WARREN – Survivability Team Leader Heather Molitoris of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, has received the prestigious Louis Dellamonica Award for Outstanding U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year Award for 2007.
?Heather was selected for her outstanding work using many different modeling and simulation [M&S] tools for developing and integrating technologies for military vehicle survivability,? said TARDEC Director Grace Bochenek. ?Her efforts have directly resulted in new capabilities for force-on-force modeling. She is an inspiration to others and an important asset to TARDEC, RDECOM [U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command] and AMC.?
In 2007, as the M&S lead for the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Survivability Army Technology Objective, Molitoris was responsible for developing the simulation and simulation support plans for an integrated survivability tactical wheeled vehicle demonstrator. Her simulation plan reduced the risk and costs of developing and integrating technologies.
?With the team she leads, Heather determines technologies that meet the requirements and minimize the impact on the vehicle mission role,? Bochenek added. ?She is also recognized as an international subject-matter expert for the integrated survivability process, tools development and application. The M&S tools she is developing and supporting will provide superior breakthrough technologies and concepts to ensure dominant land-force capability for warfighters, the United States and our allies.?
Ten out of 60,000 AMC employees are given the award annually, due to their performance. The award is named after retired Department of Defense Electrical Engineer Louis Dellamonica, who was the oldest and longest serving employee. He served for 65 years and retired Jan. 2, 2007, at the age of 94.
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