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Posted @withregram • @teamkorie My first viral video! When the world shutdown last year and my PhD graduation/hooding was cancelled after 6 years of hard work and a 226 page dissertation, I was supremely disappointed. 😞 I made my own “Wipe It Down Challenge” to cheer me up but little did I know it would go VIRAL. 😲 On IG, FB, and Twitter, popular pages reposted it, celebrities shared it, hell even BET featured it! 🤯 I gained so many new followers and had so many new players added to the team because of it! Many found me because of this post and I’m so happy you did! 🤗 I still haven’t walked or been hooded for one of the greatest achievements of my life but I can say that y’all making this post go viral and being seen by hundreds of thousands of people to really show them #thisiswhatascientistlookslike is the best graduation gift ever! My life hasn’t been the same since! 🥰 I will always have my PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University and I will always be Dr. Korie Grayson. 👩🏽‍🔬 Thank you so much team! And congratulations to everyone graduating! SN: Shout out to my Neo for catching that clip on BET 🤗 . . . . . . #wipeitdownchallenge #goingviral #viralvideos #thisiswhatascientistlookslike #thisiswhatanengineerlookslike #redefiningtheimageofstem #STEM #representationmatters #PhD #postdoc #biomedicalengineering https://www.instagram.com/p/CQMYuBUnlLD/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A letter to my younger self * Young Courtney, as a woman in STEM, you will feel alone. You will often be one of few women in the classroom. You will stick out in the sea of computer programmers and physicists. You’ll be the only one who wears skirts and high heels. People will mistake your choice in makeup and style as youth, and lack of seriousness. The men in your office will walk faster than you to meetings and you will huff and puff to keep up. They will ask you to take notes and mistake you for the admin. Your tone will be described as whiny, and any emotion you have will be “too much”. * You will feel alone. BUT, you are not! Understand that you are standing on the foundations built by Katherine Johnson and Mae Jemison. The modern contributions of Latanya Sweeney and @abenton continue to revolutionize the world as we see it! You will walk through the hallways of work and smile brightly when you find your own- and that sister will smile back. You will get those promotions at work because you have studied harder and worked longer. You’ve stayed up late reciting lines to your presentation until it was just right. You will not take anything for granted, and will stay prepared to take advantage of any opportunity presented. You will still have rough days and some anxiety, but you will discover you are resilient and full of #blackgirlmagic . You will spend each summer dedicated to perfecting and studying your craft, falling deeper in love with your work. You will read every book on all of those powerful women who came before you and channel their strength. * So don’t be afraid when you walk into tech competitions. Don’t change your classes because it’s hard finding a study partner. You will find your team. And when you walk across that stage, or accept your first award, they will ask you how you did it. They will wonder why your head isn’t bowed in fear or shame. They will wonder where the secret of your success lies. And you’ll say: * “It’s in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need for my care. ’Cause I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.” ~Maya Angelou #thisiswhatanengineerlookslike https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NXItuArDV/?igshid=q38wb83ilssw

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Individuals’ Differences Impact on Engineering

Individual differences allow for the fusing of creativity and ideas that single minds, or like minds may lack. Diversity is so critical in engineering because engineering requires different skillsets and different mindsets in order to solve problems. Differences within a team enable brainstorming, debate, decision making, until a team has crafted the most eco friendly, cost effective, efficient solution to a problem possible. Individual differences create a larger pool of ideas and techniques to pull from when problem solving, and as a result, they form more creative and innovative solutions that the world benefits from each and every day.

How do individual differences impact engineering?