Questions and Answers
Explain the emergence of electrical engineering as an identifiable occupation in the 19th century.
It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the latter half of the 19th century after the commercialization of the electric telegraph, the telephone, and electrical power generation, distribution, and use.
What are some of the different fields that electrical engineering is divided into?
Computer engineering, systems engineering, power engineering, telecommunications, radio-frequency engineering, signal processing, instrumentation, photovoltaic cells, electronics, and optics and photonics.
How do many of the disciplines of electrical engineering overlap with other engineering branches?
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/control, and electrical mate.
