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Erna Hamburger
Erna Hamburger (September 14, 1911 – May 15, 1988) was a Swiss engineer and professor. In 1957, she became professor of electrometry at the University of Lausanne. She was the first woman in the history of Switzerland to be named a professor at a STEM university.

Life and Career
Erna Hamburger born on September 14, 1911 in Brussels, Belgium to Frederick and Else Müller. She went to secondary school in Kissingen, Bavaria. In 1933, Hamburger received an engineering-electrician diploma from the EPFL. Hamburger also received a doctorate in technical sciences from the EPFL in 1936.

Before becoming a professor at the University of Lausanne, Hamburger was the head of work at the electrotechnical laboratory at the EPFL. Other positions Hamburger held include: President of the Swiss Association of Women in Liberal and Commercial Careers, president of the Association of University Women of Vaud ,and Vice President of the International Federation of University Women.

One of her major innovations was her creation of an apparatus for radio-wave reception. Her radio-wave research included topics such as a system of optical registration from tone frequencies and ultra-short waves.

Hamburger joined the Swiss military in 1939 and was promoted to chief of the telecommunication troops in 1950.

Legacy
Hamburger was an advocate for higher education. Shortly after her death, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne -Women in Science and Humanities Foundation was created. The primary goal of this foundation is to promote and support women in higher education. Every year, the Erna Hamburger Prize is awarded to "the most influential woman in science" that year.