Join us Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at the Breakfast Club with Dr. Sheri Feth

Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Breakfast 7:15 AM | Program 7:45 AM

Location: The Jackson Center | 6001 Moquin Drive Huntsville, Alabama 35806

Dr. Sheri Feth - Director of Innovation, Science and Technology at Missile Defense Agency

Dr. Shari Feth has a broad technical background with over 30 years of  experience spanning systems engineering from fundamental  research   &  development  to  test  and  fielding.  Her  experience  includes   materials  science,  electro-magnetics, sensors and missile defense  systems. She has been with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for over 13  years. Prior to that, she worked in the NASA Space Architects Office and  conducted fundamental scientific research at Marshall Space Flight  Center. She is currently the Director, Science and Technology at MDA in  Huntsville where she is responsible for the science and technology  efforts across the Agency and the strategic alignment of those efforts  with  Department  of  Defense  priorities.  Previously  she  was  the   Deputy  Ballistic  Missile  Defense  System  (BMDS)  Architect where she  was responsible for analysis, guidance and planning of future missile  defense capability and the Chief Engineer for the Sensors Directorate  where she was responsible for engineering MDA’s radars. She also held  positions as the Chief Systems Engineer of the Sensor’s Directorate, the  Sensors Engineering Functional Lead and a Test Mission Manager. Dr.  Feth’s earlier career included positions on a Systems Engineering Tiger  Team working initial development, trade studies and requirements  definition for future NASA manned and cargo vehicles, and as a research  scientist for semiconductor material development. Prior to completing  her Ph.D. she worked at Idaho National Engineering Labs (INEL) and Oak  Ridge National Labs (ORNL) in optical sensing and crystal growth,  respectively. She  conducted  fundamental  research  in  materials   engineering,  semiconductor  crystal  growth,  in-situ  monitoring,   optics,  non-destructive  testing,  and  fiber  optics.  She  received   her  Bachelors  and  Masters  degrees  in  Electrical  Engineering from  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech) and  completed her education with a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from VA  Tech in 1996.