Decisions – the triggers of forks in the journey
of our lives. A right decision today
could propel you into a successful world and one in the wrong direction can
send you tumbling down to the sunken depths of hell.
But wait! Let us lay philosophical doodling aside and come
to the discussion at hand – Electrical Engineering – two years gone, two to go (O! God!)
Many have pointed at a small splatter on the pages of my
life history, centered somewhere around July 2011. I answer their raised eye
brows with a shrug and the hopefully meaningful phrase “’Cuz I wanted to!”
“But why Electrical Engineering? “they press on shamelessly.
And I meet their eyes with a small shrug and move on.
Electrical Engineering - A diverse field of engineering studies that deals with electromagnetic phenomenon and their applications in everyday life.I guess this line just about sums it up. So far, so good. It has been a tough ride, tougher than most (I guess!). The course has been hard to crack and the professors harder (True!) . Though the going has been tough, roughing it has been interesting and fun in itself. Another unfortunate thing that plagues me is the fact that I never seem to score good in subjects I like and vice - versa! It happened in school and hasn't ceased since. But, let us not drift off the beaten path (or rather the path that beat us). Here are some of my experiences with the subjects so far :
#Basic Electrical Sciences
Average. Still the toughest subject in your first year. The simplest laws had me reeling in pain (proverbial).
#Electronic Devices and Circuits + Linear Integrated Circuits + Digital Circuits and Systems
Interesting. Easy.
#Network Systems Analysis
Circuit laws back to haunt us again. We thought they were done for good in the first year, yet they resurfaced and BAM took us down again.
#Power Plant Engineering
It takes a lot for us to understand electrical stuff and they shove in thermodynamics and its minions. Good that the subject was easy.
#Electrical Machines (I + II)
It is like WW I and WW II combined with the nuclear bombings and even then you would have to throw more than a million tonnes of TNT everywhere. AC machines, DC machines, static machines, rotating machines- MACHINEESSSS!! (whew, that turned me upside down!). Apart from the blood sucking and flesh devouring monster that it is, the subject is highly interesting, my favorite so far (no marks for guessing my scores in this!). It is truly worth reading and enjoying so far as we do not have exams.
#Control Systems
Highly interesting . The Prof once said that it is quite easy to get a cent percent score in this subject. B%$^ Please ! We could not even manage 50% in the mid sems.
#Power Systems
Only if you are interested. Otherwise a big pain for your existence.
#Electromagnetic Field Theory
It is good! Easy too. But it has a lot of vectors...loads of them. So if you are bad at vector calculus, be prepared.
#Electrical and Electronic Measurements
Nothing to say actually
Reading back, I feel a fresher might never take to his/her heels and never consider electrical engineering after my rantings. Do not worry. I actually enjoy the subject. Though everyone expresses their sympathies with us (it usually happens before the Machines examination), I am proud to say that one day I'll be an electrical engineer.
To this day , I do not regret my decision (though it may seem otherwise).Many a times during the counselling days, people had advised me to go for Computer Science or Civil Engineering. Yet, till date I do not find anyone who ever recommends Electrical Engineering, no one except me!
One does what one is passionate about. So, choosing electrical was never crazy. It was the best decision I took so far! #EE #YouRock
And I would like to end this post with a word of advice to the commoner :
A lot people say that electrical engineering is dangerous as you have to be near wires that carry current etc etc. For you my friends, true we work with dangerous levels of currents, true that the experiments in the power systems lab have voltages in the order of KVs (that is kilo volts for you!) and true that shocks kill! But, do not worry, all work is done in a safe environment and we are engineers and not unintelligent beings who won't know when to touch a wire and when not to!
So please, do not scare others by saying and I quote verbatim " Electrical toh dangerous hoti hai, isme toh taaron ko chuna padta hai" which translates to " Electrical is dangerous. We touch wires in that."
Honestly, have you heard about insulation i.e. i-n-s-u-l-a-t-i-o-n (Google it)
