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Michelle Amos
Michelle Amos is an electronics design engineer at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.[1] Amos joined NASA in 1990 as an electronics design engineer. She currently designs electrical systems and control equipment in KSC's Advanced Technology Development Center and works on a support team for the International Space Station configuring and documenting its electrical configurations.[2] She is the project manager lead for the shuttle transition and retirement activities.[1] In 2002 she won an All Star Award at NASA's Women of Color Government and Defense Technology Awards Conference.[3] She was the chairperson of NASA's Black Employee Strategy Team.[4] She worked on Perseverance, the Mars 2020 rover, as a system engineer.[5] EducationAmos graduated from Southern University and A&M College in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. In 2005, she earned a Master of Science in engineering management from the University of Central Florida.[6] HonorsIn 2002 she won an All Star Award at NASA's Women of Color Government and Defense Technology Awards Conference. She was the chairperson of NASA's Black Employee Strategy Team.[citation needed] In 2003, she received the KSC Strategic Leadership Award[6] Personal lifeAmos was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Dunk and Dorothy Wright, one of ten children.[2] Amos is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She and her husband, John D. Amos, have three children and live in Oviedo, Florida.[1] In 2020, Amos and her husband began a three-year term leading the Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission of the LDS Church.[7] References
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