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Fazlur Khan

Fazlur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer whose work helped establish tube systems for tall buil...

Structural Historical Skyscrapers Bangladeshi American

9.8 Brilliant

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Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf is an American computer scientist and engineer who co-designed the TCP/IP protocols with Bob Kahn during the...

Internet Software USA Computer Science

9.8 Brilliant

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Karl Terzaghi

Karl Terzaghi was an Austrian mechanical engineer and geologist widely recognized as the founder of modern soil mechanic...

Modern Civil Austrian American Geotechnical

9.7 Brilliant

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Stephen Timoshenko

Stephen Timoshenko was a Ukrainian-American engineer whose work helped shape modern engineering mechanics. He contribute...

20TH Century Mechanical Ukraine Civil

9.7 Brilliant

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Eugene Freyssinet

Eugène Freyssinet (1879-1962) was a French civil engineer closely associated with the development of prestressed concret...

French Structural Historical Civil

9.6 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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Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford was a prominent Scottish civil engineer renowned for his innovative designs across infrastructure project...

Scottish Bridges Civil Roads

9.4 Excellent

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John Roebling

Johann August Roebling was a German-born civil engineer recognized for his pioneering work in the design and constructio...

Structural Industrial German American Bridges

9.4 Excellent

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George W. Housner

George W. Housner was an American civil engineer recognized as a foundational figure in the field of earthquake engineer...

Modern American Structural Earthquake

9.4 Excellent

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Pierre Bézier

Pierre Bézier was a French engineer who worked for Renault and developed the mathematical curve that bears his name. Béz...

France 20TH Century Mechanical Cad Cam

9.4 Excellent

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Ralph B. Peck

Ralph B. Peck (1912–2008) was an American civil engineer who significantly influenced the development of modern geotechn...

Modern American Foundations Civil

9.3 Excellent

12

A.N. Tupolev

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer who founded the Tupolev design bure...

Russia Designer Aerospace 20TH Century

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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Arthur Casagrande

Arthur Casagrande (1902-1981) was an Austrian-born American civil engineer who made fundamental contributions to the fie...

Modern Civil Austrian American Geotechnical

9.2 Excellent

15

Alec Skempton

Sir Alec Skempton was a British civil engineer and a foundational figure in the field of soil mechanics. Teaching at Imp...

Modern British Civil Geotechnical

9.2 Excellent

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Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was an Indian civil engineer and statesman who served as the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918...

Water Modern Indian Dams

9.2 Excellent

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James Buchanan Eads

James Buchanan Eads was an American civil engineer who designed the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Loui...

American Structural Historical Bridges

9.1 Excellent

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Steven Sasson

Steven Sasson is an American electrical engineer who developed the first digital camera prototype while working at Eastm...

USA 20TH Century Digital Camera Electrical

9.1 Excellent

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Octave Chanute

Octave Chanute was a French-American civil engineer and aviation researcher who became an important figure in the ninete...

Aerospace 19TH Century 20TH Century Aviation

9.0 Excellent

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Thomas Midgley Jr.

Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American mechanical and chemical engineer who invented leaded gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons...

USA 20TH Century Mechanical Lead

4.4 Poor