Joan Stuckey
Joan Stuckey was the inventor of three separate award-winning air cushions designed for pressure relief. These are now used around the world by hospitals and by people in wheelchairs.
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Dorothy M Hoffman
The first woman to serve as president of a U.S. scientific body (the American Vacuum Society)
Dr Ekaterina Alekseevna Feoktistova
Soviet chemical engineer who was on the team which developed an explosive composition with a low detonation velocity for the Soviet atomic bomb project.
Eleni Lefkiadou-Kelperi
Graduated from the National Technical University of Athens with a degree in chemical engineering in 1945
Dr Fortunate Farirai
Zimbabwean chemical engineer
Elyta Tsileni
Graduated from the National Technical University of Athens with a degree in chemical engineering in 1946
Chrysoula Troupkou
Graduated from the National Technical University of Athens with a degree in chemical engineering in 1946
Guillermina Castro
Mexican chemical engineer who worked in pharmaceuticals
Geraldine Holm Hoch
The only chemical engineer in Northrop’s team designing the Snark missile, she worked on corrosion prevention systems for the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and Boeing 747.
Dr Gbemi Oluleye
Nigerian chemical engineer working in the energy sector on the sustainability side