Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BSEE, MS)
Known for
Project lead for Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which made the first extraterrestrial powered, controlled flight on April 19, 2021
Children
2
Awards
100 Women, member of the National Academy of Engineering
Scientific career
Fields
Electrical engineering, space science
Institutions
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Amazon Kuiper Systems
MiMi Aung (Burmese: မိမိအောင်, Burmese pronunciation:[mḭmḭàʊɰ̃]; born 1968) is a Burmese-American engineer. Currently, she is director of technical program management for Amazon's Project Kuiper, an initiative to increase broadband internet access through an array of satellites in low Earth orbit.
Aung was born in the United States, where her parents met, though her family returned to Burma when she was 2 years old.[1] After spending her childhood in Burma and Malaysia, Aung returned to the United States at age 16 and studied engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received her Bachelor's and master's degrees.
In 1990, she joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).[2] She was a lead engineer on the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, the first extraterrestrial aircraft.[3] On February 18, 2021, Ingenuity arrived on Mars, and on April 19 it took its first 39-second flight.[4] Aung said, it “was an incredible moment” and “This morning our dream came true.” The flight was being compared to the first flight in 1903 of the Wright brothers' airplane, a small piece of which was carried by the helicopter to Mars.[5]
^"Meet the Burmese American who led NASA's flight on Mars". U.S. Embassy in Georgia. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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^Park, Joseph (9 April 2021). "Illinois ECE Alumna Oversees NASA'S Ingenuity Helicopter Mission". The Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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^Hartman, Leigh (26 April 2021). "Meet the Burmese American who led NASA's flight on Mars". SHAREAMERICA. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
MiMiAung (Burmese: မိမိအောင်, Burmese pronunciation: [mḭmḭ àʊɰ̃]; born 1968) is a Burmese-American engineer. Currently, she is director of technical...
surface mobility technology. He is recipient of two NASA awards. In 2012 MiMiAung was leading then JPL director Charles Elachi on a tour of the Autonomous...
Tala Mi Saw, who per (Pan Hla 2005: 224) was married to the famous general Smin Bayan. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 213, 218 Pan Hla 2005: 224 Aung-Thwin...
Nyin Yat Bu", featuring singer Yair Yint Aung. On 27 September 2017, energy drink M-150. Official page on Mi Sandi G Fatt (Burmese: သီဆိုထားတဲ့ ပုံစံခွက်ထဲကဘဝများ);...
MiMiAung (April 17, 2021). "Why We Choose to Try Our First Helicopter Flight on Monday". Status #293. NASA/JPL. Retrieved July 25, 2021. MiMiAung (April...
disagreement with his brother Kyawswa. Luce, Pe 1960: 179 Harvey 1925: 78–80 Htin Aung 1967: 71–79 Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380 Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma:...
the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University...
artists are Lun Gywe, Aung Kyaw Htet, MPP Yei Myint, Myint Swe, Min Wai Aung, Aung Myint, Kin Maung Yin, Po Po and Zaw Zaw Aung. Because of Myanmar's...
Thihathu was only six years old at the time. Historians G.E. Harvey and Htin Aung follow the main chronicles' narrative that she became a queen of Minkhaung...
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boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. Khame Mi (Burmese: ခမည်းမိ, pronounced [kʰəmɛ́ mḭ]) was the first chief queen consort of King Swa Saw Ke...
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