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Fazlur Rahman Khan
Fazlur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi American whose work on skyscraper design and invention of a design strategy known as the "tube principle" led him to be called "the Einstein of structural engineering." Khan also designed the Sears Tower (later renamed the Willis Tower) in Chicago, which was the world's tallest building for many years.
Source: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/asian-american-pacific-islander-scientists-engineers
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