electrical engineer

/ɛˈlɛktrɪkəl ɛndʒɪˈnɪr/

/ɛˈlɛktrɪkəl ɛndʒɪˈnɪə/

Other forms: electrical engineers

Definitions of electrical engineer

1. noun

   a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
   examples:

   Vannevar Bush

   United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)

   Father of Radio

   United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)

   Ray M. Dolby

   United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording

   Oliver Heaviside

   English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)

   Arthur Edwin Kennelly

   United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939)

   Guglielmo Marconi

   Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937)

   Ernst Werner von Siemens

   German electrical engineer (1816-1892)

   Sir Clive Marles Sinclair

   English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940)

   Charles Proteus Steinmetz

   United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923)

   Nikola Tesla

   United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)

   Elihu Thomson

   United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)

   type of:

   applied scientist, engineer, technologist

   a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems