Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers facts for kids
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| Abbreviation | IEEE |
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| Founded | January 1, 1963 |
| Type | Professional association |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Focus | Electrical, electronics, communications, and computer engineering |
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| Origins | Merger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers |
| Method | Industry standards, conferences, publications |
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423,000+ |
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US$467 million |
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) professional association for electronics engineering, electrical engineering, and other related disciplines.
The IEEE has a corporate office in New York City and an operations center in Piscataway, New Jersey. The IEEE was formed in 1963 as an amalgamation of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers.
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History
The IEEE traces its founding to 1884 and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. In 1912, the rival Institute of Radio Engineers was formed. Although the AIEE was initially larger, the IRE attracted more students and was larger by the mid-1950s. The AIEE and IRE merged in 1963.
The IEEE is headquartered in New York City, but most business is done at the IEEE Operations Center in Piscataway, New Jersey, opened in 1975.
The Australian Section of the IEEE existed between 1972 and 1985, after which it split into state- and territory-based sections.
As of 2021[update], IEEE has over 400,000 members in 160 countries, with the U.S. based membership no longer constituting a majority.
Technical societies
IEEE has 39 technical societies, each focused on a certain knowledge area, which provide specialized publications, conferences, business networking and other services.
- Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
- Antennas & Propagation Society
- Broadcast Technology Society
- Circuits and Systems Society
- Communications Society
- Electronics Packaging Society
- Computational Intelligence Society
- Computer Society
- Consumer Technology Society
- Control Systems Society
- Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Society
- Education Society
- Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
- Electron Devices Society
- Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
- Industrial Electronics Society
- Industry Applications Society
- Information Theory Society
- Instrumentation & Measurement Society
- Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
- Magnetics Society
- Microwave Theory and Technology Society
- Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
- Oceanic Engineering Society
- Photonics Society
- Power Electronics Society
- Power & Energy Society
- Product Safety Engineering Society
- Professional Communication Society
- Reliability Society
- Robotics and Automation Society
- Signal Processing Society
- Society on Social Implications of Technology
- Solid-State Circuits Society
- Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
- Technology and Engineering Management Society
- Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society
- Vehicular Technology Society
Other bodies
IEEE Global History Network
In September 2008, the IEEE History Committee founded the IEEE Global History Network, which now redirects to Engineering and Technology History Wiki.
IEEE Foundation
The IEEE Foundation is a charitable foundation established in 1973 to support and promote technology education, innovation, and excellence. It is incorporated separately from the IEEE, although it has a close relationship to it. Members of the Board of Directors of the foundation are required to be active members of IEEE, and one third of them must be current or former members of the IEEE Board of Directors.
Initially, the role of the IEEE Foundation was to accept and administer donations for the IEEE Awards program, but donations increased beyond what was necessary for this purpose, and the scope was broadened. In addition to soliciting and administering unrestricted funds, the foundation also administers donor-designated funds supporting particular educational, humanitarian, historical preservation, and peer recognition programs of the IEEE. As of the end of 2014, the foundation's total assets were nearly $45 million, split equally between unrestricted and donor-designated funds.
See also
In Spanish: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers para niños
- Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) program of the IEEE Computer Society
- Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering
- Engineering and Technology History Wiki
- Eta Kappa Nu – IEEE HKN Honor society
- IEEE Standards Association
- Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK)
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
- List of IEEE awards
- List of IEEE conferences
- List of IEEE fellows
