Martin Summerfield
Appearance
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
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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]