World War II: a watershed in electrical engineering education
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
- Vol. 13 (2) , 17-23
- https://doi.org/10.1109/44.286628
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
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