/eeg/ - Electrical Engineering General

Is it a good idea to take some Physics classes when you're studying EE? I'm thinking on taking Waves and Vibrations, Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics, all three part of the Physics BSc. curriculum.

Am I memeing here? Because I would be doing it for the most part because I like physics.

Anyways, post your own doubts about EEs.

>career prospect?
>salary?
>good major or best major?
>best specialization inside EE?
>what do you actually do as an EE?
>personal experiences

Double bachelors in it and physics

What specialization involves NOT making circuits?

When I tell people that I'm studying EE, a lot say 'so you're going to make circuits for the rest of your life, uh?'. T-this can't be true, right?

But wouldn't that just make me overqualified for, like, every job in existence? Sounds like a meme option to me, as it would require a lot of work, time and dedication, and the payoff isn't that clear for me. Anyways, maybe I'm wrong, redpill me on double majoring.

>Physics vs Electrical Engineering
Physics = The creation of new ideas.
Electrical Engineering = Knowing all the things physicists have done so you can reimplement and repurpose them.

no, if you major in EE you don't have to learn any physics, in fact it would be detrimental

So if I want to get a PhD in EE and the investigation topic is, say, multilevel converters in wind turbines, knowing physics would be detrimental?

Care to elaborate on that?

Yes,

I've studied both, MMC and VSWT with DFIG .

The only physics you are need are:

1) Electric Circuit theory
2) Fourier Analysis (Frequency Domain Analysis) (Not physics, but mathematics)
3) Control Systems/Dynamic Systems (more mathematical anyways)
4) Magnetic Circuit Theory
5) Electrical Machinery Fundamentals and Dynamics
6) Fluid Mechanics (Just some basic fundamentals as the bernoulli equation)

If I'd focus on advanced control systems/optimization topics or electric machinery design for 10 MW wind turbines.

And it would be detrimental because...?

Anyways, if you want to investigate topics like semiconductors, quantum computers or optics, you certainly would need to know at least mid-level physics.

>Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics
If you're doing going towards semiconductors / devices / microfab , you will want these. See, some devices (e.g. transistors) have gotten so small now that quantum models have to be used to describe their characteristics.

It's really not that bad because there is a huge amount of overlap in the two fields.

In my school, there are EE classes taught by the Physics department, and Physics majors can get some in-major credit from EE classes.

We (and I'm sure many other schools) have a specific "engineering/physics double major" option that involves an extra 9-15 credits or so. Where you take classical mechanics, modern, quantum, and a couple tech electives, so it's a slight overload for a few semesters.

>electrical engineering that doesn't involve circuits
"Electrical engineering" is a very broad term. Basically anything that is in any way connected to electrical fields can fall under its umbrella.
This means communication systems (both wired and wireless), signal processing, photonics (e.g. fiber optics / lasers), medical imaging, power systems, audio systems, safety / verification systems, hardware cybersecurity, etc.
You are not being limited in any way by studying this field.

>Is it a good idea to take some Physics classes when you're studying EE?

You definitely want to take QM if you want to understand properly how semiconductors behave.
If waves and vibrations aren't part of your curriculum take it, you won't be able to do
electromagnetics without it.

>What specialization involves NOT making circuits?

Power electricity, Electromecanics, Telecommunications, signal processing and wave applications (i dunno how do you call that in english, basically it's making antennas) are specializations where you're not (only) "making circuits".