technologist

/tɛkˈnɑlədʒɪst/

/tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪst/

Other forms: technologists

Definitions of technologist

1. noun

   a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
   synonyms: applied scientist, engineer

   examples:

   Gottlieb Daimler

   German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900)

   Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel

   German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)

   Bryan Donkin

   English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)

   Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

   French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923)

   Richard Buckminster Fuller

   United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)

   George Washington Goethals

   United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928)

   Hugo Junkers

   German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935)

   Charles Franklin Kettering

   United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)

   Leonardo da Vinci

   Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)

   John Augustus Roebling

   United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)

   Claude Elwood Shannon

   United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)

   Sir Charles William Siemens

   engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)

   Elmer Ambrose Sperry

   United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930)

   Richard Trevithick

   English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)

   Thomas Augustus Watson

   United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)

   James Watt

   Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)

   types:

   aeronautical engineer

   an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft

   aerospace engineer

   an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles

   army engineer, military engineer

   a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work

   automotive engineer

   an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles

   civil engineer

   an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.)

   electrical engineer

   a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity

   marine engineer, naval engineer

   a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines

   mechanical engineer

   a person trained to design and construct machines

   metallurgical engineer, metallurgist

   an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals

   mining engineer

   an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines

   coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer

   a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

   rocket engineer, rocket scientist

   an engineer who builds and tests rockets

   surveyor

   an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures

   cracker

   a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things

   hacker

   a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm

   cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk, hacker

   a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism

   highway engineer

   a civil engineer who specializes in the design and construction of roads and highways

   lineman

   the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole

   locater, locator

   a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims

   sapper

   a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)

   sapper

   a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines

   tribologist

   a specialist in tribology

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being