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Dr. Betty Wright Harris is known for her work on the chemistry of explosives

Dr. Betty Wright Harris born on 29 July 1940 Career After gaining her PhD, she taught chemistry and mathematics at Mississippi Valley State University and Southern University.[5] Harris subsequently moved to do research at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she worked in the areas of hazardous waste treatment and environmental remediation as well as explosives chemistry. Areas of focus…

Dr. Betty Wright Harris is an American chemist

born on 29 July 1940 Betty Wright Harris is an American chemist. She is known for her work on the chemistry of explosives completed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She patented a spot test for detecting 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) in the field, which is used by the Federal Department of Homeland Security to screen for nitroaromatic explosives.[1][2]

National Inventors Hall of Fame An Inductee Dr. James Edward Maceo West

James Edward Maceo West born February 10, 1931

Childhood Fascination with Electricity Turned into a Career For the Inventor

James Edward Maceo West born February 10, 1931  It improved hearing aids, for instance, allowing those wearing them to take a walk without painful vibrations.  The technology has also been used to aid with blood pressure readings and in the U.S. space program.   It is now the standard in cell phones, computers, hearing aids, and audio recording equipment. Born February 10, 1931 in…

He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for the production and design of microphones

James Edward Maceo West born February 10, 1931 – The work of James Edward Maceo West transformed the way people around the world hear and transmit sound. In 1962, West, then a research scientist at Bell Laboratories, developed the foil electret microphone in partnership with his colleague Dr. Gerhard M. Sessler.  Until that time, most microphones, which transform sound into an electrical…

Husband Albert L. Brown & Marie Van Brittan Brown invented the Home Security System

Along with her husband, Marie Van Brittan Brown invented a security system

Marie Van Brittan Brown (1922-1999)  In 1966, Brown, along with the assistance of her husband, invented a security system which consisted of four peepholes, a sliding camera, television monitors, and two-way microphones.  These items created a closed-circuit television system for surveillance also known as CCTV. With multiple peepholes, the sliding camera was able to capture images of people…

Marie Van Brittan Brown one of the inventors of the Home Security System

Marie van Brittan Brown (1922-1999) African American inventor Marie Van Brittan Brown, along with her husband Albert Brown contributed to a safer society with their invention of the first home security system.  Their invention was the first closed-circuit television security system and paved the way for modern home security systems used today.  Mrs. Brown was born in 1922 in Jamaica, Queens,…

The Super Soaker Invented By Lonnie George Johnson

Lonnie George Johnson   (born October 6, 1949)  Johnson tweaked the design of the water gun, replacing the water in the Super Soaker with a “toy [Nerf] projectile.”  In 1996, Johnson received A U.S. Patent 5553598 A[17] for “Pneumatic launcher for a toy projectile and the like.” 

Lonnie George Johnson —An American Inventor, Aerospace Engineer, and Entrepreneur

 Lonnie George Johnson   (born October 6, 1949 In February 2013, Johnson filed suit against Hasbro after he discovered that he was being underpaid royalties for the Super Soaker and several Nerf line of toys.[18]   In November 2013, Johnson was awarded nearly $73 million in royalties from Hasbro Inc. in arbitration. According to Hasbro, the Super Soaker is approaching sales of $1 billion.[19

Lonnie George Johnson Inventor of the Super Soaker Water Gun

Lonnie George Johnson  (born October 6, 1949)  Out of both interest and economic necessity, Johnson’s father was a skilled handyman who taught his six children to build their own toys.  When Johnson was still a small boy, he and his dad built a pressurized china berry shooter out of bamboo shoots.  At the age of 13, Johnson attached a lawnmower engine to a go-kart he built from junkyard…

Who invented the X-Ray Spectrometer? Answer: George Edward Alcorn Jr.

George Edward Alcorn Jr.  Born March 22, 1940 X-Ray SpectrometerUS Patent No. 4,472,728 Inducted in 2015  Used with space telescopes and other satellites, x-ray imaging spectrometers provide highly useful data for a wide range of scientific and technical applications.  With improvements that addressed structural and performance deficiencies, Alcorn’s devices and their descendants have been…

George Edward Alcorn Jr. joined NASA in 1978

George Edward Alcorn Jr. Born March 22, 1940 X-Ray Spectrometer US Patent No. 4,472,728 Inducted in 2015   A graduate of Occidental College with a B.S. in physics, Alcorn went on to receive his M.S. and his Ph.D. from Howard University. He conducted significant work in high-performance semiconductor devices at IBM, and joined NASA in 1978 where he worked for the remainder of his…

NASA/GSFC Inventor of the Year honors in 1984 was received by George Edward Alcorn Jr.

George Edward Alcorn Jr. Born March 22, 1940 X-Ray Spectrometer US Patent No. 4,472,728 Inducted in 2015   Born in 1940 in Indianapolis, INAttended Occidential College on scholarship and graduated with honors, with a B.S. in Physics, while also participating on basketball and football teams.Earned a Master of Science in Physics in 9 months from Howard University in 1963.After years as a…

Dr. Alcorn served as the project manager for the ALTMS (Airborne Lidar Topographical Mapping System)

 Dr. Alcorn joined NASA in 1978 and has held a variety of research and administrative positions with the agency. He has headed teams to develop new technologies for space stations and methods for detecting life in space, and he has directed programs for commercialization of NASA technologies.  He also helped establish NASA’s first technology incubator, based in Baltimore. Dr. Alcorn served as…

George Edward Alcorn Jr. (1940 – ) Physicist, Engineer, and NASA Researcher

    Prior to his long career with NASA, Dr. Alcorn worked in private industry with North American Rockwell, Perkin Elmer, and IBM. Many of his inventions and innovations while working for those companies were related to semiconductors. Parallel to his research, Dr. Alcorn has had a distinguished career in teaching. He is a professor of physics and electrical engineering at Howard University…

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