Edith M. Flanigen

Edith Marie Flanigen (born January 28, 1929 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American chemist and inventor .

Life

Flanigen earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from D'Youville College in Buffalo , New York in 1950 and a master's degree in inorganic chemistry from Syracuse University in Syracuse , New York in 1952 . Then she went at Union Carbide in the chemical industry, where in 1973 the first female research fellow ( research assistant ) and 1983 senior research fellow was (head of a working group). In 1988 she moved to Universal Oil Products (UOP), a subsidiary of Union Carbide and Allied Signal . In 1994 she retired but remained active as a consultant for UOP.

Act

Flanigen has made important contributions to the development of synthetic zeolite molecular sieves which have found wide use in the petrochemical industry . During her career at Union Carbide and UOP Flanigen has developed over 200 new synthetic materials and was instrumental in the development of zeolite Y involved. In addition, she invented a method of artificially producing emeralds used in measles (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) and jewelry, and pioneered the use of infrared spectroscopy to analyze zeolites.

Flanigen holds more than 100 US patents.

Awards (selection)

1991 Chemical Pioneer Award

1992 Perkin Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry

1993 Garvan-Olin Medal of the American Chemical Society

2004 inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

2004 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award

2005 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2015 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Web links

Edith Flanigen ( Memento from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at chemheritage.org

Individual evidence

^ Chemical Pioneer Award Winners at the American Institute of Chemists (theaic.org); Retrieved August 13, 2011
^ Perkin Medallists at the Society of Chemical Industry (soci.org); Retrieved August 13, 2011
↑ Edith Flanigen. In: invent.org. National Inventors Hall of Fame , accessed September 2, 2019 .
^ 2004 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu); Retrieved August 13, 2011
↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter F. (PDF; 815 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved September 2, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Flanigen, Edith M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Flanigen, Edith; Flanigen, Edith Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American chemist and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 28, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buffalo , New York

[1] Chemical Pioneer Award Winners at the American Institute of Chemists (theaic.org); Retrieved August 13, 2011

[2] Perkin Medallists at the Society of Chemical Industry (soci.org); Retrieved August 13, 2011

[3] Edith Flanigen. In: invent.org. National Inventors Hall of Fame , accessed September 2, 2019 .

[4] 2004 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu); Retrieved August 13, 2011

[amacad-5] Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter F. (PDF; 815 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved September 2, 2019 .