thesis_year birth_place thesis_title nationality fields workplaces birth_date image article_title education name alma_mater
1976 east st. louis , missouri , usa computer science 's reincarnation of finite differences united states computer science united technology , university of delaware , dupont , cairo university states , american university in cairo , jet propulsion laboratory army research laboratory , georgia institute of 2 january 1938 dana_ulery . jpg dana ulery
 ba university of delaware , 1972 ; phd , university of , delaware , 1975 . grinnell college , 1959 ; ms , dana l. ulery grinnell college , university of delaware
dana ulery

dr. dana ulery -lrb- born 1938 -rrb- is an american computer scientist and pioneer in scientific computing applications .
she began her career in 1961 as the first woman engineer at the nasa jet propulsion laboratory -lrb- pasadena , ca -rrb- , designing and developing algorithms to model nasa 's deep space network capabilities and automating real-time tracking systems for the ranger and mariner space missions using a north american aviation recomp ii , 40-bit word size computer .
over the course of her career , she has held positions as an applied science and technology researcher and manager in industry , academia , and government .
in 2007 , she retired from her position as chief scientist of the computational and information sciences directorate at the united states army research laboratory -lrb- arl -rrb- .
ulery was among the first group of female managers at the us army research laboratory .
in these positions , she was also appointed chair of the us army materiel command knowledge management council , and in 2002 was awarded the army knowledge award for best transformation initiative .
she is listed in american men and women of science , who 's who of american women , who 's who in the east , who 's who in the world , and who 's who in america .
ulery received her ba from grinnell college in 1959 , with a double major in english literature and mathematics .
she earned her ms and phd in computer science from the university of delaware , in 1972 and 1975 respectively .
in 1976 , she accepted visiting faculty appointments at cairo university in egypt and the american university in cairo .
on her return to the u.s. , she joined the engineering services division of the dupont company , where she worked as a computer scientist and technical manager .
in the early 1980s , ulery led initiatives to develop and deploy enterprise-wide process manufacturing systems to evaluate and control product quality at dupont sites , and for these achievements was awarded the dupont engineering award for leadership of corporate quality computer systems .
specifically , she played an active role in establishment of edi standards , international standards for electronically exchanging technical information used by business and government .
she initiated and led multidisciplinary programs at arl to advance research in multi-source information fusion and situational understanding applied to non-traditional battle environments and homeland defense .
in the 1990s , ulery served for many years as pan american delegate to the united nations electronic data interchange for administration , commerce , and trade -lrb- un/edifact -rrb- .
she was chair of the un/edifact multimedia objects working group and chair of the un/edifact product data working group , leading early international development of standards for electronic commerce .
