Martin Summerfield
Martin Summerfield | |
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Born |
Brooklyn | October 20, 1916
Died |
July 18, 1996 79) Hightstown, New Jersey | (aged
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;
- 1 2 Encyclopedia Astronautica; Summerfield
- ↑ Martin Summerfield and his Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ https://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/28488.aspx
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