Thursday, April 29, 2010

Career in Electrical Engineering


One of the many electrical engineering careers includes working with digital technology. This career allows electrical engineers to work with digital technology and to develop ways to make digital technology small enough to be easy to use. Workers in this career may be able to work with cell phone companies to make the required technology small enough to fit into the smallest cell phone or they may design technology to make cell phones more efficient. This can be an exciting career for an electrical engineer and can be quite lucrative as well. 

Electrical engineering is another rewarding type of engineering that is available for individuals today. Just like computer hardware engineering, an electrical engineer is instrumental in every aspect of building any electrical product. The electrical engineer is closely related to every part of the building cycle of any electric product. The electrical engineer is also instrumental in building, installing, repairing and servicing any of the electrical instruments. Therefore, it can be said that the electrical engineer is the backbone of any electrical engineering product. 


Usually, electrical engineering jobs require that engineers work with electrical systems on quite a large scale, but one branch, electronic engineering, deals with the electrical systems on a very small scale. Usually, these types of electrical engineering jobs require dealing with small integrated circuits and computer systems. Whether an electrical engineer deals with small electrical systems or large electrical systems, there are a variety of electrical engineering jobs available. 


How to become an electrical engineer?
If you want to embrace a career as an electrical engineer, you are generally required to graduate from college in engineering. Just like any other engineering career, you will need to have excellent grade in mathematics and science to study in an engineering schools. Being a science-oriented student is not enough, you will be required to have good skills in English, social studies, and computers. Most recruiters also expect their engineers to be creative, curious, logical, detail-oriented and good team-workers.

It is essential for an engineer to effectively communicate their ideas and suggestions to others in their field. A successful Electrical Engineer is a person who has perfect understanding and knowledge about his field and also possesses good grasp of principles of engineering in general as well. That's why you are going to study fundamentals of engineering in beginning. After getting perfect mastery over fundamentals, you can now start focusing on your area of expertise.

Large personal gains and contributions to the community make electric engineering a very useful major that a young person could study. Electric engineers have already contributed to many sectors of life, including the applications in the aerospace industry and the military. Such influence will only enlarge as technology advances and becomes an important factor in our daily life. As electric engineers' influences grow, the importance of electric engineering also becomes more significant. 

The field then subdivides into eight primary areas:
Power, control, electronics, microelectronics, signal, telecommunications,
instrumentation and, probably the fastest growing of the areas, computers. There are many who practice more than one of these sub-disciplines, but it's possible to specialize in just one of them and make quite a career out of it. There's also one very popular cross discipline called mechatronics that combines mechanical and electronic engineering. 


Digital and analog electronics is another form of electrical engineering technology that engineers must be well acquainted with to perform their jobs. Both digital and analog electronics are used in computers and phones, however, digital electronics are becoming more widely used as analog electronics is becoming more and more outdated. This form of electrical engineering technology requires that engineers understand Boolean algebra, digital circuits, and how logic gates work. Even those that deal with digital electronics must also understand the electrical engineering technology of analog electronics as well. Digital electronics are usually built with various analog components, so understanding how analog electronics work is essential. 


You should understand that electrical engineers is not the same as electronic engineers. While the two may sound the same, there are great differences between the two. An electrical engineer will deal with electricity and electrical things on a large scale, where electronic engineers will deal with smaller electronics such as cell phones and computers and the components that are inside them.


DO's and DONT's while selecting a college


The process of choosing a college is not about asking someone to give you several ideas on what place to go to accomplish the desirable professional goals. Choosing a college is not about your parents or relatives’ orders that have to be followed. This decision is your personal choice that is grounded on your own demands and wishes. If you make a mistake, it will be your first mistake to learn by. If you succeed in choosing, it will be your first victory in this life (and hope not the last one). This is why you need to think thoroughly and weigh all pros and cons of this choice. 

There are several DOs and DON’Ts to evaluate while choosing a college.


1. When you start choosing a college, you have to:
Evaluate your interests to decide what career is closer to you;
Discuss all aspects with your parents to get reliable hints and suggestions;
Investigate the offers of the chosen college;
Clear up what you want from this college;
Talk to the students of the college and get a clear idea about its style and demands;
Weigh your financial situation and calculate whether you have enough money to study at this college;
Learn application requirements and analyze whether you are able to meet them all; 


2. If you want to succeed in choosing a college, you should NEVER:
Choose a college because your friends or boy(girl)friend are going there;
Rely on its prestige only;
Consider low tuition only;
Pay much attention to its academic programs only and forget about other aspects of
student life (sport activities, campus atmosphere, etc);
Pass some online tests and find out that this college is the most appropriate for you;
Go to a college only because of the desire to be far from your parents;
Make the final decision without personal visiting of the chosen college. 


Take all these ideas into account and succeed in your decision!