STEM Lecture with Dr. Ellen Ochoa – NASA

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When:
April 22, 2019 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm America/New York Timezone
2019-04-22T17:30:00-04:00
2019-04-22T20:30:00-04:00
Where:
Tufts University - Breed Hall
51 Winthrop Street
Medford
MA
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Education Signal Processing Women in Engineering

Education Society, Signal Processing Society and Women in Engineering

5:30-6:30 PM: Dinner provided
6:30-8:30 PM: Lecture and Q&A with Dr. Ellen Ochoa.

IEEE Boston Members are invited to this event exploring the role of women in STEM, addressing the historical and contemporary challenges facing them, and celebrating the successes of women scientists.

Registration required.

About Dr. Ellen Ochoa

Dr. Ellen Ochoa is a veteran astronaut, inventor, and former director of the Johnson Space Center. A California native, she turned her research engineering background into a career exploring the cosmos. After receiving a doctorate in electrical engineering at Stanford University, she developed and patented optical systems for image processing and led a NASA research team in high-performance computing.

Dr. Ochoa served on Discovery’s nine-day mission in 1993 and traveled on three additional space flights, logging nearly 1,000 hours in space. She held several roles in the Astronaut Office and at Johnson Space Center before being named the center’s director in 2013.