Martin Summerfield
Martin Summerfield | |
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Born | |
Died | July 18, 1996 | (aged 79)
Alma mater | Brooklyn College California Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Aerospace Combustion |
Institutions | Jet Propulsion Laboratory Princeton University |
Doctoral advisor | John D. Strong |
Doctoral students | Herman Krier |
Martin Summerfield (20 October 1916 – 18 July 1996) was an American physicist and rocket scientist, a co-founder of Aerojet, head of Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory.[1][2] [3]
Life and career[]
Summerfield received B.S. degree in Physics from Brooklyn College. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at California Institute of Technology in 1937 and 1941, respectively.[2] He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1979.[4]
References[]
- ^ Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 15 (2011);Martin Summerfield;
- ^ Jump up to: a b Encyclopedia Astronautica; Summerfield
- ^ Martin Summerfield and his Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dr. Martin Summerfield".
External links[]
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1996 deaths
- 20th-century American physicists
- American aerospace engineers
- Princeton University faculty
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- Brooklyn College alumni
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- 20th-century American engineers