Widnall

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United States Secretary of the Air Force academic aerospace engineer government official human

Widnall is the surname of Sheila Widnall, an American aerospace engineer and former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force.

Aliases (1)

Sheila Widnall ×43

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of the Air Force → academic → aerospace engineer → government official → human →
affiliation	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → U.S. Department of the Air Force →
areaOfInfluence	U.S. Air Force policy → aerospace engineering →
awardReceived	membership in the National Academy of Engineering → membership in the National Academy of Sciences → various honors in aerospace engineering →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Widnall →
fieldOfWork	aeronautics → aerospace engineering → fluid dynamics →
givenName	Sheila →
hasSurname	Widnall →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Sheila Widnall →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableFor	being one of the first women tenured in MIT School of Engineering → being the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Air Force → research on aeroelasticity → research on fluid mechanics of aircraft wakes →
notableRole	civilian leader of the U.S. Air Force →
occupation	aerospace engineer → government official → professor → university administrator →
positionHeld	MIT Institute Professor → President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science → Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT → United States Secretary of the Air Force →
residence	United States of America →
sexOrGender	female →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sheila Widnall → Sheila Widnall →	familyName
Sheila Widnall →	hasSurname