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In 2011, Diaz-Merced won one of Google's first annual European Scholarship for Students with Disabilities. This scholarship recognizes outstanding Ph.D. students doing exceptional research in the field of computer science. [19] Diaz-Merced was awarded in 2017, an Estrella Luike trophy. [20]
Dana Bolles is an American spaceflight engineer and advocate for those with disabilities in STEM. She has worked at NASA since 1995 in a variety of fields. She is also an ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science 's If/then initiative.
The difference seems due to lower rates of entry into associate's and bachelor's programs, since DHH students complete their bachelor's degrees at rates similar to their hearing peers. [3] From 2001 through 2010, only 0.17% of the doctorate degrees given in the U.S. were to DHH students. [4] This number increased to 1.2% by 2014. [5]
K. Renee Horton is an American physicist and an Airworthiness Deputy at NASA. She was the first black person to receive a PhD in material science and engineering with a concentration in physics at the University of Alabama. She is an advocate for black women in STEM fields and for disability rights. [1] [2]
A college accommodation is any adjustment made "to remove barriers for students with disabilities," Elizabeth C. Hamblet, a college disability services specialist and author of "Seven Steps to ...
The DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center is based at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, Washington.Founded in 1992, DO-IT’s mission is to increase the successful participation of people with disabilities in postsecondary education and careers, in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields and careers, and in computing fields ...
Microgravity University, also known as the Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program (RGSFOP), was a program run by NASA which enables undergraduate university students to perform microgravity experiments aboard NASA's reduced-gravity aircraft at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
NASA INSPIRE (Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience) was a NASA educational program that operated between 2008 and 2013. It was a year-round project designed for students in ninth to 12th grade interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) topics and careers.