For more than 35 years, academic deans at ABET-accredited engineering schools in historically Black colleges and universities have come together at the BEYA Conference to discuss issues in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. Topics range from the goals and accomplishments of their respective schools to the challenges they share. Earlier this year, all … Continue reading “Stand Up, Step Up, and Make Sustainable Change: The Opportunity of Our Institutions”
“As a retired chief engineer who has had thousands of engineers and data scientists working for me, I realized that our pipeline is severely clogged.”
Andrew B. Williams, Ph.D., will join The Citadel School of Engineering, one of the oldest engineering programs in America, on July 1, 2021. Currently, Williams is the Charles E. and Mary Jane Spahr Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. Williams also serves on a National Academy … Continue reading “The Citadel School of Engineering names Andrew B. Williams as incoming dean”
Howard University announced Wednesday a new collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build pathways to cloud computing careers. Through this effort, students at the leading historically Black college and university (HBCU) will access a curriculum that is developed in coordination with AWS experts to prepare students for the workforce. “Howard’s collaboration with AWS is … Continue reading “AWS plans to support talented Howard University students on their cloud career journeys”
Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the endowment will create additional pathways for students from HBCUs and Minority Serving Institutions to pursue PhDs in STEM fields.
This fall, university officials have announced that A&T’s new engineering complex will be named in honor of Chancellor Harold L. Martin.
Hampton University’s science, engineering, and technology schools celebrate excellence and greatness.
Aaron Maitland is a robotics engineer at Leidos. He is responsible for the real-time performance of robotics navigation software. In this role, he integrates sensors, navigation software, computer vision algorithms, and deep learning networks, and led a recent demonstration of an autonomous navigation system. This was a very successful demonstration for the Army Robotics community, … Continue reading “Leadership in the World of Modern Technology”
In 2012, Adam Williams of Sandia National Laboratories won the Most Promising Engineer Award at the BEYA STEM Conference.
At BEYA, the Student Leadership Award recognizes an undergraduate or graduate student with an accomplished academic record and a proven desire to help others to succeed. This year, the award went to Wesley Combs, a senior at the University of Houston majoring in mechanical engineering, and set to graduate in spring 2021. “I first met … Continue reading “University of Houston engineering student wins award for Leadership”
