Background
Moon, Tessie Jo was born on December 7, 1961 in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edward Vincent and Verda Viola Moon.
Mechanical engineering educator
Moon, Tessie Jo was born on December 7, 1961 in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edward Vincent and Verda Viola Moon.
Bachelor of Science, Grove City College, 1983; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1989.
Junior engineer, AMP Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1982; development engineer, AMP Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1983-1984; graduate teaching assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1984-1986; graduate research assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1986-1989; postdoctoral research associate, Office Naval Research-U. Research Institute National Center for Composite Materials Research, Urbana-Champaign, 1989; assistant professor, University Texas, Austin, 1989-1995; associate professor, University Texas, Austin, since 1995. Faculty fellow Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Annapolis, Maryland., 1991.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (member heat transfer division technical commission on heat transfer materials processing and manufacturing since 1991, vice chairman applied mechanics division technical commission on mechanics of materials processing and manufacturing since 1992, contributor articles to journals), American Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women, American Academy Mechanics, American Society Engineering Education (Outstanding New Mechanics award 1992-1993), American Society Materials, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Material and Processing Engineering.
Married Glenn Y. Masada. 1 child, Kendall M. Masada.