Alumni

Rebecca Hare Torzone

Engineering Physics

Rebecca Hare looked upon the completion of her undergraduate education in Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle as a new beginning; one that would lead her closer to her lifelong dream of being an integral part of the space program.

Right away, Rebecca married Stephen Torzone, a December 1997 Embry-Riddle graduate in Aeronautical Science. They immediately moved to Colorado where Rebecca started graduate school at Colorado Technical University (CTU) completing a MS in Computer Science in December 1999. Recently she received a second Master degree in Aeronautical Science with Human Factors concentration via Embry-Riddle Worldwide Online.

Rebecca started her career in Satellite Operations working on the Milstar defense satellite. She then moved to Missile Defense at the Joint National Integration Center (JNIC) at Schriever AFB in Colorado Springs. She currently works on large-scale, end-to-end simulations with a multitude of perturbations of the system and then performing analysis of the performance results. She also works part-time as an adjunct professor at two universities. She has taught on-line and on-ground classes at Colorado Technical University in their computer science/information technology department. She also teaches on-line classes in Academic Strategies for the IT/Design Professional at Kaplan College.

Rebecca was just selected for participation in Northrop Grumman's Systems Engineering Associate (SEA) program. Five candidates are selected each year from the Missions Systems sector to go on a two-year assignment. The SEA program is a fast-paced training program for employees with a great deal of potential. She plans to remain at Northrop Grumman working on a variety of projects and gaining as much engineering experience as possible. Upon completion of the SEA program, she plans to pursue a Ph.D.