Omowale Casselle This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. Focus on diversity

   www.nsbe-cac.org/FEA/Focus%20o - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/12/2006   Last Visited: 11/8/2007

   Omowale Casselle.
   
   Omowale Casselle of Ford: five to ten years ahead Omowale Casselle is a product development engineer in the Ford College Graduate program for Ford Motor Co (Dearborn, MI). He is midway through a thirty-two-month rotational training program. Each rotation lasts from four to six months in a different functional area.
   
   Casselle is currently working on restraint sub-systems for model year 2007 cars. "Anything you see on the streets, we're working on it five to ten years ahead," says Casselle. "It's cool. I like to solve problems related to cars."
   
   He earned his BSME from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2002. He received scholarships from Ford and the Chrysler Corporation, a U of I President's Award and a U of I Children of Veterans scholarship.
   
   Casselle joined NSBE in school, and taught "Engineering 100," an eight-week seminar run by upperclass students. The seminar's object is to introduce first-year engineering majors to the U of I College of Engineering. "It's always good to look at someone four years down the road from you," Casselle says. "You can see what they've done well, and avoid their mistakes."
   
   He had two internships at Ford, in manufacturing and in product development. Casselle says the internship experience was invaluable to his career path, teaching him how to function daily in the corporate world and to apply the theory he learned in school.
   
   In addition to his job, Casselle is also a member of the recruiting team for Ford at the University of Illinois. U of I is second only to the University of Michigan among feeder schools for the company.
   
   He received an offer the September after his second internship, and went through his senior year with a job already secured. He advises current students to "focus on grades - that's what makes someone first look at you.

2. 2. Focus on diversity: African American engineers are finding success in their first jobs

   www.diversitycareers.com/artic - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 12/9/2004

   Omowale Casselle
   ...
   Omowale Casselle.
   
   Omowale Casselle of Ford: five to ten years ahead Omowale Casselle is a product development engineer in the Ford College Graduate program for Ford Motor Co (Dearborn, MI). He is midway through a thirty-two-month rotational training program. Each rotation lasts from four to six months in a different functional area.
   
   Casselle is currently working on restraint sub-systems for model year 2007 cars. "Anything you see on the streets, we're working on it five to ten years ahead," says Casselle. "It's cool. I like to solve problems related to cars."
   
   He earned his BSME from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2002. He received scholarships from Ford and the Chrysler Corporation, a U of I President's Award and a U of I Children of Veterans scholarship.
   
   Casselle joined NSBE in school, and taught "Engineering 100," an eight-week seminar run by upperclass students. The seminar's object is to introduce first-year engineering majors to the U of I College of Engineering. "It's always good to look at someone four years down the road from you," Casselle says. "You can see what they've done well, and avoid their mistakes."
   
   He had two internships at Ford, in manufacturing and in product development. Casselle says the internship experience was invaluable to his career path, teaching him how to function daily in the corporate world and to apply the theory he learned in school.
   
   In addition to his job, Casselle is also a member of the recruiting team for Ford at the University of Illinois. U of I is second only to the University of Michigan among feeder schools for the company.
   
   He received an offer the September after his second internship, and went through his senior year with a job already secured. He advises current students to "focus on grades - that's what makes someone first look at you.