electrical engineer

Noun
  1. A person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity (synset 110068825)
    is a type of: applied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
    specific instances:
    • bush, vannevar bush - United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)
    • de forest, father of radio, lee de forest - United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
    • dolby, ray m. dolby - United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording
    • heaviside, oliver heaviside - English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)
    • a. e. kennelly, arthur edwin kennelly, kennelly - United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939)
    • guglielmo marconi, marconi - Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937)
    • ernst werner von siemens, siemens - German electrical engineer (1816-1892)
    • clive sinclair, sinclair, sir clive marles sinclair - English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940)
    • charles proteus steinmetz, steinmetz - United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923)
    • nikola tesla, tesla - United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)
    • elihu thomson, thomson - United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)

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