2022 HENAAC Awards
Engineer
of the year
Fernando Signorini
Vice President of Operations
Dow U.S. Gulf Coast Site Director
Dow Texas Operations
Dow
Executive
Excellence
RADM David Goggins
Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Research, Development and
Acquisition (ASN (RD&A)) for the Australian-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) Partnership
U.S. Navy
Outstanding Technical
Achievement-Government
Macarena P. Parra, Ph.D.
Branch Chief, Instrument and Engineering Technology
Research and Development Technical Area
Engineering Systems Division
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA
Lifetime
Achievement
Luz E. Virgen
Engineering Manager, RMS
FLIGHT– Engineering Center
Virgin Galactic
*Nominated by and formerly of The Boeing Company
professional
Achievement iI
Imelda E. Siegelson
Lead Industrial Engineer
General Motors
Most Promising ENgineer
Master’s
Nathalie Quintero
Core Stage 1 Operations Lead Systems Engineer
Space Launch System
The Boeing Company
Most Promising Engineer
Ph.D.
Olga Reyes Valdes, Ph.D.
Project Topsides HSSE Lead
Shell USA, Inc.
Community
Service
Javier Garcia
Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) Project Director
21st Century Community Learning Centers
Communities In Schools of Cameron County
Scientist
of the year
Kimberly R. Kukurba, Ph.D.
Fellow & Lead, Applied AI/ML & Analytics Products
Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Raytheon Technologies
Outstanding Technical
Achievement-National Labs
Frank W. DelRio, Ph.D.
Principal Member of the Technical Staff
Research & Development Science & Engineering Materials Science Department
Sandia National Laboratories
Professional Achievement –
Industry
Douglas W. Orellana, Ph.D.
Vice President of Intelligent Systems Engineering
Innovation and Capabilities Office
ManTech International Corporation
Lifetime
Achievement
Edgar Yzquierdo
Technical Codes & Standards Deployment Engineer
Chevron Corporation
Most Promising Scientist -
Undergraduate
José Javier Colón Rodríguez
Research Assistant
Advance Systems Integration Team
National Energy Technology Laboratory
U.S. Department of Energy
Most Promising Scientist
Master’s
Anthony Lopez
Senior Energy Researcher
Geospatial Data Science Division
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Education
Justin F. Vázquez-Poritz, Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
New York City College of Technology
The City University of New York
Community
Service
Abigail McFiggins
Hardware Engineering Manager
Lockheed Martin
Chairman’s
Award
Diana Natalicio, Ph.D.
President Emeritus
University of Texas at El Paso - 1988 to 2019
(Awarded Posthumously in 2022)
Outstanding Technical
Achievement-Industry
Diego Cristancho, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Industrial Solutions Division
Dow
Professional Achievement –
Government
Diana Santiago de Jesus, Ph.D.
Research Materials Engineer
Materials and Structure Division
NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA
Professional
Achievement II
Ricardo Garcia de Alba
Vice President - Global Row Crop Herbicides and Nitrogen Management
Crop Protection Business Unit
Corteva Agriscience
Most Promising Engineer -
Undergraduate
Erwin S. Morales
Principal Engineer Mission Assurance Lead
Strategic Space System Division of Safety &
Mission Assurance Leadership
Northrop Grumman
Most Promising Scientist
Ph.D.
Nayomi Z. Plaza, Ph.D.
Materials Research Engineer
Forest Biopolymer Science and Engineering Research Work Unit
Forest Products Laboratory
USDA Forest Service
Education
Adeeba A. Raheem, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso