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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new initiative aimed at providing a forum for young Bahamians in the diaspora in the Washington, D.C. area “to present and dialogue on their research or work and cultivate ideas for the betterment of The Bahamas” will be launched by the Embassy of The Bahamas in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 12, 2015, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Embassy, located at 2220 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Held under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Eugene Newry, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States, the first speaker for the “YOUNG BAHAMIANS CONVERSATION SERIES” will Ms. Aisha Bowe, a 29-year-old Bahamian aerospace engineer, who has worked as a researcher at the NASA Ames Research Center and currently is CEO and Founder of STEMBoard.
She will speak on the topic: “Economic Diversification through Technological Infusion: The Power of STEM Education,” during which she will discuss her vision of Bahamian development through technological infusion.
Ms. Bowe co-founded STEMBoard in 2013, a company that is also committed to closing the achievement gap by empowering historically underrepresented youth to build transformational technologies. She has an impressive background as an aerospace engineer who manages STEMBoard’s multi-million defense-contracts and private sector clients. STEMBoard is composed of aerospace and defense engineers who are leading innovative and disruptive change within the defense and intelligence community.
“Actively demonstrating a commitment to educating the underserved, STEMBoard collaborates with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to expose and encourage more students of color to pursue STEM careers as well as hosts STEM camps at no cost for K-12 students,” according to Ms. Bowe’s biography. “In the last year alone, over 200 students, both from the US and internationally, were able to benefit from curriculum conceived, designed and executed by STEMBoard staff members.”
She also demonstrates the commitment to stem education in The Bahamas, where she has organized an annual summer technology camp -- Hack.IT Bahamas -- which will take place this year from July 13-17, 2015, at St. Andrew's School in Nassau, Bahamas, and where the keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Bernard Harris, who was the first African-American to walk in space.
Prior to founding STEMBoard, Ms. Bowe was a researcher at the NASA Ames Research Center, where she focused on developing methods to improve air traffic management to make air travel safer, cheaper and more efficient. For the last four years she has served as an advisor to the board of the Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) program. She is also an Advisory Board member of the Black Men Teaching Program at Fayetteville State University.
Ms. Bowe has received numerous awards for her dedication to technical excellence and the principles of diversity and opportunity including: 2015 US Women’s Chamber of Commerce “Emerging Star” Award, NASA’s Engineering Honor Award, Silicon Valley’s National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s Women in Technology of the Year Award and The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) 21st Century Trailblazers in Aviation and Aerodynamics Award.
Among her professional affiliations, she is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Ms. Bowe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Master degree in Space Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan.
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