Michael Faraday: The Father Of Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering is one of the fields that have experienced a milestone in technological advancement. From the time of industrial revolution in the 19th century up to, lots of changes in this field have been observed owing to the fact that this field affects almost all sectors of the economy that tend to use electricity as a source of energy to run machines and computerized systems. Ranging from hydroelectric electricity, wind energy and renewable sources such solar energy, the field of electrical engineering remains one of the fields that are very much fundamental in the economic and technological development of the globe. The field has been transformed technologically since the industrial revolution up to date and there is one name that can never be passed without mention when talking about electricity and electrical engineering, Michael Faraday.

Michael Faraday is referred to as the father of electrical engineering due to his immense contribution in the various experiments concerning electricity and his name is used even up to date as a unit for measuring capacitance, that is the ‘‘farad’’ (McFadyen, 2009). His main areas of contribution were in the fields of electromagnetism, diamagnetism and electrolysis (McFadyen, 2009). It is during his experiments on electromagnetism that Faraday invented the electric dynamo which became the precursor of modern power generators and the electric motor and that is precisely why he is referred to as the father of electricity (Valkenburgh, 1995). With these major breakthroughs in the field of electricity, electrical engineering was born.

There are some other notable figures in the development of electric engineering and one of them is Nikola Tesla. He was a Serbian-American physicist and...

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The field of ICT has further pilled the pressure on the field since the flow of information has been exponentially heightened with the invention of social media and information technology (Bristtol, 2014). People all over the world can now access information about electric and electronic devices online and their specifications. The engineers themselves therefore have step their innovation to keep up with growing demands, taste and class if they are to stay in business (Maksimovic, Zane, & Erickson, 2004). In conclusion, I can say that the changing technological advancement have impacted both positively and negatively on the field of electrical engineering and more is yet to come since technology these days is like mutating bacteria which keeps on changing its genetic material and framework in order to fit into the ever changing environment.