One of my most deeply held beliefs is that no sincere question is stupid. Certainly not yours.
Electrical engineering used to be about power distribution and the wiring of buildings and such, and a part of the field still is. But just as an architect doesn't mix and pour concrete personally for a building, an electrical engineer is mostly involved in design. The people who follow a plan and wire things together are called Electricians. That's a respectable job, too, but it's more skilled labor than engineering.
Most electrical engineers that we graduate today are actually electronic or computer engineers. Those are the people that design and test the gadgets and systems that we use today.
Electrical engineering is applied physics and mathematics, 4 years of hard work and study for A students only. Handling wires is call being an electrician. In between is call being a technician.
Dear Dan:
Electrical Engineering is a very large piece of
knowledge real estate.
But as a discipline, here's what you can expect to
learn. The BASICS of :
a: Basic Mathematics
b: Algebra
c: Geometry and Plane Trigonometry
d: Analytic Geometry
c: First term Differential and Integral Calculus
d: English as a first language
e: Expository writing
f: American Fed. Government.
g: Logic
h: Basic Circuit Components
- Terminology
- Basic Circuit Analysis
- Circuit structure
- AC and DC principles and history
- capacitance, resistance and inductance
- Methods of measurement
i: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
- Physics
- terminology
- fields
- magnetic theory
j: Solid State Theory
- Gate Theory
- The Josephson Theory
- The transistor
- Integrated Circuit Theory
- LSI ( Large Scale Integrated circuit theory)
- The Evolution of LSI
- Principles of LSI construction
- Field Effect Transistors
- Metal Oxide Transistors
k: The Modern LSI and calculating devices
- LSI Architecture
- LSI planning and Construction
l: Principles of Stored Program Computers
Intro to Basic Computing
- Systems
- Printed Circuit Logic
- Computing Systems Components
m: Basic Machine Logic
- Mother Board and CPU Logic
- System Dignostics
n: System architecture and planning
o: Systems Analysis
p: System Construction
q: System Design and Decisions
r: Organizational Leadership
s: The Work Group
t : Summary of Course Work
u : Creation, Design and Implementation
of Proprietary Systems
v : Patents and Copyright processes
w : Modern Business Principles.
IT : Intro to FORTRAN programming.
IT : Intro to BASIC programming.
- program debugging
Use of the Scientific Calculator
Actually it involves principles and calculations in inductive and capacitive circuits. An Installation course involves calculating predicted demand, fault currents, voltage drop in cables at working current, choosing suitable cable types and sizes,and choosing suitable protection (breakers, fuses) and switchgear.
Do they actually build stuff or just wire them? I know this is probably a stupid question.
