MeMe (also MiMi) Aung

Born: 1968

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: Burmese/American

Ethnicity: Asian

University of Illinois Urbana-champaign BSEE & MS 1990

Field of Study: Electrical Engineering

Institution/Corporation: NASA Jet Propulsion Labs; Amazon Kuiper Project

Degrees & Memberships: National Academy of Engineering (NAE 2022)

Awards: 2019 100 Women, BBC; 2021 named 1 of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2021; 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Illinois

Achievements: lead engineer on Mars Helicopter Ingenuity the 1st extraterrestrial aircraft; creates sensor technology for space flight missions at NASA; currently director of technical program management for Amazon's Kuiper Project an initiative to increase broadband internet access through an array of satellites in low Earth orbit; joined JPL 1990 & worked on various projects related to spaceflight & NASA Deep Space Network; is an expert for The Planetary Society & has written for Spaceflight