Interesting stuff is found everywhere and throughout time. Not so fancy as “ubiquitous” and more interesting than “everyday”. Some of…
impossible constructions
M.C. Escher, graphic artist – Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is most famous for his so-called impossible constructions, such as Ascending…
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution – In the years from the mid 1700s to the early 1800s, machine power replaced human and…
Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa Ellen Ochoa received a master of science degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1980.…
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson As a young girl, Jackson studied the bees in her backyard sparking a lifelong interest in science. She…
Mildred Dresselhaus
Mildred Dresselhaus (1930- 2017) Known as the “queen of carbon science”, Dresselhaus was the first female professor emerita of physics…
ildred Dresselhaus
Mildred Dresselhaus (1930- 2017) Known as the “queen of carbon science”, Dresselhaus was the first female professor emerita of physics…
Ruth Davis
Ruth Davis (1928-2012) After becoming the first woman to earn a PhD in mathematics at the University of Maryland, Ruth…
Stephanie Louise Kwolek
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (1923-2014) As a child Kwolek loved fashion and textiles. Instead of pursuing a career in clothing design,…
Esther Conwell
Esther Conwell (1922-2014) Conwell’s career spanned 62 years of research into semiconductors, organic crystals, conducting polymers, and DNA. Conwell’s research–exploring…
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz (1903-1974) Flügge-Lotz joined the Stanford faculty in 1950 as the university’s first female professor of engineering – applied…
Katharine Burr Blodgett
Katherine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979) Katharine Burr Blodgett was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in physics from the…
Alice Parker
Alice Parker (18??-19??) Underscoring the difficulty of honoring the contributions of African American women prior to the Civil Rights Movement,…
Olive Dennis
Olive Dennis (1885-1957) Dennis went to work for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) to design bridges. As her talent…
Edith Clarke
Edith Clarke 1883-1959 Edith Clarke was the first woman to earn an Electrical Engineering degree from MIT. From 1919 until…
