T h e u n i v e r s i T y o f T e x a s a T a r l i n g T o n
Tuesday
May 4, 2010
volume 91, no.
116
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theshorthorn.
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since 1919
By Chris hunt
The Shorthorn staff
Under a ceiling of banners representing the College of Engineering’s diversity,
Dean...
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T h e u n i v e r s i T y o f T e x a s a T a r l i n g T o n
Tuesday
May 4, 2010
volume 91, no.
116
www.
theshorthorn.
com
since 1919
By Chris hunt
The Shorthorn staff
Under a ceiling of banners representing the College of Engineering’s diversity,
Dean Bill Carroll
and university
President James
Spaniolo dedicated a memorial to
alumna Kalpana
Chawla Monday in
Nedderman Hall.
Chawla, the
first Indian-born
woman to visit
space, earned her
master’s degree in
aerospace engineering from
UTA in 1984.
She went on
to receive her Ph.
D.
from the
University of Colorado in
1988 before joining NASA
the same year.
Chawla and
six other astronauts died
when STS-107 Columbia,
a 16-day dedicated science
and research mission, broke
apart reentering the atmosphere on Feb.
1, 2003.
Some of Chawla’s close
friends attended Monday’s
dedication ceremony.
“Everyone she met was
her best friend,” said Janet
Kavandi, deputy director
of flight crew operations at
Johnson Space Center.
Kavandi worked with
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