Michelle Amos
Michelle Amos is an electronics design engineer at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.[1] Amos joined NASA in 1990 as an electronics design engineer.
Education
Amos graduated from Southern University and A&M College in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering.[2] In 2005, she earned a Master of Science in engineering management from the University of Central Florida.[3]
Career
In 2006, Amos was co-chair of the NASA Advanced Range Technology Working Group.[4] Amos designs electrical systems and control equipment in at the Kennedy Space Center's Advanced Technology Development Center and worked on a support team for the International Space Station configuring and documenting its electrical configurations.[5][6] She was the project manager lead for the shuttle transition and retirement activities.[1] She was a member of the team that developed the Mars 2020 rover at JPL.[2] She currently works with the Artemis program, a staffed Moon mission.[2]
She was the chairperson of NASA's Black Employee Strategy Team.[7] She worked on Perseverance, the Mars 2020 rover, as a system engineer.[8]
Honors
In 2002 she won an All Star Award at NASA's Women of Color Government and Defense Technology Awards Conference.[9] In 2003, she received the KSC Strategic Leadership Award[3]
Personal life
Amos was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Dunk and Dorothy Wright, one of ten children.[6] She was raised Baptist but her family converted to being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1979.[2] She and her husband, John D. Amos, have three children and live in Oviedo, Florida.[1] In 2020, Amos and her husband began a three-year term leading the Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission of the LDS Church.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 {{#if: | {{{author}}} }} {{#if: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/amos.html | Kennedy Biographies }} {{#if: | {{{publisher}}}. }} {{#if: February 8, 2019 | Accessed: February 8, 2019. }}
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 {{#if: | {{{author}}} }} {{#if: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/faith-matters-mormon-couple-on-a-mission-to-share-gospel/article_ea6bf740-f0a8-11ea-83d2-87c0fe3b5e4c.html | Faith Matters: Mormon couple on a mission to share gospel }} {{#if: | {{{publisher}}}. }} {{#if: 2025-04-21 | Accessed: 2025-04-21. }}
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 {{#if: | {{{author}}} }} {{#if: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/amos.html | Kennedy Biographies }} {{#if: | {{{publisher}}}. }} {{#if: July 12, 2020 | Accessed: July 12, 2020. }}
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 {{#if: | {{{author}}} }} {{#if: https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/jun/HQ_04196_minority_feature_amos.html | Education, Family Values Inspire NASA Engineer }} {{#if: | {{{publisher}}}. }} {{#if: February 8, 2019 | Accessed: February 8, 2019. }}
- ↑ {{#if: | {{{author}}} }} {{#if: http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/09/92/84/00284/03-08-2002.pdf | African-American History Luncheon draws crowd }} {{#if: | {{{publisher}}}. }} {{#if: | Accessed: {{{access-date}}}. }}
- ↑ Toone, Trent. "Ex-NASA engineer watches her project land on Mars while serving Latter-day Saint mission", Deseret News, February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ↑ {{#if: | {{{author}}} }} {{#if: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=8853 | And the Winner is ... NASA women of Color }} {{#if: | {{{publisher}}}. }} {{#if: February 8, 2019 | Accessed: February 8, 2019. }}
- ↑ "Get to know these 8 new mission presidents and companions", Church News, March 22, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.