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EPISODE · Feb 11, 2024 · 49 MIN

Willie Rockward talks about how materials programs can best support African American students

from Undercooled: A Materials Education Podcast · host Steve Yalisove and Tim Chambers

Willie Rockward has been teaching at HBCUs for many years.  He is now the chair of the physics department at Morgan State University in Baltimore.  Previously he taught at Morehouse College in Atlanta.  Today he gives us advise on how materials programs can best support African American students in primarily white institutions. Links discussed in the podcast:National Society of Black Physicists:  https://nsbp.org/Morgan State Physics:  https://www.morgan.edu/physicsOptics in the City of Light Physics REU: https://java.engin.umich.edu/ParisREU/A video version of this podcast can be found here:https://youtu.be/G4x1FNBDbZ0?si=j_ms5wRP4Ua2K1ILThis episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

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Willie Rockward has been teaching at HBCUs for many years.  He is now the chair of the physics department at Morgan State University in Baltimore.  Previously he taught at Morehouse College in Atlanta.  Today he gives us advise on how materials programs can best support African American students in primarily white institutions. Links discussed in the podcast:National Society of Black Physicists:  https://nsbp.org/Morgan State Physics:  https://www.morgan.edu/physicsOptics in the City of Light Physics REU: https://java.engin.umich.edu/ParisREU/A video version of this podcast can be found here:https://youtu.be/G4x1FNBDbZ0?si=j_ms5wRP4Ua2K1ILThis episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).

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