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MARCH 21-25, 2018 * PITTSBURGH, PA.

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Golden Torch Honorees
design activities supporting the development of the Airbus PW1100G Geared
Turbo Fan, HPW3000 military helicopter and Adaptive Engine Technology
Development sixth-generation military jet fighter engines. Later in his career,
Shuaib transitioned to a project management role, leading cross-discipline
teams for the Adaptive Engine Technology Development/Adaptive Engine
Transition Program military program and PW1000G engines field investigations. He continued to drive his teams toward P&W core goals of technological excellence and focus on quality and customer satisfaction. Shuaib has
recently been named Seal Design Discipline deputy manager. In this role, he
will be responsible for leading resolution of technical challenges, teaching
and developing analytical tools, and mentoring of team members.
Shuaib is an active member of P&W's Diversity and Inclusion council and
activities and is passionate about continuously improving the engineering
culture locally and globally.
Pre-College Initiative Student of the Year
(Male)
Malcolm Roy Brown
C.A.S.H. NSBE Jr. Chapter
Malcolm R. Brown is a senior at Huntingtown High
School, in Huntingtown, Md., with plans to attend
college and major in engineering after his graduation in 2018. When he
isn't playing sports or doing school work, Brown spends time building model
rockets, practicing the violin or growing his business: for the past three
years, he has demonstrated his entrepreneurial talent as the owner and
operator of "Roy's Lawn Service," which now has 14 regular customers.
Brown is vice president of operations of the Creative and Striving Hard
(C.A.S.H.) NSBE Jr. Chapter, in Calvert County, Md., and is the engineering
lead for the chapter's Ten80 Student Racing Challenge remote-controlled
race car team. Brown loves to volunteer and help those around him through
activities such as mentoring with the Swaliga Foundation, teaching children
aged 6-14 about STEM topics. He also presides over his school's chapter
of the National Honor Society, which conducts outreach efforts and community service projects. His other school activities include VEX Robotics,
the Transitioning into Excellence club, the student government and the track
team.
Brown is an honor student with a 3.99 GPA and has completed AP
calculus I and II, physics I and C, composition and rhetoric, and government. Engineering courses he has completed include PLTW Pathway Intro
to Engineering, Principles of Engineering, Digital Engineering, Aerospace
Engineering, and Engineering Design and Development.

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Pre-College Initiative Student of the Year
(Female)
Kenadi Parran Wilkerson
C.A.S.H. NSBE Jr. Chapter
Kenadi Parran Wilkerson is a senior at
Huntingtown High School in Huntingtown, Md. She
joined Creative and Striving Hard (C.A.S.H.) NSBE Jr. in 2013, shortly after
the chapter was chartered. Wilkerson has held multiple leadership positions with the chapter since then, including treasurer, programs chair, and
program manager for the Calvert Cruisers Ten80 Student Racing Challenge
team. She is now the chapter's membership chair and in her third year of
managing the Calvert Cruisers.
Wilkerson is an honors student and a member of her school's VEX
Robotics team, the Future Business Leaders of America and the National
Business Honor Society. She has served as Class of 2018 historian for two
years and as manager of Huntingtown High's junior varsity and varsity volleyball and basketball teams.
Wilkerson is a member of the Plum Point United Methodist Church,
where she is an active Sunday school, youth choir and liturgical dance team
member. She plans to pursue a degree in computer science and aspires to
become a software engineer.
Pre-College Initiative Director of the Year
Xavier Nicholas Horton, PMP
Engineering Project Leader
Caterpillar Inc.
Xavier Horton has led many initiatives during his
more than 10-year career with Caterpillar Inc. He
now guides a global team focused on delivering test infrastructure solutions
for use in Hardware-in-the-Loop and Software-in-the-Loop machine/engine
test applications. Horton is a proud graduate of the University of Texas at
Austin with a Bachelor of Science in electrical/computer engineering. He is
also a certified project management professional.
Horton discovered NSBE after going through a rough set of first-semester
engineering midterms during his freshman year. NSBE was his saving grace,
providing a family away from home and a support system that helped him
successfully navigate college life.
Horton was a founding member of the Central IL Alumni Extension
Chapter of NSBE (now the Central IL Professionals) and served as the chapter's Pre-College Initiative chair and president from 2008 to 2012. In 2012,
he chartered the Central IL (CI) NSBE Jr. Chapter, in partnership with the
Tri-County Urban League (TCUL), in Peoria, Ill., and has served as its adviser
since its inception.
Horton constantly pursues opportunities to expose his students to unique
STEM opportunities. He cofounded and serves as the lead facilitator for the
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