Not many music majors get to be hands-on with building a Moon rocket, but Lauren Fisher has always enjoyed the unusual. Now a structural materials engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Fisher works on a key adapter for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the first crewed missions of NASA’s Artemis campaign. Manufactured at...
We’re so excited to present to you the first of many student highlights through the Headwaters blog! Today we are highlighting the wonderful Lauren Banks (she/her/hers). She’s currently a second year PhD candidate working with Dr. Adam G. Yates at the University of Waterloo. We asked Lauren to share her personal experience, from getting interested and involved in...
In celebration of Women’s History Month 2024, I am excited to reflect on my NAF journey and how it has prepared me for my current career today, as Senior Manager, US Commercial Transformation at Johnson & Johnson MedTech, and share more about my vision and goals, as the new NAF Alumni Leadership Council (ALC) Chair. My journey began in high school, with the NAF...