PC engineer earns STEM award

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWCPC) electrical engineer Jose E. Fernandez has been selected by Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Hero Award. The STEM award recognizes the work of America’s top engineers and scientists for outstanding technical accomplishments and identifies and showcases achievements of the nation’s most talented engineers and scientists within the Hispanic community. Fernandez is responsible for developing, evaluating, and demonstrating new sonar technologies for the Navy. He is considered the Navy’s premier expert in the design of Synthetic Aperture Sonars (SAS) for the detection of underwater mines and unexploded ordnance. He has more than 30 years experience enhancing the capability of mine detection with developments and implementation of novel processing techniques. The GMiS Hero Award will be presented to Fernandez at the 2018 HENAAC Conference in Pasadena, Calif., on Oct. 18. (Source: NSCWPC 08/23/18)