Kenneth Harris II

Kenneth Fitzgerald Harris II (born April 13, 1992) is an American engineer, who works with the Goddard Space Flight Center. He has worked on several flight projects including the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Satellite (MMS), the Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite (GPM), and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). He was the Deputy Lead Integration Engineer[5] for the James Webb Space Telescope ISIM IEC, which houses the computing and electrical resources for the satellite. The media has portrayed him as a "Face of NASA"[6] saying "He has worked on five different satellite missions since he started working at NASA at age 16"[7] and he is "the youngest African-Americans to lead integration efforts on the telescope."[8]

Kenneth Harris II
Born (1992-04-13) April 13, 1992
Mitchellville, MD
Alma materUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County[1]
Johns Hopkins University[2]
OccupationEngineer
Scientific Career
Years active2008 - Present
Known forJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST)[3]
Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Satellite (MMS)
Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite (GPM)
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)[4]
Websitewww.kennethfharris.com

Career
Integrating the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Education

Kenneth Harris obtained his Masters degree (2017) from Johns Hopkins University in Engineering Management and his Bachelors of Science (2014) from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Mechanical Engineering.[9][10]

Awards and Honors

Resources
  1. "Retriever Engineer Seeks Space - Kenneth Harris II '14". UMBC Magazine. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. Dec 10, Jacob deNobel / Published; 2019 (2019-12-10). "Ten Johns Hopkins faculty, students, and alumni named to 30 Under 30 list". The Hub. Retrieved 2020-06-07.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Gutro, Rob (January 30, 2020). "NASA Engineer Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators" (PDF). The Prince George's Post. 88 (No. 5). p. A1 & A3. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  4. https://www.nasa.gov/careers/diversity/Kenneth
  5. Gutro, Rob (January 30, 2020). "NASA Engineer Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators" (PDF). The Prince George's Post. 88 (No. 5). p. A1 & A3. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  6. Patrinos, Thalia (2020-03-02). "Senior Satellite Engineer Kenneth Harris II". NASA. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. Hille, Karl (2020-01-22). "Engineer Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators". NASA. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  8. Gayle (ABC7), Anna-Lysa (2020-02-21). "Prince George's County man honored on Forbes '30 under 30' list". WJLA. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  9. Dec 10, Jacob deNobel / Published; 2019 (2019-12-10). "Ten Johns Hopkins faculty, students, and alumni named to 30 Under 30 list". The Hub. Retrieved 2020-06-07.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "Retriever Engineer Seeks Space - Kenneth Harris II '14". UMBC Magazine. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  11. "Kenneth Harris". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  12. "Making History Integrating $10 Billion Satellites for NASA, Kenneth Harris Named NextGen for Industry". www.thomasnet.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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