Honor Society® member
Olgha Davis
Engineering Education Coordinator at College of Engineering at North Carolina State University
- North Carolina State University
- Engineering Education
- Class of 2015
- Apex, North Carolina
Member since July 2014
About
Olgha B Davis is currently an ABD Ph.D. doctoral candidate at the Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State University. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University in 1998. She worked in the software industry for 7 years, focusing on modeling and simulating automotive, aerospace and biological systems. Her passion to teach was discovered while being involved in customer training and consulting work at the MathWorks, Inc. She returned to graduate school and earned her Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from North Carolina State University and the University of Chapel Hill in 2008. Ms. Davis' doctoral research focuses on the academic success of minority male student transfer from Community Colleges into 4-year institutions while majoring in engineering.
Education
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North Caroline State University
Leadership, Policy, Higher and Adult Education
2008 – 2015
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North Carolina State University
MS in Biomedical Engineering
2005 – 2008
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UNC - Chapel Hill
MS in Biomedical Engineering
2005 – 2008
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Boston University
BS in Biomedical Engineering
1994 – 1998
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Engineering Educator and ResearcherNor
- Graduate school interests
My educational research focus is on African-American and Hispanic male students pursuing engineering in Higher Education. More specifically, my work looks at academic, institutional, psychological, and personal factors that contribute to the success of minority male students' transfer from community colleges into 4-year institutions.
- Outside the classroom
Hiking, reading, and playing squash.
Experience
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Engineering Education Coordinator
College of Engineering at North Carolina State University
Jan 2010 – May 2015
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- Arabic Fluent
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