User:Dawndiddity/Emily Calandrelli

Emily Calandrelli is the host and producer of FOX's Xploration Outer Space, a show in the STEM series, Xploration Station. She was scouted by Executive Producer Steve Rotfeld based on promotional videos she created at West Virginia University to get students interested in STEM.

She is a professional speaker and presents on the topics of space exploration scientific literacy and equality of the sexes in STEM. As a speaker, Calandrelli is most well known for her TEDx talk, "I Don't Do Math" which was about the importance of scientific literacy among society today.

Calandrelli is also a contributing writer at TechCrunch where she writes on technology developments in the space industry.

Education
Calandrelli attended West Virginia University for her undergraduate education. She received a 4.0/4.0 GPA with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and in Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduation, Calandrelli moved to Xi'an China for a National Science Foundation internship. .

Calandrelli later attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her Masters. Her thesis work involved studying the feasibility of using contests as a technology procurement strategy for NASA.

In 2013, Calandrelli graduated with a Masters in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Masters in Technology and Policy.

Awards
While at West Virginia University Calandrelli was awarded the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, and was named their 2010 Ms. Mountaineer. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Calandrelli was awarded the Rene H. Miller Prize for the best piece of Systems Engineering work in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department.