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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid. In 1935, Henry Warren [right] received a medal from the Franklin Institute, in Philadelphia, for his invention of the Telechron synchronous motor. electricity lines.

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Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, Dies at 91

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He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering in 1954 and 1956 from Southern Methodist University , in Dallas. Schulz Power systems engineer Life Fellow, 87; died 29 May Schulz began his career in 1959 as a power systems engineer at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. Two years later he earned a Ph.D.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1949 from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore, and earned a Ph.D. Three years later, while working at the IAF, he was named an honorary professor in the University of Freiburg physics department. He joined the University of Illinois in 1977 as a professor. He retired in 2019.

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Remembering IEEE Director Emeritus Theodore W. Hissey

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A jet-setting career After receiving his bachelor’s degree in power engineering in 1948 from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Hissey joined Leeds and Northrup (L&N) in Philadelphia as an applications engineer. The company made electrical measurement instruments and control and power systems.