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Follow on Google News | 29th Annual BEYA STEM Conference Returns To Washington, D.CBEYA is the nation’s largest annual gathering of STEM professionals and leaders committed to increasing minorities in the technology workforce.
By: Career Communications Group Although African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population, they earned just 5.2 percent (3,673) of the engineering degrees awarded to U.S. citizens (70,749) in 2006. The purpose of the BEYA STEM Conference is to shed light on the underrepresentation of all minorities in the STEM industry, and to honor the successful modern-day minority inventors, technical innovators, gifted scientists, budding engineers, and high-level managers and executives whose careers are "Going Beyond the Limits" in private industry, government agencies, and the military, and who are living proof of the benefits of opening doors to opportunity. This three-day event continues to bring together about 8,000 attendees, including students, college administrators, recruiters, engineering and IT professionals, scientists, and high-level decision-makers from the corporate, government, and military communities, in an effort to broaden diversity in this country's technical and scientific work forces. The conference's prestigious awards ceremony continues to provide employers with the unique opportunity to acknowledge and share the achievements of minorities who are leaders in the fields of math, science, engineering, and information technology and who often have overcome a landscape of personal challenge, social inequity, and workplace immobility. The recipients of the 2015 Black Engineer of the Year Awards are: Black Engineer of the Year Edward Welburn Vice President, Global Design General Motors Company Career Achievement - Government Jacqueline Toussaint-Barker Chief, Commander's Action Group Air Force Research Laboratory Career Achievement - Industry Ernest Levert Lockheed Martin Fellow Lockheed Martin Corporation Community Service Debra Coleman Senior Electrical Systems Engineer The Boeing Company Corporate Promotion of Education Tizoc Loza Corporate Manager, Supplier Diversity Programs/HBCU/ Northrop Grumman Corporation Corporate Promotion of Education Gayla Turner McMichael Outreach and Diversity Program Manager U.S. Army AMRDEC Dave Barclay Affirmative Action Ozzie Pierce Interim Vice President, Global Diversity and Employee Rights Global Diversity and Employee Rights, Human Resources Deans' Award Marvin Carr Systems Engineer & Project Manager Innovative STEM Solutions, LLC Most Promising Engineer - Government Andre Douglas Naval Architect/Salvage Engineering Response Team Duty Officer U.S. Coast Guard Most Promising Engineer – Industry Jane Odero Senior Systems Engineer II Raytheon Company Most Promising Engineer - Industry Anthony Plummer, Ph.D. Section Supervisor The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Outstanding Technical Contribution - Government Marc Fulson Acting Deputy Branch Chief U.S. Air Force Outstanding Technical Contribution – Government Doretha Green Technical Manager, Industrial Engineer, GS-13 U.S. Army Outstanding Technical Contribution - Industry Daby Sow, Ph.D. Exploratory Clinical Analytics and Systems IBM Research Outstanding Technical Contribution – Industry Philip Lovell Fellow Mechanical Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation President's Award Carol Bennett Senior Program Manager General Dynamics Professional Achievement – Government Tiffany Rivera Program Element Monitor U.S. Air Force Professional Achievement - Government Michael Sterling, Ph.D. Chief, Water Management & Infrastructure Safety Branch H&H U. 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Army Corps of Engineers - SWD Professional Achievement – Industry Shelvy Marbury Area Manager Network Engineering AT&T Professional Achievement – Industry Alejandro Diaz, Ph.D. Systems Engineer, Advanced Space Exploration The Boeing Company Technical Sales and Marketing LoGina Davis Senior Cloud Solutions Architect AT&T Communications College-Level Promotion of Education Emmanuel Collins, Ph.D. Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department FAMU-FSU College of Engineering College-Level Promotion of Education Pamela McCauley, Ph.D. Professor & Director of the Ergonomics Laboratory University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Sciences K-12 Promotion of Education Erica Watson Science/STEM Teacher New London Public Schools K-12 Promotion of Education Akua Kouyate-Tate Senior Director, Education Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Special Recognition Charles Kamhoua, Ph.D. Work Unit Manager Air Force Research Laboratory Reginald Hobbs, Ph.D. Associate Director for Experimentation, CISD Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Marvy Moore AVP, Market Development, Advanced Solutions - AT&T Business Solutions AT&T Bruce Davis Project Chief - Electrical Systems and Components Vehicle Integration Chrysler Group LLC Michelle Blaise Senior Vice President of Technical Services Exelon Willie Castile Manager of Missile Defense National Team General Dynamics Cindy Brock JMC Lead Safety Engineer Joint Munitions Command Karmyn Norwood Systems Engineering Director Lockheed Martin Corporation Zachary Barnett Engineer Software 3- Agile Lead Northrop Grumman Corporation David Canada Finance Manager The Boeing Company Bryan Scott Director of Quality, Boeing Military Aircraft Boeing Defense, Space & Security Community Service Darnell Diggs, Ph.D. Special Assistant to the Commander and Executive Director Air Force Research Laboratory Most Promising Engineer Jin Wang Director, New Technology Product Development Engineering AT&T Most Promising Scientist Marco Enriquez, Ph.D. Sr. Applied Mathematician The MITRE Corporation Most Promising Scientist - Government Onome Scott-Emuakpor, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineer Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Most Promising Scientist - Industry Justin McDade Cell Simulation Engineer General Motors Company Jonathan Madison Senior Member of Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories Research Leadership George Coles Principal Professional Staff Scientist The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Scientist of the Year Julio Navarro, Ph.D. Senior Technology Fellow The Boeing Company Senior Investigator Sharon Norris, Ph.D. Chief Physician, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine The Boeing Company Senior Technology Fellow Anne Kao, Ph.D. Senior Technology Fellow The Boeing Company End
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