Theodore Wildi - Profile of Theodore Wildi

Abbreviated curriculum vitae

1922 Born in Schafisheim , Switzerland

1929 Parents and family emigrate to Canada

1944 Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in Electrical Engineering

1944-1948 Engineer in charge of test department of rotating machinery for the Electric Tamper and Equipment Company (Montreal)

1948-1982 Lecturer (1948-1953), Assistant Professor (1953-1956), and Titular Professor (1956-1982), of Electrical Engineering at Laval University (Québec)

1951-1962 Founder and President of the School of Industrial Electricity, an institution devoted to the training of technicians in electricity, electronics and telecommunications

1959-1969 Founder and President of Gen-tec Inc., a company specializing in the repair and maintenance of electrical and electronic apparatus, as well as the manufacture of peak-load stabilizers and educational equipment

1969-1972 Director and Vice-President of Lab-Volt (Quebec) Ltd.

1983 Named Professor Emeritus of Laval University , Department of Electrical Engineering

1987-2002 Chair of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Technical Committee on the International System of Units (SI)

1988 Recipient of the McNaughton Gold Medal, presented on behalf of the IEEE Canadian Region for leadership in the field of electrical engineering as an industrialist, inventor, educator and outstanding contributor to the development of power distributing and controlling systems as well as technical and scientific literature.

1993-2002 Chair of the Canadian Advisory Committee On the International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee TC12 on Quantities, Units, Symbols and Conversion factors

1994 SALLE THÉODORE WILDI

The Electrical Machines Laboratory bearing the commemorative citation : « Hommage reconnaissant de l'Université Laval à Théodore Wildi, ingénieur et professeur émérite de la Faculté des Sciences et de Génie pour sa contribution exceptionnelle à l'enseignement de l'électrotechnique. »

1999 Nominated Member of the Order of Canada.

1999 SALLE THÉODORE WILDI commemorative conference room on the occasion of the inauguration of the new headquarters of Breton, Banville et Associés, Consulting Engineers, in St. Hilaire, Québec

2006 IEEE - SA Standards Board Award for development of the IEEE Standard titled "IEEE Standard Definitions for Selected Quantities, Units and Related Terms, with Special Attention to the International System of Units (SI)"

2007 Named Membre Honoraire by the Association de l'industrie électrique du Québec "en reconnaissance de son apport exceptionnel au développement et au rayonnement du savoir-faire et de l'expertise du Québec en génie électrique"

Membership

Order of Engineers of Québec
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
United States Metric Association (USMA)

Publications and patents

1995 Metric Units and Conversion Charts, 130 pages (John Wiley)

2000 Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems 5 th Ed., 886 pages (Prentice-Hall)

2000 Électrotechnique, 3e Éd., 1154 pages (Les Presses de l'Université Laval)

1963-2000 Theodore Wildi's inventions are described in more than twenty patents

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