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CONFERENCE 2023
Special Section, SWE Awards Programs

Congratulations to the 2023 Award Recipients

By SWE Magazine

Achievement Award

Thea Feyereisen
Honeywell Aerospace

Suzanne Jenniches Upward Mobility Award

Endowed by Northrop Grumman Corporation
Toni L. Doolen, Ph.D., F.SWE
Oregon State University

Rodney D. Chipp Memorial Award

Shailendra Jagtap
John Deere India Private Limited
Martin Stier
HP Inc.
Nels Swenson
Intel Corporation

Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Program Award

Amy Fleischer, Ph.D.
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Resnik Challenger Medal

Sandra Irish
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Entrepreneur Award

Melanie Lang
FormAlloy Technologies, Inc.

Work/Life Integration Award

N/A

Distinguished Engineering Educator

Anabel Fraga, Ph.D.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Lizabeth Thompson, Ph.D.
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Advocating Women in Engineering Award

Claudia Galván, Ed.D.
Oracle Corporation
Lori Kahn
Lockheed Martin
Carol Lang
HP Inc. (Retired)
Leslie Phinney, Ph.D.
Sandia National Laboratories
Michelle Wood
General Motors

Global Leadership Award

Linda Shi Cheng, Ph.D.
Honeywell UOP
Nancy Post
John Deere
Justyna Zander, D.Eng.
Ford Motor Company

Global Team Leadership Award

3M Net Abrasive Team
Automotive Aftermarket and Abrasive Systems Divisions
Ukraine NASAMS Global Team
Raytheon
VAXNEUVANCE Development and Commercialization Team
Merck

Prism Award

Seema Chopra, Ph.D.
The Boeing Company
Jamie Krakover
The Boeing Company
Jenny Moose
Booz Allen Hamilton
Amanda Muller, Ph.D.
Northrop Grumman Company
Tuyet-Hanh Schnell
Lockheed Martin Rotary & Mission SystemsSpark Award

Spark Award

Mitali Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
Ford Motor Company
Carmen Fuhrich
HP Inc.
Melissa Morrison-Ellis
Raytheon Technologies
Tracy Nguyen
Essential Eyecare Optometry
Marla Peterson
Honeywell Aerospace

Distinguished Service Award

Debra Kimberling, F.SWE
San Diego County Engineering Council
Kim O’Rourke, F.SWE
The Boeing Company

Emerging Leader

Vanessa Adams
Pratt & Whitney
Julie Benton, Ph.D.
Medtronic
Katrin Fisher
Lockheed Martin
Sunita G. Lavin, P.E.
Burns & McDonnell
Columbia Mishra, Ph.D.
Maxar Technologies
Sara Morey
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Kristin Murray
Kansas City National Security Campus managed by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies
Leslie O’Leary, Ph.D.
Dow
Temppest Reed
The Boeing Company
Amanda Weissman
Lockheed Martin

Distinguished New Engineer

Gabriella Bailado
Keysight Technologies
Cary Kaczowka
Raytheon Technologies
Kimberly Lam
Microsoft
Katelyn Lichte
Cargill
Flavia Barone de Oliveira Johansen
Whirlpool Corporation
Victoria Png
Zhen Project Services, LLC
Emily Schrock
Sandia National Laboratories
Courtney Thomas, P.E.
Black & Veatch
Laura Traczynski
Turner Construction Company
Bethany Van Nortwick
Lockheed Martin

Rising Technical Contributor Award

Priya Agarwal
John Deere
Megan Beck, Ph.D.
Intel Corporation
Meredith Biechele
John Deere
Danielle Chen
PepsiCo
Samantha Coyle
Diagrid
Mohsina Mahmood
Honeywell Aerospace
Chelina Ortiz Montañez
Target
Desiree Tang
HP Inc.
Melissa Turner
Bell Textron Inc.
Chunmeng Xu, Ph.D.
ABB Inc.

Emerging Engineering Educator

Rebecca Reck, Ph.D.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Emerging Global Leadership Award

Lindsay Gerding, P.E.
Jacobs
Neema Nair
Cummins Inc.
Xuemei (Myra) Zhai, Ph.D.
Dow

Fellow Grade

Marie Cole
IBM (Retired)
Carol Coppa
Eversource Energy
Helene Finger, P.E.
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
William Goodin, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

Outstanding Faculty Advisor

Nichole Neal
Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Outstanding SWE Counselor

Danielle Schroeder, P.E.
Gannett Fleming

Outstanding Collegiate Member

Isabell Chavez
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Lily Coss
The University of Akron
Aerith Cruz
Michigan Technological University
Marie-Pierre Delisle, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Yareni Lara-Rodríguez
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Kathleen Oolman
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Payton Porter
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Kelli Ross
The Ohio State University
Thivani Senathiraja
Iowa State University
Olivia Wright
Kettering University

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