PAESMEM Individual Award: George C. Lee

科学、数学和工程指导卓越总统奖（PAESMEM）旨在表彰那些在科学、数学和工程领域提高历史上代表性不足的群体参与度的杰出指导工作或项目。Lee是Samuel Capen工程学教授，也是纽约州立大学（SUNY）布法罗大学工程与应用科学学院的前院长。他在多学科地震工程领域拥有国际公认的奖学金和领导力，是提供和维持工程教育机会的领导者。近40年来，他的指导工作使大布法罗地区数千名代表性不足的高中生接触到了工程和科学。一旦代表性不足的学生就读于工程和应用科学学院，李继续指导，以鼓励学生在本科工程经验的成功。李还担任了大量代表性不足的研究生的首席顾问。他是BEAM的主要创始成员，布法罗地区工程意识的少数民族，一个组织，其成员提请欧米茄Psi披，一个黑人专业男子的全国兄弟会，和布法罗城学校除了纽约州立大学布法罗人口。Lee设计、开发并获得了各种高效辅导项目的资金，包括5-12年级学生及其教师的研究实习;社区项目;和领导力培训项目。

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.