Bell Engineering Talent Management Team, University and STEM Collaborations, Bell Flight
B.S. ASE 2004, The University of Texas at Austin
Business Foundations Certificate, 2004
Andrea Chavez received her B.S. in aerospace engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2004. With nearly 20 years working at Bell Textron, Inc., most of her experience has been working on research and development projects with a background in helicopter propulsion and drive systems. With the discoveries from her past research projects, Chavez authored Vertical Flight Society (VFS) technical papers, briefing the findings at VFS propulsion specialists’ meetings and technical forums. She holds three U.S. patents/co-patents for inventions that advanced from the research and development projects.
In 2016, Chavez stood proudly on the Longhorn field as one of the recipients to the Outstanding Young Texas Ex award. Shortly after, she moved into management within the Bell Innovation team overseeing the capture of contracted research of new advanced technology projects related to manned/unmanned Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Most recently, Chavez took on a new role within Bell’s engineering talent team where she manages University and STEM student collaborative opportunities to stay engaged with engineering talent pipeline.
When she is not working, Chavez and her husband enjoy watching her two sons play youth baseball.
