International Women's Day
Electrical Eminence: GE Vernova’s Vera Silva Stuck With Her Vision, and Two Major Awards Speak to the Results
When she learned that she’d been inducted into two of the world’s most prestigious science academies, Vera Silva felt, naturally enough, electrified.
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What Next? For Royal Air Force Veteran Hannah Gray, GE Aerospace Provided the Perfect Answer
The GE Aerospace Blog recently sat down with Hannah Gray, who this year was a finalist in the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards for her work as an advocate for veterans transitioning into commercial careers. She leads GE Aerospace’s Military Officer Leadership Program for the U.K. and is also a regular speaker at Officers Association and Forces Employment Charity employment summits, specifically supporting female veterans and those interested in commercial careers.
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The Power of Three: How Family Transcends Flight at GE Aerospace
For almost 40 years, identical twins Laura Schreibeis and Lisa Kitko have called GE Aerospace their career home. When they were growing up, people often got the two confused. And when they arrived within a few years of each other at GE Aerospace, the same was true at work.
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Like Father, Like Son: How Chris Day Followed His Dad Into GE’s Engineering World
When Chris Day was in sixth grade, he didn’t feel like one of the cool kids. That is, until the day he broke his battery-powered toy truck and brought it to his dad, James. Instead of buying a new one — Chris knew there was little chance of that — James took a screwdriver to the chassis and pulled out the motor. Then he showed Chris how to wire it to a propeller from a balsa wood airplane. They hooked up a 9-volt battery and voilà: a homemade electric fan. “I brought the fan to school and the kids went crazy,” Chris remembers.
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Lifting People Up: Every Time Alex DaRosa Straps Into the Cockpit, He’s Living GE Aerospace’s Purpose
About five years ago, Alex DaRosa was watching a colleague deliver a presentation to the Pilot Advocacy Group at GE Aerospace when he had one of those life-altering “aha” moments. The speaker was Walt Moeller, who works in flight operations, writing engine manuals for pilots. But for many years, Moeller’s main job was flying commercial passenger jets. “He basically came in and talked about his time being a captain for Comair and how that was his favorite job of his entire life,” DaRosa recalls.
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For Michael Castillo, Thriving as an Engineer Means Giving Back to His Community
Like his love of Cuban coffee, Michael Castillo’s passion for aerospace was born in his Miami childhood. Before immigrating to the United States, Castillo’s grandfather had flown in the Cuban air force, and his father still works today as an aircraft mechanic for a major airline. “In a sense, I grew up privileged,” says Castillo. “My grandparents came with very little, but they and my parents worked very hard, so I was able to focus on school.”
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Getting Better All the Time: 45 Years In, Gail Thompson Sees Opportunity in Change
When a new employee is onboarded at GE Aerospace's Systems business in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Gail Thompson is often one of the first stops on the tour.
“They stop and say, ‘Oh, you have to meet Gail,’” she says. “I guess it’s just because I’ve been here a long time.”
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Personal Best: Why Logan Mueller Runs with a Sense of Purpose
Logan Mueller’s work-life epiphany came in October 2018, in the middle of her first 12-hour ultramarathon. Mueller is an avid runner, but on a 2.2-mile loop she hit a wall around the eight-hour mark. The temperature had crept up to the nineties and she was losing steam. Things had gotten so tough she’d begun to sob. She stopped at a refreshment station and was seriously considering quitting when a volunteer asked what she could do to help.
“I don’t know,” Mueller said. “I’m tired and I’m hot.”
Future of Flight
Speed Racer: How Lean Helps Aviation Engineer David Riddle Train For Marathons
Engineer and avid runner David Riddle usually finds himself asking “Why do I do this” during races. But this year’s 125th running of the Boston Marathon was an exception.
That’s not to say that it wasn’t hard or that it didn’t hurt. It did. But everything was going according to plan. A rarity in distance running. While Riddle has run upwards of 10 marathons, many more 50K+ races and even two 100-plus-mile races, this was his first Boston Marathon.
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Golden Opportunity: GE Engineering Intern Ahalya Lettenberger Will Swim For Team USA In The Paralympic Games
At just 20 years old, Ahalya Lettenberger is already racking up an impressive resume. She studies bioengineering (on the pre-med track) at Rice University, where she also competes on the swim team. And this summer she interned at GE Healthcare through GE’s Edison Engineering Development Program, working on a project to refine ventilators, life-preserving medical equipment for the most serious COVID-19 cases.