Harriett B. Rigas
Electrical engineer, professor, developed basic ideas to enable patching software without having to replace entire program
About Harriett B. Rigas
Lived 1934 – 1989 (aged 55). Harriett B. Rigas was an American engineer, electrical engineer, professor and computer engineer.
Harriett B. Rigas (30 April 1934 – 26 July 1989) was a Canadian electrical engineer and innovative lecturer who was recognised worldwide for her hybrid computer and computer simulation research.
Early life and education Rigas was born on 30 April 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She graduated from Queens University in 1956 with a bachelor's degree. She completed her master's in electrical engineering in 1959, the same year she got married. Rigas completed her doctorate in 1963 also from Kansas University as the first woman to do so.
Rigas was known for her advocacy of women in engineering. She was locally and nationally involved with the Society of Women Engineers, receiving the SWE Achievement Award in 1982.
She died in Michigan in 1989.
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Who was Harriett B. Rigas?
electrical engineer, professor, developed basic ideas to enable patching software without having to replace entire program
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Harriett B. Rigas was born on 30 April 1934 in Winnipeg.
When did Harriett B. Rigas die?
Harriett B. Rigas died on 26 July 1989 in Okemos.
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Harriett B. Rigas was an engineer, electrical engineer, professor and computer engineer.
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Harriett B. Rigas was American.
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