HII 5 earn Asian engineer awards

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced last week that employees from its Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions received awards during the 2019 Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers National Conference and STEM Career Fair. The conference, the largest for Asian Americans in the United States, was held Oct. 10-12 in Pittsburgh. Marie Lawson, an engineer at Newport News, and Scott Chin, an engineer at Ingalls, received Professional Achievement awards. The awards recognize highly experienced, mid-career professionals who have made significant discoveries or important advances in their chosen career paths and are acknowledged as leaders of large initiatives. Crescent Islam and Feby Mathew, material process engineers at Newport News, and Sunny Rasavong, an electrical engineer at Ingalls, received Promising Professional awards. The awards recognize early career professionals who demonstrate tremendous potential for future contributions to the fields of science and engineering. (HII 10/14/19) https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/sase-awards-2019