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PRESS RELEASE: The Brooke Owens Fellowship—a nationally-acclaimed nonprofit program recognizing exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities with space and aviation internships, senior mentorship, and a lifelong professional network—announces its Class of 2023 Brooke Owens Fellows.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: 51 undergraduate students earn their place at leading aerospace organizations in the Brooke Owens Fellowship Class of 2022—the Fellowship’s newest, most diverse class of Brooke Owens Fellows.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: 44 Undergraduate students earn their place at leading aerospace organizations, as the Fellowship turns five years old.
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 MorePRESS RELEASE: The Brooke Owens Fellowship – the award-winning, non-profit program that provides paid internships and executive mentorship to exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities in aerospace – announces today that it has appointed three new leaders to its executive team.
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 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 Jessie Park, Featuring Hira Nadeem, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Hira Nadeem’s goal as an emerging aerospace engineer is simple: to “bring space down to earth.” In her final year of electrical engineering at McMaster University, she’s now one step closer to making her mark in the aerospace industry as a Brooke Owens Fellow.
Read MoreBy Emily Dieckman, Featuring Lindsey Koelbel, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
University of Arizona junior Lindsey Koelbel will intern at HawkEye 360 for the summer as part of a program for women and gender-minority students in aerospace.
Read MoreBy Whitney Zhang, Featuring Claire Buffington and Shannon Cassady, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellows
Claire Buffington ’21 and Shannon Cassady ’21 have been selected for the 2020 class of Brooke Owens Fellows. Recipients will be hosted at SpaceX.
Read MoreBy the University of Washington, Featuring Kristina Dong and Monica Kim, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellows
The Brooke Owens Fellowship has selected A&A's Kristina Dong and Monica Kim for the 2020 cohort of Fellows.
Read MoreBy Rick Matthews, Featuring Lainey Drake, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Sophomore Physics-Theatre double major Lainey Drake earned the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Read MoreBy Katherine Connor, Featuring Surya Vohra, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Surya Vohra, a mechanical engineering student at UC San Diego, has been selected as a 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow.
Read MoreBy University of Colorado Boulder, Featuring Kaitlyn Olson, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
As a Brooke Owens Fellow, Olson will spend the summer of 2020 working at Northrop Grumman.
Read MoreBy University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Featuring Courtney Leverenz, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Courtney Leverenz is one of 40 recipients of the class of 2020 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: After receiving a record-breaking number of applications to join one of the most celebrated groups of rising stars in the aerospace industry, the Brooke Owens Fellowship has selected 40 students to join its newest class of “Brookies.”
Read MoreBy Georgia Tech, Featuring Saba Shaik, Sanjana Tewathia, Rachel Thomas, and Kinjal Ruecker, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellows
Four exceptional undergraduates from the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering will get a jump-start on their careers, thanks to the 2020 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Read MoreBy Georgia Tech, Featuring Olivia Plumb and Kinjal Ruecker, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellows
Mechanical engineering majors Olivia Plumb and Kinjal Ruecker have been selected to receive a 2020 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Read MoreBy Dominique Perkins, featuring Angelica Berner, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Berner, who graduated from Arizona State University in December 2018, is one of 38 women awarded this fellowship for 2019.
Read MoreFeaturing Sue Kaur, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Earlier this year, undergraduate student Supreet Kaur (ISE ‘19) was officially named a Brooke Owens Fellow. The fellowship, founded in honor of notable pilot and space industry pioneer Dawn Brooke Owens, selects promising female students and supports them as they pursue a career in aerospace engineering. Kaur’s personal history and passion for space exploration made her an ideal candidate.
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