Native Grenadian Dr. Camille Lewis has been formally acknowledged as a Trendy-Day Expertise Chief on the thirty eighth Black Engineer of the Yr Awards (BEYA) held from Feb. 15-18 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States (US).
The excellence is yearly conferred on a cohort of trailblazing know-how professionals within the US who’re shaping the technological frontier.
Dr. Lewis obtained the distinguished know-how award for her excellent contributions at Lockheed Martin (LM) the place she has served for greater than 15 years and just lately started her second three-year tenure as an LM Fellow. The extremely esteemed function is reserved for distinctive Lockheed Martin staff who’ve distinguished themselves as thought leaders throughout the company.
The honour was offered to Dr. Lewis by Tanya Spencer, Chief Range Officer, GE Fuel Energy/GE Vernova at BEYA’s Expertise Recognition Occasion on Feb. 17. The occasion sponsors included Amazon, BAE Methods, CACI Worldwide Inc., Ford Motor Firm, GE, HII, Leidos, World Large Expertise, HP, and Peraton; and was hosted by Lockheed Martin, US Black Engineer & IT Journal, and The Council of Engineering Deans of the Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities.
In reflecting on her receipt of the BEYA Trendy-Day Expertise Chief award, Dr. Lewis mentioned,
“I’m really honoured to obtain this prestigious BEYA award and I’m impressed to proceed doing my half in serving to to drive technological innovation and development, whereas making certain that individuals from minority communities are meaningfully engaged within the course of. I’m grateful to everybody that has supported me alongside my journey, together with my devoted mom Myra Lewis, sister Simone Lewis, brother Damian Lewis, my great daughter Laurie Satchell, and my many buddies and supporters through the years. I owe a debt of gratitude to: my lecturers in Grenada who nurtured my early curiosity in Math and Science throughout my youth; my Professors and Instructors at school and college who believed in me and pushed me to do my absolute best; my unimaginable mentors all through my profession who’ve guided me alongside my profession path; and naturally the senior executives at Lockheed Martin who nominated me for the award.”
Notably, Dr. Lewis was inducted into the US Nationwide Academy of Engineering in 2018 and was additionally ranked as one of many US’ prime 100 engineers.
She holds a Ph.D. in Computational and Utilized Arithmetic (2006) and MS in Utilized Arithmetic from the College of Arkansas. She additionally holds a BS in Arithmetic and Minor in Physics (1998) from Midwestern State College and is a proud graduate of St. Joseph’s Convent (1992) in St. Georges, Grenada.
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