He eventually became involved with Advancing Minorities’ Interests in Engineering (AMIE), a non-profi t organization that works to increase the number of underrepresented minority students that pursue engineering careers. He has served as AMIE’s full-time executive director since 2001. AMIE is a unique coalition of corporations, government
I
agencies, and accredited historically Black colleges and universities’ (HBCUs) engineering schools. “We focus on developing strong partnerships between our member organizations and HBCU engineering schools because we want to create long-term, win–win relationships. The companies and government agencies benefi t from being able to access high-quality talent. The engineering schools benefi t from the investments that we ask our members to make. But ultimately it’s the students who are the benefi ciaries of the partnerships we put into place.”
How AMIE Makes a Diff erence Begun as an initiative by Abbot Laboratories in 1992, AMIE’s impact extends far beyond simply facilitating the recruitment of engineering talent. Hardiman points out that most corporations and government agencies have limited interactions with colleges. They might attend a career fair and recruit on campus. They might even leave a check. AMIE, however, uses a diff erent approach. “We ask our organizations to invest in these engineering programs, and not just with dollars and cents—although none of these schools would turn away fi nancial aid. We work with our member organizations to provide a range of support, from summer internships and co-op opportunities to faculty internships, guest lecturers, and funding research projects. We ask them to donate equipment and to assist with the pre-college programs off ered by each of the HBCU programs. What we don’t do is follow a cookie-cutter approach. Instead, we focus on fi nding opportunities to enhance the engineering programs by working with what each member organization has to off er while addressing what they need from a talent perspective.”
Darryl A. Stokes Director, Engineering & Standards Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, BGE
Myron L. Hardiman Amie Executive Director
Hulas H. King Director Go Plm, Siemens
Toni Brown
Senior Manager in Boeing’s Research and Technology, BR&T, The Boeing Company
18 USBE&IT | SPRING 2016
Tyrone D. Taborn Chairman and Ceo Career Communications Group, Inc.
Amanda H. Goodson Director Information Technology Raytheon Missiles Systems
Eugene M. DeLoatch, PHD. Dean Of Engineering Morgan State University
n the years that followed, he earned an MBA from Indiana University and joined Eli Lilly and Company, where he began a twenty-year career.
The Mindset of a Great Partner AMIE has attracted high-level partners, from corporations such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon to government agencies like the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Security Agency.
These collaborations are not an accident. “Diversity is very important to those organizations. They’ve made a conscious decision to support the HBCU engineering schools not just from a recruiting standpoint but from a fi nancial resource standpoint.”
There Is Still Work to Be Done The impact of the 15 HBCU engineering schools is measureable. Although relatively small in size, they collectively produce over 30 percent of the nation’s African- American engineers. Twenty-fi ve percent of Ph.D. science and engineering graduates received their undergraduate degrees from an HBCU school. Despite this, the road ahead remains rocky.
Notwithstanding the fact that North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is the top producer of African- American engineers in the country or that Morgan State is the number one producer of African-American electrical engineers in the country, HBCUs must still overcome misperceptions about the quality of their engineering education. The good news is that AMIE, along with its partner organizations, continues to explore collaborative ventures that not only showcase their students’ talents but demonstrate that HBCUs don’t just stand out in a competitive market place— they know how to shine.
We focus on developing strong partnerships between our member organizations and HBCU engineering schools because we want to create long-term, win–win relationships...
— Myron Hardiman Executive Director AMIE
AMIE's 2015 Executive Board
James C Dalton, SES, PE Chief, Engineering and Construction Headquarters, Washington, DC U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Jacklyn Mitchell Wynn Vice President, Strategy and Market Development Global Public Sector RSA, the Security Division of EMC
Dr. Mark D. Vaughn Manager, Technical TaLent Pipelining Technology Community
Luis A. Diaz Division Vice President, Corporate Engineering – Global Engineering Services (GES)
Lorraine N. Fleming Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences and a professor of Civil Engineering Howard University
Scott Trapp Director, Diversity Outreach Culture, Diversity and Equal Oppotunity Programs
www.blackengineer.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86