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At the podium, William Brown, long-time moderator of the annual BEYA STEM Conference Panel of Engineering Deans of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, listens as the Tuskegee University College of Engineering Dean of the Legand L. Burge takes the mic. Also shown is Southern University and A&M College of Engineering Dean Habib Mohamadian.
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ive years ago, Southern University and A&M College, a historically Black college located in Baton Rouge, La., invited about 20 chancellors from various universities in
Nigeria. What Southern University found as they listened to the problems, solutions and challenges the West Africans brought with them was that they were very similar to some of theirs in Baton Rouge. Take groundwater problems for example, explained Habib Mohamadian, an engineering dean, educator and researcher at Southern University for over 30 years. “A lot of groundwater problems in this country tend to be in neighborhoods under- represented in finding the solutions,” he observed. “You get to Africa and you also hear of groundwater problems; sometimes
caused by pesticides sent there many years ago.” “I’d like to see HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) develop things which are useful for our students, with students over there, and then solve problems that are use- ful to the world. Because there are groundwater issues across the globe and if we can work with researchers on both ends we can learn from each other, learn how to teach students better,” Mohamadian said.
Historically Black colleges have excelled in educating Afri- can students, said Bill Brown. As a former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy director of military programs, Brown managed a total workforce spread across more than 91 foreign countries, providing reimbursable engineering expertise throughout the
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