Walter Brenner


Walter Brenner was an Austrian-American professor of chemical engineering and inventor. He also authored a number of patents, technical papers, magazine articles, and books. Brenner is recognized as having pioneered the development of high energy ionizing radiation for polymers to be used for industrial, aerospace, medical, and consumer applications. He died in December 2017 at the age of 94.

Early life and education

Brenner was born in Vienna, Austria, in July 1923.
In 1938, the Brenner family was forced to leave Austria to escape the Nazi occupation. He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, NY, and in 1940 was admitted to the City College of New York where he graduated with a BA in Chemical Engineering.
In 1943, Brenner served in the U.S. military, achieving the rank of technical sergeant and remained in the service until 1945. When he completed his service in the military, Brenner attended the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn where he earned his Master's degree and later his doctorate in chemical engineering studying under the renowned Donald Othmer.

Career

Brenner served as a full professor at New York University for over 25 years teaching chemical engineering. He taught in the uptown Bronx campus and later in the downtown Greenwich Village campus. Brenner's expertise led him to become a consultant working for many different companies, institutions, branches of the government and military over his professional career.
In 1976, Brenner and his son James co-founded a polymer formulation company called Master Bond Inc. Brenner developed specialty systems including adhesives, sealants, coatings, and encapsulants that are primarily epoxy-based. Additionally, Master Bond produces silicone, polysulfide, polyurethane, and UV light curing systems.

Selected publications

Books

  • Walter Brenner, Dorey Lum, Malcolm W. Riley. . Reinhold, 1962.
  • Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Walter Brenner. . Reinhold, 1964.
  • Rudolph Vermes, Walter Brenner. Radiation Crosslinking of some New Ethylene Copolymers. . Advances in Chemistry, Vol. 66. Chapter 11, pp 156–169. American Chemical Society, 1967.
  • Walter Brenner, R. F. Shaffer, R. Vermes, Charles Marsel, William H. Kapfer. . Defense Technical Information Center, 1968.
  • Walter Brenner, Yoshiyuki Okamoto. . Defense Technical Information Center, 1968.
  • Walter Brenner, Barry Rugg. . USDA Southern Utilization Research and Development Division, 1969.
  • Walter Brenner, James J. Timlin. . Defense Technical Information Center, 1974.
  • Walter Brenner, Barry Rugg. Defense Technical Information Center, 1975.
  • Walter Brenner, James J. Timlin. . Defense Technical Information Center, 1974.
  • Business Communications Co, Walter Brenner. . Business Communications Company, 1975.
  • Walter Brenner. . National Technical Information Service, 1979.
  • Walter Brenner, Josef Arnon. . Defense Technical Information Center, 1981.

    Articles

  • Walter Brenner, Zvi Blank, Y. Okamoto. . In: Nature, Volume 212, Issue 5060, pp. 392–393.
  • Martin Prince, Bruce W. Bremer, Walter Brenner. In: The journal of organic chemistry. - : American Chemical Society,, Vol. 31, No. 12, p. 4292–4293.
  • Zvi Blank, Walter Brenner, Yoshiyuki Okamoto. . Research Division, School of Engineering and Science New York University, New York, N.Y.. Published by Elsevier Ltd., 1968.
  • Walter Brenner. This paper was presented at a meeting of the Section of Catalysis on March 11, 1971. Published in: Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 33, Issue 7 Series II, pages 710–723, November 1971.
  • Walter Brenner, Barry Rugg. . Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1986.
  • Walter Brenner. . Published in Medical Design, Penton Media Inc., November 1, 2008. Accessed October 26, 2012.
  • Walter Brenner. . Published in Photonics Spectra, Laurin Media, October 2012. Accessed October 26, 2012.

    Patents