Robert McNees on Nostr: Kwolek received her BS in Chem from Margaret Morrison Carnegie College of Carnegie ...
Kwolek received her BS in Chem from Margaret Morrison Carnegie College of Carnegie Mellon.
After graduating, she went to work for DuPont. She was asked to develop a suitable replacement for steel in radial tires, lightweight but strong, because of an expected gasoline shortage.
This was after several people at DuPont turned down the project.
Her group began their search in 1964, testing thousands of new polymers. "In the course of that work I made a discovery," she recalled.
After graduating, she went to work for DuPont. She was asked to develop a suitable replacement for steel in radial tires, lightweight but strong, because of an expected gasoline shortage.
This was after several people at DuPont turned down the project.
Her group began their search in 1964, testing thousands of new polymers. "In the course of that work I made a discovery," she recalled.