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.
PRESS 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 James Roddey, Feauturing Julia Mihaylov, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow
Students Alexis Hepburn and David Zuehlke and recent graduate Julia Mihaylov have been honored as winners of Aviation Week’s “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties” Award for outstanding academic performance, industry and civic contributions and exceptional research while attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Read MoreBy Michael P. Gleason and Luc Riesbeck (2018 Brooke Owens Fellow)
With the imminent expiration of New START, formal prohibitions on interference with national technical means of verification will also expire, along with limits on U.S. and Russian nuclear arms. What are national technical means of verification and why are they important?
Read MoreBy Jeff Zehnder, Featuring Michelle Lin, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Aviation Week has announced four University of Colorado Boulder aerospace students as winners of “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” Released in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the annual list recognizes leading engineering students at universities across the USA and around the world. Michelle Lin, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Read MoreBy Aviation Week Network, Featuring Katie Carroll, Shannon Gatta, Michelle Lin, and Julia Mihaylov, 2017-2019 Brooke Owens Fellows
Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), today announced the winners of its awards program, “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” The awards recognize students earning STEM degrees who are nominated by their universities on the basis of their academic performance, civic contribution and research or design project.
Read MoreBy Chelsea Gohd, Featuring Makiah Eustice, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow
This past Saturday (Jan. 4) in Hawaii, on the remote slopes of Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world, six scientists embarked on a historic "mission to Mars."
Read MoreBy Joy Hosford, Featuring Amy Comeau, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow
Seven years ago Billerica Memorial High School graduate Amy Comeau told her teacher, Matt Flood, she was going to design and launch rockets. On Friday, Dec. 20, she kept that promise with the launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule.
Read MoreBy University of Colorado Boulder, Featuring Michelle Lin, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Michelle is an undergraduate of Aerospace Engineering & Applied Mathematics at CU. Her research focuses on the design and implementation of spacecraft living environments. She believes that her work will create space travel accessibility for everyone.
Read MoreBy Payton Barnwell, Kaley Hassell, and Elena Kamis, 2018 and 2019 Brooke Owens Fellows
In need of of a last minute holiday gift for that stellar someone in your life? Look no further! The Brooke Owens Fellowship has come to the rescue with a #Brookie Approved Gift Guide!
Read MoreThis past week the Brooke Owens Fellowship was awarded the Unsung Hero of the Year Award from the SpaceNews Awards for Excellence & Innovation 2019. Lori, and two BOF Alumnae, Ayla Grandpre and Luc Riesbeck, attended the 3rd annual awards luncheon on December 10 in Washington, DC, to accept the awards given.
Read MoreBy Kaley Hassell and Elena Kamis, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellows
Happy finals week! To keep you motivated and feeling your best, we have some favorite quotes and study tips from the Brookie family! These tips were published first on Facebook and Twitter and compiled by Caroline Juang (2017 Brookie) for this blog post.
Read MoreBy Grace Graham, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Climate change is a hot topic, and many are concerned about how it is affecting the world we live in. But how is it influencing the way we look at the world outside our atmosphere? Rising ocean temperatures can lead to stronger hurricanes, and the United States’ most valuable space asset is being threatened. Mother nature won’t be denied, so how can the American space industry prepare for the inevitable?
Read MoreBy Hannah Munguia Flores, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
A reflection after the 2019 Brooke Owens Summit in Washington DC.
Read MoreBy USRA, featuring Katherine Melbourne, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) today announced the winners of the prestigious annual Distinguished Undergraduate Awards in keeping with its goal to recognize and develop promising future scientists in space-related disciplines.
Read MoreBy Brian Berger
The Brooke Owens Fellowship won the Reader’s Choice Award for Unsung Hero of the Year as part of the SpaceNews Awards for Excellence & Innovation.
Read MoreBy Sue Kaur, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
It wasn’t until 7 days before the application deadline that I decided to take the leap of faith. I committed to showing the founders and assessors the true me, not the neatly packaged version of Sue Kaur reflected on a CV and social media. If we were going to become a family, I needed them to see me, flaws and all.
Read MoreBy A. O. Warren (2017 Brooke Owens Fellow), E. S. Kite, J.-P. Williams, and B. Horgan
Read MoreBy Sue Kaur, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
In the last 5 years, I’ve been fortunate to meet confident and powerful women in leadership roles within their organizations. These women, who are articulate and graceful in the face of adversity, have shown me how to not only exist, but thrive upon my own terms. They showed me the value of STEM sisterhood and diplomacy when responding to “delicate situations.” These are the lessons I learned in my journey, and the wisdom imparted onto me by the phenomenal women who have taken me under their wing.
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