Announcing the Award Recipients Join us Wednesday, May 26, 202 Virtually for the Award Presentation at the RES Annual Meeting
Come congratulate the 2020 Engineer of the Year
2020 Engineer of the Year Richard J. Buckley Senior Fellow L3Harris Technologies
Education: Worcester Polytechnic Institute BSEE with Distinction (1981) Rochester Institute of Technology MSEE (1993)
How have you used your engineering skills for community and professional leadership? I was fortunate to have excellent mentors early in my career; I have tried to ‘pay it forward’ by mentoring engineers in early stages of their career, in terms of both technical and career aspirations. What do you consider your greatest engineering achievement? The AN/PRC-117G was truly a ‘cradle-to-grave’ product development; L3Harris enabled me to champion the original concept and allowed me to follow the product through to high volume production and field use by satisfied customers. Describe a key event or individual that had a profound effect on your career. Floyd Koontz was an excellent mentor early in my career; he was entirely unafraid of any technical challenge, willing to explore a wide landscape of possible solutions. He also taught me to embrace ideas from multiple diverse sources. What advice would you give to our scholarship recipients? Be yourself and find your personal areas of passion; energy and positive attitude can overcome most obstacles; teamwork is more important than ever; try to have fun, it’s a long career for most of us. Articulate your vision for engineering in Rochester. Rochester is blessed with a long engineering legacy, excellent universities and a strong engineering talent pool. My vision is to work collaboratively across all of those resources to collectively solve emerging challenges that likely face society in the next generation. 16 | The ROCHESTER ENGINEER APRIL 2021
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