Karin Bozak is an electrical engineer in the power systems branch at the NASA Glenn Research Center. In her current job she supports the design, integration, and test of a power-processing unit for NASA’s solar electric propulsion project.
Tag: history
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2014 NASA African-American History Month Profile: Charles Doxley, Glenn Research Center
Charles Doxley is an electronics engineer at the NASA Glenn Research Center. His work for the avionics division includes working on a project that tests future space radios to make sure they are compatible with NASA’s spacecraft tracking and data relay satellite system. Doxley earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from Albany State University in Albany, Georgia and a Master’s Degree from Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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Making NASA History
“Making NASA History” is a 12 minute video introducing kids to the key moments in the history of the American space program. This video combines historical footage, photographs, and audio files with narration by two spacesuit-sporting interns from the NASA History Program Office. The goal of this video is to inspire both kids and adults to appreciate and learn more about NASA’s many accomplishments in space exploration and aeronautics.
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NASA Asian-American History Month Profile — Allen Chen
Allen Chen is a systems engineer in the Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Systems and Advanced Technologies group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (JPL). On the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team, he is the lead for EDL operations and Flight Dynamics, co-leads the joint science/engineering Mars atmosphere characterization team. Chen has been a member of the MSL EDL Systems Engineering Team and the MSL Flight System Systems Engineering Team since his arrival at JPL in 2002. He also worked on the Mars Exploration Rovers project, performing EDL reconstruction analysis and testing. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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NASA African-American History Month Profile – Darrius Lewis
Darrius Lewis is an Emergency Preparedness Officer and Continuity of Operations Program Manager at NASA Headquarters. He is responsible for overseeing the Continuity Of Operations Program at NASA Headquarters as well as the functionality of the Emergency Notification System. He is charged with strategically planning for man-made and natural disasters to minimize any impact to NASA personnel, so that NASA workers and leadership can continue to conduct the business of NASA.
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Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4
In which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids and the Nile with John Green.
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NASA African-American History Month Profile- Rhonda Baker
Rhonda Baker is the Associate Director for Center Operations at Ames Research Center. She has been working in Federal government positions since the age of 16. She came to Ames as a procurement specialist in 1998, and worked in support of several research areas, including the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI). She is now the Associate Director for Center Operations at Ames Research Center.
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NASA TV History Emmy Award Video 2009
This video was aired when NASA Television was honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Award recognizes the agency for engineering excellence and commemorates the 40th anniversary of the technological innovations that made possible the first live TV broadcast from the moon by the Apollo 11 crew on July 20, 1969.
The prestigious Emmy Award, named after the man credited with designing and building the world’s first working television system, honors an agency, company or institution with contributions over a long period of time that have significantly affected the state of television technology and engineering.