By Caroline S. Juang (2017 Brooke Owens Fellow), Thomas A. Stanley, and Dalia B. Kirschbaum
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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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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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By the Ohio State University, Featuring Anna Voelker, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow
Anna Voelker, the Astronomy Accessibility Program Coordinator at The Ohio State University, shares her experience with bringing accessibility to science and the SciAccess Conference at OSU.
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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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By Greg Autry, Featuring Will Pomerantz and the Brooke Owens Fellowship
Being out at KSC with the Florida Tech and International Space University team behind the Endeavor got me thinking about the growing need for the sort of students that ISU produces and what an amazing impact they have had on my favorite industry.
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By 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.
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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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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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By Space Foundation Editorial Team, Featuring Karen Kuhlman and Karen Rucker, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellows
“We are delighted to support the Brooke Owens Fellowship program with the participation of these exceptional fellows,” said Steve Eisenhart, Space Foundation Senior Vice President — Strategic & International Affairs.
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By Georgia Tech, Featuring Ashleigh Bunch, Rikhi Roy, and Saumya Sharma, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellows
Three School of Aerospace Engineering undergrads - Ashleigh Bunch, Rukmini “Rikhi” Roy, and Saumya Sharma - have been named fellows in the 2019 Brooke Owens Fellowship cohort.
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By Kent State University, Featuring Sydney Bihn, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Sydney Bihn is on track to be the first female graduate of Kent State University’s aerospace engineering program, and now, she has been selected as one of only 38 women to be a Brooke Owens Fellow.
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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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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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By Mason Carroll, Featuring Mykaela Dunn, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
From the moment Mykaela Dunn sat in the Apollo 17 cockpit at Space Center Houston when she was six years old, she knew she wanted to be an astronaut. As her love for tinkering grew, she turned her sights to aerospace engineering.
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By Ginger Pinholster, featuring Alyssa Crystal and Jaclyn Wiley, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellows
Embry-Riddle’s own Alyssa Crystal and Jaclyn Wiley were among 38 students worldwide to receive 2019 Brooke Owens Fellowships honoring extraordinary undergraduate women in aerospace. To join the elite cohort of “Brookies” this year, Alyssa and Jaclyn competed with students from more than 125 universities in 13 nations.
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By Nicole Capozziello, Featuring Leah Nolan, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Leah Nolan has been named a 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports extraordinary undergraduate women in the aerospace field.
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By University of Colorado Boulder, Featuring Kira Altman, Dallas Capozza, Vera Demchenko, Michelle Lin, and Maureen McNamara, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellows
A record setting number of University of Colorado Boulder students have earned Brooke Owens Fellowships. The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration.
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PRESS RELEASE: Today, the Brooke Owens Fellowship announced its newest class of “Brookies,” a cohort of extraordinary undergraduate women in aerospace selected for their professional aptitude, their creativity, their leadership ability, and their commitment to serving their communities.
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