MIT PhDs, 2018 Courtesy Mareena K. Robinson-SnowdenMIT PhD graduates, June 2018. Left to right: Charles E. Mackin SM '15, PhD '18 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Mareena K. Robinson-Snowden PhD '17 (Nuclear Science and Engineering); Tsehai A. Grell PhD '18 (Chemistry); David A. Hill SM '12, PhD '18 (Media Arts & Science); and Akhenaton-Andrew Jones III '10 (Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering) SM '14, PhD '18 (Mechanical Engineering). Mareena Robinson-Snowden PhD ’17 became the first black woman to earn a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT. Timeline: 2010s School: School of EngineeringSchool of Humanities, Arts, and Social SciencesSchool of Science Department: ChemistryElectrical Engineering and Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMedia Arts and SciencesNuclear Science and Engineering Life: Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA) Career: Arts & HumanitiesCommunityEngineeringScience Object: Image Collection: Commencement, Honors, Kente, Rising Voices 1995-Present, Students, Women External Link: https://www.mareenarobinsonsnowden.com/left-brain-1/