Category: Women’s History Month

For day 6 of our Women’s History Month celebration, we recognize: Dr. Christyl Johnson! Dr. Christyl Johnson is NASA Goddard’s Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments. A graduate of Lincoln University, Johnson came to Goddard in 2010 from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she served as the executive director … Continue reading Women’s History Month Celebration (Day 6)

For day 5 of our Women’s History Month celebration, we recognize: Dr. Christine Darden! Dr. Christine Darden is one of the world’s leading experts on sonic boom prediction and minimization and supersonic wing design. Darden began her 40-year career at NASA in 1967 as a “human computer” who created complex programs and performed intricate calculations … Continue reading Women’s History Month Celebration (Day 5)

For day 4 of our Women’s History Month celebration, we recognize: Dr. Patricia Cowings! Dr. Patricia Cowings is an aerospace psychophysiologist, a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, and the first American woman to receive training as a scientist astronaut. She is also the inventor of Autogenic-Feedback Training (AFTE), a system and method that … Continue reading Women’s History Month Celebration (Day 4)

For day 3 of our Women’s History Month celebration, we recognize: Dr. Powtawche Valerino! Dr. Powtawche Williams Valerino is a mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a STEM advocate, and Rice University’s first Native American PhD Engineering graduate. Part African-American and part Mississippi Choctaw, Valerino was a first-generation engineer. She graduated from Stanford University … Continue reading Women’s History Month Celebration (Day 3)

Women’s History Month (March 1- March 31) is a month where we have the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of women. All month long we will be celebrating women who have made notable contributions in STEM. We kick off our celebration of Women’s History Month with our very own, Victoria Robinson! … Continue reading Women’s History Month Celebration