Engineer of the Year
Jesse A.
Ortega
Architectural Chief Engineer
General Motors
Albert V. Baez Award
CAPT Mercedes Benitez McCrary,
Dr HS, MS- CCC-SLP
Captain, United States Public Health Service,
Commissioned Corps 13th Chief Professional Officer
(2016- MAR 2020) Therapy Rehabilitation
U.S. Public Health Service
Executive Excellence -
Industry
Eliezer
Maldonado
Senior Global Business
Director, Functional Polymers
Packaging and Specialty Plastics
Dow, Inc.
Santiago Rodriguez Diversity and Inclusion Award
Armando L.
Castorena, SPHR, CCP
Vice President of
Human Resources
Lockheed Martin Space
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Outstanding Technical Achievement - Industry
Luis A. Verde Chifflet, Ph.D.
Research Director, Latin American R&D Commercial Zone Lead
Corteva Agriscience
Professional Achievement II - Military
Miguel
Rivera
Director, Integrated Air and Missile Defense
Technical Authority
Missile Defense Agency
Professional Achievement I - Military
Alicia I
Ruvinsky, Ph.D.
Research Computer Scientist,
U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lifetime Achievement – National Lab
Evaristo
Bonano, Ph.D.
Senior Manager,
Nuclear Engineering Fuel Cycle
Sandia National Laboratories
Education Distinction
Jorge A.
Lopez, Ph.D.
Schumaker Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
The University of Texas at El Paso
Entrepreneur
Stephanie N.
Murphy
Principal Owner & Executive Chairman
MEI Technologies, Inc.
Most Promising Engineer, Ph.D. - Industry
Maribel
Jaquez, Ph.D.
Principal Engineer,
Microelectronics Semiconductor
Northrop Grumman
Most Promising Engineer, Ph.D. - Education
Eduardo Rojas
Nastrucci, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Director of WiDE Lab, Director of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Most Promising Engineer, Master’s Degree - Military
CAPT. Flavio F.
Marroquin
Chief, Wing Training, 67th Operations
Support Squadron (ACC)
U.S. Air Force
Most Promising Engineer,
Undergraduate
Juan D.
Quintero
Project Manager , El Segundo Refinery
Chevron Products Company
Chevron
Scientist of the Year
Alfonso Fernandez
Davila, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Exobiology Branch
NASA Ames Research Center
Chairman’s Award
Fred
Whipple
Vice President, Employee
Relations/Diversity and
Inclusion of Human Resources
Shell Oil Company
Executive Excellence -
Military
John D.
Moreno, SES
Regional Business Director
South Pacific Division
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Outstanding Technical Achievement - National Laboratory
Hector J. Santos-Villalobos, Ph.D.
Group Leader, Biometrics and Identity Research Group Cyber and Applied Data Analytics Division of the National Security Sciences Directorate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Professional Achievement II- Industry
Marco A.
Gardner
Product Line Manager for Precision Amplifiers
Texas Instruments
Professional Achievement I - Industry
Melanie L.
Weber
Structural and Mechanical, Design Engineer,
CST-100 Starliner–Subsystem Lead
for Crew and Cargo Accommodations,
Boeing Defense Systems–Space & Launch
The Boeing Company
Pioneer Award
Susana F. Lizcano
Gonzalez, Ph.D., P.E.
Director, Shipment Quality Field Operations
Union Pacific
Lifetime Achievement – Industry
Priscila
Vansetti
Director, Global Strategy and
Business Development
Corteva Agriscience
Community Service
Gilberto
Morales, Ph.D.
Staff Engineer
Bell Textron, Inc
Most Promising Engineer, Ph.D. - Government
Margaret Z.
Dominguez, Ph.D.
Optical Engineer
NASA - Goddard Space Center
Most Promising Engineer, Ph.D. - Military
Carlos M.
Torres, Jr., Ph.D.
Researcher/Electronics Engineer, Enterprise Communications and Networks Division, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
U.S. Navy
Most Promising Engineer,
Master’s Degree - Industry
Andrea
Hidalgo
Calibration Specialist
General Motors
Most Promising Engineer, Undergraduate
Carmen M.
Mercado
Mechanical Engineer II,
Antenna Systems Department
Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Raytheon Technologies