Feb 21, 2023
Dr. Lonnie Johnson, engineer & Inventor Hall of Fame inductee,
visits Google to discuss his past work with NASA, the US Air Force,
and his efforts to help underrepresented communities enter STEM
fields.
He is the founder and President of Johnson Research and Development
and the founder and President of the Johnson STEM Activity Center,
a 501c(3) dedicated to educating disadvantaged and underserved
children in STEM. A prolific inventor with over 150 patents, he is
best known for his popular invention, the super soaker.
Dr. Johnson attended Tuskegee University where he earned a
bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in
nuclear engineering and two honorary doctorates in science. He
served in the U.S. Air Force where he analyzed space systems and
worked on the Stealth Bomber Program, earning the Air Force
Achievement Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal twice. At
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he helped develop some of the
nation’s most advanced technologies in the Galileo mission to
Jupiter, the Mars Observer and the Cassini Mission to Saturn,
earning multiple awards for his contributions.
Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.