I would love to be viewed as someone who consistently worked hard to produce high
quality work, as well as someone who
advocates for other people's success. My
name is Michelle Lynde, I work in the
configuration aerodynamics branch at the
NASA Langley Research Center and I'm a
research aerospace engineer. So what my
branch does is we perform the
aerodynamic analysis for NASA's missions.
I work on airplanes that you would see
in airports, the commercial transports.
I work on ones that are transonic, so the
ones that are currently flying, as well
as ones that are supersonic ,which will
really just go a lot faster and help
move people and goods more efficiently.
My favorite part of my job is that it
gets to combine two aspects of myself. So, I tend to be a very analytical person by
nature and I also really like the
creative aspect, so I love getting to
combine both of those features when I
come to work every day. I would love to
be able to support new engineers or new
people in the STEM field and I think, in
particular, with women and girls, it's
really valuable to see other women
successful in your career. It's really
hard to envision yourself being a
successful engineer if every successful
engineer you've ever seen doesn't look
like you, so I do think it's valuable
just to raise awareness to the amazing
things that so many people, in particular,
women and girls are doing here at NASA.
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