
PERSONAL
DATA: Born September 27, 1966 in Boston Massachusetts.
Married to Julius "BJ" McCurdy. Enjoys snow skiing, music,
astronomy, stamp collecting, and traveling.
EDUCATION:
Graduated from Taconic High School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1984;
received a bachelor of science degree in engineering science from Harvard
University in 1988, and a master of science degree in aerospace engineering
from the University of Texas, in 1992.
ORGANIZATIONS:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
EXPERIENCE:
After graduating from Harvard in 1988, Wilson worked for 2 years for
the former Martin Marietta Astronautics Group in Denver, Colorado. As
a Loads and Dynamics engineer for Titan IV, Wilson was responsible for
performing coupled loads analyses for the launch vehicle and payloads
during flight events. Wilson left Martin Marietta in 1990 to attend
graduate school at the University of Texas. Her research focused on
the control and modeling of large, flexible space structures. Following
the completion of her graduate work, she began working for the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, California, in 1992. As a member of the Attitude
and Articulation Control Subsystem for the Galileo spacecraft, Wilson
was responsible for assessing attitude controller performance, science
platform pointing accuracy, antenna pointing accuracy and spin rate
accuracy. She worked in the areas of sequence development and testing
as well. While at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Wilson also supported
the Interferometery Technology Program as a member of the Integrated
Modeling Team, which was responsible for finite element modeling, controller
design, and software development.
NASA
EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in April 1996, Wilson reported
to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. Having completed two years
of training and evaluation, she is qualified for flight assignment as
a mission specialist. Currently, Wilson is assigned technical duties
in the Astronaut Office Space Station Operations Branch.