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Haren Gandhi
Automotive Exhaust Catalysts
Advanced emission-control technology in the late 20th century created cleaner air worldwide, thanks to the introduction of the catalytic converter…
Henry Phillips
Phillips Screw
The significance of the crosshead or Phillips screw lies in its self-centering property. In 1933, Henry Phillips purchased the rights to a socket…
Gottlieb Daimler
Design of Automobile and Motorcycle Engines
In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler, with the help of Wilhelm Maybach, developed the forerunner of the modern gas engine by advancing Nicolaus Otto's oil-…
Herman Hollerith
Punch Card Tabulator
Herman Hollerith invented and developed a punch-card tabulation machine system that revolutionized statistical computation. Born in Buffalo, New York…
Henry M. Leland
Interchangeable Parts for Automobiles
Henry M. Leland was an inventor, machinist, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur who not only founded two leading American automobile luxury brands…
William A. Goddard
Magnetic Disk Drive
William Goddard and John Lynott, together with Louis Stevens and a team of engineers, invented a unique magnetic disk storage device at the IBM Lab…
Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin
American inventor, pioneer, mechanical engineer and manufacturer Eli Whitney is best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin. He also affected…
Ioannis V. Yannas
Regenerated Skin
Ioannis Yannas and John Burke developed the first commercially reproducible artificial skin that encouraged and facilitated new growth. Their…
Howard Aiken
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Mark I)
With the Mark I calculator, Howard Aiken showed that a computer could provide high-powered, speedy mathematical solutions to many problems. Aiken…
Games Slayter
Fiberglass
In the 1930s, Games Slayter, the driving force behind Owens Corning technology and innovation, envisioned a glass fiber material that was lighter and…
Eugene Houdry
Catalytic Cracking
Eugene Houdry discovered a method for cracking low-grade crude oil into high-test gasoline, developed a process for producing synthetic rubber in…
Andrew Alford
Localizer Antenna System
Andrew Alford invented and developed antennas for radio navigation systems, including VOR and instrument landing systems featuring the "Alford Loop…
An Wang
Magnetic Core Memory
An Wang made many contributions to the advancement of computer technology, including the magnetic pulse controlling device, the principle upon which…
Xiaowei Zhuang
Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM)
Xiaowei Zhuang introduced one of the most widely used methods of super-resolution imaging: stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, or STORM.…
Mary Engle Pennington
Food Preservation and Storage
Mary Engle Pennington was a pioneer in the safe preservation, handling, storage and transportation of perishable foods. A bacteriological chemist,…
James Hillier
Electron Microscope Lens Correction Device
Physicist James Hillier was recognized for his contributions to the development of the electron microscope. Born in Brantford in Ontario, Canada, he…
Gideon Sundback
Modern Zipper
Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback improved on Whitcomb Judson's work, making the zipper practical and commercially successful. Today, thousands…
Marion Donovan
Waterproof Diaper Cover
Marion Donovan invented an innovative waterproof diaper cover and earned several more patents for inventions designed to improve everyday life.Born…
Jokichi Takamine
Adrenaline (Adrenalin®)
Chemist and entrepreneur Jokichi Takamine was a biotechnology pioneer whose research led to the use of adrenaline in medicine. Also known as…
Harry Cameron
Blowout Preventer (BOP)
Until Harry Cameron, a machinist, and James Abercrombie, a Texas oil driller, designed the world’s first reliable blowout preventer (BOP), oil wells…
Donald L. Bitzer
Plasma Display
In the mid-1960s, Don Bitzer, Gene Slottow, and graduate student Robert Willson worked together to create the first plasma display.Bitzer was a…
Jay W. Forrester
Random Access Memory
Jay W. Forrester was a pioneer in early digital computer development and invented random-access, coincident-current magnetic storage, which became…
Andrew J. Beard
Jenny Coupler for Railroad Cars
Andrew Jackson Beard invented improvements to the automatic railroad car coupler, a device that dramatically reduced serious injuries to railroad…
Otis Boykin
Electronic Resistors
Otis Boykin's innovations in electronic resistors enabled the more precise regulation of electrical current within a circuit. Variations of his…
Stanley N. Cohen
Genetic Engineering
In 1973, Stan Cohen and Herb Boyer worked together to understand how genes work and ended up proving that DNA cloning was feasible. Their experiments…