The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), acting director, Kirankumar Topudurti (left), hands Dr. Rebekah Wilson (right), United States Army Corps of Engineers’s (USACE) Paint Technology Technical Center of Expertise leader, the USACE Researcher of the Year Award at the CERL campus, Champaign, Ill., Nov. 12, 2020. Wilson was recognized for her expertise and achievements in the research and development of advanced coatings.