Unknown Interesting Fact about
Maria
Telkes
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Telkes died in 1995 at the age of 94.
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In 1937, she returned to the United States and joined the faculty
of Boston College,
where she taught until
her retirement in 1965.
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In 1930, she returned to Hungary to teach at the Technical University of Budapest.
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After graduation, she worked as a research associate at the Carnegie Institute of Technology
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In 1926, she came to the United States to study at the
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
where she earned
her master's degree in 1927.
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After graduation, she worked as a research assistant
at the University of Budapest
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She studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she earned her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering
in 1923.
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Telkes was born in Budapest,
Hungary in 1900.
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She is best known for her work on solar energy and desalination.
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Maria Telkes was a Hungarian-American engineer and inventor.
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