CALCE Receives NDIA 2009 Lt. Gen. Thomas R. Ferguson, Jr. Systems Engineering Excellence Award

On October 28, CALCE received the 2009 Systems Engineering Excellence Award from the National Defense Industrial Association. The award was presented at the 12th Annual Systems Engineering Conference in San Diego, California. The award was established in 2003 to honor Lt. Gen. Thomas R. Ferguson, Jr., USAF, whose leadership embodied the highest ideals in Defense Systems development and deployment. The award was given to CALCE for demonstrating outstanding achievement in the practical application of Systems Engineering principles, promotion of robust systems engineering principles throughout the organization, and effective systems engineering process development during the previous year. CALCE systems engineering contributions have helped achieve significant cost savings through new and enhanced processes, procedures and/or concepts, increased mission capabilities, and substantially increased performance.

For more information, please contact Prof. Michael Pecht at pecht@calce.umd.edu , or by phone at 301-405-5278.