PES/IAS: The History of Benjamin Franklin and Study of Electricity
Meeting of the Philadelphia Joint chapter IEEE Power & Energy and Industry Applications Societies
This presentation will cover a time line of Benjamin Franklin’s life, focusing on his years experimenting with static electricity and the study of lightning. We will review static electricity including the Triboelectric series which ranks material by their ease in giving up electrons, touch on Coulomb’s law of charges, and look at lightning facts and figures.
There will also be a live demonstration of Franklin’s kite experiment using a Van de Graaff generator and applying its charge to a kite built and stringed per Franklin’s specifications. We will conclude by passing judgement on the question, is Franklin’s kite experiment history or myth?
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- Date: 27 Mar 2019
- Time: 03:45 PM UTC to 05:00 PM UTC
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- Two Commerce Square
- 2001 Market Street Suite 600
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- United States 19103
- Building: Burns Engineering, Inc.
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E-mail or call Stas Muzylowski at smuzylowski@burns-group.com or 215-979-7700 x7790.
- Starts 27 February 2019 01:30 PM UTC
- Ends 25 March 2019 09:00 PM UTC
- Admission fee (optional) ?
- Menu: No lunch, Ham and cheese sandwich, chips, cookie, Roast beef sandwich, chips, cookie, Turkey sandwich, chips, cookie, Tuna sandwich, chips, cookie, Vegetarian option, Gluten free option
Speakers
Robert Swayne
Biography:
Bob Swayne retired in 2017 after an electrical engineering and consulting career in a variety of industries including steel, aerospace, educational, commercial, industrial, and transportation. Project types included low and medium voltage power distribution systems, substations, power studies, emergency/standby generator systems, life safety systems, lighting systems, power monitoring and SCADA systems. A graduate of Drexel University with BS and MS in Electrical Power Engineering, Bob is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California. Bob has served positions on IEEE local and national societies including the Philadelphia Power & Energy - Industry Applications Joint Chapter, National Electrical Code panels, and IEEE standards committees. He was 2013 Delaware Valley IEEE Electrical Engineer of the Year and now a Senior Life IEEE member.
Agenda
Lunch: 11:45 a.m. Presentation: 12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m.
* Public Transportation: SEPTA (Rail to 30th Street Station or Trolley to 22nd & Market Street) * Note: Registration closes on Monday, February 25, 2019 at 5pm.