The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) congratulates the recipients of its annual awards program. SWE Awards recognize individuals who have proven to be innovators and leaders in their local communities, the STEM community and the future generation of STEM. SWE award recipients include professionals and collegiates from influential businesses, corporations and universities across the globe who play an integral role in the support and advancement of women in engineering.
This year’s award recipients were formally recognized at the WE18 Awards Ceremony on Oct. 20, 2018, in Minneapolis, MN.
The awards recipients are as follows:
Achievement Award –
Jacqueline Chen, Ph.D., Sandia National Laboratories
Advocating Women in Engineering Award –
Stacey DelVecchio, F.SWE, Caterpillar Inc.
Rose-Margaret Ekeng–Itua, Ph.D., Ohlone College
Mary Isaac, Ph.D., F.SWE, HEDGE Co.
QuynhGiao N. Nguyen, Ph.D., NASA
Kristin Robertson, The Boeing Company
Distinguished Engineering Educator Award –
Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Distinguished Service Award –
Nora Lin, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Linda M.S. Thomas, F.SWE, The Boeing Company
Emerging Leader Award –
Lynn Davenport, Medtronic
Rebekah Feist, Ph.D., The Dow Chemical Company
Dayna Johnson, P.E., LEED AP, GE Power
Maureen Masiulis, Ball Aerospace
Angel McMullen-Gunn, United Technologies Aerospace Systems
Ana Luisa Mendoza, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Ana Paula Ribeiro Marimoto, Cummins
Eileen Vélez-Vega, P.E., Kimley-Horn Puerto Rico, LLC
Alexis Wasserman, Ph.D., Merck & Co., Inc.
Theresa Wesley, Booz Allen Hamilton
Fellow Grade –
Elizabeth Bierman, Comcast
Pamela Dingman, P.E., Lancaster County, Nebraska
Cindy Hoover, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
Gina Janke, Modine Manufacturing Company
Andrea Karalus, Pratt & Whitney
Mary Roybal, Ph.D., Raytheon Missile Systems
Alyse R. Stofer, Medtronic
Global Leadership Award –
Mariana Karam, John Deere
Kimberly Pittel, Ford Motor Company
Gail Heck-Sweeney, Keysight Technologies
Global Team Leadership Award –
John Deere Tractor Embedded Architecture, Systems Engineering and Quality Team, led by Rekha Gore
Outstanding Collegiate Member Award –
Saheba Bhatnagar, Rice University
Carlisle DeJulius, Vanderbilt University
Cheryl Fichter, University of California, Davis
Bridget Hegarty, Yale University
Caitlyn Hines, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Sarah Lobsenz, The University of Texas at Austin
Abby Pakeltis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Francine Reyes-Vega, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus
Kelsey Riffle, ArcelorMittal
Catharine Rose Scoboria, Villanova University
Outstanding SWE Counselor Award –
Ann Peedikayil, Caterpillar Inc.
Prism Award –
Kris Acosta, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Vicki Dawkins, Emerson Hermetic Motor
Deena Disraelly, Ph.D., Institute for Defense Analyses
Anca Eisele, John Deere
Katie Thorp, Ph.D., Air Force Research Laboratory, posthumously
Rodney D. Chipp Memorial Award –
Thomas A. Kennedy, Ph.D., Raytheon Company
Paul Sowerby, C.Eng., F.I., Mech.E., Cummins Inc.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division
Spark Award –
Kerrie Greenfelder, P.E., Burns & McDonnell
Anne McLaren, Ph.D., Cummins Inc.
Vikki Mueller Espinosa, Intel Corporation
Gena Vitale, General Motors
Shen-Hui Wu, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Suzanne Jenniches Upward Mobility Award –
Cindy Wallis-Lage, Black & Veatch Corporation
SWE Distinguished New Engineer Award –
Letia Blanco, Raytheon Company
Kaitlyn J. Bunker, Ph.D., P.E., Rocky Mountain Institute
Paola Chavira, SoCalGas
Stephanie Foege, Ambitech, a Zachry Group company
Natalie Miller, James G. Davis Construction Corporation
Amy Jo Moore, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Rupali Patil, John Deere
Adriana Porter, P.E., Black & Veatch
Cathleen Saunders, P.E., Quible & Associates, P.C.
Cassandra Zook, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division
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