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Emile Gagnan
Diving Equipment
Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau together invented the modern demand regulator used in underwater diving. Their invention allowed for the equipment…
Eric Swanson
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Eric Swanson, James Fujimoto and David Huang invented optical coherence tomography (OCT), a groundbreaking method for imaging the internal structures…
Homer Z. Martin
Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Homer Martin was with Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (ER&E) when the company was looking for a way to increase the yield of high-octane…
Eckley B. Coxe
Traveling-Grate Furnace
Eckley Coxe invented a mechanical stoker that allowed small pieces of coal, which had previously been discarded as waste, to be burned as fuel. His…
William P. Murphy, Jr.
Disposable Medical Trays
William Murphy, Jr., M.D., was a pioneer in applying engineering to medicine. His many successful medical devices included disposable medical…
Jonathan D. Albert
Electronic Ink
Mechanical engineering student Jonathan (JD) Albert was recruited to work in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Joe Jacobson's lab…
William Stanley, Jr.
Induction Coil
William Stanley Jr. invented an array of electrical devices and is best known for designing the induction coil, the first practical transformer that…
Jeff Kodosky
Virtual Instrumentation - LabVIEW™
In the 1970s, Jeff Kodosky and James Truchard were researchers at the Applied Research Laboratories at the University of Texas, responsible for…
Claude Shannon
Pulse Code Modulation
Claude Shannon produced one of the great conceptual breakthroughs of his generation with the publication of his seminal work, "A Mathematical Theory…
David Huang
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
David Huang, James Fujimoto and Eric Swanson invented a revolutionary method for imaging the internal structures of body tissue with unprecedented…
Lanny Smoot
Theatrical Technologies and Special Effects
At The Walt Disney Company, Lanny Smoot, with over 100 lifetime patents, has developed interactive attractions, special effects, new concepts for…
Jacqueline Quinn
EZVI (Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron)
An environmentally safe clean-up technology called emulsified zero-valent iron, or EZVI, was co-invented by NASA environmental engineer Jacqueline…
Harold Froehlich
Alvin Deep-Sea Submersible
At General Mills, Harold "Bud" Froehlich led the development of Alvin, a deep-sea submersible that was small, independently maneuverable and able to…
James Fujimoto
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
James Fujimoto, David Huang and Eric Swanson invented optical coherence tomography (OCT), a method for imaging subsurface structure in biological…
Kerrie Holley
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Kerrie Holley pioneered service-oriented architecture (SOA), a software architecture and programming model for large enterprises. Guiding the…
Esther Sans Takeuchi
Lithium/Silver Vanadium Oxide (Li/SVO) Battery Technology in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)
Energy storage expert Esther Sans Takeuchi led efforts to invent and refine the lithium/silver vanadium oxide (Li/SVO) battery technology used to…
Irwin M. Lachman
Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters
Working at Corning, Irwin Lachman co-invented the ceramic substrate found in virtually all catalytic converters. Catalytic converters provide cleaner…
Thomas Seavey Hall
Improvement in Electrical Signals
The 1860s and 1870s were pivotal decades for improving safety in the railroad industry. Many of these innovations were invented by Thomas Seavey Hall…
Robert H. Dennard
Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)
Robert Heath Dennard invented one-transistor Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), which significantly increased computer memory density while…
Harold Stephen Black
Negative Feedback Amplifier
Research engineer Harold S. Black revolutionized telecommunications by inventing systems that eliminated feedback distortion in telephone calls. Born…
Herbert W. Boyer
Genetic Engineering
Herb Boyer was with the University of California, San Francisco when he began investigating DNA with Stan Cohen. Their experiments marked the…
Herman A. Affel
Coaxial Cable
Herman Affel and Lloyd Espenschied invented coaxial cable at AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1929. The coaxial cable opened a wide spectrum…
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Medical Devices for Low-Resource Settings
Rebecca Richards-Kortum develops low-cost, high-performance medical technologies for poor communities where standard medical equipment isn't an…
Ivan E. Sutherland
Display Windowing by Clipping
In 1963, Ivan Sutherland engineered a revolution in computer graphics with his highly interactive program Sketchpad. It enabled users to design and…
Samuel Alderson
Crash Test Dummy
Physicist, inventor, and engineer Samuel W. Alderson was a pioneer in developing the automotive crash-test dummy. Formally known as an ATD for…