This session will consist of 2017 MAC Eminent Engineers Award recipients (Alicia Boler-Davis, Felecia Nave, and Timothy Odi) and the Minority Affairs Committee's William W. Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering (Lola Eniola-Adefeso). The objective of the session will be to present to chemical engineering students and young professionals, strategies for achieving at the highest levels of engineering by the 2017 MAC eminent chemical engineers who are achievers in their profession.
Session Chairs:
- Emmanuel Dada, ChemProcess Technologies (CPT), LLC
- Belinda S. Akpa, North Carolina State University
Schedule:
| TIME | PRESENTATION |
| 12:30 PM - 12:40 PM | Welcoming Remarks |
| 12:40 PM - 1:10 PM | Smart Manufacturing in the Automobile Industry Alicia Boler-Davis, General Motors |
| 1:10 PM - 1:40 PM | Smart Manufacturing in Chemical Industries Emmanuel Dada, ChemProcess Technologies and Tim Odi, Chevron Phillips Chemical |
| 1:40 PM - 2:10 PM | Design for Manufacturing – a New Approach to Engineering Design Education Thomas Mensah, Georgia Aerospace Systems Manufacturing |
| 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM | Reversing the Tide in Science, Engineering, Technology, and Science (STEM): Academically Gifted African American Students in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Felecia Nave, Prairie View A&M University |
| 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | Blacks in Science, Engineering and Medicine: Struggles that Continue, Struggles that are Growing, and Possible Solutions Cato T. Laurencin, University of Connecticut Health |
| 2:50 PM - 3:00 PM | Presentation of Awards, T. Bond Calloway, Jr. |