Theresa Debban

Theresa Debban
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Theresa will earn her bachelors degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University this May, after 5 years at Purdue and 5 co-op work tours at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas.At JSC, Theresa worked in the Engineering and Mission Operations Directorates.During 3 tours in the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division in the Engineering Directorate, Theresa worked on the X-38 flight control system, trajectory and mission studies for human and robotic missions to Mars, and the X-38 parafoil deployment.Teresas 2 tours in Mission Operations saw her conduct East Coast Abort Landing analyses for Space Shuttle launches, learn to fly the Shuttle simulators, take classes with astronauts on Space Station maintenance procedures, and write technical briefs on the Space Station berthing mechanisms.All in all, Theresa sums up her JSC work as "not a bad way to spend 5 semesters of an undergraduate career and certainly worth the extra year toward graduation."

Now in her final semester at Purdue, Theresa is conducting research on Low-Thrust Gravity-Assist Trajectories for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and is focusing her senior design work on an Aerospace Reconnaissance Vehicle.

Next fall, Theresa will start her graduate studies in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue.Aside from her aerospace studies, Theresa participates extensively in the Purdue bands, including Purdues "All-American" Marching Band and the Purdue Symphonic Band.Theresa is a member of Tau Beta Sigma and the National Band Honorary Service Sorority, and she enjoys dancing (ballet and swing), theater, pick-up soccer, and (starting soon, she hopes) amateur astronomy.

Theresa wishes to extend her heartfelt thanks to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation for providing her with such wonderful support, both financial and personal, over the past two years.
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Matt and his wife, Tessa (a registered nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Massachusetts) live in Arlington.