Engineers Directory

Sir Charles Algernon Parsons(June 13, 1854 – February 11, 1931) was an inventor and mechanical engineer credited with designing the modern steam turbine in 1884. His work transformed marine propulsion and electrici...

Samuel W. Alderson(October 21, 1914 – February 11, 2005) is known for inventing one of the most important inventions in the history of automobile manufacturing – the crash test dummy. This device was widely u...

Karlheinz Brandenburg, born on June 20, 1954, is a renowned German electrical engineer and mathematician best known for being one of the principal MP3 audio compression format inventors. His groundbreaking work has trans...

Samuel W. Alderson(October 21, 1914 – February 11, 2005) is known for inventing one of the most important inventions in the history of automobile manufacturing – the crash test dummy. This device was widely u...

James Fowle Baldwin(April 29, 1782 – May 20, 1862) was an American civil engineer known for pioneering some of the earliest engineering projects in Massachusetts. These projects include the Boston and Lowell Railroad, th...

Carl Georg Lange Barth (February 28, 1860 – October 28, 1939) was a Norwegian-American mathematician and mechanical engineer known for popularizing the industrial use of compound slide rules. He is also regarded as...

John Jacob Crew Bradfield (December 26, 1867 – September 23, 1943) was a towering figure in Australian civil engineering, earning the title ‘Father of Modern Sydney.’ Born in Sandgate, Queensland, to a ...

Sir Richard Arkwright (December 23, 1732 – August 3, 1792) was an English inventor who invented the spinning frame. He is also known for inventing the rotary carding engine that is used to convert raw cotton to &#8...

Arthur Lee Samuel (1901–1990) was an American computer scientist whose work on self-learning programs laid the early foundations for artificial intelligence.  A graduate of the College of Emporia in Kansas and the Massac...