Engineer Research and Development Center awards

Published 12:00 am Sunday, August 23, 2009

Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees

• Al Bush, Ed Jackson and Tom Patin

Silver Order of de Fleury Medal

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• Webb Mason

Bronze Order of de Fleury Medal

• Paul Schroeder

Army Meritorious Civilian Service

• Robert Hall, Jeb Tingle and Stan Woodson

Army Superior Civilian Service

• Jimmy Baylot, Mary Cialone, Frank Dallriva, Jeffrey Hanson, Monique Harrison, Ronnie Hedgepeth, David Horner, Jill Jackson, Bob Jenson, Pat McCaffrey, Hank McDevitt, Jason McKenna, Pattie Mullinax, Jane Smith and Joe Tom

2008 Army Research and Development Achievement

• For developing the Modular Protective System — Nick Boone, Toney Cummins, Bart Durst, Bill Heard, Pam Kinnebrew, Don Nelson, Jason Roth and Tom Slawson

• For leading research for better prediction, modeling and use of natural remediation to maintain firing ranges — Karl Indest and Fiona Crocker

• For developing and validating lime management technology that immobilizes metals and transforms explosives at hand-grenade ranges — Jeffretha Christian, Jeff Davis, Debbie Felt, Christ Griggs, Jared Johnson, Steve Larson and Andy Martin

Researcher of the Year

• Bob Welch

Research and Development Achievement

• For demonstrating that mesh-free Lagrangian procedures can calculate complex interactions resulting from buried explosive devices — Mark Adley, Steve Akers, Kent Danielson, Jay Ehrgott, Denis Rickman and Erin Williams

• For developing advanced ecosystem restoration modeling products for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque Ecosystem Restoration Study — Kelly Burks-Copes, Jim Henderson, Barry Payne, Antisa Webb, Mike Stewart, James Stinson and Robert Walker

• For developing sediment transport libraries — Kevin Barry, Charlie Berger, Gary Brown, Alex Carrillo and Jennifer Tate

• For helping predict the engineering behavior of granular media material — John Peters

• For developing a mesh conversion software tool kit — Ruth Cheng, Andy Goodwin and David Smith

• For researching the use of bacteria in soils — Steve Larson and Kent Newman

• For developing technologies to model, measure and mitigate the effects of geo-environmental factors — Josh Fairley, John Peters, Stacy Howington, Jerry Ballard and Owen Eslinger

• For designing and constructing a software toolbox for specialized simulation models — Matt Farthing and Christopher Kees

• For discovering the mechanisms of action underlying acute neurotoxic effects of RDX exposure in northern bobwhites — Kurt Gust

• For developing concepts for five technologies that could treat RDX in a process waste stream — Debbie Felt, David Gent, Jared Johnson and Steve Larson

Program Development Achievement

• For developing, adapting and executing the Systemwide Water Resources Research Program — Steve Ashby, Jeff Holland and Dave Richards

• For leading development of the research effort to support the USACE Critical Infrastructure Security and Protection Program — Will McMahon

• For developing a program of development of technologies for small arms firing-range management — John Ballard, Chris Griggs and Steve Larson

Excellence in Operational Support

• For fielding the second generation of the Tunnel Activity Detection System — Seth Broadfoot, Joe Dunbar, Julie Kelley, Sarah McComas, Tom McGill, Jason McKenna, Kevin Parkman and Tommy Berry

• For developing geographic information systems technologies and architectural innovations as part of the ERDC Levee Database Team — Allyson Windham

• For completing research to reduce restrictions on military training activities related to threatened and endangered species — Rick Lance

Outstanding Achievement in Technology Transfer

• For regionalizing the Corps Wetland Delineation Manual — Chris Noble and Jim Wakeley

• For developing, testing and transferring eight Battlespace Terrain Reasoning Awareness-Battle Command engines to the Commercial Joint Mapping ToolKit Program — Alex Baylot, Burhman Gates, Randy Jones, Victoria Moore, Paul Richmond and Doris Turnage

• For developing the Natural Resource Management Gateway — Bonnie Bryson, Sammy Franco, Scott Jackson, Richard Kasul, Julie Marcy and Kathy Perales

• For developing the compact Rapid Soils Analysis Kit — Ernest Berney

Outstanding Team Effort

• To the Countermine Phenomenology Team for completing the initial version of a computational test bed — Ernest Berney, Glenda Brandon, Ray Castellane, Maureen Corcoran, Bart Durst, Stephanie Evans, Josh Fairley, Nagaraju Kala, Julie Kelley, Larry Lynch, George Mason, John Peters, Stephanie Price, Lillian Wakeley, Owen Eslinger, Amanda Hines, David Leese, Virginia Carpenter, Stacy Howington, Phu Luong, Jackie Pettway, Sophia Vollor, Jerry Ballad, Tommy Berry, John Furey, Ricky Goodson, Samuel Jackson, Darrell Johnson, Elizabeth Lord, John Morgan and Bruce Sabol

• For successfully completing the final demonstration project of the Joint Enable Theater access-Sea Ports of Debarkation Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration Program — Tommy Bevins, John Green, Joe Padula, James Ray, Stan Boc, Jimmy Fowler, Debbie Green and Don Resio

• For providing development and systems engineering expertise to transform the Army’s logistical capabilities — Cary Butler, Pat Cody, Patti Duett, Ronnie Hedgepeth, Phong Huynh, Krisa Rowland, Kevin Stewart, David Stuart, T.C. Falls and Burhman Gates

• For integrating weather, air and ground to deliver tools in support of Geospatially-Enabled Battle Command — Alex Baylot, Randy Jones, Paul Richmond, Doris Turnage and Barry White

• To the Carbon Nanotube Technology for Military Engineering Team — Kevin Abraham, Bob Ebeling, Richard Haskins, Nicholas Lee, Dustin Majure, Bob Welch, Tony Bednar and Bob Kirgan

Technical Support Achievement

• Billy Bullock, Omar Flores and Jason Roth

Supervisor of the Year

• Rhonda Taylor

Administrative Support Achievement

• Executive office — Martha Bowen, Jamie Leach and Mary Vincent

• Coastal and Hydraulics Lab — Sharon Hanks

• Geotechnical and Structures Lab — Charlie Randall

Outstanding Achievement in Equal Employment Opportunity

• Andy Martin

Herbert D. Vogel Awards

• Donna Richey and Joan Truly, administrator; Oliver Clark, craftsman; Paul Schroeder, engineer; Jack Kil-gore, scientist; and Julie Cohen and Rick Tennant, technicians

Commander’s Award for Civilian Service

• Julia Baker, Bonnie Bryson, Charles Carter, Gary Dick, Claudette Doiron, Larry Dunbar, Michael Forte, Gwen Foster, Bradley Foust, Reed Freeman, Kurt Gust, Carol Johnson, Mike Kirklin, Steve Larson, Quint Mason, Cherrie McClelland, Howard McGee, Sandra Mims, Jackie Moore, Monte Pearson, Tim Raines, Stephen Rowell, Melanie Sias, Ronald Smith, Brad Steed, James Stinson, Alfreda Thomas, Linda Thomas, Joan Truly, Noah Vroman, Johannes Wibowo and Darius Wynn

Achievement Medal for Civilian Service

• Elias Arredondo, Chris Bogen, Sandy Brasfield, Barry Bunch, Richard Burrow, Mark Cowan, Fiona Crocker, Debbie Felt, David Gent, Amanda Hines, Sissy Hudson, Alex Jackson, Jeannie Johnston, Linda Jones, Beth Jones, Sabrina Kingston-Miles, Colin Leach, Vernon Lowery, Preston McAllister, Steve Pranger, Cindy Price, Guillermo Riveros, John Rushing, Maggie Sabol, Ashley Shugart, David Smith, Lorraine Smithhart, Tammy Threadgill and Robert Wayne