Asset was born in
Yonkers, New York, the daughter of Henri Louis Asset and Marie Anne Therese Asset. Both of her parents were born in France. Her father was an engineer and businessman.[1] She graduated from
Barnard College in 1928. She earned a master's degree in physics and mathematics at
Wellesley College in 1931,[2] and another master's degree at
Radcliffe College in 1933.[3] She pursued further studies in electronics and fluid dynamics at
Cornell University and
Johns Hopkins University.[4]
Asset spent most of her career working at the Army Chemical Research and Development Laboratories at
Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, from 1946 to 1961. At Edgewood, she designed
wind tunnels and other devices for the study of aerosols. She was awarded the Army decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 1961[9][10] and again in 1964.[4] She held a patent for a measuring apparatus with Fred J. Curran and Walter P. Wills,[11] and for a
microburette to produce droplets of uniform size.[12]
"A Photoelectric Galvanometer Amplifier" (1945)[8]
"Deposition of Windborne Particles on Human Skin" (1954, with Doris Pury)[21]
"Nasal penetration of particles of small inertia in experimental animals." (1956, with L. E. Gongwer and Stella Ryan)[15]
"Effect of Particle Size and Wind Speed on Nasal Penetration of Wind-Borne Particles. Observations on Experimental Animals" (1957)[16]
"Nasal Sampling of Aerosols in Experimental Animals" (1958)[22]
"Effects of Inhalation of Aerosols of Three Engine Oils" (1958, with Martin A. Ross and Stella Ryan)[23]
"A
Solenoid-Operated Microburet for Producing Uniform Droplets"(1959)[17]
"Note on the Lateral Displacement of Solid Particles and Gas in Shear
Turbulent Flow" (1964, with Dennis Phillips)[20]
"Leeward Deposition of Particles on Cylinders from Moving Aerosols" (1967, with Thomas G. Hutchins)[19]
"Small-Particle Collection Efficiency of Vertical Cylinders in Flows of Low-Intensity Turbulence" (1970, with David Kimball and Milton Hoff)[18]
Personal life
In 1951, Asset married German-born professor of occupational medicine, Heinrich Brieger.[24] Her husband died in 1972,[25] and she died in 2003, at the age of 98, in Philadelphia.[26][27]
References
^"Henri L. Asset". Brooklyn Heights Press. 1962-04-05. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
^Wellesley College (1931).
Catalogue. Wellesley College Library. Wellesley, Mass. pp. 13, 128, 161.
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abAsset, Gabrielle, L. E. Gongwer, and Stella Ryan. "Nasal penetration of particles of small inertia in experimental animals." Arch. Indust. Health 13, no. 6, Sect. 1 (1956): 597-601.
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abAsset, Gabrielle. "Effect of Particle Size and Wind Speed on Nasal Penetration of Wind-Borne Particles. Observations on Experimental Animals." Arch. Indust. Health 15, no. 2 (1957): 119-23.
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abAsset, Gabrielle. "A Solenoid-Operated Microburet for Producing Uniform Droplets" American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 20, no. 1 (1959): 56-60.