Patricia R. Hemphill and Phillip C. Rogers, engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, have each received the Modern Day Technology Leadership Award.

The annual award is a part of the Black Engineer of the Year awards program.

Hemphill is assistant division chief of the Program and Project Management division. She has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Mississippi State, and has completed the Army Management Staff College program of Sustaining Base Leadership Management and Harvard University’s Executive Education Program. She is a registered professional engineer.

Rogers is a civil engineer in the design branch of the Engineering and Construction division. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi.