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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: 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 —
Deepika Kurup (born 1998), solar-powered water purification; Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014), synthetic fibres; Angela Kornas (born 1977), bra inserts; L Hedy Lamarr, Inventor, 1939. Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), radio guidance systems; Esther Lederberg (1922–2006), microbial genetics; Cricket Lee (born 1953), clothing fitting
Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014), American chemist, inventor of Kevlar; Lidija Liepiņa (1891–1985), Latvian chemist, one of the first Soviet doctorates in chemistry; Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971), British crystallographer [4]: 71–74 Bodil Jerslev Lund (1919–2005), Danish chemist and pharmacist; Grace Medes (1886–1967), American biochemist
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]
Eligible women must have been born in Delaware or resided in the state for a minimum of ten years. ... Stephanie Louise Kwolek (1923–2014) 2014 Inventor of Kevlar ...
The National Medal of Technology was created in 1980 by the United States Congress under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act. It was a bipartisan effort to foster technological innovation and the technological competitiveness of the United States in the international arena. The first National Medals of Technology were issued in 1985 ...
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