Derrick Stanley, Iowa State graduate student in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, received the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) 21st Century Trailblazers Award. Stanley is a systems engineer at Boeing and is also pursuing a graduate degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in New York City.
The NSBE was established in 1971 to help improve the recruitment and retention of black engineering students. The award was given to Stanley for his contributions to the aerospace community. He was nominated by Boeing and received the award last week at the National Society of Black Engineers Aerospace Systems Conference in California.
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