Archives:IEEE History Center Articles
Articles by IEEE History Center Current and Former Staff
To see all the articles on the history of technology written by IEEE History Center staff for IEEE-USA Insight 2015 and later please click here. For articles from 2008 - 2014, click here.
To see all the articles written by IEEE History Center staff for IEEE's Today's Engineer 2014 and earlier please click here and search by History.
The Electrical Century, a twelve-part series written for Proceedings of the IEEE by History Center staff on the occasion of the new millennium
Proceedings through 100 Years 1900-2000 a twelve-part series written for Proceedings of the IEEE by IEEE History Center staff on the occasion of the Proceedings centennial
'Scanning Our Past' articles from Proceedings of the IEEE
Scanning Our Past articles are available from IEEEXplore. Many written by IEEE History Center staff, some by others. If you are interested in writing a history article for Proceedings of the IEEE in the 'Scanning the Past' department, please see author guidelines.
The popular 'Did You Know?' series of articles in IEEE's The Institute began with Did You Know? Historical Facts that are Not True, January 2013
Other Publications in Journals and Conference Proceedings
- Brewer, Nathan
- Electromagnetic Quackery and Bizarre Medical Devices, IEEE-USA Insight, November 2015
- Interactive Fiction and Adventure Games, Today's Engineer, March 2014
- Bulletin Board Systems, Today's Engineer, March 2013
- Electronic and Computer Music, Today's Engineer, April 2011
- Colburn, Robert
- How History Fosters Technological Progess, IEEE InSight, July 2018
- The $25 Million Ceiling Fan and the £100 Million Server: Small Flaws and Expensive Consequences, IEEE InSight, August 2017
- A History of Disaster Detection and Warning Technologies , IEEE The Institute September 2013
- History of Railroad Signals, IEEE The Institute, October 2013
- Trading Speed: Telescopes, Telegraphs, and Fiber-optics -- technology has speeded financial trading from the 18th century into the 21st., IEEE The Institute, July 2014
- Which Stimulates Innovation More, War or Peace?, IEEE-USA InSight, December 2014
- 'No Eyestrain Permissible': Electrical Aspects of the Holland Tunnel, IEEE-USA InSight, June 2015
- The Tesla Almost Nobody’s Heard Of: Frank Fowle and Alternating Current Transposition, IEEE-USA InSight, June 2016
- Geselowitz, Michael
- "The bioelectrical century: bioelectrical engineering and the 'inside story' of the electrical century," Proceedings of the IEEE, 1999 (with D. B. Geselowitz)
- "Preserving the Legacy of RAS," IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2000
- "Guest editorial: the educational activities of the IEEE history center," IEEE Transactions on Education, 2000
- "The IEEE Virtual Museum: Using Web Based Education And A Humanistic Approach To Promote Engineering At The K-12 Level," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2002.
- "The educational value of teaching biomedical engineering history," Proceedings of the 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2010 (with R.S. Leder)
- "Ted Saad's contributions to IEEE's historical activities," Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, 2011
- The US Federal Government and Innovation - A Brief History (with Sheldon Hochheiser and John Vardalas), IEEE-USA, 2012
- "History of Technology and Education: The Role of Associations", Proceedings of the Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON), 2012
- "Using history of technology to promote an understanding of the impact of engineering solutions among practitioners at the university level," Proceedings of the Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON), 2012
- "Pacemakers" (with R. S. Leder), Proceedings of the IEEE, 2013 (Volume 01), #8:1882-1888
- "An On-line Course in the History of Engineering and Technology," Proceedings the ASEE Annual Conference, 2013
- Did You Know? Someone Else Wrote Maxwell's Equations, IEEE The Institute, May 2013
- "Oral Histories of Distinguished Female Leaders: Inspiring the Next Generation of Young People in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2014 (with numerous co-authors)
- "The Role of Undergraduate History of Engineering in the Formation of Engineers: A New Interdisciplinary, Experiential Approach" (with John Vardalas), Proceedings of the 2015 Northeast Section American Society for Engineering Education Conference, ASEE, 2015 (winner of Best Paper Prize)
- "The trireme-high-tech weapon of the ancient seas," Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON), 2015 (with J. Vardalas)
- "Oral History Project of Underrepresented Leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)," Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference, 2016 (with numerous co-authors)
- "Engaging the Next Generation in Preserving Key Oral Histories of Pioneering Engineers," Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON), 2017.
- "Following in the Footsteps of Distinguished Leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Narratives of the Next Generation of Young People Preserving key Oral Histories of our Societal History," Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference (with numerous co-authors)
- Contributing Editor of, and author of two chapters in Technology in World History, Oxford University Press, 2005, W. Bernard Carlson, editor,
- Dr. Geselowitz has also written many articles in IEEE Annals of the History of Computing on a range of technological history topics.
- Numerous book reviews in a range of publications, including Enterprise & Society, Technology & Culture, and IEEE Spectrum
- Hochheiser, Sheldon
- Dials, Keypads and Smartphones, IEEE-USA Insight, September 2014
- The History of Hearing Aids, The Institute, July 2013
- Magoun, Alexander B.
- Please Rush All Possible Assistance an article in IEEE Spectrum on the Titanic disaster and its effects on the development of radio technology.
- Why Was Sarnoff Allowed to Sell Stalin Television?, IEEE-USA Insight, January 2016
- What is a Minicomputer? IEEE-USA Insight, September 2015
- Thomas Edison's Legacy in Resource Extraction, IEEE-USA Insight, March 2015
- Did Claude Shannon Invent a Groundbreaking Personal Computer? The IEEE History Center investigates the true origin of the MINIVAC 601, The Institute, 1 April 2016
- (with Paul Israel) Did You Know? Edison Coined the Term 'Bug' , The Institute, August 2013
- Dr. Magoun has also written articles for Scanning the Past articles in Proceedings of the IEEE
- Vardalas, John
- From DATAR to the FP-6000: technological change in a Canadian industrial context, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol 16, #2