The BEYA Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference takes place February 18-20 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, PA.
The complete list of BEYA winners, Special Recognition, and Emerald honorees:
Affirmative Action
Charles Williams Senior Small Business Specialist NASA Johnson Space Center
Career Achievement Thomas P. Bostick Commander/Chief of Engineers Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Community Service - Government Ken Holley Recruiting Specialist Sandia National Laboratories
Afrachanna Butler Research Physical Scientist U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Community Service - Industry
Monique Smith Mission Excellence Engineer Northrop Grumman Aerospace Sector
Charlie Dean Senior Multi-Disciplined Engineer Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
Lifetime Achievement
John Tracy Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Operations & Technology The Boeing Company
Most Promising Engineer
Larry Laws Manager System Analysis and Support BGE, an Exelon Company
Renee Reynolds Engineering Manager, SEA 21 Fleet Technical Naval Sea Systems Command
Jerome Forbes Senior Systems Engineer II Raytheon
DeLante Moore Operations Research Analyst United States Army
Outstanding Technical Contribution - Government
Ernest Yelder Lead Cyber security Analyst Combat Direction Systems Activity, Dam Neck Naval Sea Systems Command
Jonas White Project Manager U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Outstanding Technical Contribution - Industry
Shawanna Phillips Executive Director of Technology and Service Management AT&T
Scientist of the Year
Jeffery Tate Engineering Fellow Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
Professional Achievement
Jeffrey Chavis Assistant Group Supervisor Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Edwardo Gillison Multi-Function Engineer/Senior Manager Lockheed Martin
Angela Holmes Program Manager, Global Deployment Program Office Missile Defense Agency
Lisa Smith Quality Systems Specialist, Flight Services The Boeing Company
Kelcey Shaw Battalion Executive Officer U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, 249th Engineer Battalion
President's Award
Kim I. McCalla Associate Vice President Morgan State University
Student Leadership
Andre Evans Midshipman First Class United States Naval Academy
Malachi Nichols Student University of Arkansas Technical Sales and Marketing
Bob Goode Field Sales Support System Engineering Senior Staff Lockheed Martin
Anbessie Yitbarek Regional Sales Director, NE Asia, Commercial Aviation Services The Boeing Company
Medical Leadership
Sonya Waters Chair, Medical Executive Committee U.S. Naval Hospital ROTA/ U.S. Navy
Kanti Ford Department Head, Adult Medicine Care Clinic U.S. Navy
Most Promising Engineer or Scientist - Government
Catherine Thomas Research Biologist U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Most Promising Scientist
Frederick Gregory Biologist/Program Manager, Neurophysiology U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Research Leadership
Carlo Kosik-Williams Program Manager Corning Inc.
Jarriel Cook Section Supervisor, Wireless Access Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Senior Investigator
Mallikarjuna Rao Chief Engineer for Secure Enterprise Services The MITRE Corporation
Senior Technology Fellow
Quynhgiao Le Technical Fellow The Boeing Company
Dennis Williams Technical Fellow The Boeing Company
College - Level Promotion of Education
Yacob Astatke Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Morgan State University
Richard Tapia University Professor, Maxfield - Oshman Chair in Engineering Rice University
Most Promising Engineer
Michael Williams, Jr. Software Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation
Tuba Aktaran-Kalayci Director Advanced Analytics, Big Data AT&T
Special Recognition
Thierry Sarr Aviation Planner CH2M
John James III Systems Engineer Sr. Staff General Dynamics - Mission Systems
Tonesha Smith Embedded Software Engineer Senior Lockheed Martin
Tamara Crawford Advanced Technical Leadership Program Lockheed Martin
Alex Richards Director, Test Policy & Controls Missile Defense Agency
Erica McClain Ground Test - Acting DTGH Technical Lead Missile Defense Agency
Henry Seright Ground Test Mission Director Missile Defense Agency
Derrick Cheston Chief, Systems Engineering & Architecture Division NASA
Conrad James Principal Research Scientist Sandia National Laboratories
Allen Compito General Manager, Electronics and Sensors Division The Aerospace Corporation
David Cade Vice President, Contracting and Risk Management The Boeing Company
Mark Braxton Construction Project Manager The United States Coast Guard
Yuanwei Jin Associate Professor University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Kristal J. Fears Manufacturing Engineer Fiat Chrysler Automobiles