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2003 National Medal of Technology Recipients

Jan D. Achenbach, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., for engineering research leading to improved safety of aircraft structures Watts S. Humphrey, Software Engineering Institute,…

2000 National Medal of Technology Recipients

Douglas C. Engelbart, Director, Bootstrap Institute, for developing the technology behind personal computing, including continuous, real-time interaction based on cathode-ray tube displays…

1998 National Medal of Technology Recipients

Denton A. Cooley, M.D., Founder, President, and Surgeon-in-Chief, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex., for his inspirational skill, leadership, and technical accomplishments during six…

1999 National Medal of Technology Recipients

Glen Jacob Culler, chief scientist and chairman of the board (retired), Culler Scientific Systems Corporation, for pioneering innovations in multiple branches of computing, including early…

2001 National Medal of Technology Recipients

John A. Ewen, President, Catalyst Research Corporation, for his discoveries in the field of metallocene catalysis, which have revolutionized the production of polyethylene and polypropylene…

Genetic Engineering: DNA Technology Applications

DNA Technology ApplicationsGenetic EngineeringIntroductionFundamentals of Genetic EngineeringCurrent Recombinant Cloning TechnologyDNA Technology ApplicationsHuman Disorders and Gene TherapyHuman…

Commerce, United States Department of

(Encyclopedia) Commerce, United States Department of, federal executive department charged with promoting U.S. economic development and technological advancement. In Feb., 1903, the Congress…

Pierce, John

(Encyclopedia) Pierce, John, 1910–2002, American electrical engineer, b. Des Moines, Iowa, grad. California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1936). Pierce worked at the Bell Telephone Laboratories,…