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The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

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In 2019 he was inducted into the U.S. Advances in power electronics Power system faults can happen when a tree or vehicle hits a power line, a grid operator makes a mistake, or equipment fails. in Chicago. Schweitzer has received many accolades for his work, including the 2012 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering. Schweitzer Jr. ,

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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He left Tokyo in 2013 to become president of the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago and served in that position until 2019. In 1977 Tredennick joined Motorola in Chicago as a senior design engineer in the integrated circuits division. He then was named chair of its board of trustees and held that position for three years.