2019 STEM Military Hero Award Winners
Elvis Acosta
Performance Assessment
Department Head
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, NAVSEA
U.S. Navy
Capt. Jorge E. Diaz
Lead GPS Aviation Systems Engineer, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles
U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
U.S. Air Force
Capt. Lisa Fernandez, Ph.D.
Research Entomologist
Applied Technology and
Genomics Division
U.S Air Force -School of
Aerospace Medicine
U.S. Air Force
Paul J. Fontanez, Ph.D.
Strategic Mission Area
Lead- Core Engineering
Director for Engineering
Systems Engineering Test
Requirements
Missile Defense Agency
Lt. Luis F. Garcia
Civil Engineering Instructor
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
U.S. Coast Guard
LCDR. David S. Gonzalez
C5I & Ordnance Supervisory
Project Manager
U.S. Coast Guard Yard
U.S. Coast Guard
Edith Martinez-Guerra, Ph.D.
Research Environmental
Engineer, Engineer Research
and Development Center
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army
Alvaro C. Matos
Director
Corporate Integration Group
Defense Contract
Management Agency
Ramon A. Morales
Branch Head
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, NAVSEA
U.S. Navy
Javier Rodriguez
Plan and Programs Engineer
Plans and Programs Branch
Integration and Opertiaons
Division, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
U.S. Air Force
Jose Romero-Mariona, Ph.D.
Lead Research Scientist for
Cybersecurity Innovation and
Cyber Science & Branch Head
Naval Information Warfare
Center Pacific and NAVWAR
U.S. Navy
Wilmel Varela-Ortiz, P.E.
Resident Engineer, North Puerto Rico Resident Office
Construction Division
Jacksonville District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army