Mechanical Engineer

Nikola Tesla

Technology

1856–1943

"Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine."

🇮🇳Verghese Kurien

Technology

1921–2012

"Amul Dairy is a manifestation of what can happen when farmers assert themselves, fight for a cause."

🇺🇸Gus Grissom

Technology

1926–1967

"Roadside America review of Grissom Museum"

🇺🇸Gene Wolfe

Literature

1931–2019

"Wolfe, Gene", The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 3rd edition"

John Hirasaki

Technology

b. 1941

"... essentially, NASA was quite colorblind. If you could do the job, that was what mattered."

🇺🇸Robert Henry Thurston

Technology

1839–1903

"The wonderful progress of the present century is, in very great degree, due to the invention and improvement of the steam-engine."

🇺🇸Michael Porter

Economics

b. 1947

"The firm achieving focus may also potentially earn above-average returns for its industry. Its focus means that the firm either has a low cost position with its strategic target, high differentiation, or both."

"The pilots I worked with in the aerospace industry were willing to put on almost anything to keep them safe in case of a crash, but regular people in cars don't want to be uncomfortable even for a minute."

🇺🇸Henry Gantt

Technology

1861–1919

"Engineers were the only members of the community "who understand the needs of the nation, desires of the workmen, and the power of the productive forces"