Bachelor of science in aerospace engineering
from U.S. Naval Academy, 1985; master of science in aeronautical engineering
and degree of aeronautical and astronautical engineer from U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School, 1992; Captain,
USN; test
pilot; hobbies: Bicycling, running, skeet, sailing, gourmet cooking, rubber
stamps, crossword puzzles, piano; she was charged on February 05, 2007 by the
Orlando, Florida police with trying to abduct Colleen Shipman, an engineer
assigned to the 45th Launch Support Squadron at Patrick Air Force, she saw as
her romantic rival in a love triangle with fellow astronaut William
Oefelein; for that she was
sentenced Nowak to a year of supervised probation. She was also sentenced to
two days of jail, which she's already served, community service and ordered to
take an eight-hour anger management class.The judge said Nowak must have no
contact with Shipman or
Oefelein, other than a letter of apology she was ordered to
write to Shipman within 10 days.