NASA Glenn Facts:

NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) is located at Lewis Field, a 350-acre site, adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Ohio. GRC is responsible for developing and transferring critical technologies that address national priorities in aeropropulsion and space applications. Their work is focused on research for new aeropropulsion technologies, aerospace power, microgravity science, electric propulsion, and communications technologies for aeronautics, space, and aerospace applications.

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MARLA E. PEREZ-DAVIS, Ph.D. NASA Glenn Research Center

Chief, Electrochemistry Branch

Marla received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering and her and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Toledo, Ohio respectively. She received her Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. She currently serves as Chief of the Electrochemistry Branch.

Marla is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2001 Women of Color Technology Award for Career Achievement, and the 2001 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award in Diversity. She was selected to participate in the NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program, and served her tenure at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, where she developed and implemented initiatives for teacher development and other outreach activities in Puerto Rico.

SEPTEMBER 2002