This page is always under construction.
The applet below lists all topics available on this page. Click on the main topic to bring up the sub-topics.
Sl No | Topic | Created on |
1. | Monte Carlo Techniques- (with a demo applet) | 29 June '99 |
2. | Bezier Curves- (with a demo applet) | 12 July '99 |
3. | Parallel Robots (with a demo applet) | 03 March '00 |
4. | Genetic Algorithms | 21 July '99 |
5. | Simulated Annealing | 24 September '99 |
6. | Artificial Neural Networks | To be added |
These pages are maintained solely as: i) a tribute to the doyens of the engineering community for their contributions to the world; ii) a collation of interesting facts for Mechanical engineers and iii) for the fun of it !!??
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My sincere acknowledgements to the following sources for helping me in
archiving the information:
1. Professional Engineering - The Magazine of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 2. Mechanical Engineering - The Magazine of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 3. How Things Work 4. An endless list of websites (mentioned in the specific pages) |
Sl. No. | Name | Field/Product |
1. | Sir Christopher Cockerell | Hovercraft |
2. | Harry Ferguson | Farm Tractors |
3. | Carl Benz | Automobile |
4. | Gottlieb Daimler | Automobile |
Sl. No. | Name | Description |
1. | James Gosling | Vice President of Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
2. | Grady Booch | Co-developer of UML |
3. | Vinod Khosla | Co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
4. | Bill Gates | Chairman of Microsoft Corp. |
5. | Tim Berners Lee | Inventor of the WorldWideWeb |
Sl. No. | Name | Field/Product |
1. | APJ Abdul Kalam | Father of India's Missile Technology |
2. | Dr Vikram Sarabhai | Father of India's Space Programme |
3. | Homi Jehangir Bhabha | Father of India's Nuclear Programme |
4. | Sir CV Raman | Founder of Raman Research Institute |
5. | S Chandrasekhar | Noted astrophysicist |
6. | Jagadish Chandra Bose | - |
Started on: | 29 June '99 |
Last updated on: | 24 August 2000 |
For feedback: | sramachandran@mailcity.com |