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26-Year-Old Nigerian Lady Becomes First African-American To Bag PhD In Aerospace Engineering In US

by ReportersAtLarge
September 2, 2022
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Wendy Okolo, a Nigerian-American, is the first black woman to receive a doctorate of philosophy in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas in the United States.

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Wendy Okolo completed this astounding feat at the age of 26. After receiving admission to the University of Texas, she started her postsecondary education, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering.

After completing her undergraduate studies with distinction, Wendy was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering. She then went on to enroll at the University of Texas for a PhD degree.

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Five years after receiving her bachelor’s degree, she became the first black woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas, Arlington, in the United States.

Dr Wendy Okolo has since gained recognition as a brilliant aeronautical engineer and has won various awards.

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Her exploits were lauded by the Nigerian government, which hailed her as an effective ambassador for her nation.

In 2022, the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) presented Dr. Wendy Okolo with an Excellence Award.

She shared the news of her NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal win on Instagram.

Okolo said she had to battle impostor’s syndrome when she learned she would work with such a great team.

“I was like, I am sure these guys are so smart; what am I going to bring in?” she said. She found an error in the system code, and she fixed it, “which fixed the impostor syndrome for a while.”

At the Ames Research Center, she works on projects related to the System-Wide Safety (SWS) program and the Space Technology Mission Directorate Early Career Initiative (STMD-ECI).

She was responsible for foreseeing GPS errors in unmanned aerial systems, or drones, for the SWS project.

Okolo collaborated with the Virginia-based Langley Research Center to examine flight data and facilitate data flow between and across NASA sites.

She is in charge of the controls team on the STMD-ECI project, which is working to provide novel control strategies for deployable vehicles to enable precision landing and enhance mobility during the entry, descent, and landing phases of spaceflight.

She was part of a team of six early-career scientists who proposed and won the $2.5 million STMD-ECI project.

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  1. Wisdom Sam says:
    2 years ago

    Hon. Dr., You are the one I’ve been hungering to meet. The reason is that you will lead the team of scientists to put the African man on the moon or planets outside of Earth.
    Congratulations ma.

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  2. Chesterfield Walrond says:
    2 years ago

    I posted a comment recently that woman’s brains are wired differently to men’s. The Word different mean unequal, not inferior. This is definitely a SUPERIOR LADY. CONGRATULATIONS.

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