Field 07 · 61 living inventors

Industrial & Manufacturing

Machines and production systems that changed how physical goods are made and moved.

Trace the effect from one engineered mechanism to an entire production workflow.
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Portrait of Arvind Agarwal
Industrial & Manufacturing

Arvind Agarwal

Boron-nitride-nanotube composites made by cold-spray and wire-arc additive manufacturing

United StatesView profile
Portrait of Alexander Fridman
Industrial & Manufacturing

Alexander Fridman

Plasma systems for materials processing, fuel conversion, agriculture, and environmental control

United StatesView profile
Portrait of Corie L. Cobb
Industrial & Manufacturing

Corie L. Cobb

Manufacturing platforms for semiconductors, solar cells and batteries

United StatesView profile
L. Jay Guo
Industrial & Manufacturing

Jay Guo

roll-to-roll nanoimprint manufacturing for transparent conductors and flexible displays

United StatesView profile
Portrait of Hod Lipson
Industrial & Manufacturing

Hod Lipson

Fab@Home multi-material open-source 3D printer

Israel · United StatesView profile
Portrait of Annika Malm
Industrial & Manufacturing

Annika Malm

Converting waste and residues into high-quality renewable solutions

Portrait of Elmar Mock
Industrial & Manufacturing

Elmar Mock

Swatch wristwatch construction and ultrasonic-welding process

SwitzerlandView profile
Portrait of Subrata Roy
Industrial & Manufacturing

Subrata Roy

Non-thermal plasma reactors for aerospace, health, and environmental uses

United StatesView profile

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