Mr. Michael Mike
T. Hill Sr., GS-12
ENG Laboratory Division Chief / Supervisor
Michael T. Hill Sr., is the Laboratory Division Chief / Supervisor of Computer Science in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. His duties include supervision of technicians to support laboratories, faculty, and student’s needs and the ENG department Safety Officer. He has a combined 36 years of supervision experience while working in the military, private sector, DOD NASIC contractor, DOL/OSHA, and DOD/AETC/AFIT.
Additional duties include B644 Primairy Building Custodian, ENG Safety Officer, ENG Chemical Hygiene Officer, EN Precious Metals Officer, ENG Equipment Custodian and ENG Unit Software License Manager.
In 1999, he retired from the Air Force as NCOIC of the Radio Maintenance Communication work center, 88th Communications Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. During his Air Force career, he has supported Public Address (PA) setup(s)/CNN live Broadcast for Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Prince Sultan AB (Aug-Oct 1997), WPAFB Command Staff help desk briefing support during the Balkan Proximity Peace Talks (Oct-Nov 1995), HF Presidential Communications, Yokota AB PACAF (1981-84 and 1984-92), Radio Communications and PA setup for five Space Shuttle landings at Edwards AFB, Ca (1983-84).
Prior to joining the AFIT team in July 2014, he was the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (DOL/OSHA) equipment Service Manager, supervising engineers and technicians in calibration support for 100 federal and 200 state OSHA offices. He also worked as a CSC contractor in support of NASIC and Open Skies, and the private sector for Pioneer Industrial Components as a Production Line Supervisor/technician and Projects Unlimited as an electronics technician building cabling for Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, Refrigerant thermo-relay modules, and Gulfstream Anti-Skid braking Control Modules.
Education
- Air Command and Staff College Online Masters Program (ACSC-OLMP) Graduate 2026
- B.S. (Information Technology Systems Management), Wilberforce University, 2018
- A.S. (Electronics Technology Systems), Community College of the Air Force, 1999
Awards
- Department of the Air Force STEM Outreach Volunteer Award 2023
- AFIT/EN Civilian Category III Supervisor of the Year 2023
- AFIT/EN Volunteer of the 2nd Quarter 2023
- Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Modern Day Technology Leader, 2020
- Civilian MLK Humanitarian Award for Significant Contribution to Society, 2019
- AFIT QIP Team Award, 3rd Qtr., 2017
- OSHA Outstanding Service, Commitment, Achievement Recognition Award Jul, 2011
- BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Response Citation, September, 2010
- CSC/DynCorp Lighting Bolt Achievement Award supporting WPAFB Open Skies, 2005
- WPAFB Balkan Proximity Peace Talks, Oct-Nov 1995
Community Involvement
- Wizard of Wright (WOW) WPAFB Educational Outreach Program