Amazing Feats of Electrical Engineering / by Jennifer Swanson ; content consultant, Don Cripps, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Utah State University.
Publication Info.
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2015]
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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
Contents
Licensed to drive -- Electrical engineering -- Creating CPS -- CPS in action -- Harnessing the Sun's energy -- Solar challenges -- A robot driver -- Improving the driverless car -- Engineering the future.
Summary
Engineers design our modern world. They combine science and technology to create incredible vehicles, structures, and objects. This title examines amazing feats of electrical engineering. Engaging text explores the global positioning system, solar power plants, and self-driving cars. It also examines the engineers who made these projects a reality and traces the history of the discipline.