Electrical Engineering for Everyone

Course Overview

Discover how electricity transformed modern life through 24 engaging lectures with Dr. Laura J. Bottomley. Featuring live demonstrations, this course explores everything from power grids to AI, revealing the engineering behind our electrified world.

Video Lessons

Foundations of Electricity

1. Four Miracles of Electrical Engineering (33 min)
   Key revolutions that shaped our electrified world
2. Static Electricity and DC vs AC (33 min)
   How electrons carry energy in different current forms
3. Power Generation (26 min)
   Converting energy using Maxwell’s equations

Power & Communication Systems

4. The Electric Grid (32 min)
   US power infrastructure and smart grid potential
5. Telephone Network Evolution (29 min)
   From Bell’s twisted-pair cables to digital systems
6. Digital Telecom Revolution (30 min)
   Analog to binary signal conversion
7. Radio/TV Transmission (32 min)
   Hertz waves to digital broadcasting
8. Space Communications (32 min)
   Satellite technology from Sputnik to GPS

Electronics Fundamentals

10. Circuit Design (32 min)
    Ohm’s Law and semiconductor applications
11. Transistors & Batteries (35 min)
    Amplification and chemical-to-electrical conversion
12. Digital Logic (26 min)
    Binary systems and logic gate operations

Computing & Networks

13. Processors & Memory (28 min)
    Babbage’s Analytical Engine to modern CPUs
14. Ethernet to Internet (32 min)
    Protocol development for diverse data transmission
15. Photonics (32 min)
    Fiber optics and laser technology applications

Applied Technologies

16. Ubiquitous Sensors (27 min)
    From thermostats to smart devices
17. Electronics Scavenger Hunt (33 min)
    Dissecting household devices
18. Sound Electronics (31 min)
    Waveform manipulation and synthesis
19. Medical Electronics (33 min)
    Pacemakers, cochlear implants and safety considerations

Future Frontiers

20. Control Systems (32 min)
    Cruise control to insulin pumps
21. Signal Processing & AI (34 min)
    Self-driving car challenges
22. IoT Networks (34 min)
    RFID, Bluetooth and smart systems
23. Global EE Applications (33 min)
    Engineering solutions worldwide
24. Technology Evolution (37 min)
    Predicting electrical engineering’s future