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In this video produced by the Edison Tech Center, Nancy D. Fitzroy talks about her experiences as an engineer at General Electric. Her work included heat transfer research for application in nuclear reactors, gas turbines, spacecrafts, and more. She has encouraged many young women to get into the field of engineering.
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Runtime: 7 minutes 29 seconds.
Posted by NancyFitzroy.org on August 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM3463 Views
Roland V. Fitzroy - Manhattan Project En...
by NancyFitzroy.org on August 20, 2011 at 2:43 PM
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Electrical Engineer Roland V. Fitzroy (1922-2004) worked on the Manhattan Project at Berkeley with Robert Oppenheimer and others after he was sent to Oak Ridge in Tennessee to weed out potential spies in the system. He later went on to do important work for General Electric at KAPL (Knolls Atomic Power Lab) in Schenectady, New York. In this video, produced in 2010 by the Edison Tech Center, TV Anchor Ernie Tetrault speaks with Dr. Nancy Fitzroy about the work her husband did for the war effort.
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Runtime: 7 minutes 9 seconds
Posted by NancyFitzroy.org on August 20, 2011 at 2:43 PM
The Hermes Rocket Project further developed the V2 Rocket in test pits in Luther Woods area just south of Saratoga Lake, near Saratoga Springs, NY. In this video produced by the Edison Tech Center, Dr. Nancy Fitzroy talks about her experiences at General Electric working on the Hermes Project.
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Runtime: 2 minutes 32 seconds
Posted by NancyFitzroy.org on August 20, 2011 at 2:48 PM