NSBE-UMBC shows strong at Fall Regional Conference

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:18:48 -0500
academics, excellence, nsbe, research

UMBC's chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers showed off during the Fall Conference of NSBE's mid-Atlantic region on November 5-7, 2010. 24 students travelled to the conference to develop themselves as leaders academically, professionally, and culturally.

Four students competed in the Technical Research Exhibition, presenting undergraduate work done during internships and REU's. Maleshia Jones (MechE) won first place in the poster competition! Kudos go to Nateé Johnson (Mech E), Sheriff Jolaoso (Comp E), and Chrysantus Bandon-Bibum II (Mech E)!

Two teams with 10 total people competed in the Battle of the Engineers, earning a top 10 and a top 3 spot amongst schools like Carnegie Mellon, UPitt, Virginia Tech, and UMD-College Park. Kudos to Henry Washington (Mech E), Aishah Ayaz (Mech E), Nateé Johnson, Maleshia Jones, Joshua Austin (Math), Kerry Luke (Comp E), Israel Ilufoye (Comp E), Fri-Atsoh AchiriMofor (Mech E), Derek Woodland (Mech E), and Deanna Easley (Mech. E)!

Several students from UMBC were also recognized for their Contributions and Presentations in workshops and behind the scenes to contribute to the success of the conference. Kudos to Nateé Johnson, Jasmine Jones (CS), and Sylvester Ezeani (CS)!

Thanks to Ima Udofa (Comp E.) our Conference Planning Chair, and all those who supported us including UMBC's SGA, CSEE dept., and the members of the UMBC and Baltimore community that came out to our fundraisers!

You can catch the fire too! Join us Mondays during free hour in LH5 for our General Body Meetings as we work to "increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community."