Spotlight on hbCus Distinguished Alumni
NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY Civil, Architectural, Agricultural, Environmental, and Geomatics Engineering Program
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Degrees: BS: Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering, Bioengineering, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geomatics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Interdisciplinary General Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
MS: Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Nanoengineering, Mechanical Engineering
PhD: Computational Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Nanoengineering, Mechanical Engineering
Dean: Dr. Robin Coger
Akilah Smallwood Channels System Engineer, Cisco
Akilah Smallwood hasn’t let grass grow beneath her feet since earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from North Caro- lina A&T State University in 2005 and 2007, respectively. For a year she was an adjunct instructor at her alma mater before taking a position at Cisco as an associate systems engineer. After a year, she became technical projects engineer and then channels systems engineer, her cur- rent position. Smallwood’s specialties are CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associ- ate), CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Asso- ciate) and CCDP (Cisco Certi- fied Design Professional), as well as routing and switch- ing and borderless networks architecture.
Website:
http://www.eng.ncat.edu/ Chandra Curtis Ph.D.
Assoc. Dir., Office of Naval Research
Tabeier Hamilton
Industry Manager, Innovation, PepsiCo
William Johnson Senior Manager, Ingersoll Rand
William Johnson brought his considerable experience to Ingersoll Rand four years ago. He’s the company’s senior manager of global operations programs. Prior, he spent nearly eight years at Ford, where he held an array of positions, including quality manager, and supervisor of final assembly engineering. In his current position, he spear- headed development, planning and implementation of Lean Six Sigma initiatives related to new product development and supply chain management. He received his bachelor’s de- gree in electrical engineering in 1992 from North Carolina A&T State University. He also earned a master’s in industrial engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and a MBA in general management from the University of North Carolina.
Ulysses Walls III, Geophysical Workflow Advisor Royal Dutch Shell Walls received both a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and Master of Science in computer engineering from North Carolina A&T State University. While attending NCA&T, he was a teaching assistant and he led seven courses during three semesters. He was also a Consortium for North Carolina Alliance to Create Opportunity Through Education Fellow while pursu- ing his master’s degree. He demonstrated leadership and a strong work ethic throughout his education as a Scholar student and
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through his involvement in National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Ulysses volunteered his time as a mentor for the rising engineering master’s student. While at Royal Dutch Shell, he has taken on the responsibility of mentoring some of the new addi- tions to the RDS family as well as summer interns. Prior to this employment, he interned at the Air Force Research Lab.
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