{"418011":{"#nid":"418011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AE Alumnus Christopher Jones Receives Top Award at the 2012 Black Engineer of the Year Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENorthrup Grumman Corporation employee and AE alumnus Christopher T. Jones received a top award at the annual Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Global Competitiveness Conference held Feb 16-18 in Philadelphia.\u0026nbsp; BEYA acknowledges excellence in accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJones, AE 1986, was awarded the Career Achievement in Industry Award for his distinguished career in the field of engineering.\u0026nbsp; Jones is senior vice president and general manager of the Integrated Logistics and Modernization Division of the Northrop Grumman Technical Services sector.\u0026nbsp; He has overall responsibility for contractor logistics support; systems maintenance and modernization; global materials and surveillance operations; and international programs.\u0026nbsp; Jones earned a bachelor\u0027s degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a master\u0027s degree in aerospace engineering and engineering management from the University of Dayton, and a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland.\u0026nbsp; Additionally, he was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force in 1986 and is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Connecticut Air National Guard.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AE alumnus Christopher T. Jones received a top award at the annual Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Global Competitiveness Conference"}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-06-24 11:28:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:45","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"130111","name":"BEYA"},{"id":"130101","name":"Christopher T. Jones"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}