- Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. The illegitimate son of a notary, Messer Piero, and a peasant girl, Caterina, Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense, "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci": his full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, … - Kalpana Chawla
Kalpana Chawla (Punjabi:ਕਲਪਨਾ ਚਾਵਲਾ) (7 March 1962 – 1 February 2003), was an Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was one of seven crewmembers lost aboard Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-107 when the shuttle disintegrated upon reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Kalpana Chawla is a posthumous recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. - Stephanie Wilson
Stephanie Diana Wilson (born 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew on her first mission in space onboard the Space Shuttle mission STS-121, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison. Wilson's educational background includes: Taconic High School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (1984); Harvard University (B.S. Engineering, 1988); University of Texas (M.S. Aerospace engineering, 1992). - Laura Wilson
Laura Wilson, known as Laura Cunningham (August 28, 1945 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American photographer best known for her work documenting the creation of Richard Avedon's "In the American West" portfolio and as the mother of actors Luke, Andrew and Owen Wilson. Laura Wilson (nee Cunningham) was born in Forth Worth, Texas to parents Jimmy (an engineer, who later became Fort Worth's most prominent engineer) and Laurie Ann Cunningham. - Mike Hawash
Maher Mofeid "Mike" Hawash is a Palestinian-born American engineer now serving a 7-year prison sentence for conspiring to aid the Taliban in fighting against U.S. forces and their allies in Afghanistan. Six weeks after 9/11, Hawash had secretly traveled to China with a group of Portland-area Muslims, dubbed the Portland Seven, with the intent of entering Afghanistan to aid the Taliban. Hawash and his co-conspirators were unable to reach Afghanistan due to visa problems, … - Henry M. Morris
Henry Madison Morris, Ph.D. (October 6 1918 – February 25 2006) was an American young earth creationist, Christian apologist and hydraulic engineer. As founder of the Creation Research Society and the Institute of Creation Research, he is considered by many to be "the father of modern creation science." - James Fischer
James Fischer (December 27 1927-July 3 2004) was an American engineer, who developed high-purity silicon technology for Texas Instruments. Born in Boaz, Alabama, Fischer grew up in Gentry, Arkansas. Fischer graduated from the University of Arkansas and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hired by Texas Instruments in 1955, Fischer, with a master's degree in chemical engineering, worked with the technical staff on high-purity silicon, … - Patrick Kearney
Patrick Kearney (born 1940) is an American serial killer who preyed on young men in California during the 1970s. He is sometimes referred to as The Freeway Killer, a nickname he shares with two other separate serial killers, William Bonin and Randy Steven Kraft. He was the youngest of three sons and was raised in a reasonably stable family, at least in comparison to those of many other serial killers. His early life was not without some trauma, … - Frank Malina
Frank Joseph Malina (October 2, 1912 in Brenham, Texas- November 9, 1981 in Boulogne Billancourt (France) was an American aeronautical engineer and painter, especially known for becoming both a pioneer in the art world and the realm of scientific engineering. His father came from Bohemia. His formal education began with a degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1934. In 1935, while a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), … - John D. Olivas
John Daniel "Danny" Olivas (born May 25, 1965 in North Hollywood, California) is an American engineer of Mexican descent and a NASA astronaut. Born in North Hollywood, California, raised in El Paso, Texas, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1989, … - James H. McClellan
James H. McClellan is Byers Professor of Signal Processing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is widely known for his creation of the McClellan transform and for his co-authorship of the Parks-McClellan filter design algorithm. - Philip J. Carroll
Philip J. Carroll, Jr. (born 1938) is active in a variety of corporate and government roles. Carroll earned a Bachelor of science in Physics from Loyola University New Orleans in 1958 and a M.S. in physics from Tulane University in 1961, after which he joined the Shell Oil company as an engineer. Carroll became the CEO of Shell Oil in 1993 and served in that position until July 1998, when he became the Chairman and CEO of Fluor Corporation, … - Hector P. Garcia
- James van Alstyne
James Van Alstyne (born Columbus, Georgia) is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Van Alstyne grew up in New Orleans, LA and graduated from Ben Franklin High School. After high school, Van Alstyne attended Stanford University, where he learned to play poker. Van Alstyne used to be an engineer before becoming a professional blackjack player, using card-counting techniques to give himself an edge. - Blake Ragsdale van Leer
Blake Ragsdale Van Leer (August 16, 1893 - January, 1956) was the fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology from 1944 until his death. Van Leer was born in Mangum, Texas. After his father's death in 1897 he lived in a Masonic Orphanage in Galveston. He graduated from Purdue University in 1915 with honors. In 1924 he married Ella Lillian Wall in Berkeley, California. He was Dean at Georgia Tech and during World War II served as a U.S. Army officer, … - Edith Clarke
Edith Clarke (10 February 1883 - 29 October 1959) was an electrical engineer and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She was the first woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States, as well as the country's first female professor of electrical engineering. Clarke studied mathematics and astronomy at Vassar College, receiving an A.B. in 1908. She briefly taught mathematics and physics at a private school in San Francisco and at Marshall College. - Clarence Hugo Linder
Clarence Hugo Linder (January 18, 1903 - May 7, 1994) was a noted American electrical engineer and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering. Linder was born in Ogema, Wisconsin, received his education through master's degree at the University of Texas, and in 1924 started his long career at General Electric. He held a number of positions in GE's Schenectady Works, including superintendent of the Searchlight Department at the start of World War II, … - Glen P. Wilson
Glen Parten Wilson Jr. (1923-2005) worked on the Senate space and astronautics committee, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was executive director emeritus of the National Space Society, a space advocacy group. Born in Waco, TX and raised in Houston, he was an aviation electronics technician in the Navy during World War II and also worked for Lockheed Aircraft Co. in Burbank, Calif. - Norman Igo
Norman Garrett Igo (October 31, 1921 - February 6, 2007) was a civil engineer from Lubbock, Texas, who supervised the construction of the Texas Tech University Medical School, Library, Museum, Architecture Building, and Law School through his position as "Director of Construction" from 1969-1979. He was a member and former president of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, a subsidiary of the National Association of Professional Engineers. - Henry Petroski
Henry Petroski (born 1942) is an American civil engineering professor at Duke University where he specializes in failure analysis. He is a prolific author, having written a dozen books - most notably "To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design" (1985) - including a number of titles detailing the industrial design history of common, everyday objects, such as pencils, paper clips, and silverware. - Jennifer Dunn
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn (born July 29, 1941), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing the Eighth Congressional District of Washington. Born in Seattle, Washington, Dunn grew up in the suburb of Bellevue. She attended the University of Washington and Stanford University, earning business degress. After graduation, she worked as a systems engineer. - Forrest Mims
Forrest M. Mims III is an amateur scientist and magazine columnist and the author of the popular "Engineer's Mini-Notebook"-series of instructional books originally sold in Radio Shack electronics stores. Mims graduated from Texas A&M University in 1966 (major in government with minors in English and history) then became a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force. Mims has no formal academic training in science but has a career as a science author, … - Timothy P. Marshall
Tim Marshall (b. October 17, 1956, Evergreen Park, Illinois) is a civil engineer and meteorologist concentrating on damage analysis, particularly that from wind and other weather phenomena. He is also a pioneering storm chaser and was editor of "Storm Track" magazine. - Steven Sasson
Steven J. Sasson (b. 1950) is an electrical engineer and the inventor of the digital camera. His invention began in 1975 with a very broad assignment from his supervisor at Eastman Kodak Company, Gareth A. Lloyd: Could a camera be built using solid state electronics, solid state imagers, an electronic sensor known as a charge coupled device (CCD) that gathers optical information? Texas Instruments Inc. - Norman Petty
Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 - August 15, 1984) was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer of the Southwest who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock. Born in the small town of Clovis, New Mexico, near the Texas border, Petty began playing piano at a young age. While in high school, he was regularly heard on a fifteen minute show on a local radio station. Petty and his wife Vi founded the Norman Petty Trio, … - Geoffrey Dummer
Geoffrey William Arnold Dummer, MBE (1945), C.Eng., IEE Premium Award, FIEEE, MIEE, USA Medal of Freedom with Bronze Palm (February 25, 1909 - September 16, 2002) is an electronics author and consultant who is credited as being the first person to conceptualise the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, in the late-1940s and early 1950s. - Mack Damon
Mack Damon, is a successful record producer and recording engineer based in San Antonio, Texas. Originally a musician at an early age, his career has guided him to through the following successful endeavors: Touring Musician, Studio Musician, Grammy™ nominated recording engineer, Radio DJ, Arranger, Studio Manager, Record Producer, VP of Label Operations, Recording Studio Designer, and Recording Studio Owner. - Carlos Uresti
Carlos Ismael "Charlie" Uresti (born September 12, 1963) is a Democrat representing the 19th District in the Texas Senate. Uresti previously represented portions of Bexar County and the City of San Antonio in District 118 in the Texas House from 1997 to 2006. Uresti, the youngest of eight children, was born in Bexar County, Texas, reared in San Antonio and graduated from McCollum High School. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve at age eighteen, … - Vasant K. Prabhu
Dr. Vasant K. Prabhu is a professor in the Electrical Engineering department at University of Texas at Arlington. He has been at UTA 1991. In 1958, Prabhu received his Bachelor of Science at Karnatak University. He also received a Bachelor of Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science in 1962; a Master of Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1963 and a Doctor of Science in 1966. Prabhu is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, … - Kishor C. Mehta
Dr. Kishor C. Mehta is recognized worldwide as an authority on Wind Engineering. He is the first person from the Texas Tech University selected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his systematic studies of structural damage caused by windstorms and leadership in the development of structural design standards for wind loads. Dr. - Arthur Rudolph
Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (9 November 1906 - 1 January 1996) was a rocket engineer for Nazi Germany who helped develop and produce the V-2 rocket. After World War II he was brought to the United States and worked for the Army and NASA where he managed the development of several important systems including the Pershing missile and the Saturn V Moon rocket. In 1984 he was investigated for possible war crimes and renounced his United States citizenship. - William J. Bordelon
William James Bordelon (December 25, 1920 - 20 November 1943) served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He was killed in action while serving as a member of an assault engineer platoon of the First Battalion, Eighteenth Marines, tactically attached to the 2nd Marine Division against the Japanese in the Battle of Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands on 20 November 1943. - Reinhold Aman
Reinhold Aman (April 8, 1936 -) is a former chemical engineer and professor of German, and the publisher of the scholarly journal "Maledicta". - Paul Ray Smith
Paul Ray Smith (September 24, 1969-April 4, 2003) was a United States Army Sergeant First Class who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving with B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq. He was also the first recipient of the Medal of Honor Flag. - Bryan Lunney
Bryan Lunney (born January 12, 1966 in Harris County, Texas) is a NASA flight director. - Jim Chapman
James Louis "Jim" Chapman (born March 8, 1945 in Washington, D.C.) is an American business and political leader. From 1985 to 1997, he served as Democratic Congressman representing the Texas's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. His home town was Sulphur Springs. - Stan Relihan
President & CEO of Expert Executive Search - one of Asia Pacific's best-connected Search, Selection & Recruitment Firms. Also a leading international Headhunter, Neural Networker & Technology Enthusiast; Keynote Speaker; Internet & Web 2.0 Subject Matter Expert; Top 30 LinkedIn 'Power User'.Host of TPN :: The Connections Show, an audio podcast series that puts you ahead of the curve with the latest developments in Social & Business Networking. http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com - Siddharth Katragadda
Siddharth Katragadda is a poetic and novelic author, as well as a software engineer. Siddharth Katragadda was born in 1972 in Bangalore, India and spent his first twenty-three years there, having earned his Bachelor's Degree from the Bangalore University in Mechanical Engineering. He came to the United States in August 1995 to pursue his Masters Degree. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1997 with a degree in Computer Science & Engineering. - Ken Castleman
Kenneth R. Castleman is currently the president of Advanced Digital Imaging Research (ADIR), the author of the canonical textbook "Digital Image Processing" ISBN 0-13-211467-4 and an authority in the field of image processing and pattern recognition. He holds a B.S, M.S. and Ph.D. all in electrical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. In 1984, he co-founded Perceptive Systems, Inc (PSI) with Don Winkler in League City, TX. - Walter M. Urbain
Walter Mathias Urbain (1910 -January 15, 2002) was an American food scientist who was involved in food engineering, irradiation, and meat science.
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