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Headed by associate professor, James Cutler, in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, the team is in the process of assembling the Tandem Beacon Experiment (TBEx), consisting of a tandem pair of CubeSats, seen here being inspected by Research Assistant, Emanuela Della Bosca.

Photo: Akhil Kantipuly Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

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Students race their blimps during the annual Aerospace Day festivities in the FXB Building on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on April 8, 2017.

Photo: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan - College of Engineering

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Corinne Joachim-Sanon opens up a fresh cocoa pod in a remote village east of Cap Haitian. Corinne and her team are here to buy beans from small scale farmers. Fresh cacao beans are actually white, they only turn dark during a fermentation process.

Corinne Joachim-Sanon had the doors open to jobs in major corporations in the United States. She did an internship at L’Oreal, worked at Accenture and had an Industrial and Operations Engineering degree from the second best program in the country (Michigan Engineering). She added to that degree MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Ambitious, smart and focused, Corinne was set to quickly climb a corporate ladder. But the Haitian native was nagged by a different kind of ambition. She wanted to run her own business. She wanted to put her industrial engineering knowledge into practice as an entrepreneur. This New York City resident wanted to design and build a factory. A factory and a distribution network for her products. A factory that would provide well paying jobs to people in her native Haiti. Yes, Corinne wanted to make a profit as an entrepreneur, but she also wanted to help elevate the Haitian people’s economic conditions.

She and her husband invested $160,000 of their own money to start the company. They used a building owned by Corinne’s grandfather as a factory location.

Corinne did her research and decided to focus on chocolate since Haiti is known for providing specialty cacao for some of the best chocolate manufactures in the world. But rather than supplying the raw material, Corinne built the FIRST beans to bars factory in Haiti. They control the entire production and distribution process. The company Askanya gathers cacao from 3,000 farmers and distributes the chocolate bars to stores in the United States and Haiti. They have their eyes set on the likes of the Whole Foods as a future distribution network.

Ouanaminthe, Haiti 11/00/16

Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Multimedia Director and Senior Producer, University of Michigan

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Guard Manex Fleurant looks on as James Dobson Belizaire, Askanya’s head of production (right) and handyman Bernadin Jean assembly frames for drying boxes to be used in the fermentation and drying facility Askanya Chocolate built outside of Quanaminthe.

Corinne Joachim-Sanon had the doors open to jobs in major corporations in the United States.  She did an internship at L’Oreal, worked at Accenture and had an Industrial and Operations Engineering degree from the second best program in the country (Michigan Engineering). She added to that degree MBA from the Wharton School of Business.  

Ambitious, smart and focused, Corinne was set to quickly climb a corporate ladder.  But the Haitian native was nagged by a different kind of ambition. She wanted to run her own business. She wanted to put her industrial engineering knowledge into practice as an entrepreneur. This New York City resident wanted to design and build a factory. A factory and a distribution network for her products. A factory that would provide well paying jobs to people in her native Haiti.  Yes, Corinne wanted to make a profit as an entrepreneur, but she also wanted to help elevate the Haitian people’s economic conditions.

She and her husband invested $160,000 of their own money to start the company Askanya Chocolate. They used a building owned by Corinne’s grandfather as a factory location.

Corinne did her research and decided to focus on chocolate since Haiti is known for providing specialty cacao for some of the best chocolate manufactures in the world. But rather than supplying the raw material, Corinne built the FIRST beans to bars factory in Haiti. They control the entire production and distribution process. The company Askanya gathers cacao from 3,000 farmers and distributes the chocolate bars to stores in the United States and Haiti. They have their eyes set on the likes of the Whole Foods as a future distribution network.

Ouanaminthe, Haiti   11/05/16

Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Multimedia Director and Senior Producer, University of Michigan  

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Alec Gallimore, Robert J Vlasic Dean of Engineering, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Richard F and Eleanor A Towner Professor of Engineering and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, hosts a fireside chat with Margot Lee Shetterly, author of "Hidden Figures," as part of the #IAmNotHidden event at the STAMPS Auditorium on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on January 24, 2017.

Photo: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan - College of Engineering

[redcloudgeorge]

I've got wings! Here's a fun discovery on a hot, sunny Sunday running around downtown. And it nicely sums up this summer as, for the first time, I've been able to fly myself places, which has been awesome. And I've rediscovered the joys of dancing in a way I haven't experienced in some time. (Now that I'm in better shape.) When I'm really into it, it sure feels like flying. Also, it's been quite the year of change and new experiences for me, so this mural has been a fitting and brightening find. . . . #umsocial #whatliftsyou #annarbor #annarborart #downtownannarbor @kelseymontagueart #bearsofinstagram #bearstagram #instabear #summerfun (at Ann Arbor, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wiVi6Bszp/?igshid=88wk7h0dg62j

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