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Ms. Yvonne C. Brill has expanded the frontiers of space through innovations in rocket propulsion. Her groundbreaking work at RCA Astro-Electronics, Princeton, N.J., yielded the hydrazine/hydrazine resistojet propulsion system, a high-performance rocket engine with a mission life-extending single propellant. Today the system is used on communications satellites. An aerospace consultant, Ms. Brill is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Society of Women Engineers. | Ms. Yvonne C. Brill has expanded the frontiers of space through innovations in rocket propulsion. Her groundbreaking work at RCA Astro-Electronics, Princeton, N.J., yielded the hydrazine/hydrazine resistojet propulsion system, a high-performance rocket engine with a mission life-extending single propellant. Today the system is used on communications satellites. An aerospace consultant, Ms. Brill is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the [[SWE and WITI|Society of Women Engineers]]. | ||
She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has been elected to the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. | She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has been elected to the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. | ||
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Biography
Ms. Yvonne C. Brill has expanded the frontiers of space through innovations in rocket propulsion. Her groundbreaking work at RCA Astro-Electronics, Princeton, N.J., yielded the hydrazine/hydrazine resistojet propulsion system, a high-performance rocket engine with a mission life-extending single propellant. Today the system is used on communications satellites. An aerospace consultant, Ms. Brill is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Society of Women Engineers.
She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has been elected to the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame.
