Edith Clarke | |
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| Born | February 10, 1883 |
| Died | October 29, 1959 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Vassar College Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Clarke transformation Clarke calculator |
| Awards | National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | General Electric University of Texas at Austin |
Edith Clarke (February 10, 1883 – October 29, 1959) was an American electrical engineer. She was the first woman to be professionally employed as an electrical engineer in the United States,[1] and the first female professor of electrical engineering in the country.[2] She was the first woman to deliver a paper at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; the first female engineer whose professional standing was recognized by Tau Beta Pi, the oldest engineering honor society and the second oldest collegiate honor society in the United States; and the first woman named as a Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. She specialized in electrical power system analysis[3] and wrote Circuit Analysis of A-C Power Systems.[4]
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anbwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Durbin, John. "In Memoriam: Edith Clarke". Index of Memorial Resolutions and Biographical Sketches. University of Texas. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ Brittain, J.E. (January 1996). "Edith Clark and power system stability [Scanning the Past]". Proceedings of the IEEE. 84 (1): 90. doi:10.1109/JPROC.1996.476030. ISSN 0018-9219. S2CID 26830617.
- ^ Clarke, Edith (1943). Circuit analysis of A-C power systems. J. Wiley & sons, inc.