The document discusses Michael Faraday and his contributions to electrical engineering. It notes that his birthday is September 22nd and lists some of his most important discoveries and accomplishments, including his ideas about field lines of force, demonstrating the principles of motors and generators, establishing the laws of electrolysis and electromagnetic induction, and being honored with the Faraday unit of capacitance. It also provides context on Faraday's work by discussing challenges for electrical engineers and the evolution of power systems towards smarter grids incorporating distributed generation and big data analytics.