Another Costa
Rican At NASA
Costa Rican born, Sandra Alba Cauffman, an
industrial engineering major from the
Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) and NASA's
Deputy Project Manager for the GOES-R
(Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite) Program, since 2002 has been
promoted to Project Manager.
GOES is a $3 billion satellite program that
provides the basic data needed for weather
forecasting. It provides satellite images of
clouds and severe storms, measures
atmospheric temperatures, and monitors space
weather from its vantage point 22,300 miles
above the earth.
Cauffman holds a B.S in Physics, a B.S. in
Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in
Electrical and Computer Engineering from
George Mason University in the United
States.
Before starting her NASA career, Cauffman
worked for Engineering and Economics
Research (EER) as a Senior Staff Engineer.
Sandra said she made up her mind at the age
of seven that she wanted to work with NASA. |
