Historical Engineers Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Thomas Edison “If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” Great vision Many technological contributions Over 1,000 patents in his lifetime “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Leonardo da Vinci Able to envision mechanized innovations that would one day be used Helicopters, tanks, artillery Made observations of the world around him Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Designed & built wide range of projects, including railways, bridges, & ships Used logic & analysis to reshape the mechanical & structural engineering of his time Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Charles Proteus Steinmetz “No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.” Pioneer in the field of electrical engineering Alternating currents Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Henry Ford Learned everything he could about engines Designed his first vehicle—Quadricycle Founded Ford Motor Company Introduced “everyman’s car” or Model T Creator of the Assembly Line Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Dr. Robert Goddard Invented the process used for liquid fueled rockets His designs were basis for those that launch astronauts into space, deliver warheads to distant countries, & carry communication satellites into orbit Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Wilbur & Orville Wright Designed first powered flying model Experiments leading to this piloted flight & practices they employed were responsible for their success Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Grace Murray Hopper A computer engineering & Rear Admiral in US Navy developed first computer compiler & computer language COBOL Popularized term “bug” after discovering that a moth had jammed the workings of an early computer Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Joseph B. Strauss Construction of the Golden Gate bridge At its opening, it held the world record for the longest span of 1,280 meters The total length of the cables is long enough to circle the entire world 3 times! Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press

Leo Szilard Generated the first controlled nuclear chain reaction Credited with building the first atomic bomb, but he advocated against its use Made contributions to political science, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics, genetics, & molecular biology Engineering Your Future Great Lakes Press