a brief introduction to electrical engineering
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Electrical Engineering
A brief Introduction
Samundra Gurung Department of Electrical Engineering IOE, Paschimanchal Campus
Introduction
• Definition
• The branch of engineering that specializes in the design, construction and practical uses of electrical systems
• Engineering is doing something useful
• Physics Engineering
Notable Electrical Greats
• George Ohm Michael Faraday Maxwell
Edison Tesla
Electronics and Electrical
• Electronics is more into semiconductors
• E.g. smart phones, robots, telecommunication etc
• Electrical is more into conductors
• It mainly deals with energy harvesting
Major areas in EE
• Power system • Study of power generation
and delivery within proper
limits
• Imagine a large spider web
• Most economical
generation and
transmission
• Power electronics • Design of electronics
circuits for larger power
applications
• Major force in the future
• E.g inverters, UPS etc
MPPT
Electrical machine
• Synchronous machine, induction, dc machine etc
Control system
• Sensors, automatic control, robotics, guidance system
Robotic Surgery Missile guidance
High voltage
• Study of impulse generator, lightning and other surge effects etc
More…………..
• You get to learn other cool softwares like matlab, proteus, emtp, etap, work bench etc
• You’ll learn to do both hardware and software
• Design and fabrication of electrical circuits
• Numerous field visits and tours
For example
• Hardware
• Modeling
Projects and Others
Scope
• Companies: NEA, BPC, Hydro solution
• AEPC,ESAP others
• Different NGOS and INGOS
• Hydropower companies and consultancies
• Industries, Renewable energy sectors
• Independent consultancies
• Academics
• Further studies with numerous scholarships like Erasmus mundus, DAAD, Indian govt. scholarship etc
• Most importantly ,You have a huge scope within the country