Electrical Engineering

Credited with the first practical telephone, an electrical engineering landmark.

Built early radio-wave receiving apparatus alongside the founding generation of radio engineers.

Amorphous metal is used in electrical engineering applications (transformer cores, magnetic shielding), a second field beyond its primary materials-engineering field.

Developed early voice-transmitting apparatus in the same period as the telephone invention.

Modern electronic cameras are an electrical and optical engineering product.

Pioneered the use of optical fiber for long-distance telecommunications.

Co-developed the electric telegraph.

Built and patented an early ship-detection radar apparatus.

Computer engineering grew out of electrical engineering as digital logic and processors became a distinct specialty.

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Filed a competing telephone patent caveat on the same day as Bell.

A semiconductor material used in high-frequency and optoelectronic devices.

Coined the term laser and developed early laser design concepts.

Discovered electromagnetism, the physical basis of electrical engineering.

Co-invented frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology, a basis of secure radio communication.

Co-invented the integrated circuit.

Invented the thermionic valve, the first vacuum tube.

Co-invented the transistor.

Demonstrated the first working mechanical television system.

Marine engineering draws on electrical and electronic engineering for shipboard power and control systems.

Built one of the first practical electric motors and pioneered electroplating.

Invented the microwave oven after observing microwave radiations heating effect.

Invented the first fully electronic television system.

Designed one of the earliest microprocessors, the MP944, for military avionics.

Co-invented the integrated circuit and co-founded Intel.

Led development of practical radar for aircraft detection.

Developed the electric telegraph and Morse code.

Built the first working laser.

Built one of the first practical DC electric motors.

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Developed the iconoscope, a key component of electronic television.

Co-invented the transistor.

Co-developed the electric telegraph.

Co-invented the transistor.

Self-taught and without formal engineering training or credentials; linked here for a real, patented technical contribution rather than professional standing in the field.