Nancy L. Johnson is an American automotive engineer and materials scientist. She works for General Motors Research and Development as a lab group manager and technical fellow, [1] and co-directs the General Motors / University of Michigan Smart Materials and Structures Collaborative Research Laboratory. [2] Her work at General Motors involves the use of composite materials and smart materials in automotive applications. [1]
Johnson became a Fellow of the American Society for Composites in 2003. [3] She has chaired the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), [1] and was named as an ASME Fellow in 2005. [4] She was the 2019 recipient of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award. [5]