Collaborations
Ideas and innovations are the product of many minds. Explore the relationships and connections between individuals that made the innovations possible.
- Broadband Antenna Collaborations
- ILLIAC Collaborations
- Photoelectric Photometer
- Plasma Display Collaborations
- PLATO Collaborations
- Quantum Well Laser Collaborations
- SAL MAR Construction Collaborations
- Theory of Superconductivity Collaborations
People
Click below to learn more about the individuals behind the Illinois innovations and their biographies
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- Shoaib Abbasi, B.S. 1980, M.S. 1980 — President and CEO of Informatica
- Marc Andreessen, B.S. 1993 — Co-creator of Mosaic, and later co-founder of Netscape
- Bruce Artwick, M.S. 1976 — Creator of Microsoft Flight Simulator
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- John Bardeen 1908-1991 — BCS Theory of Superconductivity. Won a Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Ken Batcher, Ph.D. 1969 – ACM/IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award winner for work on parallel computers
- Arnold O. Beckman, B.S. 1922, MS 1923 — Inventor of pH meter, founder of Beckman Instruments
- Eric Bina, B.S. 1986, M.S. 1988 — Co-creator of the Mosaic and among the first employees of Netscape
- Donald L. Bitzer B.S. 1955, M.S. 1956, Ph.D. 1960— 2003 Emmy Award in Technical Achievement for the invention of the plasma display
- Ed Boon, B.S. 1986 — Creator of the Mortal Kombat video game series
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- Robert Carrel — Broadband Antennas, Log-Periodic resonant-V (LPV) array TV antenna
- Richard Chan — Transistor laser
- Steve Chen — Co-founder of YouTube
- Ven Te Chow, Ph.D. notable professor of hydrology
- John Cioffi B.S. 1978, father of DSL (broad band internet connection), Marconi Prize winner, founder of Amati Communications (sold to Texas Instruments), IEEE Fellow
- Leon Cooper — BCS Theory of Superconductivity
- Hardy Cross — Hardy Cross Method
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- Daniel W. Dobberpuhl, B.S. 1967 – Creator of Alpha and StrongARM microprocessors at DEC
- Steve Dorner, B.S. 1983 — Creator of Eudora
- Alan M. Davis, M.S. 1973, Ph.D. 1975 — IEEE Fellow for contributions to software engineering, author, entrepreneur
- James DeLaurier, B.S. – designed the first microwave-powered aircraft, the first engine-powered ornithopter, and the first human-carrying ornithopter
- Raymond DuHamel -- Broadband antennas, helped invent the log-periodic antenna.
- Russell Dupuis B.S. 1970, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1972 – professor at Georgia Tech, co-recipient of the 2002 National Medal of Technology, awarded the 2007 IEEE Edison Medal, pioneer in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition and the commercialization of LEDs
- John Dyson — Broadband Antennas, Spiral Antennas
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- Brendan Eich M.S. 1986 - Creator of JavaScript and current CTO of Mozilla Corporation.
- Lawrence Ellison — founder of Oracle Corporation (left after sophomore year)
- William L. Everitt -- Dean of the engineering college at Illinois from 1949-1968
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- Michael Hart, B.A. 1973 — Founder of Project Gutenberg
- Lejaren Hiller (1924-1994)-Founder of the Experimental Music Studio
- Tomlinson Holman, B.S. 1968 — creator of THX, professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Nick Holonyak, Jr. — LED, Quantum well laser, Transistor laser, Improvements in vertical cavity lasers (VCSELs).
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- Dwight Isbell — Broadband Antennas
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- Jawed Karim, B.S. 2004 — Co-founder of YouTube
- Donald W. Kerst — First betatron
- Fazlur Khan, Ph.D. 1955 — Designer and builder of the Sears Tower, tallest building in the world when it was built in 1973
- Shahid Khan, B.S. 1971, Flex-N-Gate Corp. owner who purchased Jacksonville Jaguars
- Jack Kilby, B.S. 1947 —Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 2000; inventor of the integrated circuit
- Howard Knoebel — Electric Vacuum gyro
- Ed Krol – author of Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog
- David Kuck -- professor who worked on the CEDAR computer system
- Jakob Kunz — practical improvements for photocells using alkali hybrids
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- Sir Anthony J. Leggett — Professor of Physics at Illinois since 1983, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003
- Max Levchin, B.S. 1997 — Co-founder of PayPal
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- Salvatore Martirano (1927-1995)
- Paul Mayes — Broadband Antennas - Log-Periodic resonant-V (LPV) array TV antenna
- Robert McCool, B.S. 1995 – author of the original NCSA HTTPd web server, later known as the Apache HTTP Server.
- Ralph Meagher-- ILLIAC I and ORDVAC
- George H. Miley — First electron beam diode pumped laser
- Bob Miner, B.A. (mathematics) 1963 — Co-founder of Oracle Corporation
- Herbert F. Moore — Solution to railroad rail failure problem
- Saburo Muroga (1925-2009)-Computer Science Pioneer
- John P. Nash — ILLIAC I
- Nathan M. Newmark (1910-1981) — Structural Design for Earthquake Engineering
- Arnold Nordsieck — Electric vacuum gyro
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- Ray Ozzie, B.S. 1979 — Creator of Lotus Notes cofounder of Lotus, co-President of Microsoft
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- Bruce Parrello
- Cecil Peabody, writer, graduate of MIT (1877) and professor at MIT
- Ted Poppelbaum
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- Jerry Sanders, B.S. 1958 — Co-founder and former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
- Michael Schrage, 1980, Computer Science and Economics — columnist
- John Schrieffer — BCS Theory of Superconductivity
- Thomas Siebel, B.A. 1975, M.B.A. 1983, M.S. 1985 — Founder of Siebel Systems
- Daniel Slotnick
- H. Gene Slottow, Ph.D. 1964[4] — 2003 Emmy Award in Technical Achievement for the invention of the plasma display
- Nadine Barrie Smith, B.S. 1985, M.S. 1989, Ph.D. 1996 - biomedical researcher in therapeutic ultrasound
- Joel Stebbins --Inventor of the Photoelectric Photometer.
- Bill Stumpf — Designer of the Aeron and Ergon ergonomic chairs
- George W. Swenson, Jr. — Vermillion River Observatory
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- Bruce Vojak — Quantum Well laser
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- Gabriel Walter — Transistor laser
- Kevin Warwick, Senior Beckman Fellow, 2004 – Cyborg Scientist, University of Reading
- David Wheeler — ILLIAC I
- Arthur Cutts Willard — Forced-Air Heating, Holland Tunnel Ventilation System
- Robert H. Wilson — Plasma Display
- Wilbur M. Wilson — Rigid-Frame Bridge Joints with high-strength bolts instead of rivets
- David Woolley
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