Jani Macari Pallis is the founder and CEO of
Cislunar Aerodynamics in
San Francisco, California
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. She is also an
associate professor of
mechanical engineering
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at the
University of Bridgeport
The University of Bridgeport (UB) is a private university in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. In 2021, the university was purchased by Goodwin University; it retain its own ...
in
Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her areas of expertise are
aerodynamics
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,
biomedical engineering
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, and
Sports science
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.
Pallis is believed to be the first mechanical engineer to examine the
Wright Brothers artifacts at the
Franklin Institute
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.
Pallis wrote a monthly column, "Tennis SET," at ''The Tennis Server''. The column featured tennis science, engineering, and technology.
Education
* Bachelor's and master's degrees from
Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was a member of the women's fraternity
Alpha Gamma Delta
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* Master's degree in mechanical engineering from
University of California, Berkeley
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* PhD in mechanical and aeronautical engineering from
University of California, Davis
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Publications
Hung and Pallis, ''Biomedical Engineering Principles in Sports''
Pallis, ''the big book of air and space flight activities''
[Part of a ]NASA
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-sponsored program to provide aerodynamics education for children
References
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Georgia Tech alumni
University of California, Davis alumni
UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
University of Bridgeport faculty
American women engineers
American women chief executives
American chief executives
Living people
21st-century women engineers
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women academics
21st-century American women