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Networking is a career skill most engineers don’t learn in school.

This year has brought more than its share of natural disasters to the United States, from a global pandemic, to record-breaking hurricanes, to historic wildfires.

Ask any leader: diversity is foundational to success.

Famed inventor Thomas Edison said, “Genius is one percent  inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”

When the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) leadership met in 2014 to develop its 10-year strategic plan, a consensus formed around a bold initiative to end the underrepresentation of Black people in engineering.

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” President Franklin Roosevelt’s words carry timeless, visceral resonance and insightfulness. Unfortunately, designers and engineers using legacy server-based, CAD and PLM systems are often afraid.

The nearly 25,000 collegiate, pre-collegiate and professional members in more than 600 chapters  make up the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).