Electrical Engineer

What is this job like?
Electrical engineers design new and better electronics. They also test equipment and solve problems. A project starts by deciding what the new electronics will do. Then, the engineer designs the circuits and other parts of the electronics. Engineers might draw their designs using a computer.
Later, the engineers test their designs and make them better. Many projects don't work at first. The engineers have to figure out why and then fix them.
Electrical engineers work on many kinds of products. They might work on cars, robots, cell phone systems, the lighting and wiring in buildings, and radar and navigation systems.
Some examples of high-tech projects that electrical and electronics engineers work on are global positioning systems that can pinpoint a car's location, giant generators that can power entire cities, or a new design for an airplane's electrical system.
Engineers work in offices, labs, or industrial plants. Many work a normal 40-hour week. At times, they work longer to meet deadlines.

Sub-disciplines

Electrical engineering has many sub-disciplines, the most popular of which are listed below.

1-Power.

Power engineering deals with the generations , transmission  and distribution of electricity as well as the design of a range of related devices. These include transformers generators , motors , high voltage engineering and power electronics . In many regions of the world, governments maintain an electrical network called a power grid that connects a variety of generators together with users of their energy. Users purchase electrical energy from the grid, avoiding the costly exercise of having to generate their own. Power engineers may work on the design and maintenance of the power grid as well as the power systems that connect to it. Such systems are called on-grid power systems and may supply the grid with additional power, draw power from the grid or do both. Power engineers may also work on systems that do not connect to the grid, called off-grid power systems, which in some cases are preferable to on-grid systems. The future includes Satellite controlled power systems, with feedback in real time to prevent power surges and prevent blackouts.

History of Electrical engineering-2

ADISON

the work concerning electrical engineering increased dramatically. In 1882, EDISON switched on the world's first large-scale electrical supply network that provided 110 volts direct current to fifty-nine customers in lower Manhattan. In 1884 SIR PARSONSinvented the steam turbin  which today generates about 80 percent of the electric power in the world using a variety of heat sources. In 1887, TESLA filed a number of patents related to a competing form of power distribution known as alternating current . In the following years a bitter rivalry between Tesla and Edison, known as the war of currents, took place over the preferred method of distribution. AC eventually replaced DC for generation and power distribution, enormously extending the range and improving the safety and efficiency of power distribution.

History of Electrical engineering

FARADAY

Electricty has been a subject of scientific interest since at least the early 17th century. The first electrical engineer was probably WILLIAM GILBRET who designed the VERSORIUM  a device that detected the presence of statically charged objects. He was also the first to draw a clear distinction between magnetism and static electricity and is credited with establishing the term electricity. In 1775 VOLTA"S scientific experimentations devised the electrophorus, a device that produced a static electric charge, and by 1800 Volta developed the voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery.

However, it was not until the 19th century that research into the subject started to intensify. Notable developments in this century include the work of OHM , who in 1827 quantified the relationship between the electricl current and potential difference in a conductor, FARADAY,