Kate Tice is quite diverse, having worked in industry since 2008, and includes the F-35 jet engine, diapers, beer, automobile components, agricultural drive shafts, rockets, and spaceships. Visit my LinkedIn profile for additional information.
Working with brilliant brains at SpaceX on our aim to transform humanity into a multiplanetary species has been the professional high point for me.
One of my major responsibilities is to ignite the next generation of female STEM stars via participation, mentorship, and education, and I utilise rocket science to pique people’s interest in the subject.
Since I can remember, I have been captivated by anything that can resist gravity. I followed my passion and became an engineer with Space Exploration Technologies in March 2015. I work with NASA to certify the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to transport future astronauts to the International Space Station as part of my present position. I also like explaining rocket physics to a wider audience as the host of SpaceX’s live webcasts of rocket launches.
The Apex Protection Project, a 501c3 nonprofit organisation devoted to conserving wolves and wolfdogs via educational experiences, rescue, and advocacy, is where I spend my weekends as an active volunteer and the organization’s primary grant writer. There, I contribute to the organization’s efforts to support a countrywide network of wolf & wolfdog sanctuaries in the rescue and placement of animals across the United States as well as aid give shelter and protection for rescued wolfdogs.
I spend much of my free time trying to restore my LandCruiser in order to be ready for our next outdoor excursion while I’m not at SpaceX or Apex.
B.S. in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering with majors in Leadership Development and Spanish from The Pennsylvania State University.