by Chris Woodyard for Investor’s Business Daily Lonnie Johnson holds more than 130 patents for everything from rechargeable batteries to a wet diaper detector. But patent number 4591071 for a newfangled squirt gun seals Johnson’s place in history like no other. The patent would evolve in further filings into a “pinch trigger hand pump water gun […]
JTEC Energy founder Dr. Lonnie Johnson welcomed fellow Black inventor Lanny Smoot into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in January. Walt Disney Imagineer Lanny Smoot Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame Story by Lila Brown for the LA Sentinel. Lanny Smoot in his workshop at The Walt Disney Company. (National Inventors Hall of […]
Original article by Savannah Sicurella for the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Renewable energy technology producer JTEC Energy Inc. can now call the West End’s Lee + White home. JTEC, now based out of a building on Decatur Street, has leased 18,755 square feet of space at the adaptive reuse development to anchor its headquarters, the company […]
Kelli Bain, a Tuskegee University and Johnson Research & Development alumna, invented a delicious new way to make ice cream: After working with fellow Tuskegee alumnus, NASA scientist, and Super Soaker inventor Lonnie Johnson in 2014, Bain had an “ah ha” moment. She was struck by the idea that now as a chemist, she could […]
JTEC Energy founder Dr. Lonnie Johnson is included in the Atlanta Business Chronicle‘s 2022 Power 100, an annual list featuring people who influence the city’s business community and broader economy in a different way. He is in the Power 100 Innovators. They are pioneers in their industry. Their creativity sets a path for others to follow, […]
Atlanta Magazine’s Feb. 10, 2022 issue lists “Atlanta’s 500 Most Powerful Leaders in 2022,” and includes Dr. Johnson in its list of Legends. Read the full article here. Legends Lonnie G. Johnson Johnson earned his master’s degree in nuclear engineering from Tuskegee University and went on to work for the U.S. Air Force and the NASA […]
Press Release ATLANTA, Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — JTEC Energy, Inc. announced that it has developed working models of the Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Converter, an invention that turns waste heat directly into electricity. “This is a great milestone for our team,” said founder and inventor Dr. Lonnie Johnson. “It’s gratifying to see the vision I have had for […]