Naia Butler-Craig Explained

Naia Butler-Craig
Birth Place:Orlando, Florida[1]
Fields:Aerospace engineering
Alma Mater:Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
Workplaces:Georgia Institute of Technology

Naia Butler-Craig is a science communicator and an American aerospace engineer.

Early life and education

As of 2022, she is a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research fellow in the High-Power Electric Propulsion Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[2] She joined Georgia Tech to pursue her doctoral research on electric propulsion after graduating from Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University and working in the Space and Science Technology Systems Branch at NASA Glenn Research Center.[3] [4]

Advocacy

While in high school, Butler-Craig participated in the Tech Sassy Girlz camp, and was highlighted in a later article about fundraising for the project.[5] She is the founder of Black Girls in STEM—an initiative to promote Black girls and women to serve as role models for younger scientists—and serves as the Head of Chapters for the Society of Women in Space Exploration.[6]

As an advocate to overcome racism in science, Butler-Craig has been highlighted by NowThis News in a 2021 video,[7] and has spoken with the media including articles by The Atlantic,[8] Space.com,[9] [10] and the All Things Aviation podcast about the day the Perseverance rover landed on Mars.[11] The Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals interviewed her in a 2021 publications sharing careers in aerospace[12] and shared a video of her discussing her career in their Girls Launch program.[13] Butler-Craig has also discussed space propulsion on NPR's Short Wave podcast[14]

Awards and honors

Butler-Craig was named “Executive Member of the Year” by the National Society of Black Engineers, Region III in 2018. In 2019 the Mars Generation program named her on their space award winners.[15] In 2020 she received the Modern-Day Technology Leader Award, part of the Black Engineer of the Year Awards,[16] and Popular Mechanic named her one of ten women to follow on Twitter.[17] She was featured in the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Science for her contribution to advancing diversity in STEM.[18] [19]

References

  1. Web site: Meet Naia Butler-Craig. VoyageATL. September 18, 2019. 2020-12-12. en-US.
  2. Web site: 2020-04-13. Naia Butler-Craig Selected for 2020 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Grant. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021190447/https://ae.gatech.edu/news/2020/04/naia-butler-craig-selected-2020-nasa-space-technology-graduate-research-grant . 2020-10-21 . 2020-12-12. Georgia Institute of Technology. en.
  3. Web site: VanguardSTEM. 2018-05-02. Naia Butler-Craig. 2020-12-12. Medium. en.
  4. Web site: Leman. Jennifer. 2020-02-11. These 10 Women Are Changing the Way We Talk About Science. 2020-12-12. Popular Mechanics. en-US.
  5. Web site: Santos. Christa. 2016-03-24. STEM & Tech Sassy Girlz. 2022-02-12. FORWARD Florida. en-US.
  6. Web site: Nayak. Anika. 2020-03-20. These Gen Z "STEMinists" Are Here To Close The STEM Gender Gap. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200321083121/https://www.elitedaily.com/p/meet-the-gen-z-steminists-working-to-end-the-gender-gap-in-stem-fields-22638435 . 2020-03-21 . 2020-12-12. Elite Daily. en.
  7. Web site: August 3, 2021. Seen: This Aerospace Engineer Is Pushing for More Diversity in the STEM Industry. 2022-02-12. NowThis News. en.
  8. Web site: Koren. Marina. 2020-06-03. The False Hope of an American Rocket Launch. 2022-02-11. The Atlantic. en.
  9. Web site: Gohd. Chelsea. 2020-01-14. Billionaire hosts girlfriend contest for 'first woman to the moon' and (shocker) people hate it. 2022-02-11. Space.com. en.
  10. Web site: Gohd. Chelsea. 2020-07-08. Space has a diversity problem — and big institutions like universities can do something about it. 2022-02-11. Space.com. en.
  11. Remember when the Perseverance Mars Rover first landed on Mars? Hear what the guys in the trenches were saying just before it touched. audible.com. All Things Aviation & Aerospace. January 3, 2022. 00:24:50.
  12. Web site: February 2021. Naia Butler-Craig Dream Chasing to Become an Astronaut. Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals. 14–15.
  13. Web site: GirlsLaunch Digital Library. Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals.
  14. News: December 20, 2021. Happy Science Fiction Week, Earthlings! : Short Wave. en. NPR.org. 2022-02-12.
  15. Web site: 2019-04-23. The Mars Generation Announces 24 Under 24 Leaders and Innovators in STEAM and Space Award Winners for 2019. 2022-02-12. The Mars Generation®. en-US.
  16. 2020. Modern-Day Technology Leaders . US Black Engineer and Information Technology. 44. 1. 60–69. 26924602 . 1088-3444.
  17. Web site: Leman. Jennifer. 2020-02-11. These 10 Women Are Changing the Way We Talk About Science. 2022-02-11. Popular Mechanics. en-US.
  18. Web site: Forbes 30 under 30: Science, Naia Butler-Craig. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220212140159/https://www.forbes.com/profile/naia-butler-craig/?list=30under30-science&sh=9b3b9792f7a3 . 2022-02-12 . 2020-12-12. Forbes.
  19. Web site: Jewett. Rachel. 2020-12-02. Space Scientists Naia Butler-Craig and Hannah Kerner Make Forbes' Under 30 List. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204190315/https://www.satellitetoday.com/innovation/2020/12/02/space-scientists-naia-butler-craig-and-hannah-kerner-make-forbes-under-30-list/ . 2020-12-04 . 2020-12-12. Via Satellite. en.

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