notable 19th-century civil engineers graduated from RPI. These include the visionary of the transcontinental railroad, Theodore Judah, Brooklyn Bridge engineer Washington Roebling, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (who designed and built the original Ferris Wheel) and Leffert L. Buck, the chief engineer of the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City.
Many RPI graduates have made important inventions, including Allen B. DuMont ('24), creator of the first commercial television and radar; Keith D. Millis ('38), inventor of ductile iron; Ted Hoff ('58), father of the microprocessor; Raymond Tomlinson ('63), often credited with the invention of e-mail; inventor of the digital camera Steven Sasson and Curtis Priem ('82), designer of the first graphics processor for the PC, and co-founder of NVIDIA. RPI Prof. Matthew Hunter invented a process to refine titanium in 1910. H. Joseph Gerber pioneered computer-automated manufacturing systems for industry.
In addition to NVIDIA, RPI graduates have also gone on to found or …
中文名/译名
SAT EBRW 25%
650
SAT EBRW 75%
730
SAT Math 25th %
680
SAT Math 75th %
770
ACT Composite 25th %
30
ACT Composite 50th %
32
ACT Composite 75th %
34
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