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Frank Zybach
Center-Pivot Irrigation
In the mid-20th century, Nebraska farmer Frank Zybach invented center-pivot irrigation and transformed agricultural production worldwide. Using…
James Buchanan Eads
American Infrastructure and Defense
James Buchanan Eads created a series of inventions during the 1800s that improved transportation, commerce and the military defense of the…
Daniel Lewin
Content Delivery Network
In the late 1990s, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate student Danny Lewin and MIT mathematics professor Tom Leighton recognized…
Edward W. Bullard
Hard Hat
Edward W. Bullard invented the hard hat, the first commercially available industrial head protection device. Bullard’s lightweight, non-conducting…
Louis Keller
Bobcat® Skid-Steer Loader
Louis Keller and his brother Cyril Keller invented the world’s first compact loader and helped launch the compact equipment industry in the late…
Cyril Keller
Bobcat® Skid-Steer Loader
Brothers Cyril and Louis Keller played a key role in launching the compact equipment industry in the late 1950s and early 1960s with their invention…
Alice Stoll
Fire-Resistant Fibers and Fabrics
Alice Stoll, a research physiologist and pioneer in aerospace medicine, led the development of fire-resistant fabrics in the 1960s. Her work made it…
Dana Bookbinder
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon invented bend-insensitive ClearCurve® optical fiber. Because this breakthrough technology can bend…
Sumita Mitra
Nanocomposite Dental Materials
Sumita Mitra invented the first dental filling material to include nanoparticles – Filtek™ Supreme Universal Restorative. This strong, versatile…
Pamela Marrone
Biological Pest Control
Entrepreneur and entomologist Pamela Marrone has developed and brought to market effective, environmentally responsible, nature-based products for…