James Stewart, an ECBE alumni, member of the Industrial Advisory Council (IAC) for the school of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering (ECBE), and a Department Chief Scientist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Crane, will soon be awarded a Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) in the Modern-Day Technology Leader category. https://intouch.ccgmag.com/mpage/beya-award-winners/ (link no longer valid) BEY awardees are selected by the Engineering Deans of 15 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). https://www.blackengineer.com/article/modern-day-tech-leaders-through-the-years/ James is a co-inventor of a pilot geolocation device whose location cannot be easily detected by adversaries, and one of his US patents protects the Navy’s intellectual property for that invention. https://techlinkcenter.org/news/air-force-vet-signs-deal-for-navy-tech-that-covertly-locates-downed-pilots/ After graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University, James joined the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Crane as a research engineer.