Tahira Reid Smith
I’m a professor and the founder of Jump Dreams, Inc., a company launched to market and sell my Automatic Double Dutch Machine and other related items.
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Patented Inventor
Creator of the automated double Dutch jump rope machine -
Academic Pioneer
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers -
Inspiring Mentor
Dedicated to empowering future generations in STEM
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Interviews of/Presentations by Tahira on YouTube
- 2000
Today Show Video Interview with Katie Couric and Al Roker
- 2012
TEDx Talk - "Notice Innovation" - Telling some of my invention story
- 2019
Keynote to Black Graduate Students Banquet ("How to Run Your Unique Race: My Journey of Becoming")
- 2021
How A Professor Learned to Put Compassion Into Engineering and Design
- 2021
Inventive Minds Interview
- 2023
Inspiring STEM Pathways
- 2024
Video Clip 1 of Smithsonian
- 2024
Video Clip 2 of Smithsonian
- 2024
NOVA Program
Links to Articles & Podcasts
August 13,2000
February 18,2021
November 24, 2022
February 15, 2025
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