Michael Geselowitz, Ph.D.
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“Carbon Queen” Mildred Dresselhaus
Now is a good time to remind readers of the "Carbon Queen," Mildred Dresselhaus, the first woman to win the…
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The History of IEEE Since 1984
The “History of IEEE Since 1984” is now a single narrative page with a set of appendices pulling all the…
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Your Engineering Heritage: Technology in a Time of Plague
Disney's “Togo” is instructive in what it has to tell us about the use of technology in public health, an issue…
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There’ll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
As this sweltering North American summer of 2018 drags on, a lot of attention has been paid around the world…
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IEEE REACH Beta Website is Live!
REACH (Raising Engineering Awareness through the Conduit of History) provides free, online educational resources to high-school history teachers to enable…
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Engineering Hall of Fame: Reginald Fessenden
October marks the sesquicentennial of an important, but often overlooked, figure in engineering history: Reginald Fessenden
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Engineering Hall of Fame: Claude Shannon & Paul Baran – Pioneers of the Internet Age
On 30 April, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Claude E. Shannon, founder of information theory.…
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Your Engineering Heritage: The Electric Chair
This month marks a macabre anniversary that brings together the debate over cruel and unusual punishment with the topic of…
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Your Engineering Heritage: Fax for the Memories
If you Google fax machine sales history or some similar combination of terms, an interesting phenomenon occurs. You will find…
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Engineering Hall of Fame: John W. Lieb
IEEE and the Stevens Institute of Technology have a "history" together that goes back almost to the beginning of each…