Seetha Raghavan is a program director in the Division of Engineering Education & Centers (EEC) within the Directorate for Engineering at the U.S. National Science Foundation, where she provides oversight on programs including the Engineering Research Centers and the Industry–University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC). Raghavan brings experience from both industry and academia in the aeronautics and astronautics domain, with a research portfolio centered on mechanics and materials in extreme environments. She is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.