DR. BONNIE DUNBAR, Ph.D., NAE, RSEcorr

Dr. Dunbar is highly respected in the aerospace industry with a distinguished and accomplished career. A retired NASA astronaut, engineer and educator, she is currently with Texas A&M University as a Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. She also has a joint appointment as the director of the TEES Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI). And Dr. Dunbar is a longtime member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Lone Star Flight Museum.

During her 27 years with NASA, Dr. Dunbar first became a flight controller; then a mission specialist astronaut, where she flew five space shuttle flights, logging more than 50 days in space; and then served for 7 years as a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES). Her executive service included assistant NASA JSC director for university research; deputy director for Flight Crew Operations; Associate Director for ISS Mission Operations development, and as NASA headquarters deputy associate administrator for the Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications (OLMSA). CLICK THE PHOTO TO LEARN MORE!