The CIPA grant is part of a program designed to help minority institutions develop science and math curricula while attracting and preparing underrepresented students for careers in STEM.
Once they are in, young employees often state how surprised they are at how high tech, innovative, and environmentally-friendly today's steel industry is.
"I think I have been lucky in the choice of topics to work on, topics which later turned out to be useful for developments in an apparently different direction."