Dr. Bennett has over twenty-five years' experience as a research engineer, educator, author, and infrastructure technologist and over fourteen years' experience as an administrator of science and technology programs at Stony Brook, Hofstra, and City Universities. As a student advocate, Dr. Bennett received several awards, including the Black Men of Distinction Award from NYS Senate and the First Junior Goodwill Ambassador from the Better World JL Institute. He was also selected in Who's Who in America 2005 Almanac. He has been nominated for the 2012-2013 Who's Who in North America Almanac for Educators and received the 2011 City University of New York's Chancellor Award. Dr. Bennett and a team of aerospace engineers were invited by Congress in 2013 to lobby against needless reform in education and promote STEM. He also presented research topics on science and technology to government officials in Washington DC, New York State, the Department of Defense US Military, and the National American Council of Education, just to name a few. Dr. Bennett has been an active member of a few organizations: member of the Board of Directors for the City University of New York, University Transportation Research Center, certified lobbyist for Stony Brook University and Long Island for the Association of Program Administrators for CSTEP and STEP (APACS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) passport for future teacher, and program and judge/host at the Johns Hopkins University Annual AIAA Region 1 Young Professional, Students and Education (YPSE) Conference. He authored three novels and currently is working on an academic textbook about bridge design through math infusion for elementary, middle school, and high school students. It is Dr. Bennett's goal to teach students the importance of math and science in their lives and to produce scientists, engineers, and math and health science professionals in the twenty-first century for New York State and the country. Dr. Bennett studied manufacturing engineering of electronic materials at Polytechnic University and holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica, New York; a master's of science degree in technology management from Stony Brook University; and a doctor of education from St. John's University School of Education for Leadership and Accountability, Administration, and Supervision. Currently, Dr. Bennett is executive director of Math-Infusion, LLC; educator for the Wyandanch School District, Long Island, New York; educational researcher and former director of College Now, and director of high schools/college collaborations at the City University of New York LaGuardia Community College. He was overseer of thirty-one high schools in Queens, New York, where juniors and seniors have the opportunity to take college-level credit-bearing courses through a program called College Now. He was the liaison for the early college program at middle college and international high schools and was principal investigator for three grant programs, including Upward Bound, STEP, and LSAMP. He served as member of the University Transportation Research Center board of directors at City University of New York,City College
