People: Snapshots

  • Sebrenna Young.

    Sebrenna Young

    09.12.09 - Sebrenna Young is going through a personal renaissance, a stage in her life that was triggered a year ago when she accepted a job at NASA Langley.

  • Bryan Fabbri.

    Bryan Fabbri

    09.05.09 - When the confines of the office become too much, Bryan Fabbri can usually look at the calendar and see at least one day out of the office on the horizon, a trip to a small lighthouse 15 miles off the Virginia coast.

  • Michelle Munford.

    Michelle Munford

    08.29.09 - Michelle Munford, a purchasing and administrative assistant, said a book about Amelia Earhart she received as a gift when she was little propelled in her an interest in flying that she has a hard time putting into words.

  • Tim Marvel.

    Tim Marvel

    08.22.09 - Tim Marvel, a 3-D lead animator and senior graphic designer in the Science Directorate at NASA Langley, couldn’t ask for a better life.

  • Snapshot: Todd Spangler.

    Todd Spangler

    08.14.09 - The trailer for "The Box" primed the pump. Todd Spangler saw himself for the briefest time, just a glimpse really, but it's amazing what you can do with a bit of electronic wizardry.

  • Center snapshot: Richard Boitnott.

    Richard Boitnott

    08.08.09 - Richard Boitnott has the kind of job that every kid would love to have. "I get to crash things and see what happens," he said.

  • Snapshot: Karen Freidt.

    Karen Freidt

    08.01.09 - Karen Friedt sees potential in what others may consider junk or a problem when it comes to her artwork and to life in general.

  • Gupta snapshot.

    Surbhi Gupta

    07.25.09 - When Surbhi Gupta struggled getting her physics homework done early in her junior year at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, she decided that something had to give. So she gave up Facebook.

  • Mark Shuart snapshot.

    Mark Shuart

    07.18.09 - A bit over a year ago, Mark Shuart was talking with a friend from Marshall Space Flight Center about the composites planned for the Ares V cargo launch vehicle.

  • Wendy Pennington snapshot.

    Wendy Pennington

    07.11.09 - The note from her friend told a story that demanded to be checked out. It seems that back in April, Wendy Pennington was in line in the NASA Langley cafeteria when she saw a man in front of her wearing a Glenn Research Center badge.

  • Dustin Hitt.

    Dustin Hitt

    07.03.09 - Dustin Hitt has had a wide variety of experiences that have prepared him for just about anything, starting with a new job at NASA Langley as an exhibit specialist.

  • Norma Farr.

    Norma Farr

    06.29.09 - Norma Farr received her mathematics degree when Christopher Newport University was known as the "Shoe Box in the Middle of the Road."

  • Rob and Megan Bowles snapshot.

    Rob and Megan Quinn

    06.20.09 - After a year and a half of planning locations, floral arrangements, attire, favors and other logistics, Megan Quinn, formerly Megan Bowles, and Rob Quinn entered holy matrimony on May 30, not long after they entered the gates of NASA Langley.

  • Mark Vaughan thumbnail.

    Mark Vaughan

    06.13.09 - Once a philosophy major, then a bartender/boat repairman in the Florida Keys, Mark Vaughan ended up a mathematician at NASA Langley after his truck froze while on a trip to the Peninsula two decades ago.

  • Josh Branch.

    Josh Branch

    06.08.09 - The job is intricate, exacting, so laden with detail that it must pass NASA scrutiny in more than 20 areas before the product can be used in a wind tunnel.

  • Christie Funk

    06.01.09 - Christie Funk does not consider herself a "traditional" Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) program student. Her non-traditional route, her drive and her passion have landed her exactly where she wants to be – at NASA.

  • Mike Bibbo

    Mike Bibbo

    05.26.09 - Mike Bibbo enjoys movies, but you couldn't prove that by talking to wife Jennifer Pulley. "We'll be in a movie, and I'll lean over and say something like, 'I bet they used a 50 millimeter lens on that one.' And she'll say, 'can't you just enjoy the movie?' "

  • Edith Robinson.

    Edith Robinson

    05.18.09 - Edith Robinson prefers to see the glass as half full. Her mother taught her to live life that way.

  • Steve Riddick.

    Steve Riddick

    05.11.09 - All week long, Steve Riddick works to make airplanes safer with NASA Langley's Flight Dynamics Branch. On weekends, he bails out of them.

  • Jessie Orozco.

    Jessie Orozco

    05.04.09 - Raising a Jack Russell Terrier named Ginger may not be as unheard of as raising a Bengal Tiger cub named Kimba in an apartment, but Jessie Orozco has done both.

  • Jenny DeVasher.

    Jenny DeVasher

    04.27.09 - There are NASA Engineering and Safety Center meetings in which entire sentences, perhaps even paragraphs, of conversation pass without an identifiable noun or a verb.

  • Michael Allen.

    Michael Allen

    04.20.09 - There is more than meets the eye to the friendly security guard, Michael Allen, who works the Wythe Creek gate of NASA Langley.

  • Molly Thomas.

    Molly Thomas

    04.13.09 - Molly Thomas doesn't plan to put on any theatre performances as manager of the LaRC Mart, but she does have the background and expertise to do so.

  • Rich Antcliff, SRO director.

    Rich Antcliff

    04.06.09 - Rich Antcliff made the career choice to opt out of research and sign on to management, and that choice has led him to lead the center's newest organization: the Strategic Relationships Office.

  • Kathy Powell, SD, and Kathy Powell, SRO.

    Kathy Powell and Kathy Powell

    03.30.09 - Kathy Powell, a physical scientist in the Science Directorate (SD) and Kathy Powell, a special programs manager in the Strategic Relationships Office (SRO) became acquainted almost instantly after Powell of SRO was hired at NASA Langley.

  • Patrick Lynch with daughter, Anna Kathleen.

    Patrick Lynch

    03.23.09 - He spent time on the outside, looking in. Now he's on the inside.

  • Evan Horowitz.

    Evan Horowitz

    03.16.09 - Walk through the door of Evan Horowitz's office in the Hangar and you sense you have stepped into a time warp. He sits behind his desk, hands working a slide rule, pencil and paper at the ready, evaluating on a bracket for some equipment.

  • John Dorsey.

    John Dorsey

    03.09.09 - The certificate on the wall calls him "The Realist," a nickname bestowed on John Dorsey by people planning the architecture and habitat astronauts will use on the moon in 2020.

  • Kim Graupner.

    Kimberly Graupner

    03.02.09 - The phone rings. The cell's tone is the "Snuffle Bunny Song," and it's easy to picture Tiffany at the other end, wondering when mom will be home from NASA Langley. Mom is Kimberly Graupner, technology infusion manager in the Strategic Relationships Office (SRO).

  • Kristina Ruhlman.

    Kristina Ruhlman

    02.23.09 - As a born and raised Nebraskan, Kristina Ruhlman was actively involved in high school and college as a leader in sports, student government and various clubs.

  • Sarah Hargrove.

    Sarah Hargrove

    02.17.09 - Sarah Hargrove has a talent for designing, whether it is rocket hardware elements or the inside of a house.

  • Greta Crawford.

    Greta Crawford

    02.09.09 - It’s not an accident that Greta Crawford gives a great first impression.

  • Dave Young.

    Dave Young

    02.02.09 - Dave Young had lost 15 pounds three years ago, which with most people wouldn’t be a bad way to welcome turning 50. But when you’re already reed-thin, you aren’t trying to lose weight and you’re tired for no apparent reason, the scales offer a mixture of mystery and concern.

  • George Homich

    01.26.09 - A history buff in high school, and a history major in college, George Homich took an elective during his senior year at Old Dominion University that paved the way for a career and for his new job at NASA Langley as a photographer.

  • Sue Miller.

    Sue Miller

    01.20.09 - For many, our offices become our home away from home to decorate or make room for personal collections, but Sue Miller's office in the Technical Library stands out.

  • Dale Bowser.

    Dale Bowser

    01.12.09 - Dale Bowser recalls advice a NASA test pilot once gave his son, Stephen. "He said, 'if you really enjoy doing something, make that your job,' " said Bowser, crew chief of a King Air B200 airplane because he always wanted to work on aircraft.

  • Leila Vann.

    Lelia Vann

    01.05.09 - A confessed "foodie" who enjoys Belgian beer with dinner out, Lelia Vann copes with calories in the old-fashioned way. She gets up at 4:30 every weekday morning to run five miles in time to be at work as director of the Science Directorate by 7 a.m.

  • Sandra Myers.

    Sandra Myers

    12.29.08 - Sandra Myers believes in the Golden Rule, and she has enforced a few other rules along the way.

  • Pete Marty.

    Pete Marty

    12.22.08 - Walk into Pete Marty's office and there's no question about his life before NASA Langley. There are pictures of F-15s on every wall, and there's an eagle – it's the F-15 Eagle, after all – across from his desk.

  • Christina Fay.

    Christina Fay

    12.15.08 - Christina Fay learned a lot about herself after spending two weeks behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler.

  • Chris Wohl.

    Chris Wohl

    12.08.08 - “I defended my dissertation in early October and had my first brain surgery on October 26, 2006,” Chris Wohl began his story of the month in his life that began with him learning that he had a brain tumor.

  • Gary Qualls.

    Garry Qualls

    12.01.08 - Once he was a musician, fueled by an Elvis Presley concert in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1972. Garry Qualls celebrated finishing high school in Big Stone Gap, Va., by playing trumpet with a band that toured Europe.

  • Kim Sheffler.

    Kim Sheffler

    11.24.08 - Does the name Kim Sheffler ring a bell? If so, it probably has something to do with your NASA badge.

  • A young student gets some expert help from Vicki Crisp, Director of Langley's Aeronautics Directorate

    Vicki Crisp

    11.17.08 - Vicki Crisp is the Director of Aeronautics at NASA Langley who acknowledges a fear of heights, so she'll celebrate her 50th birthday by jumping out of a plane.

  • Dr. Tom Conage.

    Dr. Tom Conage

    11.10.08 - Dr. Tom Conage, medical director of the NASA clinic, measures his success by the lives he impacts, not only by medicine, but also by example.

  • Andrea Legreid.

    Andrea Legreid

    11.03.08 - Like many people on center, Andrea Legreid is caught in the middle of alphabet soup.

  • Rudo Kashiri.

    Rudo Kashiri

    10.27.08 - Rudo Kashiri appreciates the sounds of the beach after being born in Zimbabwe, a land locked country.

  • Takmeng Wong.

    Takmeng Wong

    10.20.08 - Thirty years ago, Takmeng Wong moved to the United States – without knowing any English.

  • Don Morrison.

    Don Morrison

    10.14.08 - Don Morrison is often referred to as “MacGyver.”

  • Tracey Silcox.

    Tracey Silcox

    10.06.08 - Tracey Silcox spent her summers in college drawing pastel portraits at Busch Gardens.

  • Joseph Zawodny.

    Joseph Zawodny

    09.29.08 - “My hobby is collecting hobbies,” explained Joseph Zawodny, a senior research scientist at NASA Langley. And his hobbies aren’t far from his work.

  • David Bowles.

    Dave Bowles

    09.22.08 - The clock on the credenza behind his desk is a reminder of the time, but more important of the calendar. Its face reads "Virginia Tech 2004 ACC Champions," and every time Dave Bowles looks back, he gets excited about what's ahead.

  • Erika Alston.

    Erica Alston

    09.15.08 - Erica Alston used criticism she received as a child as motivation for her career goals as an adult.

  • Jeff Pickering.

    Jeff Pickering

    09.08.08 - Walk into Jeff Pickering's office and you would know right away that he's a gearhead, even if you didn't look at the gas pumps in front of the building and the garage doors linking it to the outside world.

  • John Hefner.

    John Hefner

    08.25.08 - If it's Thursday, then John Hefner is at the Lackey Free Family Medicine Clinic in Yorktown.

  • Frank Mayhew.

    Frank Mayhew

    08.18.08 - Frank Mayhew calls the souped-up, customized Dodge Magnum sport wagon his "retirement car."

  • Josh and John Stadler.

    John Stadler

    08.08.08 - John Stadler and his wife Karen, are very proud of their children.

  • Kim Stone.

    Kim Stone

    08.01.08 - The door is shut to the office in Building 1195. Kim Stone is going into hyperdrive for August and September – for the final time.

  • Scott Verden.

    Scott Verden

    07.25.08 - Scott Verden enjoys riding his motorcycle, a Kawasaki Concours sport-tourer

  • Lynda Kramer.

    Lynda Kramer

    07.18.08 - Lynda Kramer’s career at NASA Langley began in 1987 as part of the Engineering Cooperative Education Program.

  • Billy Doggett.

    Billy Doggett

    07.11.08 - Billy Doggett’s workday is a busy one, partly because it doesn't end when he leaves Langley.

  • Stan Husch.

    Stan Husch

    07.03.08 - Stan Husch was a kid in a Peninsula vocational-technical school when the NASA recruiter came to call.

  • Luci Crittenden.

    Luci Crittenden

    06.27.08 - Luci Crittenden has been involved in the Langley Air Show for more than 12 years, and why not? She's involved in aviation with her family year-round.

  • Kristen Ruiz.

    Kristen Ruiz

    06.20.08 - Kristen Ruiz is a rising senior at Grafton High School and a participant in NASA Langley's DEVELOP program this summer. As part of her summer work at Langley, she attended NASA Day on the Hill.

  • Loreyna Yeung.

    Loreyna Yeung

    06.13.08 - Loreyna Yeung was born in Hong Kong and raised in Falls Church.

  • Emily Outen and April Sturgill.

    Emily Outen and April Sturgill

    06.06.08 - April Sturgill and Emily Outen have quite a few things in common.

  • Cecil Mellanson.

    Cecil Mellanson

    05.30.08 - Cecil Mellanson has 10 brothers and sisters, three children and eight grandchildren.

  • Donna Gilchrist.

    Donna Gilchrist

    05.23.08 - Donna Gilchrist decided it was time to do something for her.

  • Paul Banicevic.

    Paul Banicevic

    05.16.08 - Paul Banicevic continues to chase his dream of becoming an astronaut while working at NASA Langley as an aerospace flight systems engineer.

  • Tim Brinkley.

    Tim Brinkley

    05.09.08 - Tim Brinkley was working on a platform in Building 1232 when he met his future boss, Leon Council.

  • Vince Whitfield.

    Vince Whitfield

    05.02.08 - Vince Whitfield traveled all the way from London to Hampton to work at NASA Langley – for the second time.

  • Howard Knight

    Howard Knight

    04.25.08 - Howard Knight has been at NASA Langley for 20 years, following a family line that began here long before his arrival.

  • Bob Charles

    04.18.08 - Every day is Earth Day for Bob Charles, Langley's energy manager for the past five years.

  • Larry Cooper

    04.11.08 - Larry Cooper was a 19-year-old, going to college to play baseball. Then he was going into the Army, which was involved in Vietnam. Then he was suddenly and accidentally blinded in his right eye, nearly killed and with medical bills, little college and an uncertain future. He found that future at NASA Langley more than 34 years ago.

  • Eddie Carden.

    Eddie Carden

    04.04.08 - The sign on the cabinet door above Eddie Carden's head reads "Retirement: Because you've given so much of yourself to the company that you don't have anything left that we can use."

  • Center Snapshot

    03.28.08 - Millicent Allison, better known as 'Penny,' is well-known to anyone eating in the cafeteria at NASA Langley.

  • Lolia Deal checks inventory.

    Center Snapshot

    03.21.08 - Lolia Deal began working part-time at NASA Langley while she was still attending Phoebus High School in 1987.

  • Debbie Murray helps a LARSS student.

    Center Snapshot

    03.14.08 - Debbie Murray spends most of her time helping others.

  • Charlie Burtnette III.

    Center Snapshot

    3.7.08 - Charles Burtnette III builds things.

  • Jonathan Behun thumbnail center snapshot

    Center Snapshot

    2.29.08 - Jonathan Behun is a NASA Langley legacy.

  • Janis Hunt.

    Center Snapshot

    2.22.08 - Janis Hunt has been a "dog" person since her sophomore year in high school, when she was allowed to bring one into a household that at various times had up to 20 cats.

  • Waldo Rodriguez

    Center Snapshot

    10.01.05 - Waldo Rodriguez has been on the CALIPSO team for 2-1/2 years.