Distinguished Award For Excellence in Engineering
(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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