SALINA — The Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY) has announced the winners of its 2014 Celebration of Technology Awards and will hold a banquet to recognize the individuals and organizations on March 24. This year’s awards go to eight Central New York individuals and organizations: – Dr. Misty Blowers, a research scientist at […]
SALINA — The Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY) has announced the winners of its 2014 Celebration of Technology Awards and will hold a banquet to recognize the individuals and organizations on March 24.
This year’s awards go to eight Central New York individuals and organizations:
- Dr. Misty Blowers, a research scientist at the United States Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, is recognized as the recipient of the Technologist of the Year. Blowers has a patent pending that is being used to classify space objects and has been applied to cyber operations for anomaly detection.
- Huda Suliman, Ph.D., a research scientist working in SRC Inc.’s Chemical-Biological Defense Group, will receive the Young Technologist of the Year honor. Suliman is the principal inventor for three unique biological identification assays for toxins that eliminate the need for live animal tests and allow first responders to quickly and easily identify potential hazards.
- Zack Banack, a 17-year-old independent game developer wins the Student Technologist of the Year. Banack has released three mobile apps: two games and an app that predicts the chance of a snow day, delay, or early dismissal for any U.S. school district. He is now a senior at Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square and plans to pursue a computer science degree at SUNYIT in Utica starting this fall.
- Lockheed Martin MST, with a plant in Salina, will be honored as the Technology Company of the Year. Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), one of Lockheed Martin’s main products, was largely developed, tested, and managed in Salina.
- Lockheed Martin’s TSP-77 Radar Wind Farm Solution is named the Technology Project of the Year. Lockheed’s TSP-77 Radar Wind Farm Solution, which was successfully tested in Texas in 2013, provides enhanced signal processing capabilities that allowed the United Kingdom to expand its wind farms.
- Dr. Katie D. Cadwell, an assistant professor in biomedical and chemical engineering at Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, wins the College Technology Educator of the Year. Cadwell restructured chemical engineering lab courses at Syracuse University and hosts monthly luncheons for professors to share teaching methods and ideas.
- ESF Outreach, a program of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, will be awarded the Science and Technology Outreach, Organization honor. ESF Outreach seeks to provide professional education programs for middle and high school students and their teachers regarding environmental topics.
- Brandon Murphy, a technology and project coordinator in the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Outreach Office, will receive the Science and Technology Outreach, Individual honor. Murphy coordinates several ESF Outreach programs and also assists ESF in the High School dual-enrollment program.
The winners will attend TACNY’s 15th Celebration of Technology Awards Banquet March 24 at the Holiday Inn Syracuse-Liverpool on Electronics Parkway in Salina. For more information, visit www.tacny.org
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