Background
Summerfield, Martin was born on October 20, 1916 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Augusta (Tobias) Summerfield.
engineer physicist Aerospace engineer
Summerfield, Martin was born on October 20, 1916 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Augusta (Tobias) Summerfield.
Bachelor of Science, Brooklyn College, 1936. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1941.
Assistant chief Air Corps Jet Propulsion Project, California Institute of Technology, 1940-1943, chief, rocket research division, 1945-1949. Chief, rocket development division Aerojet Engineering Corporation, Azusa, California, 1943-1945. Member subcommittee on fuels National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1948-1949, subcommittee on combustion, 1949-1950.
Professor jet propulsion Princeton University, 1951-1978, professor emeritus, from 1978. Astor professor applied science New York University, 1978-1980. Technical director Project Squid, 1949-1951.
Chief scientist Flow Industries Inc., 1975-1978. President Princeton Combustion Research Laboratories, 1978-1994. Editor aeronautics Publication Program, 1949-1952.
Editor in chief Journal American Rocket Society, 1951-1957. Editor Jet Propulsion. Also technical editor Astronautics, 1957-1963.
Editor in chief American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics series on Progress in Astronautics and aeronautics, 1960-1990, member editorial board, since 1990. Editor in chief Astronautica Acta, 1964-1969. Consultant United States Army Research Office, 1968-1971.
Member advisory committee chemical propulsion National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968-1971, Institute of Aerospace and Astronautics, National Cheng-Kung University University, Tainan, Taiwan, since 1985. Chairman committee on toxicity hazards of materials National Research Council, 1984-1986, member committee on energetic materials, 1984-1987.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (vice president 1963-1965), American Rocket Society (president 1962-1963), Institute of Advanced Technology, University Texas, since 1991. Member Institute Aeronautics and Astronomy, International Academy Astronautics, National Academy Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Heat Transfer award 1978), International Astronautical Federation (vice president 1963-1965), Sigma Xi.
Married Eileen Budin, August 31, 1945. 1 child, Jacqueline.