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Luis de Florez (March 4, 1889〔(Chrysler Corporation LLC: This Day in Auto History: )〕 − November, 1962) was a naval aviator and a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy that was actively involved in experimental aerospace development projects for the United States Government. As both an active duty and a retired U.S. Navy admiral, de Florez was influential in the development of early flight simulators, and was a pioneer in the use of "virtual reality" to simulate flight and combat situations in World War II.〔(Viktor Schrekengost: sculptor, patriot.(Open Sources) Industry & Business Article - Research, News, Information, Contacts, Divisions, Subsidiaries, Business Associations )〕 ==Biography== Luis de Florez was from New York City. De Florez attended MIT, and graduated in 1911 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.〔(Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History (ed. Anne Sauer) )〕 He wrote his thesis on the subject of an aircraft problem, titled "Thrust of Propellers in Flight." The ''Admiral DeFlores Design and Innovation Award'' is named after him, and his son, Peter de Florez, who was an MIT professor, established a $500,000 fund to foster and encourage activities related to humor at MIT.〔(Keyser named de Florez Professor )〕 The de Florez Prize in Human Engineering was established in 1964 at his bequest. De Florez worked in the United States Navy as a career officer in World War I. He worked in the aviation section of the Navy and also on the development of refinery technology. In the 1930s, De Florez also worked as an engineering consultant for various oil companies. His name is on several patents, including a 1918 U.S. patent (#1,264,374) for a "Liquid prism device"〔(Liquid prism device - Patent 4953956 )〕 with rigid closed sides which included a system for varying the density of a medium filling the prism and thereby varying the refraction of light waves passing through the prism, and a 1930 Canadian patent for the "cracking and distillation of hydrocarbon oils".〔(CIPO - Patent - 305942 )〕 During World War II, he gave up his business to help solve the Navy's training problems. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luis de Florez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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