Скачать или смотреть TeamTMC's Steve Yokum and Paul Amoroso named NASA IV&V Program's Engineer of the Year - May 2022

TMC Technologies of West Virginia (TMC), a leading-edge technology company, is proud to announce Steve Yokum and Paul Amoroso are named NASA's Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program 2021 "Engineer of the Year" for their work in support of the agency's upcoming NASA Artemis missions to the Moon.

"Mr. Paul Amoroso and Mr. Steve Yokum have done outstanding engineering work on the Artemis Program and worked hand-in-hand in recent years to advance the Program's technical capabilities," NASA IV&V Program Director Wesley Deadrick wrote in the award recognition letter given to each of the recipients. "Mr. Amoroso and Mr. Yokum have worked together to identify potential mission risks and designed and implemented solutions to buy down risks. In these leadership capacities, both Mr. Amoroso and Mr. Yokum continue to lead as they contribute to end-to-end mission assurance."

Both Yokum and Amoroso helped the development and the ongoing testing of the Advanced Risk Reduction Integrated Software Test & Operations Tri-Program Lightweight Environment (ARRISTOTLE) at the NASA IV&V Program's Jon McBride Software Testing and Research (JSTAR) Laboratory. ARRISTOTLE is the space agency's first integrated simulation software bringing together the NASA Space Launch System (SLS), the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and the Kennedy Space Center's Ground Launch Software into one system.

TMC President and CEO Wade Linger said both Yokum and Amoroso's effort on ARRISTOTLE is one of many game-changing innovations developed first by the TMC NASA IV&V JSTAR team.

"The ARRISTOTLE simulation software Steve (Yokum) and Paul (Amoroso) are developing will help ensure the safety and success of the NASA Artemis mission to the moon," Linger said. "We're proud of their outstanding effort and its recognition."

Senior Systems Engineer Yokum has been working for TMC for eight years, admittedly, was humbled to receive such a prestigious award.

"Considering the top-notch people it has gone to in the past, it's a pretty big honor," Yokum said, referring to other recipients, including TMC Chief Scientist Scott Zemerick, who received the prestigious award in 2019.
Co-Engineer of the Year recipient Senior Systems Engineer and Subject Matter Expert Amoroso shared a similar response.

"It ("engineer of the year" award) was a happy surprise and very much appreciated," Amoroso said.