at Howard University for over twenty-five years, where he teaches courses of the School of Engineering. He has also taught classes at the US Air Force Academy. He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity's Gamma Zeta chapter. Awards In 2006, he was awarded the Black Engineer of the Year award for achievement in government, by Career Communications and cited at the A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland. He also received the Centennial Award for Science from the Omega Psi Phi fraternity in 2011, the National Trail Blazer Award in Science and proclamations from multiple cities. References External links Engineer of The Year Famous Mercer University Alumni Augusta Chronicle Sandia Lab News NASA Launch (Test Capabilities) Richmond County News Jet Magazine 1956 births Living people African-American engineers 21st-century American engineers African-American scientists American scientists American nuclear engineers University of Maryland, College Park alumni Mercer University alumni University of New Mexico alumni University of Arizona alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Howard University faculty 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people