Mentoring Approach

Alumni Team Mentors

UCEM Alumni Team Mentors (ATM) Thrust

Mentoring has been described as “the process of transferring knowledge from a person with more experience and expertise in a field (mentor) to a less experienced person (protégé or mentee) to help them grow personally and professionally”.  - Lesia Crumpton-Young, 2010 Recipient of an US Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)

Overview

Steven Spielberg on Mentoring  
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”

The aim of the UCEM Alumni Team Mentoring (ATM) Program is to connect Sloan scholars with ŷƬ URM PhD graduates in the workplace who can provide guidance on PhD expectations, professional networking and career development.  Alumni can offer insight on lessons learned, share knowledge of their career paths, and help empower current scholars to join their ranks as research innovators, thought-leaders, and problem-solvers within the global STEM workforce. 

Program Goals  
The Alumni Team Mentoring (ATM) thrust is intended to meet the following goals:

  1. Connect URM students with STEM professional role models from similar backgrounds
  2. Broaden awareness of academic, industry, and nontraditional career paths available to PhD graduates
  3. Provide a safe zone and supportive community for frank discussions on PhD expectations and professional goals
  4. Foster new professional networks for current students
  5. Facilitate new mentoring and leadership opportunities for PhD alumni

Mentee Responsibilities  
As a UCEM Scholar you are responsible for the following:

  1. Engage your alumni mentor virtually (email, MS Teams/Zoom/Go To Meeting) or by phone at least twice each semester (Fall, Spring, Summer).
  2.  Join the Sloan/FGLSAMP BD LinkedIn page
  3. Complete the UCEM Professional Development Certificate Program as scheduled (refer to your signed agreement)
  4. Participate in the Annual UCEM Student/Faculty Mentoring Retreat in May/June

Mentor Responsibilities  
As an UCEM Alumni Team Mentor, your service would involve the following:

  1. Commit to a minimum of 2 contacts either virtually (email, MS Teams/Zoom/Go To Meeting) or by phone with your mentee each semester (Fall, Spring, Summer).
  2. Serve on at least one Alumni Panel session or provide one Career/Research talk during the calendar year (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  3. Join the Sloan/FGLSAMP BD LinkedIn page

Time Commitment  
A minimum of two (2) contacts per semester initiated by the mentee. Additional interactions will depend upon the dynamics of the mentee-mentorship relationship.

How Will Does It Works?

Step 1: Mentee will identify 1-2 potential PhD Alumni mentors

Step 2: Mentors will provide via email the ŷƬ Sloan UCEM (bbatson@usf.edu) the names of their selected mentors.  

Step 3: The Sloan UCEM will make an official introduction via email to connect mentees and mentors.

UCEM Alumni Team Mentors
Alumni Mentor  Graduation Year Graduate Department Current Position

2015
Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Instructor, ŷƬ Medical Engineering Department


2014

Electrical Engineering

Research Scientist, The Geneva Foundation


2015
Civil and Environmental Engineering Chemist, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

2012
Civil and Environmental Engineering Specialist, Merck

2018 
Medical Engineeing Process Engineer, Plasma-Therm 

2010 
Electrical Engineering Center Technology Transition Lead (CTTL), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

2010 
Mechanical Engineering Subject Matter Expert and Project Manager, U.S. Department of Defense 

2012
Civil and Environmental Engineering Transportation Engineer, Manatee County Government 

2013
Electrical Engineering

Sr. Manager ESA, Lockheed Martin

 

2020
Civil and Environmental Engineering Water Resources Engineer, Applied Sciences Consulting, Inc. 

2009
Computer Science and Engineering Chief Information Officer, Ensurem 

2018 
Electrical Engineering Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, The BEMI Group

2015
Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor, California State University- Chico (Chico State)

2015
Morsani College of Medicine Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships and Business Operations, Regeneron  

2013
Marine Science

Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)


2017
Electrical Engineering Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute

2016
Physics Faculty, Medical Physicist, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Amine Hafsi 
2017
Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Engineer, Wood

2018
Computer Science and Engineering Retired US Army

2009
Electrical Engineering Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at El-Paso
Joniqua Howard 
2010
Civil and Environmental Engineering Entrepreneur and Former Lecturer, University of Texas at Arlington

2011
Computer Science and Engineering Sensei On-Device ML Engineering Manager, Adobe

2018
Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Senior Scientist, Upstream Process Development, WuXi Biologics

2020
Civil and Environmental Engineering Operations Consultant, Office of the Executive Director, Green Climate Fund

2006
Physics Branch Manager, Littoral Acoustics and Target Physics Branch at U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division

2012
Computer Science and Engineering Sr. Data Scientist & Squad Lead, IBM Data Science and AI Elite

2019
Civil and Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineer, Carollo Engineers

2018
School of Geoscience Adjunct Professor of Earth Science at Hillsborough Community College

2012
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Assistant Teaching Professor, Northeastern University

2020
Physics Optical Coating Manufacturing Engineer, Lockheed Martin

2007
Electrical Engineering Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute

2017
Morsani college of Engineering Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stony Brook University

2015
Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Postdoctoral Researcher, UNC-Chapel School of Pharmacy

2009
Civil and Environmental Engineering Reservoir/Petroleum Engineer, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2013
Electrical Engineering Director, Data center solutions & Strategic Partnerships, Intel

2020
Computer Science and Engineering Post-doctoral researcher Technical University of Munich

2018
Elecgtrical Engineering Faculty, Engineering Technology, Polk State College

 
2015

Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Product Regulatory Engineer (Ecology), Intel Corporation

2012
Electrical Engineering Filter Designer, Qorvo, Inc.

2019
Electrical Engineering Device Scientist, IBM Research

2011
Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Product Development Scientist / Engineer, Catalent

2015
Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Principal RFIC/MMIC Design Engineer, Northrop Grumman

2011
Civil and Environmental Engineering Scientist, Geosyntec Consultants

2017
Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

2012
Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Senior Specialist, Merck

2014
Civil and Environmental Engineering Materials Reliability Lead, Intel

2019
Civil and Environmental Engineering Relocated to Spain

2011
Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University