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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…
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…
Thomas Midgley, Jr.
Ethyl Gasoline
Thomas Midgley solved the problem of engine knock by creating tetraethyl lead gasoline. His gasoline allowed high performance engines to operate…
Seymour Cray
Supercomputer
Seymour Cray unveiled the CRAY-1 in 1976, considered the first supercomputer. Born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Cray was interested in chemistry and…
Elijah McCoy
Automatic Engine Lubricator
Elijah McCoy received his first patent for an automatic lubricating device in 1872. Previously, engines had to be stopped before necessary…
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…
Theodore Harold Maiman
Laser
Physicist Theodore Harold Maiman invented the first operable laser. Born in Los Angeles, California, Maiman in his teens earned college money by…
Louis Marius Moyroud
Photo Composing Machine
Louis Marius Moyroud and Rene Higonnet developed the first practical phototypesetting machine. This, along with Merganthaler's Linotype machine, is…
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…
Karl Bacon
Tubular Steel Track Roller Coaster
Karl Bacon and Ed Morgan engineered the world’s first tubular steel track roller coaster. Matterhorn Bobsleds debuted in 1959 at Disneyland in…
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…
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…
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…
Henry Ford
Transmission Mechanism
Pioneering automotive engineer Henry Ford held many patents on automotive mechanisms. He is best remembered, however, for helping devise the factory…
Nicolaus August Otto
Gas-Motor Engine
Engineer Nicolaus August Otto invented the first practical alternative to the steam engine. Born in Holzhausen, Germany, Otto built his first gas…
Harold Stephen Black
Negative Feedback Amplifier
Research engineer Harold S. Black revolutionized telecommunications by inventing systems that eliminated feedback distortion in telephone calls. Born…