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Aisha Bowe

Aisha Bowe is a Bahamian-American aerospace engineer, founder, STEM advocate, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of CEO of STEMBoard, a technology company, and LINGO, an educational tech company.

Aisha Bowe
Born1985 or 1986 (age 38–39)[1] November 4, 1986
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OrganizationSTEMBoard
Known forAerospace Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Websitewww.aishabowe.com
www.stemboard.com
stemlingo.com

Bowe is the recipient of NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal, US Women's Chamber of Commerce Emerging Star Award and Virginia Business magazine’s Black Business Leaders Award.

Bowe will travel on a commercial vehicle to space with Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos.

Early life and education

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Bowe grew up in the United States in a working-class family. Although her high school guidance counselor recommended that she become a cosmetologist, Bowe's father encouraged her to take a mathematics class at her local community college. This foundation in mathematics then allowed Bowe to transfer into engineering programs at the University of Michigan from Washtenaw Community College.[2][3]

Bowe completed her undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering in 2008, and master's degree in space systems engineering in 2009, both at the University of Michigan.[4][5] She has said she chose aerospace engineering because of an interest in science fiction.[6] One of her graduate professors, Thomas Zurbuchen, was a mentor and inspiration to Bowe to pursue a career at NASA.[7]

Career

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Bowe worked in the Ames Research Center, in the Flight Trajectory Dynamics and Controls Branch of the Aviation Systems Division.[8] She joined the AST Flight and Fluid Mechanics group in 2009, assisting in the development and of algorithms in support of Air Traffic Management.[9] In 2012 she received the National Society of Black Engineers award for Outstanding Technical Contribution for her paper "Evaluation of a Fuel Efficient Aircraft Maneuver for Conflict Resolution".[10] As a Bahamian-American, Bowe wants "to see more Bahamians in the science and technology field."[11][1]

While at NASA, she served as liaison to the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program.[12] In this role, she mentored students, held interview workshops and led NASA site tours.[13]

Bowe is a part of the U.S State Department Speaker Program and has delivered lectures in South Africa, Israel and Kuwait.[14][15][16][17]

Bowe will travel with Blue Origin in 2024 on the New Shepard launch vehicle making her the first black woman to travel with Blue Origin.[18]

Bowe is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers and a certified Program Management Professional by PMI. She is also a certified SSI scuba diver and a mountain climber.[2]

STEMBoard

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Bowe is a co-founder and CEO of STEMBoard, a company that provides professional advisory services to organizations in the U.S Government. The company was founded in 2013 and is an SBA 8(a) Certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) supported by the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce.[19][20][21]

STEMBoard was ranked on Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in 2020.[22][23] The company was also the recipient of the Nunn-Perry Award 2022 presented by the United States Department of Defense.[24]

LINGO

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Bowe founded LINGO, an education technology company in 2022.[25] The company makes projects-based activities for kids.[26][27][28] The activities are available in the form of kits including coding kit that teaches hardware and software design.[29][27] The lessons are self-paced.[30] The first kit was called "In the Driver’s Seat" which taught kids to create and code a back-up sensor for an autonomous car.[30] The company provides kits to children in over 10 countries.[18]

Published works

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Some of Bowe's selected publications are:[31]

  • Lauderdale, Todd A; Cone, Andrew C; Bowe, Aisha R (2011). "Relative significance of trajectory prediction errors on an automated separation assurance algorithm" (PDF). 9th USA/Europe ATM R&D Seminar (ATM2011). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-26.
  • Cone, Andrew; Bowe, Aisha; Lauderdale, Todd (2012). "Robust conflict detection and resolution around top of descent" (PDF). 12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. doi:10.2514/6.2012-5644. ISBN 978-1-60086-930-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-08.
  • Bowe, Aisha; Santiago, Confesor (2012). "An approach for balancing delay and fuel burn in separation assurance automation" (PDF). 12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. doi:10.2514/6.2012-5416. ISBN 978-1-60086-930-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-15.
  • Bowe, Aisha; Lauderdale, Todd (2010). "Selecting conflict resolution maneuvers based on minimum fuel burn". 29th Digital Avionics Systems Conference. IEEE. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.719.4632. doi:10.1109/DASC.2010.5655529. ISBN 978-1-4244-6616-0. S2CID 16101938.

Media

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Articles
Talks
Podcasts
Television

Awards

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Bowe has been recognized for her contributions to engineering, diversity, and equal opportunity by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Society of Black Engineers, and US Women's Chamber of Commerce.[32][10] Some selected awards are as follows.

  • 2023 - Washington Business Journal 40 Under 40[33]
  • 2023 – Black Business Leaders Award by Virginia Business Magazine
  • 2022 – Inc. magazine’s Female Founders 100
  • 2020 - Entrepreneur of the Year by the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) of Washington, D.C.
  • 2020 - Outstanding Alumna Award, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan[34]
  • 2020 - INC 5000 2020 List of Fastest Growing Companies[35][36][37]
  • 2015 - US Women's Chamber of Commerce “Emerging Star” Award[38]
  • 2014 - Silicon Valley's National Coalition of 100 Black Women's Women in Technology of the Year Award[38]
  • 2012 - NASA’s Engineering Honor Award[39]
  • 2012 - NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal[12]

References

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  2. ^ a b Blount, Joresa (Jan 19, 2018). "From Community College To NASA". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. ^ Pope-Chappell, Maya (October 11, 2016). "Meet the former NASA engineer helping to send careers into orbit". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  4. ^ Guy, Sandra (June 5, 2019). "Women Engineers You Should Know". SWE Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  5. ^ "Former NASA engineer works to connect underrepresented youth to opportunities in science". Made at Michigan. University of Michigan. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  6. ^ Asabea, Nana Yaa (2017-10-22). "The Spirited Tech Entrepreneur - Aisha Bowe". The Minutes Publication. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  7. ^ "Former NASA Engineer Makes Millions with STEMBoard - EBONY". www.ebony.com. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  8. ^ "Bahamian engineer, Aisha Bowe wins 21st Century Trailblazers in Aerospace Award". www.thebahamasweekly.com. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  9. ^ "BEYA Scientists 2013 - Where Are They Now?". US Black Engineer. 2017-08-18. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  10. ^ a b Bowe, Aisha R.; Santiago, Confesor (2011). Evaluation of a Fuel Efficient Aircraft Maneuver for Conflict Resolution (PDF) (Report). S2CID 51913631.
  11. ^ "Aerospace engineer encourages STEM education". bahamaslocal.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  12. ^ a b Whachel, Robbin (2012-07-13). "Bahamian-American Engineer Receives Prestigious NASA Honor Award for Equal Employment Opportunity". www.thebahamasweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  13. ^ "NASA engineer finds rewards" (PDF). MESA News. Vol. 36, no. 2. Summer–Fall 2012. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  14. ^ "Inspirational Entrepreneur and STEM Expert, Aisha Bowe, visits South Africa". Startup Magazine. October 11, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-07-19.
  15. ^ "Ms. Aisha Bowe lectured at FUTURE HIT Center". HIT - News and Events. Holon Institute of Technology. 2019-11-11.
  16. ^ "Zain sponsors virtual talk hosted by GUST and ASCC". Kuwait Times. December 26, 2020.
  17. ^ "Aisha Bowe Interview". U.S Speaker Programs (Interview). Interviewed by Kress, Molly. United States Department of State.
  18. ^ a b Bowe, Aisha (April 2023). "Rocket Scientist Aisha Bowe on a Mission to Inspire Others to Reach for the Stars". WIPO Magazine (Interview). Interviewed by Jewell, Catherine.
  19. ^ "STEMBoard - Advancing the Nation". stemboard.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  20. ^ "Ognsc 10 12 17". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  21. ^ "ESSENCE Presents 'Woke 100 Women'". Essence.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  22. ^ "August 17, 2020". Inc. 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  23. ^ Robards, Chester (August 17, 2020). "Company run by Bahamian makes Inc. 5000 list". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  24. ^ "Department of Defense Announces Winners of the Fiscal Year 2022 Nunn-Perry Award". U.S. Department of Defense. March 6, 2023.
  25. ^ "2023 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards". content.yudu.com.
  26. ^ "Entrepreneur & engineer Aisha Bowe creates STEMBoard Lingo Coding Kit to inspire". Techstination. December 15, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  27. ^ a b Carey, Teresa (June 26, 2020). "New Tech Startup Aims to Teach More Girls to Code". Freethink. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  28. ^ Zemler, Emily (August 17, 2020). "How To Go Back To School Without Actually Going Back To School". Shondaland. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  29. ^ Dorsey, Sherrell (July 12, 2020). "These Black Founders Succeeded In Spite of Silicon Valley". Wired. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  30. ^ a b Faerman, Zlata (February 9, 2021). "Best STEM Toys for Kids". NY Metro Parents. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  31. ^ "Aisha Bowe". Google Scholar.
  32. ^ "2012 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Aerospace Conference Awards". NASA Aviation Systems Division. Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  33. ^ Davis, Amanda (July 21, 2023). "40 Under 40: STEMBoard's Aisha Bowe". Washington Business Journal.
  34. ^ Trumbauer, Madeline (March 5, 2021). "Department of Aerospace Engineering alumna Aisha Bowe wins 2020 Outstanding Recent Alumna award". University of Michigan. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  35. ^ Robards, Chester (August 17, 2020). "Company run by Bahamian makes Inc. 5000 list". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  36. ^ "Annual Inc5000 2020". Inc. 5000. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  37. ^ Ramos, Joseph (August 17, 2020). "Arlington Firms Make Inc. 5,000 Fastest-Growing U.S. Companies List". Arlington Now. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  38. ^ a b "Aisha Bowe – Digital Diversity Network". digitaldiversitynetwork.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  39. ^ "NASA aerospace engineer Bowe lands at MTSU, Hobgood". MTSU News. 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
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