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Colonel Kaya received his MS in Space Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering (Certificate Degree) from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 2008. He joined the military due to a desire to be a jet pilot. After retiring from the Turkish Air Force as a Colonel, he joined Alaska Airlines as a Boeing 737 [...]

In this article, The AFIT Foundation will be recognizing Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.)Douglas Humerick, Director of Defense and Aerospace of DHL Global Forwarding. Lt Col Humerick received his M.S. in Acquisition and Contract Management from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 1992. Having grown up in the Army, he always planned to join the [...]

In this issue, The AFIT Foundation recognizes Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Chris Svehlak, MAcc, MS, CCEA, Regional Lead and Senior Pricing/Cost Analysis SME at Hive Group. Lt. Col. Svehlak received his MS in Cost Analysis from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 1995. He joined the military due to the opportunity to pursue [...]

In this article, The AFIT Foundation will be recognizing Professor Douglas Hodson, Professor of Software Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Professor Hodson received his Ph.D. In Computer Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 2009. He got involved in the military due to his work for the University [...]

In this issue, The AFIT Foundation will be recognizing Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) James Thorne, PhD, Director of Defense and Aerospace of DHL Global Forwarding. Lt Col Thorne received his M.S. and PhD in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 1989 and 1996. He initially joined the military because the Air [...]

In this issue, The AFIT Foundation will be recognizing Ms. Melinda Tourangeau, Doctoral Student, Senior Writer, Strategic Communicator, Vice President and Co-Founder of Warrior Support Solutions, LLC, and Member of the Board of Trustees at the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame. Ms. Tourangeau received her M.S. in Electrical Engineering (ENP) from the U.S. Air [...]

In this article, The AFIT Foundation will be recognizing Colonel Uduak Udoaka, leader of the Logistics Operations Division at U.S. Africa Command. Colonel Udoaka received his M.S. in Logistics Management from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 2006. He grew up intrigued by space and while attending military school in Nigeria he [...]

In this issue, The AFIT Foundation will be recognizing Colonel (Ret.) Tamer Ozmen, Director of Defense and Aerospace of DHL Global Forwarding. Colonel Ozmen received his M.S. in Operations Research from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 1993. He joined the military due to a love of service to his country. After retiring [...]

In this article, The AFIT Foundation will be recognizing Captain Trey Burrows, Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) at California Bioenergy LLC. Captain Burrows received his MS in Logistics Management from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 1997. As a child, he was always fascinated with planes and space. His brother-in-law joined [...]

In this issue, The AFIT Foundation recognizes Colonel (Ret.) Efgan Dengür, Vice President of EDGE Advanced Concepts. Colonel Dengür received his M.S. in Operations Research (GOR 92 M) from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in March of 1992. As a young fighter pilot in the Turkish Air Force, Colonel Dengür was driven by [...]