Hidden Figures: Dr. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson #BlackHERstoryMonth 26/28 (Patreon)

Hidden Figures: Dr. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson #BlackHERstoryMonth 26/28

Dr. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson is an aerospace engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland, in the Guidance, Navigation, and Control Center. She was the first African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University and the first African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She has worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as an aerospace engineer for over five years, and has taught at both Howard University and Bowie State University. In 1996 and 1997 Ericsson-Jackson was named one of the top fifty minority women working in the Science and Engineering fields by the National Technical Association. Dr. Aprille Ericcson graduated high school with top honors and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she was involved in several research projects with the applied Physics Laboratory that included the development of a fiber optic laser gyroscope, and the creation of a database for EVA neutral buoyancy data calculated at the NASA Johnson Space Center. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical/ Astronautical Engineering at MIT, Dr. Ericcson attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. She became the first African- American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Howard University and the first female African-American to receive a doctorate in engineering from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Her many honors include: Top 18 Women Who Will Change the World; Women in Science and Engineering for Engineering Achievement; National Technical Association, Top 50 Minority Women in Science and Engineering; NASA representative to the White House; and most recently in 2016, the Prestigious Washington Award. #AprilleEricssonJackson #HiddenFigures ****************** Merchandise! MAKE SURE U GETTA SHIRT!! https://www.teepublic.com/user/sssseren Follow me on social media! Twitter: @seren_sensei Instagram: @sensei_aishitemasu Personal Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com Tumblr for my work: https://sssseren.tumblr.com Snapchat: sssseren GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/tc5wh7q Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seren_sensei ****************** Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture' Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6 Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6 Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa ****************** Links: Aprille Joy Ericsson, Ph.D.: http://ist.gmu.edu/EngineeringConference/assets/Files/Aprille%20Ericsson%20Bio%202017%201pg.pdf Dr. Aprille Ericsson: http://www.obap.org/dr-aprille-ericsson ''Read, Read, Read—Learn, Learn, Learn:' https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0104/rocketeer.html 'NASA Goddard’s Aprille Ericsson Wins Prestigious Washington Award:' https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-goddard-s-aprille-ericsson-wins-prestigious-washington-award 'Today's Pride of Bed-Stuy: Dr. Aprille Ericsson:' https://patch.com/new-york/bed-stuy/today-s-pride-of-bed-stuy-dr-aprille-ericsson Aprille Ericsson-Jackson (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aprille_Ericsson-Jackson