Electrical

Engineering

Andrew Ferguson
aferguso@mines.edu
andrew@fergcorp.com
Version 1.1 – 18 Mar 09
 Electrical engineering…
• Field of engineering that deals with the
study and application of:
– Electricity
– Electronics
– Electromagnetism

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering
 Colorado School of Mines

Power Systems Control Electronics

(Big) (Small)
 Generation

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 Transmission

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 Electric Generators and
Transformers

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Power Maintenance at the Stanford
Linear Accelerator Center
 We Build What?

Source: www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=3169
 Microcontrollers

Source: https://www.zagrosrobotics.com/ Source: http://flickr.com/photos/b0jan/1861610526/

 Field Programmable
Gate Array

Source: http://www.sphere.ws/blog/?p=14
Logic Gates
 Regular Old Circuits

Source: http://flickr.com/photos/barnoid/483189414/
Cool Things
Questions?
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