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thE ProgrAMs zoNE Who or what inspired you to pursue research in your field of study? My father. Conductor Based Superconducting Coil Research Advisor: Justin Schwartz, Ph.D. Years in NSBE: 6 What are your goals and aspirations? My goal is to produce positive and effective change in industry and academia. Who or what inspired you to pursue research in your field of study? I was inspired to pursue mechanical engineering after it was suggested by my middle school engineering teacher, Mr. Farr, at Gwynn Park Middle School (in Brandywine, Md.). ahMed abdelnaby – First Place, oral coMPetition School: Southern Illinois University, Class of 2012 Major: Mechanical Engineering Research Title: Finite Element Modeling of a Back Grinding Process for Through Silicon Vias (TSV) Wafers Research Advisor: Gabriel Potirniche, Ph.D. Years in NSBE: 1 What are your goals and aspirations? I want to learn science, develop it and help make life better for everyone as much as I can. Who or what inspired you to pursue research in your field of study? I have loved mechanical engineering sense I was 8 years old. My father and my mother, who are both veterans, always believed in me and sacrificed a lot to get me the chance to study mechanical engineering. Later in my life, I was blessed with a wife, who is an electrical engineer. She was the reason why I continued in that path towards my graduate study. janique cheesMan – third Place, oral coMPetition School: Syracuse University, Class of 2012 Major: Environmental Engineering (Minor: The Environment and Society) Research Title: Developing an In Situ Remediation Technique for Mercury Contaminated Soils Research Advisor: Charles Driscoll, Ph.D. Years in NSBE: 1 What are your goals and aspirations? To start my own business designing and building green homes in my home country of Trinidad and Tobago, to do a really amazing TED talk, to teach a course on sustainability at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. Who or what inspired you to pursue research in your field of study? My high school geography teachers inspired me to pursue environmental engineering. ■ Makita PhilliPs – second Place, oral coMPetition School: North Carolina State University, Class of 2012 Major: Mechanical Engineering (Concentration: Thermal Systems) Research Title: Influences of Non-Traditional Insulation Materials on Quench Propagation in REBa2Cu3O7-δ Coated www.nsbe.org nsbe magazine • fall 2012 • 13 http://www.nsbe.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NSBE - Fall 2012

NSBE - Fall 2012
Contents
Lead by Example
Come Correct!
Kola Fagbayi of Shell
The Programs Zone
Veronica Davis Honored as White House ‘Champion’
A Catalyst for Change
NSBE and ExxonMobil Reward Retention ‘Impact’
Dr. Baratunde Cola Earns Presidential Research Award
Regional News
In the Lead
At the Vanguard
Staying Connected in Today’s Business World
Back to Indiana
NSBE Calendar
Seek 2012: An Experience Worth the Ride
The PDC Is Coming Soon, to Dallas!
The Professional’s Perspective
The Space SIG Lifts Off
CE Cover: Status:FALSE
Alumni Officers
Biggest and Best
What’s in a Name?
AE National and Regional Websites
Advertisers Index

NSBE - Fall 2012