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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American engineers. It includes engineers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. African-Americans who are/were engineers.
IBM's 1st black Distinguished Engineer and 2nd black IBM Fellow. Inventor of several software engineering techniques including system and methods for locating mobile devices using location and presence information [96] Jackson, John W. Jr. 1953–2007 Electrical engineer, inventor, activist: Co-inventor of imaging x-ray spectrometer. NASA engineer.
Brazilian engineer and academic, only woman in the first class of the civil engineering course at the University of São Paulo in São Carlos. George F. Sowers: Geotechnical engineer E. Sreedharan: Indian civil engineer, CMD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Chief of Konkan Railway Project Olaf Stang: Norwegian suspension bridge engineer ...
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
More than 60 years after Atlanta native and engineer Ronald Yancey overcame barriers to become Georgia Institute of Technology’s first Black graduate, he presented his granddaughter with her ...
Horace King (sometimes Horace Godwin) (September 8, 1807 – May 28, 1885) was an African-American architect, engineer, and bridge builder. [1] King is considered the most respected bridge builder of the 19th century Deep South, constructing dozens of bridges in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. [2]
How Black Americans like the Harlem Hellfighters, Ronald McNair, Bessie Coleman, Alexa Canady, and Robert Smalls made history. 11 inspiring Black American heroes whose stories deserve to be celebrated
William Hunter Dammond (October 26, 1873 – December 8, 1956) was an American civil engineer. He studied civil engineering at the Western University of Pennsylvania and, in 1893, was the first African American to graduate from that institution. As a black man Dammond found it difficult to secure employment as an engineer and, after a number of ...