Importance of Electronics and Communication Engineering to the Society

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ALL NATIONS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

GROUP PRESENTATION BY:

Okafor Stanley- ANU12210114

Idonije Augustine- ANU12210028

Kanu a!id- ANU122101"2

TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION:

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IMPORTANCE OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING TO THE SOCIETY

&o.i/s for dis/ussion:

$A%& 1: IN&%OU'&ION

o is an engineer in general and 3at are fun/tions of an engineer

at a/tually is (le/troni/s and /o55uni/ation engineering

o is an (le/troni/s and /o55uni/ation (ngineer

6rief ,istory a7out (le/troni/s and /o55uni/ation

engineering(9'9(

y is (le/troni/s and /o55uni/ations engineering so

i5.ortant as a /ourse

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&e roles res.onsi7ilities and duties of an ele/troni/s and

/o55uni/ation engineer in te so/iety

Ne3 de!elo.5ents and dis/o!eries in te field9

&e finan/ial and .rofessional 7enefits of 7eing an ele/troni/s and

/o55uni/ation engineer9

&e so/ietal !alue and .restige tat /o5es 3it 7eing an

ele/troni/s and /o55uni/ation engineer

&e related /ourses and .rogra5s in!ol!ed 3it (9'9( and teir

i5.ortan/e9

Su55ary

%eferen/e

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Who an Engineer is an! "he #$n%"ions o# an Engineer&

ile te 5eanings /ange te /on/e.t of engineering deri!es fro5 te da3n of

u5an istory as our an/estors de!elo.ed and designed tools tat 3ere essential

for teir sur!i!al9 Indeed u5an 7eings are de;ned 7y teir tool-5aking

designing and engineering skills and te so/ialiuisition and

a..li/ation of te/ni/al s/ienti;/ and 5ate5ati/al kno3ledge a7out te

understanding design de!elo.5ent in!ention inno!ation and use of 5aterials

5a/ines stru/tures syste5s and .ro/esses for s.e/i;/ .ur.oses9

F$n%"ions o# "he Engineer '&e engineer?

A..lies a..ro.riate teoreti/al and .ra/ti/al 5etods to te

analysis and solution of engineering .ro7le5s? .ro!ide te/ni/al

/o55er/ial and 5anagerial leadersi.


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Undertake te 5anage5ent of ig le!els of risk asso/iated 3it

engineering .ro/esses syste5s e>ui.5ent and infrastru/ture9

$erfor5s a/ti!ities tat are essentially intelle/tual in nature re>uiring

dis/retion and judg5ent9

esigns de!elo. 5anufa/ture /o55ission o.erate and 5aintain .rodu/tse>ui.5ent .ro/esses and ser!i/es

A/ti!ely .arti/i.ate in finan/ial statutory and /o55er/ial /onsiderations

and in te /reation of /ost effe/ti!e syste5s and .ro/edures9

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING(

&is 7ran/ of engineering deals 3it t3o 5ajor 7road areas 3i/ in/lude?

ele/troni/s engineering and tele/o55uni/ation engineering tus it@s /onsidered to

7e !ery i5.ortant /ourse 5ore so no3 3it its ra.id gro3t in te United

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(le/troni/s and 'o55uni/ations (ngineering is a 7road .rofessional dis/i.line

/on/erned 3it te analysis design and 5anage5ent of signal generators

ele/troni/ /ir/uitry !oi/e data and !ideo syste5s antennas and ele/tro5agneti/


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3a!e .ro.agation9It is a 7ran/ of engineering tat deals 3it te use of non-linear

and a/ti!e ele/tri/al /o5.onents su/ as ele/tron tu7es and se5i/ondu/tor

de!i/es es.e/ially transistors diodes and integrated /ir/uits to design ele/troni/

/ir/uits de!i/es and syste5s ty.i/ally also in/luding .assi!e ele/tri/al

/o5.onents and 7ased on .rinted /ir/uit 7oards9 &e ter5 denotes a 7roadengineering field tat /o!ers i5.ortant su7fields su/ as analog ele/troni/s digital

ele/troni/s /onsu5er ele/troni/s e57edded syste5s and .o3er ele/troni/s9 Also

An ele/troni/ and /o55uni/ations engineer is res.onsi7le for te design of

ele/troni/s tat dri!e te trans5itter and re/ei!er fun/tions of any syste5

trans.orting 3ireless or 3ired /o55uni/ations9 A .erson 3it tis jo7 5ay 3ork in

te fields of /o5.uter net3orking digital & satellite radio or Internet

te/nology9

E(C(Eas to do 3it tenon-linear and a/ti!e

/o5.onent su/ as ele/tron

tu7e se5i-/ondu/tors and

!i/es su/ as transistors

diodes3i/ are utiliuired in te sense tat

al5ost all o.erating syste5s like

te refrigerators air /onditioners tele!ision set radio are all in/or.orated and

5ade .ossi7le due to ele/troni/s engineering9

BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING

(le/troni/ engineering is a 7ran/ of ele/tri/al engineering? tele/o55uni/ation

7eing a 7ran/ of te ele/troni/s9 &us it 3ould 7e 5ore a..ro.riate for us to

/onsider te istory of ele/troni/s and /o55uni/ation fro5 tese t3o !ie3s9

ELECTRONICS'


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(le/troni/ engineering as a .rofession s.rang fro5 te/nologi/al i5.ro!e5ents in

te telegra. industry during te late 1Bt /entury and in te radio and tele.one

industries during te early 20t /entury9 $eo.le gra!itated to radio attra/ted 7y te

te/ni/al fas/ination it ins.ired first in re/ei!ing and ten in trans5itting9 #any

3o 3ent into 7road/asting in te 1B20s ad 7e/o5e Ca5ateursC in te .eriod7efore orld ar I9 &e 5odern dis/i.line of ele/troni/ engineering 3as to a large

e=tent 7orn out of tele.one- radio- and tele!ision-e>ui.5ent de!elo.5ent and

te large a5ount of ele/troni/-syste5s de!elo.5ent during orld ar II of radar

sonar /o55uni/ation syste5s and ad!an/ed 5unitions and 3ea.on syste5s9 In

te inter3ar years te su7je/t 3as kno3n as radio engineering9 &e 3ord

ele/troni/s 7egan to 7e used in te 1B40s9 In te late 1BD0s te ter5 ele/troni/

engineering started to e5erge9

&e ele/troni/ la7oratories 6ell *a7s in te United States for instan/e /reated andsu7sidiui.5ent 7egan /urning out a series of ele/troni/ ad!an/es9 In 1B48

/a5e te transistor and in 1BE0 te integrated /ir/uit 3i/ 3ould re!olutioniuired te na5e fa/ilitated te

de!elo.5ent of 5any te/nologies in/luding 3ireless telegra.y radio tele!ision

radar /o5.uters and 5i/ro.ro/essors9

Te)e%o**$ni%a"ion Engineering istory as it tat ?(arly tele/o55uni/ation

te/nologies in/luded !isual signals su/ as 7ea/ons s5oke signals se5a.oretelegra.s signal flags and o.ti/al eliogra.s9 Oter e=a5.les of .re-5odern

tele/o55uni/ations in/lude audio 5essages su/ as /oded dru57eats lung-7lo3n

orns and loud 3istles9 (le/tri/al and ele/tro5agneti/ tele/o55uni/ation

te/nologies in/lude telegra. tele.one and tele.rinter net3orks radio

5i/ro3a!e trans5ission fi7er o.ti/s /o55uni/ations satellites and te Internet9


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&us generally ele/troni/s and /o55uni/ation engineering is a !ery !ersatile

7ran/ of engineering as it in/or.orates all for5s of engineering9

)or e=a5.le i5agine a 3orld 3itout ele/tri/ity 3itout ele/troni/s de!i/es su/

as tele!ision satellites radio re/ei!ers air-/onditioner traffi/ /ontrol syste5 and

oter related de!i/es999you 3ill dis/o!er tat tings are really going to 7e diffi/ult9

PART +'

SOCIETAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING


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The ro)es res,onsi-i)i"ies an! !$"ies o# an e)e%"roni%s an!

%o**$ni%a"ion engineer in "he so%ie".

Design'

- (le/troni/s and /o55uni/ation engineers start 7y re!ie3ing te design

/on/e.t9 &ey analyuire5ents and /osts in!ol!ed 3it te

ne3 design 3i/ /an in/lude ele/troni/ /o5.onents e>ui.5ent

syste5s or soft3are9 After te design is /o5.lete tey 7uild and test te

ele/troni/s and 5ake design /anges as re>uired until te design is

/o5.lete9 Along 3it designing ne3 ele/troni/s and teir related

soft3are ele/troni/s engineers e!aluate ele/troni/s syste5s and.rodu/ts ten re/o55end 5odifi/ations or re.airs9

- Also te ele/troni/s and /o55uni/ation engineer is res.onsi7le for te

designing and installation of (9'9( e>ui.5ents and te installation of

/o5.le= o.erating s3it/ing syste5 and fi7re o.ti/s9


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Tes"ing an! ins,e%"ion'

- (le/troni/s engineers start 7y re!ie3ing te design /on/e.t9 &eyanalyuire5ents and /osts in!ol!ed 3it te ne3 design

3i/ /an in/lude ele/troni/ /o5.onents e>ui.5ent syste5s or

soft3are9 After te design is /o5.lete tey 7uild and test te ele/troni/s

and 5ake design /anges as re>uired until te design is /o5.lete9 Along

3it designing ne3 ele/troni/s and teir relatedsoft3are ele/troni/s

engineerse!aluate ele/troni/s syste5s and .rodu/ts ten re/o55end

5odifi/ations or re.airs9

Genera) i*,or"an%e o# e)e%"roni% an! %o**$ni%a"ion engineering'

- #ost of te /ontrolsauto5ation and instru5entation are not .ossi7le

3itout te kno3ledge of (9'9(9- rite /o5.uter or 5i/ro.ro/essor soft3are .rogra5s9

- Sur!ey satellite re/ei!al sites for .ro.er signal le!el and .ro!ide

te/ni/al assistan/e in dis lo/ation and installation trans.orting dises

as ne/essary9

- &est ele/troni/s units using standard test e>ui.5ent and analyui.5ent and

syste5s9 %ead 7lue.rints 3iring diagra5s s/e5ati/ dra3ings and

engineering instru/tions for asse57ling ele/troni/s units a..lying

kno3ledge of ele/troni/ teory and /o5.onents9


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- Identify and resol!e e>ui.5ent 5alfun/tions 3orking 3it

5anufa/turers and field re.resentati!es as ne/essary to .ro/ure

re.la/e5ent .arts9- #aintain syste5 logs and 5anuals to do/u5ent testing and o.eration of

e>ui.5ent9

His"ori%a) De/e)o,*en" an! Ne0 Dis%o/eries In The Fie)d An!

Finan%ia) Brea1"hro$gh In The Fie)!'

In tis /onte=t 3e 3ill dis/ussing a7out te so/ietal 7reaktrougs in te

different /o5.onents of te ele/troni/s and /o55uni/ation engineering

starting fro5 ele/troni/s in general:E)e%"roni%s: )ro5 !a/uu5 tu7es to transistors to 5i/ro.ro/essors

ele/troni/ de!i/es 7e/a5e s5aller 5ore .o3erful and 5ore effi/ient

trougout te 20t /entury and .ro!ided te te/nologi/al 7asis for

/ountless inno!ations and .rodu/ts9 &e !a/uu5 tu7e led to te early

designs of te radio tele!ision and /o5.uter9 In te early 1BD0s te

transistor ad /a.tured te 3orld@s i5agination first in te transistori


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Ra!io an! Te)e/ision'&e introdu/tion of radio and tele!ision 3ere 5ajor

agents of so/ial /ange in te 20t /entury o.ening 3indo3s to oter li!es

to re5ote areas of te 3orld and to istory in te 5aking9 6road/asts of

ne3s s.orts e!ents and li!e .erfor5an/es /a.ti!ated audien/es as tey

e5anated fro5 s.eakers or s/reens in li!ing roo5s9 After #ar/oni@s 1B01

de5onstration of te 3irelessJ telegra. and te .ra/ti/al use of signal

trans5ission te/ni/al de!elo.5ents 3ere ra.id9

Co*,$"er Se%"or' &e ra.id .rogress of /o5.uters /a5e a7out 7e/ause of

inno!ations in stored data te /o5.etiti!e ra/e for su.erior 5aterials tat

3ould 5ake /o5.uters faster and 5ore relia7le and engineers 3o sa3 tat

te /o5.uter 3as 5ore tan a /al/ulator9 +ra.i/ally dri!en soft3are 5akes

/o5.uters easy to use and as 7egun to o.en ne3 3orlds troug teInternet9 &e a!erage A5eri/an no3 as a//ess to un.re/edented a5ounts of

kno3ledge and /an /o55uni/ate freely in a 3orld foru59In tis res.e/t te real /o5.uter re!olution is not one of nu57ers and 7ytes

7ut one in 3i/ .eo.le regardless of geogra.y and .oliti/s /an sare

infor5ation and learn fro5 ea/ oter9


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Oter related fields are igligted in te diagra5s 7elo3:

&e %elated 'ourses and Su7je/tsfields in/lude:- Signal .ro/essing9- Syste5 engineering9- (le/troni/s .o3er and /ontrol9- (rror dete/ting(rror /e/king9- S3it/ing syste5- Analog (ngineering- igital (ngineering- 'onsu5er (ngineering and (57edded syste5s9

- (le/tro/ardiogra.- Satellite /o55uni/ation- is.lay &e/nology- ireless Sensor net3ork9- %o7oti/s- #i/ro3a!e /o55uni/ation


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Pro-)e*s En%o$n"ere! an! So)$"ions2Consi!ering A#ri%a3'

Irres.e/ti!e of te e/ono5i/ i5.ro!e5ents and te/nologi/al

de!elo.5ents yet tere are still .ro7le5s of Une5.loy5ent utility

issues /ildren are still dying of 5al-nutrition and la/k of .rofessional

5oral eti/s9 &e .ro7le5s en/ountered in/lude:

TRANSPORTATION' &rans.ortation is !ital to te future de!elo.5ent

of our so/iety9 Our relian/e on all for5s of trans.ortation is gro3ing

des.ite te rising /osts of energy9 &e trans.ortation se/tor is /rying out

for no!el te/nologi/al solutions tat 3ould allo3 it to 7e/o5e 5ore

effi/ient safe and afforda7le9 (le/tri/al and ele/troni/ engineering is

.laying a 5ajor role 3it re/ent e=a5.les in/luding ele/tri/al !ei/les

and 5ore ele/tri/ air/raft9

INFORMATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES'

I'& as led a te/ni/al re!olution o!er te last de/ade9 &e 5odern

3orld is no3 defined 7y s5art I'& solutions9 &e s5artJ re!olution

/anges not only o3 digital data is deli!ered stored and retrie!ed 7ut

also o3 7asi/ utilities energy 3ater and trans.ortation is organi


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engineering industry 7y sending 5essages infor5ation@s !ia satellites

radio trans5itters signals et/9 tat are essential for +lo7al re!olution9

Ad!an/es in tis se/tor a!e led to ra.id in/rease in oter se/tors of

engineering so tat is to say all se/tors are i5.ortant9

ell don@t 7e like te nerd on te .i/ture sitting and 3aiting

for .eo.le to al3ays el. i5 out9

Al3ays /o5.laining and doing noting 7ut 7e te engineer 3it a

differen/e al3ays seeking for solution to .ro7le5s and 5aking a

differen/e tus ensuring .u7li/ safety9

REFERENCES'

UN(S'OUnes/o re.ort Engineering issues, challenges and opportunity for

developmentJ Unes/o .u7lising Se.t9H20109

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