Friday, March 5, 2021

George Alcorn is a pioneering Physicist and Engineer who invented the X-Ray Spectrometer


 

 

 

George Edward Alcorn Jr.

 Born March 22, 1940

 

X-Ray Spectrometer

US Patent No. 4,472,728
Inducted in 2015
 

George Alcorn is a pioneering physicist and engineer noted for his aerospace and semiconductor inventions. 

 

His x-ray imaging spectrometer, patented during his career at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), allowed for the detection of radio signatures at a more distant and accurate rate than previously possible and influenced the continued evolution of imaging devices.

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