The live feed of Brookie news! Read articles written by our Fellows and follow the achievements of the Fellows and the program in the news or in publications. This blog is written and maintained by alumnae of the Brooke Owens Fellowship.
By Zoe Elledge, Featuring Rikhi Roy (2019 Brooke Owens Fellow)
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering graduate student Rikhi Roy and alumnus Oscar Klempay have been selected for this year’s Aviation Week Network’s 20 Twenties program. The prestigious honor is awarded to top young students and graduates in the field of aerospace and defense engineering.
Read MoreBy Anna Lynn Spitzer, Featuring Amy Huynh, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Amy Huynh, a Samueli School senior double majoring in aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering, has won one of only four 2020-21 Women in Aerospace Foundation (WIA) scholarships awarded nationally this year. The distinction recognizes promising young women who will serve as the next generation of female leaders in the aerospace industry.
Read MoreBy Annamarie Nyirady, Featuring Khristian Jones, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
In this episode, we talk to Khristian about what sparked her passion for STEM, and how the Patti Grace Smith fellowship is empowering Black excellence in aerospace.
Read MoreFeaturing Jade Minh Nguyen, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
This fall, thanks to a Brooke Owens Fellowship, Jade Minh Nguyen will help pioneer commercial space travel as a bioengineer intern at Draper. She is one of 40 women to earn this type of opportunity under the Fellowship program.
Read MoreBy Blaine Friedlander, Featuring Morgan Irons, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow
Morgan Irons is about to help make space-exploration history – and all she needed was a shovel and some dirt. Irons, a doctoral student in soil and crop sciences, will see the soil she scooped from a Cornell farm organic plot launch into space on the evening of Sept. 29. It will hitch a ride aboard a resupply mission bound for the International Space Station (ISS) – orbiting about 254 miles above Earth.
Read MoreBy Cassie Lee with Brooke Owens Fellowship Alumnae Sasha Warren, Kryn Ambs, Kaitlin Engelbert, Amy Huynh, Katie Melbourne, Rowan Palmer, Luc Riesbeck, Rikhi Roy, Neha Sangana, and Victoria Woodburn
Cassie Lee, one of the founders of the Brooke Owens Fellowship, is featured on the United Nation’s Space4Women Spotlight.
Read MoreBy Meggie Biss, Featuring Kayla Watson, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow and Executive Team Member
“I am excited most about the opportunity to introduce additional diversity and inclusion initiatives to create a more enriched experience for all fellows,” said Watson of her new role.
Read MoreBy Tim Fernholz, Featuring Mykaela Dunn, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Mykaela Dunn and other Black engineers reflect on the return of human spaceflight to the US amidst protests against racism.
Read MoreBy Know Normal People, Featuring Ayla Grandpre, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow
Ayla Grandpre is all about space! A NASA Intern, a JPL SSA, and a Brooke Owens Fellow who works as a programmer for Maxar Technologies!
Read MoreBy SWE Blog, Featuring Caroline Juang and Julia Di, 2017 and 2018 Brooke Owens Fellows
In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, SWE highlighted Asian American women engineers in a series of blog posts.
Read MoreBy Kent State University, Featuring Sydney Bihn, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Senior Sydney Bihn finds her true calling throughout her time at Kent State and becomes the first female aerospace engineering graduate.
Read MoreBy Polly Basore Wenzl, Featuring Khristian Jones, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
“As an eighth grader, I knew that I was talented in math and science, had a love for space and wanted to be a part of the space community,” Jones said. “I just had to figure out a way to put those things together.”
Read MoreFeaturing Maureen McNamara, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
‘I fell in love with space that day. I didn’t even know I liked space,’ student Maureen McNamara notes.
Read MoreBy Shaun Waterman, Featuring Grace Graham, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Agility was one aspect of New Space that On Orbit guests could agree on, as they put the hotly debated term under the microscope during a live podcast recording at SATELLITE 2020.
Read MoreBy Johns Hopkins University, Featuring Neha Sangana, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Mechanical engineering sophomore Neha Sangana became hooked on stargazing when she got her first telescope at just seven years old. Years later – thanks to an enduring interest and plenty of hard work – Sangana has landed a coveted fellowship that will set her on a trajectory to her dream job.
Read MoreBy Kyle Morris, Featuring Jane Gillette, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
According to a press release, Jane Gillette and Sean Devey are recognized as two of Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties for 2020, which is sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Read MoreBy Anna Lynn Spitzer, Featuring Amy Huynh, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Samueli School mechanical and aerospace engineering undergraduate Amy Huynh is one of 30 students nationwide to win a 2020 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship, a summer internship and executive mentorship program developed to inspire the next generation of commercial spaceflight leaders.
Read MoreBy Kim McGrath, Featuring Lainey Drake, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
This summer, thanks to the Brooke Owens Fellowship, Drake will help pioneer commercial space travel as an engineering intern at Virgin Galactic.
Read MoreBy University of Colorado Boulder, Featuring Michelle Lin, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Three University of Colorado Boulder aerospace students have been selected as members of the 2020 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program. The initiative provides summer internships and executive mentorship to inspire the next generation of commercial spaceflight leaders.
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