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The original American Institute of Electrical Engineers bookplate at Harvard University Trust. The 1884 founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) included some of the most prominent inventors and innovators in the then new field of electrical engineering, among them Nikola Tesla, Thomas Alva Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin J. Houston, and Edward Weston.
The AIEEE was introduced in 2002, since the newly established NITs, IIITs and GFTIs wanted an entrance examination paper of a higher standard than the Common Engineering Test (CET), which was formerly used for admission to all non-IIT engineering colleges and some state government colleges also in few states, including even RECs and IIITs, owing mostly to the rising competition and the goal of ...
Although the AIEE was initially larger, the IRE attracted more students and was larger by the mid-1950s. The AIEE and IRE merged in 1963. [7] The IEEE is headquartered in New York City, but most business is done at the IEEE Operations Center [8] in Piscataway, New Jersey, opened in 1975. [citation needed]
The Edison Medal, named after the inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison, was created on 11 February 1904 by a group of Edison's friends and associates.Four years later the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) entered into an agreement with the group to present the medal as its highest award.
Ailee was born in Denver, Colorado, on May 30, 1989, and grew up in New Jersey. [3] She attended Palisades Park High School before moving to nearby Leonia.After her Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School graduation, she studied communications at Pace University [4] before dropping out to pursue a career in music.
Aerie, stylized as aerie, is an intimate apparel and lifestyle retailer and sub-brand owned by American Eagle Outfitters. [1] In addition to lingerie such as a wide variety of bras and other undergarments, the aerie line also sells dormwear, active apparel, loungewear, accessories and sleepwear.
Edith Clarke (February 10, 1883 – October 29, 1959) was the first woman to be professionally employed as an electrical engineer in the United States [1] and the first female professor of electrical engineering in the country. [2]
The medal continued to be awarded as the IEEE Lamme Medal by the board of directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), after the AIEE organization merged into the IEEE in 1963. The scope was also extended to 'meritorious achievement in the development of electrical or electronic power apparatus or systems.'