Male Inventors
He discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut, including peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
First African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1973, Theoretical Physics)
First woman and first African American to serve as President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1999–2022)
Who is Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson?
While working for the U.S. Navy, she developed complex mathematical models that accurately measured the shape of the Earth, a critical step in making satellite navigation possible.
Her work laid the foundation for the Global Positioning System (GPS) used worldwide today.
Who is Dr. Gladys West?
Holds 200+ patents in voice, data, and messaging systems. Former Vice President of Engineering at Google.
Who is Marian Croak?
He has over 100 patents, including the BB-8 droid, lightsabers, and special effects for Disney attractions.
Who is Lanny Smoot?
The first autonomous grocery store with robotic delivery in the United States and the first African American owned autonomous grocery store in the world.
What is Norish & Bloom?
Her work at Bell Laboratories contributed to advances that led to:
Caller ID, Call waiting and Touch-tone telephones
Who is Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson?
Founded the Georgia Tech Human-Automation Systems Lab focused on assistive robotics, AI for healthcare and human center automation
Who is Dr. Ayanna Howard?
Co-inventor of the IBM Personal Computer and the ISA bus (the technology that lets you plug printers and monitors into a computer).
Who is Mark Dean?
She brought vegan, plant-based meat options to Atlanta's west-side as a healthier alternative.
Who is Pinky Cole?
Invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment
Co-founder of the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
He led the team that created the first one-gigahertz microprocessor chip, capable of one billion calculations per second.
He holds 3 of IBM’s original 9 PC patents; he is the reason modern computing is accessible to the masses.
Who is Mark Dean
At Bell Labs, he invented some of the first fiber-optic transmission technologies to be widely used in the Bell Telephone system. He also invented the first high-quality, large-screen video teleconferencing system.
Who is Lanny Smoot?
First African American woman physician to receive a U.S. patent for a medical invention.
Dr. Patricia Bath
She invented one of the first modern home security systems (1966).
Received U.S. Patent #3,482,037 for a closed-circuit television (CCTV) security system
Who is Maria Van Brittan Brown?
She led the NIH team that co-developed the Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Her research on "spike proteins" allowed a vaccine to be designed in just 66 days, saving millions of lives globally.
Who is Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
He invented the Super Soaker (the world's top-selling water toy).
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
American roboticist, entrepreneur, and educator currently serving as the first female dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University.
Dr. Ayanna Howard.
Marian Croak invent this.
What is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies?
Former NASA and Air Force Engineer with over 140 patents. Through his company JTEC Energy, he is developing a device that turns waste heat into clean electricity.
Who is Lonnie Johnson