John Meredith Memorial Giving: Honoring a Lifetime of Service
You can help honor longtime IEEE Volunteer John Meredith’s memory and impact by donating...More
26 Feb 2019
Category: History Column
IEEE’s REACH Program Enhances Technological Literacy Skills in the Pre-University Environment
The IEEE History Center’s REACH program uses history to enhance the technological litera...More
8 Feb 2019
Jim Brittain and History at IEEE
James E. Brittain, a soft-spoken electrical engineering professor at Georgia Institute of ...More
11 Dec 2018
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 pai...More
27 Aug 2018
Innovation Looks Both Forward and Backward: How History Fosters Technological Progress
Can an understanding of history foster innovation? Certainly many great innovators have sa...More
18 Jul 2018
Your Engineering Heritage: Hertha Ayrton, Pioneering Woman Electrical Engineer and Feminist
Who was Hertha Ayrton, and why did the British Society for the History of Science name a p...More
21 Mar 2018
IEEE REACH Program Gains Traction in the K-12 Environment and Elsewhere
Over the past year, the IEEE REACH program, has received an overwhelmingly positive respon...More
20 Feb 2018
Your Engineering Heritage: The Telautograph: Handwriting at a Distance
The telautograph, developed by Elisha Gray and later improved by Foster Richie, fulfilled ...More
1 Feb 2018
Your Engineering Heritage: The $25 Million Ceiling Fan and the £100 Million Server
In the 1800s, a signal or telegraph problem affected a few trains, and perhaps a hundred o...More
14 Aug 2017