The live feed of Brookie news! Read articles written by our Fellows and follow the achievements of the Fellows and the program in the news or in publications. This blog is written and maintained by alumnae of the Brooke Owens Fellowship.
By Jessie Park, Featuring Hira Nadeem, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Hira Nadeem’s goal as an emerging aerospace engineer is simple: to “bring space down to earth.” In her final year of electrical engineering at McMaster University, she’s now one step closer to making her mark in the aerospace industry as a Brooke Owens Fellow.
Read MoreBy Emily Dieckman, Featuring Lindsey Koelbel, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
University of Arizona junior Lindsey Koelbel will intern at HawkEye 360 for the summer as part of a program for women and gender-minority students in aerospace.
Read MoreBy The University of Texas at Austin, Featuring Josefina Salazar, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow
Aerospace engineering senior Josefina Salazar Morales was one of six students at The University of Texas at Austin to receive a 2020 President’s Leadership Award.
Read MoreBy Whitney Zhang, Featuring Claire Buffington and Shannon Cassady, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellows
Claire Buffington ’21 and Shannon Cassady ’21 have been selected for the 2020 class of Brooke Owens Fellows. Recipients will be hosted at SpaceX.
Read MoreBy the University of Washington, Featuring Kristina Dong and Monica Kim, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellows
The Brooke Owens Fellowship has selected A&A's Kristina Dong and Monica Kim for the 2020 cohort of Fellows.
Read MoreBy Rick Matthews, Featuring Lainey Drake, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Sophomore Physics-Theatre double major Lainey Drake earned the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Read MoreBy Katherine Connor, Featuring Surya Vohra, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Surya Vohra, a mechanical engineering student at UC San Diego, has been selected as a 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow.
Read MoreBy University of Colorado Boulder, Featuring Kaitlyn Olson, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
As a Brooke Owens Fellow, Olson will spend the summer of 2020 working at Northrop Grumman.
Read MoreBy University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Featuring Courtney Leverenz, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellow
Courtney Leverenz is one of 40 recipients of the class of 2020 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Read MoreBy Georgia Tech, Featuring Saba Shaik, Sanjana Tewathia, Rachel Thomas, and Kinjal Ruecker, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellows
Four exceptional undergraduates from the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering will get a jump-start on their careers, thanks to the 2020 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Read MoreBy Georgia Tech, Featuring Olivia Plumb and Kinjal Ruecker, 2020 Brooke Owens Fellows
Mechanical engineering majors Olivia Plumb and Kinjal Ruecker have been selected to receive a 2020 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Read MoreBy James Roddey, Feauturing Julia Mihaylov, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow
Students Alexis Hepburn and David Zuehlke and recent graduate Julia Mihaylov have been honored as winners of Aviation Week’s “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties” Award for outstanding academic performance, industry and civic contributions and exceptional research while attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Read MoreBy Jeff Zehnder, Featuring Michelle Lin, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Aviation Week has announced four University of Colorado Boulder aerospace students as winners of “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” Released in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the annual list recognizes leading engineering students at universities across the USA and around the world. Michelle Lin, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Read MoreBy Aviation Week Network, Featuring Katie Carroll, Shannon Gatta, Michelle Lin, and Julia Mihaylov, 2017-2019 Brooke Owens Fellows
Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), today announced the winners of its awards program, “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” The awards recognize students earning STEM degrees who are nominated by their universities on the basis of their academic performance, civic contribution and research or design project.
Read MoreBy Chelsea Gohd, Featuring Makiah Eustice, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow
This past Saturday (Jan. 4) in Hawaii, on the remote slopes of Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world, six scientists embarked on a historic "mission to Mars."
Read MoreBy Joy Hosford, Featuring Amy Comeau, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow
Seven years ago Billerica Memorial High School graduate Amy Comeau told her teacher, Matt Flood, she was going to design and launch rockets. On Friday, Dec. 20, she kept that promise with the launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule.
Read MoreBy University of Colorado Boulder, Featuring Michelle Lin, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
Michelle is an undergraduate of Aerospace Engineering & Applied Mathematics at CU. Her research focuses on the design and implementation of spacecraft living environments. She believes that her work will create space travel accessibility for everyone.
Read MoreThis past week the Brooke Owens Fellowship was awarded the Unsung Hero of the Year Award from the SpaceNews Awards for Excellence & Innovation 2019. Lori, and two BOF Alumnae, Ayla Grandpre and Luc Riesbeck, attended the 3rd annual awards luncheon on December 10 in Washington, DC, to accept the awards given.
Read MoreBy USRA, featuring Katherine Melbourne, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) today announced the winners of the prestigious annual Distinguished Undergraduate Awards in keeping with its goal to recognize and develop promising future scientists in space-related disciplines.
Read MoreBy Brian Berger
The Brooke Owens Fellowship won the Reader’s Choice Award for Unsung Hero of the Year as part of the SpaceNews Awards for Excellence & Innovation.
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