Thanks to ASE alumna Melanie Weber (B.S. ASE 2004) we now have new space memorabilia hanging in the reception area of the ASE Administrative Offices! Weber, a spacecraft design engineer at Boeing, donated this Texas pennant on Oct 1, 2022. The flag was flown to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on May 22, 2022 during an uncrewed flight test that is paving the way for crewed flights. Weber leads the Boeing CST-100 Starliner subsystem for Crew and Cargo Accommodations. She became the first woman and first Hispanic person to lead a Launch Pad Team on the day of launch of a spacecraft in 2019. She was granted a patent for the design of the Crew Seat for the Starliner and has co-authored several technical papers for the AIAA. She also takes an active role in STEM outreach and was honored as a 2020 Outstanding Young Texas Ex. We’re proud to call you a Texas ASE/EM alumna, Melanie! Photo: ASE/EM Department Chair Clint Dawson with framed pennant and certificate of flight hung in the ASE reception area. #WomenInAerospace #TexasEngineering #WhatStartsHere Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Sarah Welbes Traci Laird
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Excellent job Melanie!! Bravo! 👏 ❤️😎🚀
Congrats!
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