AAE Grad Student Diane Craig Davis receives 2009 Amelia Earhart Fellowship from Zonta International
| Event Date: | August 28, 2009 |
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The Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowships were established in 1938 in honor of Amelia Earhart, famed pilot and Zonta club member. The Fellowships are granted annually to women pursuing graduate Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences and aerospace-related engineering.
2009 Recipient
Diane Craig Davis is a currently a PhD student in School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering at Purdue. After receiving an MS degree from the University of Texas, Diane went on to work in the Navigation Section at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for three years. She received recognition and awards for her contributions in support of numerous spacecraft missions including Mars Express and Genesis. Diane’s field of study for her PhD program in AAE at Purdue is interplanetary spacecraft trajectory design and mission planning. Her main focus is on the development of a strategy that incorporates multiple gravity fields and facilitates the design of spacecraft trajectories in these complex dynamical regimes. She has participated in research to support the Cassini mission as well as other flight proposals.