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