Stephanie Kwolek
American chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014)
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was an American chemist. She invented poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide—better known as Kevlar.[1]
Stephanie Kwolek | |
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| Born | Stephanie Louise Kwolek July 31, 1923 New Kensington, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | June 18, 2014 (aged 90) Wilmington, Delaware United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Known for | Kevlar |
| Awards | DuPont company's Lavoisier Medal (1995) National Medal of Technology Perkin Medal (1997) Howard N. Potts Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | DuPont |
She was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Kwolek won many awards for her work in polymer chemistry.[2]
Kwolek died in Wilmington, Delaware from a short-illness, at the age 90 on June 18, 2014.[3]
References
change- ↑ Wholly Aromatic Carbocyclic Polycarbonamide Fiber Original Kevlar patent awarded in 1974 to Stephanie Kwolek
- ↑ "Women in Chemistry - Stephanie Kwolek". Chemical Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Kevlar inventor, Stephanie Kwolek, dies at 90". Delaware online.com. June 18, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
Other websites
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Media related to Stephanie Kwolek at Wikimedia Commons
- Stephanie Kwolek at Famous Women Inventors
- Interview with Stephanie L. Kwolek Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, March 21, 1998, from the Oral History Program at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Stephanie Kwolek Archived 2013-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Video, from The Catalyst Series: Women in Chemistry Archived 2014-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
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