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Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Week 13: November 15, 2012. Guest Speaker today: Prof. Tahira Reed Please remember to post your “Global Profiles” on the NSF GlobalHUB website, http://globalhub.org Supplemental seminars may be completed until November 30.
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Global Engineering Professional Seminar ME 290 Week 13: November 15, 2012 • Guest Speaker today: Prof. Tahira Reed • Please remember to post your “Global Profiles” on the NSF GlobalHUB website, http://globalhub.org • Supplemental seminars may be completed until November 30. • Applications for China, Spring ETA 2014 here; also on line. • After Break: International Opportunities—Student Experiences!
Prof. Tahira Reid • Teaches in the Design area, directs an interdisciplinary design lab • Her “other” discipline is psychology! She works with perceptions and judgments in the product design process. • She has been an inventor since childhood and has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” to demonstrate one of her early patents—for a “Double Dutch” jump rope! • That same invention led to a national grant—and there’s more to come.