Charles Stark Draper[1] | |
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 Charles Stark Draper in 1966 | |
| Born | October 2, 1901 |
| Died | July 25, 1987 (aged 85) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1926; M.S., Physics, 1936; Sc.D., Physics, 1938) Stanford University (B.A., Psychology, 1922) |
| Awards | Magellanic Premium (1959) National Medal of Science (1964) Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1966) Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1971) Allan D. Emil Memorial Award (1977) Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Control theory |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | The physical processes accompanying detonation in the internal combustion engine (1938) |
| Doctoral advisor | Philip M. Morse |
| Doctoral students | Yao-Tzu Li, Robert Seamans |
Charles Stark "Doc" Draper (October 2, 1901 – July 25, 1987) was an American scientist and engineer, known as the "father of inertial navigation".[2] He was the founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Instrumentation Laboratory, later renamed the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, which made the Apollo Moon landings possible through the Apollo Guidance Computer it designed for NASA.
- ^ Dr. Charles S. Draper was elected in 1965 for his contributions to aeronautical and astronautical engineering instrumentation.
- ^ "International Space Hall of Fame ‑ Charles S. Draper". New Mexico Museum of Space History. Retrieved 2013-01-27.