Scholarship Impact: Wami Dosunmu-Ogunbi

 

A senior in mechanical engineering, Wami Dosunmu-Ogunbi is passionate about making a difference in the field of engineering. After graduating this May, Wami, who is from Montgomery, Alabama, plans to pursue a PhD in mechanical engineering with a focus on robotics and intends to become a professor of engineering.

 

Wami is heavily involved in many campus organizations, including the National Society of Black Engineers and the Mechanical Engineering Honors Society. She serves on the executive board of the National Society of Black Engineers and this year is acting as the board’s advisor. She is the Sand Casting Chair with the Mechanical Engineering Honors Society, performing outreach for the department by teaching sand casting during open houses. In her free time, she enjoys playing the piano and watching Netflix, saying “after a long day of rigorous coursework, extra-curricular activities, and interacting with people, I like to sit back on my bed and watch an episode of a good TV show.”

 

Wami is active in academics and is the Lead Mechanical Engineering Learning Assistant. In this position, she helps create the curriculum for freshman courses and independently teaches a class of over 20 students. Wami is proud to be a student in the College of Engineering and is honored to be a recipient of the 2016-2017 John and Dorothy Durkin Women in Engineering Scholarship.

 

 

• ME 300 - Thermodynamics

• CS 125- Introduction to Computer Science

• ANT 180 - Archaeology of Death