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[ KimHubbard/ARC - 6 - 08:57:58 ]
Good Morning! I'm Kim Hubbard and I'm ready to answer your questions.

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Hello and welcome to today's Black History Month chat with Kim Hubbard from NASA Ames Research Center! Currently, Kim Hubbard is working as part of a team to develop a new project called ScienceDesk. ScienceDesk will provide tools to members of science teams, located in different areas, allowing them to conduct research together. ScienceDesk will include tools for conducting experiments remotely, tracking scientific progress, and accessing information on the Internet.

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RE: [EdisonSchool] When did you know that you wanted to work at NASA?
Hi Edison School, I never actually planned to work at NASA. I was lucky enough to have someone recommend me for a summer position at NASA. I was hired and the summer position became a year-round part-time position while I went to school. Eventually I was hired as a full-time NASA engineer.

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RE: [EdisonSchool] I'm Lauren Meehan and I am from Edison Middle School in West Orange, New Jersey. How long have you wanted to be a computer engineer?
Hi Lauren, I've been interested in computers and programming since high school but I didn't seriously pursue a computer science/engineering career until about 9 years ago. I had recently left the Air Force and was looking for a job where I could do hands-on technical work. My jobs in the Air Force were project management work where I didn't do any programming.

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RE: [EdisonSchool] I am Lory Denis also, of Edison Middle School. I wanted to know do you enjoy doing what you do? WHY?
Hi Lory, I like my job very much most of the time. I get to work with some very nice and talented people. Also I have the opportunity to work on different projects. There is always something else to learn. I like developing and using new technical skills such as learning a new programming language or building a software application that will help prove a concept or help a scientist do her job better.

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RE: [EdisonSchool] My name is Stephanie Souffrant and I would like to know did you have an interest in science when you were younger?
Hi Stephanie, I've always been very interested in science. I enjoyed reading about biology and how the human body works. I took science during all four years of high school. I took physics and chemistry in college and a biology course after college. I also like reading about famous scientists such as Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, and Rosalind Franklin.

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RE: [Carlitos] How do you manage to balance work and home life?
Hi Carlitos, Well it's hard sometimes but I do the best I can. Fortunately my husband and I who also works full-team make a pretty good team for taking care our daughters and household. I also try to take good care of myself by eating right, getting regular exercise, and getting enough sleep. I also have a couple of hobbies for a creative outlet.

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RE: [EdisonSchool] This is Lauren Meehan again. I was wondering what you like most about your field of work?
Lauren, I guess what I like most is computer technology is changing all the time so there's always something else to learn. It's fun trying to keep up. It's also become very portable in terms of actual computing equipment and networking and that I can do my job either here at my office or from my home if I needed to.

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RE: [EdisonSchool] I am Lory Denis and I am an 8th grade student at Edison Middle School. If you had an idea of what you would do when you were in high school, what would you have said?
Lory, I would try to study very hard and try to figure out what subject I'd like the best which is what I did in high school by the way. When I graduated from high school, my good grades helped me earn college scholarships and get accepted into very good colleges. Also by the end of high school I realized I had a strong interest in math and science. I also liked history a lot. I hope this answers your question.

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RE: [EdisonSchool] Lory Denis again. What exactly do you do over the course of a day?
Lory, Currently I'm working with a team of about five other people on a software application that runs in a web page called the ScienceOrganizer. The application will allow scientists to enter data on experiments and retrieve this data for later study and analysis. To do this I have to program in a variety of programming languages: HTML, Perl, and Java. Since we've already defined what the ScienceOrganizer design, I've mostly just been doing programming and testing to make sure there are no major programming bugs.

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RE: [EdisonSchool] Lauren here. It says in your biography that you have a BS in Electrical Engineering. What exactly is Electrical Engineering
Lauren, Electrical Engineering is a very broad field. It includes the study of basic electronics principles so that people can make components for TVs, VCRs, cars, computers or power systems so that these devices can operate or that we have electricity in our homes.

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This concludes today's Black History Month chat with Kim Hubbard from NASA Ames Research Center. We would like to thank everyone for joining us today, and offer our special thanks to Kim Hubbard for sharing her career experience with us today. THANK YOU, Kim!

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RE: [Oran/NASAChatHost] This concludes today's Black History Month chat with Kim Hubbard from NASA Ames Research Center. We would like to thank everyone for joining us today, and offer our special thanks to Kim Hubbard for sharing her career experience with us today. THANK YOU, Kim!
Bye, It's been fun chatting with you!

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We invite you to join us for our next Black History Month chat with Dr. Patricia Cowings from NASA Ames Research. Please visit the Black History Month event schedule at http://quest.nasa.gov/qchats/special/mlk00 for more information about this and other upcoming chats with NASA experts. Have a great day!

[ KimHubbard/ARC - 34 - 09:54:43 ]
Oran, as usual it was lots of fun! You have a great day today too!