Engineering 24
Nikola Tesla: The
Genius Who
Lit The World
The 150th Anniversary of Nikola Tesla's Birth
(1856 - 1943)
Spring 2006 Freshman Seminar
Engineering 24
Nikola Tesla: The
Genius Who
Lit The World
The 150th Anniversary of Nikola Tesla's Birth
(1856 - 1943)
Spring 2006 Freshman Seminar
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TEXTBOOK:
Textbook: "TESLA - Master of Lightning" by Margaret Cheney and Robert
Uth,
Barnes and Noble Books, 1999
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Course
Number: E24 (P/NP) "Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was one of the most accomplished inventor-scientists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He invented radio and created the polyphase alternating current system of motors and generators that powers the world. Without his inventions the widespread electrification that touched the majority of people on the planet would not have been possible. Nevertheless, he is still not recognized for many of his fundamental inventions. Such is the case of radio for which even the Supreme Court in 1943, determined Tesla as inventor. Tesla's greatest contributions are A.C. power transmission and fundamentals of radio and radio-control. Among the more than 700 of Tesla's other inventions/patents are the rotating magnetic field principle, polyphase alternating-current system, induction motor, wireless communication, fluorescent lights, and remote control. Tesla is one of only two Americans to have a unit of electrical measurement named in his honor. In this seminar we will review some of the most important of Tesla's inventions and examine how they influenced the technological (and social) changes in the 20th century" |
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Seminar Organizer:
Jasmina L. Vujic is a Professor and Chair of Nuclear Engineering Department. Her research interests include numerical simulations of radiation transport, nuclear reactor core design and analysis, and biomedical applications of radiation.