FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) employees Silvia Osuna and Pablo
Gonzalez were honored for being outstanding role models in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
Oct. 3 at the 26th annual
Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC)
put on by Great Minds in STEM™ in New
Orleans.
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HENAAC recognizes the best and brightest STEM professionals on a
national level who serve as role models to inspire young people to
pursue technical careers with a focus on the Hispanic community.
Award winners are peer reviewed and selected by a committee of
representatives from industry, government, military and academic
institutions.
Osuna received a Most Promising Engineer - Undergraduate Degree
award. She is an electromechanical engineer in Northrop Grumman's
Aerospace Systems sector providing technical support in
microelectronics assembly and test for military communications
satellites.
After starting as a Northrop Grumman intern, Osuna moved to
full-time industrial engineering and became a manufacturing
engineer supporting navigation system manufacturing assembly and
test for the James Webb Space Telescope and other space
programs.
Osuna has held leadership positions in Adelante, Northrop
Grumman's Hispanic Employee Resource Group, presented the workshop
"Latinas in STEM" at the Adelante Mujer Latina Annual Career
Conference and served as an engineering club mentor at Lennox
Middle School, which has a 95 percent Hispanic enrollment. Osuna
earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
Gonzalez, the X-47B UCAS-D program manager in Northrop Grumman's
Aerospace Systems sector, received a Luminary Honorees award. In
April 2014, the X-47B and the U.S.
Navy-Northrop Grumman team received the Robert J. Collier Trophy,
aviation's highest honor, for "developing and demonstrating the
first unmanned, autonomous air system operating from an aircraft
carrier."
Gonzalez has supported several key development programs
including serving as program manager for autonomous aerial
refueling. He is actively engaged in STEM activities including the
Experimental Aircraft Association's Young
Eagles program and the Crean Lutheran High School
engineering cohort program. Gonzalez received a bachelor's degree
in aerospace engineering from the University
of Oklahoma.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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