IEEE History Center: Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Electrical Pioneer | 
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CITATION IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Electrical Pioneer In honor of the Sesquicentennial of the birth of Nikola Tesla the IEEE Board of Directors passed a special Citation honoring the work of Tesla. A special plaque will be cast, and presented to the Tesla Museum in Beograd. Serbia. On the 150th anniversary of his birth, the IEEE is pleased to recognize the seminal work of Nikola Tesla in the field of electrical engineering. Among his many accomplishments, those that stand out are his innovative contributions to the applications of polyphase current to electric power systems, his pioneering work with electromagnetic waves, and his experiments with very high voltages. The Tesla Museum in Beograd is to be commended for its successful efforts to preserve artifacts and documents related to Tesla and to make them accessible to scholars throughout the world. October 2006 To learn more about the life and accomplishments of Tesla, visit the IEEE Legacies biography. |
