Josephine Webb

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Josephine Webb

Engineering

#2108

World Rank

#2955

Historical Rank

#728

USA Rank

Electrical Engineering

#527

World Rank

#581

Historical Rank

#169

USA Rank

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Josephine Webb's Degrees

• Masters Electrical Engineering Stanford University
• PhD Electrical Engineering California Institute of Technology

Why Is Josephine Webb Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Josephine Webb is an American electrical engineer who obtained two patents for oil circuit breaker contact design, known colloquially as "switchgear". She designed an eighteen-inch, full newspaper size fax machine with superior resolution. She co-founded Webb Consulting Company with her husband, also an electrical engineer. She is one of the first female electrical engineers, and considered a pioneer by the Society of Women Engineers. At Purdue University, she was one out of a total of five women engineers. She turned 100 in June 2018.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Josephine Webb?

Josephine Webb is affiliated with the following schools:

• California Institute of Technology
• North Idaho College
• Stanford University
• Purdue University