Volpe Center: Volpe Center Highlights

Ms. Lynn Murray, Chief, Communications and Technology Outreach Division, received the Award for Federal Representative of the Year from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer. FLC is the nationwide network of federal laboratories that provides a forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking the laboratory technologies and expertise with the marketplace. The award is given to the FLC representative who has made the most significant contribution to the FLC program in the past year. It was presented at the FLC national meeting in Tucson, Arizona on May 7, 2003. Ms. Murray serves as both an FLC Executive Board member and Chair of the FLC Education and Training Committee.

Ms. Karen Van Dyke, of the Center for Navigation, was named a Fellow at the Institute of Navigation's (ION) 59th Annual Awards Program held on June 24, 2003. Election to Fellow Membership recognizes the distinguished contribution of ION members to the advancement of the technology and management of the science of navigation. Ms. Van Dyke received the Fellow Membership for her outstanding contributions to the civil applications of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and for her role in ensuring the safe incorporation of GPS into the National Airspace System. The Institute of Navigation is a non-profit professional society dedicated to the advancement of the art and science of navigation.