Julie Wertz Chen
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Julie Wertz Chen | |
|---|---|
| Education | S.B., S.M, Ph.D. of Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Spouse | Al Chen |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | “Expected productivity-based risk analysis in conceptual design : with application to the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer mission” (2006) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dave Miller |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Systems Engineering |
| Employer(s) | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Projects | InSight |
Julie Wertz Chen is an American aerospace engineer. She has been a systems engineer for the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Cassini, and InSight Mars missions. She is currently working on the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission.[1][2][3][4]
At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wertz Chen was on a coxswain on the varsity rowing team.[5][6] She was involved in Sigma Gamma Tau [7] and Tau Beta Pi.[8] As a senior, she worked on the Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellite (SPHERES) project for the "Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate" Capstone course.[9]
In graduate school, she was in the Space Systems Laboratory (MIT) with Professor Dave Miller. She researched design consideration of the probability of failure in the design of spacecraft for her doctoral thesis.