Individual Award

总统卓越科学、数学和工程指导奖（PAESMEM）表彰杰出的指导工作或项目，这些指导工作或项目增强了历史上未被充分代表的科学、数学和工程群体的参与。乔·奥莫约拉是新奥尔良南方大学理学院的院长，在校园和海湾地区都享有很高的声誉，他多年前就致力于指导和指导学生。作为路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）和其他项目的一部分，他在培养本科生和研究生方面取得了成功。在过去的十年里，他一直帮助领导SUNO的数学和物理课程，并一直是新奥尔良地区公立学校系统的积极力量。在卡特里娜飓风带来的破坏之后，他一直在寻求在该地区的小学建立导师支持。考虑到基础设施的严重破坏、混乱的治理体系、持续的混乱和风暴造成的损失，他正在向前迈进，以填补新奥尔良剩余市民面临的众多关键空白之一。

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.Joe Omojola, dean at the College of Science at Southern University of New Orleans (SUNO) is well-recognized on campus and in the Gulf area, having committed himself to the instruction and mentoring of students many years ago. He has had success in developing both undergraduate and graduate students as a part of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and other programs. He has helped lead SUNO's math and physics program over the last decade, and has been a positive force in the New Orleans area public school system. Following the disruption brought about by Hurricane Katrina, he has been seeking to build mentor support at area elementary schools. Given the depth of infrastructural damage, tangled governance systems, continuing chaos and losses caused by the storm, he is moving ahead to fill one of the all-too-many critical voids that confront the remaining citizens of New Orleans.