Dr. Lowell Wood

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
climate researcher
gptkbp:advisorTo gptkb:Department_of_Defense
gptkb:Department_of_Energy
gptkb:NASA
gptkb:U.S._government
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Ernest_Orlando_Lawrence_Award
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (nominee)
gptkbp:birthDate 1941
gptkbp:birthName Lowell Lincoln Wood Jr.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Edward_Teller
gptkb:Freeman_Dyson
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Edward_Teller
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:energy
gptkb:public_policy
astrophysics
climate science
nuclear physics
gptkbp:hasPatent medical devices
communications technology
energy systems
environmental technologies
defense technologies
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith gptkb:Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory
gptkb:Hoover_Institution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. Lowell Wood
gptkbp:knownFor advocacy for technological solutions to global problems
work on Project Excalibur
work on Strategic Defense Initiative
being one of the most prolific inventors in U.S. history
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:energy
nuclear weapons research
geoengineering research
holding over 1,000 patents
gptkbp:proposedBy space-based solar power
Star Wars missile defense concepts
asteroid defense strategies
geoengineering solutions for climate change
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Wood
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:EMP_Commission
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7