N'ihe dị ka n'ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 1904, otu ndị enyi Edison na ndị ọrụ ibe ya mepụtara Edison Medal. Afọ anọ ka nke ahụ gasịrị, American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), nke mechara bụrụ IEEE, sooro ndị otu ahụ banye nkwekọrịta iji nye onyinye ahụ dị ka ihe nrite kachasị elu. E nyere onyinye mbụ na 1909 nye Elihu Thomson. Ọ bụ onyinye kacha ochie na mpaghara nke injinia eletriki na elektrọnik, a na-enye ya kwa afọ "maka ọrụ dị mma na sayensị eletriki, injinia eletriki ma ọ bụ nka eletriki". Ajụjụ: Mgbe emere Edison Medal?
Febụwarị 11, 1904