[NTA] Fw: [General Updates] Matoaca High School graduate has been appointed chair of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University (edition 2)
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Matoaca High School graduate has been appointed chair of Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering at Howard University (edition 2)
Matoaca High School graduate has been appointed chair of Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering at Howard University
Published: July 19, 2011
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CHESTERFIELD - Sonya T. Smith, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at Howard University, has been appointed chair of the Department,
effective July 1.
A graduate of Matoaca High School, she is continuing the academic legacy of her
parents, Emma B. Smith, Ph.D., and the late James W. Smith, Ph.D., who served
as chairperson of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and the
Department of History and International Studies, respectively, at Virginia
State Uuniversity.
Dr. Smith joined the Howard University faculty in 1995, after having become the
first African-American female to earn a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Virginia. She is also the first female to receive tenure and earn
the rank of full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and is
the only full-time female faculty member in the department.
Dr. Smith has established an interdisciplinary theoretical and computational
fluid dynamics research program. She has received research grants from NASA,
DOD, and the Boeing Corporation to conduct research on topics in Atmospheric
Turbulence, Aeroacoustics, Vortex-Wake Aircraft Encounters, Simulation of Wake
Vortex Dynamics, and Rotorcraft Icing Severity and Detection and has authored
several articles on these topics. Dr. Smith also conducts research in
computational neuroscience in collaboration with the Laboratory for Auditory
Mechanics at the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD).
Dr. Smith is actively involved in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the
College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences (CEACS), and the
Howard University Faculty Senate. She serves as Vice Chair of the Faculty
Senate, Director of the Computer Learning and Design Center, and faculty
advisor for the Howard chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Her
personal goal is to be a mentor and resource to all students but especially to
those underrepresented in engineering.
Dr. Smith has traveled extensively both national and internationally, including
to Paris, France and Barcelona, Spain, presenting results of her research in
engineering and computational neuroscience.
She recently returned from Singapore - a seven day trip to the International
Conference of Women in Engineering.
- This information was provided by Emma B. Smith, Ph.D.
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