[Updated 08/01/2020]

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Congratulations to our FY20 K-12 Outreach Volunteer of the Year!

The SWE-San Diego K-12 Outreach Volunteer of the Year Award honors a female SWE-San Diego professional member who has been actively engaged in the advancement of Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM) fields as a desirable career option for K-12 girls. The award may be presented to one member annually.
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Debra Kimberling, SWE Fellow, is on a mission to build visibility and support throughout all of San Diego for SWENext: a way for K-12 students to belong in SWE. She has created a community with all four San Diego SWE Sections and the ten SWENext Clubs. She welcomed in the first high school clubs, is counselor for three, and makes sure each of the clubs are supported. If you would like to join in the fun, you can reach Debra at SweNextSanDiego@gmail.com.

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Congratulations to our FY20 Distinguished New Engineer!

The SWE-San Diego Distinguished New Engineer Award honors a SWE-San Diego professional member who has been actively engaged in an engineering or technology profession, has demonstrated outstanding technical performance, as well as leadership in organizations (SWE-San Diego) and the community, in the first ten (10) years of her career as of December 31 of the year prior to nomination. The award may be presented to one member annually.
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Kelly Hon possesses a balance of traits that make her well suited to receive the SWE-San Diego Distinguished New Engineer award. She continues to demonstrate outstanding technical performance through her engineering leadership role at Becton Dickinson while prioritizing giving back to her community through her STEM lead role at her company, as Secretary to a local sports organization, and through active SWE-SD committee participation. She truly has a drive and passion for what she does both professionally and personally.

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Congratulations to our FY20 Outstanding Engineer!

​The SWE-San Diego Outstanding Engineer Award honors a female who has been actively engaged in an engineering or technology profession, has demonstrated outstanding technical excellence, and has at least fifteen (15) years of cumulative engineering experience as of December 31 of the year prior to nomination. The award may be presented to one individual annually.
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​Ruchira Baltz has been thriving as an outstanding engineer and leader at Solar Turbines for many years. She leads a distinguished career brimming with exceptional technical achievements and leadership in developing future engineers at Solar. A dedicated advocate, Ruchi has worked on gender inclusion and project improvements that have had tremendous impacts at Solar. Outside of work she is dedicated to enriching the minds of students through STEM projects.

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FY20 Section Awards Nominations

Thank you for all of your hard work this past year!  It is time to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our members and others in the technical community.

SWE-San Diego is proud to offer five awards for FY20:

• SWE-San Diego K-12 Outreach Volunteer of the Year
• SWE-San Diego Distinguished New Engineer
• SWE-San Diego Member of the Year
• SWE-San Diego Outstanding Engineer
• SWE-San Diego Diversity Champion

THE AWARDS NOMINATION PACKET IS DUE ON:
Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 11:59pm PST

SWE-San Diego encourages self-nominations. These awards will be presented at the Annual SWE-San Diego Celebration on June 6, 2020.
 
Please contact our SWE-San Diego Awards Chair with any questions or concerns at: awards.swesandiego@gmail.com

Thank you all in advance for your participation and support.  Here is to a great awards season!

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CALL FOR JUDGES

We need Judges! Awards judging is a wonderful way to volunteer for SWE-San Diego — it's a chance to see what our amazing nominees are achieving professionally, contributing to SWE, and to the world.   

Any SWE-San Diego member, MAL, or corporate sponsor representative can be a judge. Judging can be done 100% remotely, usually over the course of a few hours. It's a great opportunity for those that don't have a lot of time, or need to volunteer on their own schedule.      

Please contact our SWE-San Diego Awards Chair with any questions or concerns or if you are interested in judging at awards.swesandiego@gmail.com

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FY19 Awards Season    |    Past Award Winners

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