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Please provide a citation for the material that you submit so that we can verify it. &#x3c;i&#x3e;Please note - it has to be original material. We cannot publish copywritten material or bulk text taken from books or other sites &#x28;including Wikipedia&#x29;.&#x3c;&#x2f;i&#x3e;&#x3c;&#x2f;p&#x3e;]]></description><copyright>Copyright 2026</copyright><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:00:00 EST</pubDate><generator>https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The First Lady of Structural Engineering]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;27781&#x2f;The-First-Lady-of-Structural-Engineering&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elmina Wilson is widely regarded as &#x26;ldquo&#x3b;the first lady of structural engineering.&#x26;rdquo&#x3b; Born on September 29, 1870, Elmina came from a family of wealthy farmers and gained her bachelor&#x26;rsquo&#x3b;s degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University. 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He was also a surveyor and a map maker.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2014 22&#x3a;01&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;24227&#x2f;U-S-Presidents-Who-Were-Engineers]]></guid><dc:creator>SavvyExacta</dc:creator><dc:subject>Great Engineers &#x26; Scientists</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 10 Greatest Engineers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;23283&#x2f;Top-10-Greatest-Engineers&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are the greatest engineers of all time&#x3f; Here&#x27;s a list of 10. Click on the links to see their biographies. Then tell us&#x3a; who&#x27;s on your top 10 list&#x3f;&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;1. Louis&#xd;  Bl&#xe9;riot&#xa;2. Anselm&#xd;  Franz&#xa;3. Ferdinand&#xd;  Porshe&#xa;4. Carolus&#xd;  Linnaeus&#xa;5. Eli Whitney&#xa;6. The&#xd;  Wright Brothers&#xa;7. Elisha&#xd;  Graves Otis&#xa;8]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;23283&#x2f;Top-10-Greatest-Engineers]]></guid><dc:creator>CR4 Guest Author</dc:creator><dc:subject>Great Engineers &#x26; Scientists</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leonhard Euler Remembered with a Google Doodle]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22464&#x2f;Leonhard-Euler-Remembered-with-a-Google-Doodle&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today&#x27;s Google Doodle honors a Swiss mathematician named Leonhard Euler. &#x22;Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory.&#x22; Wikipedia&#xa;&#xa;He was considered one of the greatest mathematicians]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15&#x3a;50&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22464&#x2f;Leonhard-Euler-Remembered-with-a-Google-Doodle]]></guid><dc:creator>LakeGrl</dc:creator><dc:subject>Great Engineers &#x26; Scientists</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were Newton, Tesla, and Einstein Autistic&#x3f;]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22414&#x2f;Were-Newton-Tesla-and-Einstein-Autistic&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition to its place as National Poetry Month and the&#xd; first month of the Japanese fiscal year, April is National&#xd; Autism Awareness Month in the US. The autism spectrum disorders &#x28;ASD&#x29; - a&#xd; group of conditions which includes autism, Asperger&#x27;s syndrome, childhood&#xd; disintegration disorder, and ot]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22414&#x2f;Were-Newton-Tesla-and-Einstein-Autistic]]></guid><dc:creator>Hannes</dc:creator><dc:subject>Great Engineers &#x26; Scientists</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22273&#x2f;Bill-Nye-the-Science-Guy&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday March 13&#x5e;th, I saw one of my&#xd; childhood heroes- Bill Nye, as in, Bill Nye the Science Guy. 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Wikipedia provides a list of 48 Irish&#xd; engineers of which CR4 has profiled two&#x3a; &#xd; William Mulholland and Peter&#xd; Rice. &#x28;None of the 33 Irish&#xd; scientists have been profiled.&#x29;&#xa;&#xa;In order]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22225&#x2f;The-Fogerty-Family-Irish-Builders-and-Architects]]></guid><dc:creator>SavvyExacta</dc:creator><dc:subject>Great Engineers &#x26; Scientists</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrate National Engineers Week&#x21; Feb. 17-23]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22094&#x2f;Celebrate-National-Engineers-Week-Feb-17-23&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[National Engineers Week is celebrated by many of the United States&#x27; engineering societies in the third full week of February. 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By age 18 he was actively working on his own&#xd; projects including electrical recording machines, a glider, and water jet&#xd; propelling. He joined th]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;21628&#x2f;Godfrey-Hounsfield-Changed-Medical-Diagnostics-with-the-CT-Scan]]></guid><dc:creator>SavvyExacta</dc:creator><dc:subject>Great Engineers &#x26; Scientists</dc:subject></item></channel></rss>