Martin Lowson | |
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| Born | Martin Vincent Lowson 5 January 1938
Totteridge, England |
| Died | 15 June 2013 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
Professor Martin Lowson (5 January 1938 – 14 June 2013) was an aeronautical engineer. He held a number of senior academic appointments in UK and US universities, was a co-patentee of the BERP helicopter rotor system, and also made a significant contribution to the development of personal rapid transport systems.
Early life
Martin Vincent Lowson [1] was born in Totteridge, Hertfordshire, on 5 January 1938. [2]
Education
He attended The King's School in Worcester, after which he became an apprentice with Vickers-Armstrong. [3] Lowson gained a PhD in 1963, [2] after which he spent a year in the Institute of Sound & Vibration Research, where he worked on aero-acoustics. [1]
Personal life
Lowson married Ann Pennicutt in 1961. [4] They had two children, Sarah and Jonathan. [1] Lowson's interests included squash and bluegrass music. [4]
Death
Lowson died of a stroke [5] on 14 June 2013, at the age of 75. [2]
Honours and awards
- Royal Aeronautical Society Award for contributions to world’s first man powered flight 1961
- Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America 1969
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 1991
- Busk Prize of Royal Aeronautical Society for best paper in Aerodynamics 1992.
- Queens Award for Technology received by Westland Team for BERP blade 1994
- Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1995
- British Wind Energy Association Award for Research 1997
- Altran Prize for Innovations to improve urban quality of life 2001
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Transport 2003
- Viva Award for Transport Innovation from Worshipful Company of Carmen 2010
References
- ^ a b c d "Professor Martin Lowson, 1938-2013". University of Bristol. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "Obituary, Professor Martin Lowson". The Times. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Martin Lowson". University of Southampton. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ a b Who's Who 2013. A&C Black of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Martin Lowson, Inventor, Entrepreneur and Friend". PRT Consulting. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- English aerospace engineers
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Academics of Loughborough University
- Academics of the University of Bristol
- Alumni of the University of Southampton
- People from Totteridge
- People educated at King's School, Worcester
- 1938 births
- 2013 deaths
- Fellows of the Acoustical Society of America