Victor Garcia Jr. (center), research civil engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, receives a STEM Hero Award Oct. 12 at an awards ceremony during the 35th Anniversary Great Minds in STEM Conference Oct. 11-14 in Pasadena, California. Presenting the award was Maj. Gen. (retired) Mark Toy, a former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' commander and now the general manager of the Yorba Linda Water District, center, and Maj. Gen. Kimberly Colloton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ deputy commanding general for Military and International Operations, left.