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Show 116
Guest, Dr. Eugene DeLoatch
Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch is the Dean of the School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. DeLoatch accepted an invitation to establish the School of Engineering in 1984, and since then it has become a national leader in the recruitment and retention of minority engineering students. Prior to taking up this task in July of that year, DeLoatch served as a Full Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1975 to 1984 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. DeLoatch earned his BS degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from Tougaloo College in 1959 and Lafayette College in 1959, and his MS in Electrical Engineering in 1966 and Ph.D. in Bioengineering in 1972, both from Polytechnic University of Brooklyn.
Dr. DeLoatch is a past president of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the United State’s largest engineering education organization. Dr. DeLoatch is a recipient of the 2003 “Pioneer Award” presented annually at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards, which he co-founded. Dr. DeLoatch is also chair of the Council of Deans of Engineering of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and is secretary of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Science, Engineering and Technology Development Corporation.
Links:
Morgan State University
Morgan State University’s
School of Engineering
Dean DeLoatch’s
Welcome
Show 117
Guest, Dr. Kimberly Jones
Dr. Kimberly Jones is an Associate Professor
of Civil Engineering at Howard University . Dr. Jones's current research interests
include investigating methods for optimizing membrane processes used in water
and wastewater treatment. This work also encompasses research she conducts for
the ALS NSCORT Center, which is working to help develop Assisted Life Systems
(ALS) for future space missions, including possible missions to Mars.
She is also the Deputy Director of the Keck Center for the Design of
Nanoscale Materials for Molecular Recognition. Dr. Jones earned her BS
in Civil Engineering from Howard University , her MS in Civil/Environmental
Engineering from University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign, and her PhD
in Environmental Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University.
Links:
Dr.
Kimberly Jones at Howard
Keck Center for the Design
of Nanoscale Materials for Molecular Recognition
ALS
NSCORT Center
Show 118
Guest, Dr. Taft Broome
Dr. Taft H. Broome is a professor of civil
engineering at Howard University . During his 29-year career at Howard,
he has served as both department chair and chair of the University Senate.
In 1985, he received his MS in science, technology, and society from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and now teaches and writes on issues
of engineering ethics and philosophy, in addition to his courses on civil
engineering. His research interests include the study of continuous and
dynamical systems. Dr. Broome has served in leadership positions in major
national organizations including AAAS, American Society for Engineering
Education (ASEE), and the National Association for Science, Technology,
and Society. His publications include "Race and the Information Super Highway: Implications for a
Participatory Democracy." Dr. Broome is also a member of the board of
directors of Women in Engineering and the National Academy of Engineering's
Committee on Engineering Education.
Links:
Dr.
Taft Broome
Dr. Taft Broome at the National Academy of Engineering
Show 119
Guest, Dr. Daryl Basham
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Dr. Daryl Basham is a law clerk with Gray Cary, a national law
firm that represents emerging growth technology companies. Dr. Basham works
in the Washington , DC, office preparing and prosecuting patent applications
in the biotechnology arts, with a special technical expertise in microbiology.
Dr. Basham was also a Patent Examiner with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, and a Research Assistant Professor at New York University.
He received both his BS and PhD in microbiology from Howard University,
and is expecting his JD from George Washington University in 2003. He also
is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
New York Academy of Sciences, and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
Links:
Gray
Cary
Show 120
Guest, Dr. Warren Washington
Warren Washington is a senior scientist and head of the Climate
Change Research Section in the Climate and Global Dynamics Division at
the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Born in Portland,
Oregon, Washington earned a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's
degree in meteorology from Oregon State University. After completing
his doctorate in meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, he joined
NCAR in 1963 as a research scientist. Washington's areas of expertise
are atmospheric science and climate research, and he specializes in computer
modeling of the earth's climate. He has published more than 100 papers
in professional journals. His book, An Introduction
to Three-Dimensional Climate Modeling, Co-authored with Claire Parkinson (NASA), is a reference
on climate modeling.
W
ashington is consultant and advisor to a number
of government officials and committees on climate-system modeling. From
1978 to 1984, he served on the President's National Advisory Committee
on Oceans and Atmosphere. He participated in several panels of the National
Research Council and chaired its Advisory Panel for Climate
Puzzle, a
film produced for the 1986 PBS television series Planet
Earth. Washington
was a member of the Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board from 1990 to
1993 and has been on the Secretary of Energy's Biological and Environmental
Research Advisory Committee (BERAC) since 1990.
Washington held the office of President of the American Meteorological
Society (AMS) in 1994 and was Past President in 1995.
Links:
Biographical Sketch
of Dr. Washington
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
NCAR Climate Change Research Section
NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Division
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania State University
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Show 121
Guest, Dr. Shirley Jackson
The Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson,
Ph.D. became the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in
July of 1999. Dr. Jackson is a theoretical physicist and holds a Ph.D.
in theoretical elementary particle physics from M.I.T. (1973) and a S.B.
in physics from M.I.T. (1968).Dr. Jackson’s current research specialty
is in theoretical condensed matter physics, especially layered systems,
and the physics of opto-electronic materials.
Dr. Jackson’s career prior to becoming Rensselaer’s president
has encompassed senior positions in government, as a President Clinton-appointed
Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; in industry and research,
as a theoretical physicist at the former AT&T Bell Laboratories; and in academe,
as a professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University.
Dr. Jackson is the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate from M.I.T. — in
any subject, and is the first African-American to become a Commissioner of the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dr. Jackson was inducted into the Women in
Technology International Foundation Hall of Fame (WITI) in June 2000. In 2001,
Dr. Jackson was the recipient in of the “Immortal Award” for the
15th Annual Black History Makers Award sponsored by Associated Black Charities.
And in 2002, Dr. Jackson was named one of the Top 50 Women in Science by Discover magazine.
In
2003 she was named as a member of the New York Stock Exchange’s
Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and is President of the AAAS
Board of Directors.
Links:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
RPI Office of the President, Shirley Ann Jackson
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Rutgers University
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Women in Technology International
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