February 16, 2013 - February 22, 2013, The Afro-American B1

Honorees at this year’s event included:

Black Engineer of the YearFreeman Hrabowski, IIIUMBC President

Career Achievement-GovernmentG. Derrick HintonPrincipal Deputy Director, Test Resource Management CenterUndersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and LogisticsDepartment of Defense

Career Achievement-Industry Alicia Boler-DavisVice President, Global Quality and U.S. Customer ExperienceGeneral Motors

Robert L. Curbeam, Jr.Vice President, Mission Assurance, Quality & Raytheon Six SigmaRaytheon Company

Community ServiceRhonda ThomasGeneral EngineerFederal Aviation AdministrationDiversity Leadership-Government

Barbara Miller, Ed.D., LCSWDirector, Office of Diversity & Equal OpportunityNASA Ames Research Center

Diversity Leadership-Industry Patricia L. LewisVice President, Human ResourcesInformation Systems and Global SolutionsLockheed Martin Corporation

J. Anthony Wingate Manager, Subsystems and Components Quality EngineeringSandia National Laboratories

Lifetime Achievement General Dennis L. ViaCommanding GeneralU.S. Army Materiel CommandUnited States Army

Most Promising Engineer-Government Tonya Bazemore ArchitectU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Moses Nii Kpakpo MingleChief of Electronic Warfare Systems Ground BranchCommunications Electronics Research, Developmentand Engineering Center U.S. Army

Most Promising Engineer-Industry Richard A. JohnsonEngineering Systems OperatorThe Boeing Company

Terrell D. Neal, Ph.D.Senior Electrical Engineer IIRaytheon Company

Outstanding Technical Contribution–IndustryJama A. MohamedSenior Principal Systems EngineerRaytheon Company

Donnell Walton, Ph.D.ManagerWorld-Wide Applications Engineering Gorilla GlassCorning Incorporated

Pioneer Award Shan CooperVice President & General ManagerLockheed Martin Corporation

Cynthia M. SheltonVice PresidentGeneral Dynamics

Lauren C. StatesVice President, Chief Technology OfficerIBM Corporate StrategyIBM Corporation

President’s Award Theodore Colbert, IIIVice President, Information Technology InfrastructureThe Boeing Company

Marachel L. Knight, PE, PMPVice President, Program ManagementAT&T Services Inc.

Professional Achievement-GovernmentOmarr TobiasOperations Officer, 2nd Naval Construction RegimentCivil Engineer CorpsU.S. Navy

Professional Achievement-IndustryRoy ForemanElectrical Engineer ManagerNorthrop Grumman Corporation

Samer A. SalehDirector, Planning and Services, Operations StrategyAbbott Diagnostics

Promotion of EducationBobby L. Wilson, Ph.D.L. Lloyd Woods Distinguished Professor of ChemistryShell Oil Endowed Chaired Professor of Environmental ToxicologyTexas Southern University

Student Leadership – Graduate level Je’aime (Jamie) PowellGrid Manager/Graduate Researcher/Network AnalystCenter of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research

Student Leadership-UndergraduateNahom TewoldeFAMU-FSU College of EngineeringTechnical Sales and Marketing

Eric L. AndersonDirector, Integrated Business PlanningThe Boeing Company

Keith L. ColemanStructural Design EngineerCH2M HILL

Visionary Award Philip D. Benson, Jr. PE, PMPVice PresidentWater Business GroupCH2M HILL

Larry WilliamsDirector, Interior Engineering Systems and ComponentsChrysler Group LLC

A collection of the nation’s brightest professional and student minds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics gathered at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Feb. 7 for the annual Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Conference. The event, which drew nearly 10,000 participants, recognizes the past and present contributions of Blacks in STEM fields.

Photos by Rob Roberts

Byron Green, head of Manufacturing Engineering at the Chrysler Group

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Gen.(Ret.) William “Kip” Ward and his wife, Joyce

Community Service award winner Rhonda Thomas, general engineer of the Federal Aviation Administration

J. Anthony Wingate of Sandia National Laboratories and J. Stephen Rottler, Ph.D

Gen. (Ret.)Johnnie Wilson

Generals Dennis Via, Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command and Lloyd Austin III, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army

Patricia Lewis, Vice president of Human Resources, Lockheed Martin

Charlene Austin(center) and Brig. Gen.(Ret.) Belinda Pinckney(right) with guest

BEYA attendees

A stirring selection entertains the guestsDr. Freeman Hrabowski III

chats with participants.