Title :
Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Joseph Slepian [Scanning Our Past]
fDate :
4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In 1947, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) selected Joseph Slepian as the recipient of the Edison Medal. He was cited "for his theoretical and practical contributions to power systems through circuit analysis, arc control, and current interruption." He spent most of his professional career as an engineer-inventor and mentor with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. His inventions included the "autovalve" lighting arrester and the "ignitron," a mercury-arc rectifier.
Keywords :
biographies; electrical engineering; power systems; American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Edison Medal; Joseph Slepian; Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; arc control; autovalve lighting arrester; circuit analysis; current interruption; electrical engineering; ignitron; mercury-arc rectifier; power systems; Biographies; Circuit analysis; History; Power system analysis computing; Power system control; Slepian, Joseph;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2009.2013047
