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Jim Brittain and History at IEEE
James E. Brittain, a soft-spoken electrical engineering professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, who died in March 2018, was largely…
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Your Engineering Heritage: The Hidden Legacies of RCA Laboratories
Many of RCA Labs' technological innovations are widely recognized; while other noteworthy accomplishments have persisted in relative obscurity.
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Your Engineering Heritage: Could We be Heroes – or Role Models?
Modern engineers merit societys praise and publicity for their technical and financial accomplishments, but only a few its heroic laurels.
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Your Engineering Heritage: Why Was Sarnoff Allowed to Sell Stalin Television?
In June 1937, Radio Corporation of America (RCA) engineer Loren Jones arrived in Moscow to fulfill a contract signed 23…
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Your Engineering Heritage: Thomas Edison’s Legacy in Resource Extraction
Historical situations repeat themselves, albeit with variations. Over a hundred years ago, iron and steel mills in the eastern United…