BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
Engineer Battalion because they know LTC Hudson and Prime Power soldiers will deliver. In response to Hurricane Isaac, Hud- son is providing power assessments and distributing generators to the hardest hit areas of Louisiana and Mississippi. The first in his family to go to college, LTC Hudson strives to mentor young people through his partnerships with schools in Fredericksburg and Alexandria, Va. He also speaks to Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets about the life of a military engineer. Hudson graduated from Albany State University in 1994 and earned a bachelor’s in criminal justice. He is also a graduate of the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Course and earned a master’s degree in management from Webster University.
Lilton Hunt Electrical Engineer Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific
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ilton Hunt is a promis- ing engineer. He was nominated for his research, development, test and acquisition support work on antennas and communica- tions systems for the U.S. Navy information domi- nance systems, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). Hunt manages unmanned aerial vehicles at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. He joins the 2013 Black Engineer of the Year Award group, honored for their talents and managerial contributions.
Hunt has made contributions to naval superiority through development, acquisition, and support of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance recon- naissance; as well as information operations and space capabili- ties. He began his career in the New Professional Program at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific in 2002 after he graduated with a master’s in electrical engineering from Michi- gan State University. He took a few rotations through antenna research and development groups before settling in the branch that performed antenna system development for a U.S. Navy destroyer.
Over five years, he incorporated technology enabling stealth operations. Hunt also published and presented journal articles for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. In 2007, he moved to a systems engineer role as technical lead for the navy’s Automatic Digital Network Systems. In that position, Hunt made significant improvements in data transfer reliability and modified the system for installation on different Navy and Coast Guard ship classes. In his current position, he has led a team of engi- neers in development of plan and estimate for modifications that will allow for data with minimal impact. A 2000 electrical engineering graduate of the University of Michigan, he also earned a master’s degree in electrical engineer- ing. He’s destined for great things, enthuses Diana Arceo, the su- pervisor of the Advanced Electromagnetic Technology Branch. “I am impressed with his innovative skills, drive for self-improve- ment and his leadership as a role model for minority engineers,” wrote Kurt Fiscko, a technical director in the Communications
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Program Office at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pa- cific. Whether you’re an electrical engineer or a mathematician, a logistics specialist or an IT professional or a project manager, growth opportunities abound.
Justin C. Lee Weapons Integration Engineer Air Force Research Laboratory
ustin Lee promotes education as vital to competitiveness, national security and quality of life. He champions the Sci- ence, Mathematics and Research for Transforma- tion (SMART) Scholarship
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for Service Program established by the Department of Defense to support students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The program aims to increase the number of civilian scientists and engineers working at federal laboratories. Lee also promotes the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Wright Scholars program, with emphasis on minorities, disabled students and faculty programs. Lee has worked at the AFRL Munitions Directorate since 2009, when he graduated with a bachelor’s in aerospace engi- neering from Tuskegee University. He specializes in micro air vehicles and is manager of a $10 million program developing products with the potential to transition to a war fighter. In addition to his work at AFRL, he understands the impor- tance of raising awareness of the directorate and AFRL. At the 2009 Eglin Air Show, Lee took part in assembling and dismantling dis- play technologies such as the BATCAM (Battlefield Air Targeting Camera Autonomous Micro-Air Vehicle) developed by the muni- tions directorate. He is a Florida State Comprehensive Assessment Test tutor for Okaloosa County School District. He also volunteers with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee of Oka- loosa County; the Positive Encouragement and Character Enhance- ment (PEACE) outreach program, and the annual Youth Super Day (YSD) sponsored by the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Lee is one of the youngest people ever to serve on Oka-
loosa’s MLK committee, and was responsible for determining which organizations, individuals, and businesses would receive awards. With PEACE, Lee provides tutoring in math, reading, writing and he ensured over 400 people attended YSD 2012, contributing to its success and motivating more than 100 stu- dents to achieve educational excellence.
Lee is one of the most promising members of the engineer- ing community at AFRL, as well as professional societies such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the National Defense Association, Blacks in Government and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). He planned and managed the Air Force Research Laboratory/Thurgood Mar- shall Fund in 2010 and 2011, as well as the internship program for historically Black colleges and universities and minority institutions at all nine directorates. These programs have granted opportunities for engineering students to participate in summer research using AFRL facilities.
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