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Robert E. Kahn
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf created the architecture for the Internet and collaborated on the design of software known as the Transmission Control…
Charles H. Kaman
Rotor Control Mechanism for Helicopter
Aviation pioneer, entrepreneur, visionary, and humanitarian are all words that have been used to describe Charles H. Kaman.
Born in Washington, D.C…
Jack S. Kilby
Integrated Circuit
In 1959 electrical engineer Jack S. Kilby invented the monolithic integrated circuit, which is still widely used in electronic systems. Born in…
Robert S. Langer, Jr.
Controlled Drug Delivery
Robert Langer revolutionized biomedical technology through the development of a controlled drug delivery system.
Langer was born in Albany, 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…
Maurus Logan
Ty-Rap® Cable Ties
Electrical engineer Maurus Logan invented cable ties to address worker safety and wiring installation inefficiencies in the aviation industry. Now a…
John Joseph Lynott
Magnetic Disk Drive
John Lynott and William Goddard, together with Louis Stevens and a team of engineers, invented a unique magnetic disk storage device at the IBM Lab…
Paul B. MacCready
Gossamer Condor
Paul MacCready was an aeronautical engineer known as the "Father of Human Powered Flight" and is often seen as an "inventor's inventor" because of…
George Maison
Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI)
George Maison, Irving Porush and Charles Thiel invented the first pressurized metered dose inhaler (MDI). Developed at Riker Laboratories and…
Warren Marrison
Quartz Clock
In the early 20th century, as telephone wires carried more messages and radio broadcasting matured, maintaining stable electrical frequencies and…
Otis Ray McIntire
STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam
Ray McIntire invented polystyrene foam, more commonly known by its brand name, STYROFOAM™. Patented in 1944, today STYROFOAM™ is a leading brand of…
Robert M. Metcalfe
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe invented, standardized, and commercialized Ethernet. Developed as a way to link the computers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (…
Dennis L. Moeller
Peripherals
Dennis Moeller and Mark Dean together created a microcomputer system with bus control means for peripheral processing devices. The bus serves as the…
Eger V. Murphree
Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Eger Murphree, former president of Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (ER&E), was one of four Exxon inventors who created the fluid catalytic…
Thomas E. Murray
Electric Fuse Box
Thomas E. Murray was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and influential figure in electric utilities at the beginning of the 20th century. He left…
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…
Jesse Wilford Reno
Escalator
Jesse Reno is one of several individuals credited with the beginnings of the modern escalator.
Born in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Reno obtained…
Dennis Ritchie
UNIX Operating System
Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson’s creation of the UNIX operating system and the C programming language were pivotal developments in the progress of…
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…
William Sellers
Improvement in Boring Mills
William Sellers built machines that helped facilitate the American Industrial Revolution.
Born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Sellers received a…
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…
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Alternating Current
Without Charles Steinmetz's theories of alternating current, the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States in the early 20th…
Louis Stevens
Data Storage Machine
Louis Stevens, working with William Goddard and John Lynott and a team of engineers, invented a unique magnetic disk storage device. Their disk drive…
Gideon Sundback
Modern Zipper
Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback improved on Whitcomb Judson's work, making the zipper practical and commercially successful. Today, thousands…
Leo Szilard
Nuclear Fission
Leo Szilard, working with Enrico Fermi, was awarded a patent for the nuclear fission reactor in 1955. He made significant contributions to the fields…