Date: Thursday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m. Location: National Academies’ Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Room 100. Reservations required. Email cpnas@nas.edu or call 202-334-2415

Getting It Right

in an Imperfect World

2010 Annual African-American History Program Lecture

Dr. Wanda Austin, president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation, and a leading architect for the nation’s national security space programs,  is internationally recognized for her work in satellite and payload system acquisition, systems engineering, and system simulation. Austin will address how by living by your values and working for an employer with values you admire, you can achieve desired results that make a huge difference for communities, companies, and citizens. She will speak to specific examples, including how values play a key role in the successful development and operation of complex space systems and the monitoring of ever-burgeoning space debris orbiting earth.

Co-sponsored by the The National Academies’ African American History Program Committee, the Koshland Science Museum, and CPNAS. Click here for other AAHP events.

A collection of portraits of distingushed African American scientists, physcians, and engineers is on display at the Keck Center of The National Academies in Washington, D.C. Viewing is by appointment only. Please contact aahp@nas.edu for more information about arranging a visit.

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