PhD student Adrian Brown was selected to participate in the fifth annual Dissertation Institute. The Dissertation Institute was established for underrepresented engineering doctoral students across the U.S. to learn skills that help progress toward their dissertation.  Brown will participate in the week-long virtual event July 10-16. The institute includes sessions on writing, graduate school, and motivation, as well as focused writing time. It is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and hosted by Virginia Tech and the University of Texas – Dallas.