Angela Bowes

Angela Bowes is an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center who has ensured numerous complex aerospace systems perform as intended for mission success in her various project roles throughout her career.  Her background includes 20+ years of experience on multi-disciplinary projects in industry and across various NASA centers.  In her work on multiple NASA flight projects, Ms. Bowes has led and served as a subject matter expert on diverse teams through all phases of the mission cycle (concept formulation through flight operations).

Ms. Bowes comes to ARD on a detail assignment from her role in the Space Mission Analysis Branch (SMAB) in the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate supporting SMAB’s science portfolio and strategic analysis activities.  She has previously served on a detail assignment with the Langley Office of Director for the Langley Future of Work (FOW) Team as a deputy to the initiative lead.  Prior to the FOW detail, Ms. Bowes was a member of the Atmospheric Flight and Entry Systems Branch for 11 years where she performed analyses and developed high fidelity flight simulations to understand and predict vehicle flight dynamics for various projects including ALHAT, LDSD, ASPIRE, Commercial Crew Program, ExoBrake, LOFTID, MSR, & OSIRIS-REx.  Ms. Bowes started her NASA career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she performed mission design analyses as well as trajectory and orbit design on several projects including MRO, MSL, & DAWN. Prior to her time with NASA, Ms. Bowes worked at Honeywell Aerospace where she performed control analyses, project engineer functions, and participated in a continuous improvement program with an outside supplier to understand and effectively address supplier processes that were contributing to systemic issues of quality and performance.   

Ms. Bowes earned a B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.  Ms. Bowes is an active volunteer on the AIAA Astrodynamics Technical Committee, helping to organize AAS/AIAA conferences.  She also enjoys mentoring and participating in STEM outreach activities for girls and college students.