[1] Grant took part in the Program to Increase Minority Engineering Graduates (PIMEG) at General Electric, which first introduced her to careers in technology.
Her work investigates the chemical and transport processes that occur at the solid-liquid interface, and drive the formation and removal of deposits.
[7] She was named the first ever Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement and Special Initiatives at North Carolina State University in 2008 and still serves in this position.
[10] Grant has held various leadership positions in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE): she was the first African-American woman to be elected Fellow of the society and has served as chair of the Minority Affairs Committee and on the board of directors.
[2] Grant is also a director of the Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF).