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Hey everyone,

I have an MS in Electrical Engineering (focused on embedded systems and IoT) and I’m actively looking to start a PhD in US. My background is hands-on I’ve built systems using Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and similar hardware, and my research interests are in:

• Embedded Systems (real-time control, RTOS, hardware-software co-design)
• IoT (sensor networks, edge computing, wireless protocols)
• Battery Management Systems (BMS) monitoring, balancing, state estimation

I’m trying to cut through the noise of cold-emailing and find labs that are actually looking for students right now, rather than blasting out generic emails.

If you know a professor who:

• Is actively recruiting for Fall 2026 or Spring 2027
• Works in any of the above areas (or adjacent ones like power electronics, control systems, or cyber-physical systems)
• Has funding for a RA position

I’d genuinely appreciate a name or a nudge in the right direction. Happy to DM my CV if that helps make an intro easier.

Thanks in advance this community has been incredibly helpful to a lot of people and I’m hoping it comes through again.

The solder doesnt stick at all on the bigger pads ( motor, battery etc..) i dont know hwat to do i dont want to cook the pad, how could i solder the things on, i have a 450c soldering iron and flux but it doesnt work

Greetings. I'm curious about this job title - are any of you guys working in this field (industrial automation) regularly using Python in an IoT context? What do you do in your role? (I have some ideas)

I've a masters in EE with a control theory element. Have worked on IoT products (hardware + firmware) in the past and have been developing pure python applications beyond that.

I'm really keen to get back to my first love of physical control systems so I'm going for this role and would really appreciate info from anyone in the industry doing this kind of stuff.

Please suggest other reddits that might be worth posting this in also.

Cheers

Hey everyone. I’m a second-year Electrical and Electronic Engineering student and I’m looking for guidance from people who’ve already been through this journey. So far I’ve studied courses like Fundamentals of Electronics, Digital Systems, circuit analysis and related subjects, but I feel like I need more practical exposure or small projects to really digest and understand the concepts deeply instead of just passing exams.

I’d appreciate advice on what kinds of beginner/intermediate projects I should start with, skills I should focus on, or areas worth exploring early on. Whether it’s Arduino, embedded systems, PCB design, simulations, power electronics, coding, or anything else that helped you learn better, I’d really love to hear your insights. Also, what habits or resources helped you become better practically as an engineering student?

Any guidance, project ideas, or roadmap suggestions would mean a lot. Thanks in advance.

Hi All,

I'm an Electrical Engineer working in heavy industry, I have a mix of operational, design and projects experience. I wanted to get an idea of how other EEs are using AI in their day to day to speed up tasks and increase efficiency.

While I see some interesting use cases online I've yet to find any great use in my own workflow, here's a few examples of how I've used it (would like to hear yours):

• Feeding it downtime/SCADA Alarming spreadsheet dumps to help with pattern recognition (worked surprisingly well)
• Excel Macro writing, to assist in bulk procedure generation (setup tags in the procedure and have the excel sheet replace it)
• Review documents against drawings / poke holes in my ideas (often terrible but every now and again it picks up things I hadn't considered)
• Standard search, I've found better results specifying where it can get information - i.e. only look through Schneider files etc & link to exactly where you sourced your answer

I'm a big believer it won't replace engineers but do see it's usefulness in accelerating task efficiency, interested in any good ideas.

Hello! Tomorrow is the last day for choosing masters in my EE degree. I am interested in DSP because I like math more than physics, but from what I hear there the field has become saturated and does not have that many jobs anymore. I am also considering choosing the communication engineering track, but shouldn't I choose the RF masters in that case? Are there need for communication engineers that are not actually specialized in RF? I live in Sweden btw.

See the links with courses for the two masters bellow:

Information and Network engineering
https://www.kth.se/en/studies/master/information-and-network-engineering/courses-information-network-engineering-1.673889

RF

https://www.kth.se/en/studies/master/electromagnetics-fusion-and-space-engineering/courses-electromagnetics-fusion-space-engineering-1.268257

Hi,

I'm looking for an LED driver to drive white LED with the drive current of 2.2A. The input voltage is 5V. The enable signal voltage is (0-3.3V) for trigger. Can anyone suggest something good?

Hello! im an incoming 1st year EE student, I want to ask what EE and math topics I can study in advance? My classes doesnt start until early august