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Willie Lawson attended Alabama A&M University where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Propulsion.  “Pretty much everything we use in daily life has some kind of mechanical engineering involved in it.” he says.

He is now employed as a systems engineer for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)  in Huntsville, Alabama in the organizational global deployment directorate. His favorite part of working at MDA is the opportunity to travel; so far, he’s been to Turkey, Hawaii, and Romania. “Being able to go overseas and represent MDA is a great feeling,” he shares.

Willie plans to go back to school to get his Master’s in Project Management, which could be fully funded by MDA. In retrospect, Willie would have explored more co-op opportunities while he was in college and would have gone back for his Master's sooner.

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