EDUCATION: Undergraduate Studies - Austrian Polytechnic Institute at Graz: Separate Baccalaureate degrees in Physics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Graduate Studies - University of Prague: Physics.

DOCTEUR HONORIS CAUSA: University of Paris, Columbia University, Vienna Polytechnic Institute, University de Poitiers, University of Beograd, Graz Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, University of Grenoble, University of Sophia, University of Prague.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Vice-President of the AIEE (now IEEE) 1892 - 1894, Life Fellow IEEE (AIEE), Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow American Electro-Therapeutic Association, New York Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, National Electric Light Association, Serbian Academy of Sciences, Societe International des Electriciens, Societe Francaise de Physique, Institution of Electrical Engineers (British).

AWARDS: IEEE (AIEE) Edison Medal (1916), The Franklin Institute's Elliot Cresson Gold Medal (1893), The John Scott Medal (1934), Nominated for an undivided Nobel Prize in 1937.

250 PATENTS: The invention of the Rotating Magnetic Field, The Induction Motor, The AC Polyphase Power Distribution System, the Fundamental System of Wireless Communication (Legal Priority for the invention of Radio), RF Oscillators, Voltage Magnification by Standing Waves, Robotics, Logic Gates for Secure RF Communications, X-Rays, Ionized Gasses, High Field Emission, Charged Particle Beams, Voltage Multiplication Circuitry, High Voltage Discharges, Lightning Protection, the Bladeless Turbine, VTOL aircraft.

HONORS: The name "Tesla" was adopted as the unit of Magnetic Induction (1956). The Tesla Award was created by the IEEE (1976).

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