Michelle Amos
Michelle Amos | |
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 Michelle Amos in 2004 | |
| Born | Baker, Louisiana |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Electrical engineer |
Michelle Amos is an electronics design engineer at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.[1] Amos joined NASA in 1990 as an electronics design engineer.
Education
[edit]Amos graduated from Southern University and A&M College in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering.[2] In 2005, she earned a Master of Science in engineering management from the University of Central Florida.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2006, Amos was co-chair of the NASA Advanced Range Technology Working Group.[4] Amos designs electrical systems and control equipment in at the Kennedy Space Center's Advanced Technology Development Center and worked on a support team for the International Space Station configuring and documenting its electrical configurations.[5][6] She was the project manager lead for the shuttle transition and retirement activities.[1] She was a member of the team that developed the Mars 2020 rover at JPL.[2] She currently works with the Artemis program, a crewed Moon mission.[2]
She was the chairperson of NASA's Black Employee Strategy Team.[7] She worked on Perseverance, the Mars 2020 rover, as a system engineer.[8]
Honors
[edit]In 2002 she won an All Star Award at NASA's Women of Color Government and Defense Technology Awards Conference.[9] In 2003, she received the KSC Strategic Leadership Award.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Amos was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Dunk and Dorothy Wright, one of ten children.[6] She was raised Baptist but her family converted to being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1979.[2] She and her husband, John D. Amos, have three children and live in Oviedo, Florida.[1] In 2020, Amos and her husband began a three-year term leading the Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission of the LDS Church.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kennedy Biographies". NASA. April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Robinson, Terry (September 11, 2020). "Faith Matters: Mormon couple on a mission to share gospel". The Advocate. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ a b Heiney, Anna (April 17, 2015). "Kennedy Biographies". NASA. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Space Experts to speak at AFB". Florida Today. June 13, 2006. p. 14. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ Halvorson, Todd (June 14, 2006). "NASA Automates Rocket Safety". Florida Today. p. 13. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ a b "Education, Family Values Inspire NASA Engineer". NASA. June 16, 2004. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "African-American History Luncheon draws crowd" (PDF). Spaceport News. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Toone, Trent. "Ex-NASA engineer watches her project land on Mars while serving Latter-day Saint mission", Deseret News, February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "And the Winner is ... NASA women of Color". SpaceRef. July 18, 2002. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Get to know these 8 new mission presidents and companions", Church News, March 22, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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