SAN DIEGO — The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is honored to announce engineer and mathematician Sarah Lauff was recognized with the 2015 American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Award for Technical Excellence during the organization’s Traditional Honors Banquet Nov. 21, 2015, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Lauff, a member of the Loyal Shawnee, was honored for her role in providing new developments for execution of the Navy's Rapid Deployable Cargo Monitoring System (RDCMS). RDCMS focuses on securing Naval munitions via a developed wireless monitoring system.
Additionally, Lauff was recognized for her continued science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) mentoring activities. As an innovative and successful female engineer, Lauff has become an inspirational role model for women.
“Growing up, I had never heard of a female engineer and assumed that it was a field that I couldn't go into. Now that I am working in the field of engineering, I feel that I am obligated to show the next generation of girls that engineering is an option,” she said.
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific provides the U.S. Navy and military with essential capabilities in the areas of command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR). SSC Pacific provides the full spectrum of C4ISR capabilities from basic research and prototype development, to extensive test and evaluation services, through systems engineering and integration, to installation and life-cycle support of fielded systems. SSC Pacific is a recognized leader in the cyber domain and for autonomous unmanned systems, and is providing the technological and engineering support critical to ensuring the Navy’s information dominance.
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific public affairs office can be reached at 619-553-2717.