(formerly the Benjamin H. Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering)

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2021 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Integrated Maintenance Data System Central Data Base Team

PEO Business Enterprise Systems (BES)

2020 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Stephen J. Falcone

U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

2019 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Joseph F. Bradley, Jr.

U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

From left: DeEtte Gray, Chair of the AFCEA International Board of Directors, Joseph F. Bradley, Jr., and LtGen Robert M. Shea, USMC (Ret), AFCEA International President and CEO

2018 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Jacqueline Janning-Lask

Agile Combat Support, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WNE

From left: DeEtte Gray, Chair of the AFCEA International Board of Directors, Jacqueline Janning-Lask, and LtGen Robert M. Shea, USMC (Ret), AFCEA International President and CEO

Past Winners

2017 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Dr. Eliahu (Eli) Niewood

The MITRE Corporation

2016 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Dr. Paul D. Nielsen

Carnegie Mellon University/Software Engineering Institute

2015 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Dr. Scott Starsman

Avineon, Inc.

2014 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Dr. Eric Evans

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

2013 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Steven D. Wert

PEO, Hanscom AFB

2012 Distinguished Award for Excellence in Engineering Winner

Jacqueline Murray

USAF- ESC/HIQ

2011 Benjamin H. Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering Winner

Kam Lau

University of California at Berkeley

2010 Benjamin H. Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering Winner

Richard Byrne

The MITRE Corporation

2009 Benjamin H. Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering Winner

Randall Cieslak

U.S. Pacific Command

2008 Benjamin H. Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering Winner

Dr. Stephen Russell

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

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