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Stephanie Louise Kwolek (/ ˈkwoʊlɛk /; July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was a Polish-American chemist best known for inventing Kevlar (poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide). Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years. [1][2] For her discovery, Kwolek was awarded the DuPont company's Lavoisier Medal for outstanding technical ...
Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar, graduated from Margaret Morrison Carnegie College in 1946 with a B.S. in General Science (Chemistry). [3] Newbery Medal winning-author E. L. Konigsburg is a 1952 graduate of Margaret Morrison Carnegie College. [7]
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Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014), American chemist, inventor of Kevlar; ... Joanna Maria Vandenberg (born 1938), Dutch solid state chemist and crystallographer;
Stephanie Kwolek (B.S. 1946), inventor of Kevlar, 1996 Mary Shaw (Ph.D. 1972), software architecture pioneer, 2012 Frank L. Stulen (1943), numerical control of machine tools , 1985
Michigan State University President Start year End year Reference Joseph R. Williams: 1857 1859 [3]Lewis R. Fiske: 1859 1862 Theophilus C. Abbot: 1862
Stephanie L. Kwolek. Ruth Leach Amonette (1916–2004 [2]), IBM's first woman vice president (1943–1953) [3] Dr. Eleanor K. Baum (1940–), American electrical engineer and educator. First female dean of (Cooper Union) School of Engineering. [4] [5] First female president of the American Society for Engineering Education [6]
Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist of Polish origin, who in 1965 created the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness. The best-known member is Kevlar , a material used in protective vests as well as in boats, airplanes, ropes, cables, and much more—in total about 200 applications.