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Introduction
Electronic Engineering involves the use of electricity to perform a wide range of really important functions. What makes this field so amazing and significant are the countless ways in which these functions can be applied to improve the quality of our lives and make them so much more interesting, convenient and entertaining.

Electronic Engineers have been responsible for countless innovations – mobile phones, DVD players, Digital TV, computers, video cameras, microwave ovens, alarm systems & many commonplace gadgets to name but a few. They have been involved in an even wider range of areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, satellite launching and position control, sophisticated space exploration systems, internet, laser technology, & biomedical engineering. Each of these has had an immense impact on life over the past half century.

In today’s Information Age, there is an ever-growing use of mobile phones, internet resources, computers, entertainment systems, satellite imaging, optical fibres, & automation. Electronic components are the cornerstone technology used to store, process and transmit the information generated by each of the above systems. Electronic Engineers provide the vital skills and innovation to design and develop these remarkable components and systems.

The applications for Electronics increase daily. They are both fascinating and challenging.

Electronic Engineers use science to solve problems. They have to understand many mathematical & scientific principles, but more than this they need to be able to:

• apply them to ‘real world’ problems,
• explain them (to marketing people for instance),
• simplify them (to produce a functioning and marketable ‘product’)
• understand why they work, and more importantly why they sometimes don't ...

Curiosity, problem-solving skills and enjoying a challenge are key talents of Electronic Engineers as well as good communication skills and the ability to work in a team.

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