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<p>This is a list of <a href="/facts/Electrical_engineer/YYXW1KLW">electrical engineers</a> (by no means exhaustive), people who have made notable contributions to <a href="/facts/Electrical_engineering/YYXW1KLW">electrical engineering</a> or <a href="/facts/Computer_engineering/5x1TRKGo">computer engineering</a>. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Contribution(s)</th></tr><tr><th>A</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Norman_Abramson/htfKxq3D">Norman Abramson</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ALOHAnet/Lta6rIn4">ALOHAnet</a> network communication</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Campbell_Aitken/lTuLQDGt">Robert Campbell Aitken</a></td><td>Testing and diagnosis of <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuits/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuits</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ernst_Alexanderson/FVo9RL1u">Ernst Alexanderson</a></td><td>Inventing the <a href="/facts/Alexanderson_alternator/a4QEdkhR">Alexanderson alternator</a>, <a href="/facts/Amplidyne/YKuI64h9">amplidyne</a>, <a href="/facts/Tuned_radio_frequency_receiver/UTFAQHzx">tuned radio frequency receiver</a>, and <a href="/facts/Television/X4YG5nT1">television</a> advancements.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Luigi_Amerio/Iol2Mh7t">Luigi Amerio</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Laplace_transform/0Ge4MIc9">Laplace transforms</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edwin_Armstrong/EI9gYvzm">Edwin Armstrong</a></td><td>Radio, Regenerative circuit, superheterodyne receiver, frequency modulation (FM)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Maria_Artini/f9NtvyMo">Maria Artini</a></td><td>First female university graduate in electrical engineering in Italy (1918)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rodney_Atkins_(engineer)/74T2srPV">Rodney Adkins</a></td><td>First African American to serve as a senior vice president at IBM, worked on IBM ThinkPad.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hertha_Marks_Ayrton/wYdNfxkX">Hertha Marks Ayrton</a></td><td>Electric arc lighting, <a href="/facts/Hughes_Medal/zhwEaYAP">Hughes Medal</a> of the <a href="/facts/Royal_Society/KI5yXCuV">Royal Society</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_Edward_Ayrton/UTnEovpk">William Edward Ayrton</a></td><td>Measuring instruments, electric railways, searchlight</td></tr><tr><th>B</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Bardeen/kbj763Fh">John Bardeen</a></td><td>Two <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize/3z1Y3oFL">Nobel Prizes</a>: <a href="/facts/Transistor/Bmr8zwL0">transistor</a>, <a href="/facts/Superconductivity/pqQAlSzJ">superconductivity</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Emile_Baudot/AzkpcLwt">Emile Baudot</a></td><td>Telegraphy communications</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Andy_Bechtolsheim/U60Uwm0f">Andy Bechtolsheim</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arnold_Orville_Beckman/I58YjKA1">Arnold Orville Beckman</a></td><td>pH meter, <a href="/facts/Beckman_Instruments/As0jIHkP">Beckman Instruments</a>, <a href="/facts/Silicon_Valley/gdot9J7e">Silicon Valley</a> pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Graham_Bell/oQer2abq">Alexander Graham Bell</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bell_Telephone_Company/S6s67Slt">Bell Telephone Company</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alfred_Rosling_Bennett/U6kwobrd">Alfred Rosling Bennett</a></td><td>Pioneer of electric lighting and telephones</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Harold_Stephen_Black/N4uPFULH">Harold Stephen Black</a></td><td>Negative feedback amplifier</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ott%25C3%25B3_Bl%25C3%25A1thy/224Pua22">Ottó Bláthy</a></td><td>Pioneering electrical engineer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9_Blondel/N0ypLxX6">André Blondel</a></td><td>Oscillography, electrical machine theory</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alan_Blumlein/ka01T9Lu">Alan Blumlein</a></td><td>Inventions in <a href="/facts/Telecommunications/vxoj1cxR">telecommunications</a>, <a href="/facts/Sound_recording/BMbpAWkE">sound recording</a>, <a href="/facts/Stereophonic_sound/z0vmJcGT">stereo</a>, <a href="/facts/Television/X4YG5nT1">television</a>, <a href="/facts/Radar/jk9BTbFA">radar</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hendrik_Wade_Bode/aGVSy4aJ">Hendrik Wade Bode</a></td><td>Control theory, <a href="/facts/Bode_plot/xcF1ej98">Bode plot</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/David_Boggs/46qUpVd7">David Boggs</a></td><td>Co-invented <a href="/facts/Ethernet/nMfhU8tU">Ethernet</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Amar_Bose/cAzX6sqy">Amar Bose</a></td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Bose_Corporation/2cUEaEYh">Bose Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mikhail_Botvinnik/u86laK7F">Mikhail Botvinnik</a></td><td>Computer chess, expert system AI</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Paul_Boucherot/bJCWuGYh">Paul Boucherot</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Reactive_power/EXsaw0B9">Reactive power</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Karlheinz_Brandenburg/EDStNqBq">Karlheinz Brandenburg</a></td><td>Audio compression scheme <a href="/facts/MP3/yrBpxUSD">MP3</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Tilston_Bright/5uNo1GaE">Charles Tilston Bright</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable/AFlHkh4p">Transatlantic telegraph cable</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Eugene_Lancelot_Brown/eA7mpswj">Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Brown%2c_Boveri_%2526_Cie/9CDSUasq">Brown, Boveri & Cie</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_C._Brown/uoyYAunf">William C. Brown</a></td><td>Crossed-field amplifier, microwave power transmission</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Walter_Bruch/vg67bpTM">Walter Bruch</a></td><td>Television pioneer, inventor of the PAL colour television system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Brush/LRybB8uc">Charles Brush</a></td><td>Efficient <a href="/facts/Dynamo/REfYHz3k">dynamo</a>, electric lighting, a founder of <a href="/facts/General_Electric/bBm5CzVY">General Electric</a>, <a href="/facts/Wind_power/vlNN3u16">wind power</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/James_Buie/dYIdftGH">James Buie</a></td><td>Inventor of <a href="/facts/Transistor_transistor_logic/z4bvHotl">TTL Logic</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Frederick_Burgess/MFS5shar">Charles Frederick Burgess</a></td><td>Battery technology development, pioneer of <a href="/facts/Electrochemical_engineering/QcHfW5RE">electrochemical engineering</a></td></tr><tr><th>C</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alan_Archibald_Campbell-Swinton/8JSwuuqL">Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton</a></td><td>Theory of television</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Marvin_Camras/W8a73m3A">Marvin Camras</a></td><td>Magnetic recording</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Renshaw_Carson/1GBlLwWl">John Renshaw Carson</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Single-sideband_modulation/Cfuv9KX1">Single-sideband modulation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Morris_Chang/TGf1aKLt">Morris Chang</a></td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/TSMC/B4BdojRk">TSMC</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Harold_Chestnut/7m0swgkH">Harold Chestnut</a></td><td>Helped establish the fields of <a href="/facts/Control_theory/aIuERpn6">control theory</a> and <a href="/facts/Systems_engineering/gFwRmkDp">systems engineering</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Cioffi/jAsWEaVl">John Cioffi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Digital_subscriber_line/3pY5osov">Digital subscriber line</a> (DSL)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/James_Kilton_Clapp/fSBwedqH">James Kilton Clapp</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Clapp_oscillator/WlJMPLCK">Clapp oscillator</a>, <a href="/facts/General_Radio_Corporation/Ba7uU1Bm">General Radio Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Wesley_A._Clark/CpwgrHKm">Wesley A. Clark</a></td><td><a href="/facts/TX-0/8Bau5eqq">TX-0</a>, <a href="/facts/TX-2/Yvk3A10o">TX-2</a>, <a href="/facts/LINC/ozNdFrHB">LINC</a> one of the first <a href="/facts/Minicomputer/g8hvpQxe">minicomputers</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edith_Clarke/zptefHrD">Edith Clarke</a></td><td>First American female professor of EE, author of <i>Circuit Analysis of A-C Power Systems</i>, <a href="/facts/Alpha%25E2%2580%2593beta_transformation/soem6FhF">Alpha–beta transformation</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lynn_Conway/QWDhTWx5">Lynn Conway</a></td><td>Very large scale integrated circuit design, <a href="/facts/Mead_and_Conway_revolution/JNLvcS26">Mead and Conway revolution</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_David_Coolidge/e37KoKrv">William Coolidge</a></td><td><a href="/facts/X-ray/wseP79cN">X-ray</a> technology</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Martin_Cooper_(inventor)/PGCKenCA">Martin Cooper</a></td><td>Father of the wireless <a href="/facts/Cellphone/H3EcqD9h">cellphone</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_Corin/e5L3BVQ1">William Corin</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Snowy_Mountains_Scheme/Woe5ts6v">Snowy Mountains Scheme</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ron_Crane_(engineer)/fY0Rl2fQ">Ron Crane</a></td><td>Co-inventor of <a href="/facts/Ethernet/nMfhU8tU">Ethernet</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Seymour_Cray/uDpXUsXc">Seymour Cray</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Supercomputer/HT9NwGAN">Supercomputer</a> architect</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rookes_Evelyn_Bell_Crompton/43DnGjGS">Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton</a></td><td>Electric lighting, FRS, <a href="/facts/Crompton_Parkinson/rQnxmHK5">Crompton & Company</a>, Major in the U.K. Army</td></tr><tr><th>D</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sidney_Darlington/nyBsvmFr">Sidney Darlington</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Darlington_transistor/2QGqjsgP">Darlington transistor</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lee_de_Forest/tMDkcLnV">Lee de Forest</a></td><td>Audion <a href="/facts/Vacuum_tube/VHd1BNLq">vacuum tube</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Giovanni_De_Micheli/Ag0jWryN">Giovanni De Micheli</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Network_on_a_chip/yES3YXp0">Network on a chip</a> design automation and <a href="/facts/Electronic_design_automation/o4la3fmX">Electronic design automation</a> contributions</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jack_Dennis/MnReKxax">Jack Dennis</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Time_sharing/LE5XT9Go">Time sharing</a>, <a href="/facts/Multics/y7A5peyu">Multics</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Dennard/ehvGFrmD">Robert Dennard</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dynamic_random-access_memory/koI9FGo5">Dynamic random-access memory</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Marcel_Deprez/3lUuqCBB">Marcel Deprez</a></td><td><a href="/facts/HVDC/FDIob86A">HVDC</a> power transmission pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vinod_Dham/0LbWCLRD">Vinod Dham</a></td><td>Contributions to <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a>'s <a href="/facts/Pentium_processor/czINY469">Pentium processor</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bern_Dibner/5Kh1jQG9">Bern Dibner</a></td><td>Founder Burndy Co., electrical connectors, historian of the <a href="/facts/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable/AFlHkh4p">Transatlantic telegraph cable</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mikhail_Dolivo-Dobrovolsky/18l78crm">Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky</a></td><td>Inventor of three-phase motor</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ray_Dolby/wwwlYXzA">Ray Dolby</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dolby_noise-reduction_system/wdIHbR90">Dolby noise-reduction system</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_Duddell/YtuNAhXp">William Duddell</a></td><td>Oscillography, the singing <a href="/facts/Arc_lamp/1y99ep6E">arc lamp</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Allen_DuMont/cu9j8wbE">Allen DuMont</a></td><td>Television manufacturing pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Russell_Dupuis/gYgdhqn4">Russell Dupuis</a></td><td>pioneering contributions <a href="/facts/MOCVD/Ldg0BICo">MOCVD</a>, <a href="/facts/LED/cMFILd4d">LEDs</a>, and III-V <a href="/facts/Heterojunction/mvnxnIU7">heterojunction</a> devices</td></tr><tr><th>E</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Martin_Eberhard/fofq4eLk">Martin Eberhard</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Tesla%2c_Inc./dSyLNM1D">Tesla</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Presper_Eckert/G3bXAwdt">John Presper Eckert</a></td><td>Computer pioneer of the <a href="/facts/ENIAC/EcfmM1Y0">ENIAC</a> and <a href="/facts/UNIVAC_I/LQzozqY2">UNIVAC I</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thomas_Edison/IeDbdyP4">Thomas Edison</a></td><td>Prolific inventor: <a href="/facts/Phonograph/VcNQRYVT">phonograph</a>, first practical <a href="/facts/Incandescent_light_bulb/31frjg0A">light bulb</a>, <a href="/facts/Telegraph/JhRYDSDu">telegraph</a> improvements</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cyril_Frank_Elwell/yQj8LNVu">Cyril Frank Elwell</a></td><td>Continuous Wave radio transmission, AM radio, founder of <a href="/facts/Federal_Telegraph_Company/mnT7vqQp">Federal Telegraph Company</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Douglas_Engelbart/gHT4dFLS">Douglas Engelbart</a></td><td>Computer mouse, hypertext</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gertrude_Lilian_Entwisle/dR4lHSF5">Gertrude Lilian Entwisle</a></td><td>First woman student member of <a href="/facts/Institution_of_Electrical_Engineers/7KbKwEQb">Institution of Electrical Engineers</a> first female engineer at <a href="/facts/British_Westinghouse/eew3lqPt">British Westinghouse</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Justus_Entz/rryosD3o">Justus Entz</a></td><td>Electric transmission, electric vehicles, worked with Edison</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Agner_Krarup_Erlang/WswurAKU">Agner Krarup Erlang</a></td><td>Communications and Queueing</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lloyd_Espenschied/GPsJuHAW">Lloyd Espenschied</a></td><td>Developments in radio communications and coaxial cable technology.</td></tr><tr><th>F</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Federico_Faggin/XIsoopIf">Federico Faggin</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a> <a href="/facts/Microprocessor/Fx9CaQht">microprocessor</a>, <a href="/facts/Zilog/sB6jH5vw">Zilog</a> <a href="/facts/Z80/Jeqe2h55">z80</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Michael_Faraday/NDcc3lyt">Michael Faraday</a></td><td>Discovered <a href="/facts/Electromagnetic_induction/T36JjtgY">electromagnetic induction</a> and <a href="/facts/Faraday_shield/VPWudr6J">Faraday shield</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Moses_Farmer/PCrfrHCp">Moses Farmer</a></td><td>Electric railway</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Philo_Farnsworth/DkLaDoMT">Philo Farnsworth</a></td><td>American television pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Galileo_Ferraris/Fmorp4qC">Galileo Ferraris</a></td><td>Rotating magnetic field</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sebastian_Ziani_de_Ferranti/s0GfX4LW">Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ferranti/UA1e5VBN">Ferranti</a> Corporation</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Reginald_Fessenden/UnxzNhy0">Reginald Fessenden</a></td><td>'Father' of radio broadcasting</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Fink/gsLVLS0Q">Donald Fink</a></td><td>Radio navigation <a href="/facts/LORAN/raqaI2b9">LORAN</a>, <a href="/facts/NTSC/HYWIvxCR">television standards</a>, author and editor</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist)/HAgx6n6D">Hal Finney</a></td><td>Helped <a href="/facts/Satoshi_Nakamoto/jP9akWPY">Satoshi Nakamoto</a> create <a href="/facts/Bitcoin/UJvqfray">Bitcoin</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gerhard_Fischer_(inventor)/psS8RKNc">Gerhard Fischer</a></td><td>Handheld <a href="/facts/Metal_detector/GCIB56f1">metal detector</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Ambrose_Fleming/527yarDs">John Ambrose Fleming</a></td><td>Inventor of the thermionic valve (<a href="/facts/Vacuum_tube/VHd1BNLq">vacuum tube</a>)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tommy_Flowers/0NDMVlNN">Tommy Flowers</a></td><td>Designer of the first programmable digital electronic compute, the <a href="/facts/Colossus_computer/pbkHLPwp">Colossus computer</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jay_Forrester/z3bSVDjz">Jay Forrester</a></td><td>American computer pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Legeyt_Fortescue/WUBHDwRB">Charles Legeyt Fortescue</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Symmetrical_components/8YgUrKrQ">Symmetrical components</a> for three-phase power system analysis</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jean_Baptiste_Joseph_Fourier/sKvYF2fz">Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier</a></td><td>Physicist; <a href="/facts/Fourier_transform/XXhKJtc8">Fourier transform</a> / <a href="/facts/Fourier_series/s3fsxPAT">Fourier series</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Limor_Fried/VUF0xIxn">Limor Fried</a></td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Adafruit_Industries/wKs6V9Tt">Adafruit Industries</a>, open source hardware advocate</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Leonard_Fuller/SQFoHTx0">Leonard Fuller</a></td><td>Radio pioneer, <a href="/facts/Carrier_current/fcQ4pper">carrier current</a> on power systems</td></tr><tr><th>G</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dennis_Gabor/dLVJQzgN">Dennis Gabor</a></td><td>Hungarian inventor of <a href="/facts/Holography/4J1gW0M6">holography</a>, <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize in Physics</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jack_Gifford/AwyuQpRm">Jack Gifford</a></td><td>Co-founded <a href="/facts/Maxim_Integrated_Products/0IgVgu8k">Maxim Integrated Products</a> and <a href="/facts/Advanced_Micro_Devices/CB1G7QTb">Advanced Micro Devices</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Claire_Gmachl/0bpAsQto">Claire Gmachl</a></td><td>Advanced development of <a href="/facts/Quantum_cascade_lasers/b9CYWVWV">quantum cascade lasers</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bernhard_Goldenberg/LE6neyJS">Bernhard Goldenberg</a></td><td>Responsible for the rapid expansion of <a href="/facts/Electrification/QbQynVHW">electrification</a> in the Rhineland and Ruhr area</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/James_Edward_Henry_Gordon/DSwjbdMb">James Edward Henry Gordon</a> (J.E.H. Gordon)</td><td>Electric lighting and power</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Z%25C3%25A9nobe_Gramme/17skXBPH">Zénobe Gramme</a></td><td>Dynamo</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Elisha_Gray/obW1Gztq">Elisha Gray</a></td><td>Telephone pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cecil_Howard_Green/R0SPJMJC">Cecil Howard Green</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Texas_Instruments/88NUhuHF">Texas Instruments</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Grimsdale/3Anuu7V4">Richard Grimsdale</a></td><td>Transistorized computers</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Victor_Grinich/HtjjESb4">Victor Grinich</a></td><td>Co-founded <a href="/facts/Fairchild_Semiconductor/TUD8v4P0">Fairchild Semiconductor</a></td></tr><tr><th>H</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Susan_Hackwood/9dfhRMPv">Susan Hackwood</a></td><td>Co-inventor of <a href="/facts/Electro-wetting/bkSBBo1G">electro-wetting</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Patrick_E._Haggerty/JzlxCe7M">Patrick E. Haggerty</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Texas_Instruments/88NUhuHF">Texas Instruments</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Erna_Hamburger/wnJDdnjz">Erna Hamburger</a></td><td>Swiss electrical engineer working in radio-wave research. First female STEM professor in Switzerland.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edward_E._Hammer/ykmH6H2y">Edward E. Hammer</a></td><td>Spiral <a href="/facts/Compact_fluorescent_lamp/gRsYSlYD">compact fluorescent lamp</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Naomi_Halas/xaVVEUGu">Naomi Halas</a></td><td>Nanophotonics</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Roger_F._Harrington/EQKQK5Xz">Roger F. Harrington</a></td><td>Computational electromagnetics, <a href="/facts/Method_of_moments_(electromagnetics)/rMGx8wAx">method of moments</a> (MoM)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ralph_Hartley/oVKw8QUK">Ralph Hartley</a></td><td>Electronics</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Caroline_Haslett/n7RJMqdL">Caroline Haslett</a></td><td>Founder of <i>The Woman Engineer</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Oliver_Heaviside/ktYBpAt7">Oliver Heaviside</a></td><td>Re-formulated Maxwell's equations (vector calculus)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Oskar_Heil/g05ebtoI">Oskar Heil</a></td><td>Field-effect transistor, loudspeaker</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Heinrich_Rudolf_Hertz/sbL2MSpM">Heinrich Rudolf Hertz</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Radio/XFr909M2">Hertzian waves</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Cooper_Hewitt/aDtP2N8C">Peter Cooper Hewitt</a></td><td>Mercury vapor lamp, <a href="/facts/Mercury_arc_rectifier/mDFqcNV4">mercury arc rectifier</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_Reddington_Hewlett/sb18jed1">William Hewlett</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hugo_Hirst/yrckSwTD">Hugo Hirst</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/General_Electric_Company/kvuCGYSg">General Electric Company</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Marcian_Hoff/q29aa5PN">Marcian Hoff</a></td><td>Co-developed the <a href="/facts/Microprocessor/Fx9CaQht">microprocessor</a>, <a href="/facts/ADALINE/8CmthDTv">ADALINE neural network</a>, <a href="/facts/Least_mean_squares_filter/1L0XBsyT">least mean squares filter</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Godfrey_Hounsfield/u2BHgbbq">Godfrey Hounsfield</a></td><td>Inventor of the world's first <a href="/facts/Computed_tomography/NusPJ2S8">computed tomography</a> (CT) scanner, shared 1979 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize/3z1Y3oFL">Nobel Prize</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edwin_J._Houston/Nsqu5jsT">Edwin J. Houston</a></td><td>Arc lighting, co-founder of what would become General Electric, president of <a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Electrical_Engineers/j4DpqULH">AIEE</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Hopkinson/RPHuvR3I">John Hopkinson</a></td><td>Inventor of three-phase electrical system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Grace_Hopper/MEhbGazn">Grace Hopper</a></td><td>Computer programmer (first compiler)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jensen_Huang/GoWBz4LH">Jensen Huang</a></td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Nvidia/8QfCgqbu">Nvidia</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lawrence_A._Hyland/tYfNno7h">Lawrence A. Hyland</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Radar/jk9BTbFA">Radar</a> pioneer, leader of <a href="/facts/Hughes_Aircraft/NURPFI17">Hughes Aircraft</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Paul_Horowitz/jSJlAjU6">Paul Horowitz</a></td><td><a href="/facts/SETI/dh8h2HNn">SETI</a>, co-author of <i><a href="/facts/The_Art_of_Electronics/yp1UYA6B">The Art of Electronics</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mina_Hsiang/rTGH26gM">Mina Hsiang</a></td><td>Third Administrator of the United States Digital Service, Executive Office of the President of the United States</td></tr><tr><th>I</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Masaru_Ibuka/1VHShqBq">Masaru Ibuka</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Sony/7x4tCtBd">Sony</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kees_Schouhamer_Immink/eV59gtwU">Kees Schouhamer Immink</a></td><td>Pioneer optical recording, <a href="/facts/CD/g51GRloc">CD</a>, <a href="/facts/DVD/7fJsHJrN">DVD</a>, <a href="/facts/Blu-ray_Disc/zyPalhfG">Blu-ray Disc</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Samuel_Insull/bdr6UBDs">Samuel Insull</a></td><td>Central station generation, electrical utilities, <a href="/facts/Edison_Pioneer/gqAH34oC">Edison pioneer</a></td></tr><tr><th>J</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Irwin_M._Jacobs/TF8QHYuc">Irwin M. Jacobs</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Qualcomm/v54S3UgA">Qualcomm</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fleeming_Jenkin/16Dx1XKV">Fleeming Jenkin</a></td><td>Submarine telegraph cables</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kristina_Johnson/voaPG8aJ">Kristina Johnson</a></td><td>Polarization-control techniques</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bill_Joy/3I8ehVtu">Bill Joy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> - <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a></td></tr><tr><th>K</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rudolf_K%25C3%25A1lm%25C3%25A1n/SAoVkxs4">Rudolf Kálmán</a></td><td>Inventor of the <a href="/facts/Kalman_filter/wNK7rnbk">Kalman filter</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/K%25C3%25A1lm%25C3%25A1n_Kand%25C3%25B3/BXScUjYl">Kálmán Kandó</a></td><td>Pioneer of high voltage <a href="/facts/Railway_electrification_system/WksMTQ4u">railway electrification systems</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nathaniel_S._Keith/cQygRpoy">Nathaniel S. Keith</a></td><td>Founding secretary of <a href="/facts/AIEE/j4DpqULH">AIEE</a>; electric power</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arthur_E._Kennelly/MjkargSj">Arthur E. Kennelly</a></td><td>Complex numbers in AC circuit theory</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Kettering/8kHdW5e7">Charles Kettering</a></td><td>Automobile electrical innovations, <a href="/facts/Delco_Electronics/aaYkjmJ4">Delco</a> founder</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jack_Kilby/CCgmbccG">Jack Kilby</a></td><td>Nobel Prize: <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuit/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuit</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Max_Knoll/cDAP4NHw">Max Knoll</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Electron_microscope/XtaBktwF">Electron microscope</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Otto_A._Knopp/YoA7kuKt">Otto A. Knopp</a></td><td>Innovator of the standard testing transformer and the compensation winding.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alan_Kotok/uzbkQpAY">Alan Kotok</a></td><td><a href="/facts/PDP-10/zlfam4wk">PDP-10</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_D._Kraus/stY6fct0">John D. Kraus</a></td><td>Radio telescope, antennas</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Herbert_Kroemer/YysaWXUy">Herbert Kroemer</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Heterostructure/mvnxnIU7">Heterostructures</a> and <a href="/facts/Semiconductor/zFf3mGTE">semiconductor</a> physics</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gabriel_Kron/Mh56uRer">Gabriel Kron</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Diakoptics/pupC7Hob">Diakoptics</a></td></tr><tr><th>L</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Eric_Laithwaite/Jw6LNVl3">Eric Laithwaite</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Linear_induction_motor/qR2R9DJ2">Linear induction motor</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Uno_Lamm/u5Yw0bbw">Uno Lamm</a></td><td>Swedish, <a href="/facts/HVDC/FDIob86A">HVDC</a> and <a href="/facts/Mercury-arc_valve/mDFqcNV4">mercury-arc valves</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ayyalasomayajula_Lalitha/jeW8gvdB">Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha</a></td><td>India’s first female electrical engineer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Benjamin_G._Lamme/sDzcnWgt">Benjamin G. Lamme</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Niagara_Falls/xoxUleQq">Niagara Falls</a> power engineering</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bertha_Lamme_Feicht/sTG3shl1">Bertha Lamme</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Westinghouse_Electric_(1886)/Nln2BzI3">Westinghouse</a>'s first female engineer, first American woman to graduate in a main discipline of engineering other than civil engineering</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Georges_Leclanch%25C3%25A9/kxbfEXuN">Georges Leclanché</a></td><td>Primary <a href="/facts/Battery_(electricity)/bqEpm4ue">battery</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Morris_E._Leeds/NQJFc5bC">Morris E. Leeds</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Leeds_%2526_Northrup/na4RJIGA">Leeds & Northrup</a> measurement and control devices</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Burn-Jeng_Lin/AaJgrH7f">Burn-Jeng Lin</a></td><td>Pioneered <a href="/facts/Immersion_lithography/95RrUnza">immersion lithography</a> at <a href="/facts/TSMC/B4BdojRk">TSMC</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Lodygin/Wrb2L7Uq">Alexander Lodygin</a></td><td>Russian, incandescent lighting, motors</td></tr><tr><th>M</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chris_Malachowsky/B7xhHIez">Chris Malachowsky</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Nvidia/8QfCgqbu">Nvidia</a> and worked on <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a> GX graphics architecture</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/%25C3%2596sten_M%25C3%25A4kitalo/kjUNUXXE">Östen Mäkitalo</a></td><td>'Father' of cellular phone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Guglielmo_Marconi/U7HXnDnq">Guglielmo Marconi</a></td><td>Practical radio</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Orlando_R._Marsh/1KLB0grK">Orlando R. Marsh</a></td><td>Electrical sound recording</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Erwin_Otto_Marx/TgyF2s97">Erwin Otto Marx</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Marx_generator/6XhMqzIg">Marx generator</a> high voltage DC</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mabel_Lucy_Matthews/Guc24cST">Mabel Lucy Matthews</a></td><td>British electrical and production engineer, instigator of idea for the <a href="/facts/Electrical_Association_for_Women/yAQkqCPL">Electrical Association for Women</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_Mauchly/y6TeMdXU">John Mauchly</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ENIAC/EcfmM1Y0">ENIAC</a> and <a href="/facts/UNIVAC_I/LQzozqY2">UNIVAC I</a> designer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Florence_Violet_McKenzie/sTJaF0Dp">Florence Violet McKenzie</a></td><td>Australia's first female EE, educator, <a href="/facts/Officer_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">OBE</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sanjay_Mehrotra/cmbrWtzI">Sanjay Mehrotra</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Sandisk/ExLEXvQB">Sandisk</a> and CEO of <a href="/facts/Micron_Technology/M5YhP13C">Micron</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Hesterman_Merz/mQQqxYXM">Charles Hesterman Merz</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Newcastle-upon-Tyne_Electric_Supply_Company/LQBH7y8g">NESCO</a> electric power grid, England</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_Henry_Merrill/nS74aDg1">William Henry Merrill</a></td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Underwriters_Laboratories/YN3jnmuS">Underwriters Laboratories</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Metcalfe/qevKUjPd">Robert Metcalfe</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ethernet/nMfhU8tU">Ethernet</a>, <a href="/facts/3Com/Btwf1I4W">3Com</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Antonio_Meucci/XrDXtDTj">Antonio Meucci</a></td><td>Telephone pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/John_L._Moll/ngsoxM3G">John L. Moll</a></td><td>Solid-state physics, the <a href="/facts/Ebers-Moll/9BMcGv5Q">Ebers-Moll</a> transistor model</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Moog/IcaxADgA">Robert Moog</a></td><td>Electronic music pioneer, invented Moog synthesizer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Daniel_McFarlan_Moore/WIemnXKE">Daniel McFarlan Moore</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Fluorescent_lamp/R8SlXCyg">Electrical discharge lighting</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Samuel_Morse/7KKMPBtY">Samuel Morse</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Electrical_telegraph/yrFhbvM8">Electrical telegraph</a> and <a href="/facts/Morse_code/GXwCl1HV">Morse code</a></td></tr><tr><th>N</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Satya_Nadella/rrzI2elE">Satya Nadella</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> CEO</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Shuji_Nakamura/no9rGS9M">Shuji Nakamura</a></td><td>Blue <a href="/facts/Gallium_nitride/lmwUt4nk">gallium-nitride</a> <a href="/facts/Light-emitting_diode/gE8x4MDb">light-emitting diode</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thyagarajan_Nandagopal/JBURbQQY">Thyagarajan Nandagopal</a></td><td>Wireless network optimization, RFID systems, and network architectures</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arun_Netravali/7aIUzJb2">Arun Netravali</a></td><td><a href="/facts/HDTV/AuE6FRFI">HDTV</a>, <a href="/facts/Digital_compression/gMFuY4FT">digital compression</a>, <a href="/facts/Signal_processing/Npaja6zb">signal processing</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edward_Lawry_Norton/0z8jIRx4">Edward Lawry Norton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Norton%2527s_theorem/ykvWDdxK">Norton's theorem</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Noyce/J77WDDld">Robert Noyce</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Fairchild_Semiconductor/TUD8v4P0">Fairchild Semiconductor</a> and <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a></td></tr><tr><th>O</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bernard_M._Oliver/VnDPAXKc">Bernard M. (Barney) Oliver</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a>, founder HP Labs</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kenneth_Olsen/0v0p1kYV">Kenneth Olsen</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Magnetic-core_memory/4TFIXSNd">Magnetic-core memory</a>; <a href="/facts/Digital_Equipment_Corporation/ztxs6keA">Digital Equipment Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stanford_R._Ovshinsky/m2cNXDhx">Stanford R. Ovshinsky</a></td><td>Semiconductors</td></tr><tr><th>P</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/David_Packard/8GfWblhG">David Packard</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Konstantinos_Papathanassiou/pwBchzJJ">Konstantinos Papathanassiou</a></td><td>Polarimetric interferometry for synthetic aperture radar</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_H._Park/sqnmtvVX">Robert H. Park</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Park%2527s_transformation/Ny65AxwY">Park's transformation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Margaret_Partridge/cLu3zVSI">Margaret Partridge</a></td><td>Electrical engineer, contractor and founder member of the <a href="/facts/Women%2527s_Engineering_Society/EPYd0UUr">Women's Engineering Society</a> (WES) and the <a href="/facts/Electrical_Association_for_Women/yAQkqCPL">Electrical Association for Women</a> (EAW). Helped change the <a href="/facts/International_Labour_Organization/Lek9y8b6">International Labour Organisation</a> convention on night work for women in 1934</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/David_Patterson_(computer_scientist)/rAulJF6m">David Patterson</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Berkeley_RISC/vVyb60pC">Berkeley RISC</a>, <a href="/facts/DLX/ehqMj5Kh">DLX</a>, <a href="/facts/RISC-V/pUSKDat1">RISC-V</a>, <a href="/facts/Reduced_instruction_set_computer/aQbGM62p">reduced instruction set computer</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/R._Fabian_Pease/ImqfFeSB">R. Fabian Pease</a></td><td>Professor at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Pederson/Rp8ECSsX">Donald Pederson</a></td><td>'Father' of <a href="/facts/SPICE/mIMfxvm7">SPICE</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Serge_Pelissou/FymQHz7G">Serge Pelissou</a></td><td>Characterize extruded cables and components in their life cycles</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Dinh_Thuy_Phan_Huy/Tg3638v4">Dinh Thuy Phan Huy</a></td><td>Wireless 5G research in Europe</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/G._W._Pierce/aXXHmmaY">G. W. Pierce</a></td><td>Oscillator, crystal control</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_Henry_Preece/DbU14HlB">William Henry Preece</a></td><td>Telegraphy, nemesis of <a href="/facts/Oliver_Heaviside/ktYBpAt7">Heaviside</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Curtis_Priem/r19EWlTD">Curtis Priem</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Nvidia/8QfCgqbu">Nvidia</a>, <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems </a> GX architecture, <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> <a href="/facts/Professional_Graphics_Adapter/GkYIeeoU">Professional Graphics Adapter</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Franklin_Leonard_Pope/tKFsMb0N">Franklin Leonard Pope</a></td><td>Telegraphy, electric lighting, Edison influence</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Valdemar_Poulsen/clxelBmt">Valdemar Poulsen</a></td><td>Magnetic recording</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Michael_I._Pupin/f0hD2HTx">Michael I. Pupin</a></td><td>Long-distance telephone communication; "Pupin coil"</td></tr><tr><th>R</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Simon_Ramo/dPEyUBJF">Simon Ramo</a></td><td>Physicist, microwaves, missiles, founder of <a href="/facts/TRW_Inc./PBxh9uWH">TRW</a> and <a href="/facts/Bunker_Ramo_Corporation/65D1FCu9">Bunker Ramo Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Elliot_Rappaport/gdsYbADr">Elliot Rappaport</a></td><td>Grounding in industrial and commercial power systems</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Richard_H._Ranger/pxB5tm4s">Richard H. Ranger</a></td><td>Wireless fax, radar, magnetic tape recording</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alec_Reeves/mw1zsd1e">Alec Reeves</a></td><td>Inventor of pulse code modulation</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Johann_Philipp_Reis/9k6ujFE8">Johann Philipp Reis</a></td><td>Inventor of the <a href="/facts/Reis_telephone/zLcs1D0V">Reis telephone</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rao_Remala/1xfnPUrq">Rao Remala</a></td><td>One of the lead developers of the first version of <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stephen_Renals/Y8rdxCS7">Stephen Renals</a></td><td>Speech recognition technology</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chester_Williams_Rice/4Y8hwc0N">Chester Williams Rice</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Moving_coil/pyfetbvl">Moving coil</a> <a href="/facts/Loudspeaker/tqEjnJ2z">loudspeaker</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hyman_G._Rickover/0dmgztHv">Hyman G. Rickover</a></td><td>'Father' of the nuclear Navy</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mabel_MacFerran_Rockwell/ngRuvjUA">Mabel MacFerran Rockwell</a></td><td>Only woman to work on the electrical systems of Hoover Dam' pioneer in aeronautical electronics</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/T._J._Rodgers/5a8EYluM">T. J. Rodgers</a></td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Cypress_Semiconductor/LFXMys18">Cypress Semiconductor</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edward_S._Rogers%2c_Sr./f0Nd679W">Edward S. Rogers, Sr.</a></td><td>Inventor of the first successful AC radio tube</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Francis_Ronalds/AC8xhRLf">Francis Ronalds</a></td><td>Built first working <a href="/facts/Electrical_telegraph/yrFhbvM8">electric telegraph</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arye_Rosen/yJIMvAUz">Arye Rosen</a></td><td>Semiconductor devices and circuits for use in microwave systems and for microwave applications to medicine</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Harold_Rosen_(electrical_engineer)/0j9ntUYn">Harold Rosen</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Syncom/vj9n5PNX">Syncom</a> communication satellite</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/H._J._Round/WRAKQ56Y">H. J. Round</a></td><td>Radio pioneer and assistant to <a href="/facts/Guglielmo_Marconi/U7HXnDnq">Guglielmo Marconi</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Reinhold_Rudenberg/rzS7AqCd">Reinhold Rudenberg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Electron_microscope/XtaBktwF">Electron microscope</a></td></tr><tr><th>S</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Henry_Samueli/Ij3fYSmg">Henry Samueli</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Broadcom/pbh0q7ht">Broadcom</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jerry_Sanders_(businessman)/RtfALaNs">Jerry Sanders</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Advanced_Micro_Devices/CB1G7QTb">Advanced Micro Devices</a> (AMD)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Philip_Schniter/dEU3bw27">Philip Schniter</a></td><td>Signal processing in communications</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Carl_Louis_Schwendler/ofFGYtB1">Carl Louis Schwendler</a></td><td>Electric lighting and telegraph</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thomas_Johann_Seebeck/hMMEK6QI">Thomas Johann Seebeck</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Thermoelectric_effect/GbRYmwIG">Thermoelectric effect</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Oliver_B._Shallenberger/Ufpr6Rvu">Oliver B. Shallenberger</a></td><td>AC <a href="/facts/Electricity_meter/08C83Imq">electricity meters</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Claude_Shannon/EremsCws">Claude Shannon</a></td><td>'Father' of communication theory</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ernst_Werner_von_Siemens/fH1LApVy">Ernst Werner von Siemens</a></td><td>Inventor, industrialist, <a href="/facts/Siemens_%2526_Halske/lAsPJ9sk">Siemens & Halske</a>, <a href="/facts/Siemens_(unit)/kLUHhcCj">Siemens (unit)</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Carl_Wilhelm_Siemens/auwGreMd">Carl Wilhelm Siemens</a></td><td>Telegraphy, motors and generators, electric pyrometer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Siemens/cdl9we2l">Alexander Siemens</a></td><td>Electric lighting, power, Society of Telegraph Engineers (predecessor to <a href="/facts/Institution_of_Electrical_Engineers/7KbKwEQb">IEE</a>)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Phillip_Hagar_Smith/MfRgdYke">Phillip Hagar Smith</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Smith_chart/jdkHh9Ju">Smith chart</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Haruhisa_Soda/tVTyPxMq">Haruhisa Soda</a></td><td>Vertical-cavity surface-emitting and distributed-feedback lasers</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mehmet_Soyuer/bNPL6Gvd">Mehmet Soyuer</a></td><td>Design of high-frequency integrated circuits</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Percy_Spencer/EMzAKDlg">Percy Spencer</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Microwave_oven/nS1B3wp2">Microwave oven</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Frank_J._Sprague/3SVECFF3">Frank J. Sprague</a></td><td>'Father' of electric traction</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chauncey_Starr/80RbeXKa">Chauncey Starr</a></td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Electric_Power_Research_Institute/tjJaW6so">Electric Power Research Institute</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/J._J._Stiffler/uEqmfBvV">J. J. Stiffler</a></td><td>Key contributions in communications (especially <a href="/facts/Coding_theory/SBqStoGL">coding theory</a>) and <a href="/facts/Fault-tolerant_computing/rasrYlJk">fault-tolerant computing</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Proteus_Steinmetz/j4TplnwJ">Charles Proteus Steinmetz</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alternating_current/qxICS3xa">Alternating current</a> theories, first use of j <a href="/facts/Rotation_(mathematics)/6gtkkcy0">operator</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lisa_Su/yrNB3Ta5">Lisa Su</a></td><td>CEO of <a href="/facts/Advanced_Micro_Devices/CB1G7QTb">Advanced Micro Devices</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Senichi_Suzuki/kC5rtrpT">Senichi Suzuki</a></td><td>High-density integrated silica-based planar lightwave circuits</td></tr><tr><th>T</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sarkes_Tarzian/dad7UK0B">Sarkes Tarzian</a></td><td>Radio inventor, broadcasting, radio manufacturer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Albert_H._Taylor/uERcUgId">Albert H. Taylor</a></td><td>First demonstration of <a href="/facts/Radar/jk9BTbFA">radar</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bernard_D._H._Tellegen/p38Lxvvz">Bernard D. H. Tellegen</a></td><td>Inventor of the <a href="/facts/Pentode/HuVlNVSt">pentode</a>, formulated <a href="/facts/Tellegen%2527s_theorem/E5kHGQCo">Tellegen's theorem</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Nikola_Tesla/MzqGhnkj">Nikola Tesla</a></td><td>Revolving magnetic field <a href="/facts/Induction_motor/DgTnMmJM">induction motor</a>, <a href="/facts/Tesla_coil/NhGAeR7v">Tesla coil</a>, polyphase transmission systems, transformer.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_P._Thacker/EAr800bP">Charles P. Thacker</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Xerox_Alto/6pjFTD0A">Xerox Alto</a>, <a href="/facts/Computer_mouse/fJpa1tUE">mouse</a>, and <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Silvanus_P._Thompson/vPe7Daeu">Silvanus P. Thompson</a></td><td>Educator, author, electrical machinery, X-ray technology, radio</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Elihu_Thomson/B7UmJf3V">Elihu Thomson</a></td><td>Entrepreneur, co-founder of what would become <a href="/facts/General_Electric/bBm5CzVY">General Electric</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/William_Thomson%2c_1st_Baron_Kelvin/LTIxG1jV">William Thomson</a> (Lord Kelvin)</td><td>Telegraphic cables</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ren%25C3%25A9_Thury/oqG89pc8">René Thury</a></td><td><a href="/facts/High-voltage_direct_current/FDIob86A">High-voltage direct current</a> power transmission, electric traction</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/K%25C3%25A1lm%25C3%25A1n_Tihanyi/ECTWzsgK">Kálmán Tihanyi</a></td><td>Television pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Philip_Torchio/zQP2soyM">Philip Torchio</a></td><td>Edison Electric Company</td></tr><tr><th>U</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ralph_Ungermann/E9IttkP5">Ralph Ungermann</a></td><td>Co-founded <a href="/facts/Zilog/sB6jH5vw">Zilog</a> and <a href="/facts/Ungermann-Bass/6cKVQuxx">Ungermann-Bass</a></td></tr><tr><th>V</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Joseph_Van_Depoele/CkaJ5wMP">Charles Joseph Van Depoele</a></td><td>Electric railway pioneer</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/C._F._Varley/E55uFx2S">C. F. Varley</a></td><td>Submarine cable, Varley bridge</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Milan_Vidmar/0pNp43RH">Milan Vidmar</a></td><td>Power transformers and high-voltage transmission</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mahesh_Viswanathan/JP343zME">Mahesh Viswanathan</a></td><td>Cloud computing and vehicular speech communications</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Andrew_Viterbi/4CtpIy97">Andrew Viterbi</a></td><td>Co-founder of <a href="/facts/Qualcomm/v54S3UgA">Qualcomm</a> and invented the <a href="/facts/Viterbi_algorithm/FYoyJ6YY">Viterbi algorithm</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alessandro_Volta/W9rIYxmv">Alessandro Volta</a></td><td>Inventor of electrical battery and pioneer of electrical science</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bernard_V._Vonderschmitt/FlNjYvvy">Bernard V. Vonderschmitt</a></td><td>Co-founded <a href="/facts/Xilinx/rbXfxqqG">Xilinx</a> and pioneered <a href="/facts/Fabless_manufacturing/M7wqlG85">fabless semiconductor manufacturing</a></td></tr><tr><th>W</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Trevor_Wadley/dWdp21gx">Trevor Wadley</a></td><td>Innovations in radio and microwave technology</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pengjun_Wan/UvXksVh5">Pengjun Wan</a></td><td>Scheduling and resource allocation in wireless networks</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Harry_Ward_Leonard/RqrV90RR">Harry Ward Leonard</a></td><td>Inventor of the <a href="/facts/Ward_Leonard_control/TYTq3bx9">Ward Leonard control</a> system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Watson-Watt/uxtmCwH9">Robert Watson-Watt</a></td><td>First practical <a href="/facts/Radar/jk9BTbFA">radar</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/C._C._Wei_(business_executive)/NtvFPbWz">C. C. Wei</a></td><td>President, chairman, and <a href="/facts/Chief_executive_officer/mg4A8y5M">CEO</a> of <a href="/facts/Taiwan_Semiconductor_Manufacturing_Company_Limited/B4BdojRk">TSMC</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Chen_Wen-tsuen/PKsxUFQB">Chen Wen-tsuen</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Taiwan_Academic_Network/Q9K02hDo">Taiwan Academic Network</a> (TANet)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/George_Westinghouse/XfKhz8MG">George Westinghouse</a></td><td>AC power industrialist</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Harold_Alden_Wheeler/ESvgYD0X">Harold Alden Wheeler</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Automatic_gain_control/qY7qWtC7">Automatic volume control</a>, <a href="/facts/Radar/jk9BTbFA">radar</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Uncas_A._Whitaker/TeSWRsGF">Uncas A. Whitaker</a></td><td>Founder of <a href="/facts/Tyco_Electronics/3HhApDqK">AMP Inc.</a> and <a href="/facts/Whitaker_Foundation/xd4rzXYh">philanthropist</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bob_Widlar/DBSuwfKp">Bob Widlar</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Linear_integrated_circuit/JtDBJzKF">Linear integrated circuits</a>, <a href="/facts/Widlar_current_source/FQYaA1CJ">Widlar current source</a>, and <a href="/facts/Operational_amplifier/hunKdYb9">operational amplifier</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Niklaus_Wirth/krsLUB11">Niklaus Wirth</a></td><td>Computer <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Feng_Wu/2CwpB4vI">Feng Wu</a></td><td>Visual data compression and communication</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Steve_Wozniak/qSHwIrMz">Steve Wozniak</a></td><td>Personal computers, <a href="/facts/Apple_Computer/oTJYta3k">Apple Computer</a></td></tr><tr><th>Y</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pavel_Yablochkov/Vz51VAuz">Pavel Yablochkov</a></td><td>Electric arc lighting</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hidetsugu_Yagi/b1L3tCzH">Hidetsugu Yagi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Yagi_antenna/lu6FNjcl">Yagi-Uda</a> <a href="/facts/Antenna_(radio)/pGlcXBvc">antenna</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kane_S._Yee/TtXK6XSe">Kane S. Yee</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Finite-difference_time-domain_method/PvvfRVJo">Finite-difference time-domain method</a></td></tr><tr><th>Z</th><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Otto_Julius_Zobel/7337mSlc">Otto Julius Zobel</a></td><td>Filters</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Konrad_Zuse/yrvbaEg3">Konrad Zuse</a></td><td>Computers</td></tr></tbody></table>