Spotlight on hbCus Distinguished Alumni
Ryan McDaniel Manufacturing Program Manager, Nissan
Growing up in Nashville, Ryan McDaniel was very familiar with the rich tradition of Tennessee State University. “My career aspirations were always to be an engineer and TSU offered me opportunity to fulfill those goals,” he said. Upon gradua- tion with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering cum laude in 2002, he joined General Motors in Bowling Green, Ky. His career with GM had spanned throughout his college years (1997-2002), including two summer internships at their facilities in Mississippi and Michigan. During his time at Bowling Green, following college, he worked as a first-line manufacturing super- visor in paint and chassis plants, with responsibility for process improvements, product quality, and management of his group. He also served as chair of the Professional Manager’s Network, an employee resource group consisting of first-line supervisors. In 2005, he joined Nissan North America as a process engineer within the Trim and Chassis assembly plant. There, he validated design changes through assembly and testing procedures and also worked on the development teams for Nissan’s Altima and Maxima models. In the fall of 2008, he was promoted to his current position. As manufacturing program manager, he is responsible for model launches of the Altima and Maxima for the Smyrna, Tenn., and Canton, Miss., manufacturing facilities. His role also included the tracking and reporting of milestone events in the development cycle of new model programs. In a dual role, he also works within Nissan’s Industrial Strategy group, which looks at the car manufacturer as a global unit and makes recommendations on where to build future models based on projections of plant capacity and total delivered cost. “My work at GM and Nissan has been rewarding,” he said, “and my educa- tion at Tennessee State University has (made) all things possible in my career.” He is a member of the Pi Tau Sigma mechanical engineering national honor society.
Terrence Southern Project Engineer, Frito-Lay North America
Terrence Southern received his bachelor’s degree in com- puter science from Tennessee State University. Prior to joining Frito-Lay, he was a manufacturing engineer for General Mo- tors, where he led the project planning, application research and development, programming and installing of the robotic and dispense systems needed to manufacture the GM Chevy Volt. As a project engineer for Frito-Lay North America, the convenient foods unit of PepsiCo, he is responsible for researching, devel- oping and piloting equipment and system solutions to increase efficiencies along the company’s packaging supply chain. He has won numerous awards for service to industry and community, in- cluding the Engineering Society of Detroit’s Excellence in Lead- ership award (2009), and the US FIRST Lego League Michigan Adult Mentor award (2008). He was named a BEYA Modern- Day Technology Leader in 2007. Two years ago, he coached the Detroit-based Burton International School’s “RoboKatz” robotics team to second place at the RoboFest World Championships. He is a member of the Robotics Industries Association and National Society of Black Engineers.
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Marcus W. Shute, P.E., Ph.D. Vice President for Research, Clark Atlanta University
Marcus Shute
attended Tennes- see State Univer- sity where he ob- tained a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical en- gineering. He was the first student to graduate with an overall cumulative grade-point aver- age of 4.00 out of 4.00. He earned the S.M. degree in materials science and engineering from the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Master of Science in mechanical en-
gineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mechanical Engineering also from Geor- gia Tech. After years of association with AT&T Bell Labs during his matriculation, Shute joined the Light guide Fiber Department as a technical staff member in 1986. Since then, he actively has participated in research and developmental activities in optical communications, wireless communications, and telecommunica- tions. He is experienced in leading cross-functional R&D groups to transition technology innovations from laboratory prototypes to products in compressed timeframes. During his tenure at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, he obtained several patents. He is widely published in optical fiber communications, wire- less communications, optical fiber amplifiers, planar waveguide technology, polarization phenomena, electronic materials, and pipeline initiatives related to increasing minority participation in STEM. During his career, Shute has served as a distinguished member of technical staff at Bell Labs, AT&T and Lucent Technologies; vice president of engineering and vice president of advanced technologies at Luxcore Networks Inc., an optical networking systems start-up company; CEO of Shute Enterprises Inc., a consulting firm; president and chair of Nile Valle Invest- ment Group Inc., a real estate investment company; co-founder and director of Aspire 2B Inc., an educational non-profit, and as vice president for research and sponsored programs and profes- sor in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science at Tennessee State University where he was responsible for managing and leading the research enterprise at the Universi- ty. Shute won the 1994 Black Engineer of the Year Award for the Most Promising Engineer, the 1999 National Society of Black Engineer Golden Torch for Engineering Excellence, the 2005 National Technical Association Technical Achiever of the Year – Engineering award, and a 2006 Golden Torch award.
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