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MARCH 21-25, 2018 * PITTSBURGH, PA.

IGNITE * IMAGINE * INNOVATE

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SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS

Golden Torch Honorees
We are proud to present this year's recipients of the National Society of Black Engineers' highest honor, the
NSBE Golden Torch Awards. With these annual honors, NSBE recognizes individuals and organizations that
exemplify the Society's ideals of academic excellence, professional success and commitment to the advancement of the black community. The 2018 honorees will be celebrated during the 21st Annual NSBE Golden
Torch Awards ceremony, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Saturday, March
24. Designed to inspire students toward successful careers in engineering, the NSBE Golden Torch Awards,
through their sponsors, have also provided millions of dollars in scholarships to talented high school seniors.

Distinguished Engineer of the Year
Kareem Muhammad
Engineering Core Senior Manager, Seat & In-Flight
Entertainment Connectivity Integration Team
The Boeing Company
Kareem Muhammad is the Engineering Core
senior manager for the Seat and In-Flight Entertainment Connectivity
Integration Team, in Boeing's Commercial Airplanes division, responsible for
leading electrical integration and qualification, drawing release, certification
streamlining and functional excellence for all contracted and anticipated
seat development programs. In addition, he has engineering skill development and staffing oversight for more than 100 technical and engineering
professionals. He previously served as a senior manager in the Engineering
Integration and Boeing Product Development System (BPDS) organization
and was the BPDS Program Specific integrator for the 787-10 Program.
Muhammad's roles leading up to his experience with BPDS included leading the Functional Integration, Development Assurance and Requirements
Management (FIDAR) core Systems Engineering team. Before joining
Commercial Airplanes, Muhammad participated in The Boeing Company's
Enterprise Auditor Program, a two-year leadership development program. His
first assignment with the company was as a thermal systems engineer at the
Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems (S&IS) Satellite Development Center
in El Segundo, Calif.
Muhammad earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and obtained two advanced degrees:
a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of
Technology and a Master of Science in systems architecture and engineering
from the University of Southern California. He also completed a certificate
in project management from the California Institute of Technology Industrial
Relations Center.
NSBE is not the first to recognize Muhammad's outstanding work. His
previous honors include the 2009 S&IS World-Class Engineering Award for
the area of Execution and the Rensselaer Alumni Association Alumni Key
Award for outstanding service supporting the advancement of Rensselaer.
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Outstanding Woman in Technology
Kathryn V. Hamilton
Engineering Program Manager
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Kathryn Hamilton began her career with The
Boeing Company as an engineering scientist and
specialist providing flight control support to the Space Shuttle Program.
Her work in that capacity received special recognition from NASA's Mission
Operations Directorate in the form of a plaque on the wall in the Johnson
Space Center's Mission Control Room. Early in her career, she was also
involved with Technology Revitalization efforts for the Autonomous Vehicle
Rendezvous and Docking Program. Hamilton joined Northrop Grumman as a
systems engineer and has been given roles with increasing responsibilities
as a Systems Engineering lead supporting the Test Engineering functional
organization, with requirements including development and verification planning documentation for key facility critical assets.
Today, she works as an engineering program manager, providing key
support for several programs that make a direct impact on U.S. defense
services and warfighters in the field. She serves as the engineering program
manager for the F-22 Raptor Program and has also provided engineering
program management support to the F/A-18 Program, working directly with
the Navy and her technical team at Northrop Grumman to offer solutions and
innovations to the customer.
Service and support to her community have always been key tenets
for Hamilton, as demonstrated by her volunteer efforts to help establish a
FIRST Robotics program at a local elementary school, her participation on
the Engineering and Environmental Science Advisory Board for a local high
school and her involvement as a board member for TEAM Science, teaching
sixth graders the fundamentals of planning a manned mission to Mars.
Hamilton received her Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from
the University of Southern California, her Systems Engineering Certification
from the California Institute of Technology and her Technical Management
Certification from the University of California at Los Angeles.

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