Black History Month STEM Innovators with Christopher Sanderson
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This IEEE Houston Section in collaboration with NSBE Process Improvement is a series of webinars during Black History Month 2021. Each webinar during this series will take a deep dive into the historical understanding on African-American and other ethnic STEM innovators. During each series, we will discuss some key innovators’ contributions to STEM and their challenges to bring their work to life. Elementary students to professionals are encouraged and welcomed to attend these series. Professional Development Hours (PDH) certificates will be given to those who attend any webinar of this series for at least 45 minutes.
Some may ask why on Wednesday’s: Wednesday is Wodens-day the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of the Norse Odin or the Roman Mercury a sky god and the god of wisdom, poetry, commerce, travel, thievery, eloquence and science. He is also the messenger of the other Gods. Woden represents Mercury, meaning that Wednesday is Mercury day.
For the volunteers of this project: Its a day of history, understanding, celebration, and sharing. Thank you to the IEEE and NSBE volunteers that help put this program together. Join us for one or all the series.
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- Date: 10 Feb 2021
- Time: 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
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- Houston, Texas
- United States
- Starts 23 January 2021 04:00 AM
- Ends 08 February 2021 12:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Christopher Sanderson, SMIEEE, SMASQ of IEEE & NSBE
Biography:
Christopher is a graduate of Prairie View A&M University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology and a military Officer Commission in the United States Army Air Defense Artillery in 1995. He has worked for companies like Schneider Electric (formerly Square D), General Electric (GE), Siemens Energy & Automation (SIEMENS), and ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) in the electrical Power and Distribution space.
He holds a number of positions within IEEE, R5 Houston Section Chair, R5 South Area Chair, IEEE-USA Career & Development Committee Chair, and IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Board of Directors Region 5 & 6. He is also a member NSBE member and NSBE PI SIG Technical Co-Director.
Agenda
By participating in these webinar series that's part of “Black History Month STEM Innovators,” participants will:
- Gain insight into African American and others who have made contributions to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
- Learn about innovators who shaped history by learning more about their contributions and the time period in which they lived
- Understand the causes and effects of their contributions to STEM
- Build nonfiction literacy skills as they read additional article resources
- Apply critical thinking skills to answer questions regarding STEM Innovators contributions