Julie Wertz Chen

Julie Wertz Chen
EducationS.B., S.M, Ph.D. of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
SpouseAl Chen
Scientific career
Thesis“Expected productivity-based risk analysis in conceptual design : with application to the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer mission” (2006)
Doctoral advisorDave Miller
Engineering career
DisciplineSystems Engineering
Employer(s)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ProjectsInSight

Julie Wertz Chen is an American aerospace engineer. She has been a systems engineer for the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Cassini, and InSight Mars missions. She is currently working on the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Julie Wertz-Chen". C-SPAN. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Mission To Mars". Rolling Stone. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Landing on Mars is harder than you think. Here's how NASA prepares". National Geographic. 21 November 2018. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. ^ "InSight: Nasa's Mars mission on target for landing". BBC. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2021.