Events Calender
Upcoming events 2013:Weekly Events:
Every Saturday 2pm: Meeting of the IEEE Employment Network
Fridays 5-7pm: Workshop Friday -- Edison Tech Center makers work on the rapid prototyping machine or learn about useful tools.
April:
Steinmetz Day
Check our main page for announcement of details of an event for Steinmetz Day
May:Women Engineers Month
Weekly events celebrating a different prominent woman engineerNancy Fitzroy documentary world premeire
Keep up to date by checking back on our main page or facebook.
Past Events:
Winter 2013 -
March - Pi Day - free instruction with the Rasberry Pi
March - History of the Telegraph presentation\
January - Engineering Analysis Course
December - free course for engineering applications with the Rasberry PiFall 2012 - Weekly Programs - The ETC begins Workshop Friday, IEEE Employment Network, and collection of technological donations on weekends.
Summer 2012 - Visits from Siemens, GE and more - During the summer various groups in training visited the Edison and learned about Schenectady's history as well as about important electrical technologies.
March 2012 - Oral History Interviews - More interviews with engineering pioneers collect the personal memories of people and great advancements at the GE Research Lab in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. These videos are now part of our video catalogue here.
February 2012 - Lighting Project Completed - A 12 part course on the electric light was completed with sponsorship from both the Edison Tech Center and the IEEE. The set of web pages are the webs most comprehensive pages on the electric light. Many hours of research along with help from corporations and educational institutions helped assemble a more complete history than any other source.
May-July 2011 - An Engineers Ride Across the USA - Edison Tech Center volunteer Bill Kornrumpf crosses the country and gathers information on engineering history sites,follow along in his journal.April 2011 - New displays open at the Edison covering new areas such as: The Transformer, Insulators, Electric Motor, Fluorescent Lights. Displays were built by volunteer Bill Lober.
March 18, 2011 - Tour: Edison Tech Center tour and discussion with US Congressman Paul Tonko
February 20, 2011 - Premiere of Wizards of Schenectady - Dr. Harold Chestnut, Pioneer in Automatic Control Engineering. The documentary film was shown at the Unitarian Church in Schenectady. Dr. Chestnut was a member of the Unitarian society at the church during his lifetime
July 2010 - Our facility at 132 North Broadway in Schenectady re-opens to the public after a one-year of being closed for reorganization.
Summer 2010 - The Edison Tech Center has been working with other organizations in the creation of new web pages on untold areas of history. Some partners have been the Great Barrington Historical Society, California State Parks, Greg Millet of the Magic Lantern Society, Schenectady County Historical Society, the Schenectady Museum, and groups promoting the history of Ironville and Joseph Henry.
Ongoing Projects:
We are currently developing our public displays. We have exhibits on lighting, electromagnets, electric motors, audio, photovoltaics, microwaves, the first electric appliances(includes irons, refrigerators, ovens, heating pads, and more), and recording technology.
The Edison Tech Center web page grows by the month with new information on the history of electricity. Look at our Resources Page for a list of online resources.
Each week or two we release a new short video on engineering history on our YouTube video channel.
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