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Jeanette J. Epps

NASA Astronaut & Aerospace Engineer

Jeanette J. Epps was born in Syracuse, New York. She graduated from Thomas J. Corcoran High School, Syracuse, New York in 1988..

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Jeanette J. Epps was born in Syracuse, New York. She graduated from Thomas J. Corcoran High School, Syracuse, New York in 1988. Jeanette received her Bachelor of Science in Physics from LeMoyne College in 1992. She then received her Master of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland in 1994 and 2000.

As a NASA Fellow during graduate school, Dr. Epps authored several highly referenced journal and conference articles describing her research. Her graduate research involved extensive testing of composite swept-tip beams, comparative analysis of analytical models and experimental data for shape memory alloys and the application of shape memory alloy actuators for tracking helicopter rotor blades. After completing graduate school, Dr. Epps spent more than two years working at Ford Motor Company as a Technical Specialist in the Scientific Research Laboratory. Before leaving Ford, she completed proof-of-concept work on using magnetostrictive actuators to reduce vibrations that enter a vehicle via the suspension control arms, which resulted in a provisional patent. Also while at Ford, Dr. Epps participated in research involving automobile collision location detection and countermeasure systems, which resulted in the granting of a U.S. Patent. In 2002, Dr. Epps joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where she spent more than 7 years working as a Technical Intelligence Officer. She received multiple performance rewards for her work at the CIA.

Dr. Epps was selected in July 2009 as 1 of 14 members of the 20th NASA astronaut class. Graduate from Astronaut Candidate Training that included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in International Space Station systems, Extravehicular Activity (EVA), robotics, physiological training, T-38 flight training and water and wilderness survival training.

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