| As one of the fastest-growing engineering | | | | software or design the display for a new digital |
| disciplines, electrical engineering covers a broad | | | | camera. |
| scope of tasks, from the development of plug-in | | | | Mechatronics. OK, so this isn't technically a |
| hybrid cars to wind and solar power generation. | | | | sub-discipline of electrical engineering, but a |
| An electrical engineer might maintain the wiring | | | | combination of several disciplines. It combines |
| system in your office, but he might also fix the | | | | mechanical and electrical engineering with |
| wiring on the space shuttle. | | | | computer programming and software design, and |
| Here are five of electrical engineering's more | | | | is responsible for the creating of complex |
| interesting sub-disciplines: | | | | systems. Mechatronics experts built the Mars |
| Signal Processing. An electrical engineer specializing | | | | rovers; they also designed the anti-lock brakes on |
| in signal processing analyzes any digital or analog | | | | your car. |
| signal. She might develop voice-recognition | | | | |