discipline of electrical electronic and computer
TRANSCRIPT
INSPIRING GREATNESS
DISCIPLINE OF ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGPROF. T. WALINGO
INSPIRING GREATNESS
ENGINEERS: WHAT DO THEY DO?
Everything!• Accountants do all their work on computers made by
engineers.• Doctors diagnose patients using machines designed and
built by engineers (MRI, XRAY, ECG etc.).• You drive to school/work in cars made by engineers on
roads designed by engineers.• You call your friends on cell phones made by engineers
that use a network created by engineers.• The building you are in was designed by engineers.
• Applied Scientists: use scientific and other principles toinvent, design and build machines, structures, and otheritems. They develop economical solutions to technicalproblems in solving world problems.
INSPIRING GREATNESS
DISCIPLINE OF ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
EECE
ELECTRICAL
COMPUTER
ELECTRONIC
Electrical: Generation, transmission,control and utilization of energy.
Computer: Development of software, hardware and computer networks.
Electronic: Generation, transmission and processing of information
INSPIRING GREATNESS
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL
What?
Why?
Where?
What: high Voltage, electricalmachines, power electronics, controlsystems, instrumentation.
Why: “Most of the governments budget is spent on engineering projects”
Where: Organizations, governmentdepartments, municipalities, mining,equipment manufacturers,consultants, self employment, etc.
INSPIRING GREATNESS
What: Digital comms., Embedded systems,Digital processes, Process control andinstrument, Comp. systems, Electronics etc.
Where: Organizations, governmentdepartments, municipalities, mining,equipment manufacturers, consultants, selfemployment, etc.
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
ELECTRONIC
What?
Why?
Where?
Why: “Most of the top richest people in the world have something to do with engineering”
INSPIRING GREATNESS
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
COMPUTER
What?
Why?
Where?
What: Embedded systems, operatingsystems, software engineering, digitalsignal processing, artificial intelligence,data networks, data systems and e-commerce.
Why: “Some of the world giant companies are in this area”
Where: Organizations, governmentdepartments, municipalities, banking,equipment manufacturers,consultants, self employment, etc.
INSPIRING GREATNESS
EECE AT UKZN?
EECE
Why?
How? Then?
Reputable university.
Modernized curriculum.
Competent staff.
Well equipped laboratories.
Cutting edge research. COE
ECSA accredited degrees.
Several projects awards
Transparent enrolment. Good matric grades. Work hard!
Skills developed: analytical andproblem solving skills.
Highly prized in various industries.
Outcome: the ability to do anything –to be thrown in the deep end andSWIM.
Employers are happy and so are we.
Ability: work outside of Engineering.
INSPIRING GREATNESS
WELCOME TO ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC ANDCOMPUTER ENGINEERING AT UKZN