DEPARTMENT OF

ELECTRICAL AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING
By Darrel Lonla, 3rd year electrical
engineering – vice president of the Bible
Club NASEY (+237 683 361 370)
Electrical Engineering
Electricity is a versatile form of energy used
to power anything from huge data centers,
electric vehicles and critical systems to many
of our everyday electrical appliances.

Electricity is the most convenient form of

energy because of the following reasons, It “Electric power is everywhere
can be quickly transferred from one location present in unlimited quantities
to another. It can be generated easily. It can and can drive the world’s
be stored in the form of batteries. machinery without the need of
coal, Oil, gas or any other of the
common fuels. – Nikola Tesla“
 Contents
01 03
Definition Career opportunities
What do we mean by Where can I work after
electrical engineering ? 02 my degree ?

Training axis
04 What are we mainly
studying in the school ?
05
Global challenges Entry point
What are the main How do I prepare if I want to
challenges faced in the do electrical engineering ?
domain
01
Definition
Electrical engineering is an
engineering discipline
concerned with the study,
design and utilisation of
equipment, devices, and
systems which use
electricity, electronics and
electromagnetism
 What are we working on?

Current,
Voltages
Energy
conductors Electrical energy is energy
related to forces on
electrically-charged particles
and the movement of those
particles (often electrons in Signal
wires, but not always).
An electric current is the A Signal can be understood as "a
movement of particles, representation that gives some information
starting at the moment about the data present at the source from
when an external voltage is which it is produced”. Electricity is widely used
applied at one of the ends because it’s easily manipulated compared to
of the conductor other forms of signals
 02
Training Axis
The different courses can be grouped as :

❑ Electrotechnics (mainly considering

electricity as a form of power)

❑ Electronics (mainly considering

electricity as a signal)

❑ Control systems (multidisciplinary

platform mainly oriented toward
industries)
 Training axis

Electrotechnics Electronics Control systems

Electrotechnics is the Electronics deals with the emission, A control system
technological use of electric behavior and effects of electrons manages, commands,
power. It concerns, for using electronic devices. It uses directs, or regulates the
example, the production, active devices to control electron behavior of other devices
transmission, distribution, flow by amplification and or systems using control
treatment, transformation, rectification, while others only uses loops
management and use of passive effects such as resistance,
electrical energy. capacitance and inductance to
control electric current flow.
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Career Opportunity
After your training in electrical
engineering, you can work on power
grid with ENEO, SONATREL, ARSEL…in
Industries like ALLUCAM, SONARA,
SLUMBERGER… in Building
construction with EGIS… with the
Government with MINEE… or in
product manufacturing (R&D) with
Tagus Drone, Tonka Inc… you can
even teach and work with a research
centre like the CURES…and you still
have many possibilities to extend
toward Medicine, computer science
or robotic…
 04
Global challenges
The most usual challenges/opportunities
in the field are :
❑ Bulk Power Generation & smart grids
❑ Sustainable development through
renewable energies
❑ Energy Efficiency
❑ Continuity of service and quality of the
energy provided
❑ Speed and size of electronics
❑ Cost and performances
❑ Security of people and installations
 The future of electrical engineering
The future is "Intellectric", that is application of all knowledge and stewards and knowledge handlers.
intelligent electricity-electric experience. Innovation is the Engineering should venture to
energy that is secure, clean and successful introduction of develop new capabilities and a
efficient. This is the major something new. It is not enough to broader sense of mission. We
challenge of electric engineering pursue the whys of nature or to should integrate what we know,
in different fields. The role of find how we can modify nature. what we can do and what we
engineers is to integrate science, We must also decide what we should do. We should also be able
technology and the business world should do. If engineering is to to integrate the biological
and hence to make things happen. have a strong say about the future, organism, society and machines.
Engineering is about finding ways it needs to become integrated with We should strive to engineer a
to modify the universe and life in science, society and humanistic better tomorrow guided by a
order to extend our biological concerns. 21st century engineers desire to give future generations a
reach, the quality of our lives, and will need to be astute makers, greener, healthier and more
the niches in which we can trusted innovators, agents of harmonious world.
survive. Technology is the means change, master integrators,
of improving human life by the enterprise enablers, technology C.C. Chan, IEEE
 Entry point
05
You need to develop the following if you want to
enter into electrical engineering :
GET
❑Fundamental sciences : Algebra, Calculus,
BBC
Electromagnetism and circuit theory.
ENSPY
❑Computer skills : Programming, reporting (MS
Word), researching (online).

❑English Language : Many courses are taught in

English so…get set.

❑Please have common sense and learn the art of

working hard

❑Learn to read science and engineering

Electrical Engineering
“The scientific man does not aim at an
immediate result. He does not expect that his
advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His
work is like that of the planter – for the future.
His duty is to lay the foundation for those who
are to come, and point the way. – Nikola Tesla “
 Some key numbers
400 189 PJ 20,5 %
Percentage of electricity, only fuel is more
World energy consumption in 2020
used (cars) but even electric cars are
comming so…

Industrie, Transport
15% à 17,5 %
Augmentation de l’apport des énergies
et Résidentiel
renouvelable entre 1190 et 2020 (82,7% à The greatest energy consuming sectors
80,2% pour l’apport fossile)
 Some key numbers
371,191 millions
65 millions
Nombre of employed people in the field of FCFA
Chiffre d’affaire d’une entreprise de Drone
energy
au cameroun

394,5 Milliards FCFA For sure, the salaries

Chiffre d’affaire d’ENEO Cameroun
are interresting
 Quote
« Le multimètre est à l’électricien ce que le
stéthoscope est au médecin » - Anonyme

Achète un multimètre.
Telecommunications Engineering
It’s obvious how crucial telecommunications
are to our modern world. Internet alone is a
great show of empowerment due to
telecommunication though it’s all.

With telecommunications, distance is no

more a barrier, information can travel very “The day will come when the
long distance without being altered and at
very high speed.
man at the telephone will be
able to see the distant person
to whom he is speaking.”
— Alexander Graham Bell
 Contents
01 03
Definition Career opportunities
What do we mean by Where can I work after
telecommunications
engineering ?
02 my degree ?

Training axis
04 What are we mainly
studying in the school ?
05
Global challenges Entry point
What are the main How do I prepare if I want to do
challenges faced in the telecommunications
domain engineering ?
01
Definition
Telecommunication
engineering is a subfield of
electrical engineering which
seeks to design and devise
system of communication
at distance.
 What are we working on?

Information

Wireless communication (or

just wireless, when the context allows)
Wired communication refers to is the transfer of information
the transmission of data over a wire- (telecommunication) between two or
based communication technology. Wired more points without the use of
Information is an abstract communication is also known an electrical conductor, optical fiber or
concept that refers to that which has as wireline communication. Examples other continuous guided medium for the
the power to inform. At the most include telephone networks, cable transfer. The most common wireless
fundamental level information pertains television or internet access, and fiber- technologies use radio waves. With radio
to the interpretation of that which may optic communication. Most wired waves, intended distances can be short,
be sensed. Information is networks use Ethernet cables to transfer such as a few meters for Bluetooth or as
not knowledge itself, but data between connected PCs. far as millions of kilometers for deep-
the meaning that may be derived from Also waveguide (electromagnetism), space radio communications
a representation through used for high-power applications, is
interpretation considered wired line
 02
Training Axis
The different courses can be grouped as :

❑ Equipment & devices (mainly concerns

with the design and operation of
equipment)

❑ Transmission (mainly concerns with

transmission of signals)

❑ Networking (mainly concerns with

strategic mass development through
protocols…)
 Training axis

Equipement & Devices Transmission Networking

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Career Opportunity
After your training in
telecommunications engineering, you
can work in mobile
telecommunication with ISP such as
MTN, CAMTEL, ORANGE, NEXTELL…in
various companies such as… with
manufacturers such as HUAWEI,
ERICSSON…in Radio and television
such as CRTV… you can even teach
and work with a research centre like
the…and you still have many
possibilities to extend toward
computer science or big-data…
 04
Global challenges
The most usual
challenges/opportunities in the field
are :
❑ Speed
❑ Reliability
❑ Security, privacy and trust
❑ Financial cost and increasing
complexity of systems and
services
 The future of electrical engineering
The future is "Intellectric", that is application of all knowledge and stewards and knowledge handlers.
intelligent electricity-electric experience. Innovation is the Engineering should venture to
energy that is secure, clean and successful introduction of develop new capabilities and a
efficient. This is the major something new. It is not enough to broader sense of mission. We
challenge of electric engineering pursue the whys of nature or to should integrate what we know,
in different fields. The role of find how we can modify nature. what we can do and what we
engineers is to integrate science, We must also decide what we should do. We should also be able
technology and the business world should do. If engineering is to to integrate the biological
and hence to make things happen. have a strong say about the future, organism, society and machines.
Engineering is about finding ways it needs to become integrated with We should strive to engineer a
to modify the universe and life in science, society and humanistic better tomorrow guided by a
order to extend our biological concerns. 21st century engineers desire to give future generations a
reach, the quality of our lives, and will need to be astute makers, greener, healthier and more
the niches in which we can trusted innovators, agents of harmonious world.
survive. Technology is the means change, master integrators,
of improving human life by the enterprise enablers, technology C.C. Chan, IEEE
 Entry point
05
You need to develop the following if you want to
enter into electrical engineering :
GET
❑Fundamental sciences : Algebra, Calculus,
BBC
Electromagnetism and circuit theory.
ENSPY
❑Computer skills : Programming, reporting (MS
Word), researching (online).

❑English Language : Many courses are taught in

English so…get set.

❑Learn to read science and engineering

Telecommunications Engineering
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