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Howard University was selected to participate in the 2009 Intel Design Challenge. The Intel Design Challenge was a six month competition that allowed students to showcase their talent and experience cutting-edge research opportunities while working on real life problem.
The purpose of the challenge was to (1) promote Intel interaction with university students and professors and build stronger partnerships, (2) Provide insight and experience to Intel technology, (3) Demonstrate how real-life problems get translated into engineered, funded solutions, (4) Promote leading-edge research opportunities at targeted schools, and (5) Increase capabilities via selective high-impact research and curriculum investments.
This year the Howard University Student design team won the $10,000 1st place award against North Carolina A&T. Their project focused on testing and design of WiMAX technology. Dr. John Trimble, associate professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Science, served as the lead faculty mentor along with Dr. Charles Kim, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, who served as co-faculty mentor.
A virtual spokesperson for black technology, BlackEngineer aspires to serve as leading news and information provider on the advancements in black technology with deep insights into black engineering, black entrepreneurs, black education, and historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). In fact, BlackEngineer is one of the very few to promote the achievements of black technology. The Black engineer of the year awards (BEYA) is one of our successful ventures to promote black technology, progress and achievements made in black technology, and the sentiments of the Black community in the US, the UK, Caribbean, and Africa.
Black technology entrepreneurs are increasingly providing the horsepower that drives the global economy. Over the last two decades, black entrepreneurs have created more jobs, and contributed much more to the economic expansion of the Black community as a whole, than any black pastor or politician. Black entrepreneurs are taking risks and building businesses that generate economic growth and increase prosperity in underserved areas, as more minority-owned and minority-focused businesses emerge, willing to serve the financial needs of Black entrepreneurs. US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine's annual list of Top Black Technology Entrepreneurs reflects the expanding scope of leading Black entrepreneurs in information technology, homeland security, and defense.
