Ingalls duo earn tech leaders award

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Feb. 11 that eight employees from its Ingalls (Miss.) and Newport News (Va.) shipbuilding divisions were recognized for achievements in the STEM fields during the 33rd annual Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM Global Competitiveness Conference held last week in Washington, D.C. Christopher Belton, a lead test engineer at Newport News, received the Adm. Michelle Howard Legacy Award. Seven other HII employees received Modern Day Technology Leader awards, which recognize efforts in shaping the future of science, technology, and engineering, science. The two employees from Ingalls’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., were Ronald Ryes Jr., electrical engineer; and Dominique Wilson, electrical engineer. (Source: HII 02/11/19)