Anna-Maria McGowan

NASA Senior Technical (ST)- Agency Senior Engineer for Complex Systems Design

Dr. Anna-Maria Rivas McGowan is the Agency Senior Executive for Complex Systems Design at NASA. She serves as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Agency focusing on research, design, development, and operations of complex systems including human, organizational, societal, and engineering challenges. Her work incorporates quantitative and qualitative methods to integrate fields external to aerospace with engineering approaches to improve aerospace system performance, innovation, and broader societal impacts. Dr. McGowan has over 30 years of experience and has served as a NASA Senior Project Manager, DARPA Agent, NSF Visiting Scientist, NATO Consultant, International Short Course Instructor, Flight Test Leader, Wind-Tunnel Test Engineer, and Researcher in engineering and organization science. Dr. McGowan has a B.S. in Aero/Astro Engineering from Purdue University, M.S. in Aerospace Engineering/Engineering Mechanics from Old Dominion University, and Ph.D. in Design Science from the University of Michigan.

Talks About
#humancentereddesign #UsercenteredDesign #DesignResearch

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#UnitedStates