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To me, being a Black Engineer means that I am powerful beyond measure.”

Terrell Glenn

Terrell Glenn

PhD Student

School of Mechanical Engineering

NSF Fellow | GEM Fellow | George Washington Carver Fellow

To me, being a Black Engineer means that I am powerful beyond measure. Inspiring future generations is important to me, and I do this by being visible and vocal.

One of my favorite quotes says, "As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others." 

By participating in youth initiatives, I am accessing my power and giving young, Black, Future Engineers the confidence to know that they can do the same, or better.

Biography

Terrell Glenn is a PhD student in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University as a National GEM Consortium Fellow, George Washington Carver Fellow, and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award winner. Prior to joining the Convergence Design Lab at Purdue, Terrell received a B.S. in Physics from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia (2016). Since joining the Lab, Terrell has published one first-author paper to the ACM CHI 2020 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Terrell is also actively involved in the community, leading workshops in Toy Design (Grades 7-8) and Smart Toys & Robots (Grades 9-12) for the Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute at Purdue (2017-2019), leading a virtual workshop with an Introduction to Physical Computing (Grades 9-11), starting the Indianapolis STEAM Fair for underrepresented minority students, and serving as a mentor in several youth mentoring programs in Indianapolis and Lafayette. Terrell plans to graduate with his Ph.D next year.

College of Engineering at Purdue University

Purdue University College of Engineering