Did you know Henry Thomas Sampson Jr. was one of the first African American chemical engineering graduates and also the first African American to hold a Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering?

Henry Sampson is a prolific inventor who holds several U.S. patents. In 1971, he co-invented the Gamma-Electric cell with George H. Miley. The Gamma-Electric cell converts high radiation energy (gamma rays) to electricity.

Henry Sampson also holds several other patents focusing on the development of rocket propellants (fuels). In 1973, Sampson invented an improved process of case bonding of propellant grains within a rocket chamber