Computerized celestial navigation, calculated trajectories, launch windows and emergency backup return paths for NASA.

Rao-Blackwell theorem, first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, a first black tenured faculty member at UC Berekely.

Constructed a wooden clock that struck on the hour, made astronomical calculations that predicted solar eclipses and planetary conjunctions.

National Association of mathematics established an address in his name given annually at their meetings, established a scholarship fund given to black students to pursue studies, introduced the generalized Euler polynomials, generalized Boole summation formula, mathematically compared 3 systems of grading.

Founded the black and third world mathematicians (now called the national association of mathematics), partially solved the box-product problem using scales (b=d) from his work in topology.

Proofs of important topological properties, established summer institutes to provide continuing education in mathematics for high school teachers, encouraged women in the field of mathematics, trust fund, scholarship, and lecture series in her name.

Founded Howard University’s Ph.D. program, nicknamed ‘negro genius’, attended college at 13, wrote over 100 papers on differential geometry, linear differential equations, integrate, nuclear engineering, shielding, and optics.

Doctorate in difference equations, credited with building the most successful US undergraduate mathematics degree program in the past century due to how upset he was at the poor job Morgan State University was doing to teach and inspire students to learn mathematics.

Capitalist and race man, neither a supporter of W.E.B. Dubois nor Booker T. Washington he sought to find middle ground by building a comprehensive education system that would provide for ‘symmetrical development’ for black citizens by offering vocational and intellectual instruction, modernized Howard University’s old curriculum by adding courses and natural and social sciences.

Child prodigy teaching math at 14, served as professor at New York central college a majority white school at 29, the first to do so, founded the society for the promotion of education among colored children

Mathematical oncology uses different approaches like continuous and discrete mathematical models, numerical simulations, and experiments to study tumor growth and treatment.

Implementing computer code that analyzed alternative power technologies, leading moment of the Centaur high-energy upper rocket stage, determined solar, wind and energy projects, identified energy conversion systems.

Worked on celestial mechanics, trajectory computation, digital computer techniques, developed elementary school math enrichment programs, a strong advocate for women’s education in tech.

Inventor of the Laserphaco probe, a laser that removes cataracts, first black woman doctor to receive a patent for medical purposes, studied ophthalmology in Yugoslavia.

Mathematician and programmer at NASA and NACA, leader of a group of black women who made complex mathematical computations by hand, taught herself the programming language FORTRAN and taught it to her team to prepare for the transition from hand done calculations to digital.