Partner Organizations

The Edison Tech Center has worked with many organizations over the last 10 years. The center has recieved grants for various projects from the IEEE, the Schenectady Foundation, and the State of New York. Edison Tech Center programs have partnered with Union College, the Schenectady County Historical Society and various local High School groups. General Electric and Siemens send groups of new employees to learn about technology history.

Media projects have featured prominent engineers from: U.C. Santa Barbara, Stanford, RPI, Ohio State, National Science Foundation, ASME, Union College, SUNY Albany, Moscow University, Trapeznikov Institute for Control Sciences, International Federation of Automatic Control, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University of Hanover, Istanbul Technical University and many more.

The Edison Tech Center is a participant in the GE Matching Funds Program.

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Local organizations of mutual interest:

• Children's Museum of Science and Technology
  
• Dudley Observatory
  
• Empire State Aeroscience Museum
  
• Schenectady County Historical Society
• Schenectady County Public Library
  
• Schenectady Museum
• Scotia-Glenville Children's Traveling Museum
  

     Websites of relevant technological history

• National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees
• History of Early Radio
• History of Radio
• History of Television
  
• Microwave history, online encyclopedia
• Laser history timeline
• Computer History Museum
  

        National and international technical organizations

• National Academy of Sciences - 2000 members
• National Academy of Engineering - more than 2000
• American Association of Engineering Societies - over 1 million members
• American Association for the Advancement of Science - 139,000 plus 10 million affiliates
• World Federation of Engineering Associations
• IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - 350,000 members
• EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute
• EEI - Edison Electric Institute
• IEE - Institute of Electrical Engineers
• UL - Underwriters Laboratory
• Electronic Components Association
• Electronics Industry Alliance
• NESF - National Electrical Safety Foundation
• IAEI - International Association of Electrical Inspectors
• NECA - National Electrical Contractors Association
• NSC - National Safety Council
• NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturing Association
• NFPA - National Fire Protection Association - 75,000
• CPSC - Consumer Products Safety Commission
• NAED - National Association of Electrical Distributors
• ALA - American Lighting Association
• ECF - Electrical Contracting Foundation
• NRECA - National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• APPA - American Public Power Association
• AHAM - Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
• NAB - National Association of Broadcasters
• American Chemical Society
• American Physical Society
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan of Tokyo
• Elfuns - 48,000 in 132 Chapters
  

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