IOM3 Investigates... Black History Month – innovation and diversity in STEM

Celebrating crucial black achievement in history, Nicole Lee, member Ethnic Minorities in Materials Minerals and Mining (EMM3) and Senior engineer at Frazer-Nash Consultancy, talks about the vital contributions Katherine Johnson – one of female African-American mathematicians who’s calculations were critical to the success of NASA’s USA space programme.

To celebrate Black History Month, Haimini Parmar, IOM3 Ethnic Minorities in Materials, Minerals and Mining Committee (EMM3) member and Materials Science and Engineering Student at Loughborough University, talks about Aerospace Engineer Mary Jackson and how she paved the way for future innovation and workplace activism.

Today is the start of Black History Month (BHM), and IOM3 is here to celebrate black excellence and champion black scientists and engineers who have paved the way for innovation.