History of the Chicago Section

 The Chicago Section has the unique distinction as being the first American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) section formed outside New York. The first meeting of the Chicago Section was held on March 21, 1894, coinciding with the 85th meeting of the Institute in New York. The same paper "On the Effect of Heavy Gases in the Chamber of an Incandescent Lamp" was read and discussed simultaneously in Chicago and New York.

The importance of the World’s Columbian Exposition in the forming of the Chicago Section cannot be downplayed. It was no coincidence that the section’s founding was in the same year as the exposition.

In honor of 110th anniversary of this event, the Chicago Section staged a reenactment of the meeting on March 23, 2004 on the same campus where the original meeting was held. To learn more about the history of the Chicago Section and the 2004 reenactment, read the full PDF here.

SCANFAX 2006-2007 Chicago Section Year in Review

Articles include:

-- Chicago as the Center of Consumer Electronics
-- This is War! – IIT Does Its Part
-- Engineers' Noblesse Oblige as the World’s Consummate Problem Solvers
-- Telling Our Stories to Grow the Profession
-- More Power to More Researchers
-- Building Sustainable Energy Today
-- Limousines, Motorcycles, and Other I-Pass Challenges
-- Encryption’s Transformation from Bad to Good

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SCANFAX 2007-2008 Chicago Section Year in Review

Articles include:

- Dollars and Records Crucial When Defending Patents
- Integrating Wind Power Into Existing Grids Can Be Tricky
- 2008 Washington Award Winner Tackles Technical Talent Shortage
- As Products Change, So Does Safety Testing
- Keeping One Step Ahead of the Spammers and Phishers
- VoIP: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet...
- Tomorrow’s Electric Grid Will Not Be Today’s

Read the SCANFAX 2007-2008 PDF