Science & Engineering
- Ali Al-Naimi (BS Geology, 1962), CEO, Saudi Aramco, formerly Arabian American Oil Company, 1984–1995, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia, 1995–present.
- Walter C. Bachman (1933) Noted authority on ship propulsion and Chief Engineer at Gibbs & Cox
- John-David F. Bartoe (BS Physics 1966), Space Shuttle Astronaut and ISS Research manager for NASA.
- Stephen James Benkovic (1960), Noted Chemist
- William Bowie (C.E. 1895), noted Geodetic Engineer; Bowie Seamount is named after him.
- Morris Llewellyn Cooke, (BS Mech. E., 1895), known for his rural electrification efforts in the U.S. during the 1920s and 1930s.
- Paul Corkum (PhD Theoretical Physics, 1972), attosecond physics and laser science
- Albert P. Crary (MS Physics), Antarctic Explorer.
- Philip Drinker, (Chem Eng., 1917), co-inventor of the world's first modern respirator.
- Lt. Col. Terry Hart, USAF (BS Mech. E., 1968, Hon. D.Eng., 1988), NASA Space Shuttle astronaut.
- Lester Hogan, (PhD Physics 1950), Microwave and semiconductor pioneer.
- Bill Maloney (1980), Mine drilling expert and participant in the Plan B rescue of miners during the 2010 Chilean mine disaster.
- Daniel McFarlan Moore (1889), Inventor of the Moore Light, predecessor to the Neon and fluorescent lamp.
- William S. Murray (1895), expert in electrical power generation and electrification of railroads
- Jesse W. Reno, (BS Mech Eng., 1883) builder of the world's first escalator.
- Robert Serber (BS Engineering Physics, 1930), physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project.
- Lewis B. Stillwell (1885) Expert on electrical distribution, President of the IEEE and 1935 winner of the IEEE Edison Medal.
- John M. Thome (1870) Director of the Argentine National Observatory (today Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba)
- Richard Hawley Tucker (BS Civil Eng., 1887), astronomer, Tucker Crater on the Moon is named after him.
- Claude Allen Porter Turner (BS Civil Eng., 1890), developed many early reinforced concrete techniques.
- John Texter (1949), American engineer known for his work in applied dispersion technology and small particle science,
- J. Lamar Worzel (1941), geophysicist and oceanographer
- Zhou Ming-Zhen, Chinese paleontologist, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recipient of the Romer-Simpson Medal.
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