"You don't need to be the best, but you need to be the best you can be." Marina R. Pascucci
"It is possible to overcome most difficulties in life and in one's career through education and hard work". Nelly M. Rodriguez
"In science as in life, every day is a new adventure." Alexandra Navrotsky
Achievement: Overcame a learning disability to become the first female electrical engineer.
Achievement: Used her deceased husband's notes for a pyrotechnic flare and designed and patented the "Pyrotechnic Night Signals " (dated April 5, 1859).
Achievement: American psychologist and industrial engineer at the turn of the 20th century. First female engineering professor at Purdue
Achievement: First woman engineering student to enroll in the Mechanical Arts program at Cornell University. Designed affordable housing made of concrete based on a new pouring method she developed.
Achievement: Worked as a "human computer" at NASA's Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, reporting to group’s supervisor Dorothy Vaughan (see MATHEMATICS tab). Became NASA’s first black female engineer in 1958.
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Achievement: American socialite, builder, and businesswoman who was largely responsible for guiding construction of the Brooklyn Bridge during the illness of her husband, Augustus.
Silent builder : Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge by Achievement: British aeronautical engineer and amateur racing driver. Designed and developed a device to restrict fuel flow to airplane carburetors, thereby reducing loss of power during flight and combat maneuvers.
Achievement: President and Chief Operating Officer at SpaceX.
Title: "Engineering America" (18 mins; 2013)
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