Utah Engineers Journal 2021 Issue

29 Congratulations UEC 2021 Engineer of the Year Nominees! Capt. John McCrea Engineer of the Year Nominee Capt. John McCrea United States Air Force Nominated by INCOSE Capt John McCrea is the Lead Engineer, Flight Destruct System on the Minuteman III Flight Test, Telemetry, and Termination (FT3) system and the Lead Project Manager/Engineer for Minuteman III Digital Transformation. In his FT3 role, John is responsible for ensuring a safe flight destruct system during operational test launches out of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to the Kwajalein Atoll. For the digital transformation, John is responsible for a team of 57 people taking over 70 systems of data and digital engineering tools for a 50-year-old weapon system and consolidating them in a cloud-based ecosystem. This modernization of a legacy system is a huge leap forward toward advancing the Department of Defense digital engineering objectives and making our national defense safer than ever. John also has a passion for STEM and service in building the wider engineering community, through organizations like INCOSE, AIAA, and NDIA, as well as participation in FIRST robotics competitions at multiple levels. Despite COVID, John has continued to enable quality engineering and education activities throughout 2020. Achievements include: • B.S. Aerospace Engineering (Astronautics), Arizona State University, 2016 • M.S. Engineering Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2018 • M.S. Systems Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2018 • Lead project manager/engineer for the Minuteman 3 (MMIII) digital transformation • Five awards and patents • Four publications at JHU/APL, NDIA, SciTech, and AIAA conferences • 2020 UEC Fresh Face of Engineering Engineer of the Year Nominee Kerry Charles (KC) Shaw Central Utah Water Conservancy District Nominated by ASCE KC Shaw is a dedicated civil engineer with a distinguished 36-year career in the public and private sectors in Utah. He is the chief engineer for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, where he oversees the planning, design, and construction of major critical infrastructure in Utah. Notable elements in his career include: Kerry Charles Shaw • Bachelor and Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University • Director of Engineering at Anderson Geneva Department • Management and leadership at Geneva Steel, Sunrise • Engineering, and Comet Resources • Utah State Water Quality Board, Member, 1995-2003 • Water Environment Association of Utah, Public Servant Award, 2003 • ASCE, President of Utah Section (1993-1994) and Central Utah Branch (1989-1990) • Licensed Professional Engineer by State of Utah from 1986 to the present • OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Trained, 1989