Naomi McAfee was a pioneer in the field of reliability and quality engineering.
She received her B.S. degree in physics from Western Kentucky University in 1956. After graduation she joined Westinghouse Defense and Electronic Systems Center in…
During her engineering career, Dr. Alva Matthews conducted original research, development studies, and consultation services in a variety of fields. She is best known for her significant contributions to the field of engineering mechanics and applied…
In 1949 Anna Longobardo was the first woman to receive a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. She also received her master's degree from Columbia in 1952. She quickly entered the new area of analog and digital computer…
Margaret Kipilo is an electrical engineer who graduated from Pennsylvania State College during WWII. She went to work for Westinghouse Electric Corporation as an Assistant Engineer in System Studies followed by employment at the Pennsylvania Electric…
Barbara "Bobbie" Johnson was a women pioneer in the defining years of the U.S. missile and space program. Graduating in 1946 as the first woman graduate in general engineering from the University of Illinois, Johnson immediately began work in the…
Suzanne Jenniches has been a leader in manufacturing innovation and producibility engineering for Northrop Grumman Corp. for more than 30 years, establishing many "firsts" for women within the company. Her responsibilities have included computer test…
Ivy Hooks began her twenty-year-plus career as an aerospace engineer at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX. A 1965 master's graduate of the University of Houston in math and physics, she was involved in the early stages of aerodynamics…
Lt. Col. Arminta Harness blazed a trail for women engineers in the Armed Forces during her 24 year career in the U.S. Air Force. Graduating with an aeronautical engineering degree from the University of Southern California in 1955, she became the Air…
Lois Graham was an engineering educator for 36 years during a time when women were not even allowed as engineering students in many schools. She was the first woman to graduate in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 1945; the…