Selected Curriculum Vitae

 Andrew F. Knight, J.D.

Selected Curriculum Vitae (April 2022)

EDUCATION                       

Fall 2021     Fall 2020 – Spring 2021   Fall 2007     Sept. 2001 – May 2005   Sept. 1999 – Feb. 2001     Aug. 1995 – May 1999

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Enrolled in master’s program in Physics   NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Graduate coursework in Physics   PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Graduate coursework in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER Juris Doctor   MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY S.M. in Nuclear Engineering Research in risk/probability applications to DOE regulation   UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Minors in Physics and Mathematics

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

• “Refuting Algorithmic Consciousness: Why Mind Uploading and Conscious Computers are Impossible,” invited concurrent session at the 27^th Science of Consciousness conference; University of Arizona; Sept. 15, 2020.
• “Why Mind Uploading, Brain Copying, and Conscious Computers are Impossible,” invited presentation at the 3^rd Workshop on Biological Mentality; Michigan Technological University; Jan. 6, 2020.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Articles

• Knight, A.  “No Paradox in Wave-Particle Duality.”  Foundations of Physics, Vol. 50, No. 11 (2020).
• Knight, A.  “A Patently Novel Plot: Fiction, Information, and Patents in the 21^st Century.”  IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2006).
• Knight, A.  “Software, Components, and Bad Logic: Recent Interpretations of Section 271(f).” Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, Vol. 87, No. 6 (2005).
• Knight, A.  “A Potentially New IP: Storyline Patents.”  Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, Vol. 86, No. 11 (2004).
• Knight, A.  “Designing and Testing a Lighter, Simpler, Less Expensive Liquid Propellant Pump.” AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 20, Issue 1 (2004).

Non-Refereed Articles, Submitted Articles, and Conference Proceedings

• Knight, A.  “Wigner’s Friend Depends on Self-Contradictory Quantum Amplification.”  [arXiv: 2202.07111]
• Knight, A.  "On the (Im)possibility of Scalable Quantum Computing."
• Knight, A.  "The Invalid Inference of Universality in Quantum Mechanics."  [DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34723.53289]
• Knight, A.  "Killing Schrodinger’s Cat: Why Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions Are Impossible In Principle."  [DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12913.15202]
• Knight, A.  “Quantum Mechanics May Need Consciousness.”  [arXiv: 2005.13317]
• Knight, A.  “Relativistic Implications for Physical Copies of Conscious States.”  [arXiv: 2005.04101]
• Knight, A.  “Killing Science Fiction: Why Conscious States Cannot Be Copied or Repeated.”  [arXiv: 1906.02813]
• Knight, A.  “Refuting Strong AI: Why Consciousness Cannot Be Algorithmic.”  [arXiv: 1906.10177]
• Knight, A.  “Designing and Testing a Lighter, Simpler, Less Expensive Liquid Propellant Pump.”  40^th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA 2004-3504 (2004).
• Knight, A.  “The Race for Low-Cost Launch Vehicles: A New Rocket Engine Design.”  High Power Rocketry, Vol. 33, No. 3 (2002).

PATENTS                 

• Knight, A.  “Massaging System and Method,” U.S. Patent No. 7517327, April 14, 2009.
• Knight, A.  “Software and Method for Creating a Dynamic Handwriting Font,” U.S. Patent No. 7483570, January 27, 2009.
• Knight, A.  “Pressurizer for a Rocket Engine,” U.S. Patent No. 7472544, January 6, 2009.
• Knight, A.  “Method for Increasing Resolution in a Camera,” U.S. Patent No. 7389002, June 17, 2008.
• Knight, A.  “Device and Method for Pumping a Fluid,” U.S. Patent No. 7257940, August 21, 2007.
• Knight, A.  “Writing System and Ink Pen Having Time-Dependent Characteristics,” U.S. Patent No. 7255508, August 14, 2007.
• Knight, A.  “Simple Solid Propellant Rocket Engine and Super-Staged Rocket,” U.S. Patent No. 7254936, August 14, 2007.
• Knight, A.  “Pressurizer for a Rocket Engine,” U.S. Patent No. 7194853, March 27, 2007.
• Knight, A.  “Very Safe Manned Rocket and Method of Entertainment,” U.S. Patent No. 7104507, September 12, 2006.
• Knight, A.  “Pressurizer for a Rocket Engine,” U.S. Patent No. 7082750, August 1, 2006.
• Knight, A.  “Rechargeable Portable Cooling Device and Method,” U.S. Patent No. 7065980, June 27, 2006.
• Knight, A.  “Method and Apparatus for Creating a Virtual Video of an Object,” U.S. Patent No. 7023454, April 4, 2006.
• Knight, A.  “Ink Pen for Dispensing Ink Having Time-Dependent Characteristics,” U.S. Patent No. 7001091, February 21, 2006.
• Knight, A.  “Super-Staged and Continuously Staged Rocket,” U.S. Patent No. 7000377, February 21, 2006.
• Knight, A.  “Cool Gas Generator and Ultra Safe Rocket Engine,” U.S. Patent No. 6968673, November 29, 2005.
• Knight, A.  “Pressurizer for a Rocket Engine,” U.S. Patent No. 6751945, June 22, 2004.
• Knight, A.  “Pressurizer for a Rocket Engine,” U.S. Patent No. 6499288 (covering the Rotating Spindle Pump^TM), December 31, 2002.