Latinos/Hispanics in STEM: A Career Path Series is a new seminar series organized in collaboration between the Latino Organization of Graduate Students (LOGRAS), the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), and the GoSTEM program.
These seminars will share experiences of successful professionals having a Latino/Hispanic heritage, and will be formed by a cohort of professionals who are working in academia, private industry, and government.
Seminar Dates: One Tuesday a month
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.`
Dr. Nicole Mendoza
Senior Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
September 21st, 2021, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Dr. Nicole Mendoza is a Senior Researcher in Wind Energy Systems at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, working primarily in offshore floating and onshore wind energy. She is also an Environmental Entrepreneurs 2020 1 Hotels Fellow and Emerging Leader. Prior to this, she designed wind turbine blades for SGRE for about three years. As an aerodynamicist, she developed new airfoils, new blades, and various aerodynamic devices for onshore and offshore wind turbines. She has also worked for Boeing in the aerospace industry for roughly 3.5 years in various roles, and was an emerging leader in Boeing’s Leadership Excellence Acceleration Program. She has a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M, supported by multiple scholarships, fellowships (NSF GRFP Fellow), honors, and awards. She has authored/co-authored a dozen conference papers and has two patents in progress.
Dr. Mendoza is a passionate champion for women and minorities in STEM and renewable energy, diversity & inclusion, and saving the planet. She has mentored extensively, volunteered for various STEM-related educational outreach activities to K-12 girls, and served as a professional role model. She actively volunteers with multiple professional/social organizations focusing on women and minorities in STEM and environmental/ecological restoration.
More information about the centers and people involved in the organization of these seminars are below:
- LOGRAS – https://logras.gatech.edu/
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering – https://ce.gatech.edu/
- Adriana Mulero-Russe – Bioengineering PhD student/ ex officio LOGRAS President
- Marisa Cepeda – Chemistry PhD candidate/ ex officio LOGRAS Internal Outreach Chair
- Nina S. Fraticelli-Guzman – Bioengineering PhD student / LOGRAS President
- Dr. Jorge Macedo: https://ce.gatech.edu/people/Faculty/7568/overview
- Analía E. Rao: https://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/about/staffdirectory/analia-e-rao