Jani Macari Pallis facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Jani Macari Pallis
|
|
|---|---|
| Occupation | Mechanical Engineer |
| Known for | Cislunar Aerospace, Biomedical Engineering Principles in Sports, the big book of air and space flight activities |
Jani Macari Pallis is a super smart engineer who loves to figure out how things work! She's the boss (CEO) of a company called Cislunar Aerodynamics in San Francisco, California. She also teaches mechanical engineering at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Jani is an expert in three cool areas: how things fly through the air (aerodynamics), how engineering helps the human body (biomedical engineering), and the science behind sports (sports science).
She was probably the first mechanical engineer to study special items from the famous Wright Brothers at the Franklin Institute. The Wright Brothers were pioneers in flight!
Jani also used to write a monthly column called "Tennis SET" for The Tennis Server. In her column, she shared exciting facts about the science, engineering, and technology used in tennis.
Learning and Degrees
Jani Macari Pallis studied at some amazing universities to become the expert she is today!
- She earned her first two degrees, a Bachelor's and a Master's, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. While there, she was part of a women's group called Alpha Gamma Delta.
- She then got another Master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
- Her highest degree, a PhD, was in mechanical and aeronautical engineering from the University of California, Davis.
