Naomi McAfee

Naomi J. McAfee is an American former reliability engineer who worked for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, becoming the first woman to rise to the rank of supervisory engineer. She later became president of the Society of Women Engineers.

Early life and education McAfee was born in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1934 and grew up in Hardin County, where she graduated from Glendale High School in Glendale. McAfee graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in Physics,

Career McAfee joined the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Baltimore, in 1955 where she introduced reliability engineering to the company, ensuring it became embedded in their design processes. She also worked on the measurement of micrometeorite bombardment which informed the hull design of the Apollo spacecraft. and later reflections.

McAfee's other honors include: SWE Fellow President of Reliability Society 1983–84 Reliability Society Engineer of the Year in 1995. Naomi Jones McAfee SKyTeach Scholarship Fund