human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

aeronautical engineer - an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft

aerospace engineer - an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles

army engineer, military engineer - a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work

automotive engineer - an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles

civil engineer - an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)

electrical engineer - a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity

marine engineer, naval engineer - a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines

mechanical engineer - a person trained to design and construct machines

metallurgical engineer, metallurgist - an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals

mining engineer - an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines

coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer - a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

rocket engineer, rocket scientist - an engineer who builds and tests rockets

surveyor - an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures

Daimler, Gottlieb Daimler - German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900)

Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, Rudolf Diesel - German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)

Bryan Donkin, Donkin - English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Eiffel - French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923)

Buckminster Fuller, Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller - United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)

George Washington Goethals, Goethals - United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928)

Hugo Junkers, Junkers - German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935)

Charles Franklin Kettering, Charles Kettering, Kettering - United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)

da Vinci, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci - Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)

John Augustus Roebling, John Roebling, Roebling - United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)

Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon, Claude Shannon, Shannon - United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)

Karl Wilhelm Siemens, Sir Charles William Siemens, Siemens - engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)

Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Sperry - United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930)

Richard Trevithick, Trevithick - English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)

Thomas Augustus Watson, Watson - United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)

James Watt, Watt - Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)

manipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"

Casey Jones, John Luther Jones, Jones - United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)

design, plan - make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

plan - make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

choreograph - plan and oversee the development and details of; "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed"