STEM 1
The inventor of the Elevator
Who is Alexander Miles?
Developed techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton, he also devised over 100 products using one major crop - the peanut - including dyes, plastics, and gasoline
Who is George Washington Carver?
African American astronomer, mathematician, and author who constructed America's first functional clock; known as the first African-American man of science
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
Developed a 3-D Optical Illusion Device
Who is Valerie Thomas?
The inventor of the Air Conditioner (AC)
Who is Frederick M. Jones?
The first African American woman to become a neurosurgeon
Who is Dr. Alexa Canady?
American physician and NASA astronaut known for being the first black woman to travel in space?
Who is Mae Jemison?
The first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent
Who is Patricia Bath?
She became NASA's first African American female engineer in 1958
Who is Mary Jackson?
We have HIM to thank for our fresh groceries, as he invented the air-cooling units used in transport trucks
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
The first African American woman to be admitted to the American College of Surgeons. She was a doctor, professor, of obstetrics and gynecology, and former associate dean of medicine
Who is Helen Octavia Dickens, MD?
In 1989, this systems administrator conceived and implemented 'Archie' the world's first internet search engine. Many people refer to Archie as the Great Great Grandfather of Google
Who is Alan Emtage?
African American inventor and acoustician. He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for the production and design of microphones and techniques for creating polymer foil electrets
Who is James Edward Maceo West?
Blazed a trail for African American inventors with his patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device, a revamped sewing machine, and an improved traffic signal
Who is Garret Morgan?
A former Air Force and NASA engineer who holds more than 80 patents; he is best known for inventing the massively popular Super-Soaker water gun
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson?
Born into slavery in 1850, inventor and entrepreneur, SHE was the first Black American woman to be granted a patent in 1885 for her invention of the folding cabinet
Who is Sarah E. Goode?
She was the first African American to earn an undergraduate degree in meteorology from UCLA and went on to become an on-air meteorologist
Who is June Bacon-Berecy?
This Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard players a key role in designing the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19
Who is Kizzmekia S. Corbett?
Computer scientist and mathematician, who was a leading member of NASA software development team and one of the first African Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA
Who is Annie Easley?
The first physician to successfully perform open-heart surgery in the United States and founder of the country's black-owned interracial hospital
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
An oncology pioneer who dedicated her life to cancer research and advancing chemotherapy techniques; a founder of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the first woman president of the New York Cancer Society
Who is Jane C. Wright?
One of America's most important contemporary mathematicians. At 13, he became the University of Chicago's youngest student. His greatest contribution to scholarship was the development of mathematical models to explain gamma radiation and his work on developing shielding against gamma radiation
Who is Jesse Ernest Wilkins, Jr.?
Award-winning African American inventor, physicist, and space scientist who invented the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA to use when it launched Apollo 16 in 1972. His work also demonstrated that molecular hydrogen exists in the interstellar medium
Who is George Carruthers?
The first African American female Ph.D graduate of MIT who later went on to become the president of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a prestigious engineering school
Who is Shirley Ann Jackson?
Considered one of the first black technologists, developed high-speed computer systems in the 1960s. He also founded the software companies Technology Development Corp. and ZeroOne Systems, Inc.
Who is Frank Greene, Jr.?