Society of Women Engineers Recognizes Harris Corporation's Wendy Martin as Outstanding Woman Engineer
March 04 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Organization Recognizes Eight Harris Engineers for Professional
Achievements MELBOURNE, Fla., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Wendy Martin, a Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) engineering director,
has received the Outstanding Woman Engineer Award from the Space
Coast chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for her
leadership, integrity and contributions to Harris and the
community. Martin was one of eight Harris women engineers who were
nominated and recognized in different categories during the annual
SWE awards banquet held February 24th at the Rockledge Country
Club. "The Space Coast Section of the SWE is proud to have such a
large group of talented women to recognize for their many
outstanding accomplishments," said Lori McPherson, president,
SWE-Space Coast Section. "Furthermore, we feel these women serve as
excellent role models for the many new female engineers in our
area, and also to high school students looking to engineering for
their future careers." Martin has been a Harris employee for 20
years and has worked on key programs such as the International
Space Station, Tomahawk Cruise Missile, Comanche Helicopter and the
U.S. Census Bureau Field Data Collection Automation program. In her
current position, she oversees new business in the Civil Growth
area of the company's Civil Programs business. Martin also is an
active in the community, working with schools to encourage young
people to consider engineering as a career. Other Harris employees
nominated for awards, based on achievements in their profession,
included: -- Outstanding Woman Engineer -- Alene Heuser, senior
engineering manager; and Kelle Wendling, director of the Wireless
Solutions product line -- Technical Achievement Award -- Brenda
Kaiser, systems engineer; and Martha Meyer, systems
engineer/software manager -- Distinguished New Woman Engineer --
Jessica Beahn, systems engineer; Yashica Hunt, quality engineer;
and Kungun Mathur, mechanical engineer "These women represent the
talent and dedication of the Harris engineering community and each
one serves as a role model for others in this field," said Kent
Buchanan, chief technology officer of Harris and vice president of
Engineering for its Government Communications Systems business. "We
are very proud of Wendy and all the Harris nominees, not only for
their commitment to engineering, but also for their dedication to
education and the community." The Society of Women Engineers,
founded in 1950, is a non-profit educational service organization
dedicated to promoting the field of engineering to women within the
community as well as in colleges and universities. An extensive
awards and recognition program honors outstanding accomplishments
of women in the engineering profession as well as those who have
contributed significantly to the advancement of women in the
engineering profession. Additional information about the Space
Coast Section of SWE, which includes Brevard, Indian River and
Volusia counties, may be found at http://www.swe-sc.org/ About
Harris CorporationHarris is an international communications and
information technology company serving government and commercial
markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne,
Florida, the company has annual revenue of $5.4 billion and 16,000
employees --- including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists.
Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured
communications(TM) products, systems, and services. Additional
information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Jim
Burke, Corporate Headquarters, Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131,
Web Site: http://www.harris.com/
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