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
Youll 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