I was able to be part of the 2018 Emerging Research National (ERN) Conference in STEM, celebrated in Washington, D.C. (February 22nd-24th). There were several great speakers, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) presenting how the responses to last year’s storms are offering lessons on resiliency and opportunity in the Caribbean (see article here).

During the ERN conference, we were part of the Graduate Fair and represented the Multicultural Engineering Graduate Association from Penn State. During the conference, we assisted Dr. Gersie from the Applied Research Laboratory and their D.O.O.R Summer program, as well as the Center for Engineering Outreach and Inclusion in the search and recruitment of minorities and underrepresented students that are planning to pursue a graduate education in the STEM fields.