Lec 15 MIT 16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2005
Professor Sheila Widnall. We are really lucky that she is able to come and talk to us today. She has been here at MIT since 1964 as a professor and then as provost, but she didn't serve very long as provost because she was assigned to go to Washington by the President to be the Secretary of the Air Force, which she did for almost five years, I guess. Four years. Then came back here. And she is now an institute professor which basically means you can do anything you want, right, including come and talk to our class. In particular, Professor Widnall was on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. And that specifically is what she's going to talk to us about today, along with just general comments about how this relates back to systems engineering, the design, operation of the Shuttle, and basically anything else that you would like to say because it is your time. So thanks for being with us, Sheila. OK. Well, thank you, Jeff. As I understand the schedule. It is tw...