VICKSBURG, Miss. (June 22, 2018)--Dr. Beth C. Fleming, deputy director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi, hosted the 2018 ERDC annual awards program May 22. Staff members at Vicksburg’s four ERDC laboratories were recognized for their outstanding achievements in a variety of categories.
"I want to congratulate all of our award recipients. These awards are one way ERDC recognizes the recipients' dedication to their professions and to ERDC, and to delivering solutions every day," said Fleming. "You are appreciated — and your efforts contribute tremendously to making ERDC the great organization that it is."
Staff and researchers selected for awards represent all ERDC laboratories; the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Environmental Laboratory, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory and Information Technology Laboratory in Vicksburg. Separate ceremonies are held at out of state locations, the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois; the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire; and the Geospatial Research Laboratory in Alexandria, Virginia. In addition, persons from the Directorate of Enterprise Operations and the Executive Office are represented.
Dr. Richard Stockstill and Dr. Jeffery Holland were both inducted into the Waterways Experiment Station Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees. Stockstill and Holland were longstanding leaders at ERDC, both now retired.
Award categories and selectees:
ERDC Researcher of the Year Award:
Dr. Ghassan K. Al-Chaar, CERL
ERDC Research and Development Achievement Award:
Dr. Christopher M. Warner, Dr. Aimee R. Poda, Dr. Kevin R. Pilkiewicz, Dr. Edward J. Perkins, EL; and Dr. Eftihia Barnes, GSL
Dr. Michael I. Hammons, Dr. Michael J. Roth, Dr. Andreas O. Frank, Patrick M. Kieffer,
George H. Vankirk, Dr. William F. Heard, Dr. Jesse A. Sherburn, Amie J. Burroughs,
Rayment E. Moxley and Dylan Scott, GSL
Dr. Michael P. Case, Dr. Ghassan K. Al-Chaar, Eric L. Kreiger, Megan A. Kreiger,
Dr. Richard J. Liesen, Bruce A. MacAllister, G. Russ Northrup, Dr. Peter B. Stynoski and Justine A. Yu, CERL
Terry D. Melendy Jr., Dr. Robert B. Haehnel, George Blaisdell, Dr. Sally A. Shoop and
Janet Hardy, CRREL
Dr. Paul A. Sparks, Dr. Jesse A. Sherburn, Dr. William F. Heard, Brett A. Williams and
Richard E. Magee, GSL
Dr. Bruce A. Pruitt, Dr. William T. Slack and Dr. K. Jack Killgore, EL
Dr. Paige Buchanan, SIO; Dr. Manoj K. Shukla, EL; Dr. Robert D. Moser,
Zackery B. McClelland and Jennifer A. Jefcoat, GSL
Dr. Leslie C. Leonard, Jason King, Thomas P. Ring and Krisa Rowland, ITL
Phillip J. Durst, Justin T. Carrillo, Dr. Gabriel Monroe, David P. McInnis, Christopher L. Cummins, Brent S. Newell, GSL: Lacy V. Boler, Corey E. Mize and Lisa A. Kubiak,
ITL
Dr. Leslie Leonard, Dr. Rajeev Agrawal, Jason King, Dr. Ben Parsons and Krisa Rowland,
ITL
Megan A. Kreiger, CERL
Terrance W. Westerfield, GRL
ERDC Program Development Achievement Award:
Dr. Brandon J. Lafferty, William T. Jones and Jessica G. Coleman, EL
Dr. Steven L. Larson, John H. Ballard and Dr. Elizabeth A. Ferguson, EL
Dr. Stacy E. Howington, Nagaraju V. Kala, Clay B. Blount, Micah J. Lies, Aaron M. Sullivan, Carey D. Price, GSL; Michele L. Maxson, CRREL
Dr. Rebekah C. Wilson and Brooke A. Divan, CERL
Dr. Cary A. Talbot, Dr. Charles W. Downer, Stephen J. Turnbull, Dr. Drew A. Loney,
Clay W. Lahatte, Dr. Nawa R. Pradhan, CHL; Dr. Patrick N. Deliman, EL; Michael J. Shaw, CRREL
ERDC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technology Transition to Federal Agencies:
Michael S. Smith, Samuel G. Baldwin, Emeline C. Schindler, Trevor L. Skaggs,
David C. Finnegan, CRREL.
Dr. Gregory C. Bessette, Gustavo Emmanuelli and William M. Hossley, GSL
Dr. Norberto C. Nadal-Caraballo, Victor M. Gonzales Nieves, Debbie R. Green,
Amanda B. Lewis and Efrain Ramos Santiago, CHL
Nathan P. Frantz, Katlyn N. Castillo, Michael F. Mailloux, Matthew L. Renner and
Thomas D. Harner, GRL
Erin Rae Gore, Dr. Robert D. Moser, Kyle L. Klaus, Cody M. Strack, Jason A. Morson
and Zackery B. McClelland, GSL
Deborah R. Felt, Luke A. Gurtowski and Jared L. Johnson, EL
ERDC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technology Transfer to Non-Federal Parties
Christopher M. Moore and Dr. Robert D. Moser, GSL
Dr. Brian C. McFall and Dr. Katherine E. Brutsché, CHL
Nathan J. Lamie, Leonard J. Zabilansky, Charles E. Schelewa, Seth W. Campbell, Jared I. Oren, Dr. Zoe R. Courville, Troy W. Arnold, Bruce C. Elder and Keran J. Claffey, CRREL
ERDC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO):
Omar G. Flores, GSL
ERDC Award for Excellence in Operational Support:
Donald H, Nelson, Dr. Michael J. Roth, Omar G. Flores, Dr. Mark D. Adley,
Dr. Kent T. Danielson, George H. Vankirk, Jeffrey G. Averett, Dr. Gordon W. McMahon, Charles W. Ertle II, GSL; and Amanda A. Huskey, UROC
Jeremiah Pant, Jill Leach, Monica Moore, Stephanie Lowe and Shirley Riddle, ORTT
George L. Blaisdell, Dr. Robert B. Haehnel, Terry D. Melendy Jr., Dr. Zoe R. Courville,
Dr. Sally A. Shoop, Renee D. Melendy and Janet P. Hardy, CRREL
Jennifer M. Wozencraft, Lauren M. Dunkin, Eve R. Eiseman and Michael A. Hartman, CHL
Dr. Michael J. Roth, Charles W. Ertle II, George H. Vankirk, Billy W. Bullock, John S. Judson, David V. Senior, Alex J. Jackson, Jim W. Hall III, Shannon L. Garlington and Joshua C. Pope, GSL
Charles T. Decker, H. Garth Anderson, Kurt J. Kinnevan, Dr. Nathaniel H. Putnam,
Dr. Martin A. Page, Richard D. Weichsler, Amanda A. Ehmann and Jonathan M. Goebel,
CERL
Billy D. Fuller, Donald C. Wilson, Marshall P Thomas, Kevin L. Pigg, Curtis L. Blades,
Erick W. Simmons, Cody M. Bryant and Gregory P. Mitchell, CHL
ERDC Award for Outstanding Team Effort:
Dr. Victor F. Medina, Dr. Anthony J. Bednar, Dr. Jonathon A. Brame, Dr. Elizabeth A. Ferguson, Dr. Christopher S. Griggs, Luke A. Gurtowski, Jared L. Johnson, Dr. Edith Martinez-Guerra, Jose A. Mattei-Sosa, John H. Ballard, Scott A. Waisner, EL; Elizabeth Gao, Dr. Martin A. Page, Dr. Imee G. Smith, CERL; Dr. Robert D. Moser, GSL
Dr. George W. Calfas, Noah W. Garfinkle, Matthew D. Hiett, Juliana McMillan-Wilhoit,
Patrick J. Guertin, Dr. Ghassan K. Al-Chaar, Eric L. Kreiger, Tina M. Hurt, Pamela M. Rusinko, Thomas M. Foltz, Ellen R. Hartman, CERL; Dr. Igor Linkov, EL; James C. Ray, GSL;
Dr. Raimundo Dos Santos, GRL; Dr. Mark D. Wahl, CHL
Dr. Michael I. Hammons, August N. Johnson, William J. Quimby Jr., Dwayne E. Spates, Christopher P. Rabalais, Tyler N. Temple, David B. Miller, Clinton A. Barela, GSL;
John R. Bull III, David A. Nguyen, Darryl D. Bishop, Marshall P. Thomas, Justin S. Strickler,
CHL, Jeremy N. Sellers and William J. Little, DPW
Dr. Katherine L. Brodie, Dr. Tyler J. Hesser, Alexander D. Renaud, Nicholas J. Spore,
Dr. Brittany L. Bruder, Dr. Matthew W. Farthing, Matthew P. Geheran, CHL;
Robert L. Fisher Jr., Jarrod D. Edwards, Sean P. Griffin, Matthew A. Voss, GRL;
Molly K. Rief, Shea L. Hammond, Kenneth B. Matheson and Sean A. Melzer, EL
Haley P. Bell, Y. Lulu Edwards, Mariely Mejias-Santiago, Lyan Garcia, Benjamin C. Cox, Nolan R. Hoffman, Quintin S. Mason, Chase T. Bradley, Jonathan W. Oldenburg,
James F. Rowland, Jeb S. Tingle, GSL; Jared L. Johnson, EL
ERDC Technical Support Achievement Award:
James M. Biedenbach, EL
ERDC Administrative Support Achievement Award:
Regina V. Henderson, EL
ERDC Administrative Specialist of the Year Award:
Cynthia C. Arrington, GRL
ERDC Supervisor of the Year Award:
Thad C. Pratt, CHL
ERDC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Student Outreach (K-12):
Diane M. Cargile, EL; Virginia L. Dickerson, ORTT
Dr. Christa M. Woodley, EL
Dr. Jacqueline S. Pettway, CHL
Dr. Toni T. Lowe, GSL
ERDC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Student Outreach College and University Category:
Dr. Robyn A. Barbato, Stacey L. Jarvis, Robert M. Jones and Karen L. Foley, CRREL
Dr. Gary O. Dick, Lynde L. Dodd and Julie G. Nachtrieb, EL
Dr. Christopher S. Griggs and Dr. Victor F. Medina, EL
ERDC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Human Capital Development:
Dr. Patricia K. DiJoseph, CHL
Katlyn N. Castillo, GRL, Lauren A. Eckert, ITL, Devin K. Sham, GSL, Angela M. Rhodes, CERL; Kimberly D. McLaughlin, DRM; Ashley E. Frey, CHL; Dr. Christopher A. Hiemstra, CRREL
Dr. Jerrell R. Ballard, IT;, Dr. Toni T. Lowe, GSL; Eric L. Fox, ORTT; Michael G. Channell, DEO; Vincent J. Durman, DPW
ERDC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Knowledge Management
Jennefer R. Beyl, Joycelynn G. Brooks, Jered H. Lambiotte, Molly S. McManus,
Natalie S. Meyers, H. Brister Wooley, Michael R. Fontan, Herman Moore, Kirsten M. Lahlum and Emily M. Wegryzn, ITL
Misty McDermitt-Taylor, GSL
Martin C. Kittrell, Megan M. Holland, Mary M. Halford, ITL