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provided input , advice and encouragement . We had executives from the hyperscalers , leading collocation providers and equipment manufacturers worldwide . I encourage readers to watch the video of the final presentations . The students did great !
The five architecture students were not graduating – they were all in the third or fourth year of a five-year masters degree . However , the seven engineers all graduated two weeks after the final presentation with a BSEE or BSCE . Two of the young ladies already had jobs lined up . Of the remaining five engineers , one went to graduate school , and three were hired into our industry . Our strategy seems to be working !
The 2020 / 21 project at Hampton was a pilot . The students learned a lot , and so did we . We are busy tuning up the programme for next year , and I ’ m very grateful to our primary mentors as each has agreed to be a “ Lead Mentor ” at a new school in the 2021 / 22 school year , and we are recruiting additional mentors to work with them . I ’ m very pleased that AFCOM has agreed to partner with iMasons to recruit mentors and support the student teams as the programme expands . Next year , we expect to have Capstone Projects at four minority-serving institutions in the US :
• Hampton University
• Morgan State University
• University of Texas , El Paso
• Prairie View A & M , University
In our pilot year , we introduced a dozen university students to the digital infrastructure industry and hired at least three into the industry . This coming year it will be more like 30 or 40 !
Supporting multidisciplinary Capstone projects is iMasons primary strategy to accelerate the flow of talent into our industry from universities , and we look forward to expanding beyond the US in coming years . Join us !
112 October 2021