About EE
Electrical Engineering (EE) is a profession concerned with the design of electrical, electronic, and electro-magnetic systems. Sub-disciplines within this profession include biomedical engineering. bioengineering, electronic circuits, computers, lasers and optics, networks, signal and image processing, solid-state devices, and telecommunications. Electrical engineers design and build fiber-optic communication, memory chips, solar cells, compact disk players, television, cell phones, laptop computers, Internet routers, stereo components, robots, radio, modern aircraft control, electrical power plants, flat panel displays, electric and hybrid cars, biomedical equipment, portable media players, and air traffic control radar. Much of ``high technology'' is designed and built by electrical engineers.
EEs have a solid background in sciences and mathematics. Today's engineers work in teams, which are often multidisciplinary and stretch to distant parts of the world. So EEs must be team players, have good communication skills and an understanding of other cultures.
Links to more information:
- Description of EE
- History of EE
- IEEE Virtual Museum (The IEEE is the international professional society for EEs)
- A Career in EE
- History of Computers and the Internet
- IEEE Code of Ethics