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Martin Lowson
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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.
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Biography
Martin Vincent Lowson[1] was born in Totteridge, Hertfordshire, on 5 January 1938.[2]
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] In this year he produced a number of important papers on noise generation which are still regarded as fundamental in the field as of 2013[update].[4]
Lowson married Ann Pennicutt in 1961.[5] They had two children, Sarah and Jonathan.[1] Lowson's interests included squash and bluegrass music.[5]
Lowson died of a stroke[6] on 14 June 2013, at the age of 75.[2]
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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
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References
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