Ajay Bhatt- Inventor of the USB

 

Ajay Bhatt, Indian-American computer architect, technologist born in Baroda, India and started his education at Baroda College. Bhatt finished his studies in the United States at the City University of New York. He then started his career at Intel and has contributed to the company's growth. Bhatt develops computer related technology, one being the Universal Serial Bus (USB). The reason for the USB's creation was because of technical issues. Dov Moran created the USB flash drive, while the USB was developed by Bhatt. He presented his ideas to many companies including Apple, but Intel was the only company who decided to develop the concept. In the late 90's this is now used by both Apple and Microsoft, and today these connectors are now displacing many other solutions for not only consumer electronics but also industrial electronics. Bhatt himself did not publicly receive any acknowledgement for his idea, while Intel made the technology widely known and available form the very beginning. 

Professor Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist. Born in a small town in Shanghai, Wu attended a school started by her father, who believed in education for women, despite the time period. Wu studied physics at a university in Shanghai and after graduation, she then became a research assistant when her supervisor encouraged her to pursue advanced education in America. Unable to find any research positions at a university, she became a physics instructor at both Princeton University and Smiths college. She has made many contributions, as well a being the first to confirm Enrico Fermi's theory of beta decay. In1958, her research helped answer questions about blood and sickle cell anemia. She was also the first women to be president of the American Physical Society, and was bombarded with rewards that include the National Medal of Science, the Comstock Prize, and the first honorary doctorate awarded to a woman at Princeton University.