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What Is Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering is one of the newer branches of engineering, and dates back to the late 19th century. It is the branch of engineering that deals with the technology of electricity. Electrical engineers work on a wide range of components, devices and systems, from tiny microchips to huge power station generators.

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What Is Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering is one of the newer branches of engineering, and dates back to the late 19th century. It is the branch of engineering that deals with the technology of electricity. Electrical engineers work on a wide range of components, devices and systems, from tiny microchips to huge power station generators.

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What Is Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering includes work on electronic circuitry.


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Electrical engineering is one of the newer branches of engineering, and dates back to
the late 19th century. It is the branch of engineering that deals with the technology of
electricity. Electrical engineers work on a wide range of components, devices and
systems, from tiny microchips to huge power station generators.

Early experiments with electricity included primitive batteries and static charges.
However, the actual design, construction and manufacturing of useful devices and
systems began with the implementation of Michael Faraday's Law of Induction, which
essentially states that the voltage in a circuit is proportional to the rate of change in the
magnetic field through the circuit. This law applies to the basic principles of the electric
generator, the electric motor and the transformer. The advent of the modern age is
marked by the introduction of electricity to homes, businesses and industry, all of which
were made possible by electrical engineers.
Some of the most prominent pioneers in electrical engineering include Thomas
Edison (electric light bulb), George Westinghouse (alternating current), Nikola
Tesla (induction motor), Guglielmo Marconi (radio) and Philo T. Farnsworth (television).
These innovators turned ideas and concepts about electricity into practical devices and
systems that ushered in the modern age.
Since its early beginnings, the field of electrical engineering has grown and branched
out into a number of specialized categories, including power generation and
transmission systems, motors, batteries and control systems. Electrical engineering also
includes electronics, which has itself branched into an even greater number of
subcategories, such as radio frequency (RF) systems, telecommunications, remote
sensing, signal processing, digital circuits, instrumentation, audio, video and
optoelectronics.

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