''Over the years, Nigerians have been impacting the world with their highly-improvised technical skills. From Wendy Okolo, the Nigerian genius at NASA who is the first black woman to earn a PhD in aerospace engineeering, to the likes of Osatohanmwen Osemwengie, who builds drones for the U.S. Army; the super-talented Nigerian man who designed the 2014 Chevrolet Volt; the Nigerian engineer who built the fastest carbureted front-wheel car in the world all the way to the 26-year-old Nigerian who is now the highest paid robotics engineer in the world, Nigerians have made their country proud with these wonderful undertakings.''

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/this-nigerian-genius-at-nasa-is-first-black-woman-to-earn-phd-in-aerospace-engineering

Pride of Nigeria - Wendy Okolo



This Nigerian Genius At NASA Is The First African Woman To Earn a PhD in Aersopace Engineering

By MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR | Head of Content


Wendy Okolo initially felt like an impostor when she worked as a summer researcher from 2010 to 2012 at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a scientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command.

The mission of the AFRL is to discover, develop, and integrate affordable warfighting technologies for air and space forces.

Working in the Control Design and Analysis Branch of the AFRL – Wright Patterson Air Force Base – Okolo was part of the team that flew the world’s fastest manned aircraft, which flew from coast to coast in 67 minutes.

Okolo, then a graduate student, at first felt she had no place working with such a great team.

“I was like I am sure these guys are so smart, what am I going to bring in,” she said.

She found an error in the code in the systems and she fixed it and “that fixed the impostor syndrome for a while,” she was quoted by The Cable.

Today, the 30-year-old is an aeronautics and space administration genius.

She works as an aerospace research engineer at the Ames Research Center, a major research centre for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Silicon Valley.

Born to a family of six in southeastern Nigeria, Okolo was only 26 when she became the first black woman to get a doctorate degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.

She received her BSc and PhD degrees in aerospace engineering from the university in 2010 and 2015 respectively.



Okolo said she owes her current feat to her all-time heroes – her sisters – who gave her biology and other science lessons through their everyday realities.

She would subsequently excel in school and make tremendous moves during her undergraduate years at the University of Texas in Arlington, where she became the president of the society of women engineers in the university.

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Jeanette J. Epps, the First Black Woman To Earn PhD In Aerospace Engineering, was selected by NASA in 2009 as an astronaut. She completed astronaut candidate training which included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in International Space Station systems, spacewalk training, robotics, T‐38 flight training and wilderness survival training. The New York native was a NASA Fellow during graduate school and authored several journal and conference articles describing her research. Dr. Epps worked for Ford Motor Company where she received both a provisional patent and a U.S. patent for her research. After leaving Ford, she joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for seven years working as a Technical Intelligence Officer before becoming an astronaut. She currently serves in the ISS Operations Branch working issues in support of space station crews.

Personal Data:
Born in Syracuse, New York. Enjoys traveling, reading, running, mentoring, scuba diving and family.

Education:
Graduated from Thomas J. Corcoran High School, Syracuse, New York in 1988; Bachelor of Science in Physics, LeMoyne College, 1992; Master of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, 1994 and 2000.
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jeanette-j-epps/biography

IGBO to the world.

God bless Amaka people all over the world.

Bigflamie:
IGBO to the world.

God bless Amaka people all over the world.

I wish you wouldn't do that.....

I hate tribalism.

Very backward.

Rosskiiku:


I wish you wouldn't do that.....

I hate tribalism.

Very backward.

Who gives a fvck?
Your presidiot is the C.inC.of tribalism.

Bigflamie:


Who gives a fvck?

Your presidiot is the C.inC.of tribalism.

Not impressed by your dumb and stupid pictures which have nothing to do with this thread.

Must you bring Buhari into everything you think, do, and say?

You're just ludicrous.

Buhari is just one man, and he's there for a year and half at most, but it's like he's taken over your entire mindset and psyche.

You're totally obsessed, and making him more powerful in your head than he really is.

You cut a tragic, pitiful figure even if you don't realise it.

Congrats to her.

Old news

They said money makes the world go round but today...it is the Igbos making the world go round..

Igbo's shaaaaa too much.....

Congrats Wendy Okolo

Who are those tribalistic biggots up there?



Congratulations wonder woman

Rosskiiku:


Not impressed by your dumb and stupid pictures which have nothing to do with this thread.

Must you bring Buhari into everything you think, do, and say?

You're just ludicrous.

Buhari is just one man, and he's there for a year and half at most, but it's like he's taken over your entire mindset and psyche.

You're totally obsessed, and making him more powerful in your head than he really is.

You cut a tragic, pitiful figure even if you don't realise it.

let me explain it to you in plain language
1. Igbos don't feel at home in Nigeria
2. Igbos are tired of pretending all is well
3. Igbos have decided Biafra is the ONLY solution
4. Any other thing you are talking is balderdash

Bigflamie:


Who gives a fvck?
Your presidiot is the C.inC.of tribalism.

The guy really looks like Ojukwu
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But she is from igbo tribe .... Anambra specifically


Ow hate on


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I wish you wouldn't do that.....

I hate tribalism.

Very backward.[/quote]