1. Profiles of Historical Engineers

2. Nolan K. Bushnell ( )

3. Father of the Video Game Industry
Founded Atari in 1972
Launched video game revolution with Pong
Sold Atari in 1976
$28 million
Found Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant
Sold after few years
Started over 20 companies since Atari

4. Credentials
Received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah
Attended Graduate school at Stanford
Lectures at major universities and corporations inspired others
University of Utah

5. Thomas Alva Edison ( )

6. Man of Dreams and Determination
“If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
Laid groundwork for technological advances used today

7. An Inventor’s Adventure
Edison in front of his
Universal Stock Printer
1862 at age 15, Edison left home to work as a telegrapher in Canada and U.S.
In 1869 he invented the Universal Stock Printer
Automatically printed stock telegraphs
Received $40,000 in compensation

8. Professional Inventor/Engineer
Created the cylinder phonograph and sold to Edison Speaking Phonograph Company
Received $10, % of company profits
Income helped him focus on incandescent light bulb, most famous accomplishment

9. Greatest Engineer 1,093 patents 10 companies started
General Electric was one of the companies developed
“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”

10. Leonardo da Vinci ( )

11. Da Vinci Drawing on the His Mechanism for Flying
Weaponry envisionist
Helicopters, tanks, artillery and other weaponry envisioned
Handicap was inability to read Latin
Did not bother him, wanted to use his engineering skills to improve his environment
Da Vinci Drawing on the His Mechanism for Flying

12. Leonardo’s Resume Engineered hundreds of useful and useless devices
Hired as Painter and Engineer to the Duke
Produced spectacular shows for aristocracy that came to the Duke’s court.
Detailed over 5,000 pages of notes of conceivable inventions
Claims da Vinci made
Construct movable bridges
Remove water from moats
Destroy anything not made of stone
Make mortars
Make flame throwers
Design ships and weapons for sea
Dig tunnels without making noise
Sculpt and Paint

13. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)

14. Most Diverse and Capable Engineer in History
Designed variety of projects
Railways to bridges and ships
Sent to college at the age of 14
Went to work as an apprentice at 16 in father’s engineering office
Advanced to resident engineer of Thames Tunnel at age 20

15. Competition Brunel entered suspension bridge project over Avon Gorge
Top competitor, Thomas Telford, was also a judge on the competition panel
All Brunel’s designs rejected, Telford’s accepted
One design accepted in second contest

16. Designs and Advancements
Lead designer for Great Western Railway
Designed everything for the project
Used fundamental logic and analysis to reshape mechanical and structural engineering of his time
Reshaped art and technology of architecture
Brunel died at 53 without completion of Clifton Suspension Bridge

17. Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923)

18. Pioneer in Electrical Engineering
“No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.”
Research lead him to the development of theories for alternating current
Theories helped with inventions using electrical power

19. Valuable Engineer
Generator malfunctions and no technician knew how to fix
Retired Charles is called in to diagnose and fix the broken generator
Marked malfunctioned part with a Chalk “X”
Billed company $1000, who asked for itemized billing statement
“Marking chalk X on side of generator: $1. Knowing where to mark chalk X: $999.”

20. 200 Electrical Patents
Electromagnetism work is greatest accomplishment
Devices to protect power lines from lighting strikes
Designs for electric vehicles
Production work stopped at his death

21. Henry Ford ( )

22. Man on a Mission
Disliked school and farm life in hometown of Dearborn, MI
Moved to Detroit and became an apprentice in small engines shop
Moved home and opened own shop several years later
Designed first vehicle at Detroit Edison Company after working his way to Chief Engineer

23. Henry Ford’s Quadricycle
Buggy frame
4 bicycle tires as wheels
Lead to the opening of the Ford Motor Company in 1903

24. Advancement’s in Society
Model T, “everyman’s car,” introduced in 1908 and stayed on market for 19 years
Advancements in production technology allowed for better marketing of vehicle
1913, assembly line created and made production cheaper and more cars
Ford instituted minimum wage of $5.00/day and the 5-day workweek
Developed a franchise system to sell and service cars, well before McDonald’s opened

25. Dr. Robert Goddard ( )

26. Modern Rocket Inventor
His design to lift a rocket off the ground not using solid fuels
Bi-fuel system
Fuel and oxidizer mixed right before ignition
Designs similar to his used in space vehicles, deliver warheads and satellites used in communication and espionage

27. Unrecognized Contributions
Contributed to theories and realization of rockets
Labors went unrecognized until dawn of “Space Age”
Dr. Goddard at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1924

28. Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948) Wright

29. Young Aeronautical Engineers
Curious with the work of Otto Lilienthal
German scientist who tested kites and gliders
Both determined to design first flying model
Orville built first wind tunnel to test wing designs

30. aviationhistory.info/ Wright-photos.html
Accomplishments
Credited for piloting first successful flight
Manner in which they went about testing should be considered greatest accomplishment
Flight would have never occurred without these practices
aviationhistory.info/ Wright-photos.html

31. Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

32. Those Computer Bugs
Computer engineer and Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy
Developed first computer compiler in 1952
Moth had jammed the works of an early computer
Term “Bug” coined

33. Honors and Awards
Data Processing Management Association’s first Computer Science Man-of-the-Year Award
First woman and U.S. citizen to be made a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society
Multiple honorary doctorates from universities across nation
National Medal of Technology

34. Joseph B. Strauss ( )

35. The Golden Gate Bridge
Many engieers said costs could reach $100 million
Strauss’ (experience with 400 spans) design estimated $27 million
Strauss dedicated to financing, as the government had no funds for the project

36. Specifications
Provisional permit granted in 1924, opposition to project halted construction to start in 1933
Bridge spans 1,280 m
Connects San Francisco and Marin County
Weighs 887,000 tons
Long cables suspended through the air
Enough to circle world 3 times

37. Leo Szilard ( )

38. Nuclear Engineer Studied engineering in Budapest and Berlin
Left Germany for London to escape Nazi persecution
patented nuclear chain reaction
moved to New York City

39. The Manhattan Project Worries of Germans developing first atomic bomb
Rushed U.S. to build first atomic bomb
December 2, 1942 the first controlled nuclear chain reaction developed
Advocated against use as a weapon