US embassy applauds Nigeria-born engineer for leading NASA flight safety research

[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 23/02/2026

The Embassy of the United States, Abuja has commended Nigerian-born aerospace engineer Wendy Okolo for her pioneering contributions to aviation research at the NASA Ames Research Center.In a post shared on its official X platform, the embassy described Okolo as a trailblazing Nigerian-American scientist whose work is advancing flight safety and control systems within the U.S. space agency.Okolo earned her doctorate at just 26 years old, becoming the first Black woman to obtain a PhD in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.She subsequently joined the National (…)

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