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Common Questions for Other Disciplines
Working as an electrical power systems engineer is rarely an independent task. On almost all real-world projects there are other...
Feb 27, 20233 min read


Career Advice
Everybody has their 2 cents on how to navigate the professional world. This article shares a few pieces of advice that I've received that...
Jan 18, 20232 min read


Project Timeline and Key Deliverables
When designing and building an electrical power system, getting the steps in the right order is one of the most important parts. Working...
Oct 3, 20223 min read


Electrical Commissioning
Your project is almost built! Raceways are installed and cables are pulled. What now? Do we terminate the cables and walk away? Not...
Sep 8, 20222 min read


Technical and Professional Writing Tips
The most important skill for an engineer isn't math or computer programming. It's not even technical. More important than anything else...
Aug 1, 20222 min read


Electrical Engineers vs. Electricians
What's the difference between an electrical engineer and an electrician? I can't tell you how many times I've heard that question. It's...
May 26, 20222 min read


Engineering Ethics
Introduction - If you take a college ethics class, chances are you'll be learning about philosophers and the abstract ideas. My purpose...
May 26, 20223 min read


Critical and Creative Thinking in Engineering
Too many times have I heard an engineer (or student) tell me, "I like engineering because things are black and white. You can always find...
May 12, 20223 min read


Working with Other Engineering Disciplines
In the real world, electrical engineers don't work in isolation. For better or worse, there are always overlaps of engineering...
May 11, 20222 min read


Margin-Designing for the Real World
"Electrical engineers design to standards". This was a phrase one of my college professors shared with me in a professional practice...
May 2, 20222 min read


Do Electrical Engineers need to know CAD?
CAD stands for "computer-aided design". Taken literally, that could mean a ton of different things, since engineers use computers for...
Apr 25, 20223 min read
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