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Wernher von Braun 1912–1977Engineering & ArchitectureGerman-American aerospace engineer who led the development of the Saturn V rocket that took humans to the Moon.
Robert Fulton 1765–1815Engineering & ArchitectureEngineer and inventor whose steamboat Clermont revolutionized American river transportation.
Buckminster Fuller 1895–1983Engineering & ArchitecturePopularized the geodesic dome and promoted resource-efficient structural design.
Frederick Winslow Taylor 1856–1915Engineering & ArchitectureMechanical engineer who pioneered scientific management, reshaping industrial efficiency worldwide.
John A. Roebling 1806–1869Engineering & ArchitectureDeveloped wire-rope suspension bridge design and planned the Brooklyn Bridge.
George Washington Goethals 1858–1928Engineering & ArchitectureChief engineer of the Panama Canal
Theodore von Karman 1881–1963Engineering & ArchitectureAerodynamics, the Karman vortex street, and the founding of JPL
Washington Roebling 1837–1926Engineering & ArchitectureEngineer who oversaw the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after his father's death.
John Ericsson 1803–1889Engineering & ArchitectureSwedish-American engineer who designed the ironclad USS Monitor, revolutionizing naval warfare.
Frank Malina 1912–1981Engineering & ArchitectureLed the Caltech student rocket group that became JPL, then left America under investigation and spent a second life as an artist in Paris.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz 1865–1923Engineering & ArchitectureElectrical engineer whose work on alternating current systems powered the electrification of America.
Kelly Johnson 1910–1990Engineering & ArchitectureLed Lockheed's Skunk Works and designed the U-2 and SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft.
Joseph Strauss 1870–1938Engineering & ArchitectureChief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the most photographed structures in the world.
William Le Baron Jenney 1832–1907Engineering & ArchitectureArchitect and engineer who designed the first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building in Chicago.
Othmar Ammann 1879–1965Engineering & ArchitectureSwiss-American structural engineer who designed the George Washington Bridge and other major spans.
Elmer Sperry 1860–1930Engineering & ArchitectureInventor and engineer who developed gyroscopic stabilizers for ships and aircraft.
Howard Aiken 1900–1973Engineering & ArchitecturePhysicist and engineer who designed the Harvard Mark I, an early electromechanical computer.Fazlur Rahman Khan 1929–1982Engineering & ArchitectureDeveloped tubular structural systems that made the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center possible.
Ralph Modjeski 1861–1940Engineering & ArchitecturePolish-American bridge engineer who designed major spans including the Bay Bridge and Benjamin Franklin Bridge.