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Hadiyah Mujhid earned her B.S. in
Computer Science from the
University of Maryland Eastern
Shore, and she completed her M.B.A.
program at Drexel University. She
has over ten years experience as a
software systems engineer for
Lockheed Martin in the defense
industry. Among her many accomplishments while employed
in the defense industry was being recognized in 2009 as a
Technology Rising Star by Women of Color Magazine.
Desiring entrepreneurship, she recently left her full-time
position to start a web company with a focus in image
semantics. She also has co-founded Black Founders, an
organization with a mission to increase the number of
successful black tech entrepreneurs. Currently, she resides in
Silicon Valley, California serves as a mentor to foster youth.
Adam Morris earned his B.S. in
Engineering from the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore. He conducted
undergraduate research at ArcGIS to
produce prescription maps. He completed
his M.S. program in Electrical Engineering
at Morgan State University in 2011. He
served as an intern for Mid-Atlantic Space Grant Consortium
and served as an INET program graduate researcher designing
RF coupler and power dividers circuits to support microstip
and grounded co-planar waveguide structures.
David Morris is a senior Mathematics
major at the University of Maryland,
College Park, and he participated in the
LSAMP Summer Bridge Program in
2008. His research focus in the
LSAMP Undergraduate Research
Program was Radio Frequency Microelectromechanical
systems (RF
MEMS). He has been involved on campus since entering
college, becoming president of a Christian Fraternity, being a
member of the gospel choir, and being involved in academic
organizations such as the National Society for Black
Engineers and the Student Community for Outreach,
Retention and Excellence.
Dionne R. (nee Morris) Glast, Ph.D.
earned her B.S. in Biology from the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Among her awards are the NHLBI
Fellowship and the American Heart
Association Predoctoral Fellowship.
She completed her Ph.D. program in
Pharmacology at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 2009. Her
dissertation is titled G Protein-coupled Receptor Signaling:
Role of PAR-2 in Breast Carcinoma Metastasis and
Regulation of Agonist-Promoted Internalization of P2Y1
Receptors. She became a Regulatory Affairs Fellow at
Novella Clinical in Durham, NC.
Tshikuna Muanankese is currently
pursuing a double degree in Electrical
Engineering and Mathematics with a minor
in Technology Entrepreneurship at the
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD), and he expects to graduate in
2012. He interned with ExxonMobil in
summer 2010 and 2011. His involvement
at UMD includes: Quest Honors Fellows, Hinman CEOs,
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, National Society of
Black Engineers, and Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society. He has
volunteered for Habitat for Humanity in four different U.S.
cities. Currently, he is participating in the LSAMP
Undergraduate Research program, and his research focus is
integrated power electronic topologies for hybrid electric and
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Eric A. Muller, II, M.D., Ph.D. earned
his B.S in Biological Sciences from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County in 1997. He completed his
M.D./Ph.D. program at the Emory
University School of Medicine in 2007,
and he is Board Certified in Medical
Genetics. His clinical practice in San
Francisco, CA is predominantly pediatric clinical genetics,
focusing on dysmorphic (abnormal) features or birth defects,
intellectual disability, inborn errors of metabolism,
neurological conditions, and family history of genetic
conditions. His research interests include contiguous gene
deletion syndromes, the molecular aspects of genetic diseases,
and prenatal diagnosis of genetic conditions.
Nefretiti Nassar earned her B.S. in
Electrical Engineering from the
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD). She was awarded a 2010-12
LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate
Fellowship. Currently, she is an M.S.
student in Systems Engineering at
UMD, and she plans to pursue a
doctoral degree in Systems Engineering.
Yasmine M. Ndassa-Colday, Ph.D.
earned her B.S. magna cum laude in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from
the University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC) in 2002. As an
undergraduate at UMBC, she worked in the
lab of HHMI Investigator, Dr. Michael F.
Summers, conducting research on HIV and
cancer proteins, and her research was
published in the Journal of Biomolecular NMR and Nature
Structural Biology. She completed her Ph.D. program in
Molecular Biophysics with an emphasis in Computational
Biology at Harvard University in 2006. She has lived on three
continents, and in addition to English, she speaks both French
and Spanish. Currently, she is employed with a consulting
group.
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