2002 BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

Black Engineer of the Year Awards Ceremony
Saturday, February 16, 2002
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.



Black Engineer of the Year
Rodney O'Neal
Executive Vice President & President of Safety, Thermal & Electrical Architecture
Delphi Automotive Systems

Lifetime Achievement
Robert L. Bowers
Plant Manager
DaimlerChrysler Corporation

Deans' Award
Julius L. Longshore
Project Engineer Test & Evaluation & Experimental Test Pilot
Northrop Grumman Corporation

Career Achievement in Industry
Emanuel Brady, Jr.
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Raytheon Electronic Systems

Michael Fortson
Director, Joint Strike Fighter Affordability & Continuous Improvement
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Career Achievement in Government
McKenzie Thomas
Senior Reactor Inspector 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

LeRoy T. Parker
Senior Engineer, Ground Weapons Directorate
U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command

Community Service 
Jesse L. Bemley, Ph.D.
Computer Specialist
U.S. Army Cost & Economic Analysis Center

Corporate Promotion of Education
Rosalind L. Hudnell
Public Affairs Manager, Central Region
Intel Corporation

Entrepreneur of the Year
Mr. Rodney P. Hunt
President & CEO
RS Information Systems, Inc.

President's Award
James E. Hubbard, Ph.D.
Founder and Chief Technical Officer
iProvica Inc.

Most Promising Scientist
Roychelle S. Ingram-Ogunwumi, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Corning Incorporated

Most Promising Engineer
Terry P. Lewis, Ph.D. (Student)
Senior Systems Engineer II
Raytheon

Jason C. Bunn
Associate Professional Staff
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Outstanding Technical Contribution in Government
Georgette B. Gaskin
Materials Engineer/Program Manager
Naval Air Systems Command

Kelvin M. Manning
Lead Vehicle Manager OV-104 "Atlantis"
NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center

Outstanding Technical Contribution in Industry
Vincent M. McNeil, Ph.D.
Japan Manager, Imaging Business Unit
Texas Instruments, Inc.

John D. Terry, Ph.D.
Senior Research Engineer
Nokia Research Center

Professional Achievement in Government
Jesse W. McCurdy
Director, Test & Evaluation Engineering Department
Naval Air Systems Command

Professional Achievement in Industry
Jimmy Williams, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Manufacturing Process Improvements
The Boeing Company

Rhonda D. Holt
Vice President, Storage Systems Engineering
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Technical Sales & Marketing
Cheryl L. Richardson
Worldwide Account Manager
Texas Instruments Inc.

John L. Seaton
Systems Engineer III
Cisco Systems, Inc.

BLACK ENGINEER CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS
Engineering Dean's Power Breakfast 
Saturday, February 16, 2002
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.


College Level Educator
Bevlee A. Watford, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director of Minority Engineering Programs
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Calvin Mackie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Tulane University 

Promotion of Higher Educator
Kevin T. Kornegay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cornell University

GEM Student Leadership
Leon Pickett, Jr.
Ph.D. Student
Iowa State University

Student Leadership
Roberto W. Young
Student
University of Memphis
The Boeing Company

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS
Engineering Dean's Power Breakfast
Saturday, February 16, 2002
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.


Jennifer A. Hayes
Student
University of Oklahoma

Valorie J. Horton
Superintendent - Maintenance
General Motors Corporation 

Tonja N. Chambliss
Systems Engineer/Business Financial Manager
Department of the Navy

Alfred D. Lawson
Program Manager
United States Postal Service

Jim Ganthier
Director & General Manager, Inter-Connected Products Group
Compaq Computer Corporation

Valecia D. Maclin
Director, ECS Systems Engineering
Raytheon Company

Arthur L. George, P.E.
High Performance Linear, Business Unit Manager
Texas Instruments Inc.

John Longstreet
Manager, Simultaneous Engineering Department
Toyota Motors Manufacturing of North America Inc.

Charlotte D. Coleman
Electronics Engineer, Aeronautical Systems Center
Department of the Air Force

Jamel P. Lynch II
Bluetooth Development Engineer
International Business Machines

Karl J. Johnson, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director
Motorola, Compound Semiconductor Technologies Laboratory