{"id":90358,"date":"2021-01-14T19:46:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T00:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-466863"},"modified":"2023-05-25T18:30:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:30:30","slug":"cynthia-j-bixby","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/cynthia-j-bixby\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynthia J. Bixby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Portrait of Armstrong chief engineer Cynthia Bixby\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 46% 26%; object-position: 46% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg 2319w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=768,1022 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=769,1024 769w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=1154,1536 1154w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=1539,2048 1539w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=301,400 301w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=451,600 451w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=676,900 676w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=902,1200 902w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CJ-Bixby_ED15-0002-46_2.jpg?resize=1503,2000 1503w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Cynthia J. Bixby<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Armstrong Chief Engineer<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cynthia J. \u201cCJ\u201d Bixby is the chief engineer at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Appointed to this position in October 2020, she provides independent technical guidance and oversight to Armstrong flight projects and programs to ensure conformance with center and agency standards, policies and processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, as chair of the Airworthiness and Flight Safety Review Board, she determines and provides the appropriate level of independent technical review for each project prior to flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bixby was the deputy director for the Research and Engineering Directorate at NASA Armstrong from February 2019 until her current position.  Previously, she served as the chief of the Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Branch. Prior to becoming chief of the SE&I Branch, she was chief of the Flight Systems Branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She began her career at Lockheed Martin where she participated in integrating aircraft systems in preparation for flight and planned and executed developmental and experimental flight tests on several aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bixby came to NASA Armstrong as a contractor in 2002, working as a flight system engineer on C-17 REFLECS and ACCESS 5 projects. She began her federal career at NASA Armstrong in 2006, participating in systems engineering efforts on Orion Pad Abort testing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/programs_projects\/UAS_in_the_NAS\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/programs_projects\/ACTE\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge<\/a> flight experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education and Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bixby holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. She is the recipient of a NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynthia J. \u201cCJ\u201d Bixby is the chief engineer at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Appointed to this position in October 2020, she provides independent technical guidance and oversight to Armstrong flight projects and programs to ensure conformance with center and agency standards, policies and processes. 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