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Matthew Manley (University of
Virginia), Class of 2012, is a
computer engineering major and
two-time recipient of an NSF
scholarship. Matthew is a member
of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers). His
undergraduate research project is creating software to
automatically process internet routing information.
Ian McClenny (University of
Virginia) will be a graduate of VA-
NC Alliance institutions for both his
undergraduate (U.Va. 2011,
chemical engineering and material
science) and Virginia
Commonwealth University (currently in an MS
program for chemical engineering). Ian was a Walter
Ridley Scholar at the University of Virginia and
conducted research at the Center for Electrochemical
Science and Engineering. He mentored for the Bridge
program at U.Va.'s Center for Diversity in
Engineering. Ian expects to receive his master's
degree in 2013.
LaToya McDonald (Saint
, a 2010
graduate in engineering and
mathematics, is now in her second
year of a Ph.D. program in
mechanical engineering at
Clemson University. While an undergraduate at Saint
Augustine's, she participated in the Minorities
Accessing Research Careers Training Program
funded by NIH and conducted summer research at
the University of South Carolina on cryopreservation
of deer mice oocytes. At the University
of Wisconsin, she assisted in developing and testing
properties of cancellous bone surrogates.
Ebonie McNeil (Bennett College
for Women) was an Alliance
scholar until her senior year, when
she received a scholarship from
the U.S. Department of Defense. A
mathematics/computer sciences
major at Bennett College, she also
found time to tutor at the LSAMP program and at the
Vance Chavis Library through the Spirit of
Excellence Tutorial Program. She volunteered at
Washington Elementary school in Greensboro, and
currently works as a computer scientist for the U.S.
Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
Deanna Monique Miller (Johnson
C. Smith University), a summa cum
laude member of the Class of 2009,
completed undergraduate research
on Promoting University Studies
in Technology and Computer
Sciences among Minority Middle School Students.
She completed her Master of Science at Carnegie
Mellon University with an emphasis on humancomputer
interaction in 2011, and is currently
employed as a user experience designer at the digital
consulting group Roundarch, in the Chicago area.
Alan Molina (University of Virginia) is vice
president of the U.Va. chapter of
the Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers (SHPE).
His research, Fabrication of
Nanofibrous Blend Polymer
Scaffolding for Wound Healing,
under the direction of Dr. Edward
Botchwey, received an award at the 2011 VA-NC
Alliance Annual Symposium.
Shannon Oliver (Johnson C.
Smith University), a 2009
graduate, completed a summer
fellowship hosted by the
Partnership for Minority
Advancement in the
Biomolecular Sciences (PMABS) and UNC-Chapel
attending North Carolina Central University's BRITE
(Biomanufacturing Research Institute and
Technology Enterprise) program for her master's in
pharmaceutical science, and expects to graduate in
2012.
Macarena Palominos (George
Mason University) graduated with
her BE in electrical engineering
with a GPA of 3.9. On the
for most of her
undergraduate career, she was
also very helpful in conducting
the Summer Bridge Program in the 2009. Macarena
is continuing her education
systems engineering at George Mason University.