Gustav Eiffel, is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, and his contribution to building the Statue of Liberty in New York.
He also presented a project to build the Dom Luis I Bridge in Porto and his student Theophile Seyrig built it. We are sure that IEEE UP Student Branch will organize a visit there during IEEE R8 SYP Congress 2018 and you will have the chance to take a lot of selfies!!
One of the six elected founding vice presidents of one of IEEE’s predecessor organization, AIEE.
The inventor of telephone was encouraged to become an engineer by his father.
Nicolas’ Tesla turning point in his life to become an engineer was one of his professors!
Which was your turning point to choose to be an engineer?