swap_horiz Stephen Timoshenko Alternatives

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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

2

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

3

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

4

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

6

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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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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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

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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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Ralph Peck

Ralph B. Peck (1912-2008) was a Canadian-born American civil engineer, geotechnical specialist, and professor at the Uni...

USA 20TH Century Civil Geotechnical

9.3 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

Ross Brawn

Ross Brawn is a British motorsport engineer and team principal who has worked with several championship-winning Formula...

Automotive Contemporary Mechanical Motorsport

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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Rudolf Uhlenhaut

Rudolf Uhlenhaut (1906-1989) was an engineer born in London to German parents who worked as a Mercedes-Benz racing-car d...

Automotive Mercedes Mechanical Historical

9.2 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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Beatrice Shilling

Beatrice Shilling (1909-1990) was a British aeronautical and mechanical engineer who worked at the Royal Aircraft Establ...

Aerospace UK 20TH Century Mechanical

8.5 Great

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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