electrical engineering

noun

: a type of engineering that deals with the uses of electricity

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The story starts in Oxford, a small town in southwest Connecticut, not far from New Haven, with Pelaez home from his freshman year of studying electrical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in central Massachusetts. Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025 According to his Linkedin profile, Weng enrolled as a Ph.D in electrical engineering at USC in August 2020 and began working as a Teacher's Assistant in 2023, which entailed working with dozens of undergraduate and graduate students. Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2025 She eventually was promoted to lead the electrical engineering department. IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025 Antonio Gómez-Expósito, electrical engineering professor at University of Seville, says the outage shows that Spain needs more regulations around controlling voltage. Julia Simon, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for electrical engineering

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electrical engineering

noun
: engineering dealing with the practical applications of electricity
electrical engineer noun
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