From BSU to NASA Engineer
From BSU to NASA, an Alumni’s interplanetary journey to Mars and beyond as a Systems Engineer and Data Scientist. What is it like to work on NASA’s most advanced robotic explorers and how do you innovate within a large organization? Your life as a professional may just be starting at BSU, and given the right mix of entrepreneurship and tools in your professional toolbox, your education will take you places you can only imagine.
Dan Isla, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Presented September 4, 2015
About the Presenter
Dan Isla is a Boise native who graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boise State University in 2009 and joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an Electrical Systems Engineer. Dan worked on Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity Rover mission as a member of the Assembly Test and Launch Operations (ATLO) team where he gave his ‘GO for launch’ November 2011 from Cape Canaveral Florida. After launch he joined the Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) team to prepare Curiosity for it’s “7 Minutes of Terror” landing event.