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James Abercrombie
Blowout Preventer (BOP)
James Abercrombie, a Texas oil driller, and Harry Cameron, a machinist, designed the world’s first reliable blowout preventer (BOP) to successfully…
Harry Cameron
Blowout Preventer (BOP)
Until Harry Cameron, a machinist, and James Abercrombie, a Texas oil driller, designed the world’s first reliable blowout preventer (BOP), oil wells…
Stewart Adams
Ibuprofen
In the early 1950s, Stewart Adams, a pharmacologist at Boots Pure Drug Co. in England, was tasked with finding new treatments for rheumatoid…
John Nicholson
Ibuprofen
Chemist John Nicholson and pharmacologist Stewart Adams developed ibuprofen during the 1950s and 1960s at Boots Pure Drug Co. in England. Today,…
Evelyn Berezin
Computer Systems for Business Use
Evelyn Berezin was an expert in logic design and data transmission. She designed one of the earliest computer reservations systems for airlines and…
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…
Floyd Smith
Modern Parachute
The first working modern parachute was developed by trapeze artist turned aviator Floyd Smith. He became interested in parachutes after having…
Frank Zybach
Center-Pivot Irrigation
In the mid-20th century, Nebraska farmer Frank Zybach invented center-pivot irrigation and transformed agricultural production worldwide. Using…
Sylvia Blankenship
1-MCP for Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Freshness
Horticulturalist Sylvia Blankenship and biochemist Edward Sisler identified 1-methylcyclopropene (1- MCP), a novel compound that significantly…
Edward Sisler
1-MCP for Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Freshness
Edward Sisler, a biochemist at North Carolina State University (NCSU), had been studying the various aspects of ethylene physiology and biochemistry…
Dana Bookbinder
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon invented bend-insensitive ClearCurve® optical fiber. Because this breakthrough technology can bend…
Ming-Jun Li
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Ming-Jun Li, Dana Bookbinder and Pushkar Tandon invented bend-insensitive optical fiber. This technology can bend without causing significant signal…
Pushkar Tandon
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Pushkar Tandon, Dana Bookbinder and Ming-Jun Li invented ClearCurve® optical fiber, a bend-insensitive optical fiber capable of bending without…
Raffaello D’Andrea
Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment
Raffaello D’Andrea, Mick Mountz and Peter Wurman dramatically advanced warehouse order fulfillment for e-commerce by creating the Kiva system, which…
Mick Mountz
Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment
Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman and Raffaello D’Andrea invented the Kiva system, a mobile robotic material handling system that has revolutionized order…
Peter Wurman
Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment
Peter Wurman, Mick Mountz and Raffaello D’Andrea created the Kiva system, a mobile robotic system for material handling in distribution centers that…
Lisa Lindahl
Sports Bra
Lisa Lindahl, Hinda Miller and Polly Smith invented the first sports bra: the Jogbra®. This groundbreaking invention removed a barrier to…
Hinda Miller
Sports Bra
Hinda Miller, Lisa Lindahl and Polly Smith invented the sports bra, launching a global industry. The revolutionary Jogbra® advanced the health of…
Polly Smith
Sports Bra
Polly Smith, Lisa Lindahl and Hinda Miller invented the sports bra. Commercialized as the Jogbra®, their invention enabled greater participation in…
James McEwen
Automatic Surgical Tourniquet
Biomedical engineer James McEwen invented the first microprocessor-controlled automatic surgical tourniquet system. Devices based on his innovations…
Margaret Wu
Synthetic Lubricants
Industrial chemist Margaret Wu revolutionized the field of synthetic lubricants. Her work has changed how automobile and industrial lubricants are…
R. Rox Anderson
Laser Dermatology
Physician Rox Anderson, currently the Lancer Endowed Chair in Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, developed laser-based treatments and…
Marian Croak
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Technology
Engineer Marian Croak has worked on advancing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies, converting voice data into digital signals that can…
James Buchanan Eads
American Infrastructure and Defense
James Buchanan Eads created a series of inventions during the 1800s that improved transportation, commerce and the military defense of the…
Carl Benz
Modern Automobile
German engineer Carl Benz was the first to design a car around the internal combustion engine rather than adding an engine to an existing wagon or…