Awards & Lists
An American Renaissance: 23rd Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards
By USBE
Feb 6, 2009, 20:26

US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the Black Engineer of the Year Awards 2009. Aerospace Corporation’s President & CEO Wanda Austin, the 2009 Black Engineer of the Year, tops the list of scientific and technical inductees who have achieved exceptional career gains in STEM education, R&D, industry, commerce and government. Black Engineer of the Year Awards alumni and the most promising students also receive recognition.

2009 Black Engineer of the Year
Wanda M. Austin, PhD
President & CEO
The Aerospace Corporation

Career Achievement - Government
Cmdr. Roger Isom
Command Officer, USS Wyoming
US Navy

Lloyd Reshard
Chief, Flight Vehicles Integration Branch
Air Force Research Laboratory

Career Achievement - Industry
James Wigfall
Vice President, Supplier Management
Shared Services Group
Boeing

Moses David Wilkins
Vice President, Contracts 
Raytheon

Most Promising Engineer - Industry
Muluwork Geremew
Process Simulation Scientist I
Corning

Alana D. Tyler
Senior Mechanical Engineer II
Raytheon

Most Promising Engineer - Government
Shanee Pacley (nee Houston)
Materials & Research Engineer 
Air Force Research Laboratory

D’Lorah Small
Civil Engineer
Army Corps of Engineers

Outstanding Technical Contribution
Percy V. Gilbert, PhD
Vice President, Technology Development
IBM

Ayn Fuller
Advisory Engineer
Northrop Grumman Corporation

Professional Achievement - Government
Col. Clarence Dave Turner
Commander, Far East District
Army Corps of Engineers

Frank Robinson, Jr.
Deputy Director, Safety & Mission Assurance Directorate
NASA Glenn Research Center

Professional Achievement - Industry
Colin J. Parris, PhD
Vice President, Digital Convergence
IBM

Dennis R. Copeland
Principal Information Systems Engineer
MITRE

Entrepreneur Award
Kenneth R. Banks
President & CEO
Banks Construction & Development

Community Service
Nikki M. Boone
Senior Electronics Engineer
Lockheed Martin

Reginald “Reggie” Smith, PhD
Chief, Interagency Coordination
Advanced Distributed Learning & Joint Knowledge
Booz Allen Hamilton

Affirmative Action Award
Johnny L. Graham
Small Arms Team Leader, Soldier Systems Branch
Material Systems Analysis Activity
US Army

Affirmative Action - Supplier Diversity
Reginald G. Williams, PhD
Technical Lead, Small Business Innovative Research
Naval Air Systems Command

Deans Award - Government
Vallen L. Emery, Jr., PhD
Outreach Program Manager
US Army Research Laboratory

Deans Award - Industry
Phillip E. Campbell
Distribution Sales Manager & Technical Sales Engineer
Freescale

Lifetime Achievement
David R. Anderson
President & General Manager Hospital Supply
Cardinal Health

Pioneer Award
Jeannette M. Mills
Senior Vice President, Customer Relations & Account Services
BGE

President’s Award
Olabisi (Bisi) Boyle
Director, Product Engineering & Program Management
Chrysler LLC

Scott J. Kelly
Senior Vice President, Service Operations
DPL Inc.

Corporate Promotion of Higher Education
Will Minter
Division Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Veronica L. Nelson
Manager, Career Pathways Program
Electronic Systems Sector
Northrop Grumman Corporation

College-level Promotion of Education
Oscar Barton, Jr., PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
US Naval Academy

K-12 Promotion of Education
Manorama (Mano) Talaiver, PhD
Director, Institute for Teaching through
Technology & Innovative Practices

Student Leadership Award
Midshipman Jordan Blake
Ocean Engineering
US Naval Academy

Ryan Clark
Student
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Gem Student Leadership
Jabbar Miller, PhD
Electrical Engineer
Electronic Systems Sector
Northrop Grumman Corporation

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
 
Glenn Arnold
Director CDO Program Management & Operations
EMC

Felix Bartholomew
Principal Associate & Senior Technical Specialist
Project Controls Manager
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Americas

Louis L. “Reggie” Brothers, PhD
Engineering Technical Director
BAE Systems

Patrick F. Gerdes
Senior Principal, Healthcare Division
Noblis

William C. Glass
Senior Engineer for Crashworthy Systems Branch
Naval Air Warfare Center
US Navy

Charles E. Henry
Vice President, Verizon Telecom
IT Revenue Assurance
Verizon

Henry E. Jeffress, III
Senior Microelectronic Design Engineer
Electronic Systems Sector
Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
Krandall V. Jones
Vice President of Quality Assurance
Turner Broadcasting, Inc.

Joachim Kupe, PhD 
Chief Engineer, Delphi Powertrain Advanced Engineering
Delphi

Trena Covington Lilly
Project Manager
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
 
Jenae Moore
Co-op & Intern
General Motors 
  
Paul Forest Spraggs, Jr.
Senior Network Specialist
SAIC 
 
Ellisa Taylor
Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Cardinal Health

Stars and Stripes
Leo A. Brooks, Jr.
Vice President, Business Development
Boeing

For more than two decades, the BEYA STEM Global Competitiveness Conference has attracted top professionals and students from every field of science, engineering and math-based field. Since 1986, the conference has recognized outstanding achievements of African-Americans in industry, commerce, government and institutions across America.

Throughout the conference, seminars and workshops offer new information on a variety of topics affecting black technology professionals such as career advancement, diversity programs and specialized industry updates. The Career Fair will link qualified engineers, scientists, business professionals and students with employers both regional and national.

Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Council of the Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine look forward to seeing you at the conference in February. Click for more information www.beya.org