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MITRE Employees Honored at Black Engineer of the Year STEM Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MITRE Contacts: Karina H. Wright Eryn L. Gallagher MCLEAN, Va., February 28, 2012 — The MITRE Corporation is pleased to announce that three employees recently received awards at the 2012 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Global Competitiveness Conference. Dr. Kelvin Woods, Arissa Hodges, and Felipe Moreno-Hines were recognized for their technical expertise and their leadership in the STEM fields. Woods received a Special Recognition Award; Hodges and Moreno-Hines received Modern-Day Technology Awards. The national conference was held in Philadelphia from February 16-18. Now in its 26th year, BEYA is the nation's largest annual gathering of STEM professionals and leaders committed to increasing the percentage of underrepresented populations in the technology workforce. "We're thrilled that BEYA has recognized Kelvin, Arissa, and Felipe for their achievements both within and outside of MITRE," said Dr. Lisa Bender, vice president and chief human resources officer at MITRE. "Their work is highly valued by our government sponsors as they attempt to address critical national challenges." Dr. Kelvin Woods With MITRE since 2005, Dr. Woods leads the Intelligence Signal Processing Group in MITRE's Electronic Systems and Technologies Technical Center, part of the company's National Security Engineering Center, the federally funded research and development center that MITRE operates on behalf of the Department of Defense. He directs a technical work program that addresses national security problems in the areas of signal processing and wireless communications. Outside of MITRE, Dr. Woods is a senior adjunct faculty member in the mathematics department at Howard Community College. He also serves as a technical peer reviewer for the Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics Conference. He holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from The Catholic University of America, a master's degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Tuskegee University. Arissa Hodges Hodges, a senior communications engineer in the company's National Security Engineering Center, joined MITRE in 2010. Previously, she was the lead test engineer and data analyst for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node program at the 46th Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base. Hodges now supports the Air Force Special Operations Command and has been directly involved in exploring new mobile technologies for deployment with warfighters. She recently completed a sensor analysis study for the Command's Small Unmanned Aircraft System Requirements Group and is currently conducting a study on airborne mission networking solutions for the Command's C4I and Situational Awareness Requirements Branch. Hodges is in her second year in the systems engineering doctoral program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of South Alabama. Felipe Moreno-Hines Moreno-Hines is a project team manager in the Performance and Economic Modeling and Analysis Group in MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD), the federally funded research and development center that MITRE operates on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration. Since joining the company in 1998 as a summer intern, he has supported CAASD's mission through diverse projects that explore the business, economic, and policy implications of changes in the National Airspace System. Moreno-Hines has performed cost-benefit analyses for several FAA and international programs seeking funding; researched airline economics and competitive behavior; and led several special initiatives exploring the prospects of emerging trends in the industry, such as very light jets and multi-modal transportation planning. In addition, Moreno-Hines has contributed to numerous metrics efforts advancing FAA's transition to a performance-based organization. Moreno-Hines holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. About The MITRE Corporation The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government. It operates federally funded research and development centers for the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, with principal locations in Bedford, Mass., and McLean, Va. About Black Engineer of the Year STEM Conference The annual BEYA STEM Conference is hosted by US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine, the Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Lockheed Martin Corporation. This three-day national event brings together students, college administrators, recruiters, engineering and IT professionals, scientists, and high-level decision-makers from the corporate, government, and military communities, in an effort to broaden diversity in the country's technical and scientific workforce.
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