Theresa Lynn Johnson

abqpv9@r.postjobfree.com

650-***-**** PO BOX 17587 STANFORD, CA 94309

EDUCATION

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

PhD Candidate Aeronautics and Astronautics (GPA 3.25) Stanford, CA

(National Science Foundation Graduate Reasearch Fellowship Recipient)

M.S. Aeronautics and Astronautics Dec. 2010 Stanford, CA

B.S. Science Technology & Society June 2006 Stanford, CA

Concentration: Human Robot Interaction (GPA 3.67)

PROGRAM ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Jan. May 2011 Stanford, CA

Stanford Graduate School of Business

STANFORD CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION April - June 2004 Kyoto, Japan

Concentration: Robotics & Globalization

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

SPACE ENVIRONMENT AND SATELLITE SYSTEMS Summer 2010 - Present Stanford, CA

Advisor: Prof. Sigrid Close

Developing suite of ground-based tests at Max Planck Institute, Germany for testing failure resulting from

electromagnetic pulses delivered to satellites by way of plasma produced during hypervelocity meteor impacts.

Managing a team of peer and senior scientists along with international collaborators.

Publications/Posters/Presentations List available on request

PROGRAMMABLE OPEN MOBILE INTERFACES Academic Year 2009-2010 Stanford, CA

Advisor: Dr. Paul Kim

Research in applying mobile technology to education in developing nations. Taught students in Addis Abeba,

Ethiopia STEM subjects using mobile devices for documentation, assessment and learning.

AIRCRAFT AERODYNAMICS AND DESIGN GROUP Academic Year 2009-2010 Stanford, CA

Advisor: Prof. Ilan Kroo

Built, flew and collected data for a tethered aerodynamic body. Used OpenCV and a suite of computer vision tools

for analysis of tether aerodynamics for applications to high-altitude wind energy capture devices. Presented at

SBSE Aerospace, 2010.

HUMAN ROBOT TEAMS Academic Year 2007-2008 Stanford, CA

Advisor: Prof. Cliff Nass

Designed Human subjects research project assessing the impacts of robot blame on human-robot teams.

Resulting publication:

V. Groom, J. Chen and T. Johnson (2009). Human Robot Interaction 2010: Proceedings of the 5th Annual Human

Robot Interaction Conference, Osaka, Japan, March 2-5, 2010

WORK EXPERIENCE

MS&E 273 Technology Venture Formation, Teaching Assistant Sept 2011 May 2013 Stanford, CA

NASA/Red Planet Capital, Advisory Consultant

Provided NASA with recommendations on how to proceed with an investment strategy. Conducted interviews with

10+ industry leaders in Space Technology and Venture Capital. Worked alongside principals from Draper Fisher

Jurvetson and Founders Fund.

NASA Ames, Intelligent Robotics Research Fellow Sept 2006. - Dec. 2006 Mountain View, CA

Designed and refined embedded software for a compliant grasp robotic hand in C++; Translated development

libraries from Windows to Linux when an operating system change was required

EVENTS@STANFORD, Project Manager Jan - June 2005 Stanford, CA

Hired and directed a team of video engineers and web designers to enhance website content, enable RSS event

feeds, simplify video submission, secure financing, market to users and install interactive advertising panels in

strategic campus locations

IBM CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, Intern May Aug, 2005 Arnonk, NY

One of 12 inaugural students chosen from over 500 applicants for IBM s innovative Global Corporate Financial

Leadership program; Intensive Business training; spent several weeks shadowing the Treasurer, CFO and SVP's of

IBM. Established, executed, and evaluated performance measurements for US, MX and CA cash management trade

desks.

IBM TOKYO RESEARCH LABORATORY, Internet Technologies Intern May-Aug 2004 Tokyo, Japan

Designed a Java based eclipse plug-in and GUI allowing for business level web services security implementation.

My work helped the project reach full funding for research and deployment through IBM Business Services.

Siemans and Lufthansa Conference on Globalization, Guest presenter on behalf of SCTI Berlin, Germany

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

STANFORD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Class of 2006 Reunion Homecoming Co-Chair

STANFORD UNIVERSITY TRIATHLON TEAM, Fundraising Co-Chair, The Stanford Fund Liason

AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Co-chair

Selected for participation in the student run committee to translate student concerns and desires into measurable

outcomes for the department.

LANGUAGES & SKILLS

Japanese (Business Proficiency), Spanish (Conversational Proficiency)

C, C++, JAVA, HTML, MATLAB, OpenCV, Mathematica, Excel, NEC4, SolidWorks, SPICE

HONORS & AWARDS

Stanford Deans Award Recipient National Achievement Scholar

Freeman-Asia Scholar Byrd Scholar

Congressional Caucus Scholar National Society of Black Engineers Scholar

Coca-Cola Scholar Stanford BCSC Sophomore of the Year

MIT MITE2S Program William H. Ramsey "Top

Student" Award Winner

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

Stanford Triathlon Team, International Travel

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