Electrical engineering technology (EET) is an engineering technology field that implements and applies the principles of electrical engineering

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

. The role of electrical engineering technologist

Engineering technologist

An engineering technologist, is a specialist devoted to the implementation of existing technology within a field of engineering. Technologists often work with engineers in a wide variety of projects by applying basic engineering principles and technical skills...

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Engineering technician

An engineering technician is a specialist who is trained in the skills and techniques related to a specific branch of engineering, with relatively practical understanding of the general engineering concepts...

s, (EETs) may be broadly defined as: "Electrical [...] engineering technologists help to design, develop, test, and manufacture electrical and electronic equipment [and] may work in product evaluation and testing, using measuring and diagnostic devices to adjust, test, and repair equipment."

Accreditation

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

ABET, Inc., formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, is a non-profit organization that accredits post-secondary education programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology...

 (ABET) is the recognized organization for accrediting engineering technology programs in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Coursework

Students of EET essentially learn the skills necessary to aid engineers and implement the designs produced by them. Depending on the program, topics of study may include digital electronics, electronic circuits, technical physics

Engineering physics

Engineering physics is the study of the combined disciplines of physics, engineering and mathematics in order to develop an understanding of the interrelationships of these three disciplines. Fundamental physics is combined with problem solving and engineering skills, which then has broad...

, controllers

Controller (computing)

In computing and especially in computer hardware, controller is a chip, an expansion card, or a stand-alone device that interfaces with a peripheral device...

, and semiconductors, among others.

Career

Graduates of electrical engineering technology programs work in a wide range of career fields, such as

• Telecommunication
  Telecommunication
  Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
  
  s and signal processing
  Signal processing
  Signal processing is an area of systems engineering, electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or analysis of signals, in either discrete or continuous time...
  
  
• Medical technology
  Medical technology
  Medical Technology encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to diagnose, monitor or treat diseases or medical conditions affecting humans. Such technologies are intended to improve the quality of healthcare delivered through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and...
  
   and devices
  Medical device
  A medical device is a product which is used for medical purposes in patients, in diagnosis, therapy or surgery . Whereas medicinal products achieve their principal action by pharmacological, metabolic or immunological means. Medical devices act by other means like physical, mechanical, thermal,...
  
  
• Aerospace
  Aerospace
  Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
  
   and avionics
  Avionics
  Avionics are electronic systems used on aircraft, artificial satellites and spacecraft.Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems and the hundreds of systems that are fitted to aircraft to meet individual roles...
  
  
• Transportation
• Computers
• Electrical power industry
  Electrical power industry
  The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers...
  
   and power distribution
• Optoelectronics
  Optoelectronics
  Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices that source, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet and infrared, in addition to visible light...
  
  
• Research and development
  Research and development
  The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...