Elise McAbee

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{{short description|American engineer}}

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| caption = Elise McAbee, from a 1965 publication of the United States Army

| other_names = Elise Saunders (married name)

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| birth_date = July 28, 1920

| birth_place = Orange County, New York

| death_date = May 9, 1991

| death_place = Bexar, Texas

| occupation = Materials engineer

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Elise McAbee Saunders (July 28, 1920 – May 9, 1991) was an American materials engineer with the United States Army.

Early life and education

McAbee was from Orange County, New York, the daughter of Daniel Hayes McAbee and Ruth E. Edgecomb McAbee. She earned a degree in chemical engineering at West Virginia University in 1942.{{Cite book|last=West Virginia University|url=http://archive.org/details/monticola1942west|title=The Monticola|date=1942|publisher=Chicago, A.L. Swift & Co|others=West Virginia University Libraries|pages=33|via=Internet Archive}}

Career

McAbee worked in the Army's Plastics and Packaging Laboratory at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. She and her colleagues won the Army Research & Development Achievement Award in 1965.{{Cite journal|date=February 1966|title=Kudos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7WSNKQdiLNUC&dq=Elise+McAbee+engineer&pg=RA12-PA33|journal=Army Research & Development Newsmagazine|volume=6|pages=33}}{{Cite journal|date=June 1965|title=Army Announces 24 Selections for R&D Achievement Awards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7WSNKQdiLNUC&dq=Elise+McAbee+engineer&pg=RA5-PA43|journal=Army Research & Development Newsmagazine|volume=6|pages=43}} Her research on plastics, polymers, and adhesives was published in academic journals including The Journal of Adhesion and The Journal of Applied Polymer Science.{{Cite journal|last1=McAbee|first1=Elise|last2=Levi|first2=David W.|date=September 1969|title=Prediction of mechanical properties of polymers. Tensile strength of glass-reinforced plastics|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.1969.070130909|journal=Journal of Applied Polymer Science|volume=13|issue=9|pages=1899–1908|doi=10.1002/app.1969.070130909}}

Selected publications

  • "Use of multiple regression analysis to develop predictive models for failure times of adhesive bonds at constant stress" (1974, with William C. Jones, Raymond F. Wegman, and David W. Levi){{Cite journal|last1=Jones|first1=William C.|last2=McAbee|first2=Elise|last3=Wegman|first3=Raymond F.|last4=Levi|first4=David W.|date=1974|title=Use of multiple regression analysis to develop predictive models for failure times of adhesive bonds at constant stress|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/app.1974.070180220|journal=Journal of Applied Polymer Science|language=en|volume=18|issue=2|pages=555–565|doi=10.1002/app.1974.070180220|issn=1097-4628}}
  • "Failure of Adhesive Bonds at Constant Strain Rates" (1972, with Michael J. Bodnar, William C. Tanner, and David W. Levi){{Cite journal|last1=McAbee|first1=Elise|last2=Bodnar|first2=Michael J.|last3=Tanner|first3=William C.|last4=Levi|first4=David W.|date=June 1972|title=Failure of Adhesive Bonds at Constant Strain Rates|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00218467208072214|journal=The Journal of Adhesion|language=en|volume=4|issue=2|pages=87–93|doi=10.1080/00218467208072214|issn=0021-8464}}
  • "Application of Superposition Techniques to Thermal Degradation of Epoxide Resins" (1971, with H. T. Lee and David W. Levi){{Cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=H. T.|last2=McAbee|first2=Elise|last3=Levi|first3=David W.|date=December 1, 1971|title=Application of Superposition Techniques to Thermal Degradation of Epoxide Resins.|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0735687|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811101231/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0735687|url-status=live|archive-date=August 11, 2020|journal=Defense Technical Information Center|language=en}}
  • "Use of a Reaction Rate Method to Predict Failure Times of Adhesive Bonds at Constant Stress" (1970 with David W. Levi)McAbee, Elise and David W. Levi (1970) [https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0717554.pdf "Use of a Reaction Rate Method to Predict Failure Times of Adhesive Bonds at Constant Stress"] Defense Technical Information Center.
  • "Relation between the Tensile Modulus of Propellants and the Failure Time" (1970, with David W. Levi){{Cite journal|last1=McAbee|first1=Elise|last2=Levi|first2=David W.|date=January 1, 1970|title=Relation between the Tensile Modulus of Propellants and the Failure Time|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0699929|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204182445/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0699929|url-status=live|archive-date=December 4, 2020|journal=Defense Technical Information Center|language=en}}
  • "Prediction of Failure Times for Some Adhesive-Bonded Joints" (1970, with William C. Tanner and David W. Levi){{Cite journal|last1=McAbee|first1=Elise|last2=Tanner|first2=William C.|last3=Levi|first3=David W.|date=July 1, 1970|title=Prediction of Failure Time for Some Adhesive-Bonded Joints|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0709585|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023184530/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0709585|url-status=live|archive-date=October 23, 2021|journal=Defense Technical Information Center|language=en}}
  • "Prediction of mechanical properties of polymers. Tensile strength of glass-reinforced plastics" (1969, with David W. Levi)
  • "Prediction of Lifetimes of Nylon Samples at Various Stress Levels" (1969, with David W. Levi){{Cite journal|last1=McAbee|first1=Elise|last2=Levi|first2=David W.|date=May 1, 1969|title=Prediction of Lifetimes of Nylon Samples at Various Stress Levels|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0688586|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126011536/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0688586|url-status=live|archive-date=November 26, 2020|journal=Defense Technical Information Center|language=en}}
  • "Treatment of propellant mechanical property data by reaction rate analysis" (1967, with David W. Levi){{Cite journal|last1=McAbee|first1=Elise|last2=Levi|first2=David W.|date=October 1967|title=Treatment of propellant mechanical property data by reaction rate analysis|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.1967.070111022|journal=Journal of Applied Polymer Science|volume=11|issue=10|pages=2067–2069|doi=10.1002/app.1967.070111022}}
  • "Effect of Temperature and Rate of Loading on the Tensile Properties of Glass-Reinforced Polyester" (1964, with Mitchel Chmura){{Cite journal|last1=McAbee|first1=Elise|last2=Chmura|first2=Mitchel|date=October 1, 1964|title=Effect of Temperature and Rate of Loading on the Tensile Properties of Glass-Reinforced Polyester|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0451322|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023184532/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0451322|url-status=live|archive-date=October 23, 2021|journal=Defense Technical Information Center|language=en}}
  • "Tensile Properties of Double-Base Propellants" (1962, with Mitchel Chmura){{Cite journal|last1=Mcabee|first1=Elise|last2=Chmura|first2=Mitchel|date=May 1, 1962|title=Tensile Properties of Double-Base Propellants|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0275403|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023184533/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD0275403|url-status=live|archive-date=October 23, 2021|journal=Defense Technical Information Center|language=en}}
  • "High-Rate Tensile Properties of Plastics" (1961, with Mitchel Chmura){{Cite book|last=Defense Documentation Center (U.S.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0UwMbivm3KoC&dq=Elise+McAbee&pg=RA3-PA197|title=Technical Abstract Bulletin|date=April 1961|publisher=Defense Documentation Center|pages=197|language=en}}
  • "Effect of Testing Rate and Type of Machine on Tensile Properties Data for Plastics" (1958){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4VNAQAAMAAJ&dq=Elise+McAbee&pg=RA1-PA455|title=U.S. Government Research Reports|date=1959|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Technical Services.|pages=455|language=en}}

Personal life

Elise McAbee married John Everitt Saunders in 1973. She died in 1991, in Bexar County, Texas, aged 70 years.

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