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Jeff Kodosky

Jeff Kodosky

Virtual Instrumentation - LabVIEW™

In the 1970s, Jeff Kodosky and James Truchard were researchers at the Applied Research Laboratories at the University of Texas, responsible for…
Inducted in: 2019
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 4,901,221

Roy J. Plunkett

Teflon

Chemist Roy J. Plunkett discovered tetrafluoroethylene resin while researching refrigerants at DuPont. Known by its trade name Teflon®, Plunkett's…
Inducted in: 1985
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,230,654
Died:
National Inventors Hall of Fame® Inductee Eric Fossum, who invented the CMOS image sensor

Eric R. Fossum

CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensor Camera-on-a-Chip

Eric Fossum invented the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) active pixel sensor camera-on-a-chip, the miniaturized camera technology that…
Inducted in: 2011
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 5,471,515
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Paul B. MacCready

Gossamer Condor

Paul MacCready was an aeronautical engineer known as the "Father of Human Powered Flight" and is often seen as an "inventor's inventor" because of…
Inducted in: 2015
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 4,206,892
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Navy
Louis Keller

Louis Keller

Bobcat® Skid-Steer Loader

Louis Keller and his brother Cyril Keller invented the world’s first compact loader and helped launch the compact equipment industry in the late…
Inducted in: 2023
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,151,503
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Army
Robert H. Dennard

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…
Inducted in: 1997
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,387,286
Died:
Karl Bacon

Karl Bacon

Tubular Steel Track Roller Coaster

Karl Bacon and Ed Morgan engineered the world’s first tubular steel track roller coaster. Matterhorn Bobsleds debuted in 1959 at Disneyland in…
Inducted in: 2025
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,114,332
Died:
Virginia Norwood

Virginia Norwood

Multispectral Scanner

Virginia Norwood invented the Multispectral Scanner (MSS), the first in a series of satellite-based instruments that have been continuously imaging…
Inducted in: 2025
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,746,035
Died:
Xiaowei Zhuang

Xiaowei Zhuang

Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM)

Xiaowei Zhuang introduced one of the most widely used methods of super-resolution imaging: stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, or STORM.…
Inducted in: 2024
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 7,776,613
James A. Parsons Jr.

James A. Parsons Jr.

Durimet 20 (Alloy 20) Stainless Steel Alloy

Metallurgist James A. Parsons Jr. invented Durimet 20, also known as Alloy 20, stainless steel alloy. Developed in the 1930s, this corrosion-…
Inducted in: 2023
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,185,987
Died:
Lanny Smoot

Lanny Smoot

Theatrical Technologies and Special Effects

At The Walt Disney Company, Lanny Smoot, with over 100 lifetime patents, has developed interactive attractions, special effects, new concepts for…
Inducted in: 2024
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 7,273,280
Ed Morgan

Ed Morgan

Tubular Steel Track Roller Coaster

Ed Morgan and Karl Bacon set the standard for roller coaster design technology when they engineered the world’s first tubular steel track roller…
Inducted in: 2025
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,114,332
Died: