Kaitlin H. Lostroscio, FL G 2016, was recently profiled by NASA as she completed her internship with the software, robotics and simulation division at Johnson Space Center (TX). She did well enough during her internship to be offered a graduate pathways position that began in January 2017. According to the article, she will do a second pathways tour in the summer, return to school and graduate with her master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
Space exploration has long been important to Kaitlin as her father worked for more than 45 years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (FL). She has been involved with NASA from her childhood when she would visit on “Take Your Child to Work Day”, in high school with in-house FIRST Robotics team, and with the Micro-g NExT program.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education has a job listing for the Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University (ECU). Located in Greenville, NC, ECU is looking for a Dean that “will serve as the chief academic and administrative officer of the College and report to the Provost and senior vice Chancellor for academic affairs.”
Click here for the full job listing. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest and include a curriculum vitae.
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Earlier this month, former NASA astronaut Mary L. Cleave, Ph.D. (UT G ’79), spoke to a group of middle school girls about her NASA career as part of a global campaign to promote science and engineering careers to girls. The event was hosted by Rockwell Collins in Maryland. Read the article from The Baltimore Sun, which includes video from the event.
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