Ee Definition and 550 Threads

In your opinion what are the top specializations of EE that are in demand. What is the hardest to get into and yet most rewarding? I've taken some introductory courses in the following subjects and done pretty well. Right now I see myself going into Analog but I am so interested in RF. Is RF...

Ludicrous? Would this look good on a resume when I go to apply to grad schools for solid state physics? I will have a 3.5 GPA (hopefully), REU experience and hopefully decent GRE scores. I'll be a member of eta kappa nu (EE honors society), and sigma pi sigma (physics honors society) and...

I really don't know which major to take; Electrical E or Computer Engineering? When someone says take one you like the most, how would I know which one I like the most if I never worked in that field. I am in my common 2nd year of EE/CE. After this year I have to declare my major, please what...

Hey everyone. Just want to run something by people here...I'm a sophomore in Electrical Engineering, and love it (even though it's hard), and recently a friend of mine told me that he was minoring in Management along with EE, and that seemed really odd to me, because they seem unrelated, but he...

Did anyone have a Laptop and acutally use it while studying EE? Maybe you had a laptop because you thought you needed it or maybe you had some money and bought it, although you didn't need it. Please, could you tell me is it needed or worthwhile to have a Laptop while being a student in EE...

Hey everyone. This might be kind of a weird question, but something I've been thinking about. I'm in my second year of Electrical Engineering, talking basic Circuits courses, diff.Eq, and a Digital Design class, and I have to say, classes are wicked hard. I guess I expected this, but I did very...

I was a bit surprised to find that the salary of a CCIE is twice the salary of an EE, how come that the Engineers who are designing the routes at Cisco are getting far more less paid than the people who operate them. Is there any logical explanation for this ?:bugeye:

Hello, I am not an student, engineer or businessman, just a digital video hobbyist/wannabe filmmaker with an idea for a digital video product, that in my uneducated opinion, would be easy to engineer. I am looking for a person (student or otherwise) with decent knowledge of the U.S. version...

Is it pretty common for companies that hire Electrical and Computer engineers to pay for their employees to go to grad school. It seems like many companies would pay for EE's with bachelors degrees to go to grad school as long as the employee signs something saying they will work for that...

Hey everyone. School's about to start, and I talked to my advisor a little bit. I'm going to be having some extra classes in the next couple years (I'm a second year Electrical Engineering student), and I was wondering if anyone has any advice: One thing he mentioned is the Honors program. He...

Hey everyone. I've been doing some thinking about grad school, and I have a question. I'm an undergrad in Electrical Engineering, and I plan on going to grad school after I graduate. There are three school that have alway been kind of my "dream" schools to go to do (MIT, Caltech, or...

Electrical Engineering Program was very, very hard. Six courses per semester, it was suicidal but manageable. I could not imagine that it was going to be so dificult in my first year of engineering program. Not many students are left in the program. I was a top student in high school but...

I am bit confused with choosing an appropiate engg branch as there is no provision to change from one branch to another after joining Electrical & Electronics (EE) & Electronics & Communication (EC), which is more interesting anyone please help me in choosing one.

I am willing to pay whoever can help me answer 13 specific questions spread in four different topics in Electrical Engineering. Please answer if anyone is interested.

I am an electrical engineering student.I need your advice on what should i learn or so in summer to make myself a better electrical engineer and give more credit to my CV like what to learn other than college courses(ex:networking,programming...certifications) and what kind of training should i...

Although I have only read about half of Zapper Z's thread on how to become a physicist, I have thoroughly enjoyed it. And I am glad to see that MathWonk has started a similar thread for aspiring mathematicians. I think that PF should have one of these guides for all the fields discussed on...

Anyone in here work in the solid-state area of EE? What do people that focus on solid-state do after they graduate? Is the job market okay? I am thinking about focusing on the solid-state area of EE for my MS/PHD. Any help would great.

I would like to know if I am given an assignment, how can I determine the ideal amount of time I should allocate to it. My program is a combination of Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering. I am assigned programming assignments, as well as problem solving assignments.

I had posted before about my background, I am pursuing a BS in computer science and computer engineering, and will soon probably enter the MS electrical engineering program at my university - after that I am unsure whether to pursue a PhD in physics, electrical engineering, or another field. So...

Well finals just finished and I am pretty sure that I did pretty well over all except for my Honors Physics II course. I wanted to get advice about this. My final grade for the semester just came in for Physics II and its a C+. I thought I was going to do worse but the scale greatly helped...

First and foremost I'm a newbie on here and just registered today but have been visiting for a while and find a lot of you guys very helpful. I registed because I wanted some advice on my current situation. I am an EE student who went to Community College for the first year and half and...

I just changed my major to EE (actually last semester). I was previously a comp sci major. While in CS I took calc I, II, discrete math, then calc III and linear algebra. I hated math when I took up to discrete math. I always just wanted to solve the problems on the computer. It wasn't until...

Hi, I am entering my final year of school here in Western New york. I will be graduating with an EE degree. I am curious as to what role the courses you take your final year play in what field of study you get into afterwards. I plan on taking a MEMS class, lasers and optoelectronics, and maybe...

Hello everyone! I'm in 12th grade and having trouble finally deciding what to choose between Electrical Engineering and Theoretical Physics. My real problem is that I love Math and Physics and false modesty apart, I think I'm good at it.( I haven't entered into University yet but presently I...

Hi, Right now I am (almost) a telecommunications technician which I have taken a 2 year course for at my local university. We have studied many things such as analogue, digital, microprocessor, and wireless circuits. We've built and designed BJT & mosfet amps, worked with arrays of digital...

Hello, not sure if I should post this here or in the Academic forum. Seems like most of those posts were for physics. Anyway. I have an interview tomorrow with Kenworth Trucking company in Kirkland, WA. I am a junior Electrical/Computer Engineer at Seattle University. The application was...

Right now I'm in high school. I want to major in EE and get my BSEE, but I'm not sure what exact classes/minors/concentrations to take to be successful in the workforce. What I really want to do is design circuits for motherboards, cpus, gpus, and basically any microelectronic on a computer, but...

Which course is more appropriate as an Introductory Electrcity Circuit Course? #1 ENGI12578 - Electricity 1 Examine the important concepts of DC electricity as an essential background for further electrical and electronic studies. Integrating laboratory work and problem solving, learn...

If one were to major in EE and wanted to minor in mathematics what math classes would you recomend. And if one were to want to minor in computer science what types of classes would you recommend this EE major?

REU for EE major that wants to get into applied semiconductor physics... hello, I am a dual major in EE and compE, with minors in both chemistry and physics (3 credits away from the chem minor, and I would like to take quantum mechanics, contemporary physics, and solid state physics, which will...

I am currently majoring in chemical engineering, but I really am not finding it that interesting. I am in my first year, so I still have time to change my major and not have to take any extra classes. So I am taking the same classes this whole year that I would take if I were to major in about...

When comparing the two degrees, what important aspects are missing on the physicist side when doing EE work and vice versa?

Hey all, quick question here. I'm doing my first year of ee at college right now, and while some of the classes I'm taking (physics etc) are helping me very much to understand some of the topics, I'm getting extremely eager to practice some circuit design (my first circuit design class won't be...

What type of electronics project did you design? What do you think would be a good project? Right now I'm leaning towards a wireless project.

Hello everyone, I am a CS major who will be taking an Introductry course in EE specifically designed for non-EE majors. It covers analysis and design of passive and active circuits. I know that the prerequisite to the class is calculus and engineering physics (electromagnetism). I took the...

hey all, these are going to be my first year physics courses at univ. i was just wondering what you all thought of them! I am majoring in EE and not the greatest fan of physics but these 3 courses are mandatory and i understand why, i was just looking for you input! thanks a bunch. :smile...

Do any new job prospects open if you double major in EE and ME? And isn't that kind of like mechtronics? I'm a year and a half into ME (taking calc III next semester) and I'm thinking I should've been in EE all along ... but ME has it's intersting points. My passion is in robotics and...

EE Electives: take everything...? And IEEE papers.. Information overload. I'm planning my 'senior elective package,' a bunch of electives focused on a certain field. My problem is that it seems to me ALL of them are important. I mean Intro to communication? Or digital electronics...

Aero, EE, ME?? which one is fun? My high school finally ended yesterday, and now i am so confused about my future education... and here is my story i came to USA during high school, this didnt do anything good because the confusion of GPA. It ended up very bad that every good engineering...

dont know if this is the right forum, but... For my undergraduate degree I have to take three senior electives of my choice. There are 38 courses in 13 concentration areas, but I only have interest in a handful; -------------------------------------------------------------...

Ok, so in my other thread people told me I can get a BS in Phyics and then if I chicken out of the 7 year Grad. School thing, I can instead get a Masters in EE, yes? I love the idea of having a choice like that. So, my question is, if I do decide to switch to EE, would I need to have any...

Should I double major in EE and Physics? Need advices Even though I'm currently majoring in EE, I also have great interest in physics. I'm now considering about doubling EE and Physics. I've just discuss about double majoring with my department advisor, she told me that doubling will require me...

Hi Guys, I am doing a physics ee on the terminal velocity. So I am going to drop a spherical object into a graduating cylinder which has a really wide diameter and is relatively tall. Now the problem is that I have to measure the time taken between a fixed vertical distance. I have to measure...

Greetings. I just found these forums and hope you guys can shed some light on this for me. I just received my AA degree from a local community college and am finishing up Physics 2 and Calculus 3 so I can move on to the University of Central Florida. I would like to get into the Masters...

I noticed a similar thread has been started already, but i really want to talk about this with anyone: It's urgent. I'll need all the help I can get. Is it better to pursue Computer Engineering (CE) or Electrical Engineering (EE)? I learned in EE, u can do both computers and other electronics...

I will be majoring in electrical engineering, and have a couple questions. I've heard a lot about how the classes are extremely tedious, difficult, boring, and time consuming. anyone have any opinions there? also i would like to know what some of you did with your degrees. thanks

The question reads: The optical rotation of pure pencicillin G is +206 degrees. A sample of pencillin G was found to have an optical rotation of +103 degrees. Calculate the enantiomeric excess (ee) in the mixture. I did so by: 103/203 x 100 = 50% Here is where I am lost: Next...

EE with a minor in physics? Hello, I am seeking advice on some school decisions and I figured someone here could help since almost every one her is obviously educated on the subject. On to my predicament: Originally I wanted to do joint degrees in EE and physics. That is probably out...

Over the years I have run across a few surprising facts about electrical components. I thought to pass on a couple of these [somewhat obscure?] interesting and often important details. So here are a couple of questions to chew on. 1). Why is it bad to oversize a relay contact? In other words...

I'm trying to decide if it's worth my time to make my undergraduate GPA super high My cumulative won't get much higher than 3.2 even if I get 4.0 for the next two years, so I won't be able to get into any honors societies, and the only reason I can see to bother temporarily memorizing every...