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Edith Clarke
Graphical Calculator
Pioneering electrical engineer Edith Clarke invented a graphical calculator that greatly simplified the calculations necessary to determine the…
Beatrice Hicks
Device for Sensing Gas Density
Beatrice Hicks invented a gas density sensor that enabled the development of many advanced technologies and played a key role in making space travel…
Olive Dennis
Railroad Passenger Car Improvements
Olive Dennis, a civil engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad Co., made travel vastly more comfortable for rail passengers. Traveling…
Frances Arnold
Directed Evolution of Enzymes
Frances Arnold pioneered the directed evolution of enzymes. Her process for developing useful proteins, which involved mutating and recombining their…
Frank S. Greene Jr.
Semiconductor Memory Technology
Frank S. Greene Jr. was a pioneering electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. He developed high-speed semiconductor memory…
Teresa Meng
CMOS Wi-Fi
Teresa Meng’s groundbreaking research, engineering expertise and entrepreneurial leadership revolutionized Wi-Fi, making it faster, more energy-…
Howard S. Jones Jr.
Conformal Antennas
Howard Jones invented conformal antennas – lightweight antennas found in rockets, missiles and spacecraft. His innovations in antenna technology…
Ralph Teetor
Cruise Control
Automotive engineer Ralph Teetor invented cruise control in the 1940s. Originally limited to luxury vehicles, this speed control technology has…
Andrea Goldsmith
Adaptive Beamforming for Multi-Antenna Wi-Fi
Andrea Goldsmith created technical innovations including adaptive beamforming for multi-antenna Wi-Fi. Her work has shaped the performance of…
David Crosthwait
Heating and Ventilation System Design
David Crosthwait was a pioneer in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry. He devoted his career, which included groundbreaking…
Lonnie Johnson
Super Soaker®
Engineer and entrepreneur Lonnie Johnson is the inventor of the Super Soaker®, a bestselling toy generating well over $1 billion in sales over its…
Mark Dean
Peripherals
Mark Dean and his co-inventor Dennis Moeller created a microcomputer system with bus control means for peripheral processing devices. Their invention…
Shuji Nakamura
Blue LED
Shuji Nakamura invented the blue light-emitting diode (LED), as well as green and white LEDs and the blue laser diode. His groundbreaking inventions…
Norbert Rillieux
Automated Sugar Refining
Considered one of the earliest chemical engineers, Norbert Rillieux revolutionized the sugar industry when he invented a refining process,…
George R. Carruthers
Far Ultraviolet Electrographic Camera
George Carruthers invented the far ultraviolet electrographic camera, or spectrograph, using ultraviolet light to make significant advances in…
Rory Cooper
Wheelchair Technology
Biomedical engineer Rory Cooper developed innovations in wheelchair technology that have improved manual and electric wheelchairs, and advanced the…
Feng Zhang
CRISPR Gene Editing
Feng Zhang has invented transformative technologies to improve human health, including pioneering the use of engineered CRISPR-Cas9 systems for…
Asad Madni
MEMS Gyroscope for Aerospace and Automotive Safety
Asad Madni led the development and commercialization of the MEMS gyroscope for aerospace and automotive safety. Commercialized as the GyroChip and…
Margaret Wu
Synthetic Lubricants
Industrial chemist Margaret Wu revolutionized the field of synthetic lubricants. Her work has changed how automobile and industrial lubricants are…
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…
W. Lincoln Hawkins
Polymer Cable Sheath
By inventing a way to stabilize the polymers used to coat communications cable, Walter Lincoln Hawkins and his Bell Labs colleagues Vincent Lanza and…
Reuben Trane
Lightweight Convector Radiator
Mechanical engineer Reuben Trane began making advancements to heating and cooling technologies early in the 20th century, providing reliable comfort…
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…
George Edward Alcorn
X-ray Spectrometer
George Alcorn was a pioneering physicist and engineer noted for his aerospace and semiconductor inventions. His X-ray imaging spectrometer, patented…
Raffaello D’Andrea
Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment
Raffaello D’Andrea, Mick Mountz and Peter Wurman dramatically advanced warehouse order fulfillment for e-commerce by creating the Kiva system, which…