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2020 Federal Engineer of the Year Award

The Federal Engineer of the Year Award, sponsored by the Professional Engineers in Government, honors engineers employed by a federal agency that employs at least 50 engineers worldwide.

Highlights from 2020 Federal Engineer of the Year

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2020 Federal Engineer of the Year

Timothy Sullivan, Ph.d, P.E.

Timothy Sullivan, Ph.D., P.E., of the U.S. Department of the Air Force, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, was named NSPE’s 2020 Federal Engineer of the Year Award winner on February 14 at the ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

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2020 NSPE Federal Engineer of the Year Agency Winners

Ten individuals have been selected as finalists for the 2020 Federal Engineer of the Year Award, honoring the best and brightest engineers employed at a federal agency. Those top ten finalists* are:
  • Lt. Col. James Caldwell, Ph.D., P.E.
    Lt. Col. James Caldwell, Ph.D., P.E.*
    U.S. Department of the Air Force
    Air Force Materiel Command
  • LCDR Garrett Chun, P.E.*
    LCDR Garrett Chun, P.E.*
    U.S. Department of the Interior
    National Park Service
  • Noelle Currey, Ph.D., P.E.
    Noelle Currey, Ph.D., P.E.*
    Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Hillary Isebrands, Ph.D., P.E.
    Hillary Isebrands, Ph.D., P.E.*
    U.S. Department of Transportation
    Federal Highway Administration
  • Marco Furlan-Kaneko, P.E.
    Marco Furlan-Kaneko, P.E.*
    U.S. Department of the Air Force
    47th Flying Training Wing
  • Tony Lau, P.E.
    Tony Lau, P.E.*
    U.S. Department of the Navy
    Naval Facilities Engineering Command
  • LTC L. Reyn Mann, P.E.
    LTC L. Reyn Mann, P.E.*
    U.S. Department of the Army
    130th Engineer Brigade
  • CAPT Stephen Martin, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.
    CAPT Stephen Martin, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.*
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • LCDR Christopher McDowell, P.E.
    LCDR Christopher McDowell, P.E.*
    U.S. Department of the Navy
    Naval Facilities Engineering Command
  • Timothy Sullivan, Ph.d, P.E.
    Timothy Sullivan, Ph.D., P.E.*
    U.S. Department of the Air Force
    Air Force Civil Engineer Center
  • CAPT Gary Adams, P.E.
    U.S. Department of the Air Force
    823d Red Horse Squadron, Air Combat Command
  • Laureen Borochaner, P.E.
    U.S. Department of the Army
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District
  • Stephen Glick, Ph.D.
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • CDR Leo Angelo Gumapas, P.E.
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    National Institutes of Health
  • LT Ian Oviatt, P.E.
    U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    U.S. Coast Guard
  • Jeremy Pianalto, P.E.
    U.S. Department of the Army
    U.S. Army Europe
  • Aimee Rohner, P.E.
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Thomas Scarbrough, P.E.
    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • LCDR Travis Spaeth, P.E.
    U.S. Public Health Service
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Kenneth Turner, P.E.
    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Veterans Health Administration
  • Jason Wagner, P.E.
    U.S. Department of the Interior
    Bureau of Reclamation
  • Kevin Window
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Johnson Space Center

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