The All-in-One: Aerospace Engineer, Economist, and Entrepreneur
The All-in-One: Aerospace Engineer, Economist, and Entrepreneur

By Jeffrey Hill, featuring Grace Graham, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

Like many emerging space professionals of her generation, Grace is combining engineering knowhow with entrepreneurial ambition to establish a strong foothold in our community. In this interview, however, Grace explains why it’s equally important for young space industry professionals to master economics, and how understanding market and supply chain economics can help you become a better engineer and entrepreneur. This career-focused discussion also includes tips on how to get the most out of mentor/mentee relationships, and how to deal with rejection in the early stages of your career.

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How the Arabian stargazer is smashing stereotypes in the space industry
How the Arabian stargazer is smashing stereotypes in the space industry

By Adrienne Cutway, Featuring Diana Alsindy, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow

At 25, she's a propulsion development engineer at Virgin Orbit, a former Brooke Owens fellow, an Iraqi American who left her friends behind to come to the U.S. when she was 14, a University of California, San Diego alumna and an inspiration to her 93,000 Instagram followers who turn to her for updates in both English and Arabic.

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Want to work on rockets? Advice from the new space workforce
Want to work on rockets? Advice from the new space workforce

By Emilee Speck, featuring Diana Alsindy, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work at a space startup.

News 6 toured several space startups in the greater Los Angeles area, including Virgin Orbit, meeting members of the new space workforce and learning what those who aspire to enter the spaceflight industry should know about this competitive and growing field.

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Summer Vacation on Mars
Summer Vacation on Mars

By Jan McHarg, featuring Makiah Eustice, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow

Five Aggies kicked off their summer with a trip to “Mars,” a simulation program of extraterrestrial operations and research, offered through Mars Academy USA (MAU). Engineering and science students from Texas A&M’s Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (TAMU SEDS) lived in confinement and isolation in a habitat situated in Soledad Canyon, California to conduct research that will aid in propelling our species toward life on the red planet.

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Brooke Owens fellowship winners talk representation in UT aerospace engineering
Brooke Owens fellowship winners talk representation in UT aerospace engineering

By Tien Nguyen, featuring Mykaela Dunn and Josefina Salazar Morales, 2019 and 2018 Brooke Owens Fellows

For the second year in a row, a UT aerospace engineering student has won the Brooke Owens Fellowship, a highly competitive program that selects 36 women in engineering across the nation and matches them with paid internships at aerospace companies and organizations. 

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ISE Student Supreet Kaur Named Brooke Owens Fellow
ISE Student Supreet Kaur Named Brooke Owens Fellow

Featuring 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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Supreet Kaur: From NCAS Student to NASA Intern (and more!) at NASA’s Ames Research Center
Supreet Kaur: From NCAS Student to NASA Intern (and more!) at NASA’s Ames Research Center

By Supreet Kaur, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

The predetermined plan was that I would graduate high school and follow the traditional path of an arranged marriage. I am the first woman in my family to choose an education and a career in STEM over what was expected of me. Deciding who I wanted to be was the easy part, the execution and risk it involved was another story. 

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Aerospace Student Receives Summer Fellowship
Aerospace Student Receives Summer Fellowship

By Jessica Jarman, Featuring Grace Graham, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

Utah State University’s Grace Graham is one of 38 women worldwide to receive the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship. “The fellowship has opened the door for me to be recognized in the aerospace industry, kick-start my career with an incredible first internship and offers the best support network of cohorts and mentors anyone could dream of,” said Graham.

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Johns Hopkins undergrad among recipients of aerospace fellowship
Johns Hopkins undergrad among recipients of aerospace fellowship

By Jacob deNobel, featuring Lindsey Wiser, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

Ever since her mother introduced her to the utopian vision of Star Trek, Lindsey Wiser has known she wanted to study space. This summer, the Johns Hopkins University junior will have the opportunity to continue her exploration of the final frontier with a paid internship at the National Air and Space Museum, courtesy of the Brooke Owens Fellowship program.

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