2010 Issue

7 Utah Engineers Council Engineers Week 2010 Kent V Rominger is vice president of Test and Research Operations for ATK Space Sys- tems Group. His responsibilities include the overall testing of rocket motors, warheads and components, and support for research and development operations that enable advances in aerospace and military capabilities. Rominger joined ATK in October 2006 as vice president, Advanced Programs, following distinguished careers with NASA and the U.S. Navy. Rominger was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1992. He is a veteran of five space shuttle flights including two as the mission commander. Rominger has logged over 1,600 hours and traveled almost 27 million miles in space. He culminated his NASA career as the chief of the Astronaut Office. Rominger was commissioned as a naval officer in 1979. During his 26-year career, he served as an F-14 Tomcat pilot with fighter squadrons VF-2 and VF-211, and as a Navy test pilot. While with VF-211, he completed a deployment to the Arabian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. Rominger is a graduate of the Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) and the Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Md. He has logged over 7,000 flying hours in 35 different types of aircraft and has completed 685 carrier landings. A native of Del Norte, Colorado, Rominger received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University and a master’s in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. FEATURED SPEAKER OF THE ENGINEERS WEEK 2010 BANQUET Utah Engineers Week 2010 Utah Engineers Council appreciates and acknowledges the support of ATK and other contributors in celebration of the Engineers Week 2010, Utah Engineers Council congratulates all nominees of the Engineer of the Year, the Engineering Educator of the Year and the Fresh Face in Engineering of the Year awards, outstanding Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement Teacher for 2010, and all scholarship recipients.