Mabel Hubbard Bell
American venture capitalist and social reformer
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Dr Mahmooda Sultana
Bangladeshi-American scientist specialising in graphene, nanomaterials, micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMs) devices, and sensors. Her USC BSc and MIT PhD from MIT (2010 took her to NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center where she led a team developing a nanomaterial-based detector platform.
Dr Rama Govindarajan
Indian-American aerospace engineer
Yi Soyeon
Korean astronaut
Samantha Cristoforetti
Italian engineer, pilot and astronaut
Katya Echazarreta
Mexican-American electrical engineer at NASA
Lin Lanying
Lin Lanying’s work laid the foundation for the development of microelectronics and optoelectronics in China. She started a new research field and attracted the world’s attention to her research on the space growth of gallium arsenide crystals and their properties.
Diana Trujillo
Colombian aerospace engineer
Dr Maryly Van Leer Peck
The first woman to graduate in chemical engineering from the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University and first woman to receive an MS and a PhD in engineering from the University of Florida (1962). She then got a job as a propellant and aerospace engineer for Rocketdyne Corporation and United States Naval Research Laboratory, developing solid fuel and engines which are still used in the space program today.
Zinaida Yershova
Soviet chemical engineer, who worked in both industry and academia developing methods for the production of radioactive materials for the Soviet atomic bomb project and the space programme.