A number of engineers and different STEM professionals have been honored throughout the thirty eighth BEYA (Turning into Every thing You Are) STEM Digital Twin Expertise (DTX) Convention. The annual occasion acknowledges trade leaders from corporations, authorities companies, and academic establishments and in different roles for his or her management and achievements in STEM.
Honors embody the BEYA STEM Awards (listed beneath) in addition to recognition of Science Spectrum Trailblazers and Trendy-Day Expertise Leaders.
Ken Washington, PhD, chief know-how & innovation officer at Medtronic, was honored with the Black Engineer of the 12 months Award, a recognition meant to have fun “excellent achievements of Black professionals in STEM industries,” based on a information launch.
“We’re thrilled to current Ken Washington with the Black Engineer of the 12 months Award,” stated Dr. Tyrone D. Taborn, CEO of Profession Communications Group and Editor in Chief of US Black Engineer & Data Expertise journal, within the launch. “His dedication to advancing know-how and engineering, coupled together with his dedication to mentoring and inspiring the following era of STEM leaders, actually embodies the spirit of the BEYA STEM DTX Convention.”
Washington was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M College, and his profession consists of roles at Sandia Nationwide Laboratories, Lockheed Martin, Ford Motor Firm, and Amazon.
Additionally honored was Dr. Gilbert “Chip” Jones, a techniques engineer with Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Methods (pictured above), who acquired the 2024 BEYA Legacy Award for “his capacity to form the longer term by means of excellent techniques engineering contributions and cultivating the following era of STEM expertise by means of mentoring and tutoring,” based on a information launch issued by Northrop Grumman.
Based on his LinkedIn web page, Jones works on strike applications for which he has acquired commendation and has mentored professionals on management growth, profession development, and organizational publicity.
The BEYA STEM DTX Convention is produced by Profession Communications Group Inc. This 12 months’s occasion was introduced by co-hosts US Black Engineer & Data Expertise journal, the Council of Engineering Deans of the Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities, and Lockheed Martin, know-how host Google, and co-sponsors Actalent and RTX. The 2025 BEYA STEM DTX Convention will return to Baltimore February 13-15, 2025.
Honorees within the 2024 Turning into Every thing You Are STEM Digital Twin Expertise
BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Ken Washington, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Expertise & Innovation Officer
Medtronic
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT
Andrea Williams, Chief, Operations Division
U.S. Military Corps of Engineers
Carl Donahoo, Lead Engineer, Joint Program Workplace for each Joint Air-to-Floor Standoff Missile (JASSM) and Lengthy Vary Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)
AFLCMC/EB-E
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN INDUSTRY
George Coles Jr., Biomechanical and Microelectronics Engineer
The Johns Hopkins College Utilized Physics Laboratory
William Johnson Jr., SVP Logistics & Mission Assist Operations
Leidos
COMMUNITY SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT
Tony Harris, Methods Engineer
DEVCOM Evaluation Heart
COMMUNITY SERVICE IN INDUSTRY
Eric Biribuze, International Gross sales Director, AGS
Corning Included
Anthony Crutchfield, Vice President, Military Methods
The Boeing Firm
DAVE BARCLAY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Allan Sonsteby, Ph.D., Govt Director
Penn State Utilized Analysis Lab
Duran Gunter, Director, High quality & Course of Engineering
Pratt Whitney, a RTX Enterprise
GEM OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNUS
Nashlie Sephus, Ph.D., Tech Evangelist/Senior Scientist at Amazon, AL
Amazon
LEGACY AWARDS
Asma Abuzaakouk, Ph.D., Human and Group Methods, Principal
MITRE
Tracy Barnes, Chief Data Officer
State of Indiana
Sunita Benson-Agwu, Supervisor Venture Execution
Pepco Holdings
Angelys Cuello, Medical Engineer II
Abbott
Bertrand Damiba, Director, Product Administration
Google
Gilbert “Chip” Jones III, D.M., Employees Engineer Methods Architect
Northrop Grumman Company
Robert McMeans, Supervisor
Spirit AeroSystems
Kamal Mohamed, Ship Supervisor
Normal Dynamics Electrical Boat
Veronica Nelson, Govt Director
Advancing Minorities’ Curiosity in Engineering (AMIE)
Sharon Parish, Director, Variety, Fairness, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Division of Navy, Naval Sea Methods Command
Michael Patton Jr., Vice President, Program Administration
Lockheed Martin Company
Wayne Richards Jr., DBA, Senior Supervisor, Program Administration
Raytheon, an RTX Enterprise
Tiffany Spence, Normal Engineer
Missile Protection Company
Ron Williams, Senior Vice President and Normal Supervisor
Jacobs
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Howard McKenzie, Chief Engineer and Govt Vice President of Engineering, Take a look at & Expertise
The Boeing Firm
MOST PROMISING ENGINEER IN GOVERNMENT
Lowell Jones, Aerospace Engineer
Air Pressure Materiel Command
MOST PROMISING ENGINEER IN INDUSTRY
Nirupama (Pam) Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Principal Information Scientist
MITRE
Nicole Jackson, Ph.D., R&D S&E Methods Analysis and Evaluation
Sandia Nationwide Laboratories
MOST PROMISING SCIENTIST
Shavonn Watkins, Ph.D., Affiliate
Booz Allen Hamilton
Connie Kim, Well being Program Evaluation and Transformation, Lead
MITRE
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION IN GOVERNMENT
Nathaniel Bridges, Ph.D., Analysis Biomedical Engineer
Air Pressure Analysis Laboratory
Chad Nash, Chief, QRC Department
U.S. Military Fight Capabilities Improvement Command
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION IN INDUSTRY
Tresha Lacaux, Vice President & 777X Chief Venture Engineer
The Boeing Firm
Christa Wright, Ph.D., Analysis Director
CIRI of UL Analysis Institutes
PIONEER AWARD
Matice Wright-Springer, Senior Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT
Maj Roderick Ervin, Chief, Program Integration Department
United States Air Pressure
LTC Michael Pope, Deputy Commander
U.S. Military Corps of Engineers
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN INDUSTRY
Nelson Akwari, Ph.D., Director, Interiors Duty Heart South Carolina
The Boeing Firm
Brandon Cassimere, Ph.D., Senior Technical Skilled Chief
KBR
RESEARCH LEADERSHIP
Katherine Kim, Ph.D., Shopper Well being Informatics, Principal
MITRE
SENIOR INVESTIGATOR
Rigobert Tibi, Ph.D., R&D S&E Geosciences Engineering
Sandia Nationwide Laboratories
Sridevi Polavaram, Ph.D., Senior Synthetic Intelligence Engineer
MITRE
SENIOR TECHNOLOGY FELLOW
William Agassounon, Ph.D., Director, Analysis & Superior Methods
Textron Methods
STUDENT LEADERSHIP – UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
Jabari Bowen, Cadet
U.S. Air Pressure Academy Division of Electrical and Pc Engineering
TECHNICAL SALES AND MARKETING
Victor Deal, Senior Program Supervisor, Enterprise Improvement
HII
VISIONARY AWARD
Anthony Brown, Esq., Lawyer Normal
Maryland State Authorities
