Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electricity and electromagnetism. Its practitioners are called electrical engineers. Electrical engineering is a broad field that encompasses many subfields including those that deal with power, control systems, electronics and telecommunications.

Related disciplines

One notable discipline related to electrical engineering is that of mechatronics. Mechatronics is an engineering discipline, which deals with the convergence of electrical and mechanical systems. Such combined systems are known as electromechanical systems and have widespread adoption. Examples include automated manufacturing systems, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems and various subsystems of aircrafts and automobiles.

Related Topics:
Mechatronics - Engineering - Electrical - Mechanical - Electromechanical - Automated manufacturing systems - Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems - Aircraft - Automobile

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Mechatronics is typically used to refer to macroscopic systems but futurists have predicted the emergence of very small electromechanical devices. Already such small devices, known as micro electromechanical systems (MEMS), are used in automobiles to tell airbags when to deploy, in digital projectors to create sharper images and inkjet printers to create nozzles for high-definition printing. In the future it is hoped the devices will help build tiny implantable medical devices and improve optical communication. {{ref|mems}}

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Macroscopic - Futurists - Micro electromechanical systems - Airbag - Digital projector - Inkjet printer - Nozzle - Optical communication

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Another related discipline is that of biomedical engineering, which is concerned with the design of medical equipment. This includes fixed equipment such as ventilators, MRI scanners and electrocardiograph monitors as well as mobile equipment such as cochlear implants, artificial pacemakers and artificial hearts.

Related Topics:
Biomedical engineering - Medical equipment - Ventilator - MRI scanners - Electrocardiograph monitors - Cochlear implant - Artificial pacemaker - Artificial heart

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