The Software I use in my Electrical Engineering PhD

[@willjack5848]

I gotta say Electrical Engineer is the most versatile degree ever. If you got the degree, it proved that you are capable of abstract thinking and understand hard concept, every employer value that greatly

[@alithedazzling]

Absolutely! I think its best degree to get before starting your own company -- abstract thinking and complex problem solving

[@nestorv7627]

Knowing how to write latex is essential for any job that requires you to write reports. It makes everything so neat. I wrote all my lab reports in undergrad using latex and it helped me get better grades than my peers even if the content of the reports was similar to theirs

[@alithedazzling]

its a game changer honestly

[@thomasriedler8174]

Matlab and Overleaf 😍😍 best combination, as with Matlab you can make so nice vector graphic figures that are so nice in Latex (Overleaf)!!

[@alithedazzling]

Absolutely!!! This guy gets it haha

[@robertramkissoon52]

I love your content!! I cant get enough. Also I love the consistency.

[@alithedazzling]

Thank you so much! What do you like about it? So I know to keep doing that :)

[@robertramkissoon52]

@@alithedazzling I love how you dive into topics and theory instead of keeping it surface level thoughts and generalization. There’s a lot of specializations when it comes to Electrical engineering, maybe a video on some of the different types and how to choose one?

[@alithedazzling]

@@robertramkissoon52 Will definitely have this video out soon, probably over the weekend, stay tuned :)

[@emiliomartinez1881]

Yep, FEKO is my main antenna design tool as well.

[@alithedazzling]

what kind of antennas do you design?

[@emiliomartinez1881]

I work on a wide variety of antennas, from electrically small antennas to retro-reflective arrays. I'm an older person who has gone back to work on a PhD (while working full time), this is what led me to your videos. Congratulations on your hard earned accomplishments and I'll continue to watch your videos in the future. Best regards...

[@alithedazzling]

@@emiliomartinez1881 very cool! Best of luck on your PhD! If you are experienced with FEKO, I'd recommend you upload some tutorials since there are not many videos that are well explained

[@donharrold1375]

MATLAB is fantastic. It is incredibly powerful and the syntax is easy. Python, particularly the Numpy and Matplotlib libraries, is similar, but the MATLAB interface is nicer and the toolboxes are amazing.

[@95Davich]

Amazing branch of telecomms, antenna design

[@95Davich]

Do you have to design transmission side or RFFE?

[@alithedazzling]

both!

[@nevis2769]

Interesting video. Possibly a video on using overleaf with things such as inserting images etc. The barrier to learning it vs simplicity of word puts me off using it. Looks super neat though!

[@alithedazzling]

yeah its an investment if you plan on writing many papers, but if you only have like one to do for example it may not be worth it. Are you a grad student?

[@nevis2769]

@@alithedazzling no I'm in year 2 of a meng programme so a great number of lab reports left ahead of me! The ease of equation referencing has sold me on learning it though. Word is really clunky with that side of things

[@alithedazzling]

@@nevis2769 yeah id say spend a day learning it, worth it :)

[@bro...]

Bro had c++ in the thumbnail, didn't once mention it🤣 Big fan btw

[@alithedazzling]

Yeah I was gonna mention it but decided to keep it simple -- was gonna talk about arduino using c++ code but truth is I haven't done any project involving that since my last nasa internship so kinda skipped it. For what its worth I think Matlab is written in C++ haha

[@Abdalrahman_Yahya]

Like always! Awesome video! Can you talk about the subjects or courses that electrical engineer must re-read it or take it for the first time

[@alithedazzling]

Thank you Abdalrahman, always nice to see your comments man :) What do you mean by your question? Like If you took the class already in high school and need to take it again in college?

[@Abdalrahman_Yahya]

@@alithedazzling No , i mean the courses that came from the Electrical Engineering Plan

[@alithedazzling]

@@Abdalrahman_Yahya sorry I don't think I understand the question -- maybe you can word it differently?

[@Abdalrahman_Yahya]

@@alithedazzling يمكن بتفهم عربي احسن علي 😁 شو المواد الي بتنصح بإعادة درساتها او المهارات الي لازم تكتسبها عشان تكمل دراسة الماجستير في هندسة الكهرباء

[@alithedazzling]

@@Abdalrahman_Yahya I think this will depend entirely on the country/university. Generally a good understanding of electromagnetic physics, a good understanding of circuits, and being proficient in one programming language (I recommend Matlab). Also depending on which specialty for your MS program, you can focus on courses related for that. For example a MS in power systems, review power system material etc

[@lakshaykaushik7814]

Hi Ali, I'm from India and love electrical engineering, but there is not much scope of the field in my country, it's mostly computer science. What should I do. I'm currently in final year of my high school.

[@alithedazzling]

what do you love about electrical engineering? and how much scope exactly is there?

[@lakshaykaushik7814]

I like building automated things including computer, sensors controller( aurdino like stuff){As I have not much exposure to other stuff} . Besides this I also like electromagnetics and semiconductors as I have studied them during my course. By scope I mean that although ee students are hired by companies, most of them end up as software develoers. Core companies which are few in number recruit very few students and salary is also comparatively less than those of non core.

[@alithedazzling]

@@lakshaykaushik7814 then id say follow your passion, and worst case you end up working in software -- better than studying something you hate from the start

[@lakshaykaushik7814]

@@alithedazzling Thanks for your guidance.

[@Jamazon]

Really love your channel, super helpful! Any other youtube channels you recommend to check out to learn more about Electrical Engineering (specifically signal processing)?

[@shahzaibzaibi677]

Great video

[@alithedazzling]

Thank you!

[@nathankabotambuy445]

My school only provides one Matlab class. Where else outside of school can I learn Matlab?

[@alithedazzling]

theres lots of good videos on YT -- there's few other online courses on places like course era I believe

[@saidielhoussain4128]

Ali the Dazzling

[@Troynjk]

So a Phd is something like a patent that has not yet been built or proven to work ?

[@alithedazzling]

more or less, but research/publications instead of patents

[@kombuijoshua4539]

Hello, it’s Kombui here😊… hope you remember me

[@alithedazzling]

yes sir! you made it haha

[@NoBetterTech]

Do you use any Fortran… or only Python, as of main Programming language… (in conjunction with software you present here in KZbin)…?

[@alithedazzling]

I doubt anyone uses Fortran anymore unless absolutely necessary -- we use mainly matlab, python, and if something needs interface with hardware we use C/C++

[@NoBetterTech]

​@@alithedazzlingAre you also making use of Virtual Machines? what host/guest OSs?

[@BijliMistri-n3g]

can anyone suggest some best lectures from mit for electrical engineering

[@violet2805]

👍🏽👍🏽

[@of499]

Matlab is not a programming language because it doesn't compile. Otherwise we will consider English and other languages as Programming languages.

[@alithedazzling]

"A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs" -- "MATLAB is a high-level programming language designed for engineers and scientists that expresses matrix and array mathematics directly." www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/programming-with-matlab.html

[@of499]

@@alithedazzling Mathwork is not a good reference in this context because they will market their product as best as they can. In fact, as per their definition, math and physics are programming languages which they are not.

[@alithedazzling]

@@of499 but that's not the point, isn't a programming language a set of instructions that tell a computer what to do? matlab involves everything; functions, conditional statements, loops, etc.

[@of499]

@@alithedazzling When we speak to Siri, the computer follows our instructions. That doesn't make English a programming language. Similarly, writing commands in a command CLI, or formatting web text using CSS, doesn't make them programming languages. If it doesn't compile (i.e. change from a human readable language to a low level computer code) it can't be counted as Programming Language (PL). Otherwise we will end up with labelling every language as a PL, eventually the term PL will loose its meaning. Great videos btw, keep it up 👍