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John Smeaton

John Smeaton (1728-1793) was a British engineer who significantly advanced practical engineering techniques. He is recog...

Historical British Mechanical Engineer Civil Engineer

9.5 Brilliant

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Ove Arup

Ove Arup was a pivotal structural engineer born in Denmark and later working in Britain. He established Arup, a globally...

Modernist Structural British Civil

9.5 Brilliant

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Charles Algernon Parsons

Charles Algernon Parsons was a British mechanical engineer pivotal in developing the steam turbine. His innovation drama...

Mechanical Power British Steam Turbine

9.3 Excellent

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Benjamin Baker

Benjamin Baker was a British civil engineer primarily recognized for his pivotal role in the construction of the Forth B...

British Bridges Civil Firth Forth

9.2 Excellent

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Adrian Newey

Adrian Newey is a highly influential automotive engineer specializing in aerodynamics. His innovative designs have repea...

Automotive British F1 Aerodynamics

9.2 Excellent

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Taiichi Ohno

Taiichi Ohno was a Japanese engineer instrumental in developing the Toyota Production System. His focus on eliminating w...

Japanese Industrial Lean Toyota

9.1 Excellent

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Shigeo Shingo

Shigeo Shingo was a pioneering Japanese industrial engineer instrumental in developing lean manufacturing principles. Hi...

Japanese Industrial Lean Quality

8.7 Great

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Steve Furber

Steve Furber is a prominent British computer engineer recognized for his pivotal role in developing early computing tech...

Computer British Arm Processors

8.7 Great

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Alec Issigonis

Alec Issigonis was a Greek-British automotive engineer who designed the iconic, space-efficient Mini, which debuted in 1...

Designer Historical Mini British

8.6 Great

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Frederick Winslow Taylor

Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American mechanical engineer whose 1911 Principles of Scientific Management made him cen...

Efficiency Management American Industrial

8.6 Great

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Kaoru Ishikawa

Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese chemical engineer and quality theorist who popularized quality circles and the fishbone di...

Japanese Industrial Quality Fishbone

8.5 Great

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Geoffrey de Havilland

Geoffrey de Havilland was a British aerospace engineer who designed the de Havilland Mosquito and the de Havilland Comet...

Aircraft Aerospace British Aviation

8.4 Great

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William Froude

William Froude was an English engineer and naval architect who used model testing to predict ship resistance, giving his...

British Naval Ships Hydrodynamics

8.4 Great

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Nicholas Peppas

Nicholas Peppas is a Greek chemical and biomedical engineer known for hydrogel drug-delivery models, including the Korsm...

American Chemical Biomedical Hydrogels

8.4 Great

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Rakesh Agrawal

Rakesh Agrawal is an Indian computer scientist whose 1993 work introduced association-rule mining for discovering patter...

American Chemical Separations Air Products

8.4 Great

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Man Mohan Sharma

Man Mohan Sharma is an Indian chemical engineer known for multiphase reaction engineering and for becoming the first Ind...

Academic India Chemical Reactions

8.4 Great

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Hertha Ayrton

Hertha Ayrton was a British electrical engineer and mathematician who made significant contributions to the analysis of...

Inventor British Electrical Arcs

8.3 Great

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Martin Fowler

Martin Fowler is a British software engineer and author whose 1999 book Refactoring helped standardize code refactoring...

Software Refactoring Architecture British

8.2 Great

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Trevor Kletz

Trevor Kletz was a British chemical engineer who helped define process safety, introducing inherent safety ideas in a 19...

Safety British Chemical Process

8.1 Great

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Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau

Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau was an American chemical engineer who helped design the first commercial penicillin plant a...

American Production Chemical Penicillin

8.0 Great