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Kenneth L. Johnson is an American engineer and inventor who was born on March 19, 1925. He is best known for his work in the field of aerospace engineering, particularly in the development of the Space Shuttle. He is also credited with the invention of the first successful air-breathing rocket engine. Johnson was born in Los Angeles, California and attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1947. He then went on to earn a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1949. Johnson began his career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where he worked on the development of the first successful air-breathing rocket engine. He then moved to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1962, where he worked on the development of the Space Shuttle. He was the chief engineer of the Space Shuttle program from 1972 to 1975. Johnson has been awarded numerous honors for his work, including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2009, the National Medal of Science in 2011, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics. Johnson is currently 90 years old and his net worth is estimated to be around $10 million.

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1987

Johnson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1987, a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1982 and won their Royal Medal in 2003 "In recognition of his outstanding work in the field of contact mechanics." His 1971 paper with Kevin Kendall and Alan D. Roberts forms the basis of modern theories of contact mechanics. He also made significant contributions to the understanding of fluid rheology under elastohydrodynamic lubrication conditions.

1983

He received the International Award from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers in 1983. He was awarded the Tribology Gold Medal from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1985. He was awarded the Mayo D. Hersey Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1991. In 1999, Johnson won the William Prager Medal awarded by the Society of Engineering Science. He was also awarded the 2006 Timoshenko Medal.

1925

Kenneth Langstreth Johnson FRS FREng (19 March 1925 – 21 September 2015) was a British engineer, Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1977 to 1992 and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. Most of his research was in the areas of tribology and contact mechanics.