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DEBBIE
MARTÍNEZ
NASA Langley Research Center
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FTA Deputy Manager
Ms. Debbie Martinez is the Deputy
Manager for the Flight Test Article (FTA) project at Langley. The
LaRC FTA project supports a multi-year, multi-center and contractor
integrated effort to conduct a series of flight tests to demonstrate
the performance and function of the Orion
Launch Abort System (LAS). The actual Orion
crew exploration vehicle (CEV) will be capable of carrying crew
and cargo to the space station.
Ms. Martinez began working at NASA
Langley Research Center
(LaRC) in 1990. Most of her career has been focused on Aeronautics.
She has worked as a Systems Simulation Engineer and a Flight Ops
Engineer supporting simulation and flight research projects under
LARC Research Services Directorate. She has been the recipient of
8 NASA Superior Accomplishment awards, and numerous NASA Performance,
NASA Team Excellence and NASA Group awards.
Supporter
of OEO & Educational Outreach Programs:
Since 1996, Ms. Debbie Martinez has been the NASA
LaRC Hispanic Advisory Group (HAG) chair for the Hispanic
Employee Program (HEP) and the HEP
site web master. As HAG chair, she has helped promote contact with
and exposure to NASA LaRC Hispanic employee, local Hispanic community,
Hispanic organizations, professional societies, and provide awareness
of relevant issues and events via both these web sites and her monthly
e-newsletter, HEP@NASA LaRC.
While serving as HAG chair, Debbie has established and maintained
four minority related web sites: Latina
Women of NASA (WON),
WON LaRC, Hispanic
Astronauts, and Hispanics@NASA
LaRC, respectively. These web sites further serve as a vehicle
to expose the general public, as well as the Hispanic community,
to Hispanic on-line profiles in an effort to provide minority youth
throughout the world with virtual mentors they can relate with during
their educational growth.
In addition to supporting various NASA Langley Office of Equal Opportunity
Programs (OEOP), such as, the Federal
Women's Program (FWP) and HEP,
she continually supports NASA LaRC educational outreach efforts
via projects like the CERES
S'COOL Project, NASA
Langley Speakers Bureau, and the above mentioned web sites.
She has been featured on Telemundo
- "Despierta" television talk show and been the
guest speaker at various Hampton Roads' Hispanic radio talk shows,
and interviewed for numerous international publications such as,
"El
Nuevo Dia" newspaper, Hispanic
Business magazine, Graduating
Engineer & Computer Careers magazine, and NASANET magazine
(Spain 2005).
She was a co-founding member of the Society of Hispanic Engineers
- Southeast Virginia Professional (SHPE-SEVA) Chapter established
in December 2004. In 2004, she was nominated for NASA Langley's
2004 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Award. In addition, she
has obtained numerous international awards and recognitions for
her Hispanic outreach efforts.
International Awards
& Recognitions:
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2003 - Hispanic Engineer &
Information Technology magazine's "Power Hitter in Business
& Technology" - Certificate of Recognition ·
Being selected for this list is one of the most prestigious
honors in the Hispanic professional community. Thousands of
candidates are reviewed, and those that are selected stand out
in areas such as professional achievement, technological innovation,
and community leadership.
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2002 Silver Letter recipient
- General Session speaker at the International Latino Women
Congress Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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2000 - US Black/Hispanic Engineer
& Information Technology Magazines' "Women of Color
Technology Awards" - Certificate of Merit Award ·
Outstanding achievements and contributions to the science, engineering,
and technology industries. Awarded by the Career Communications
Group, Inc. during the 5th Annual Women of Color Technology
Awards.
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"1999 Latina of the Year
Award in Science & Technology" by "Latina"
magazine (featured in their September issue). This award, in
addition to evaluating her technical background, also reviewed
her support of the enhancement of Hispanics in the local community
via the NASA Hispanic
Employee Program (HEP).
Educational
Background :
She received her Bachelor of Science degree from
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (E-RAU)
in Daytona Beach, Florida, Master of Engineering from Old
Dominion University, and earned her Private Pilot license at
Langley
AFB Aero Club.
On-Line
Articles &/or Profile links:
* IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine [May '07]
* Girls
With Wings [JAN '07]
* PROGRESS
Magazine [Summer 2004] article entitled: "New Mentoring
Programs: Web Helps Hispanic Students Learn About Science and Technology."
* Spanish
profile on NASA
Quest website and on WON
LaRC
Philosophy: "Let
every opportunity serve as a means for you to explore and learn!"
and "Always treat others as you want them to treat you!"
April 2008
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