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Stephanie Louise Kwolek (/ ˈ k w oʊ l ɛ k /; 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.
Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar Ignacy Łukasiewicz built world's first oil refinery. Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki, and Henryk Zygalski, Polish mathematician–cryptologists, broke German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II. Sharing their techniques with the British, they enabled British reading of Enigma messages.
Kwolek is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bartosz Kwolek (born 1997), Polish volleyball player; Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014), American chemist; Charles Peter Kwolek III (born 1990), Polish DIII ATHLETE AKA KING RACKS
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.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Stephanie, a character in the film Zookeeper; Stephanie Bethany, a character in the tv show Strange Hill High; Stephanie Brown, a.k.a. Spoiler, costumed hero in DC Comics, part of the Batman Family; Stephanie Crawford, a character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; Steph Dean, nickname of Stephanie Dean, a character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks
Kevlar (para-aramid) [2] is a strong, heat-resistant synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora.Developed by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965, [3] [2] [4] the high-strength material was first used commercially in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires.
Stephanie Kiser, a former nanny for ultrarich families, shares stories in a new memoir, "Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant."