Institution of Electrical Engineers: Annual Report

Abstract

ACCORDING to the report for the year 1943–44 of the Council of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, total membership on March 31, 1944, numbered 24,558, and of those there were 11,924 corporate members; 2,944 elections to all classes of membership were made during the previous twelve months. During the year 562 meetings were held in London and at the local centres. The Wireless Section held fifteen meetings, the Measurements Section eight, the Transmission Section eight, the Installations Section seven, and there were six informal meetings. There are nine students sections. Post-war planning has received close attention at the hands of the committee appointed for the purpose, and reports have been published on "Education and Training for Engineers", the "Organization of Post-War Electrical Research", and on "Electricity Supply, Distribution and Installation." A report on "Electricity in Post-War Building" has been completed by the Electrical Installations Committee and is being published by H.M. Stationery Office. The Council's report also deals with various phases of the Institution's war effort, with technical investigations, joint activities with other institutions, and with the subject of education. The revised eleventh edition of the Regulations for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings has been issued during the year.