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THE WORLD NEEDS INNOVATORS NOW MORE THAN EVER.
The Atlanta University Center Dual Degree Engineering Program celebrates the emerging ingenuity which will redefine reality for us all by addressing the world’s most persistent challenges.
presidential welcome
GEORGE T. FRENCH, JR., PH.D.
President
Clark Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University President George French, Jr. celebrates all DDEP students and award winners on behalf of the Atlanta University Center presidents.
PARTNER WELCOME
TED COLBERT
President and CEO
Boeing Global Services and
Morehouse College Alumnus
On behalf of DDEP’s corporate and academic partners, DDEP alumnus Ted Colbert recognizes the hard work and dedication of students recognized this year.
ACADEMIC WELCOME
SHARON L. DAVIES, J.D.
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Spelman College
On behalf of the faculty of all AUC institutions, Spelman Provost Sharon Davies offers a congratulatory message.
CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
DDEP’s corporate partners recognize students who demonstrate the type of competence prized by industry.
ACCENTURE $850 AWARDS
Presented by:
Nicole Crowder
Accenture
Managing Director,
Financial Services
Winners:
Zaniyah Dock
Computer Engineering Focus
North Carolina A&T State University/ Spelman College
Naomi-Elaina Edouard
Biomedical Engineering Focus
Georgia Institute of Technology/ Spelman College
Trevon King
Electrical Engineering Focus
Morehouse College
Thiphilius Mills
Computer Engineering Focus
Clark Atlanta University
EXXONMOBIL $1,250 AWARDS
Presented by:
Erika Anderson
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Reliability Engineer, Asset Improvement Group
Winners:
Caleb Baines
Computer Engineering Focus
Morehouse College
Taylor Beverly
Chemical Engineering Focus
Spelman College
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION $1,250 AWARDS
Presented by:
Dr. Said Sewell
Atlanta University Center Consortium, Inc.
Director, Office of Academics, Research, and Student Success
Winners:
Ariel Austin
Industrial Engineering Focus
Rochester Institute of Technology/ Spelman College
Stephen Seymour
Electrical Engineering Focus
Morehouse College
STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER $1,175 AWARDS
Presented by:
Dr. Christopher Ellis
Atlanta University Center Consortium
Program Manager, Dual Degree Engineering Program
Winners:
Tyler Houston
Computer Engineering
Morehouse College
Kiara Lewis
Chemical Engineering Focus
Spelman College
ENGINEERING SCHOOL RECOGNITION
DDEP’s partnering engineering schools recognize AUC students who are transferring into their programs, are demonstrating excellence as a current engineering student, and/or are graduating with a dual degree.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Presented by:
Cordelia Brown
Director, Academic Excellence Program
Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Recognized Student:
Kenya Andrews
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Presented by:
Dr. Felicia Benton-Johnson
Assistant Dean/Director
Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Engineering | Center for Engineering Education and Diversity
Recognized Student:
Naomi-Elaina Edouard
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
Presented by:
Patrick Gee
Faculty Member
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis School of Engineering and Technology
Recognized Students:
Justin Brown
Lemar Lee, Jr.
John Milton
Alan Tyson II
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Presented by:
Keri DeGraffenreid
Transfer Admissions
Visit Center Coordinator
Office of Admissions
Missouri Institute of Science and Technology
Recognized Student:
Chad Montgomery
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Presented by:
Dr. Keith Moo-Young
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Recognized Student:
Semaj Hayden
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Presented by:
Dr. Venessa Mitchell
Director of ECCO and Student Programs Coordinator
Dean’s Office
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Recognized Student:
Christian Griffith
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Presented by:
Dr. Debby Mitchell Covington
Director of Partnerships, Outreach and Retention
University of Michigan College of Engineering
Recognized Students:
Caleb Bangs
Trinity Coates
DeAunna Daniels
John Milton
Stephen Seymour
Deon Stephens
Devon White
ANNOUNCEMENT OF DISTINGUISHED AWARDS
Announced by Todd Greene
Executive Director, Atlanta University Center Consortium
AUCC Distinguished Awards are presented to Dual Degree Engineering Program students who have consistently demonstrated excellence, clear and ambitious goals, commitment to their fields, creativity, civic and social engagement, leadership, and a record of achievement which makes them unique among their peers.
$1,000 MOST OUTSTANDING 2019-2020 DDEP STUDENT AWARD
Winner:
Stephen Seymour
Electrical Engineering Focus
Morehouse College
$1250 EXXONMOBIL MOST OUTSTANDING FOURTH YEAR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT AWARD
Winner:
Eric Patterson
Chemical Engineering Focus
University of Michigan/ Morehouse College
$1250 EXXONMOBIL MOST OUTSTANDING THIRD YEAR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT AWARD
Winner:
John Milton
Mechanical Engineering Focus
Morehouse College
$1250 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION MOST OUTSTANDING SECOND YEAR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT AWARD
Winner:
Otto Taylor
Electrical Engineering Focus
Morehouse College
$1250 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION MOST OUTSTANDING FIRST YEAR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING STUDENT AWARD
Winner:
Andre Brown
Industrial Engineering Focus
Morehouse College
$400 MOST OUTSTANDING FOURTH YEAR AWARD
Winner:
Ariel Austin
Industrial Engineering Focus
Rochester Institute of Technology/ Spelman College
$400 MOST OUTSTANDING THIRD YEAR AWARD
Winner:
DeAunna Daniels
Chemical Engineering Focus
Spelman College
$400 MOST OUTSTANDING SECOND YEAR AWARD
Winner:
Gideon Ndeh
Mechanical Engineering Focus
Morehouse College
$400 MOST OUTSTANDING FIRST YEAR AWARD
Winner:
Keyshawn Malone
Industrial Engineering Focus
Clark Atlanta University
DDEP DILIGENCE AWARDS
SPECIAL PRIVATELY FUNDED AWARDS | LEADERSHIP AWARDS | ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS AWARDSDual Degree Engineering Program Diligence Awards are presented to students who personify tenacity, dedication, scholarship, and drive, all qualities which high-performing engineers must posess. The are awarded in the categories of Leadership, Achievement and Success, and Special Awards supported by private donors.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPECIAL PRIVATELY-FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Announced by Dr. Said Sewell
Director, Office of Academics, Research, and Student Success
Atlanta University Center Consortium
Privately funded awards are supported by donors who are committed to helping AUC DDEP students become innovators who will reshape the world.
$5,000 CLAUDIA MORRIS AND JORDAN HOWIE SCHOLARSHIP
WINNER:
GIDEON NDEH
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
$500 DALINDA BROWN CLARK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
WINNER:
J.C. HOLLINS
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING FOCUS
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS AWARDS
Announced by Dr. Christopher Ellis
Program Manager, Dual Degree Engineering Program
Achievement and success award winners represent students who have shown a record of accomplishment which heralds a promising career as an engineer and demonstrates the potential to change the status quo.
$1,000 ENGINEERING SUCCESS AWARD WINNERS
NADLEY AISUAN
FINANCIAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | SPELMAN COLLEGE
BLAKE CRUMP
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
CHARLES HART
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
SEMAJ HAYDEN
CIVIL ENGINEERING FOCUS | RENSSEALAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE/ MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
RACHEL RUFFIN
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | SPELMAN COLLEGE
$400 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS
DYMOND ALLEN
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
TRINITY COATES
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
ALASIA COLLINS
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
TERRANCE DWAMENA
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY/ MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
LAILA HAYES
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | SPELMAN COLLEGE
J.C. HOLLINS
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
ASHANTI HOLT
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY/ SPELMAN COLLEGE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Announced by Tamala Forstson
Director of Operations, Atlanta University Center Consortium
Leadership Awards celebrate the ability of students to create and develop new ideas, to originate and to invent, and to motivate and organize others to achieve individual and collective excellence.
$1,000 DDEP LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNERS
NICOLETTE BARIFFE
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
MILES JOHNSON
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
JAHSIAH SANDERS
COMPUTER ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
STEPHEN SEYMOUR
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
$1,000 SHINING STAR AWARD WINNERS
CHARLES COLEMAN
ENGINEERING FOCUS | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
CHISUSO ERESIA-EKE
CIVIL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
KEYSHAWN MALONE
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
HERBERT SMITH
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
WRAYZENE WILLOUGHBY
CHEMICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | SPELMAN COLLEGE
$800 LEADING BY EXAMPLE AWARD WINNERS
NICOLETTE BARIFFE
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
MORGAN BROWN
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | SPELMAN COLLEGE
KAMRYN CALLOWAY
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
JARED DAVIS
CIVIL ENGINEERING FOCUS | CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
BRYANT DEAN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOCUS | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
DENNIS LEE HARRISON
COMPUTER ENGINEERING FOCUS | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
JORDAN LAWTON
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
REYLA PONDER
CIVIL ENGINEERING FOCUS | SPELMAN COLLEGE
GRADUATES
Congratulations to DDEP graduates who are earning dual degrees from their Atlanta University Center institution and the university which is home to their engineering school.
KENYA ANDREWS
Auburn University
Computer Engineering (December 2019)
AUC Institution: Spelman College
DEVON WHITE
Auburn University, Computer Engineering
(May 2020)
AUC Institution: Applied Physics, Morehouse College
LEMAR LEE, JR.
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis,
Computer Engineering (December 2020)
AUC Institution: Morehouse College
CHRISTIAN GRIFFITH
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Mechanical Engineering (May 2020)
AUC Institution: Morehouse College
AWARDS BY INSTITUTION
Watch a special greeting from the provosts of Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College and celebrate the winners from each institution.Â
Celebrated by:
Dorcas Davis Bowles, Ed.D.
Provost and Vice President of
Academic Affairs
Clark Atlanta University
Celebrated by:
Michael E. Hodge, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Morehouse College
Celebrated by:
Sharon L. Davies, J.D.
Provost and Vice President of
Academic Affairs
Spelman College
ABOUT THE ATLANTA
UNIVERSITY CENTER CONSORTIUM
The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) is the oldest and largest academic consortium serving primarily African-American students.  Its members are four trailblazing historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)— Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College— which include two highly-ranked liberal arts colleges, a comprehensive research university, and a medical school. Together, Atlanta University Center (AUC) institutions confer undergraduate and graduate degrees across a range of disciplines and their graduates are leaders in their chosen fields. In addition, AUC research addresses a broad range of global challenges, with a particular focus on issues and disparities facing minority populations.
ABOUT THE DUAL DEGREE
ENGINEERING PROGRAM (DDEP)
Since 1969, the Atlanta University Center Consortium Dual Degree Engineering Program works to significantly increase the number of minority engineers who are globally aware, socially engaged, and well equipped for scientific, technological, engineering, and mathematical careers. In collaboration with a wide array of corporations, engineering schools, and other partners, the Consortium-wide program offers services that complement those provided by its member institutions.