Curated category
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- D. Brainerd HolmesD. Brainerd Holmes studied engineering at Cornell University, receiving a degree in electrical engineering. He first worked for Bell Labs and Western…
- Elon MuskElon Reeve Musk was born on the 28th of June 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. His mother Maye was a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Arthur E. BrysonArthur Earl Bryson Jr. entered the U.S. Navy V-12 program at Iowa State College in 1943. He studied aeronautical engineering while serving as a cadet during…
- Yu-Chi HoYu-Chi Ho was born on the 1st of March 1934 in Shanghai, China. He left his home at age fifteen during the year 1949 to finish high school in Hong Kong.
- William R. LucasWilliam Ray Lucas was born in Newbern, Tennessee on the 1st of March 1922. He graduated from Memphis State College with a degree in chemistry in 1943.
- Neil ArmstrongNeil Alden Armstrong was born on the 5th of August 1930 in rural Washington Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. His father worked as an auditor for the state…
- Bill GatesIn 1970, a group of students at Lakeside School in Seattle gathered around a Teletype Model 33 ASR terminal. Bill Gates was one of them.
- Eric SchmidtEric Emerson Schmidt was born on the 27th of April 1955 in Falls Church, Virginia. He spent part of his childhood in Italy while his father worked for the…
- Marvin MinskyMarvin Lee Minsky was born on the 9th of August 1927 in New York City. His father Henry worked as an eye surgeon while his mother Fannie served as a Zionist…
- Gordon MooreGordon Earle Moore was born on the 3rd of January 1929 in San Mateo County, California. His father Walter Harold Moore served as a county sheriff until 1938…
- William AndersWilliam Alison Anders was born in Hong Kong on the 17th of October 1933. His father served as a United States Navy lieutenant during the Second Sino-Japanese…
- John HouboltJohn Cornelius Houbolt was born in Altoona, Iowa on the 10th of April 1919. His parents were first-generation Dutch immigrants who raised him during a time…
- Cynthia DworkCynthia Dwork received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University in 1979. She graduated Cum Laude that year and earned the Charles Ira…
- Judea PearlJudea Pearl entered the world on the 4th of September 1936 in Tel Aviv. This city sat within the British Mandate for Palestine at that time.
- Rodney BrooksRodney Allen Brooks was born on the 30th of December 1954 in Australia. He began his academic journey studying pure mathematics at Flinders University of…