Title :
World War II: a watershed in electrical engineering education
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
There is little doubt that World War II was a watershed in the history of electrical engineering (EE) education in the United States. Having watched physicists outperform electrical engineers in wartime laboratories, prominent educators like Frederick Terman at Stanford returned to their universities and overhauled EE programs by introducing more mathematics, science and electronics into the curriculum. The author considers electrical engineering education prior to World War II before discussing the changing situation after World War II, using Cornell University as a case study.<>
Keywords :
education; electrical engineering; history; Cornell University; United States; World War II; electrical engineering education; electronics; history; mathematics; science; wartime laboratories; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Electrical engineering education; Engineering education; History; Laboratories; Materials science and technology; Nuclear electronics; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering education;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
