S04E04: Nagin Cox — Exploring For The Next Generation

At 14, Nagin Cox knew that she wanted to be a space explorer but being an astronaut was not her main goal. Keenly aware that the true early explorers were robots, Nagin focused her energy on becoming an engineer with a dream of working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). How does an Indian girl from Kansas City find her way to being a systems engineer at NASA? With a lot of hard work, perseverance, and a can-do attitude. We recently had the opportunity to speak with Nagin about her road to JPL, working remotely on Mars, how technology is changing her work, and finding balance between her personal and professional life. Episode Links Nagin Cox Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook Host: Marina Antunes Produced by: Michael Edlund ©2022 Spark CG Society · All Rights Reserved. Thank you to our sponsors! TERABYTE: Creative BC. MEGABYTE: AMPD Technologies · Animal Logic · Capilano University · Netflix. KILOBYTE: Atomic Cartoons · Bardel Entertainment Inc. · BRON Studios · DNEG · Mainframe Studios · Sony Pictures Imageworks. BYTE: Animasia Animation Studio · CMPA BC · Centre for Digital Media · DigiBC · Foundry · Scanline VFX · The Little Dev Shop · NOX VFX · Unreal Engine · Versatile Media · Wacom Store Canada. PARTNERS: ACM SIGGRAPH. ORGANIZERS: Spark CG Society · Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH.