March 5, 1999

NASA Web Page Features Chat Sessions With Female Role Models

By BIANCA P. FLOYD

As an aerospace engineer, Aprille Ericcson-Jackson uses computers to test the flightworthiness of spacecraft designs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. As an educator and a woman, however, she uses computers for something more down-to-earth: Over the Internet, she encourages women in high school and college to pursue careers in mathematics, science, and engineering.

Ms. Ericcson-Jackson is one of a number of women