| 词条 | Alan Howard (engineer) |
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BiographyYouth, education and early careerHoward was born in Washington, D.C. in 1906.[1] He obtained his BSc in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1927.[5] After his graduation in 1927 Howard started his lifelong career at the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York as electrical engineer. He advanced rapidly various positions,[1] and moved into steam turbine activities in 1941.[5] Further career and acknowledgementIn World War II at General Electric Howard managed the development of aircraft gas turbine engine for the United States Air Force, and developed the TG 100 and TG 180 turboprop engine.[5][6] After the war, Howard became responsible for the "development of all GE's heavy-duty, industrial gas turbines, including the first locomotive gas turbine in the United States."[7] In 1949 Howard had been appointed assistant to the vice-president and general manager, and in 1951 he became appointed general manager of the gas turbine department.[8] Howard had been awarded the Charles E. Coffin Award by General Electric for his "accomplishments in connection with the design and development of the TG100 and TG180 aircraft gas turbines."[5] In 1954 he was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of engineering by Purdue University.[8] In 1962 he had been elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and in 1964 he was awarded the ASME Medal.[5] Selected publications
References1. ^1 2 Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Volume 74, 1967. p. 617 {{ASME Medal|state=collapsed}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Alan}}2. ^Railway Locomotives and Cars, Volume 140. 1966. p. 144 3. ^Marine Engineering/log, Volume 71, 1966. p. 89 4. ^ASME, Mechanical Engineering: The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1965. p. xii. 5. ^1 2 3 4 ASME, [https://www.asme.org/getmedia/8d177f38-a3b8-400a-8990-9c75e78add08/100-Belle-Isle-Gas-Turbine.aspx 3500 kW Gas Turbine at the Schenectady Plant of the General Electric Company], November 8, 1984 6. ^[https://books.google.nl/books?id=wm2mz4weQNsC The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Six: Men and Planes]. DIANE Publishing. p. 251 7. ^Railway Age, Volume 160. 1966. p. 89 8. ^1 Electrical Engineering, Volume 73. 1954. p. 832 8 : 1905 births|1966 deaths|American electrical engineers|20th-century American businesspeople|Purdue University alumni|People from Washington, D.C.|ASME Medal recipients|20th-century American engineers |
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