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Llavar Mindley graduated from Morgan State University in
May of 2005 with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Electrical Engineering. He is
currently working as a Field Application
Engineer for a German Engineering company
that has a U.S. office right outside of Atlanta,
GA. While a student at Morgan State, he
participated in several LSAMP/NSF supported programs. He
was in the Summer Catch-Up Program as well as the Science,
Engineering, and Math Financial Awards program.
Dr. Anthony Plummer Jr. is a senior research engineer at
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. and
Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering
from Michigan State University in 2011
and 2007 respectively. His area of
concentration is wireless networking and
communications of which he has published many research
papers. In 2005, he earned a Bachelor’s in Electrical
Engineering from Morgan State University, where he
participated in the SEM Summer Research Program. Dr.
Plummer has also received many honors, including the Fitch
Beach award for “Outstanding Graduate Student”, GEM
Master’s and Ph.D. fellowships through Hewlett Packard and
Intel respectively, and the Best Paper Award at the 2009
Globecom conference.
Carla D. Wheaden is a senior pursuing her Bachelor of
Science Degree in Industrial and
Systems Engineering at Morgan State
University. In her first year as a
transfer student in the School of
Engineering, she was recognized on
the Dean’s List for academic
achievement, and she achieved a 4.0
grade point average in her second semester. She was a
research student in the LS-AMP Program-funded SEM
Research Program at Morgan. In the spring and summer
semesters she conducted research under the guidance of her
professor in the design of an energy-efficient hybrid
ventilation system for a commercial building. She has
published the progress of her summer research project in the
SEM Summer 2011 Research Journal, and she plans to
continue in research as a graduate student in Industrial
Engineering and Operations Research.
Kristen Selby is currently in her sophomore year at Morgan
State University majoring in Electrical
Engineering. This past summer Kristen has
participated in Summer Catch-Up Program.
She also will become SEM Financial Awards
Program recipient for the upcoming 2011-2012
school year that will help her continue her education at
Morgan State University.
Justin Aneni earned his B.S. in Biology Pre-Medical track
with a minor in Psychology from
Morgan State University May 21,
2011. With grants from the
LSAMP/NSF program, he began
building research experience since
his freshman year. With the skils
acquired through research, he has
written a professional student lab journal documenting his
study and presented at several major research symposiums;
including the HBCU-UP National Research Conference
during his undergraduate career. He is currently pursuing a
Master’s degree of Public Health from Morgan State
University and is expected to graduate in May 2013.
Chester Nwachukwu is a senior electrical and computer
engineering student at Morgan State
University. He is recognized as an honor
student and member of many of
prestigious societies such as the Alpha
Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and the Golden
Key International Honor Society.
Participating in the SEM Summer Catch-
Up and SEM Financial Awards programs
enabled him to excel in engineering, and exposed him to
research opportunities and competitive internships. He has
interned at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago,
Illinois and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. After
graduation he is interested attending graduate school where he
will eventually pursue a PhD in electrical and computer
engineering. Chester is overseeing a project where he and his
colleagues are designing an online technical social network for
his department, which he believes will revolutionize the way
engineering students interact in an online platform.
Clarance Cupid is a senior student currently pursuing a B.S.
in Industrial Engineering at Morgan
State University. He participated in the
SEM Summer Research Program in
2011, which was funded by the Louis
Stokes Alliance for Minority
Participation (LSAMP). This research
entitled, Driver Performance in Night Time Driving, was
presented at Morgan State University Symposium.
Mary O. Eesuola is currently a first semester senior at
Morgan State University majoring in
biology. She was accepted into the SEM
Financial Awards Program in the fall 2010
Semester at Morgan State University, Civil
Engineering Department. It was an honor to
be able to participate in this program. She
had the privileged of working in the Civil
Engineering laboratory with Dr. Oguntimein. Working with
Dr. Oguntimein helped in improving her research skills.
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