A career in electrical engineering / Bonnie Szumski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szumski, Bonnie, 1958- author.

Series:

Careers in engineering

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electrical engineering--Vocational guidance--Juvenile literature.

Electrical engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (64 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

ReferencePoint Press

San Diego, California : ReferencePoint Press, Incorporated, [2019]

Summary:

It is hard to underestimate the role that the electrical engineer has played in modern life.or all engineers, trial and error is at the heart of what they do. An engineer tries to prove him or herself wrong every day. Every idea, product, and invention is rigorously tested and retested to prove that it will work. Electrical engineers make sure that when a user comes in contact with an electrical device, it will perform safely and reliably.Anything that requires electricity has been touched by the hands of an electrical engineer. An electrical engineer may work on any number of products, from a small pocket devices that will allow a user to perform one task, such as connect to the internet, to the largest of supercomputers that are responsible for driving the largest, most complex weapons systems. If you stop to think of the vast array of items that you use every day that involve electricity, you can quickly see the importance of electrical engineering in your life-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

What does an electrical engineer do?

How do you become an electrical engineer?

What skills and personal qualities matter most-and why?

What is it like to work as an electrical engineer

Advancement and other job opportunities

What does the future hold for electrical engineers

Interview with an electrical engineer.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682823507

1682823504

OCLC:

1025360756