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John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

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How John Bardeen got his music box In 1949 an engineer at Bell Labs built three music boxes to show off the new transistors. The Spurlock Museum/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bell Labs used one of the boxes to demonstrate the transistor’s portability. The other two music boxes went to Bardeen and Brattain.

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The President-Elect Candidates’ Plans to Further IEEE’s Mission

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Randall has served as IEEE treasurer, director of IEEE Region 3, chair of IEEE Women in Engineering, and vice president of IEEE Member and Geographic Activities. In 2016 she created the IEEE MOVE (Mobile Outreach VEhicle) program to assist with disaster relief efforts and for science, technology, engineering, and math educational purposes.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. In engineering, she focuses on developing methods to analyze remote sensing data. “I She then pursued a Ph.D.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says. "I I wanted to figure out a way to combine my interests in both engineering and medicine.".

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The Portrait Artist

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Only a handful of engineering luminaries know what it feels like to get “The Call” from IEEE Spectrum senior editor Tekla S. She was first assigned the task of profiling some of the most influential and consequential engineers of the last quarter century in 1995, starting with the MOH recipient Lotfi A. Education: B.A., Education: B.A.,

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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His father suggested he think about ikigai , a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose. Presenting my work in front of respected and accomplished engineers felt unreal,” Tiwari says. “I The work students and faculty members in these universities are doing is extraordinary,” Tiwari says.

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Why These Members Donate to the IEEE Foundation

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patents, is passionate about encouraging and supporting the next generation of engineers. While he was an engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles , Samueli helped found company in San Jose, Calif., I hope that the donations will enhance people’s lives, both professionally and personally.”