Dava Newman

Dava J. Newman is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is most notable for assisting NASA in developing new space activity suits, namely the Bio-Suit, which will provide pressure mechanically, rather than with pressurized gas. The suit is designed to help astronauts move around more easily than gas-filled suits allow.

External links

• Brief bio page at MIT website
• Dava Newman Playlist Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler radio show February 18, 2004
• Safeguarding astronauts’ hands, R&D Magazine

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