His most notable projects were on the GEMOV[2] surge protection device (now found in every home) as well as improvements in switches for the telephone industry.
During his long career he worked with well known engineers from other companies who spent summers on special projects, including Gordon Moore and Simon Ramo.
The center has thousands of artifacts ranging from rare engineering prototypes to common household electrical appliances of decades ago.
Since the early years of the organization the focus shifted from only General Electric's history to pioneers of technology from all parts of the world.
[8] Engineers from government and private companies have contributed time and content to various projects[9] including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Seagate Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, IPU (Moscow), International Federation of Automatic Control, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, Union College and of course General Electric.
The Wizards of Schenectady Program is a series of television shows and connected publicity events which highlight prominent Schenectady-based engineers who worked at General Electric.