What is Electrical Engineering?
Electrical engineering comprises the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism.
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Subdiscipline
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Scope
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Major specialties
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Electronic engineering
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The design of circuits that use the electromagnetic properties of electrical components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes and transistors to achieve a particular functionality.
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· Control engineering, focuses on the modeling of dynamic systems and the design of controllers using electrical circuits, digital signal processors and microcontrollers
· Telecommunications engineering
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Computer engineering
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The design and control of computing devices with the application of electrical systems
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· Software engineering, the development of instructions that control computing devices
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Power engineering
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The generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, and the design of devices such as transformers, electric generators, electric motors, high voltage engineering and power electronics.
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Optical engineering
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The design of instruments and systems that utilize the properties of electromagnetic radiation.
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