http://www.blackengineer.com Black Engineer Technology Engineering Entrepreneurs-USBE magazine provides news about black technology, black entrepreneurs, BEYA conference, black engineers and technologists from black community in US, UK, Caribbean and Africa. Corporate News Black Engineer Articles en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_800.shtml Cintas Corporation has announced the promotion of J. Phillip Holloman to president and chief operating officer. Holloman has served in various positions for the past decade. In the last year, Holloman implemented the company’s Six Sigma initiative, opening new distribution centers and developing the global supply chain group. Holloman, 52, holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He serves on the Florida A and M School of Business and Industry Advisory Council and is a Board Member-Elect of the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati. en-us Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., announced that Microsoft will donate developer software to all National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) educational chapters in the United States. The announcement was made during Gates’ keynote speech at the NSBE Region VI Fall Regional Conference, sponsored by Microsoft. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_784.shtml Raytheon Company was honored by the US Department of Labor as the 2007 recipient of the Secretary of Labor’s Opportunity Award, the federal government’s highest award that recognizes exemplary and innovative workplace diversity efforts by federal contractors. The Opportunity Award is among the most desired equal employment opportunity awards. en-us The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and IBM recently announced a collaboration to create The Multicore Computing Center (MCC), a unique facility that will focus on supercomputing research related to aerospace/defense, financial services, medical imaging and weather/climate change prediction. IBM awarded UMBC a significant gift to support the development of this new center, which researchers describe as an "orchestra" of one of the world's most powerful supercomputing chips. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_768.shtml The Conference Board has issued Putting Experience to Work – A Guide to Navigating Legal and Management Issues for a Mature Workforce to fill the gap in knowledge – legal, managerial, and cultural – on how to engage mature workers and get the most from their knowledge and abilities. en-us http://www.blackengineer.com/artman/publish/article_763.shtml The Boeing Company hosted the 17th annual Supplier Diversity Marketplace in Carson, Calif., offering more than 200 small and diverse businesses an opportunity to develop relationships with defense prime contractors and event sponsors Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, as well as with other large businesses and government agencies. en-us In what has become an annual event, The PBSJ Foundation, Inc. has partnered with universities around the country to provide scholarships for minority students. The scholarships, earmarked for those enrolled in university-level civil and environmental engineering programs, will be given to qualified students through a competitive process. en-us Raytheon has received the 2007 Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN) Breakthrough Award. The Breakthrough Award honors an employer for creating a work environment that enhances the career success of women engineers of all ethnicities. en-us UGS Corp a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, recently announced the close of its acquisition by Siemens AG effective May 4. As a result the business will go to market as UGS PLM Software, a global division of the Siemens Automation and Drives Group. en-us