Electrical engineering Definition and 650 Threads

Hi. Is there a movement in some electrical engineering programs to favour programming skills over a more hands on/electronics approach (if I could call it that)? If so, what is the motivation for this? Trends in skills demanded by industry/academia? Schools associated with more...

Hi all, I got my BS in EE 2 years ago. I started working for this company but I feel that I'm going nowhere. All I do is test and I hate it. I was thinking of going back and getting my Masters in EE because ultimately I would like to do design. I made the mistake of not taking any...

What is the main difference between the two? They seem to be very, very closely related and I'm having difficulty deciding between the two. Help me please~

Does anyone have a good suggestion for books in Electrical engineering, specifically: - Analog Circuits Design and Analysis - RF circuits - Microelectronics and Device physics - Power Electronics - Signals and Systems; Feedback and control theory for Electrical Engineering. Something...

Does anyone have a good suggestion for books in Electrical engineering, specifically: - Analog Circuits Design and Analysis - RF circuits - Microelectronics and Device physics - Power Electronics - Signals and Systems; Feedback and control theory for Electrical Engineering. Something...

Homework Statement Question 1: http://img690.imageshack.us/i/79806671.jpg/ Question 2: http://img833.imageshack.us/i/48920688.jpg/ Homework Equations V=IR, P=I^2R The Attempt at a Solution Answer to Question 1: http://img831.imageshack.us/i/imgmp.jpg/ Answers to...

Homework Statement I was able to find the solution to this problem but I don't understand where it comes from. A series RL circuit is connect to a 110-V ac source. If the voltage across the resistor is 85 V, find voltage across inductor. Homework Equations Not sure. The...

So I am an electric engineer student. Still taking my prerequisite classes (this semester I am taking Calculus II, Chemistry I, Economics for Engineers and Communication for engineers) but i have a bit of free time and want to start learning about electronics.. In the pass i have built a...

Homework Statement Question number 3!, I attached it. Need help! Figure 1 shows the current through and the voltage across a device. Find the total energy absorbed by the device fore the period 0<t<4. Homework Equations integral of p = energy P=VI The Attempt at a Solution Just...

How do you size up an airconditioner for a room measuring 3m*2m housing a 25A, 48V dc UPS system, a radio repeater and about 20 48V dc relays.

Hi, I'm currently 16 and am very passionate towards electricity, always have been for a few years been focused on becoming an electrical engineer. Though I have hit a bit of a wall, I also found my self really getting into particles, and plasma. Right now I am in a electrical engineering...

Hello everyone, and especially people who are doing Electrical Engineering. I am doing M.S Physics now, almost finished first year but I realize that research at higher level is not my venue. I suck at it. While undergrad i took some mech eng and mat science classes, however my funds were...

Hi, I am a freshman in college trying to decide what to study, and what sort of long-term plans I should have. I like math and love physics, and for a long time I thought I would become a physicist. But lately I've been thinking that I would rather do something more practical and that has...

Can a Electrical Engineer work with robots or should i gor more for a degree in Mechatronical Engineering or Electronic Engineering? I have 2 options of university here in my country but one only have Electrcial Engineering and the other have separate degrees of Mechatronics E or Electronic E.

I am an student of Electrical Engineering and have already learned C language since, it is useful for programming of micro-controllers. I still want to learn some other programming language too. Please suggest me a programming language that will be useful for me for making useful softwares and...

Hi, I'm going to join the bachelor's program in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering at the University of Duisburg- Essen. I had to choose this subject because there is no bachelor's degree in Physics in Europe (excluding UK, Ireland) where the language of instruction is English. But I've a...

So far, I've taken Algebra 1 and 2, and Geometry. I'm taking Functions/Stats/Trig next year, and there's a great chance I'll be taking calc 1 senior year. (high school, of course) What other classes should I be taking, if I want to major in electrical engineering? I've heard calc is a BIG...

Hi all, I've been looking through the forums trying to find out what exactly electrical engineers do but have had no luck. I've read many people say that electrical engineering is a broad degree and there are a number of different types of jobs that they can do within the field (I'm not...

Electrical Engineering-- Capacitor Resistor Circuit Homework Statement Hello all. First time posting so excuse any fourm faux pas I may make. I was wondering if anyone could lend some help with the circuit below (ignore the *, they are just space holders to prevent reformatting of the...

*I am using the conventions of circular polarisation according to electrical engineering , not the one used in optics* Let us take a uniform plane TEM wave traveling in +z direction which is composed of two linearly polarised TEM waves , one whose electric field lies in X direction , the other...

I was wondering if anyone could give me some feed back on how much programming an electrical engineer does on an average week? I've talked to my professors and have gotten mixed answers, the general consensus I got when deciding between computer and electrical engineering was go electrical...

Guys, I am a 5th year Electrical Engineering Student. We are required to do thesis report. I really need your help on the topic since i have no idea on what topic should i make. The study should be in power systems. Can you suggest topics for me? I am interested in fault analysis, ANN, Fuzzy...

I am currently doing my 2nd year A levels in chemistry, phys and F.Math. Finshd normal math in yer 1. I am undecided as to whether I should study EE or Mathematical physics. The thing Is I have a great interest for math and applications of math but greatly dislike qualitative stuff. I hear that...

Have you ever used the Ideal Gas Law, Charles' Law, Boyls' Law, or the Combined Gas Law for anything in electrical engineering?

Hi all, I have a big decision to make, and I'm looking for advice from those in the fields. I'm trying to decide whether to be a computer or an electrical engineer. For the moment, I have been dual majoring in both, but due to family reasons, I will be transferring to a new university in the...

Can anyone help me get started on the basics in electrical engineering or maybe sending me some of the threads that already exist in the forum that are related to the basics and introduction of EE. Would be glad if someone helped, thnx!

I should have posted this here before. Oops. *gets a n00b hat* I really want to go into engineering. Badly. And I always come back to electrical engineering. But I don't have enough room in my schedule next year to take electronics in high school. So, how am I supposed to figure out if I want...

Which one to major in? What kind of job might one do with a B.S. in Physics Vs. Electrical Engineering?

With regards to the electrical engineering field, do you believe it is possible to maybe find some work before graduating, (i.e. before you have a full bachelors degree,) So that you can practice what you've been taught in college, in order to retain the skills, and to get experience also ...

http://i39.tinypic.com/28akmfk.jpg Ultimately, I am trying to find power dissipated by each resistor. I already applied node voltage analysis to the circuit. The picture shows the diagram of the problem and my attempted solution/ equations I came up with. In the diagram, I labeled...

I am in serious dilemma what to choose. I work as software profession till now for 5 yrs and I am already 30 yrs old.Lately I was thinking going back to school and apply for EE(signal procession or communication or RF) for phd. I got admission on them too but I am least interested onto it though...

Hello, My name is Jack Brassens and I am currently a Sophomore in high school. For the past few months I've been thinking a lot about my future and decided that Engineering is something that I really want to major in and live my life doing. So without further ado, I have a few different...

Hello, I am a student of electrical engineering of Madrid (Spain).. And I need to present a simple but original exercise with the program Femm. I have done a workshop of 10 hours and more or less I control the basic thing, have done some exercise as bobbins, condensers, etc... I was...

So here's the rundown: I just got into the electrical engineering department. However, I've already taken some intro EE classes (intro circuits, intro DSP, intro logic design) and even an advanced one (devices, transistors) and i really didnt like any of them at all. However, i am also a...

(4 Year colleges, that is ?) Granted, some colleges don't even offer those majors, and some colleges are known for certain things more than others?

Hey all, I think what I'm looking for is pretty self explanatory. If this isn't the right forum to post this question in, feel free to yell at me and i'll post it elsewhere. As some background, I am a senior electrical engineering major at a major university. I am in a senior design...

Hi. This is to all the practicing EEs out there. What are some of the challenges of electrical engineering work? Is it varied? What is your role (esp. wrt to EE technologists/technicians)? Preferably, answers will come from various specialties and roles (please state them). For example...

Hello, I am very new to the forums, and I ran across another form discussing these two topics; however the previous thread was mainly discussing nanotechnology. I am interested to find out which carrier I should pursue: chemical eng. or Elec. Eng.? I am extremely interested in both...

Dear Experts, For convolution to work in any input signal we should be able to represent the input signal in terms of appropriately scaled and shifted unit impulses. This one holds good for discrete time system in which the input signal can be represented as sum of scaled shifted unit impulses...

I need to choose which area to specialize in by the end of the month and I need some help. Here's some background: 3rd year BSEE at Penn State Did an REU with DSP at Utah State (specifically error correction coding) -- I really enjoyed it but academia is not for me. Did a 9 month...

Hello, I am currently doing an undergraduate degree in physics, one year left to go, and I'm considering doing a masters of engineering in electrical engineering in one of the following areas: Microwaves and RF, communication systems, opto-electronics and fiber optics, or systems and control...

I'm already half way through electrical engineering undergraduate course (I have taken subjects like circuit analysis and electromagnetic theory), and I am thinking of reviewing these subjects. For this, I also need to review physics. However, I don't know which topic should I start from. I want...

I'm stuck between Electrical Engineering and Mechanical. Mechanical does seem cooler as it seems to be more of a dynamic field, however, what would the job prospects be like for an Electrical engineer? It seems more and more high school students are playing around with circuitry... wouldn't...

Hi, I've recently finished school and have applied to study a combined degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering. I was just wondering what advantages (or disadvantages) this double specialisation would have for a career in physics as opposed to studying physics alone?

can anybody recommend a book for electrical engineering? i want to learn all the components and be able to read a circuit diagram. something like this (geiger-counter) http://www.imagesco.com/articles/geiger/schematicl.jpg

Is C++ programming used in electrical engineering work, it really doesn't seem as though it would be,but what could it be useful for, some kind of possible scenario ? (E.E. encorporates the use of electricity to make things happen mainly, whereas C++ has to do with computer design)

and also, how practical is an applied math degree? I love math and learning concepts, but I think it's also important to know you will always have a job. I'm guessing that engineering trumps math in this aspect? (I'll be attending the University of Texas at Austin next year)

Which degree is more employable? Anyone ever change from Physics to EE and not be disappointed? I'm just scared to major in Physics because I've never seen a job posting that says "Physics Bachelor's required." So it's a bit scary. Thanks.

This is my best guess, would this be correct? Electrical engineering is about physics and electronic circuits mostly, and quite a bit of math, and a little chemistry, a small amount of that. Does electrical engineering involve anything else?

Would an electrical engineer who earns a B.A. in Electrical engineering from around say 1998 - 2009 going to be taught different concepts than an electrical engineer who went to college say in 1950 or 1970 ? What are some of the differences?