The 20th Annual Steinmetz Symposium
May 7th & 8th, 2010
Information - Dedication - Abstract Submission - Schedule
Information
The 20th Annual Steinmetz Symposium will be held on Friday, May 7th and Saturday, May 8th 2010 and will include concurrent sessions for oral presentations, posters, performances, and art exhibits. Most sessions will be held on Friday and classes will be cancelled as appropriate to allow all students to attend Steinmetz sessions. Since the detailed schedule for the Steinmetz Symposium will not be available until one week beforehand, it is best to plan to be on campus for the entire day Friday, May 7th to see a student oral presentation. Oral sessions will run from 9AM - 5:30 PM, with the dance performance in the afternoon. The Steinmetz Concert will be held on Friday evening and the Jazz Concert on Saturday afternoon.
All oral presentations will be 15 minutes in length, with 5 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Please enter and exit rooms only during the Q&A sessions or between presentations.
Dedication
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.
Schedule
Steinmetz abstracts can be submitted beginning Feb. 1, 2010.
The abstract deadline is Feb. 25, 2010.
The final day for minor changes to the Steinmetz schedule is March 30, 2010.
The completed Steinmetz schedule will be posted online on April 30, 2010.
For more information about the Steinmetz Symposium, please contact Professor Kristin Fox, Director of Undergraduate Research.