Basic Electrical Engineering: Principles, Designs and Applications
About this ebook
This book aims to cater to the needs of the undergraduate courses in the discipline of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering and postgraduate students specializing in Electronics, Control Engineering. It will also serve as reference material for engineers employed in industry. The fundamental concepts and principles behind transformers, three-phase circuits and electrical generators and motors are explained in a simple, easy-to-understand manner.
Each chapter contains a good number of short answers and of multiple-choice questions with explanation which makes the book quite useful for Indian Engineering Service(IES), Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), National Eligibility Test (NET), State Eligibility Test (SET), University Grants Commission- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (UGC-CSIR) and other entrance examinations.
About the author
Dr. Vibhav Kumar Sachan received the B. Tech (Hons.) degree in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi, U.P., M. Tech (Hons.) degree in Digital Communication from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, U.P., and Ph.D. from Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, in 2001, 2006 and 2014 respectively. Since 2001, he has been part of KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, UP, India, where he is an Additional Head of Department & Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He has more than 50 publications in journals and international conferences of repute. His current research interests are Wireless Communication and Signal Processing.
Dr. Syed Akhtar Imam received the Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia, M. Tech degree (Instrumentation and Control System) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Ph.D. degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, in 1990, 1998, and 2008, respectively. Since 1990, he has been part of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Presently, he is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He worked as Supervisor at Electrical Maintenance Division, PWD, Lucknow, (U.P.) before joining Jamia Millia Islamia. His research interests include Sensing Technologies, Electrical, Electronic and Bioinstrumentation, Wireless Sensor Networks and Digital Circuits. He has published more than 60 research papers in journals of repute and 40 research papers in national/international conferences. In addition, he has participated and presented 25 research papers in national/international refereed conferences in India and abroad.
