, and marathons. Recently, she took Louisiana Club, AIChE (Americaners Instiin a 5K Sickle Cell Walk. Her dream tute of Chemical Engineers) and part HELPS. is to study autoimmune disorders and Currently, she serves as the vice president diseases of Next Step Up. She also volunteers inthat disable their victims. local schools.

RICHARD BARRETT Civil Engineering, Class of 2014

University of the District Columbia

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AERON GLOVER Industrial Engineering Major, Class of 2012 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

earned a 4.0 this semester and did so with tremendous dedication to his studies. He

Aeron is an active participant ofis a soccer defender and a smart decisionmaker. He will earn his degree and return NSBE, the Institute of Industrial Engi' neers, and the Tennessee Louis Stokes to his native Jamaica or stay in the United States; either way, he'll enjoy a bright Alliance for Minority Participation profuture. gram. Recently, Aeron and his business

ciation Academic All-Star Team. As an

offensive lineman, Ryan played in all 1 1 colleague were recognized as first place REGINALD DAVIS winners within the UT Undergraduate Aerospace Science Engineering Major, Classof ofNSU's 2012 contests, starting eight times at Tuskegee University

Business Plan Competition and another

right tackle.

Reginald is a wide receiver andJESSICA long business plan competition entitled "MovNUNEZ Electrical Engineering ers & Changers" hosted by MTV-U.snapper for the Golden Tigers. He is

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University of the District Columbia

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Jessica Nunez is an electrical en1 1 games with a 9-2 season. A member

RESEARCH AWARD JAZMINE MILLER Computer Science Major, Class of 2011 Spelman College

major at the University of the of Tuskegee's Air Force ROTC, he gineering is District of Columbia. A transplant from in charge of training 200 cadets. This the Republic of Ecuador, she has domisummer he endured a 28-day extensive

Jazmine is a co-winner of the 2010

nated on the court and in the classroom. training camp where he won the Superior

AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge. The duo won a $10,000 scholar-

She made the 2010 Atlantic Coast ConPerformer and Warrior Spirit awards.

ship for development of the Historically

Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Buddy iPhone app for smart phones. In addition, the pair have been the lifeforce

RYAN HATHAWAY Electronics Technology Major, Class of 2012

Norfolk State University

ference Women's Tennis All-Conference First Team and she earned above a 3.0 this semester.

Ryan was voted onto the College ALEXIS "LEX" PIERRE

Biology/Pre-Health Sports Information Directors of American

Major, Class of 2013 Alabama State University

of Spelman College robotics.Under their Academic All-District 3 Team, believed Lex Pierre is active in the Institute leadership, Spelbots either won or tied in to be the first in NSU's history. He is also of Science, Maternal & Child Health competitions held in Japan, Italy and the a member of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors AssoU.S. Pipeline Training Program and is a

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TORIA DUKE Electronics Engineering Major, Master's Degree

2011

Norfolk State University

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Toria is working

on an NSF project Education program. He was selected as the 2010 Tennis Freshman of the Year. investigating why female students stay

SHABREE ROBERSON Biology Major, Class of 2012 South Carolina State University

or drop out of engi-

neering and computer Shabree is from Austin, Texas.science She fields. She has

numerous hopes to attend pharmacy school,conducted become

community a retail pharmacist and help people in her service activities such as community to stay healthy. She has always been interested in science because scien-

helping the campus tific discoveries help to change the world.clinic raise HIV and Shabree is also a member of the South

breast cancer aware-

Carolina State University Volleyball Team.ness, assisting in a homeless shelter for

THOMAS WILDER Mechanical Engineering Major, Class of 2012 Tuskegee University

five years, and coach-

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Thomas plays wide receiver for sailors the for standardtests.

Golden Tigers football team. He is ized a two

Under her leadership, she and her peers

year letterman, started all eleven games

helped over 40 high schoolers to prepare

JESICA HOLLEY

in Tuskegee 's 9-2 season, was voted to Mechanical

for and pass their finals. Natalie also sup-

the Academic All-Conference academic

ports other young people in Annapolis and

Engineering Major, Class of 2012 Tuskegee University

Jesica serves as the co-chair of the

team, and averaged 15.3 yards per catch.

Football has taught him a multitude of life College of Engineering and Physical Scilessons which he says he has transferred to ences Student Leadership Council. In this academics.

role she helps develop opportunities which include community service and events

TORY J. WILLIAMS Electronics Technology Major, Class of 2013

Norfolk State University

Anne Arundel County with mentoring, tutoring and a can-do attitude.

BRIANNA MERKERSON Industrial and Systems Engineering Major University of Alabama, Huntsville

like the BEYA Conference. She is also an

Brianna served as president of the UA

active mentor with New Step Up Mentor-Huntsville NSBE chapter. Under her lead-

Tory is a defensive lineman for ing and current president of the Tuskegeeership the organization grew and flourthe Norfolk State Spartans football

University Chapter of the NAACP.

ished. Her leadership abilities were further

team. Head Football Coach Pete Adrian

PHILLIP D. JONES

describes him as someone who "works

Science Major, Class 2012 United States Naval Academy

confirmed by her election to the Regional

hard at everything he does... is motivated

III Executive Board. She first served as

membership chair and then as vice chair.

to excel and driven to succeed." Norfolk

Phillip is a member of NSBE and Brianna graduated in December 2010.

State Spartans represents Norfolk State takes a heavy load of engineering courses.

TIA TABORS University in Division I Football Champi- He also maintained a 4.0 semester GPA as Chemical Engineering

Major, Class of 2011 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

onship Subdivision football.

he was serving as USNA brigade sergeant

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major: a leadership position ranking him

Tia is active in NSBE, the Tennes-

cepted into the prestigious History honorsParticipation program, and the College of

FATI MATA DlOP Civil Engineering and Mathematics Major Jackson State University

major's program and is a member of the Engineering Cooperative Education AmAfrican Studies Association and the His-

Fatima is earning dual degrees in tory Honor Society.

bassadors program. She volunteers time to answer questions on co-op and internship

civil engineering and mathematics. She

opportunities for beginning students. She

also helps in the department's computer NATALIE LOGAN Chemistry Major, Class lab and assists faculty in their research

professional development sessions in

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of 2011 United States Naval Academy

also assists in the hosting of student-led

and teaching. Fatima is an important team member for the "Concrete Canoe" com-

petition for ASCE and the "Traffic Bowl" competition for ITE.

resume building, mock job interviews Natalie leads the Midshipmen Black and social networking.

Studies Club and the Benjamin Banneker Society of Tutors at the Naval Academy.

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