Aprille Ericsson-Jackson American aerospace engineer
Aprille J. Ericsson-Jackson (born April 1, 1963) is an American aerospace engineer. Ericsson-Jackson is the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard University and the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).