Martin Summerfield
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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]
Martin Summerfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 20, 1916 |
| 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 |
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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]
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