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AMRI
HERNANDEZ-PELLERANO
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
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Power System Electronics Designer
Since 1992, Ms. Amri I. Hernandez-Pellerano
has been working for the Power Systems Branch (PSB) at Goddard
Space Flight Center (GSFC). She is a Power System Electronics
designer and has been involved in the design and implementation
of power system electronics (PSE) for various scientific spacecrafts.
These include The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM),
the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP), & the Earth Observing-1
(EO-1) which are currently still in operation. She is currently
working on the Space Technology-5 (ST5), the Solar Dynamics
Observatory (SDO), the Lunar Reconnaissance Observer (LRO)
and the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satelite de Applicaciones Cientificas
D) missions.
She designs, builds and tests
the electronics that will regulate the solar array power in
order to charge the spacecraft battery and distribute power
to the different loads or users inside the spacecraft. This
is a very challenging and interesting work where she and her
team strive to provide state-of-the-art technology for every
design. Every mission is different and presents her the opportunity
to learn as well as to be creative and put to the test her
electrical engineering skills.
She has won numerous performance
and team awards for her. In 2003, she received the GSFC Engineering
Achievement Award for her design of the Power Systems Electronics
for the MAP mission. (More about the MAP mission at http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov).
In addition to her engineering
work, she is the chair for the Hispanic Advisory Committee
for Employees (HACE) at GSFC. This committee works with the
Equal Opportunity Office and, among other responsibilities,
serves as a focal point
for the concerns of Hispanic employees on matters affecting
their employment at GSFC.
She was born and raised in the
island of Puerto Rico. Through her school years, she always
enjoyed math and science. Her parents always encouraged her
to pursue a college education and they always emphasized the
advantages of obtaining a college degree. She completed her
Electrical Engineering Bachelor (BSEE) degree at the University
of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. While in college, she had
the opportunity to work at GSFC as a summer intern. Because
of that valuable experience she recommends to every young
student to obtain a summer opportunity in his or her field
of interest.. Soon after college, she started working at GSFC
full time. While working full time, GSFC provided her the
opportunity to complete a Master degree in Electrical Engineering
from The Johns Hopkins University.
She has a beautiful and happy
family that gives her great joy. They enjoy spending time
together at their kids' activities. In her spare time (something
hard to find), she likes book scrapping, painting and playing
the piano. She has found through the years that, although
sometimes hard, it is very important to balance work-life
and family-life.
She likes to encourage young
people to put a lot of effort into obtaining a college degree
in an area of their interest. We can all be creative and contribute
to a better life for ourselves, our families and our society.
Keep up to the
good work!
AUGUST 2004
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