Harmony Myers Awarded Society of Women Engineers' 2006 Distinguished New Engineer Award.

Harmony Myers recognized at SWE's annual conference for demonstrating outstanding technical performance in the first 10 years of her engineering career

CHICAGO CHICAGO -- The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) today announced Harmony Myers a recipient of SWE's 2006 Distinguished New Engineer Award. Myers is being recognized for her contributions to ensure the safety of the space shuttle, for local and regional leadership in the Society of Women Engineers, and providing guidance and support to SWE collegiate members.

Harmony Myers is reliability/safety engineer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In this role, Myers implements and manages program/project safety initiatives to fully understand government and contractor activities, and to assist in safety decision-making; reviews and manages government contracts to ensure safety requirements and procedures are being met for Space Shuttle Program; and assures safe and reliable Shuttle processing and provides support for Launch and Landing activities.

"Harmony has demonstrated a breadth of problem solving and leadership capabilities throughout her safety and reliability initiatives for the space industry," says Jude Garzolini, president of the Society of Women Engineers. "These skills are imperative for success in the space program, where safety and reliability are paramount."

Myers began her engineering career at Harris Corp. as telecom engineering co-op where she researched wireless service capabilities through the Harris Headquarters. Following Harris, Myers took on the role of

sensor IPPT engineering intern at Lockheed Martin Co., where she researched cameras, heat detection, voice detection, satellites, TV and other equipment to implement into military vehicles. Myers worked for United Space Alliance (USA) at the Kennedy Space Center for five years. During this time she was a system design engineer on the Integrated Electronics Assembly (IEAs) for the solid rocket booster (SRB) and a Shuttle reliability engineer where she performed analyses for the Space Shuttle Program. Myers currently works for NASA as a safety and reliability engineer.

In addition to her professional responsibilities, Myers has been very active within SWE for nearly 10 years. Myers began her collegiate membership at the University of Central Florida, where she served as student section president and treasurer. During her professional membership, Myers has served SWE in various capacities, awards coordinator for the National Membership Committee, SWE counselor to the University of Central Florida (UCF), and currently she serves as region D governor.

Myers has made some significant accomplishments during her short career. She was the recipient of the Quest Performance Award in 2002, Central Florida's Young Engineer of the Year in 2003, the National SWE Nominee for New Faces of Engineering in 2006; and has was named Central Florida's SWE Young Engineer of the Year in 2003.

"I have watched as Harmony has matured from an excellent student into a professional and respectable engineer in our community," says Linda Freeman, section representative for SWE Central Florida. "Her strong analytical and decision-making skills make her a very effective leader and valuable team member in our SWE activities and to her employer, NASA."

Myers received her A.A. degree in general education from Saint Leo College in Saint Leo, Fla., her B.S. degree in electrical engineering from University of Central Florida, and her M.S. degree in industrial engineering from University of Miami.

The Distinguished New Engineer Award honors women engineers who have been actively engaged in engineering, demonstrated outstanding technical performance, and have had no more than 10 years of cumulative engineering experience as of December 31 of the past year. Each advanced engineering degree obtained on a full-time basis counts as one year of experience.

The 2006 Distinguished New Engineers Award will be formally presented Friday night, October 13 at the Society of Women Engineers' National Conference Achievement Award Banquet in Kansas City, Mo. The National Conference, "Women Blazing Technology Trails," is being held at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Mo. October 12-14. The more than 4,000 attendees include professionals from every discipline of the engineering profession and a large number of engineering students and educators. The 2007 Conference is scheduled for October 25-27 in Nashville, Tenn.

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