Everything about The American Institute Of Electrical Engineers totally explained
The
American Institute of Electrical Engineers was a
United States based organization of
electrical engineers that existed between
1884 and
1963 (when it merged with the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE)). 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
Thomas Alva Edison,
Elihu Thomson,
Edwin J. Houston, and
Edward Weston. The purpose of the AIEE was stated "to promote the Arts and Sciences connected with the production and utilization of electricity and the welfare of those employed in these Industries: by means of social intercourse, the reading and discussion of professional papers and the circulation by means of publication among members and associates of information thus obtained." The first president of AIEE was
Norvin Green, president of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. Other notable AIEE presidents were
Alexander Graham Bell (1891-1892),
Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1901-1902),
Schuyler S. Wheeler (1905-1906),
Dugald C. Jackson (1910-1911),
Michael I. Pupin (1925-1926), and
Titus G. LeClair (1950-1951).
The first technical meeting of the AIEE was held during the 1884
International Electrical Exhibition, in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania (
October 7-
8, at the
Franklin Institute). After several years of operating primarily in
New York, the AIEE authorized local sections in
1902. These were formed first in the United States (
Chicago and
Ithaca,
1902) and then in other countries (the first section outside the US was
Toronto, established
1903). The AIEE regional structure was soon complemented by a technical structure – the first technical committee of AIEE (the
High Voltage Transmission Committee) was formed in
1903. Standardization work started in
1891 with the formation of a committee on units and standards, followed by a committee on standard wiring.
The formation of the AIEE Subcommittee on Large-Scale Computing in 1946 is considered a key milestone in the history of
computer engineering. It was the first time that a professional association recognized the significance of computers and computing in electro-technology.
The early technical areas of interest of AIEE were
electric power,
lighting, and wired communications.
Radio and wireless communications became the major focus of a rival organization, the
Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, established 1912). The dynamic growth of radio technology and the emergence of the new discipline of
Electronics in the 1940s led to stiff competition between AIEE and IRE, with IRE showing faster growth in the 1950s and early 1960s, and attracting more students. In 1957, IRE, with approximately 55,500 members, surpassed AIEE in membership size; in 1962 IRE had 96,500 members to AIEE’s 57,000.
AIEE and IRE merged in 1963 to form the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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