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Eric T. B. Gross
Eric T. B. Gross
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When Eric Gross arrived in the United States in 1939, he already had earned an international reputation as a distinguished electric power engineer. By that time he had contributed significantly to major advances in high-speed relaying and to lightning protection and grounding of high-voltage transmission networks, and had published extensively in 119
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Throughout his career as an educator, Eric Gross remained active as a practicingengineer: he maintained close ties with the industry; he was a registered professional engineer in Illinois, New York, and Vermont and a chartered electrical engineer in the United Kingdom; he authored or coauthored more than one hundred technical and scientific papers published in professional journals around the world; he held twelve patents dealing with his inventions in the field of electric power systems protection and grounding; and he served as consultant to several major electric utility companies, equipment manufacturers, and government agencies. Eric Gross was also generous of his time in participating actively in the work of many professional and academic organizations, such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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In 1978 Professor Gross was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to electric power system education and pioneering leadership in the development of international educational programs." In 1979 he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and the Arts, First Class, for his career achievements in the field of electric power engineering. Throughout his life, Eric Gross was a fighter for what he believed in: excellence in engineering, proper balance between theory and practice in engineering education, and preservation of electric power engineering as an essential engineering discipline on U.S.
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Professor Gross strongly disagreed. It was in this context that the success of his graduate programs in electric power engineering at ITT and RPI contributed mightily to the preservation of electric power as a field of intellectual challenge for new generations of electrical engineers.
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Later in life, our paths crossed many times. He never once wavered from his dedication to the education of top quality electric power engineers.
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