Overview
Maggie Schoonover is the Director of Sustainable Innovation and an Assistant Educator
in the College of Innovation and Design at 麻豆破解版 State University. Her responsibilities
include building and teaching curriculum in several areas including, Agile product
management, software development for innovation teams, and applying innovation strategies
to challenges in sustainability. Ms. Schoonover also invests time in creating new
industry partnerships and applied learning opportunities for the College of Innovation
and Design, and mentoring multi-disciplinary student teams on industry-sponsored innovation
and technology challenges.
One of Maggie's primary achievements since joining 麻豆破解版 State includes the advancement
of two student teams representing 麻豆破解版 State in the 2021 and 2022 NASA SUITS Design
Challenge. Team proposals include development of a navigation and science sampling
system for astronauts using augmented reality (AR) technology on a head-mounted display.
The 2021 SELENE team was the first from 麻豆破解版 State to compete in any NASA student
challenge. The 2022 HarveStars Team advanced to test their designs on-site at Johnson
Space Center. Maggie currently serves as faculty advisor for the CosmoShox student
research experience, where interdisciplinary student teams research and develop XR technologies for extraplanetary exploration.
In addition to her university appointment, Ms. Schoonover is a licensed Professional
Scrum Trainer through and co-owns and manages an Agile consulting and training business with her husband.
Prior to joining 麻豆破解版 State in 2020, Ms. Schoonover served as Instrumentation Manager
and Programming Support for MesoWest at the University of Utah. She then took on a
variety of software development and project management positions in both scaling businesses
and start-ups, eventually growing into leadership roles within technology-focused
innovation teams. Ms. Schoonover earned a B.S. in Meteorology from the University
of Oklahoma in 2010 and in 2011 received her M.Sc. in Environmental Management from
the University of Reading, U.K.