Engineers

Atkinson was essential in creating the graphical interfaces now common in home computers.

Her design work helped pave the way for modern smartphones and computers.

Bell designed the first commercially successful minicomputer.

His invention has helped countless people deal with sleep apnea.

He led the team that created surround sound for home TV sets.

His inventions revolutionized electronic music.

Ottens also helped invent the compact disc.

Gore created Gore-Tex by accident while working on a process for pipe thread tape.

He commanded the last mission to the Skylab Orbital Workshop.

English worked alongside Douglas Engelbart (1925 – 2013), the inventor of the computer mouse, to bring Engelbart’s visionary ideas to life.