{"id":425106,"date":"2017-03-16T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/annie-easley-computer-scientist-mathematician\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:40:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:40:15","slug":"annie-easley-computer-scientist-mathematician","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/annie-easley-computer-scientist-mathematician\/","title":{"rendered":"Annie Easley, Computer Scientist and Mathematician"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"1337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Annie Easley at NASA\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg?resize=234,300 234w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg?resize=768,986 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg?resize=797,1024 797w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg?resize=311,400 311w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg?resize=467,600 467w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg?resize=701,900 701w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1981-c-03692.jpg?resize=934,1200 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1955, Easley began her career at NASA, then the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as a human computer performing complex mathematical calculations.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 1955, Annie Easley began her career at NASA, then the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as a human computer performing complex mathematical calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When human computers were replaced by machines, Easley evolved along with the technology. She became an adept computer programmer, using languages like the Formula Translating System (Fortran) to support a number of NASA’s programs. She developed and implemented code used in researching energy-conversion systems, analyzing alternative power technology\u2014including the battery technology that was used for early hybrid vehicles, as well as for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/glenn\/about\/history\/centaur.html\">Centaur<\/a> upper-stage rocket. Her contributions to the Centaur project framed the technological foundation for launching future satellites and space vehicles, including the 1997 launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/cassini\/main\/index.html\">Cassini<\/a> to Saturn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in her career at NASA, she took on the additional role of equal employment opportunity (EEO) counselor. In this role she helped supervisors address issues of gender, race, and age in discrimination complaints at the lowest level and in the most cooperative way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annie Easley retired in 1989 after 34 years with NASA. She passed away on June 25, 2011. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/annie-easley\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Read Annie Easley's Biography\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Read Annie Easley's Biography<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/history-publications-and-resources\/oral-histories\/annie-easley-oral-history\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Excerpts from Easley's Oral History\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Excerpts from Easley's Oral History<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. 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