SEPT 28, 2024 at 11: 30 am
Women Inspiring the Next Generation through STEM
Be inspired by women in aviation and STEM sharing their journeys in their fields of expertise and addressing the importance of innovation, curiosity, and perseverance.
This interview-style program between the expert and moderator encourages audience engagement. Young women and girls interested in aviation and STEM are encouraged to attend to soak up the wisdom shared by the trailblazing women who came before.
Free with museum admission and open to all audiences.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024: Mallory Yates
Mallory Yates is a lead engineer at NASA JSC’s Aircraft Operations Division. As a student at Boise State University, she joined the Johnson Space Center Student Co-operative Program, and upon graduating with a degree in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, she was offered a full-time position with NASA.
Mallory has engineered items for every platform that NASA JSC flies: T-38, WB-57 (NASA’s High Altitude Research Aircraft), C-9, Super Guppy and GII/G. Early in her career, she seized an opportunity to start flying as a flight test engineer in the NASA T-38, and she now flies the WB-57, NASA’s High Altitude Research Aircraft as a Sensor Equipment Operator. Her current workload consists of ejection system sustaining maintenance and WB-7 aircraft repair and payload integration.
