The world of Electrical Engineering

Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are pilotless and non-crewed aircraft that are capable of flying either by remote control or through the use of on-board computers, in other words, drones are flying robots which have been getting a lot of attention recently. Some people claim that drones are taking over the world, because we cannot stop finding new ways to make good use of them. Listed down below are some interesting facts and videos that have caught my…

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Since I began having lectures in IST, I realized that it is a lot different than high school, one major difference that I have noticed immediately is that most of my classes have at least a 100 students, some even have more. Another big contrast is the way teachers plan and give their lectures, they give a lot of information out in just one class which makes it difficult to keep up sometimes. In addition to this we also need to read and…

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As you may already know I am studying Electrical and Computer Engineering at the university IST, in Lisbon. This is my first semester, so I currently have 5 subjects: Chemistry– which provides the student with the capability of understanding the relations between chemical structure and the properties of different materials; Differential and Integral Calculus I– which gives the students basic knowledge in mathematical analysis, sequences, differential and integral calculus real functions of one real variable; Linear Algebra– this offers a…

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My name is Stella Silva, I am an 18 year old college student, studying at the university IST, in Lisbon. The course that I am taking is called Electrical and Computer Engineering, which covers a wide range of intervention areas, such as computers, telecommunications, electronics, control and energy. The world of Engineering really fascinates me and makes me want to learn more about it. So far it has been a good experience… It´s all very different, many changes are happening in my…

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