The 22nd Annual Steinmetz Symposium
May 11th, 2012
Mark your calendars now for the 22nd Annual Steinmetz Symposium on Friday, May 11th, 2012. The Symposium will include concurrent sessions for oral presentations, posters, performances, and art exhibits. As always, sessions will be held on Friday, and classes will be canceled all day to allow students to attend the Steinmetz sessions.
Information for Steinmetz Presenters and Moderators is available.
Please enjoy an overview of Steinmetz 2011.
Since the detailed schedule for the Symposium will not be available until one week beforehand, visitors interested in seeing a particular student presentation should plan to be on campus for the entire day that Friday. Oral sessions typically run from 9AM - 5:30 PM, with the dance performance in the afternoon. The Steinmetz Concert will be held on Friday evening.
The Steinmetz Banquet will be held on Friday evening, May 11. A cash bar is available at 6PM, with buffet dinner to follow at 6:30PM. Banquet Registration is required for attendance (registration will open about one month before the event).
Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923), a professor at Union, was regarded as a leading pioneer of electrical engineering. He served as chief consulting engineer for the General Electric Company, and took charge in 1902 of Union’s new electrical engineering program. He was born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland) and studied in Breslau, Zurich and Berlin, receiving his Ph.D. in 1888. Steinmetz, an active socialist with strong anti-racist beliefs, was forced to flee Germany after writing a paper critical of the German government. He immigrated to the United States in 1893. He studied alternating current, and patented a system of AC in 1895. By the time he died, he held over 200 patents. Steinmetz served as a lecturer in undergraduate and post-graduate courses at Union until his death. He wished for his students “the spirit of divine discontent, for without it the world would stand still.”
Union is proud to dedicate the Charles Proteus Steinmetz Symposium on student creative, scholarly and research achievement to the memory of this scholar, teacher and practitioner.
Be sure to check online later in the year for more details and deadlines. If you're interested in learning more about the Steinmetz Symposium, contact Professor Kristin Fox, Director of Undergraduate Research.