Background
Bennett, Tyrone LaMont was born on November 11, 1963 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Bennett, Tyrone LaMont was born on November 11, 1963 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Bachelor of Technology, State University of New York, Utica, 1988. Master of Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1997.
Assistant engineer Brooklyn Union Gas Company, 1989—1990. Gas turbine electrical systems, engineer Department Defense, Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, 1990—1993. Sales engineer Quentzel Plumbing Supplies, Inc., Brooklyn, 1995—1998.
Research engineer Stony Brook University-Center for Thermal Spray Research, since 1996. Infrastructure technologist Center for Thermal Spray Research, since 1999. Assistant director, science & technical entry programs Stony Brook University, Department Technology and Society, since 2000.
President, Model Student Clubs of America Better World JL Institute, Brooklyn, 1984—1990, junior goodwill ambassador, 1984—1991. Board directors University Transportation Research Center, City University of New York, Manhattan, since 1998. Long Island representative for science and technical conferences LISTEP Conference Committee, Stony Brook, New York, since 2000.
Executive committee Association for Program Administrator of Collegiate Science, Inc., Bronx, since 2001. Faculty member National Science Foundation, Math, Science, and Technology Partnership+, 2003—2008. Chairman transportation advisory committee Stony Brook University, since 2003.
Science judge New York Academy of Sciences, Queens, 1986—1990. Youth minister Bethel Temple Church Of God in Christ, Far Rockaway, 1980—1994. Ordained review and evangelist Universal Church of God, Brooklyn, 1983—1989.
Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (associate Student Competition award 1986), Robotics International (correspondent), Metallurgical Society of American Society for Microbiology (associate).
Son of Janie A. Bennett-Fortune and Melvin Bennett, Everett Fortune (Stepfather). Married Gloria J. Brown, April 22, 2000.