Engineering excellence at its best, successful engineers at work

Bruce profiles several African-American engineers who occupy important positions at CDM, a top-notch firm known for recruiting high-quality minority professionals. Tina Houston is a vice president and client officer at the firm, and advises aspiring engineers to work hard and be patient.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe Black collegian (New Orleans) Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 76 - 77
Main Author Bruce, Calvin
Format Journal Article Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Orleans IMDiversity, Inc 01.02.2002
Black Collegiate Services, Inc
Subjects
African American college students
African Americans
Air Transportation
Airports
Aviation
Career advancement
Career development
Careers
Civil engineering
College students, Black
Company business planning
Compliance (Legal)
Construction
Councils
Engineering
Engineering Education
Engineers
Entry Workers
Executives
Houston, Tina
Influence of Technology
Leadership
Managerial Occupations
Minority Groups
Personal profiles
Planning
Professionals
Project management
Public Administration
Study and teaching
Water
United States
Atlanta Georgia
United States > US
Georgia
Online AccessGet full text
ISSN0192-3757
1943-7382

Cover

Abstract Bruce profiles several African-American engineers who occupy important positions at CDM, a top-notch firm known for recruiting high-quality minority professionals. Tina Houston is a vice president and client officer at the firm, and advises aspiring engineers to work hard and be patient.
AbstractList Engineering is one of the most challenging professions that African Americans can choose as a career. Successful engineers must master a variety of academic subjects, develop keen analytical skills, interface with professionals in many disciplines, and be able to communicate complex technical issues.
Bruce profiles several African-American engineers who occupy important positions at CDM, a top-notch firm known for recruiting high-quality minority professionals. Tina Houston is a vice president and client officer at the firm, and advises aspiring engineers to work hard and be patient.
Audience General
Author Bruce, Calvin
Author_xml – sequence: 1
  fullname: Bruce, Calvin
BookMark eNqN0c1Kw0AQAOAgFWyr7xC8qGAk-5-9WUqthWIP6jlsNrMhmm7abIJ9fLe0hxaCuHNYGL4ZhplRMLC1hYtgiCQlkSAJHgTDGEkcEcHEVTBy7iveP0mGwfPMFqUFaEpbhLDTUFVgNYSqDcvWhRm49jF0ndbgnOmqEI7c7cVP3XxfB5dGVQ5ujv84-HyZfUxfo-VqvphOllGBBWORxIRkeUI5UCkw1sRgSuIsZ1miEsWlyRBnDBgTicippD5HDZWG55mUCmEyDu4PfTdNve38WOm6dPtxlYW6cylGhHFMYs48vfuTIslEzAmhXkYHWagK0tKaum2ULsBCoyq_RFP69ATFieRcIOL9bY_Xm3KbnqKnHuQjh3Wpe7s-nBV408KuLVTnXLp4f_u3TebLcxv1WV37GxeQ-vNMV6f-F6BSq3I
CODEN BLCOD9
ClassificationCodes 9918560
8527000
ContentType Journal Article
Magazine Article
Copyright COPYRIGHT 2002 IMDiversity, Inc.
Copyright Black Collegian Feb 2002
Copyright © Black Collegiate Services, Inc.
Copyright_xml – notice: COPYRIGHT 2002 IMDiversity, Inc.
– notice: Copyright Black Collegian Feb 2002
– notice: Copyright © Black Collegiate Services, Inc.
DBID 8GL
ISN
0-V
3V.
4T-
7XB
88B
8FK
8G5
ABUWG
AFKRA
ALSLI
AZQEC
BEC
BENPR
BSCPQ
CCPQU
CJNVE
DWQXO
GNUQQ
GUQSH
LD-
M0P
M2O
MBDVC
PADUT
PETBT
PHGZM
PHGZT
PHNHU
PKEHL
PMKZF
PQEDU
PQEST
PQQKQ
PQUKI
PRINS
Q9U
QXPDG
S0X
UXAQP
7QS
BJDKH
ELDFC
HYQOX
K30
PAAUG
PAWHS
PAWZZ
PAXOH
PBHAV
PBQSW
PBYQZ
PCIWU
PCMID
PCZJX
PDGRG
PDWWI
PETMR
PFVGT
PGXDX
PIHIL
PISVA
PJCTQ
PJTMS
PLCHJ
PMHAD
PNQDJ
POUND
PPLAD
PQAPC
PQCAN
PQCMW
PQEME
PQHKH
PQMID
PQNCT
PQNET
PQSCT
PQSET
PSVJG
PVMQY
PZGFC
DatabaseName Gale In Context: High School
Gale In Context: Canada
ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection
ProQuest Central (Corporate)
Docstoc
ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)
Education Database (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)
Research Library (Alumni)
ProQuest Central (Alumni)
ProQuest Central UK/Ireland
Social Science Premium Collection
ProQuest Central Essentials
eLibrary
ProQuest Central
Black Studies Center
ProQuest One
Education Collection
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central Student
ProQuest Research Library
Ethnic NewsWatch
Education Database
ProQuest_Research Library
Research Library (Corporate)
Research Library China
ProQuest Global & International Studies Collection
ProQuest Central Premium
ProQuest One Academic (New)
ProQuest One Global Studies & International Relations
ProQuest One Academic Middle East (New)
ProQuest Digital Collections
ProQuest One Education
ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)
ProQuest One Academic
ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition
ProQuest Central China
ProQuest Central Basic
Diversity Collection
SIRS Editorial
ProQuest One Black Studies
Periodicals Index Online Segment 51
Education Magazine Archive
Periodicals Index Online Segment 00
ProQuest Historical Periodicals
Periodicals Index Online
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - West
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - International
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - MEA
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Midwest
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Northeast
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Southeast
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - North Central
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Southeast
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - South Central
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - UK / I
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Canada
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - EMEALA
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - North Central
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - South Central
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - International
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - International
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - West
Periodicals Index Online Segments 1-50
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - APAC
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Midwest
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - MEA
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Canada
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - UK / I
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - EMEALA
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - APAC
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Canada
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - West
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - EMEALA
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Northeast
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Midwest
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - North Central
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Northeast
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - South Central
Primary Sources Access & Build (Plan A) - Southeast
Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - UK / I
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - APAC
Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - MEA
DatabaseTitle ProQuest One Education
Research Library Prep
ProQuest Central Student
ProQuest One Academic Middle East (New)
ProQuest Central Essentials
SIRS Editorial
elibrary
ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest One Community College
Research Library (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest One Global Studies & International Relations
ProQuest Central China
Global & International Studies Collection
ProQuest Central
Diversity Collection
ProQuest Central Korea
ProQuest Global & International Studies Collection
ProQuest Research Library
Research Library China
ProQuest Central (New)
Ethnic NewsWatch
Social Science Premium Collection
Education Collection
ProQuest Black Studies
ProQuest Central Basic
Black Studies Center
ProQuest Education Journals
ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition
ProQuest Digital Collections
ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection
ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition
Docstoc
ProQuest One Academic
ProQuest Education Journals (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest One Academic (New)
ProQuest Central (Alumni)
Periodicals Index Online Segments 1-50
Education Magazine Archive
Periodicals Index Online Segment 00
Periodicals Index Online
Periodicals Index Online Segment 51
ProQuest Historical Periodicals
DatabaseTitleList ProQuest One Education
ProQuest One Education
Database_xml – sequence: 1
  dbid: BENPR
  name: ProQuest Central
  url: https://www.proquest.com/central
  sourceTypes: Aggregation Database
DeliveryMethod fulltext_linktorsrc
Discipline Engineering
Education
Women's Studies
EISSN 1943-7382
ExternalDocumentID 110362458
A108966713
GeographicLocations United States
Atlanta Georgia
United States--US
Georgia
GeographicLocations_xml – name: United States
– name: Atlanta Georgia
– name: United States--US
– name: Georgia
GroupedDBID -ET
-W8
-~X
.GO
0-V
00M
186
23N
2KS
2WC
41~
5GY
6J9
7K8
85S
8G5
8GL
8R4
8R5
97F
9M8
AAHSB
ABDBF
ABUWG
ACUHS
ADMHG
AFFNX
AFKRA
ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS
ALSLI
ARALO
AZQEC
B0M
BCR
BCU
BEC
BENPR
BJDKH
BLC
BPHCQ
BQOBL
BSCPQ
C1A
CCPQU
CJNVE
DO4
DWQXO
E3Z
EAD
EAP
EAS
EAU
ECC
ECR
EDJ
EMF
EMG
EMH
EMK
EMR
EPL
ESE
ESX
FJW
GICCO
GNUQQ
GUQSH
HYQOX
IAO
IBB
ICQ
IDS
IEA
IER
IMI
IOF
IPC
IRD
ISE
ISN
ITC
ITF
ITG
ITH
LD-
M0P
M2O
MVM
OHT
OMK
PADUT
PEA
PHGZM
PHGZT
PM3
PMFND
PMKZF
PNQDT
PQEDU
PQQKQ
PROAC
Q2X
QF4
QM7
QN7
QXPDG
RPD
RWL
S0X
SJFOW
TAE
ULY
UPT
UXAQP
WH7
ZCA
~8M
3V.
4T-
7XB
8FK
MBDVC
PETBT
PHNHU
PKEHL
PQEST
PQUKI
PRINS
PUEGO
Q9U
7QS
ELDFC
K30
PAAUG
PAWHS
PAWZZ
PAXOH
PBHAV
PBQSW
PBYQZ
PCIWU
PCMID
PCZJX
PDGRG
PDWWI
PETMR
PFVGT
PGXDX
PIHIL
PISVA
PJCTQ
PJTMS
PLCHJ
PMHAD
PNQDJ
POUND
PPLAD
PQAPC
PQCAN
PQCMW
PQEME
PQHKH
PQMID
PQNCT
PQNET
PQSCT
PQSET
PSVJG
PVMQY
PZGFC
ID FETCH-LOGICAL-g2755-9233bd846e49722c3f2430bd5b8a8a69fb1655e55787d4948a64f49f6db99a123
IEDL.DBID BENPR
ISSN 0192-3757
IngestDate Fri Sep 05 15:37:28 EDT 2025
Fri Sep 05 15:14:48 EDT 2025
Fri Jun 13 00:47:20 EDT 2025
Tue Jun 10 15:34:55 EDT 2025
Tue Jun 10 21:30:34 EDT 2025
Fri Jun 27 06:13:46 EDT 2025
Fri Jun 27 05:31:17 EDT 2025
Tue Jun 10 20:04:40 EDT 2025
IsPeerReviewed false
IsScholarly false
Issue 2
Language English
LinkModel DirectLink
MergedId FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-g2755-9233bd846e49722c3f2430bd5b8a8a69fb1655e55787d4948a64f49f6db99a123
Notes ObjectType-Article-2
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 24
SourceType-Magazines-1
ObjectType-Article-1
PQID 195706334
PQPubID 34633
PageCount 2
ParticipantIDs proquest_miscellaneous_2135623065
proquest_miscellaneous_195706334
gale_infotracgeneralonefile_A108966713
gale_infotraccpiq_108966713
gale_infotracacademiconefile_A108966713
gale_incontextgauss_ISN_A108966713
gale_incontextgauss_8GL_A108966713
gale_incontextcollege_GICCO_A108966713
PublicationCentury 2000
PublicationDate 20020201
PublicationDateYYYYMMDD 2002-02-01
PublicationDate_xml – month: 02
  year: 2002
  text: 20020201
  day: 01
PublicationDecade 2000
PublicationPlace New Orleans
PublicationPlace_xml – name: New Orleans
PublicationTitle The Black collegian (New Orleans)
PublicationTitleAlternate Black Collegian
PublicationYear 2002
Publisher IMDiversity, Inc
Black Collegiate Services, Inc
Publisher_xml – name: IMDiversity, Inc
– name: Black Collegiate Services, Inc
RelatedPersons Houston, Tina
RelatedPersons_xml – fullname: Houston, Tina
SSID ssj0000093
Score 1.2993755
Snippet Bruce profiles several African-American engineers who occupy important positions at CDM, a top-notch firm known for recruiting high-quality minority...
Engineering is one of the most challenging professions that African Americans can choose as a career. Successful engineers must master a variety of academic...
SourceID proquest
gale
SourceType Aggregation Database
StartPage 76
SubjectTerms African American college students
African Americans
Air Transportation
Airports
Aviation
Career advancement
Career development
Careers
Civil engineering
College students, Black
Company business planning
Compliance (Legal)
Construction
Councils
Engineering
Engineering Education
Engineers
Entry Workers
Executives
Houston, Tina
Influence of Technology
Leadership
Managerial Occupations
Minority Groups
Personal profiles
Planning
Professionals
Project management
Public Administration
Study and teaching
Water
Title Engineering excellence at its best, successful engineers at work
URI https://www.proquest.com/docview/195706334
https://www.proquest.com/docview/2135623065
Volume 32
hasFullText 1
inHoldings 1
isFullTextHit
isPrint
link http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwjV1bS8MwFA66vfjiXZxTiSLzqbi2SS9PYxvTKTrFOfCtpGk6BtK5tQV_vud0Ga4w0ed8pKEnObecfIeQK-Z4sa-atiHwfpApbhrC4wyJkF2hTFc6RU73aeD0R-zhnb_rhFuqyyqXOrFQ1NFUYo78xjJtNNVgMVufMwO7RuHtqm6hsUmqMI4OUrXTG7y8rjjAC9pd8GPgKKENWq94C2tyu0t2lrTOtL0Q3B7ZUMk-tlDW5Rb7ZLvoLXmdUl3pd0BaK9yBtPdVpNxBZFRkdJKltAOfocO8aIAY5x90iU4RgDnxQzK67b11-4buf2CMLZdzA3wvO4zAQVDMdy1L2rHF7GYY8dATnnD8ODQdzhXHQxchzYtwWMz82IlC3xdgko5IJZkm6phQaQkvdkC5QfQHc0gBUQxYRxXJkCmwSDXSwP8SICNEgiUncpG2CGA93eegbTY9iIsgoK2RyzJwLPI0Dby7x79B98NBCXStQfE0mwsp9HsAWDBSUpWQ9RJSfk5mwcpoozQ6XtB1r5uGLoUewBlCKYlETfM0MH3ugqtmsxq5-AXys_1O_oGpk62ia0xR3X1KKtk8V2fgvGThud6h3wR17fc
linkProvider ProQuest
linkToHtml http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwtV1LT9wwEB6h5UAvtAUqFkprEI9TxCax8zggBHRhF5ZtxUPaW3AcZ4VUZYEkgv6p_sbO5KFuJBBcOPtTYtnjeXn8DcAmd7zY1x3bkHQ_yLUwDekJTkTIrtSmq5wip3s-dHrX_HQkRjPwt34LQ2WVtU4sFHU0UZQj37VMm0w1Wsz9u3uDukbR7WrdQqMUizP95xFDtnSv_wP3d8uyjrtXRz2j6ipgjC1XCAM9GjuM0Oxq7ruWpezY4nYnjEToSU86fhyajhBakChHRJ4iHR5zP3ai0PelSUQHqPJnOb1obcHsYXf462LK4S5pftFvwqNLNu95RV9Yr-NP8LGmkWYHpaB8hhmdLFDL5qq8YwHmi16WOymrKgsXYX-Kq5B1n4oUP4oIkxm7zVJ2iL9hl3nRcDHOf7ManRKAcvBLcP0uK_MFWskk0cvAlCW92EFlitEmfkNJjJrQGutIhVyjBWzDNq1LQAwUCZW4qDJNEuB8jn4GB2bHwzgMA-g2bDSBY5mnaeCdDF4H9S-HDdBOBYon2YNUsnp_gBMmCqwGcrWBVHe398HU6HZjdFzSgz_3GVZveoBnlnZJJnqSp4HpCxddQ5u3Yf0FyH9xX3kD5jvM9a7OB8GgPzxbhQ9Fx5qisvwrtLKHXK-h45SF3yppZXDz3gfkHy1XKRY
openUrl ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Engineering+excellence+at+its+best%2C+successful+engineers+at+work&rft.jtitle=The+Black+collegian+%28New+Orleans%29&rft.au=Bruce%2C+Calvin&rft.date=2002-02-01&rft.pub=IMDiversity%2C+Inc&rft.issn=0192-3757&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=76&rft.externalDBID=8GL&rft.externalDocID=A108966713
thumbnail_l http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=0192-3757&client=summon
thumbnail_m http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=0192-3757&client=summon
thumbnail_s http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=0192-3757&client=summon