Brenda Swann Holmes

Brenda Swann Holmes
Brenda Swann Holmes, from a 1980 publication of the Federal Women's Program
Occupation	Chemist

Brenda Swann Holmes is an American chemist.

Early life and education

Holmes graduated from Howard University in 1971, and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry there in 1976, with a dissertation titled "A Study of Spin-Lattice Relaxation Times of ^19F, ^31p, and ^2D in PF₆-In Deuterated Dimethyl Sulfoxide".[1]

Career

Holmes won a National Research Council postdoctoral appointment in chemical research at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL),[2] studying nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.[3][4] In 1985 she won an EEO Award at the NRL.[5] She was with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in the 1990s.[6]

Holmes served on the editorial review committee of the National Technical Association in 1990,[7] and was keynote speaker at the Howard University Graduate Symposium in 1997.[8]

Publications

In the 1980s, Holmes' research was published in Macromolecules,[9][10] Journal of Magnetic Resonance,[11] and Journal of Applied Polymer Science.[12][13]

• "Application of the J cross-polarization technique to nitrogen-15 of polyamides in solution" (1981, with G. C. Chingas, W. B. Moniz, and Raymond C. Ferguson)[9]
• "NMR study of nylon 66 in solution (proton, carbon-13, and nitrogen-15 NMR using adiabatic J cross polarization)" (1982, with W. B. Moniz and Raymond C. Ferguson)[10]
• "Spin trapping of .NO₂ radicals produced by uv photolysis of RDX, HMX, and nitroguanidine" (1983, with M. D. Pace)[11]
• "Cure Monitoring of Polymeric Materials" (1984)[14]
• "Effect of water on the strength of filled polychloroprene vulcanizates" (1986, with Jeffrey A. Hinkley)[12]
• "Cure studies of interpenetrating networks by microdielectrometry" (1988, with Craig A. Trask)[13]

References

1. Howard University, Commencement Program (8 May 1976): 33.
2. ERIC ED372961: Careers in Science and Technology. September 1993. p. 27 – via Internet Archive.
3. "Women in the Field of Science and Engineering; Progress in the '70s, Promises of the '80s". Women in Action. 10 (4): 1. July–August 1980.
4. Going Strong!: Women in Defense. Department of Defense. 1984. pp. 4–5.
5. Naval Research Laboratory. "Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Programs" 1986 Review (1986): 229. via Internet Archive.
6. "Outstanding Technology Leaders" Hispanic Engineer (Fall 1996): 28.
7. "Masthead". Journal of the National Technical Association. 64 (1): 2. Summer 1990 – via Internet Archive.
8. Wagner, Shanikka. "Research symposium embraces undergrads" The Hilltop (April 11, 1997): 1.
9. Holmes, B. S.; Chingas, G. C.; Moniz, W. B.; Ferguson, Raymond C. (November 1981). "Application of the J cross-polarization technique to nitrogen-15 of polyamides in solution". Macromolecules. 14 (6): 1785–1787. Bibcode:1981MaMol..14.1785H. doi:10.1021/ma50007a033. ISSN 0024-9297.
10. Holmes, B. S.; Moniz, W. B.; Ferguson, Raymond C. (January 1982). "NMR study of nylon 66 in solution (proton, carbon-13, and nitrogen-15 NMR using adiabatic J cross polarization)". Macromolecules. 15 (1): 129–132. Bibcode:1982MaMol..15..129H. doi:10.1021/ma00229a026. ISSN 0024-9297.
11. Pace, M. D; Holmes, B. S (1983-03-01). "Spin trapping of .NO2 radicals produced by uv photolysis of RDX, HMX, and nitroguanidine". Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 52 (1): 143–146. doi:10.1016/0022-2364(83)90266-4. ISSN 0022-2364.
12. Hinkley, Jeffrey A.; Holmes, Brenda S. (October 1986). "Effect of water on the strength of filled polychloroprene vulcanizates". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 32 (5): 4873–4881. doi:10.1002/app.1986.070320510. ISSN 0021-8995.
13. Holmes, Brenda S.; Trask, Craig A. (April 1988). "Cure studies of interpenetrating networks by microdielectrometry". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 35 (5): 1399–1408. doi:10.1002/app.1988.070350523. ISSN 0021-8995.
14. Holmes, B. S. "Cure Monitoring of Polymeric Materials" Naval Research Laboratory Review (1984): 173-175.