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Name: John Williams
Period of Participation: 1999-2011 (Undergraduate and Graduate Membership)
Date of Graduation: 2003 Major: Biology
Advanced Degree: Ph.D. in Biology (Completion date: July 20, 2011)
Current Status: I will be defending my dissertation on July 20, 2011. I have recently accepted a position
as an Assistant Professor at Albany State University in Albany, GA
Personal Statement: FGLSAMP provided three key resources for me during my matriculation through
undergraduate and graduate studies.
Name: Janel Gordon
Period of Participation: June 2007-August 2007
Date of Graduation: August 2011 in Molecular and Microbiology
Current Status: Working on Doctorate of Pharmacy degree; with an expected graduation date of April
2012
Personal Statement: FGSLAMP was a program that helped enhance my critical thinking skills. It also
exposed me to a variety of science fields that directed me towards the path of pharmacy.
Name: Pamela Caraballo
Dates of Participation: 2007-2008
Date of Graduation: 2010
Advanced Degree: UCF, Masters in Industrial Engineering, Expected graduation in 2013
Current Status: Currently working as a SCADA Configuration Engineer for Siemens Wind Power
attending to the operational and data configuration of all Siemens Wind Turbines in the Americas.
Concurrently pursuing a Masters degree at UCF for Industrial Engineering.
Personal Statement: Support from the Louis Stokes Alliance allowed me to concentrate more fully on
school, and graduate as an Honors student,.
Name: Eugine Ortiz
Period of Participation: Fall 2003-May 2007.
Date of Graduation: May 2007 , B.S. degree in Computer Engineering
Advanced degree: M.S. in Computer Engineering at UCF.
Current Status: I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering specializing in the area of
Computer Vision, specifically action and face recognition.
Personal Statement: FGLSAMP was critical in obtaining my degree because it allowed me to focus on
my studies rather than on obtaining money to pay for them.
Name: Michael Felix
Period of Participation: January 2004 – December 2008
Date of Graduation: B.S. Electrical Engineering – December 2008
Advanced Degree: Pursuing M.S. Industrial Engineering (Systems Engineering track) at UCF
Current Status: Currently working for the Naval Air Warfare Center: Training Systems Division as a
visual and sensor simulation engineer., Currently pursuing a M.S. degree in Systems Engineering from
the University of Central Florida .
Personal Statement: My involvement in FGLSAMP has impacted me in many ways throughout my
undergraduate academic career and has provided me with a backbone to support my B.S. degree
attainment.
Name: Calvin Maurice Stewart
Period of Participation: 2005-2008
Date of Graduation: 2008, Mechanical Engineering, B.S.
Advanced degree: Mechanical Engineering, M.S. 2009 & Mechanical Engineering, PhD estimated Fall
2012Current Status: I'm a graduate student currently worked towards a PhD in Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Central Florida. I have 4 journal articles published and 11 conference papers
published in proceedings. I plan on completing my PhD in the Fall of 2012.
Personal Statement: FGLSAMP provided substantial benefit to my academic development by allowing
me to focus more on academic progress and less on financial obligations. When I started college I had
now idea I would go this far in my academic career.
Name: Neil Lynn
Period of Participation: May 2005 - May 2007
Date of Graduation: Graduated in May 2007 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering
Current Status: Currently I am employed as a Project Manager for the Florida Department of
Transportation for over 1 year now. Before, joining FDOT in District 6, I spent over 4 years working as
a Transportation Analyst at a Transportation Consulting Firm in Orlando, Florida.
Personal Statement: The FGLSAMP has been vital in helping me to achieve my B.S. in Civil
Engineering, which has been the foundation of my career.
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