Warren Hoburg
Woody Hoburg | |
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Born | Warren Woodrow Hoburg September 16, 1985 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD) |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 185d 22h 43m |
Selection | NASA Group 22 (2017) |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 11h 38m |
Missions | SpaceX Crew-6 (Expedition 68/69) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrical engineering Computer science |
Thesis | Aircraft Design Optimization as a Geometric Program (2013) |
Warren Woodrow "Woody" Hoburg (born September 16, 1985) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut.
Early life and education
[edit]Warren Hoburg was born on September 16, 1985, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Jim and Peggy Hoburg. While attending North Allegheny High School he participated in the first-ever Team America Rocketry Challenge and competed in the national finals. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008. He earned a Master of Science in 2011, followed by a Ph.D. in 2013, in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2][3]
Academic career
[edit]After completing his doctorate, Hoburg worked in product development at Boeing until 2014, when he became an assistant professor at MIT. He served as a sponsor for the capstone project Jungle Hawk Owl, which is a UAV sponsored by the US Air Force. He also manages the geometric programming Python package GPKit.[1][3][4]
NASA career
[edit]In 2017, Hoburg was selected as an astronaut candidate in NASA Astronaut Group 22, and began the two-year training in August.[1][5] In December 2020 he was announced as one of the eighteen NASA astronauts selected as part of the Artemis Program for a lunar mission in 2024.[6]
He was the pilot of SpaceX Crew-6 that launched on March 2, 2023.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Hoburg is an avid rock climber, mountaineer, and pilot. He has previously worked with Yosemite Search & Rescue[1][8] and the Bay Area Mountain Rescue Unit.[9]
Awards and honors
[edit]Hoburg was a National Science Foundation research fellow from 2009 to 2013, and is a two-time recipient of the AIAA Aeronautics and Astronautics Teaching Award.[1]
References
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This article incorporates public domain material from NASA (January 2020). Warren Hoburg (PDF). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved July 6, 2021. (Official NASA bio).
- ^ a b c d e Garcia, Mark (February 7, 2018). "Astronaut Candidate Warren Hoburg". NASA. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "Warren Woodrow "Woody" Hoburg". Biographies of U.S. Astronauts. Spacefacts. April 18, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ a b "Warren Hoburg". Faculty List. Massachusetts Institute of Technology AeroAstro. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ Mervis, Jeffrey (August 15, 2017). "An MIT professor's bittersweet departure for astronaut training". Science. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ Harwood, William (June 7, 2017). "NASA introduces 12 new astronauts". CBS News. CBS Broadcasting. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ "NASA: The Artemis Team". NASA. June 4, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Two Astronauts Receive Assignments for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
- ^ Laura Panjwani (December 19, 2017). "Engineer of Game-Changing Drone Warren "Woody" Hoburg Named 2017 Innovator of the Year".
- ^ Crowley, Magdalene L. (January 8, 2020). "Warren Hoburg graduates from NASA's Artemis astronaut training program". EECS at UC Berkeley. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- 1985 births
- Living people
- American aerospace engineers
- American astronauts
- American aviators
- Crew members of the International Space Station
- Engineers from Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
- MIT School of Engineering alumni
- People from Pittsburgh
- Spacewalkers
- UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
- SpaceX astronauts