Rodney Guishard Receives 40 Year Service Award

Rodgney Guishard receives 40 Year Award from Wilson Felder  

Center Director Dr. Wilson Felder recently honored Rodney Guishard with a 40-year Service Award. Guishard currently serves as Manager, Test Standards and Program Assessment Team, Technical Strategies and Integration Group, Operations Planning. Congratulations, Rodney!

2007 Administrator’s EEO Award - Keeping the Promise

By Pete Castellano

Vicki Cox, Carolyn McKinney-Bobo and Wilson Felder pictured.

Al Jefferson, Chinita Roundtree-Coleman and Carolyn McKinney-Bobo were among the recipients of the 2007 Administrator’s EEO Award, or as they are now called, the Keeping the Promise award. Basilyn Bunting was also nominated for an award. Al’s award was based his work in the area of EEO Mediation. He participated in 6 mediations, all in the Eastern Region, along with another mediator. Four of the mediations resulted in agreements. He demonstrates a great deal of knowledge and expertise in the mediation arena and has been a mediator for 10 years. Chinita and Carolyn developed analysis and measurement tools and protocols that assess EEO compliance. Additionally, they served as auditors for the assessment conducted at the Eastern Regional Office. Congratulations to Al, Chinita, and Carolyn on your efforts, and for receiving these prestigious awards!

Carolyn McKinney-Bobo and Chinita Roundtree-Coleman receiving 2007 Administrator’s EEO Award by Vicki Cox and Wilson Felder. Pictured from left to right Carolyn McKinney-Bobo, Vicki Cox, Wilson Felder and Chinita Roundtree-Coleman.

Vicki Cox and Wilson Felder presenting Al Jefferson will the 2007 Administrator’s EEO Award. Pictured from left to right Vicki Cox, Al Jefferson and Wilson Felder.

Jim White Receives Elmer A. Sperry Award

By Terry Kraus

Jim White

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(AIAA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE), American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE), and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers selected Operations Planning, Research and Development 's Jim White to receive the 2007 Elmer A. Sperry Award along with industry co-developers of the Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS), Bob Cook, Peter Mahal, and Pam Phillips.

EMAS, developed by the FAA's Airport Technology R&D program, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Engineered Systems Company (ESCO) of Ashton, Pennsylvania, is made of water, foam, and cement, and deforms readily and reliably under the weight of an aircraft tire. As the tires crush the material, the drag forces decelerate the aircraft, bringing it to a safe stop. The technology is now in place on 23 runway ends at 18 airports, with eight additional EMAS projects under contract at six U.S. airports. In addition, arrestor beds have gone global; EMAS is installed at Jiuzhai-Huanglong Airport, which is on a mountaintop in China, and projects are underway for two runways at Madrid-Barajas International Airport, Spain.

The Elmer A. Sperry Award annually recognizes distinguished engineering contributions that, through application proved in actual service, have advanced the state of the art of transportation whether by land, sea, or air. It honors Elmer A. Sperry, who was renowned for his navigational gyroscope and who coined the word automotive, giving SAE its name. Past recipients have included Donald Douglas, Ferdinand Porsche, Sir Geoffrey De Havilland, Igor Sikorsky, and Charles Draper.