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Engineering Diversity Programs Celebrates 45th Anniversary NSBE Team Finishes Third in National Competition

By David Goddard. A team of Engineering Vols set a new standard for excellence last fall, becoming the frst team from UT to win the Academic Technology Bowl at the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Region 3 Conference in Montgomery, Alabama. “We saw having the diferent backgrounds as an advantage to us in the competition because it made us able to divide and conquer study topics as we prepared to compete,” said Kassidy Boone, who served as TORCH chair for UT’s group. “Though we weren’t all familiar with all of the topics presented, we were able to learn from each other’s mistakes and better prepare for the competition.” Categories included mathematics, statics, computer science, thermodynamics, mechanics The NSBE team after their third-place fnish at the of materials, and NSBE history, with the event itself split into two rounds. national convention. While everything turned out great for UT in the end, Boone said the frst round was anything but, with UT’s team trailing the other squads. Slowly but surely, the team pulled itself back into contention, eventually winning on the fnal question. “Our team kept its composure and made an amazing comeback at the end,” Shannon Sharp said. “When they announced that we had won, we went crazy and celebrated ecstatically for UT’s win.” We saw having I am excited and delighted to have joined the college workshops, bringing the community together via “ during a time of such progress and momentum. It is professional development topics and establishing a Boone and Sharp both said the experience brought the team closer together, the diferent great to see thriving diversity programs with a rich sustained network of underrepresented faculty and showed what is possible through both NSBE and the college, and served as a history focused on helping and encouraging our graduate students. While a professor at Tech, credit to Travis Grifn, the Fred D. Brown Jr. Director of Engineering Diversity backgrounds as current and future engineering students. I served as an NSF Advance Professor and on the Programs and team mentor. leadership team of the AdvanceVT program for more an advantage As dean, I want to be actively involved in ways to than six years. As department chair at Iowa State Team members included: increase diversity with both multicultural and female to us in the University and head at Penn State University, through Kassidy Boone, junior, MechE populations. There’s a good base here, but I’d love to see hiring and mentoring, the percentage of women in that grow, especially in partnership with our board and these departments grew to over 30 percent of faculty Shannon Sharp, junior, MechE competition with industries. I cannot overstate the importance and and students. I fully intend to bring the same dynamic Kendra Jackson, senior, Civil, former NSBE president because it need for diversity in the work force and in academia. to the Tickle College of Engineering. Mubuso Nkosi, senior, ChemE, former NSBE vice president Personal mentoring and mentoring programs have made us able I am also looking forward to working with you— Hunter Mann, senior, CompE, former NSBE telecommunication chair always been a priority for me. I am a strong believer our alumni—and Travis Grifn’s incredible team to to divide and in research opportunities for undergraduates and continue and grow the eforts at UT to bring about Talecia Dyson, senior, Civil, former NSBE secretary the power of real problems and partnerships in the meaningful change. It is wonderful to see how conquer study community that bring realism into the classroom and Founded in 1975, NSBE has more than 29,900 members, making it one of the engaged our students are in pursuing excellence and largest student groups in the country. in research. This is particularly important to diverse success in their chosen majors as well as through their topics as populations, who are eager to make a diference. thriving student organizations. I cannot wait to meet “NSBE at UT is so much more than a campus organization,” Sharp said. “Since we prepared For many years, my focus on diversity has included more of you and hear your thoughts and hopes for my freshman year, it has been the place where I can easily meet new people the creation of new programs and implementing the college and its diversity programs. and make valuable relationships, has pushed me to be a better student, to compete.” best practices related to mentoring as well as hiring, friend, and future engineer, and perhaps most of all, has given me professional Sincerely, development and opportunities to gain leadership experience.” student support, networking opportunities, and —Kassidy Boone professional development. Boone echoed that sentiment, adding that she views UT’s NSBE chapter as A little bit about my background: I served as “nothing less than a family,” and that she looks forward to what the group can the founding chair, and later as co-chair, of the accomplish in the future. Broadening Participation Committee for the Design Thanks to their win, the team moved on to compete at the national convention Engineering Division of the American Society of Janis Terpenny in late March where they placed third. Mechanical Engineers. During my 10-year leadership, Dean and Wayne T. Davis Dean’s Chair the committee hosted national pre-conference

tickle.utk.edu/diversity 1 Engineering Diversity Programs Celebrates Current and former students shared some of their favorite memories 45th Anniversary from the last 45 years: “Mr. Pippen talked my parents into letting with Gala me come from Memphis to Knoxville on the By Randall Brown. Photography by Shawn Poynter. Greyhound so I could take the pretests. Pip was instrumental in my decision to be an engineer.” —Sabrina Hampton

Dwight Hutchins, Rodney Brooks, and Cavanaugh Mims “Seeing how proud my mother was when they (left to right). approved in church that her son had received an engineering scholarship to UT.” —Charles Scott

“I have enjoyed the lifelong friendships that have truly changed my life.” —Mieah Turner

“When I courted my wife of now 30 years at UT!” —Sherman Burton

“Having the opportunity to share my Carla Fisher, Julian Pouncy, Rodney Brooks, Pam Battle, and Ted Dunnaville (left to right). talents and provide assistance in increasing underrepresented students. Working with a great team to achieve equal opportunity.” —Francisco Vargas

“My favorite memory was the dedication of the (L–R) Alumni Linda Gouto, Melanie Smith, DeAnna Walker, Sierra Ellis, Travis Grifn (Fred D. Brown Jr. Director), Imani Jackson, Cullen Johnson, Nathaniel Ige, Elvis Ofor, Daniel Caballero, Jasmine Worlds, and Brandon Lowe. Fred Brown Dorm. I was so proud to see a lasting testament to his dedication and hard work.” More than 150 people turned out Friday, November 2, Renamed the Ofce of Diversity Programs in —Cavanaugh Mims for a gala luncheon celebrating the 45th anniversary of 1999, the ofce serves to increase the number the college’s Engineering Diversity Programs (EDP). of underrepresented students, including African- American, Hispanic, Native American, Pacifc Islander, “Running into Mr. Brown as he walked the Using the theme “45 Years of Community Excellence: A Alaskan Native, and females. campus. He would always stop, challenge you Celebration of Continuing Growth,” the event took place at on how things were going, and then ofer words the Foundry on the Fair Site and drew alumni from across The program blossomed under Brown’s leadership and Mark Dean and Samuel Grant (left to right). the years as well as faculty, staf, and students to celebrate that of his successors, James Pippin and now Grifn, of encouragement. We always enjoyed speaking the ofce, its impact, and successes yet to come. to the point that more than 1,000 minority engineering with him because he made it clear out purpose students have now graduated from the college, a was to graduate and succeed in life.” “This event was a good way for us to get together and number that continues to grow. talk about some of the things this ofce has meant,” —Robert Lewis said Director Travis Grifn. “It serves to connect current “Having a ready-built group of underrepresented students with alums that came before them.” students is one key to helping them succeed “As a member of Group 5, we were able to academically, Grifn said. “Being a part of a As part of the ceremony, the director’s position Grifn community, of something larger, is a bond that has come to campus prior to the start of the holds was renamed the Fred D. Brown Jr. Director in helped our students for 45 years.” quarter and meet other previous group honor of Brown, who pioneered engineering diversity members and our peers. Those friendships are eforts at UT. Participants also met with the college’s then-Interim Dean Mark Dean, himself an alumnus and past MESP lifelong and I still am friends with my group Brown created the ofce, then known as the Minority participant, to learn about ongoing diversity eforts in members today.” Engineering Scholarship Program (MESP), in 1973, the college. —Karen Raymond at a time when there were only 26 African-American Kendra Jackson, Jalonda Thompson, Asia Conley, Lina Gouto, students in the entire college. and Jasmine Worlds (left to right).

2 The Focus tickle.utk.edu/diversity 3 SWE Caps off Spring Semester with Student Life Awards

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Key customers include Toyota, Honda, de nso c The Division of Student Life named UT’s Society engineering from fall to spring semesters. SWEeties the Detroit 3, and Harley-Davidson. of Women Engineers (SWE) as the “Best Large participants noted that the program helps freshmen Organization of the Year.” This award recognizes a fnd resources on campus and increases responsibility large student organization that has fulflled its mission, and confdence of mentors.

Engineering and co-op positions available orp -na .co m involved the campus in its purpose, plays a leadership include the following: role on campus, is involved in the campus community, At the frst annual Council of Partners Banquet in is open-minded and diverse, has the ability to accept March, SWE received the Program of the Year Award Electrical and overcome challenges, and sustains itself in creative in recognition of the SWEeties mentoring program and Mechanical ways. This honors SWE for developing and implementing the Community Outreach Award for their Tomorrow’s Industrial improvements in the quality of student life. Engineers Today outreach event. This recognition is the latest in a series of awards Tomorrow’s Engineers Today gives middle- and high- DENSO is proud to call some of your finest SWE earned during the 2018–19 school year. At the school-aged girls the opportunity to see engineering labs on campus, do engineering projects, and learn alumni “our Associates.” annual SWE conference, UT brought home the Gold SWE Collegiate Mission Award for embodying SWE core more about each kind of engineering. This year, SWE We are always seeking talent. values and demonstrating continuous improvement brought in 53 girls, and 90 percent of participants said and growth toward strategic goals. They also brought they learned something new about engineering during Join our team ! home the SWE Best Practice in Mentoring for excellent the day’s events. Over 70 percent of participants said practice in our SWEeties mentoring program. they were more interested in becoming an engineering after attending. DENSO: Inventor of the QR Code The SWEeties mentoring program strives to improve the retention of female engineering students by UT’s SWE chapter has 262 members and hosts a supporting students through continuous mentoring, variety of professional, social, outreach, and academic networking, and professional development training. events and programs throughout the year for There are over 140 individual participants in SWEeties engineering students and the Knoxville community. this year. Among the 76 freshmen involved in the program, there was a 96 percent retention rate within

advertisement tickle.utk.edu/diversity 5 Movers & Shakers WIE Spotlight: Taylor Short

Completed an Internship Matthew Rivera (CE, Jr.) Kea Francis (ME, Sr.) Denso Manufacturing in UT Department of Ifedayo Akinduro (ME, Jr.) Maryville, Tennessee Mechanical, Aerospace, and Procter & Gamble in Greensboro, Biomedical Engineering North Carolina Sydnee Ruf (CE, So.) Johnson & Johnson in Skillman, New Jersey Naydia Futrell-Peoples Frenando Blevins (IE, Jr.) SC (CE, So.) UT Department of Johnson in Racine, Wisconsin Sebastian Sanchez (ME. So) Dow Mechanical, Aerospace, and Chemical in Midland, Michigan Biomedical Engineering Kassidy Boone (ME, So.) Southern Company Gas in Shannon Sharp (ME, So.) PepsiCo Ariadna Garcia (ME, So.) Atlanta, Georgia in Plano, UT Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Fernando Bulnes-Karg (ME, Jr.), Maurice Spurgeon (ME, Jr.) Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Jackson WWS in Gray, Kentucky Biomedical Engineering Oak Ridge, Tennessee Carl Woodard (ME, So.) National Jovan Hernandez (CE, Jr.) Terryl Dodson (CS, So.) Renewable Energy Laboratory in Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Golden, Colorado Summer Undergraduate Oak Ridge, Tennessee Research Experience Arianna Worthy (AE, Jr.) Writing and photography by Randall Brown. (CE, PhD) Daiben Driver (CE, Jr.) PepsiCo in General Electric Aviation in Hilafu Tesfe Hilafu Perry, Georgia Lynn, Massachusetts UT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Taylor Short ofers an enthusiastic evaluation of her “Around that same time, the college was beginning Christine Garcia (EE, Jr.) US time as an instructor for the 2019 Summer Engineering to talk about starting the WomEngineers Leadership Cellular in Knoxville, Tennessee Helena Sanders (NE, Fr.) Advancement (SEA) program. Council and holding the second biennial WomEngineers Completed a Cooperative UT Department of Day,” said Short. “I got asked to participate in a panel Gabriel Gonzalez (ME, Jr.) Education Experience Nuclear Engineering “Amazing,” she said. “Nothing can replace the actual discussing the needs of female students in the college, Lockheed Martin in experience of getting in front of a classroom and Lam Vo (CE. Jr.) University of and I just felt motivated and inspired to make a diference Orlando, Florida Remi Koch (IE, Jr.) Tesla in teaching. I not only got to give these students the in my community.” Fremont, California California, Los Angeles fundamentals they need to succeed in engineering, but Kay Howell (IE, Fr.) it gave me a baseline of my growth as an educator.” She joined the council, and her passion grew for Tennessee Valley Authority in Mubuso Nkosi (CE. Jr.) motivating the diverse spectrum of UT’s engineering Chattanooga, Tennessee ExxonMobil in Spring, Texas It’s a full-circle experience for Short, a 2018 graduate women. She has seen the excitement build as students Accepted a Position in electrical engineering now working on her master’s feel a sense of community and support for their Iris Melara-Guzman (ME, Jr.) Matthew Rivera (CE, Jr.) Eastman degree as a graduate research assistant. Her excitement Evalynn Borrego (ME, Sr.) involvement in WomEngineers activities. Northrop Grumman in Chemical in Kingsport, Tennessee for engineering was sparked one summer when she Consolidated Nuclear Security in San Diego, California traveled to Knoxville as a rising high-school senior “I know students who have gotten involved in Jasmine Toy (NE, So.) Oak Ridge, Tennessee from her hometown in Munford, Tennessee, to attend undergraduate research, or involved in a student Henry Iduoze (ME, Jr.) Southern Company in the High School Introduction to Engineering Systems organization, or made their best friends because of ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas Birmingham, Alabama Breanna Ellis (MSE, Sr.) Denso Manufacturing in (HITES) camp. connections they made at these events,” she said. Kendra Jackson (CE, Sr.) Nicor Corey Williams (IE, Sr.) Shaw Maryville, Tennessee “I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to “My high school was not very STEM motivated, so HITES Gas in Naperville, Illinois Industries in Dalton, Georgia contribute to even one person’s growth and success.” Laura Ferrer (CE, Sr.) Whiting- was one of the frst introductions I had to engineering,” Remi Koch (IE, Jr.) PwC in San Carl Woodard (ME, So.) Turner in Washington, DC she said. The experience helped her choose to study at Short enhanced her own academic career by staying Francisco, California General Electric Aviation in UT. “I came in as an undergraduate confdent and ready active in undergraduate research and through co- Lynn, Massachusetts Rojae Johnson (CS, Sr.) to prove my own abilities and competence.” op opportunities from the Ofce of Engineering Hunter Mann (CE, Jr.) Cisco Booz, Hamilton, and Allen in Professional Practice. Systems in Knoxville, Tennessee Huntsville, Alabama Short will carry this confdence forward into the college’s new Engineering Education Certifcation “I believe a large factor to getting the co-op position Brianna Nichols (IE, Sr.) PepsiCo Completed an Shavoshia Leslie (EE, Sr.) program, ofered for the frst time in fall 2019. I did at Southern Company was from the experience in Fayetteville, Tennessee Undergraduate/Graduate Southern Company in I gained in undergraduate research,” she said. “It was Augusta, Georgia “I am so excited for UT to be providing this opportunity,” also interesting how much more I was motivated in my Mubuso Nkosi (CE. Jr.) Dow Research Experience she said. “Research and work in this area is diferent than classes after my co-op. Seeing the direct applications of Chemical in San Diego, California (ME, Sr.) NASA Sunday Aduloju (CE, PhD) Wilbert Wheeler that in traditional engineering, and I am excited to dive the things I was learning in school made it a signifcantly in Huntsville, Alabama into it.” Avery Nowlin (MSE, Jr.) IACMI in UT Department of Civil and more impactful experience.” Knoxville, Tennessee Environmental Engineering Short pursues engineering education with the Short’s full-circle progress continues. She plans to dedication of a marathon runner—and she has actually Harrison Ooi (CE, Sr.) PepsiCo in Amir Battle (CE, Jr.) fnish her degree in May 2020, move forward toward completed two half-marathons and two triathlons Pulaski, Tennessee UT Department of a PhD in engineering education, and ultimately teach Electrical Engineering and in recent years. She also hit the ground running to electrical engineering. William Pierce (EE, So.) Computer Science promote women in engineering after attending the General Electric Aviation in IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Cincinnati, Ohio Conference in 2015. 6 The Focus tickle.utk.edu/diversity 7 Student and Faculty Contributions Honored at MEP Alumni Spotlight: Nicholas Brabson Council of Partners Banquet By Randall Brown. By Randall Brown and Jalonda Thompson. Photography by Jovan Hernandez. The past decade has gone by fast for electrical responsible for a lot of the engineering alumnus Nicholas Brabson. TLSAMP students’ current careers, and we are EDP hosted the inaugural Council of Partners Awards Banquet on “It feels like I was just walking across the forever indebted to him.” March 25 at the Foundry on the Fair Site in Knoxville. The banquet stage to get my diploma,” he said, and highlighted the accomplishments of diversity student organizations hasn’t slowed his pace since that 2009 Brabson also gained and members of the campus community who have been catalysts commencement stroll. The Knoxville native experience via co-op for change in regard to diversity and inclusion in their departments, advanced to a planning engineer position rotations with Oak Ridge colleges, and abroad. with the Tennessee Valley Authority in National Laboratory and Chattanooga and then to his current role as established valuable bonds Approximately 67 faculty, staf, students, and Council of Partners transmission technical support supervisor at beyond the engineering members attended. Companies that ofered support to the leadership Southern Company in Atlanta. campus through the Mu and professional development goals of our student organizations Iota chapter of Alpha included Denso, Messer Construction, Norfolk Southern , “I get to work with some of the best Phi Alpha. PepsiCo/Frito-Lay Inc., Tennessee Valley Authority, and Shaw Industries. and brightest engineers in the country,” said Brabson. “Every day brings on a “I think it’s important The event’s keynote speaker, former Interim Dean of Engineering Mark diferent challenge.” that students have a Dean, encouraged attendees to appreciate the opportunities given to well-rounded collegiate them and the responsibilities of being an engineer. Southern Company provides power to large experience,” he said. areas of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. “Joining a fraternity “Engineering is a wonderful profession, allowing its practitioners Brabson’s team oversees application and Abigail Cooper with John Hofschneider. helped me meet and to have tremendous impact on our families, communities, state, frst-line information technology support socialize with other nation, and global society,” said Dean. “This also places a signifcant for the company’s transmission-design students I probably dependency on engineers to get it right. This is a burden engineers engineers and helps employees resolve would have never must embrace, be humbled by their responsibilities and potential, and technical issues as they arise. met otherwise.” enjoy every minute.” “I also have the responsibility of managing Brabson pays forward the lessons Among the attendees were leaders and members from the National the relationships with both our internal and he’s learned to the next generation of I participated Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society of Hispanic Professional external customers, so I enjoy fguring out professionals as a member of the Emerging “in the MITES Engineers (SHPE), and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), all of what their needs are as well,” he said. He 100 of Atlanta. This mentoring program and HITES which achieved notable accomplishments in the past year. meets his responsibilities on a foundation contributes to the academic and vocational he started building even before college. programs as “SHPE this year has succeeded in 80 percent of the board obtaining success of Atlanta-area high school co-op, internship, research, and full-time positions,” said past “The Ofce of Engineering Diversity seniors, particularly at BEST Academy High a child, and president Laura Ferrer (’19, Civil). “As a chapter we have all become Programs started investing in me as a middle School, a predominately African-American, these opened better leaders, better students, and better professionals. Moreover, we schooler and high schooler,” said Brabson. all-boys school. my eyes to have paved the way for future freshmen, taking four freshmen to the “I participated in the MITES and HITES “I get the opportunity to pour back into the world SHPE regional conference in San Antonio, Texas, over Spring Break. programs as a child, and these opened my these young men who are asking some of of engineering. At the subregional conference, the chapter was awarded the eyes to the world of engineering.” the same questions I had as a high school Leadership Award along with the Blue Heart Award. We are excited student,” he said. “I especially like to seek John Hofschneider with Mary Dafron. to see what goals we can achieve next year.” As an Engineering Vol, he maintained motivation with encouragement from the out students who are interested in pursuing At the banquet, awards were given to two student-organization Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority engineering as college major.” programs and one faculty member to recognize the contributions of Participation (TLSAMP). Brabson’s Knoxville connections remain support to college-wide recruitment and retention eforts. “TLSAMP was the conduit that helped us strong. His parents, Pastor Frederick SWE’s SWEeties Mentoring Program was named Program of the Year, form bonds with other minority students and Delores Brabson, live in town, so while the Community Outreach Award went to SWE’s Tomorrow’s who were pursuing engineering,” said he and his wife Amber, four-year-old Engineers Today outreach event (see p. 5 for more details). SWE also Brabson. “We went into our freshmen son Nicholas Jr., and three-months-old recognized members Lauren Desjardins, Mohima Mohsin, and Jess years with our own network of people who daughter Ava visit regularly. He is also an Ossyra for their exemplary dedication to SWE. encouraged and motivated each other to enthusiastically involved alumnus with an pursue our degrees with excellence.” eye toward helping students who might be Rachel McCord, lecturer and research assistant professor, won the experiencing the same challenges he faced. Faculty of the Year Award, which recognizes an outstanding professor, He appreciated that colleagues in the lecturer, or instructor on the basis of good instruction, mentoring, program—and former director James “No one is successful on their own, and outstanding teaching, and service to students. One nominator described Pippin—helped him stay accountable in his everyone at some point has had help to McCord as an “incredible champion for our section,” while her colleagues study habits. get to where they are in life,” said Brabson. commented on her impact on the college in multiple ways over the “Staying connected to UT helps me to past few years. Her sphere of infuence and service reaches across the “Having people around you going through identify the next Nicholas Brabson, and allows spectrum, from prospective students to undergraduates (especially the same issues as you is helpful in me to help that person navigate their studies John Hofschneider with Rachel McCord. freshmen), faculty, the administration, and the local community. not quitting,” he said. “James Pippin is and launch their career.”

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EDP Calendar August December 1–4: SHPE NILA Conference 4: MEP End of Fall Event 19: MEP Meeting 13: Commencement 19: TCE Welcome Week Events 24: NSBE/SHPE/SWE Retreat January 27: WomEngineers Welcome Dinner 6: MEP Meeting 29: Engineering Cookout 11: NSBE/SHPE/SWE Retreat

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