National History
NSBE had its genesis at a national conference planned and hosted by the Society of Black Engineers at Purdue University in April 1975. Black Engineering students from the United States and Canada attended the event. From this meeting of concerned students and educators, NSBE was born. In 1976, NSBE was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in the State of Texas. NSBE also became recognized as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Chapter History
The Georgia Tech Society of Black Engineers (G.T.S.B.E) was founded in 1976, a year after the National Society of Black Engineers (N.S.B.E) was established. When the first president, Mr. Robert Dixon, learned of the N.S.B.E, he saw that there was a need for this type of organization on the campus of Georgia Tech. With this in mind, he approached Dr. Augustine Esogbue, the only black faculty member at the institution. Dr. Esogbue saw this as a great opportunity for the students at Georgia Tech and agreed to become the chapter's first advisor, a position in which he still serves today. G.T.S.B.E quickly gained steam and Dr. Esogbue often boasts that Georgia Tech Chapter was actually chartered before the National Organization!
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Chapter Advisor
Augustine O. Esogbue, Ph.D. is a full professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and director of the Intelligent Systems and Controls Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition, he is a distinguished visiting research professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and an honorary professor at Daqing Petroleum Institute in the Heilongjiang Province, China. He is recognized as one of the world's leading experts in dynamic programming, fuzzy logic and intelligent control, and the application of operations research and management sciences. Dr. Esogbue is also the only African American member of NASA's Safety Advisory Pane.
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All things NSBE
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