McMillon-Brown completed her undergraduate degree at Miami, graduating in 2013 as a double major in manufacturing and mechanical engineering. After Miami, she attended Yale University and graduated in May of 2019 with a masters of science and a Ph.D in chemical engineering.
From Nov. 7-9, five members of Miamis chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will be attending the SWE national conference located in Anaheim, CA.
On Oct. 22, a new initiative called the CEC Womens Mentorship Program was kicked off in Benton 100, where over twenty female students in CEC met with female Miami alumnae who are currently working in the field.
On Oct. 25, Dassault Systèmes, an international company well-known for their software made for analysis and design, will bring their 3D Experience, Simulation on Wheels, to Miamis campus.
During the first week of October, 18 of our female students, accompanied by associate professor Dr. Karen Davis, attended the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women in Computing in Orlando, FL.
Since the 2014-2015 academic year, Miami has nearly quadrupled the number of students graduating with their Bachelors degree in this major as of last academic year (2017-2018), with an overall success rate of about 91%.
Dr. J. Andrew Jones, Ph.D, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical, Paper and Biomedical Engineering, has been published in the Metabolic Engineering journal for his latest work in the production of the psychoactive compound psilocybin through engineered bacteria.
This week, Dr. Donna Riley, PhD, FASEE served as Miami Universitys SEEC Scholar-in-Residence. As a current Professor and Kamyar Hadhighi Head at Purdues School of Engineering Education, she has contributed significantly to the engineering and computing fields throughout her career, and continues to do so.
