Lecture 1.

Introduction, Basic SI
Units & Symbols
 What is the Difference Between
a Scientist and an Engineer?
Scientists:

Discover the world that exists.

Engineers:
Create the world that never was.
Engineering uses scientific,
technological, and mathematical
knowledge to solve practical
problems.
 Engineers Can Do Anything
Invent: Develop a new product, system, or process that
has never existed before.
Innovate: Improve an existing technological product,
system, or method.

Design Build Analyze

Create Orchestrate
Improve Evaluate Conceive
 ‫‪Example‬‬ ‫‪Its Meaning‬‬ ‫‪The Word‬‬
‫‪A, V, W, ,‬‬ ‫رمز‬ ‫‪Symbol‬‬
‫‪Dr., Asst., Prof.,‬‬ ‫مختصر كلمة واحدة‬ ‫‪Abbreviation‬‬
‫‪USA, FEM, SCR,‬‬ ‫الحرف األول من كل كلمة في جملة معينة‬ ‫‪Acronym‬‬
‫مرادف‬ ‫‪Synonym‬‬
‫‪Synonym‬‬
‫‪mA,‬‬
‫‪mA, GHz‬‬
‫‪GHz‬‬ ‫بادئة‬
‫بادئة‬ ‫‪Prefix‬‬
‫‪Prefix‬‬
‫نص‬
‫نص‬ ‫‪Script‬‬
‫‪Script‬‬
‫منخفض‬
‫نص منخفض‬ ‫نص‬ ‫‪Subscript‬‬
‫‪Subscript‬‬
‫مرتفع‬
‫نص مرتفع‬
‫نص‬ ‫‪Superscript‬‬
‫‪Superscript‬‬
‫‪Arial, Times New Roman‬‬
‫‪Arial, Times New Roman‬‬ ‫الخط‬
‫الخط‬ ‫‪Font‬‬
‫‪Font‬‬
‫‪,,‬‬ ‫قصير))‬
‫توقف قصير‬
‫فاصلة ((توقف‬
‫فاصلة‬ ‫‪comma‬‬
‫‪comma‬‬
‫‪:‬‬ ‫الفاصلة المنقوطة (توقف متوسط)‬ ‫‪Semicolon‬‬
‫‪:‬‬ ‫الفاصلة المنقوطة (توقف متوسط)‬ ‫‪Semicolon‬‬
‫‪.‬‬ ‫توقف كامل‬ ‫‪Period‬‬
‫‪.‬‬ ‫توقف كامل‬ ‫‪Period‬‬
‫عالمات الترقيم (وضع الفوارز و النقاط داخل النص)‬ ‫‪Punctuation‬‬
‫عالمات الترقيم (وضع الفوارز و النقاط داخل النص)‬ ‫‪Punctuation‬‬
 We use the following prefixes:

Pico (p): 10-12 Tera (T): 1012

Nano (n): 10-9 Giga (G) : 109

Micro (): 10-6 Mega (M): 106

Mille (m): 10-3 Kilo (k): 103

The Following List of The Greek
Alphabet Will Be Used in Literature
as Symbols for The Studied
Variables of The Electrical
Engineering Science
‫اللفظ بالعربية‬ Name Small Capital .No
‫الفا‬ alpha α Α 1
‫بيتا‬ beta β B 2
‫كاما‬ gamma γ Γ 3
‫دلتا‬ delta δ Δ 4
‫إيبسلون‬ epsilon ε Ε 5
‫زيتا‬ zeta ζ Ζ 6
‫إيتا‬ eta η Η 7
‫ثيتا‬ theta θ Θ 8
‫إيوتا‬ iota ι Ι 9
‫كابا‬ kappa κ Κ 10
‫المبدا‬ lambda λ Λ 11
‫ميو‬ mu μ Μ 12
 ‫اللفظ‬
‫بالعربية‬ Name Small Capital .No
‫نيو‬ nu ν Ν 13
‫إكساي‬ xi ξ Ξ 14
‫أوميكرون‬ omicron ο Ο 15
‫باي‬ pi π Π 16
‫رو‬ rho ρ Ρ 17
‫سيكما‬ sigma σ, ς Σ 18
‫تاو‬ tau τ Τ 19
‫أوبسلون‬ upsilon υ Υ 20
‫فاي‬ phi φ Φ 21
‫جاي‬ chi χ Χ 22
‫بساي‬ psi ψ Ψ 23
‫أوميكا‬ omega ω Ω 24
Do you think that the engineer
needs units?
What is meant by the unit of any
quantity?

What are the basic units?

What is meant by a derived unit?

Is there different systems of units?

 Basic SI Units
Quantity Symbol Base Unit
Electric Current A Ampere
Luminous Intensity cd Candela
Temperature K Kelvin
Mass k Kilogram
Length m Meter
Amount of Substance mol Mole
Time s Second
 Derived Units with Special Names

Units Named After Unit of Symbol In SI Units

Charles-Augustin de
Coulomb Coulomb Electric Charge C 1A
Degree Celsius Anders Celsius Temperature °C 0 °C = 273.15 K
Farad Michael Faraday Capacitance F 1 F = 1 s4·A2·m−2·kg−1
Magnetic field 1 G= 1Mx
Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauss Magnetic flux density G 1 G=
Henry Joseph Henry Inductance H
Hertz Heinrich Hertz Frequency Hz 1 Hz = 1
Joule James Prescott Joule Energy J
Lumen   Luminous flux lm 1 lm = 1 cd⋅sr
Lux   Illuminance lx 1 lx = 1 lm/m22
Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell Magnetic flux Mx
 Units Named After Unit of Symbol In SI Units
Newton Sir Isaac Newton Force N
Magnetizing
Magnetizing field,
field, 1Am-1= 4π × Oe
Oersted Hans
Hans Christian
Christian Oersted
Oersted Magnetizing
Magnetizing Force
Force
Oe 1 Oe ≈ 79.5774715 Am-1
Ohm
Ohm Georg
Georg Ohm
Ohm Electrical
Electrical Resistance
Resistance Ω
Ω
Radian
Radian    Angle
Angle rad
rad 1
1 rad=
rad= 57.296°
57.296°
Electric Conductance,
Ernst
Ernst Werner
Werner Electric Conductance, S=Ω-1
Siemens
Siemens von
and Electric
and Electric S
S
von Siemens
Siemens Admittance
Admittance
Magnetic field
Magnetic field
Tesla
Tesla Nikola
Nikola Tesla
Tesla
Magnetic flux
Magnetic flux T
T
density
density 1 T= 104G
Alessandro Electric potential,
Volt Alessandro Electric potential, V
Volt Volta
Volta
electromotive force
electromotive force
V
Watt James Watt Power W
Watt James Eduard
Wilhelm Watt Power W
Weber Weber
Magnetic flux Wb
Wilhelm Eduard
Weber Weber
Magnetic flux Wb
 Systems of units
Metric
•   System British
•   System
Length: meter, m Length: foot (30.48 cm)
Mass: kilogram, kg Mass: Slug (14.6 kg)
Time: seconds, s Time: Second, s
Electric Charge: Coulomb, Electric Charge: Coulomb, C
Temperature: centigrade, Temperature: Fahrenheit,
Force: Newton, N Force: Pound (4.45 N)
Energy: Joule (Nm), J Energy: Foot-pound (1.356 J)