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Robert W. Gore
ePTFE, Known by the GORE-TEX® Brand Name
Robert W. Gore invented a new form of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) widely known by the GORE-TEX® brand name. This highly porous yet very strong…
Robert Fulton
Steamboat
Robert Fulton designed and operated the world's first commercially successful steamboat. Fulton's Clermont made its historic first run in August 1807…
Robert Bryant
LaRC-SI (Langley Research Center-Soluble Imide)
NASA chemist Robert Bryant developed a polymer called LaRC-SI (Langley Research Center-Soluble Imide), taking it from laboratory discovery to…
Robert Gundlach
Modern Photocopier
Robert Gundlach made photocopying technology more practical, flexible, and affordable. As one of the first research scientists hired at the Haloid…
Robert Gallo
HIV Virus Isolation and Diagnosis
Robert Gallo played a key role in identifying the cause and detection of one of the most serious medical scourges of the 20th century. Gallo, a…
Robert R. Williams
Vitamin Synthesis
Robert R. Williams developed ways to synthesize vitamins to fight malnutrition and vitamin-deficiency diseases. Born in India, the son of Baptist…
Robert E. Kahn
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf created the architecture for the Internet and collaborated on the design of software known as the Transmission Control…
Robert S. Ledley
CT Scan
Robert S. Ledley invented the whole-body CT (computerized tomographic) diagnostic X-ray scanner. Born in New York City, Ledley earned a D.D.S. from…
Robert H. Willson
Plasma Display
While a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert Willson and faculty members Don Bitzer and Gene Slottow suggested…
Robert Banks
High-Density Polyethylene and Polypropylene Plastics
Robert Banks and fellow research chemist Paul Hogan were working for Phillips Petroleum in 1951 when they invented crystalline polypropylene and high…
Robert H. Dennard
Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)
Robert Heath Dennard invented one-transistor Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), which significantly increased computer memory density while…
Robert Wentorf, Jr.
Diamond Synthesis
Robert Wentorf, along with Tracy Hall, Francis Bundy, and Herbert Strong, synthesized diamonds as part of Project Superpressure, as announced by the…
Robert W. Bower
Self-Aligned Gate MOSFET
Robert Bower invented the Field-Effect Device with Insulated Gate known as the Self-Aligned Gate MOSFET, which has created the fast, design-stable…
Robert N. Hall
Semiconductor Laser
Robert Hall invented the version of the magnetron that operates most microwave ovens, the semiconductor laser found in compact disc players, and…
Robert Hutchings Goddard
Solid Fuel Rockets
Robert Hutchings Goddard pioneered modern rocketry and space flight and founded a whole field of science and engineering. Born in Worcester,…
Herbert W. Boyer
Genetic Engineering
Herb Boyer was with the University of California, San Francisco when he began investigating DNA with Stan Cohen. Their experiments marked the…
Robert N. Noyce
Integrated Circuit
Robert N. Noyce, cofounder of Intel Corporation, was one of the pioneers of semiconductor development.
Born in Iowa, he received a B.A. from…
Robert Adler
Television Remote Control
Robert Adler invented the first practical, wireless television remote control. Introduced as the "Space Command" by Zenith in 1956, Adler's device…
Robert J. Seiwald
Isothiocyanate Compounds for Antigen Identification
Robert Seiwald and Joseph Burckhalter worked together to patent fluorescein isothiocyanate and rhodamine isothiocyanate, better known as FITC and…
Robert M. Metcalfe
Ethernet
Robert Metcalfe invented, standardized, and commercialized Ethernet. Developed as a way to link the computers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (…
Robert S. Langer, Jr.
Controlled Drug Delivery
Robert Langer revolutionized biomedical technology through the development of a controlled drug delivery system.
Langer was born in Albany, New York…
Robert M. Thomas
Butyl Rubber
Robert Thomas and William Sparks co-invented poly-isobutylene-coisoprene, commonly known as butyl rubber, while conducting research at Standard Oil…
Robert D. Maurer
Optical Fiber
Corning Glass researchers Robert D. Maurer, Donald Keck, and Peter Schultz developed fiber-optic wire, capable of carrying thousands of times more…
Robert Rines
High-Resolution Radar and Sonar
Robert H. Rines' contributions to radar and sonar began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Radiation Laboratory with modulation…
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…