Shirley S. Pang received the B.A. degree in mathematics from Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ, and the M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.She joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, in 1973 and has participated in the software design and development for various interplanetary flight projects and ground-processing systems. She is currently involved in the software development for the Alaska SAR Facility Geophysical Processor System (GPS) and Archive and Operations System (AOS), as well as the Shuttle Imaging Radar Project.
Ms. Pang is the recipient of five NASA Group Achievement awards for her contributions to the Viking, Voyager, and Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) projects, and the Interim Digital Processor (IDP) and the Shuttle Imaging Radar B (SIR-B) processor.