IEEE History Center
Preserving the past, enlightening the future and promoting the legacy of electrical engineering, technology and computing.
IEEE History Center
Preserving the past, enlightening the future and promoting the legacy of electrical engineering, technology and computing.
Preserving and promoting the history of technology, the profession and IEEE is a privilege that the IEEE History Center takes very seriously. Through its many targeted programs, the Center collects and disseminates information and resources that exemplify the impact and influence of technology and its relationship, both past and present, to society.
IEEE History Center News

Maxwell’s Ether: From Wave Optics to the Electromagnetic Theory of Light
The IEEE Foundation and IEEE History Center explored James Clerk Maxwell’s revolutionary unification of light, electricity and magnetism. The keynote speaker, Daniel Jon Mitchell DPhil., Senior Historian of the IEEE…