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Panel Speakers: Joyce Mwangama is currently working towards a PhD in
Electrical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, in
South Africa. Her current research revolves around the
evolution of Next Generation Mobile Networks and Future
Internet architectures and technologies. She also works for
the Electrical Engineering Department at UCT as a
Research and Teaching Assistant. Outside of academics,
she has been involved in numerous volunteer and
leadership positions within the student body at her
university and within the local community. In 2010, she was the Chairperson of
the IEEE Student Branch within her university. She is currently the Section
Student Activities Chair, and the Chair of the GOLD Affinity Group (Southern
Region) within the South Africa Section. She has participated in two previously
completed EPICS-in-Engineering Projects. She is also the Pre-University
Activities coordinator for the Africa region where she is involved in initiatives
to promote engineering and sciences to high school learners.
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Michael Boyer is a Technology and Engineering Education
teacher at North Penn High School in Lansdale, PA. He
currently teaches Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics
and Engineering Design and Development in the
department’s Engineering Academy. Additionally, he
advises the EPICS club and the Auto club.
Michael was named the Technology Education Teacher of
the year for the state of Pennsylvania from TEEAP and
ITEEA and was an MIT Excite Award winner who has received several research
grants from numerous organizations and companies including: Toyota, Toshiba,
Dominion and others to implement a nanotechnology research program he
created called The Future is N.E.A.R. (Nanotechnology Education And
Research).
Michael designed the N.E.A.R. program to offer his students an opportunity to
gain 21st century STEM skills that will prepare them to become successful
leaders in an ever-increasing technological society. In his program, the students
are encouraged to utilize their imagination, knowledge and skills in conjunction
with the latest published research to design collaborative research experiments
relating to the development of polymer nanofibers and various nanostructures
for pure and applied research applications. Many of his students’ research
projects are focused upon the environment, health care and energy related
issues.
Michael is a member of the lesson plan vetting committee for the Pennsylvania
Department of Education and serves on the visiting advisory board for the
Materials Science and Engineering department at Drexel University and the K-
12 STEM Literacy Education Advisory Board for the IEEE.