About Nancy J. Currie-Gregg
Nancy Jane Currie-Gregg (née Decker; former married names Sherlock and Currie; born December 29, 1958) is an American engineer, United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. Currie-Gregg has served in the United States Army for over 22 years and holds the rank of colonel. With NASA, she has participated in four space shuttle missions: STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, and STS-109, accruing 1,000 hours in space. She currently holds an appointment as a professor of practice in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University. == Background == Currie-Gregg was born Nancy Jane Decker in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 29, 1958. Her family moved to Troy, Ohio when she was young, and she considers Troy to be her hometown. She graduated from Troy High School in 1977 and then received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in biological science from Ohio State University in 1980, a Master of Science degree in safety engineering from the University of Southern California in 1985, and a Doctor of Philosophy in industrial engineering from the University of Houston in 1997. Currie-Gregg is a member of the Army Aviation Association of America, Ohio State University and ROTC Alumni Associations, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Association of Space Explorers. She is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. == Military career == Currie-Gregg has served in the United States Army for over 23 years.
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