The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers
Just, what is IEEE?
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Thomas Edison
Why should I go to London to make a presentation
on something I invited in the United States?
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Thomas Edison
Why should I go to London to make a presentation
on something I invited in the United States?

• American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE)
• founded 1884, New York City
• founders included some most prominent inventors
  and innovators in the then new field of
  electrical engineering.
• first meeting was held during the 1884
  International Electrical Exhibition, in
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (October 7-8, at the
  Franklin Institute).

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AIEE Purpose
"to promote the Arts and Sciences connected with
the production and utilization of electricity and
the welfare of those employed in these
Industries by means of social intercourse, the
reading and discussion of professional papers and
the circulation by means of publication among
members and associates of information thus
obtained."
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AIEE Presidents
Norvin Green
President of the Western Union Telegraph Company
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor!
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• AIEE (1884)
• sections formed in Chicago, Philadelphia, etc.
  after 1900.
• wired telegraph communications (telegraphy)
• wired telephone communications (telephony)
• electric power (generation and distribution)
• electric lighting

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• AIEE (1884)
• sections formed in Chicago, Philadelphia, etc.
  after 1900.
• wired telegraph communications (telegraphy)
• wired telephone communications (telephony)
• electric power (generation and distribution)
• electric lighting
• New trends in electrical engineering
• wireless telegraph
• radio
• electronics

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Robert H. Marriott
Chief Engineer Wireless Company of America
First President

• Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE)
• founded 1912, New York City
• growing professional community of developers and
  operators of radio systems
• standards! FCC, NTSC
• more of an international focus

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World War II
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Electronic computers were invented to compute
artillery tables
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radio detection and ranging
was developed to detect approaching enemy aircraft
by the end of the War, radar was mounted on
aircraft
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guidance and control systems
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IRE
AIEE
membership
1957

• AIEE (1884)
• 1962 membership 57,000
• Institute of Radio Engineers (1912)
• 1962 membership 96,500

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AIEE IRE IEEE
(1963)
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IEEE
Regions 1 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region
9 Region 10
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IEEE
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IEEE

• Sections
• basic geographic unit (311)
• meetings, activities, tours, refresher courses
• Technical Societies
• 39 technical societies
• conferences, technical publications
• 1,384 society chapters (within sections)
• Student Branches
• university activities

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Your IEEE

• This is your professional society
• serve the needs of EE/CpEs
• Member benefits
• Knowledge
• Stay current with the fast changing world of
  technology
• Community
• belong to a network of 365,000 members in 150
  countries.
• Profession
• empowering members to build their careers

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IEEE Service

• Volunteer Organization
• All officers are elected from the membership and
  serve.
• Benefits to members are result of volunteer
  contributions.
• IEEE focuses on benefits members receive
• IEEE members also receive benefits by serving

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Region 6 Membership (As of 31 July 2007)
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Region 6 Membership

• Region 6 is currently the third largest IEEE
  region and the largest U.S. Region. At the end
  of July 2007 the Region had 55,911 total members
• Region 6 represents 16.0 of IEEEs total
  membership.
• The Region has 50,408 Higher Grade Members and
  5,503 Student Members.
• Membership in Region 6 is down 0.7 from July
  2006, representing a loss of 384 members.
• Membership packets have been mailed to Section MD
  chairs or Section chairs (where no MD Chair
  exists).

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Region 6 Membership (by Section) (as of 31 July
2007)