David Gordon Wilson
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David Gordon Wilson is emeritus professor of engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Born in Warwickshire, England, Wilson moved to the U.S. in 1953. After his doctorate and post-doctoral work he taught engineering design and pursued a long-standing interest into human powered transport. He is credited, along with Chester Kyle, with starting the modern recumbent bicycle movement in the USA.
One of the most famous early recumbents, the Avatar 2000 was designed by Wilson.
Wilson is the co-founder of Wilson Turbo Power Inc., which was founded in 2001 to commercialize two breakthrough energy technologies developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Wilson is the inventor of the 'Wilson Turbogenerator' which is currently being developed. An electrical efficiency of greater than 50% is claimed for his design. A prototype 300 kW microturbine should be completed by 2008.
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