Tracy Drain

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Tracy Drain
Systems Engineer
EmployerNASA
SpouseTed Drain (Married 2003 - present)

Tracy Drain is a flight systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She is the deputy chief engineer for the JUNO mission, which arrived at Jupiter in June 2016.

Education

Tracy Drain was born in

Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000.[5] She was the first person in her immediate family to receive a college degree.[6] Whilst studying at university, she spent two summers as an intern for NASA Langley.[7][2] She interviewed for several aerospace companies before settling on JPL, which she chose because she felt "that their mission was my mission: the robotic exploration of space".[2]

Juno in front of Jupiter

Career

Drain joined

Kepler project in 2007 as the Missions Readiness Lead, hunting for Earth-like planets, staying until Kepler checked-out in 2009.[7] In 2009 she joined Juno, which is studying the gravity and magnetic fields of Jupiter.[1] She is Technical Group Supervisor for the Flight Systems Engineering group.[7] She has worked for NASA for more than 17 years.[6] Drain worked on the Psyche mission, studying the largest known metal asteroid in our solar system, launching in 2022.[3][8] Drain is currently the lead flight system systems engineer for NASA's Europa Clipper mission, set to launch in 2024 to the Jupiter system to study one of Jupiter's moons.[9]

Public engagement

Actor William Shatner with Drain at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Tracy Drain is involved with a range of activities to communicate her enthusiasm for engineering with the public.

ArtCentre College of Design, "Beauty of the Fall".[20][21]

Awards

2007 - NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for exceptional performance in the development of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission's transition to Science Phase Activities[22]

2009 - NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for exceptional achievement in guiding and managing the Kepler Launch, Commissioning and Science Operations readiness effort[23]

2015 - JPL Bruce Murray Award for exceptional support for the education of minority and female STEM students through community programs, distance learning and public events[24]

2015 - Women in Engineering ProActive Network Women in Engineering Champion Award[25]

Personal

Tracy Drain is married to fellow JPL engineer, Ted Drain.[26]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tracy Drain and Danielle Nuding — NASA Engineers — Speaking Today". UKNow. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  2. ^ a b c "JASON Learning | Tracy Drain, Flight Systems Engineer". www.jason.org. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  3. ^ a b c "Scientist Spotlight: Tracy Drain – Exchange". scienceandentertainmentexchange.org. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  4. ^ "Tracy Drain | People - NASA Solar System Exploration". NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  5. ^ "A Conversation with Tracy Drain: Highlighting Diversity at NASA". www.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  6. ^ a b "EPISODE 1: TRACY DRAIN". NASA. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Tracy Drain Biography" (PDF). University of Washington. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  8. ^ "Psyche". www.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  9. ^ "Tracy Drain | Flight Systems Engineer". NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  10. ^ Design Squad Global (2013-06-11), Mission: Solar System - Tracy Drain, Flight Systems Engineer | Design Squad, retrieved 2018-01-11
  11. ^ "About the Program – Exchange". scienceandentertainmentexchange.org. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  12. ^ Desk, Movies News. "Jury Members Announced for 2017 Sundance Film Festival". Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  13. ^ Film Independent (2017-10-29), Women in Science and Film - Diane Kruger, Tracy Drain, Danijela Cabric | 2017 Sloan Film Summit, retrieved 2018-01-11
  14. ^ "Q&A with Engineer Tracy Drain: Women Leaders of Today by Origin Bank". Plaid for Women. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  15. Black Girl Nerds
    . 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  16. ^ "NASA engineer ignites passion for science". www.shine.cn. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  17. ^ 20th Century Fox (2016-11-30), Hidden Figures | Modern Figures: Tracy Drain | 20th Century FOX, retrieved 2018-01-11{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ ""Hidden Figures" Wins Sloan Science in Cinema Prize". Women and Hollywood. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
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  20. ^ TEDxACCD. "Tracy Drain". TEDxACCD 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  21. ^ "TEDxACCD | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  22. ^ "Universe: NASA Honoring Achievement" (PDF). NASA JPL. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  23. ^ "2010 NASA Agency Honor Awards" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  24. ^ "Tracy Drain - Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Public Understanding & Film Independent". Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Public Understanding & Film Independent. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  25. ^ "Past Award Winners - Women in Engineering ProActive Network, Inc". www.wepan.org. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  26. ^ "NASA engineer ignites passion for science". www.shine.cn. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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