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APRIL 7, 2023

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) North Atlantic Division (NAD), signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) program management plan April 6. We need people who can relate and have the engineering background to solve problems in all types of communities. Lloyd, commander of the U.S.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., She is also the founder and president of Moore Wealth, Inc.,

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JULY 19, 2023

However, he was curious about some aspects of science and engineering, so he decided he’d try community college. candidate in material science and engineering at the University of Central Florida. He wasn’t surrounded by college graduates or even friends who were planning to enroll. Fast forward to 2023.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Luster-Teasley Pass holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina A&T as well as a master’s in chemical engineering and Ph.D.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Black males need support from childhood through graduate education to improve, fulfill, and correct inequitable access to careers in science and engineering. Broadening Black males’ participation in science and engineering extends our country’s ability to solve our — and the world’s — grand challenges. Dr. Brian A.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Steel Dean of Engineering in Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering. Martin holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at The Citadel and a master’s and doctorate in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. Martin serves as vice chancellor of STEM Innovation and Research at the University of Pittsburgh.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

The funding of two projects – one addressing postdoctoral researchers preparing for engineering/STEM education careers and one supporting youngsters - will build upon the community partnership between UH and Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, says university officials. Henderson, an assistant professor in the William A.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Latinos are key when it comes the nation’s engineering and technology workforce, according to a new joint report from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC). anticipates a coming shortage of workers in engineering and tech – there are projected to be 10.9 are immense.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A brand-new video series that highlights the diverse experiences of Black boys and men in the science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields, has launched under the direction of a prominent researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Brian A. Dr. Brian A.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Pradeep Sharma Pradeep Sharma has been named dean of the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. He served as the college’s interim dean and previously as chair of the college’s mechanical engineering department. in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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JUNE 30, 2024

Vlasic Dean of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. She serves as director of the START (Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine) Lab at The Pennsylvania State University and as director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

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APRIL 12, 2024

She served as associate professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech. London holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering education, all from Purdue University.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Low-key public colleges and minority-serving institutions, commonly known as MSIs, are serving as strong engines for economic mobility for the average American, according to new data by Third Way, a center-left think tank focused on improving learner outcomes. 66% California State University-Dominguez Hills $55,181 $38,446 0.72

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JUNE 3, 2024

He served as interim provost and William Kepler Whiteford Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering. McCarthy holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Before he arrived at University of Maryland, Slaughter served in multiple STEM-related roles, including electrical engineer with General Dynamics Corporation; head of information systems technology at the U.S. in electrical engineering from Kansas State University; an M.S. Slaughter held a B.S.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A&T as an engineering professor, Martin subsequently stepped into the roles of college dean and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Martin holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from N.C. in electrical engineering at Virginia Tech. Joining N.C. A&T and a Ph.D.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Carver Professor of Engineering at the University of Iowa College of Engineering. She was invited by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to serve as a member of their joint roundtable on advancing change in undergraduate STEM education. in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan; a B.S.

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APRIL 18, 2024

The 2023 class includes 502 scientists, engineers, and innovators elected by their academic peers and spanning 24 scientific disciplines. Dr. Aylin Yener , professor of electrical and computer engineering, computer science and engineering, and integrated systems engineering.

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MAY 31, 2023

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. but only 34% of the STEM workforce; they also earn only 24% of bachelor’s degrees in engineering, 24% in physics, and 21% in computer science.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Greiner holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and an MBA, both from the University of Iowa. Sadie Greiner Sadie Greiner has been appointed chief construction officer at Florida State University. She served as director of planning, design, and construction at the University of Iowa.

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JUNE 20, 2024

But she also held a fascination with math, specifically with how math can be used to create tools and engineer solutions to problems. She’s found a way to pursue both, having earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and now working toward a Ph.D.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and a master’s in computer engineering from Marlboro College in Vermont. Leon Lewis Jr. has been named chief information officer at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

million gift upon Howard Community College in support of programming and scholarships in its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) division. million gift upon Howard Community College to help support it science, technology, engineering, and mathematics division.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Pathways for Careers in Manufacturing and Engineering, a joint effort from Cal State Fullerton’s Extension and International Programs and the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has received $211,000 to spark community college students’, high schoolers’, and eventually, middle schoolers’ interest in the field of biomanufacturing.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program (Hawkins) and the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP). billion in funding to support students at HBCUs directly through need-based grants and other federal programs, including Pell Grants. Grants to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) under the Augustus F.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Recent data projects that nearly four million additional people will be needed in 2030 for the science and engineering workforce to be representative of the U.S. population, Moore added. Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing.

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JULY 9, 2024

Pera holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford. Charlotte Pera Charlotte Pera has been named executive director of the sustainability accelerator at the Stanford University Doerr School of Sustainability. She served as vice president and deputy CEO of Bezos Earth Fund.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Lomax UNCF’s new research report, Transforming Futures: The Economic Engines of HBCUs , offers empirical evidence of the profound impact HBCUs have on the success of students, communities and the nation as a whole. HBCUs have a 34% mobility rate of moving their students from the bottom 40% in household income into the top 60%.

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JULY 31, 2023

Özkan-Haller holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey, and master’s and doctorate degrees in civil engineering from the University of Delaware. Tuba Özkan-Haller Tuba Özkan-Haller has been named dean of the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University.

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JULY 23, 2024

He returned this year to teach electrical engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Fuchs holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Duke University, Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Cybele Raver and to School of Engineering Dean Dr. Krishnendu “Krish” Roy. The establishment of this interdisciplinary, ‘cross-cutting’ college is a watershed moment—not only for the School of Engineering, but also for the entire university,” Roy said. A dean search is expected to begin in late August. “Of

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DECEMBER 3, 2022

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. The school has an existing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (S.T.E.M.)

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JULY 24, 2023

Alvi, a Don Fuqua Eminent Scholar, holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

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JULY 24, 2024

in engineering science and systems from the University of Arkansas Little Rock. She served as associate director of the consortium. Meadors holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Grambling State University as well as a master’s in applied science and a Ph.D.

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JULY 15, 2024

Dr. Hadis Anahideh, an assistant professor of industrial engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago and another co-author of the study, said she and her team expected to encounter bias in algorithms. Dr. Hadis Anahideh, assistant professor of industrial engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago and co-author of this study. “We

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JANUARY 24, 2024

For over 150 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have not only been sites of academic excellence but also powerful economic engines in their local and regional communities, leaving a lasting mark on the nation's landscape.

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