UM WISE honors outstanding advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM with three awards celebrating the accomplishments of Willie Hobbs Moore, the first African American woman at Michigan to earn a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and the first African American woman in the country to earn a PhD in physics. Congratulations to all of our winners!
2020 Willie Hobbs Moore Achievement Award
- Shanna Daly, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Co-Founder of the Center for Socially Engaged Design (CSED)
- Bruna Menezes, PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering and President of the student club Movement of Underrepresented Sisters in Engineering and Science (MUSES)
2020 Aspire, Advance, and Achieve Mentoring Award
- Jessica Cote, PhD candidate in Neuroscience and Vice President of the Neuroscience Graduate Student Organization
- Angela Violi, Professor of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering
2020 Claudia Jones Alexander Trailblazer Award
- Brian Beckford, Research Scientist in Physics
2019 Winners
2019 Winners
Claudia Jones Alexander Trailblazer Award
- Dr. Anne J McNeil (Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering)
- Dr. Anouck Girard (Aerospace Engineering)
Aspire, Advance and Achieve Mentoring Award
- Cynthia Giffen (Comprehensive Studies Program)
- Darryl Koch (COE)
- Jill Harland (Chemistry)
- Teanna Sims (Civil Engineering)
Willie Hobbs Moore Achievement Award
- Dr. Susan Montgomery (Chemical Engineering)
- Nisha Pillai (Computer Science)
2018 Winners
2018 Winners
Claudia Jones Alexander Trailblazer Award
- Dr. Sue Lepri (Climate and Space Sciences Engineering)
- Dr. Allison Steiner (Climate and Space Sciences Engineering)
Aspire, Advance and Achieve Mentoring Award
- Antara Afrin (Undergraduate Emergency Medicine and Transplant Surgery)
- Dr. Joi Mondisa (Industrial and Operations Engineering)
Willie Hobbs Moore Achievement Award
- Alvaro Malaga (Dentistry)
- Aeriel Murphy (Materials Science and Engineering)
- Amber Spears (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
More past winners coming soon!