swap_horiz Stephen Timoshenko Alternatives

1

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

9.78 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

9.76 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

9.72 Brilliant

4

Eugene Freyssinet

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

French Structural Historical Civil

9.58 Brilliant

5

John Roebling

German-born civil engineer Johann August Roebling, known in the United States as John A. Roebling, helped develop wire s...

Structural Industrial German American Bridges

9.42 Excellent

6

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

9.41 Excellent

7

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

9.36 Excellent

8

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

9.32 Excellent

9

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

9.31 Excellent

10

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

9.27 Excellent

11

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

9.24 Excellent

12

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

9.18 Excellent

13

Ross Brawn

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

Automotive Contemporary Mechanical Motorsport

9.18 Excellent

14

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

9.18 Excellent

15

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

9.17 Excellent

16

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

9.14 Excellent

17

Sergei Ilyushin

Sergei Ilyushin was a Soviet aircraft designer and the founder of the Ilyushin design bureau. His work included the Il-2...

Russia Designer Aerospace 20TH Century

9.12 Excellent

18

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

8.96 Great

19

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

8.45 Great

20

Thomas Midgley Jr.

Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American mechanical and chemical engineer whose industrial research produced tetraethyllead fo...

USA 20TH Century Mechanical Lead

4.42 Poor