Barbara Crawford Johnson
Barbara Crawford Johnson is an American aeronautical engineer.[1]
Education
In 1946, Barbara Crawford Johnson became the first woman to earn a Bachelor's degree in general engineering from the University of Illinois.[2]
Projects
- The recovery of hypersonic gliders
- Lunar reentry vehicle research
- Orbital rendezvous
- The Navaho missile
- The Hound Dog air-to-ground missile
- The Apollo Lunar Landing Program
- Lunar Landing
- Skylab
- Apollo-Soyuz
- Space Shuttle (responsible for Shuttle system and Orbiter Project mission related analysis).
Awards
- 1975: The Distinguished Alumni Merit Award, University of Illinois College of Engineering[2]
- 1976: Dirk Brouwer Award, Americal Astronautical Society[3]
References
- ↑ "SWE Women - Barbara Crawford Johnson". The Society of Women Engineers. 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- 1 2 "Barbara Crawford Johnson". Engineering at Illinois. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ "Dirk Brouwer Award | American Astronautical Society". Astronautical.org. 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
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