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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 ...
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 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]
Stephanie Kwolek: 1923 2014 Kevlar [121] 1995 Waldo Semon: 1898 1999 Polyvinyl chloride [122] 1995 William Stanley Jr. 1858 1916 Induction coil [123] 1996 Leó Szilárd: 1898 1964 Neutronic atomic reactor [124] 1996 Arthur Leonard Schawlow: 1921 1999 Laser [125] 1996 Edmund Germer: 1901 1987 Fluorescent lighting [126] 1996 Federico Faggin: 1941 —
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, invented a polymer out of which kevlar is produced. [36] Jerzy Kukuczka: alpinist, the second man in history to climb all fourteen Eight-thousanders including three as first ascents, established a new route on K2 in alpine style called the "Polish line".
Kwolek. 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. Categories: Surnames. Polish-language surnames.
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 ...