Dava Newman
Dava J. Newman (born 1964) is an American aerospace engineer. She is the director of the MIT Media Lab and a former deputy administrator of NASA. Newman is the Apollo Program Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been a faculty member in the department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and MIT's School of Engineering since 1993.
Dava J. Newman | |
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Newman in October 2023 | |
| 13th Deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
| In office May 15, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Lori Garver |
| Succeeded by | James Morhard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Helena, Montana |
| Spouse | Guillermo Trotti |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (BS, 1986) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (dual SM, 1989; PhD, 1992) |
Newman earned her PhD in aerospace biomedical engineering, and Master of Science degrees in aerospace engineering and technology and policy all from MIT, and her Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame. She is a member of the faculty at the Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow. She formerly directed the Technology and Policy Program at MIT (2003–2015) and the MIT Portugal Program since 2011.