Dr. Mamon Powers, Jr. (BSCE '70 and HDR '14) speaking at the David Robert Lewis Lecture with a talk entitled — “The Path is the Same, but the Journey is Different”

Following Dr. Powers' lecture, a luncheon was held at the Ross-Ade Pavilion, Buchanan Club with a special video feature showcasing the historical perspective of African Americans in engineering at Purdue

Luncheon speakers included Rao S. Govindaraju, the Bowen Engineering Head of Civil Engineering, Mung Chiang, the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, and Robbie Williams, ChE senior and President of Purdue's Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), who helped rededicate the NSBE key.