Engineering Your Calm™
How to Find Focus in the Chaos
A MASTERCLASS for Engineers Who Are Ready to Perform Without Burning Out
📅 Friday, March 20, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM
📍 Baltimore Convention Center
🎓 NSBE 2026 National Convention · Graduate Student Conference
In this Masterclass, you'll learn:
• THE PROBLEM Why smart people lose focus under pressure — and why pushing harder makes it worse. • THE SYSTEM How your nervous system shapes your performance, focus, and ability to lead under pressure. • THE PRACTICE Real-time breathwork tools to reset, refocus, and lead yourself through any high-stakes moment.
You passed every exam. Survived every all-nighter. Landed the internship, the program, the opportunity. And you're still running on empty. That's not a discipline problem. That's a nervous system problem — and it's one we can actually solve.
No prior experience with breathwork or mindfulness needed. Just bring yourself — stressed, tired, overwhelmed, or curious. That's exactly who this session is for. Find the room location in your NSBE Events app at 2PM on Friday, March 20. We'll see you there!
Danielle Andisa Johnson is the Founder and Chief Calm Officer of The Inner Calm Academy and a former NASA Program Executive.
After years of leading high-stakes missions where calm under pressure wasn't optional — it was the job — she now teaches engineers, students, and high-achievers how to regulate their nervous systems and perform at their best without burning out.
Her framework, Engineering Your Calm™, combines nervous system science, breathwork, and mindfulness into practical tools built for high-pressure environments.