David Gordon Wilson
David Gordon Wilson (11 February 1928 – 2 May 2019) was a British-born engineer who served as a professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.Born in Warwickshire, England, Wilson went to the US on a post-doctoral fellowship in 1955. He returned to Britain in 1957 to work in the gas-turbine industry. He taught engineering in Nigeria from 1958 to 1960. He started a branch of a US company in London and in 1961 was moved to the US. In 1966 he joined the MIT faculty and taught engineering design, wrote two textbooks on his specialty gas-turbine design with co-authors and also pursued a long-standing interest into human-powered transport, coauthoring ''Bicycling Science''. He is credited, along with Chester Kyle, with starting the modern recumbent bicycle movement in the US. Wilson was a board member of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association from 1977 through 1993, its president in 1984, and was editor and frequent author of its journal [http://ihpva.org/hparchive.htm Human Power] from 1984 through 2001.
In 1980, Wilson and Richard Forrestall developed a recumbent bicycle, the Avatar 2000. In 1982, Tim Gartside (Australia) rode a fully faired version as the Avatar Bluebell (UK) in a US event to a world record of 51.9 mph for 200 metres with a flying start.
Wilson held more than 60 patents; in 1982, he told the ''Boston Globe'', "It’s a bit of a pain that all I’m known for is the bike. I’m very keen on some of the other things I do." He was also active in environmental causes, proposing a forerunner to the carbon tax in 1973, and leading a group that called for a smoking ban in public places.
In 2001, Wilson and Bruce co-founded Wilson TurboPower to commercialise two energy technologies developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—the Wilson Heat Exchanger, for which the company received $500,000 in funding from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative in 2008, and the Wilson Microturbine, which was described as a "high-performance 300 kW microturbine [that] will dramatically improve energy economics by producing over 50% electrical efficiency." In 2010, the company changed its name and its focus, becoming the Wilson Solarpower Corporation.
Wilson lived in Winchester, Massachusetts with his second wife, Ellen. Provided by Wikipedia
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Bicycling science by Wilson, David Gordon, 1928-
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2004
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The design of high-efficiency turbomachinery and gas turbines by Wilson, David Gordon, 1928-
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The design of high-efficiency turbomachinery and gas turbines by Wilson, David Gordon, 1928-
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Handbook of solid waste management
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Bicycling science by Whitt, Frank Rowland
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Bicycling science : ergonomics and mechanics by Whitt, Frank Rowland
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Bicycling science: ergonomics and mechanics by Whitt, Frank Rowland
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Bicycling science : ergonomics and mechanics by Whitt, Frank Rowland
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Human-powered vehicles
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Pedal power in work, leisure, and transportation
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Urban engineering and transportation ; [papers]
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The Treatment and management of urban solid waste
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