Editing Jan Davis (section)

== Early life ==
Nancy Jan Davis was born in [[Cocoa Beach, Florida]], but considers [[Huntsville, Alabama]], to be her hometown.

She graduated from [[Huntsville High School (Alabama)|Huntsville High School]] in 1971,<ref name="Enginering-hallfame">{{cite web|title=N. Jan Davis|url=http://aehof.eng.ua.edu/members/n-jan-davis/|website=State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame|access-date=April 19, 2016|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910101045/http://aehof.eng.ua.edu/members/n-jan-davis/|url-status=live}}</ref> received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Biology|applied biology]] from the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] in 1975 and another in [[mechanical engineering]] from [[Auburn University]] in 1977.<ref name="Enginering-hallfame" /> She received a [[Master of Science]] degree in 1983 and a [[doctorate]] in 1985, both in mechanical engineering at the [[University of Alabama in Huntsville]].<ref name="UAH1">{{cite web|last1=Lachance|first1=Diane|title=College of Engineering alumna Dr. Jan Davis on UAH, space, and tomorrow's astronauts|url=http://www.uah.edu/news/people/college-of-engineering-alumna-dr-jan-davis-on-uah-space-and-tomorrow-s-astronauts|website=University of Alabama Huntsville|date=November 14, 2013|access-date=April 19, 2016|archive-date=April 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420215929/http://www.uah.edu/news/people/college-of-engineering-alumna-dr-jan-davis-on-uah-space-and-tomorrow-s-astronauts|url-status=live}}</ref>