PAESMEM Individual Award: George C. Lee

总统科学、数学和工程卓越导师奖(PAESMEM)表彰杰出的导师努力或计划，这些努力或计划加强了历史上代表性不足的群体在科学、数学和工程领域的参与。乔治·C·李是塞缪尔·卡彭工程学教授，曾任纽约州立大学布法罗分校工程和应用科学学院院长。他在多学科地震工程方面拥有国际公认的学术成就和领导力，并在提供和维持工程教育机会方面处于领先地位。近40年来，他的指导努力使大布法罗地区数以千计未被充分代表的高中生接触到了工程和科学。一旦未被录取的学生进入工程与应用科学学院，Lee继续指导，鼓励学生在本科工程经验期间取得成功。李还担任过大量代表性不足的研究生的首席导师。他是BEAM的主要创始成员，BEAM是水牛城少数族裔工程意识组织，该组织的成员包括黑人职业男性国家兄弟会Omega Psi Phi和布法罗城市学校，以及纽约州立大学布法罗人口。Lee为各种高效的指导计划设计、开发并获得了资金，包括为5-12年级的学生和他们的老师提供的研究性实习；社区计划；以及领导力培训计划。

The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) recognizes outstanding mentoring efforts or programs that enhance the participation of historically underrepresented groups in science, mathematics, and engineering.George C. Lee is Samuel Capen Professor of Engineering, and former dean of the school of engineering and applied sciences at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY). He has internationally recognized scholarship and leadership in multidisciplinary earthquake engineering, and is a leader in providing and sustaining educational opportunities in engineering. For nearly 40 years his mentoring efforts have led to thousands of underrepresented high school students in the greater Buffalo area being exposed to engineering and science. Once underrepresented students are enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Lee continues mentoring to encourage student success during the undergraduate engineering experience. Lee has also served as the principal advisor for a large number of underrepresented graduate students. He was the principal founding member of BEAM, Buffalo Area Engineering Awareness for Minorities, an organization whose membership draws on Omega Psi Phi, a black professional men's' national fraternity, and the Buffalo City Schools in addition to the SUNY Buffalo population. Lee has designed, developed and obtained funding for a wide variety of highly effective mentoring programs, including research internships for students in grades 5-12 and their teachers; community programs; and leadership training programs.