Dr. Mulalo Doyoyo: from Apartheid to Engineering
Born in a South African village in 1970, Dr. Mulalo Doyoyo came of age under an apartheid (racially segregated) regime. As a grade school student he learned basic arithmetic and English as part of an education designed to prepare him for a life of servitude to white society. How did a man raised under such extraordinarily difficult circumstances become a successful civil engineer at Georgia Tech?
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Georgia Performance Standards (
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S6CS8: Students will investigate the characteristics of scientific knowledge and how it is achieved.
SCSh8: Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.
Web Resources (
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Dr. Doyoyo's Home Page
http://www.ce.gatech.edu/fac_staff/research_bio.php?active_id=md209
On Becoming a Scientist - Lesson Plans
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/career.shtml#on
Engineering Careers: Go For It!
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/career.shtml#engineering
Engineering Lesson Plans/Activities
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/engineering.shtml