Theresa V. Brassard Explained

Theresa V. Brassard
Birth Name:Theresa Vandecar
Birth Date:January 3, 1929
Birth Place:Cohoes, New York
Death Date:May 17, 2016
Occupation:Metallographer

Theresa Mary Vandecar Brassard (January 3, 1929 – May 17, 2016) was an American metallographer.

Early life

Theresa Vandecar was from Cohoes, New York, the daughter of Orville Vandecar and Bertha M. Peat Vandecar. She graduated from Cohoes High School in 1947.[1] [2]

Career

Brassard worked as a metallographic technician at Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, and at General Electric in Schenectady, New York. In 1967, she joined the staff of the Army's Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy Laboratory, Maggs Research Laboratory at Watervliet Arsenal in New York.[3] At Watervliet, she was director of the metallography laboratory,[4] and used metallographic analysis to study "white layer", an erosion phenomenon that affected gunmetal.[5]

Brassard's photomicrographs were exhibited nationally[6] and won awards from the American Ceramic Society and the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM).[7] [8] In 1975 she received the Metallurgical Engineering Assistant's Award from the Eastern New York chapter of the American Society of Metals. She was nominated for the Federal Woman's Award in 1975. From 1979 to 1981 she was membership secretary of the ASTM's Metallography committee.[9] She published her research in academic journals including Composites[10] and Metals Engineering Quarterly.[11]

In 1983, Brassard moved to California, where she was a metallographer at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. She retired in 1988, and returned to New York state.

Selected publications and reports

Personal life

Vandecar married World War II veteran Raymond Earl Brassard. They had three children.[15] Her husband died in 1998, and she died in 2016, aged 87 years. Her gravesite is in Saratoga National Cemetery, with her husband's.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1946-11-19. Three Students Names to be Delegates at Institute in Albany. 13. The Times Record. 2021-10-06. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Stanley. Marie. 1972-12-06. Waterford Grandmother Wants to go to Moon. 1. The Times Record. 2021-10-06. Newspapers.com.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=rIOoLIdNUoAC&dq=Theresa+V.+Brassard&pg=RA7-PA30 "Watervliet Adds Distinguished Metallographer"
  4. News: 1975-01-10. Waterford Woman Runner-Up. 13. The Times Record. 2021-10-06. Newspapers.com.
  5. July 1976. Awards Evidence Metallographer's Achievements. Army Research and Development News Magazine. 27.
  6. News: 1972-11-25. Arsenal Researchers Win Honors at Exhibit. 13. The Troy Record. 2021-10-06. Newspapers.com.
  7. September 1971. ASTM Picks Watervliet Photos for Honors in National Exhibit. Army Research and Development News Magazine. 47.
  8. News: 1969-10-17. Microphoto Exhibits Win Awards. 2. The Times Record. 2021-10-06. Newspapers.com.
  9. Book: Voort. George F. Vander. Metallography--past, Present, and Future: 75th Anniversary Volume. Warmuth. Francis J.. Purdy. Samuel M.. Szirmae. Albert. 1993. ASTM International. 978-0-8031-1484-5. 18, 46. en.
  10. Brassard. Theresa V.. December 1969. Preparing nickel/boron and other composites for optical-metallographic examinations. Composites. en. 1. 2. 185. 10.1016/0010-4361(69)90076-7.
  11. News: 1973-06-18. Three Arsenal Men Coauthor Article. 27. The Times Record. 2021-10-06. Newspapers.com.
  12. Book: Brassard, Theresa V.. DTIC ADA136147: Sample Preparation and Evaluation of Steel Specimens for Inclusion Retention and Subsequent Automated Assessment. 1983-10-01. Defense Technical Information Center. english.
  13. Book: Nolan. Charles J.. Metals Engineering Quarterly 1973-05: Vol 13 Iss 2. Brassard. Theresa V.. DeFries. Richard F.. May 1973. ASM International. Internet Archive. 31. English. "How Microstructure Influences Mechanical Properties of Forgings".
  14. DeFries. Richard S.. Nolan. Charles J.. Brassard. Theresa V.. 1970-03-01. Some Observations on the Relationship between Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Large Cylindrical Gun Tube Forgings. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030144448/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0702912. live. October 30, 2020. en.
  15. News: 1954-03-12. Veterans Re-Enlist at Guard Drill. 15. The Times Record. 2021-10-06. Newspapers.com.

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