Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (died 2013)

Yvonne Brill

Canadian-American Rocket and Jet Propulsion Engineer

Yvonne Madelaine Brill was a Canadian American rocket and jet propulsion engineer. She is responsible for inventing the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (EHT/Resistojet), a fuel-efficient rocket thruster that keeps today’s satellites in orbit, and holds a patent for its…