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Profiles of Historical Engineers
Nolan K. Bushnell (1943-
http://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n12/profiles.html
)
Father of the Video Game Industry
Founded Atari in 1972
Launched video game
revolution with Pong
Sold Atari in 1976
$28 million
http://homepages.compuserve.de/rspezial/vidgas/atarilog.htm
Found Chuck E.
Cheese’s restaurant
Sold after few years
http://www.globalicons.com/clients/chucke/
main-intro-l.html
Started over 20
companies since Atari
Credentials
Received a B.S. in
Electrical Engineering
from the University of
Utah
Attended Graduate
school at Stanford
Lectures at major
universities and
corporations inspired
others
University of Utah
www.utah.edu
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
http://www.cojeco.cz/index.php?detail=1&s_lang=2&id_desc=23024
Man of Dreams and Determination
“If we did all the
things we were
capable of doing, we
would literally astound
ourselves.”
Laid groundwork for
technological
advances used today
http://www.shakerwssg.org/b__w_antique_clip_art.htm
An Inventor’s Adventure
Edison in front of his
Universal Stock Printer
1862 at age 15,
Edison left home to
work as a telegrapher
in Canada and U.S.
In 1869 he invented
the Universal Stock
Printer
Automatically printed
stock telegraphs
Received $40,000 in
compensation
http://dspt.club.fr/EDISONbio.htm
Professional Inventor/Engineer
Created the cylinder
phonograph and sold to
Edison Speaking
Phonograph Company
Received $10,000 +
20% of company profits
Income helped him focus
on incandescent light
bulb, most famous
accomplishment
http://www.exploravision.org/calendar/february/feb11a.htm
Greatest Engineer
1,093 patents
10 companies started
General Electric was one of the companies
developed
“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99%
perspiration.”
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
http://digilander.libero.it/mickymaus/index.htm
Weaponry envisionist
Da Vinci Drawing on the His
Mechanism for Flying
http://home.att.net/~o.caimi/Leonardo.html
Helicopters, tanks,
artillery and other
weaponry envisioned
Handicap was inability
to read Latin
Did not bother him,
wanted to use his
engineering skills to
improve his
environment
Leonardo’s Resume
Engineered hundreds of
useful and useless
devices
Hired as Painter and
Engineer to the Duke
Produced spectacular
shows for aristocracy that
came to the Duke’s court.
Detailed over 5,000 pages
of notes of conceivable
inventions
Claims da Vinci made
Construct movable
bridges
Remove water from
moats
Destroy anything not
made of stone
Make mortars
Make flame throwers
Design ships and
weapons for sea
Dig tunnels without
making noise
Sculpt and Paint
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(1806-1859)
http://www.cwhistory.com/history/TeacherPack/brunel.html
Most Diverse and Capable Engineer
in History
Designed variety of projects
Railways to bridges and ships
Sent to college at the age of 14
Went to work as an apprentice at 16 in
father’s engineering office
Advanced to resident engineer of Thames
Tunnel at age 20
Competition
Brunel entered suspension bridge project
over Avon Gorge
Top competitor, Thomas Telford, was also a
judge on the competition panel
All Brunel’s designs rejected, Telford’s
accepted
One design accepted in second contest
Designs and Advancements
Lead designer for Great Western Railway
Designed everything for the project
Used fundamental logic and analysis to
reshape mechanical and structural
engineering of his time
Reshaped art and technology of architecture
Brunel died at 53 without completion of
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
(1865-1923)
http://www.oya-es.net/reportajes/proteus.htm
Pioneer in Electrical Engineering
“No man really becomes a fool until he
stops asking questions.”
Research lead him to the development of
theories for alternating current
Theories helped with inventions using
electrical power
Valuable Engineer
Generator malfunctions and no technician
knew how to fix
Retired Charles is called in to diagnose and
fix the broken generator
Marked malfunctioned part with a Chalk “X”
Billed company $1000, who asked for
itemized billing statement
“Marking chalk X on side of generator: $1.
Knowing where to mark chalk X: $999.”
200 Electrical Patents
Electromagnetism work is greatest
accomplishment
Devices to protect power lines from lighting
strikes
Designs for electric vehicles
Production work stopped at his death
Henry Ford (1863-1947)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_ford_1_e.html
Man on a Mission
Disliked school and farm life in hometown
of Dearborn, MI
Moved to Detroit and became an
apprentice in small engines shop
Moved home and opened own shop
several years later
Designed first vehicle at Detroit Edison
Company after working his way to Chief
Engineer
Henry Ford’s Quadricycle
Buggy frame
4 bicycle tires as
wheels
Lead to the opening
of the Ford Motor
Company in 1903
http://www.bluemoongear.com/ArcCarsFord.htm
Advancement’s in Society
Model T, “everyman’s car,” introduced in 1908 and
stayed on market for 19 years
Advancements in production technology allowed for
better marketing of vehicle
1913, assembly line created and made production
cheaper and more cars
Ford instituted minimum wage of $5.00/day and
the 5-day workweek
Developed a franchise system to sell and service
cars, well before McDonald’s opened
Dr. Robert Goddard (1882-1945)
http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Voyages/explaining-the-heavens.htm
Modern Rocket Inventor
His design to lift a rocket
off the ground not using
solid fuels
Bi-fuel system
Fuel and oxidizer mixed
right before ignition
Designs similar to his
used in space vehicles,
deliver warheads and
satellites used in
communication and
espionage
http://www.eworcester.com/extra/goddard/photos.html
Unrecognized Contributions
Contributed to
theories and
realization of rockets
Dr. Goddard at Clark University in
Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1924
Labors went
unrecognized until
dawn of “Space Age”
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/goddard/gallery/gpn-2002-000130.html
Wilbur (1867-1912) and
Orville (1871-1948) Wright
www.uncp.edu/gpac/youth/
Young Aeronautical Engineers
Curious with the work
of Otto Lilienthal
German scientist who
tested kites and
gliders
Both determined to
design first flying
model
Orville built first wind
tunnel to test wing
designs
http://www.first-to-fly.com/Adventure/Workshop/lift_and_drift.htm
Accomplishments
aviationhistory.info/ Wright-photos.html
Credited for piloting
first successful flight
Manner in which they
went about testing
should be considered
greatest
accomplishment
Flight would have
never occurred
without these
practices
Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)
http://www.dma.eui.upm.es/historia_informatica/Doc/Personajes/GraceHooper.htm
Those Computer Bugs
Computer engineer and Rear Admiral in the
U.S. Navy
Developed first computer compiler in 1952
Moth had jammed the works of an early
computer
Term “Bug” coined
Honors and Awards
1969 - Data Processing Management
Association’s first Computer Science Manof-the-Year Award
1973 - First woman and U.S. citizen to be
made a Distinguished Fellow of the British
Computer Society
Multiple honorary doctorates from
universities across nation
1991 - National Medal of Technology
Joseph B. Strauss (1827-1870)
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist9/mcgloin.html
The Golden Gate Bridge
http://www.sfmuseum.net/assoc/bridge07.html
Many engieers said
costs could reach
$100 million
Strauss’ (experience
with 400 spans)
design estimated $27
million
Strauss dedicated to
financing, as the
government had no
funds for the project
Specifications
Provisional permit granted
in 1924, opposition to
project halted construction
to start in 1933
Bridge spans 1,280 m
Connects San Francisco
and Marin County
Weighs 887,000 tons
Long cables suspended
through the air
Enough to circle world 3
times
http://www.mikelevin.com/BayArea.htm
Leo Szilard (1898-1964)
http://www.exn.ca/Stories/1997/03/20/02.asp
Nuclear Engineer
Studied engineering in Budapest and Berlin
Left Germany for London to escape Nazi
persecution
1933 - patented nuclear chain reaction
1937 - moved to New York City
The Manhattan Project
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu
Worries of Germans
developing first
atomic bomb
Rushed U.S. to build
first atomic bomb
December 2, 1942
the first controlled
nuclear chain reaction
developed
Advocated against
use as a weapon