owned by Susan Wojcicki, who rented her garage to Sergey Brin and Larry Page as Google's first office. Dr. Gunn currently lives in San Francisco. Education Dr. Gunn's degrees include a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of San Francisco, a master's degree in computer science from Purdue University and a Doctor of Philosophy in mechanical engineering from Purdue. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in mechanical engineering from the university, where she more recently was awarded an honorary doctorate in science. Career Gunn's early career included work at NASA on large-scale scientific computation and global communications, with special emphasis in infrared satellite image processing, computational fluid dynamics, and global climate and weather modeling. She also did work in robotics engineering at IBM, Morton Thiokol, United Technologies/Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed-Martin, Rolls-Royce, and the US Navy. Honors Dr. Gunn was awarded the Public Service Award to the Individual by the National Science Board, for her contributions to the public understanding of science and engineering. Gunn was also awarded an honorary doctorate in science by Purdue University|url=https://www.cs.purdue.edu/news/articles/2009/gunn-phd.html|website=Purdue University|publisher=Purdue University|accessdate=24 March 2022|date=18 May 2009| References Living people American podcasters Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American women journalists People from Staten Island University of San Francisco faculty University of San Francisco alumni Purdue University alumni NPR Roboticists Infrared imaging Computational fluid dynamicists American women academics American women podcasters 21st-century American women