Brenda Swann Holmes

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".Howard University, [https://dh.howard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1124&context=hugradpro Commencement Program] (8 May 1976): 33.

Holmes won a National Research Council postdoctoral appointment in chemical research at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL),{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED372961 |title=ERIC ED372961: Careers in Science and Technology. |date=September 1993 |pages=27 |language=english |via=Internet Archive}} studying nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.{{Cite journal |date=July–August 1980 |title=Women in the Field of Science and Engineering; Progress in the '70s, Promises of the '80s |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UniPR--9560C&dq=Brenda+Swann+Holmes+chemistry&pg=RA4-PA1 |journal=Women in Action |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=1}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tH_fAAAAMAAJ&q=Holmes&pg=PA4 |title=Going Strong!: Women in Defense |date=1984 |publisher=Department of Defense |pages=4–5 |language=en}} In 1985 she won an EEO Award at the NRL.Naval Research Laboratory. [https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA196250/page/228/mode/2up?q=Holmes "Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Programs"] 1986 Review (1986): 229. via Internet Archive. She was with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in the 1990s.[https://books.google.com/books?id=kqnRETS9FWwC&dq=Brenda+Swann+Holmes+chemistry&pg=PA28 "Outstanding Technology Leaders"] Hispanic Engineer (Fall 1996): 28.

Holmes served on the editorial review committee of the National Technical Association in 1990,{{Cite journal |date=Summer 1990 |title=Masthead |url=https://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910004361/page/n37/mode/2up?q=%22Dr.+Brenda+Holmes%22 |journal=Journal of the National Technical Association |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=2 |via=Internet Archive}} and was keynote speaker at the Howard University Graduate Symposium in 1997.Wagner, Shanikka. [https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234739738.pdf "Research symposium embraces undergrads"] The Hilltop (April 11, 1997): 1.

In the 1980s, Holmes' research was published in Macromolecules, Journal of Magnetic Resonance,{{Cite journal |last1=Pace |first1=M. D |last2=Holmes |first2=B. S |date=1983-03-01 |title=Spin trapping of .NO2 radicals produced by uv photolysis of RDX, HMX, and nitroguanidine |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-2364%2883%2990266-4 |journal=Journal of Magnetic Resonance |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=143–146 |doi=10.1016/0022-2364(83)90266-4 |issn=0022-2364}} and Journal of Applied Polymer Science.

• "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){{Cite journal |last1=Holmes |first1=B. S. |last2=Chingas |first2=G. C. |last3=Moniz |first3=W. B. |last4=Ferguson |first4=Raymond C. |date=November 1981 |title=Application of the J cross-polarization technique to nitrogen-15 of polyamides in solution |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma50007a033 |journal=Macromolecules |language=en |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=1785–1787 |doi=10.1021/ma50007a033 |bibcode=1981MaMol..14.1785H |issn=0024-9297}}
• "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){{Cite journal |last1=Holmes |first1=B. S. |last2=Moniz |first2=W. B. |last3=Ferguson |first3=Raymond C. |date=January 1982 |title=NMR study of nylon 66 in solution (proton, carbon-13, and nitrogen-15 NMR using adiabatic J cross polarization) |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma00229a026 |journal=Macromolecules |language=en |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=129–132 |doi=10.1021/ma00229a026 |bibcode=1982MaMol..15..129H |issn=0024-9297}}
• "Spin trapping of .NO₂ radicals produced by uv photolysis of RDX, HMX, and nitroguanidine" (1983, with M. D. Pace)
• "Cure Monitoring of Polymeric Materials" (1984)Holmes, B. S. [https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA159000.pdf "Cure Monitoring of Polymeric Materials"] Naval Research Laboratory Review (1984): 173-175.
• "Effect of water on the strength of filled polychloroprene vulcanizates" (1986, with Jeffrey A. Hinkley){{Cite journal |last1=Hinkley |first1=Jeffrey A. |last2=Holmes |first2=Brenda S. |date=October 1986 |title=Effect of water on the strength of filled polychloroprene vulcanizates |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.1986.070320510 |journal=Journal of Applied Polymer Science |language=en |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=4873–4881 |doi=10.1002/app.1986.070320510 |issn=0021-8995}}
• "Cure studies of interpenetrating networks by microdielectrometry" (1988, with Craig A. Trask){{Cite journal |last1=Holmes |first1=Brenda S. |last2=Trask |first2=Craig A. |date=April 1988 |title=Cure studies of interpenetrating networks by microdielectrometry |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.1988.070350523 |journal=Journal of Applied Polymer Science |language=en |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=1399–1408 |doi=10.1002/app.1988.070350523 |issn=0021-8995}}

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