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Volume 1 Number 1 BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCCESS
The Next Level .....................71 Hayes Fountain, a top executive at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., opens up about how some truly inspirational mentors changed his life.
Looking Back at BEYA ..........74 For a quarter of a century, the BEYA STEM Conference has honored some of the finest minds in our nation. Learn more about the history of this revered event.
Red Ink, Black Crayons ........84 These two design innovators fuse their ar- tistic eye with true tech savvy to craft some of the most dynamic cars on the road today.
CAREER OUTLOOK.............93
Research sciences are some of the most pivotal fields in our global advancement. There is always a need for intrepid sci- entists to make our medicines, refine our national defenses, and take us beyond the stars. This Career Outlook section cel- ebrates our Science Spectrum Trailblazers, some of the brightest minds in research sci- ence today. Once you’ve been inspired by their example, learn more about the career options available to research scientists.
Trailblazers ........................108 The innovative spirit and technological acumen of these STEM professionals blazes the path for vital new discoveries.
COLLEGE MARKETPLACE.......112
Our BEYA STEM Student Leadership honorees are contributors to their schools and their communities. They’re on the right path to becoming the STEM innovators of the next generation.
Tyrone D. Taborn Publisher and Editorial Director
PUBLISHER’S PAGE
ften, we define a time period or describe a culture by its contributions to technology. Books set in medieval times always give details about those elaborate drawbridges that kept invaders at bay. The drive to innovate is as old as humankind itself. We are awed by the otherwordly elegance of the pyramids; when we consider the feats of engineer-
ing it took to construct them, they are nothing less than miraculous. Think of it: teams of designers, engineers, and architects collaborating on a technological enterprise that brought humanity so much closer to the stars. From pyramids to skyscrapers–this is the narrative of our great technology enterprise, this constant movement forward, upward, onward.
Even in the past 25 years, we have seen a stunning shift in almost every aspect of our everyday lives. The supercomputers that were once isolated in the labs of some of the world’s most elite institutions have been distilled into forms that fit in the palm of one’s hand. Boomboxes have become MP3 players, and inter-office memos have become emails. An international space station, once existent only in the imaginations of sci-fi writers, has not only become reality, it has unified the world in the spirit of inquiry. The discoveries made from the very heavens those pyramids were striving toward have made life better here on earth, contributing to advancements in disaster relief, medicine, and national defense.
These technologies would not exist without the intrepid individuals who have devoted themselves to getting us a little bit closer to tomorrow, today. For 25 years, we have honored these dynamic minds in the pages of USBE&IT magazine, and on the stages at our BEYA STEM conferences. Our winners have transcended many obstacles that would have felled those without their passion. Our inaugural Black Engineer of the Year winner, Dr. John Brooks Slaughter, demonstrated his formidable fortitude in the face of considerable opposition by rising to the top of his field, eventually becoming the first African American to lead the National Science Foundation. Our latest recipient, Booz Allen Hamilton EVP Lloyd Howell, Jr., joins the elite ranks of men and women who are creating and shaping the technologies that will define our times. Their work is what we will remember 10, 15, 25 years from now, when we reflect upon the advancements that changed our individual lives and charted a bold new course for us as a planet. Our honorees come from that proud tradition of thinkers and technologists who, centuries ago, looked up toward those bright lights along a distant plane, and believed that they were in reach.
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