News & Events

Mentoring and Tutoring is Available on Tuesdays at 9 am - 11am or on Thursdays at 4 pm - 6 pm in Price Hall room 114. Please Email Dr. C.Bock -  cbhyeng@ncat.edu

Please email- Dr. Bock with the following information so that he can get the correct tutor in the lab for you!

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Which time / day you can come for the tutoring - ONLY on Tuesday's or Thursday's at the scheduled times!

Built Environment Programs Brings Back the Popular Career/Social Event Again

The Construction Management Advisory Board in the Built Environment Department organized a social and career fair held at Revolution Mill on April 7^th, 2022.  Over 18 companies purchased booths, and over 60 employers attended the event to meet and greet with students in the Construction Management, Environmental Health and Safety and Geomatics Program. Employers held a roundtable event on diversity and equity in the workplace, faculty introduced their research work in the department and students got to meet and greet for jobs opportunities. Many new relationships were formed. This event will be held again in Spring of 2023. Advisory Board members paid for food and drinks, while money for booths will go to scholarships for students and future events to benefit the student growth and development.

Congratulations to the following students that have received the BLTECM advisory scholarships ($1000 each). 

Leila Ruggs

Ariyana Bowen

Darryl Hill

Preston Wilkie

Zianna Hodges

NSC Honors First Recipients of Diversity in Safety Scholarship - Leila Ruggs: North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina - Environmental Health and Safety Student recieves $5000 Scholarship see the story here. 

 Hartford Scholarship (5 recipients) - These students will receive 4k each this Spring 2023 and another 4k in the senior year Fall 2023. Hartford Scholarships will continue with awards to 5 students each year through 2025, and then to 2-3 students each year through their Endowment.

Business School The two students from the Deese College are: Kaleb Harvey and Yentell James

Computer Science (Engineering: Sloane Miller from CS

Environmental Health and Safety (CoST): Wilkie Preston  

Computer Science and Technology (CoST) Keymiah Armstrong 

 Congratulations to : Dr. Ali Karimoddini, Dr. Leila Hashemi-Beni, and Dr. Abolghasem Shahbazi for winning the Interdisciplinary Team Award!

Congratulationa to Mercy Fash for winning the  "Up and Rising Graduate Scholar" for the University she is Dr. Ofor-Baodu's student.

Congratulation to  our 2022 AGGIE-NAHB team for their 13^TH position in this year’s National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) student competition. We appreciate all team members for their hardwork, dedication, and commitment to excellence. Our team members also received $500 scholarships each and are on track to receive their Residential Construction Certificates.

Our 2022 AGGIE-NAHB Team members are:

1. Wanya Alford
2. Saniya Sampson
3. Randolph Washington
4. Demetrius Moore
5. Davion Holley
6. Tyler Leviner
7. Sherhonda Hodges

Watch our team presentation at this link: https://fb.watch/b2PceU6KpR (Please, start at 3:16).   Special thanks to Mr. Jacob Vanderpool, Mr. Jeff Burns, Mr. Demetrius Martin, Mr. Jeff Guernier, Dr. Robert Pyle, Dr. Christian Bock-Hyeng, Dr. Musibau Shofoluwe, and Dr. Ferguson for all of their support.

Geomatics Wins 10,000 dollar award!

The Geomatics program housed in the Built Environment Department at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has won a $10,000 award from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).  The NCEES Surveying Education Award recognizes surveying/geomatics programs that have a broad and robust curriculum and best reflect NCEES’ mission to advance licensure for surveyors in order to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public.  

BLTE-Sci-Tech Day -March 20th, 2024-Visit from Page Highschool

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION LINK FOR 2021 STEAM ACTIVATED SUMMER CAMP OUTREACH TO MIDDLE-SCHOOL GIRLS     

(JULY 12 – 16, 2021)

 Middle-school girls are invited to participate in the 2021 science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) ACTIVATED summer camp directed by Dr. Andrea Ofori-Boadu, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Built Environment within the College of Science and Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

STEM LEARNING ACTIVITIES: This one-week virtual STEAM ACTIVATED summer camp will engage selected middle-school girls in challenging and fun virtual STEM learning activities to strengthen STEM identity, self-efficacy, and persistence. All activities will be held through ZOOM and girl campers will need a good computer and stable internet access.

SCHOLARSHIPS: Scholarships for this STEAM ACTIVATED! camp are funded through a National Science Foundation (NSF CAREER) grant and a National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) grant awarded to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. To be considered for a scholarship, carefully read, fill out, and sign the Scholarship Application Form at this Qualtrics link (https://ncat.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bjxfYsxfewuLppI ) by April 30th, 2021. 

ENROLLMENT PROCESS: Applicant interview invitations will be emailed to the parents/guardians of initially selected applicants by May 14th. Twenty (20) minute applicant ZOOM interviews will occur between May 24th and May 26th. By May 31st, Email notifications will confirm final enrollment of 2021 Girls of STEAM Promise. 

 REGISTRATION FEE ($50): Parents and Guardians of enrolled Girls of STEAM Promise will pay a $50 registration fee. Payment should be received by June 25 for guaranteed enrollment. Otherwise, offers will be extended to applicants on our waiting list. Further directions regarding payment process will be provided through direct emails to the parents and guardians of enrolled Girls of STEAM Promise. 

 TO APPLY, CLICK ON STEAM ACTIVATED SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION LINK BELOW: 

 https://ncat.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bjxfYsxfewuLppI  

 All questions should be emailed to Dr. Andrea Ofori-Boadu at andreao@ncat.edu  

Symposium sponsored by NC A&T ASPRS Student Chapter

The NCAT American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Student Chapter was approved on May 6, 2020, by the Regional Office Council. Our faculty advisor is Dr. Leila Hashemi Beni, and our inaugural president is Mr. Asmamaw Gebrehiwot - aagebrehiwot@aggies.ncat.edu.  Additional members include Mr. Saurabh Dhamankar, Vice President, Ms. Terra McKee, Secretary/Treasurer, and Mr. Josh Anstead, Website Professional.  The NCATSU ASPRS Chapter aims to provide education, engagement, mentorship, and career opportunities to students and alumni across several distinct and interactive divisions, including Geographic Information System Division, LiDAR Division, Photogrammetric Division, Primary Data Acquisition Division, Professional Practice Division, Remote Sensing Applications Division, and Unmanned Autonomous Systems Division.

We look forward to hosting various activities, such as geospatial technology workshops, monthly guest speakers, K-12 educational engagements, an annual research symposium, and other events to learn geospatial knowledge and skills for career advancement and promoting interdisciplinary engagement at NCATSU. We proudly represent ASPRS and North Carolina as a member of the Potomac Region. Aggie Pride! More information can be found here about the Symposium.

FAll 2021

Jacob VanderPool, has been awarded the 1st Russell Hitt Memorial Scholarship in the amount of 5,000.00 for the Fall  2021 semster.

Fall 2019 - Fall 2020

1.) Aisha Benton, an undergraduate student in Construction Management, and is the first recipient of the True Homes - Female in Construction Management Scholarship, ($10,000). This is a testimony to her academic achievements; Aisha is a double major in Construction Management and Business. She is the President of the CMAA student group, where this only one of her many accomplishments. This award was received in the Fall 2020 semester.

2.) Jacob Vanderpool, an undergraduate student in Construction Management was Lead Presenter at 2020 ERN CONFERENCE IN DC - See this link: https://emerging-researchers.org/projects/129-4/. This is a significant national conference, and his funding was covered by department. Title: "Emerging Professional Identities of Freshman Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Women", Mentor Dr. Ofori-Boadu (CM-BLTE).

3.) Dr. Ashok Dwivedi (NCAT Postdoctoral student) received a Postdoctoral Scholar position summer 2021 at the prestigious UCSF, Zuckerberg San Francisco, Hospital and Trauma Center, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine in San Francisco. Mentor Dr. Ferguson (EHS-BLTE).

4.) Asmamaw Amare Gebrehiwot, a graduate student under the mentorship of Dr. Leila Beni in Applied Science and Technology (GEOM-BLTE). Asmamaw has been selected to participate in the Michigan Institute Data Science Consortium (selected 2020), which aims to develop a diverse pool of young stars in this growing field. He is listed among top Universities such as MIT, Harvard, Stanford universities on this opportunity to visit and present his research work at the Michigan Institute for Data Science Symposium. Asmamaw also did an internship in NASA at Caltech in summer 2019.

5.) Expanding outreach in Construction Management. Dr. Andrea Ofori-Boadu, assistant professor in the Department of Built Environment in the College of Science and Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A &T) in Greensboro is featured.https://nahbnow.com/2020/09/student-chapters-forge-the-next-generation-of-diverse-building-leaders/

6.) Professional Development Program for Undergraduate Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Women

Dr. Yuhan Jiang won the ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering Best Paper Award, "Scan4Façade: Automated As-Is Façade Modeling of Historic High-Rise Buildings Using Drones and AI.

Dr. Yuhan Jiang's proposal, Enhancing Low-Income, Manufactured Housing Community Quality in Guilford County, North Carolina, by Applying Artificial Intelligence-Based Built Environment Characterization, has been accepted for the 2024 Provost Seed Fellows cohort. 

Dr. Obeng-Gyasi's  proposal, Cumulative Effects of Exposure to Stress and Metals on Cardiovascular Dysfunction: A Pilot Study, has been accepted for the 2024 Provost Seed Fellows cohort. 

Congratulatons to Dr. Jerry Nave on his  appointment as the President of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors at the 58^th Annual Conference and Trade Show. 

Congratulations to Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi on being published in the North Carolina Medical Journal on great work done by a member of the NC A&T community in our most recent issue: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Toxic Chemicals of Concern in North Carolina by Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi. 

Congratulations to Dr. Ofori-Boadu -  Was selected by the Teaching Excellence Awards Committee - has selected you as one of two winners of the Jr. Faculty Teaching Award for 2020-21. The Teaching Awards committee was truly impressed with your qualifications and the measure of dedication you have for teaching at our institution. Dr. Ofori-Boadu was also selected as the 2020 Outstanding Educator by NAHB at the 2021 International Builders' Show,

Drs. Ofori-Boadu, Ferguson, and White recieve NSF RAPID GRANT to  Develop Theories that Explain Decision Making Processes In STEM Students During Pandemics.

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program supports RAPID projects when there is a severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to, data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.  The project at North Carolina A&T State University seeks to develop theories that explain and predict decision making processes in students studying in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields during and after pandemics. These theories will inform and transform the adaptation and resiliency of Institutions of Higher Education during future global disasters. Improved institutional resiliency will minimize disruptions to STEM student functioning and performance, reduce attrition, and strengthen progression into the STEM workforce. Undergraduate students are involved as researchers in this project. Announcement link is here.

Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi

The Legacy of Urban Soil Lead at a Household Scale: Perspectives & Data of an Environmental Toxicologist & Soil Chemist https://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/envhealth/seminars-symposia/fall-2019-seminar-series/20190928-2/, 2019

Musibau Shofoluwe

Appointed to serve on Center of Excellence in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Faculty Advisory Board – December 2019.

Jerry W. Nave

Elected Vice President of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors, January 2020.

Alesia Ferguson

Appointed Co-Chair of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Human Subjects Review Board (HSRB), October 2019