Awards will be presented at the BEYA STEM Conference, February 13-15, 2020 in Washington, DC.

The three-star Army general becomes the third active-duty officer to win the Black Engineer of the Year Award after Captain (retired) Donnie Cochran (1989) and retired Lt. Gen.  Joe N. Ballard (1998).

Crystal Green, a lead instructor with the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP), successfully defended her dissertation on March 19 at the University of Michigan.

The 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) in the Gerald Johnson Legacy category went to Tanya Foutch, a quality engineering supervisor at FCA US LLC.

The annual Technology Recognition Luncheon at the BEYA STEM Conference, which honors Modern Day Technology Leaders, was held Friday, February 8.

Software engineers and computer systems professionals make up the largest segment of the Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) workforce at Lockheed Martin.

Dr. Kevin Kornegay was one of 10 researchers from historically black colleges and universities to receive the 2018 HBCU Innovation Award. 

Derek McGowan’s achievements have brought distinction to his career, credit to Lockheed Martin, and benefit to minority-serving institutions.

Drew Valentine, standing left in this photo, is Vice president, People & Culture at IBM Analytics. At the 2018 BEYA Conference in February, he received the Dave Barclay Affirmative Action Award.

Kathryn Hamilton won the 2018 Professional Achievement award for leadership of large STEM initiatives, and achievement as a role model for others in the field.