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Isaac L. Auerbach

Isaac L. Auerbach (1921–1992) was an American computer engineer who helped design the BINAC and UNIVAC I, and served as founding president of IFIP from 1960 to 1965.

Isao Tanaka

Isao Tanaka (田中 功) is a Japanese computational materials scientist known for first-principles studies of ceramics and lithium battery materials and for materials discovery by recommender system.

Ismaila Dabo

Ismaila Dabo is a computational condensed-matter and materials theorist, professor at Carnegie Mellon University since 2024, known for density-functional theory methods for energy materials and the 2025 PECASE award.

Israel J. Wygnanski

Israel J. Wygnanski is a Polish-born aerodynamicist, professor at the University of Arizona and emeritus professor at Tel Aviv University, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1989.

Itiro Tani (谷一郎)

Itiro Tani (谷一郎) was a Japanese aerodynamicist at the University of Tokyo, known for the invention of the laminar-flow airfoil and elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 1979.

Ivan A. Getting

Ivan A. Getting was an American physicist and engineer who headed Army radar development at MIT, led Raytheon, and championed the satellite navigation system that became GPS.

Ivan M. Viest

Ivan M. Viest (1922–2012) was a Slovak-born American structural engineer who pioneered composite steel-concrete construction and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1978.

Ivan Marusic

Ivan Marusic FRS is an Australian-based fluid mechanician and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, known for discovering turbulent superstructures and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024.

Ivan Mora-Sero

Iván Mora-Seró, born 1974, is a full professor at Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Spain, known for research on quantum dot and halide perovskite solar cells.

Ivan Sutherland

Ivan Sutherland, born 1938 in Hastings, Nebraska, is an American computer scientist who created Sketchpad, built the first head-mounted display, and won the 1988 Turing Award.

Ivan T. Frisch

Ivan T. Frisch (1937–2024) was an American communications network scientist who led the design of ARPANET's network structure and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

Ivo F.J. Vankelecom, also known as Ivo Vankelecom, is a Belgian membrane scientist and full professor at KU Leuven who leads its Membrane Technology Group.

Iwao Iwasaki

Iwao Iwasaki is a metallurgical engineer who spent 40 years at the University of Minnesota and its Coleraine minerals laboratory researching taconite and mineral resources.

Izabela Szlufarska

Izabela Szlufarska is a Polish-educated materials scientist and engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, known for a 2009 Nature paper showing that classical friction laws extend to the nanoscale.

J. Brent Hiskey

J. Brent Hiskey is an American hydrometallurgist and Professor Emeritus of Mining and Geological Engineering at the University of Arizona, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997.

J. David Hellums

J. David Hellums, also known as Jesse David Hellums (1929–2016), was an American chemical engineer at Rice University who pioneered bioengineering and studied how shear stress activates blood platelets.

J. Donovan Jacobs

J. Donovan Jacobs, Joseph Donovan Jacobs (1908–2000), was an American civil engineer elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1969 for inventing the tunnel sliding floor for rapid excavation.

J. Erik Jonsson

J. Erik Jonsson, born John Erik Jonsson, was an American engineer and industrialist who co-founded Texas Instruments and served as mayor of Dallas from 1964 to 1971.

J. Fred Bucy

J. Fred Bucy is an American physicist and semiconductor executive who spent 1953 to 1985 at Texas Instruments, rising to president in 1976 and CEO in 1984.

J. George Thon

J. George Thon (c. 1908–1988) was a Polish-born civil engineer who designed major hydroelectric, nuclear, and transit systems and joined the National Academy of Engineering in 1975.

J. Halcombe Laning

J. Halcombe Laning, Jr. (1920–2012) was an American computer pioneer and aerospace engineer at MIT known for the George compiler, Q-guidance, and Apollo's onboard software.

J. Herbert Waite

J. Herbert Waite is an American biochemist and materials scientist at UC Santa Barbara who identified the DOPA-rich proteins that let mussels glue themselves underwater.

J. Karl Hedrick

J. Karl Hedrick (John Karl Hedrick, 1944–2017) was an American control engineer, professor of mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, known for nonlinear control theory applied to transportation.

J. Keith Brimacombe

J. Keith Brimacombe (1943–1997) was a Canadian metallurgical engineer at the University of British Columbia who pioneered coupling mathematical modeling with plant measurements in metal casting.

J. Lewis Blackburn

J. Lewis Blackburn (1913–1997) was an American electrical engineer who spent his career at Westinghouse, led the IEEE Power System Relaying Committee, and wrote the standard protective relaying textbooks.

J. Nicholas Laneman

J. Nicholas (Nick) Laneman is an American electrical engineer at the University of Notre Dame known for cooperative wireless communication research and a 2006 PECASE award.

J. Randolph Paulling

J. Randolph Paulling was a professor of naval architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, whose 1959 analysis of unstable ship motions founded the study of parametric rolling.

J. Th. M. De Hosson

J. Th. M. De Hosson, full name Jeff Th. M. De Hosson, is a Dutch materials scientist who was professor of applied physics at the University of Groningen.

Jack A. Morton

Jack A Morton was an American electrical engineer and Bell Labs vice president who led the mass-production of the transistor, earning the IEEE David Sarnoff Medal in 1965.

Jack E. Buffington

Jack E. Buffington was an American civil engineer and Navy rear admiral who commanded the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and later taught at the University of Arkansas.