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Appendix B: Committee Biographies
Pages 151-158

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... In 2019, he was selected as an inaugural recipient of the National Society of Black Engineers Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter Legacy Achievement Award. He has a baccalaureate degree in mathematics and electrical engineering from Tougaloo College and Lafayette College, respectively, and holds an M.S.E.E.
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From page 152...
... Over the past decade he has attracted more than $25 million in external funding for research, development, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education from government agencies, such as the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Army Research Office, and from industry, including Boeing, Northrup Grumman, and Danfoss Turbocor, among others. He has mentored more than 50 Ph.D.
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From page 153...
... Ms. Billy's accomplishments include designing and implementing strategic initiatives and developing innovative policies and programs and tribally directed research initiatives, including AIHEC AIMS, a comprehensive data collection system for Tribal Colleges and Universities, and the Indigenous Evaluation Framework, which incorporates Indigenous epistemology and core tribal values into a framework that integrates place, community, individual gifts, and sovereignty with Western evaluation practice.
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From page 154...
... His technical background is broad and covers sea, land, air, and space vehicle platforms; and computing technology and electronic subsystems including radio frequency and optical sensing and communications systems. His current position responsibilities include the assessment of technology both inside and outside the EWA Inc.
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From page 155...
... In this role, he serves as the technical authority and the aerospace team lead for the digital engineering implementation of Enterprise System Engineering for United States Space Force portfolio architect. Prior to joining the Aerospace Corporation, he led the development of model-based engineering technology and techniques for space system development at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a software systems engineer and fault protection engineer on major flight systems.
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From page 156...
... Center in "Nonlinear Robust Control Theory with Applications to Aerospace Vehicles" and was a coprincipal investigator for a second PRET Center on Robust Nonlinear Control of Stall and Flutter in Aeroengines. In 1998–1999, Professor Murray took a sabbatical in industry and was the director of Mechatronic Systems at the United Technologies Research Center, where he managed a group of 80 engineers and scientists engaged in research on active control, sensing and actuation technology, embedded communications and computation, and harsh environment electronics.
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... Among her many contributions, she has worked in federal government addressing legislative issues in higher education at the Congressional Research Service and informed program and budget efforts in the Office of Postsecondary Education at the Department of Education. She has worked with federal agencies and communities across the nation to improve awareness and education opportunities for Latinos as the deputy director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.
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... More recently, Dr. Womack led the sourcing, development, and implementation of the UNCF STEM Scholars Program representing a more than $48 million and 10-year commitment to support 500 academically talented African American high school students pursuing STEM as majors in college and careers in the tech industry.
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