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Elijah McCoy

Elijah McCoy

Automatic Engine Lubricator

Elijah McCoy invented an automatic engine lubricator used for trains and other heavy equipment. Previously, engines had to be stopped before…
Inducted in: 2001
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 129,843
Died:
Louis Keller

Louis Keller

Bobcat® Skid-Steer Loader

Louis Keller and his brother Cyril Keller invented the world’s first compact loader and helped launch the compact equipment industry in the late…
Inducted in: 2023
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,151,503
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Army
Amar Bose

Amar Bose

Feedback Control

Amar Bose was a pioneer in modern acoustics. Both an electrical engineer and a sound engineer, he advanced the electronics industry with…
Inducted in: 2008
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 4,494,074
Died:
James Allison

James Allison

Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy

James Allison invented immune checkpoint blockade therapy. His pioneering work brought immunotherapy into mainstream medicine as an effective…
Inducted in: 2024
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 5,811,097
Steven Sasson

Steven Sasson

Digital Camera

Steve Sasson invented the digital camera, changing the future of photography and transforming an industry.Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Sasson…
Inducted in: 2011
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 4,131,919
Edith Clarke

Edith Clarke

Graphical Calculator

Pioneering electrical engineer Edith Clarke invented a graphical calculator that greatly simplified the calculations necessary to determine the…
Inducted in: 2015
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 1,552,113
Died:
Elizabeth Lee Hazen

Elizabeth Lee Hazen

Nystatin (Antifungal/Antibiotic)

Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown created the first useful antifungal antibiotic, nystatin, through a long-distance scientific…
Inducted in: 1994
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,797,183
Died:
Mildred Dresselhaus

Mildred Dresselhaus

Superlattice Structures for Thermoelectric Devices

Renowned physicist Mildred Dresselhaus led pioneering work on carbon and its thermal and electrical properties. Known as the "Queen of Carbon Science…
Inducted in: 2014
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 7,465,871
Died:
Frederick McKinley Jones

Frederick McKinley Jones

Mobile Refrigeration

Frederick McKinley Jones invented the first successful system for mobile refrigeration. His invention eliminated the far less effective use of ice…
Inducted in: 2007
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,303,857
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Army
Bantval Jayant Baliga

Bantval Jayant Baliga

Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor

B. Jayant Baliga invented the insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), a semiconductor power switch that has reduced gasoline consumption by 10% and…
Inducted in: 2016
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 4,969,028, 5,998,833
Ernest Orlando Lawrence

Ernest Orlando Lawrence

Cyclotron

Ernest Orlando Lawrence invented the cyclotron, a particle accelerator that uses a strong magnetic field to bend the path of charged particles, or…
Inducted in: 1982
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 1,948,384
Died: