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Mind Map by Joseph Gianotti, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Joseph Gianotti
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Christine Darden
- Basic Info
- b. 1942, Monroe, NC.
- Mathematician, data
analyst, & aeronautical
engineer
- Mathematician, data
analyst, & aeronautical
engineer
- b. 1942, Monroe, NC.
- Youth & Studies
- 1962: B.S. in mathematics
from Hampton University
- 1967: M.S. in mathematics at
Virginia State
- 1983: Ph.D. in engineering at
George Washington
University
- 1983: Ph.D. in engineering at
George Washington
University
- 1967: M.S. in mathematics at
Virginia State
- 1962: B.S. in mathematics
from Hampton University
- Teacher & Researcher
- Earned a teaching
certificate and taught high
school mathematics briefly
- Devoted much of her NASA
career to researching
supersonic flights and sonic
booms
- Taught at Virginia State
University before working
for NASA
- 1967 began work at the
Langley Research Center
(NASA)
- First African American
woman at NASA’s Langley
research center to be
promoted into the senior
executive service, the top
rank in the federal civil
service
- Spent 40+ years
researching sonic booms
through different methods
and computer programs
- Spent 40+ years
researching sonic booms
through different methods
and computer programs
- First African American
woman at NASA’s Langley
research center to be
promoted into the senior
executive service, the top
rank in the federal civil
service
- 1967 began work at the
Langley Research Center
(NASA)
- Taught at Virginia State
University before working
for NASA
- Devoted much of her NASA
career to researching
supersonic flights and sonic
booms
- Earned a teaching
certificate and taught high
school mathematics briefly
- Later Years
- 2007: she retired from NASA as
director of the office of strategic
communication and education
- 2007: she retired from NASA as
director of the office of strategic
communication and education
- Major Contributions
- Her findings in the 1960s
and 1970s resulted in an
aerodynamic design to
produce low-boom sonic
effects
- In 1989, she was made
leader of the sonic boom
team
- Worked to decrease
negative effects of sonic
booms, such as noise
pollution and the depletion
of the ozone layer
- Worked to decrease
negative effects of sonic
booms, such as noise
pollution and the depletion
of the ozone layer
- In 1989, she was made
leader of the sonic boom
team
- Her findings in the 1960s
and 1970s resulted in an
aerodynamic design to
produce low-boom sonic
effects
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