WHAT IS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING?

Electrical engineering is a technical discipline concerned with the study, design and application of equipment, devices and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identified activity in the latter half of the 19th century after commercialization of the electric telegraph, the telephone, and electrical power generation, distribution and use.

Electrical engineering is now divided into a wide range of fields including, computer engineering, power engineering, telecommunications, radio-frequency engineering, signal processing, instrumentation, and electronics. Many of these disciplines overlap with other engineering branches, spanning a huge number of specializations including hardware engineering, power electronics, electromagnetics and waves, microwave engineering, nanotechnology, electrochemistry, renewable energies, mechatronics, and electrical materials science. See glossary of electrical and electronics engineering.

WHO ARE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS?

Electrical engineers design, develop, and test electrical devices and equipment, including communications systems, power generators, motors and navigation systems, and electrical systems for automobiles and aircraft. They also oversee the manufacture of these devices, systems, and equipment.

Electrical engineers typically hold a degree in electrical engineering or electronic engineering. Practising engineers may have professional certification and be members of a professional body or an international standards organization. These include the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (formerly the IEE). The IEC prepares international standards for electrical engineering, developed through consensus, thanks to the work of 20,000 electro-technical experts, coming from 172 countries worldwide.

Electrical Engineer Responsibilities:

  1. Designing, maintaining, implementing, or improving electrical instruments, facilities, components, equipment products, or systems for industrial, commercial or domestic purposes.
  2. Performing a wide range of engineering tasks by operating computer-assisted design or engineering software and equipment.
  3. Conferring with customers, engineers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering products or projects.
  4. Ensuring that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements by preparing electrical systems specifications, technical drawings or topographical maps.
  5. Establishing construction, manufacturing or installation standards or specifications by performing a wide range of detailed calculations.
  6. Ensuring compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements by directing or coordinating installation, manufacturing, construction, maintenance, documentation, support or testing activities.
  7. Writing reports and compiling data regarding existing and potential electrical engineering projects and studies.
  8. Preparing specifications for purchases of electrical equipment and materials.
  9. Supervising or training project team members.
  10. Estimating material, labor, or construction costs for budget preparation.
  11. Maintaining electrical equipment.
  12. Working with a variety of technicians.

    13. TOP INSTITUTES TO STUDY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING:

    1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
    2. College of Engineering, Pune
    3. Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
    4. PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
    5. Delhi Technological University, Delhi
    6. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
    7. Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
    8. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
    9. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    10. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur
    11. Jadavpur University, Kolkata

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    WHAT IS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING?

    Electrical engineering is a technical discipline concerned with the study, design and application of equipment, devices and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identified activity in the latter half of the 19th century after commercialization of the electric telegraph, the telephone, and electrical power generation, distribution and use.

    Electrical engineering is now divided into a wide range of fields including, computer engineering, power engineering, telecommunications, radio-frequency engineering, signal processing, instrumentation, and electronics. Many of these disciplines overlap with other engineering branches, spanning a huge number of specializations including hardware engineering, power electronics, electromagnetics and waves, microwave engineering, nanotechnology, electrochemistry, renewable energies, mechatronics, and electrical materials science. See glossary of electrical and electronics engineering.

    WHO ARE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS?

    Electrical engineers design, develop, and test electrical devices and equipment, including communications systems, power generators, motors and navigation systems, and electrical systems for automobiles and aircraft. They also oversee the manufacture of these devices, systems, and equipment.

    Electrical engineers typically hold a degree in electrical engineering or electronic engineering. Practising engineers may have professional certification and be members of a professional body or an international standards organization. These include the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (formerly the IEE). The IEC prepares international standards for electrical engineering, developed through consensus, thanks to the work of 20,000 electro-technical experts, coming from 172 countries worldwide.

    Electrical Engineer Responsibilities:

    1. Designing, maintaining, implementing, or improving electrical instruments, facilities, components, equipment products, or systems for industrial, commercial or domestic purposes.
    2. Performing a wide range of engineering tasks by operating computer-assisted design or engineering software and equipment.
    3. Conferring with customers, engineers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering products or projects.
    4. Ensuring that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements by preparing electrical systems specifications, technical drawings or topographical maps.
    5. Establishing construction, manufacturing or installation standards or specifications by performing a wide range of detailed calculations.
    6. Ensuring compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements by directing or coordinating installation, manufacturing, construction, maintenance, documentation, support or testing activities.
    7. Writing reports and compiling data regarding existing and potential electrical engineering projects and studies.
    8. Preparing specifications for purchases of electrical equipment and materials.
    9. Supervising or training project team members.
    10. Estimating material, labor, or construction costs for budget preparation.
    11. Maintaining electrical equipment.
    12. Working with a variety of technicians.

      13. TOP INSTITUTES TO STUDY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING:

      1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
      2. College of Engineering, Pune
      3. Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
      4. PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
      5. Delhi Technological University, Delhi
      6. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
      7. Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
      8. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
      9. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
      10. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur
      11. Jadavpur University, Kolkata

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