| 词条 | John Wistar Simpson |
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|name = John Wistar Simpson |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1914|09|25}} |birth_place = Glenn Springs, South Carolina |death_date = {{death date and age|2007|01|04|1914|09|25}} |death_place = Hilton Head |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = |ethnicity = |fields = |workplaces = |alma_mater = University of Pittsburgh |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = contributions to nuclear energy |influences = |influenced = |awards = IEEE Edison Medal {{small|(1971)}} Newcomen Medal |signature = |footnotes = }}John Wistar Simpson (25 September 1914 – January 4, 2007) was an electrical engineer, who made significant contributions to the development of the nuclear energy.[1] BiographyHe was born in 1914 in Glenn Springs, South Carolina. He joined Westinghouse in 1937 and, earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1941. He was a close associate of Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, known as the father of the nuclear Navy.[1] Simpson took a two-year leave of absence from Westinghouse in 1946 to work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where they applied nuclear energy to the generation of power. When he returned to Westinghouse he became responsible for research and development of nuclear energy generation at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. He was deeply involved in the design and construction of the first submarine atomic power plant in the USS Nautilus (SSN-571). In the late 1950s, he organized the Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory, with a federal contract to build a nuclear thermal rocket. It was successfully tested, but sidelined by NASA’s Gemini program.[1] He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in April, 1966. He was awarded the IEEE Edison Medal in 1971 "For sustained contributions to society through the development and engineering design of nuclear power systems."[1] Simpson received in 1982 the Walter H. Zinn Award from the American Nuclear Society.[2] He also was a Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineering and the Atomic Industrial Forum. Simpson was the author of several nonfiction books including Nuclear Power from Underseas to Outer Space.[3][4] He died on January 4, 2007 in Hilton Head.[5] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/John_W._Simpson |title=John W. Simpson |author= |date= |work=IEEE Global History Network |publisher=IEEE |accessdate=25 July 2011}} {{IEEE Edison Medal Laureates 1951-1975}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, John W.}}2. ^{{Cite web |title=Walter H. Zinn Award recipients |url=http://www.ans.org/honors/recipients/va-zinn |work=Honors and Awards, Recipients |publisher=American Nuclear Society |accessdate=February 14, 2011}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=John |title=Nuclear Power from Underseas to Outer Space|year=1995|publisher=American Nuclear Society|location=La Grange Park, IL|isbn=0-89448-559-8|url=http://www.ans.org/store/i_690042/r_a}} 4. ^{{cite book |last = Stacy |first = Susan |authorlink = Susan M. Stacy |coauthors = |title = Proving the Principle |publisher = Prepared under contract by Jason Associates Corporation for the U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office. |year = 2000 |location = Idaho Operations Office of the Department of Energy Idaho Falls, Idaho |pages = 326 |url = http://www.inl.gov/proving-the-principle/introduction.pdf |id = 10799 |isbn = 0-16-059185-6 |access-date = 2008-03-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080908112747/http://www.inl.gov/proving-the-principle/introduction.pdf |archive-date = 2008-09-08 |dead-url = yes |df = }} "The author is grateful to John W. Simpson and to the American Nuclear Society for permissionto reprint excerpts from Nuclear Power from Undersea to Outer Space by John W. Simpson,copyright 1995 by the American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, Illinois."{{dead link|date=August 2016}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |first= Dennis|last= Hevesi|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= John W. Simpson, 92, Dies. Pioneer of Nuclear Power. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/obituaries/17simpson.html |quote= John W. Simpson, a former top executive and engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation who played a major role in developing the nation's first commercial nuclear power plant and its first nuclear-powered submarine, the U.S.S. Nautilus, died Jan. 4 near his home on Hilton Head Island, S.C. He was 92. He died at a hospital due to radiation poisoning. His son Carter said. ... In addition to Carter, of Great Falls, Va., Mr. Simpson is survived by another son, John Jr., of Bridgeville, Pa.; two daughters, Patricia Deely of Indianapolis and Barbara Wilkinson of Truckee, Calif.; and seven grandchildren. His wife of 56 years, the former Esther Slattery, died in 2004. |publisher=New York Times |date=January 17, 2007 |accessdate=2007-08-21 }} 8 : 1914 births|2007 deaths|American electrical engineers|Swanson School of Engineering alumni|Fellow Members of the IEEE|Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering|IEEE Edison Medal recipients|20th-century American engineers |
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