Chapter Advisors
Milton Davis
FIREWORKS Educational Programs /FIRE NSBE Jr Exec Director
NSBE Greenbelt Space Chapter President
BS Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University
Masters in Project Management from Johns Hopkins University
Masters in Robotics from Johns Hopkins University (In Work)
Milton started at GSFC as a Pathways Student in 2000, working with the Navigation & Mission Design (595) and Components and Hardware Systems (596) branches. As a coop intern, Milton received a co-patent for his work on a demise-able momentum exchange system (reaction wheel) which has flown on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) missions. Upon graduation from Purdue West Lafayette in 2004, Milton served in multiple roles in 500, including avionics deputy lead for the Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) mission; the mechanical lead of the Navigator GPS receiver on MMS and STP-H6; and the mechanical lead for the Payload Control Computer on OSAM-1 (formerly Restore-L). Milton has co-patents for the SpaceCube 2 and SpaceCube 3 Reconfigurable Data Processing System. Milton has also served as a star tracker and inertial measurement unit lead on MMS, NICER, GEDI, and PACE. In addition, he has served as a co-lead, subject matter expert, and study lead of the Avionics Packaging Committee for the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC). Milton served as an associate branch head of the GNC hardware branch from 2014 to 2018, focusing on new business, new technology, and re-chartering branch career paths. Milton transitioned to OSAM-1 in 2019 to serve as the Space Infrastructure Dexterous Robotics (SPIDER) Payload Systems and Phase lead. Mr. Davis started serving as the OSAM-1 Space Vehicle lead in mid-way through 2020. Milton also serves as the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Greenbelt Space Chapter (GSC) president.
Milton is a proud husband and father with kids ranging from six to twenty years of age. He enjoys supporting their many extracurricular activities and looks forward to board and video game time on Saturdays with them. He also enjoys serving in his community and church. Milton loves to teach and has taught an introduction to engineering course at UMD for the past seven years. He is passionate about helping youth obtain interest and a path to STEM fields. Milton is the executive director of a non-profit volunteer organization called Future Innovative Rising Engineers & Entrepreneurs (FIRE), which offers STEM and financial literacy programs to under-represented, underserved primary and secondary education schools.
NSBE Greenbelt Space Chapter President
BS Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University
Masters in Project Management from Johns Hopkins University
Masters in Robotics from Johns Hopkins University (In Work)
Milton started at GSFC as a Pathways Student in 2000, working with the Navigation & Mission Design (595) and Components and Hardware Systems (596) branches. As a coop intern, Milton received a co-patent for his work on a demise-able momentum exchange system (reaction wheel) which has flown on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) missions. Upon graduation from Purdue West Lafayette in 2004, Milton served in multiple roles in 500, including avionics deputy lead for the Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) mission; the mechanical lead of the Navigator GPS receiver on MMS and STP-H6; and the mechanical lead for the Payload Control Computer on OSAM-1 (formerly Restore-L). Milton has co-patents for the SpaceCube 2 and SpaceCube 3 Reconfigurable Data Processing System. Milton has also served as a star tracker and inertial measurement unit lead on MMS, NICER, GEDI, and PACE. In addition, he has served as a co-lead, subject matter expert, and study lead of the Avionics Packaging Committee for the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC). Milton served as an associate branch head of the GNC hardware branch from 2014 to 2018, focusing on new business, new technology, and re-chartering branch career paths. Milton transitioned to OSAM-1 in 2019 to serve as the Space Infrastructure Dexterous Robotics (SPIDER) Payload Systems and Phase lead. Mr. Davis started serving as the OSAM-1 Space Vehicle lead in mid-way through 2020. Milton also serves as the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Greenbelt Space Chapter (GSC) president.
Milton is a proud husband and father with kids ranging from six to twenty years of age. He enjoys supporting their many extracurricular activities and looks forward to board and video game time on Saturdays with them. He also enjoys serving in his community and church. Milton loves to teach and has taught an introduction to engineering course at UMD for the past seven years. He is passionate about helping youth obtain interest and a path to STEM fields. Milton is the executive director of a non-profit volunteer organization called Future Innovative Rising Engineers & Entrepreneurs (FIRE), which offers STEM and financial literacy programs to under-represented, underserved primary and secondary education schools.
Sanetra Bailey
FIRE NSBE Jr. Advisor
Robin Houston
FIRE NSBE Jr. Advisor of Programs and Initiatives
BA in Special Education, The George Washington University
MA in Deaf Education, Gallaudet University
Admin 1, McDaniel College
Robin Houston, an instructional leader in the Prince George’s County Public School System (PGCPS), has been involved in the education industry for thirty plus years. Currently serving as the Instructional Specialist for the PGCPS Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHOH) Program, Robin provides coordination and oversight for services to DHOH students birth to twenty-one years of age.
Robin is credited with founding, assisting, and supporting extracurricular STEM clubs for over twelve years. She began her focus on developing quality STEM opportunities for students in PGCPS elementary schools as the result of looking for challenging extra-curricular activities for her daughter. In addition to using curriculums from First Lego League and Society of Automotive Engineers, Robin has developed and implemented original curriculums for real-world Project Based Learning units. In 2015, she created a real-world project-based competition (concept, rules, rubric, and parameters) for a local NSBE Jr. chapter, MD Space Business Round Table, INSPIRE Project, and NASA collaboration, which resulted in the top-placing team winning a trip to Space Camp in Huntsville. She has also organized events to promote exposure to industry professionals from NASA, CIA, NSA, Lockheed Martin, National Securities Technologies, and Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company. Robin has recruited, managed, and coached various groups of students during competition season for local and national activities such as Rocket Day at Goddard, Team America Rocket Challenge, First Lego League, Solar System Competition, NSBE Kids Zone Science Olympiad and Math Counts.
Robin is currently part of the coaching team for the FIRE Aero Innovation Team, which exposes middle and high school students rocket design and principles of flight.
BA in Special Education, The George Washington University
MA in Deaf Education, Gallaudet University
Admin 1, McDaniel College
Robin Houston, an instructional leader in the Prince George’s County Public School System (PGCPS), has been involved in the education industry for thirty plus years. Currently serving as the Instructional Specialist for the PGCPS Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHOH) Program, Robin provides coordination and oversight for services to DHOH students birth to twenty-one years of age.
Robin is credited with founding, assisting, and supporting extracurricular STEM clubs for over twelve years. She began her focus on developing quality STEM opportunities for students in PGCPS elementary schools as the result of looking for challenging extra-curricular activities for her daughter. In addition to using curriculums from First Lego League and Society of Automotive Engineers, Robin has developed and implemented original curriculums for real-world Project Based Learning units. In 2015, she created a real-world project-based competition (concept, rules, rubric, and parameters) for a local NSBE Jr. chapter, MD Space Business Round Table, INSPIRE Project, and NASA collaboration, which resulted in the top-placing team winning a trip to Space Camp in Huntsville. She has also organized events to promote exposure to industry professionals from NASA, CIA, NSA, Lockheed Martin, National Securities Technologies, and Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company. Robin has recruited, managed, and coached various groups of students during competition season for local and national activities such as Rocket Day at Goddard, Team America Rocket Challenge, First Lego League, Solar System Competition, NSBE Kids Zone Science Olympiad and Math Counts.
Robin is currently part of the coaching team for the FIRE Aero Innovation Team, which exposes middle and high school students rocket design and principles of flight.
Administrative & Support Team
Jessica Davis
Jessica Davis
Nikesha Rush
Nikesha Rush
Kwame Gyamfi
Kwame is from Jacksonville, NC where he is known by his birth name, "Andra Kinlaw". He attended North Carolina State University and received both his Masters Degree in Technology and International Development (MTID) and his undergraduate degree in Communications. Mr. Gyamfi is a former Fellows/Intern from the United Nations in New York where he worked with the United Nations Centre of Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to assist small to medium business at the EMPRETEC program in Accra - Ghana. In 2001, Mr. Gyamfi accepted a software engineering position at NASA headquarters where he developed financial and reporting applications for the Aerospace Division in Washington, D.C. In 2003, Mr. Gyamfi was one of the software engineers selected to join the NASA Integrated Financial Management Project (IFMP) team.
Mr. Gyamfi went on to work at various other federal agencies that include the Dept. of Defense, State Department and the Dept. of Labor where he currently supports the eGrants financial grant management system along with other software developers and analysts. Mr. Gyamfi is a husband and proud father of four children and currently resides in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in Bowie, Maryland USA.
Mr. Gyamfi went on to work at various other federal agencies that include the Dept. of Defense, State Department and the Dept. of Labor where he currently supports the eGrants financial grant management system along with other software developers and analysts. Mr. Gyamfi is a husband and proud father of four children and currently resides in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in Bowie, Maryland USA.