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Black History Month

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February is Black History Month.
To celebrate, NASA Quest presents a series of QuestChats, QuestForums, and Webcasts
with African American men and women who contribute their work in support of NASA's mission and goals.
Please refer to our main NASA Quest Black History Month event pages for the complete schedule of activities, participation instructions, and supporting resources.
Featured Women of NASA include:

Featured Expert Date Event Background / Additional Resources
Dionne Jackson Tuesday, 2/13/01
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. PT
Noon - 1:00 p.m. ET
Webchat photo of dionne jackson Dionne is a chemist in the Materials Science Laboratory (MSL) at Kennedy Space Center. She evaluates materials and processes associated with flight hardware and ground support equipment. Dionne's profile includes a short video explaining her work by one of our young reporters, as well an many archived chats. Archived chat
Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, Ph.D Tuesday, 2/13/01
11:00 a.m. - Noon PT
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
Webchat aprille erickson jackson photo Aprille is an aerospace engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center working in the Guidance and Navigation Control Center. She feels obligated to help spur the interest of minorities and female in the math, science and engineering disciplines. "Without diversity in all fields the United States will not remain technically competitive." Don't miss her inspirational profile Join the chat.
Kimberly Jenkins Thursday, 2/22/01
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.PT
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Day Long Forum kimberly jenkins photo Kimberly began as a Software Engineer, then became a Payload Integration Engineer, an Electrical/Software Systems Lead, moved into Project Management, and is now in Technical Management. Kimberly has a video interview by one of our Young Women of NASA reporters that is linked from her profile. Join the Forum!
Kim Hubbard Tuesday, 2/20/01
11:00 a.m.- Noon PT
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Webcast kim hubbard photo Kim is a Computer Engineer and works on the ScienceOrganizer application, which is a tool to help scientists share data with each other. It runs in a web browser to make it easy for any registerd user to access this tool. She has been an Air Force officer for seven years and worked on the development and installation of satellite command and control systems. Kim has a Career Fact Sheet and Astroventure Trading card linked from her profile. She says of this, "One of the developers of the AstroVenture project asked if I was interested in participating. Since I'm not a professional sports person, I thought this would be the only way I'd ever be on a trading card." Join the Webcast!
Patricia Cowings, Ph.D. Tuesday, 2/20/01
11:00 a.m.- Noon PT br>2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Webcast pat cowings photo Dr. Pat is a research psychologist and the principal investigator of Psychophysiological Research Laboratories at NASA Ames Research Center. She conducts training in human neurophysiology, statistics, performance assessment and psychology. Most of her work is on how people adapt to space and try to develop methods to help them adapt faster. She has a excellent short video of her work: Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise and Telemedicine linked from her profile. Join the Webcast!
Michelle Amos Thursday, 2/22/01
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. PT
11:00 a.m. - noon ET
Webchat michelle amos photo Michelle is an Electronics Engineer at the Kennedy Space Center in the Center of Excellence for Launch and Payload Processing. She uses the properties of electricity to advance Human Exploration and the Development of Space. One of the most exciting things for Michelle about being an Electronics Engineer is that she has the opportunity to work on projects that require the use of these different technologies and sciences. Because today's technology is constantly changing, she is constantly taking training courses to keep her skills current. Let Michelle inspire you in her profile. Join the chat.
Please see the complete listing of Women of NASA interactive events on the Schedule page.


Questions and comments about this event and other Women of NASA events can be sent to: tkrieg@quest.arc.nasa.gov


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