Dec. 12, 2022
Maria Telkes, Google Doodle Sun Queen To Honored
By Abhimanyu Singh
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Google has honored Hungarian scientist Maria Telkes or the 'Sun Queen' on her birthday with a Google Doodle.
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On this day in 1952, Dr. Maria Telkes was the first woman to receive The Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award.
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Google paid tribute to Hungarian-American scientist and biophysicist Dr. Maria Telkes on 12 December 2022.
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She is one of the pioneers of solar energy and is fondly called the 'Sun Queen' for her contribution to solar thermal storage systems.
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Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1900, Dr. Telkes studied physical chemistry at the Eötvös Lorand University in Budapest.
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An advocate of putting the sun's energy to use, she was one of the first researchers to do so in an experimental habitat.
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She came to the United States in 1925 and stayed there when the Cleveland Clinic Foundation hired her as a biophysicist.
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Dr. Telkes became a US citizen in 1937 and was a member of the Solar Energy Committee at the prestigious MIT.
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