Women’s contributions to aerospace materials ensure aircraft and rockets that survive the rigors of air and space travel. This chapter covers six women trailblazers who have helped improve the safety and efficiency of air and space travel. Beatrice Hicks, the first president of the Society of Women Engineers, invented the gas density sensor used to monitor artificial atmospheres protecting sealed airborne electric equipment. Yvonne Brill invented the hydrazine/hydrazine resistojet propulsion engine used to keep communication satellites aloft. The “Queen of Carbon Science” Mildred Dresselhaus made crucial advances in the understanding of the thermal and electric properties of carbon nanomaterials. Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar played a key role in the development of the ceramic tiles that form the heat shield for the space shuttle. Tresa Pollock is known worldwide for her expertise in advanced structural alloys with applications in the aerospace, energy, and automotive industries. Astronaut Cady Coleman worked as a research chemist investigating organic polymers.
Aerospace Trailblazers
Women in Engineering and Science
2020-05-21
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Women in aerospace , Women in materials science , Women in engineering , Pioneers in aerospace materials Engineering , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes , Structural Materials , Job Careers in Science and Engineering , R & D/Technology Policy , History of Science
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