I can't say they've haven't gotten their due, but most people dont know who they are:
shoutout to the black engineers out there!
Mark dean
He was part of the team that developed the
ISAbus, and he led a design team for making a one-
gigahertz computer processor chip.
[1] He holds three of nine PC patents for being the co-creator of the
IBM personal computer released in 1981.
Mark Dean (computer scientist) - Wikipedia
Jerry Lawson
was an
American electronic engineer, and one of the few
African-American engineers in the industry at that time. He is known for his work in designing the
Fairchild Channel F video game console as well as inventing the
video game cartridge.
[3]
Jerry Lawson (engineer) - Wikipedia
Walt Braithwaite
is a Jamaican born
American engineer and former executive at
Boeing. He joined the company in 1966 as an associate tool engineer in the Fabrication Division. In 1975 he was the senior engineer responsible for developing Boeing's use of computer technology by using CAD/CAM in the design of commercial airplanes. Over the next several decades Braithwaite's teams oversaw the engineering development of the 707,727,737 and later as head of engineering operations for the 747, 767 programs and the 777, the first commercial aircraft to be designed entirely with computer-aided design.
Walt Braithwaite - Wikipedia
Wanda Austin
Wanda Austin (born 1954) is the former President and
CEO of
The Aerospace Corporation, a leading architect for the nation’s national security space programs. The Aerospace Corporation has nearly 3,600 employees and annual revenues of more than $917 million. She assumed this position on January 1, 2008 and retired on October 1, 2016.
[1] She continues as a consultant for the corporation.
Wanda Austin - Wikipedia
There's a lot of black engineers and I can't name them all. Theses are just some that I personally look up to. Hope y'all are having an fantastic weekend so far!