Engineering History
Introduction
The Engineering and Technology History Wiki website (ETHW) is based on MediaWiki dedicated to the history of technology. It consists of articles, first-hand accounts, oral histories and milestones and began operating in 2015.[1].
A partnership between the United Engineering Foundation (UEF) and its engineering member organizations ASCE, AIME, AIChE, ASME, IEEE as well as the Society of Women Engineers are developing this English Wiki (ETHW) as a central historical repository for the documentation, analysis and explanation of the history of technology. For this purpose, UEF has awarded a grant to develop such an intersocial engineering web platform. This work is primarily conducted at the IEEE History Center, attached to the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. Today, the ETHW is a successor to the former IEEE Global History Network (IEEE GHN), which operated from 2008 to 2014. Therefore, most of the content is related to electrical, electronic and computer engineering so far. As the fields of civil engineering, mining, metallurgical and petroleum, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering will be covered by members of the respective organizations in the future, ETHW aims to be a world record holder for preserving knowledge of the history of technological innovation in a broad sense. It differs from other online sources in that the personal accounts of technical innovators are made available to the public. After its inception as a common platform for several engineering societies in 2015, the Society of Women Engineers and the Society of Petroleum Engineers have already contributed new content during the first two months of 2015.[2][3][4][5][6].
Sectors
Encyclopedia
This sector includes articles on significant technological achievements (the former IEEE GHN STARS articles), topical articles such as introductions to important technologies and their evolution, biographies, and accounts of the history of engineering societies.
oral histories
The interviews were conducted with important personalities in the fields of interest. More than 500 transcripts of such interviews can be accessed, dating back to 1960.