IEEE History

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AIEE (the American Institute of Electrical Engineers)
In 1884, electrical pioneers gathered in New York to establish the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE). Founding members like Edison and Bell reflected the new field’s diversity, encompassing telegraphy, power, and telephone technology. The AIEE’s focus soon shifted towards electrical power’s potential to revolutionize lives. With innovations like AC motors and long-distance transmission, companies like GE and Westinghouse brought this power to the masses. Through meetings, publications, and standards, the AIEE guided the electrical engineering profession’s growth, while local sections spread its reach and benefits.
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IRE (The Institute of Radio Engineers)
Following Guglielmo Marconi’s wireless telegraphy experiments in 1895-1896, radio emerged with the development of vacuum tubes. The Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), mirroring the AIEE’s structure, was founded in 1912 to serve this new field. Devoted to radio and later electronics, the IRE, like the AIEE, fostered the profession through publications, standards, conferences, and local sections for knowledge sharing.
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IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

The AIEE and IRE’s leadership, along with members’ innovations, spurred electricity’s infiltration into everyday life through television, radar, transistors, and computers. As their interests converged, membership flourished, with the IRE surpassing the AIEE in the 1940s. Recognizing this shift, the two societies merged in 1963 to form the IEEE, a 450,000-member global organization .

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