Course Number: E24 (P/NP)
Day/Time: Monday 3:00-4:00, 3107 Etcheverry

"Nikola Tesla 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.

Organizers:

Jasmina L. Vujic is an Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering. Her research interests include numerical simulations of radiation transport, nuclear reactor core design and analysis, and biomedical applications of radiation.

Vojin G. Oklobdzija is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at UC Davis, and a Fellow of IEEE. His research interests include high-performance system architecture and design, VLSI and fast circuits, efficient implementation of algorithms and computation. He holds four USA and four European patents in the area of circuits and computer design.
 
 

Sponsors:
                  The Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley
                  The College of Engineering, UCB
                  Department of Nuclear Engineering, UCB
                  Westinghouse Electric Co.
                  Fry's Electronics