Month: July 2019

Women Mustn’t Fear a Career as an Engineer

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Countries all over the world, including India, are now facing a massive skill shortage in the engineering sector. This gap can be rightly filled by educated, skilled and talented women engineers. Therefore, nations all over the globe are changing the way they view women engineers.

Women in Tech

It is evident that having more woman in the organizational teams fosters innovation, creativity, and productivity resulting in more revenue. However, it is found that the Indian technology industry has only 26% of women engineers. The engineering sector is thus making efforts to bridge this gap by encouraging a diversified workforce.

Female Talent Acquisition

One of the tech giants, IBM has stated that if a woman developed a ‘career identity’ before they start a family, they are unstoppable. The company is also making efforts to identify young female potential talents and is enrolling them in a training program for their better growth in the engineering industry. Organizations are also building an inclusive interview panel to promote a fair assessment process.    

Need for Women in the Engineering Industry

It was found that there is only one woman engineer over three men across industries. The gap is significant and is hampering the overall productivity. Therefore, industries are now hiring woman engineers to create a perfect balance between gender, innovations, and productivity. Also, organizations are hiring women engineers to:

  • Embrace Creativity: Women involvement will add a mix of skills, gender, and bright minds. Women will contribute to create new ideas and bring innovative ways to work.
  • Skills and Potential: Girls and women can bring new potential to the engineering industry. Having a diversified workforce also helps to strengthen the overall infrastructure.

Career Opportunities

Women comprise less than ten percent of the engineering workforce. The engineering industries are thus embracing women engineers giving them lucrative job opportunities across the civil, chemical, construction, and mechanical engineering. They can even take up the high power jobs such as Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Surveillance, Project Administration, and Quality Lead.

Apart from them, organizations are also offering services such as child care, physical and mental health programs for women. These initiatives will reduce stress and encourage women to take up engineering jobs.   

Block Chain- A Digital Transformation of Power Market

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There has been a major transformation in the production and distribution of electricity across the globe. All the traditional power generating stations have now been replaced with the new budget-friendly power which is produced by solar, wind, or natural gas-burning plants.

In order to adapt to these small changes, the researchers have developed a new smart grid that would help the small traders to find a perfect marketplace to sell or purchase electricity. But to bring this system in the mainstream, a new system based on Blockchain needs to be developed. This is a digital technology associated with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin which will connect different electricity generators, buyers, and sellers.

Block Chain in the Power Market

Blockchain is a digital ledger to record transactions which enable fast, secure, and transparent trading. It functions on a widely distributed network of computers and is visible to all users. Unlike Bitcoin which needs different coins to solve a computationally complex problem, energy market needs a customized blockchain, designed specifically for this sector. Some of the reasons why blockchain can transform the power industry include:

Tracking Small Transactions: Apart from verifying the certificate of origin, Blockchain also wires a chain of networks used for purchasing, selling, or trading power among different customers. The basic concept behind creating such a blockchain is to enable the dispersed energy resources to stay connected, assist in making prompt decisions for optimizing the energy mix.

Enabling new Technologies: Blockchain also helps in introducing new technology and accepting new electric vehicles. It helps in swift handling the transactions at charging stations because of its capability to deal with large volumes of small transactions.

Decentralized Authority: Since most of the present blockchain frameworks do not allow direct one-on-one customer trading, therefore a new framework is needed to be developed. The concept will specify when the electricity is first directed to the regional electric grid. In order to set up this new framework, a heavily regulated and more flexible electricity tariff needs to be created and established using blockchain.

Tobalaba System

The Tobalaba system uses blockchain to record the origin and ownership of renewable sources of energy. It also manages electricity production, including details of source type, location, time, and emissions. Since the existing system to perform such functions is complicated and the certification confirmation is a time-consuming process, it might take weeks to get confirmed. Hence a new blockchain-based system is proposed which will speedup up the process and will provide transparent and accurate tracking and trading.

New and Enhanced: AutoCAD 2020

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AutoCAD 2020 comes with new features that bring your visions to life with best drafting and designing techniques. The AutoCAD subscription comes with specialized toolsets that enable the user to gain access to the industry-specific methods. The innovative features of AutoCAD 2020 provide you the flexibility to access the AutoCAD web and mobile apps. Some of the intriguing features of the latest AutoCAD 2020 are the dark theme for clear visuals, quick display for measurement, improved performance, block palette, and much more.

Dark Theme

AutoCAD 2020 now comes with a dark and fresh look to ease your eyes. The crisp and clean modern structure is designed to provide users a clear vision with sharper icons and contrast improvements.

High Performance

The system continues to provide high performing and a powerful engine to speed up work. Not more than half a second is required to save work each time. AutoCAD users have said that they have saved a lot of time due to its quick response time. A new special feature of AutoCAD has enabled the new generation saving approximately 80 working years collectively. Moreover, the installation time is 50 percent faster which is like a bonus!

Quick Display Measurements

Measuring distances have now become easy with the fresh AutoCAD Quick Measure Tool.

  • Measure 2D designs by just hovering over it
  • Hover your mouse between objects to see dimensions, angles, and distances
  • Site plans, elevations, and floor plans can be seen constantly

Block Palette

You can efficiently insert blocks with the block palette that comes with visual galleries. The feature also helps to find the exact block you are looking for. You can also drag and drop blocks effortlessly from the current drawing to the original drawing or any other drawing tabs. Searching and fixing numerous blocks or recently opened blocks is now easier with the feature of Repeat Placement for saving steps.

Clean Drawings Easily with Purge

The newly redesigned Purge feature is introduced to clean drawings in one go. It helps to get rid of unwanted objects easily and check the removed item with a visual preview section.

AutoCAD Integrates with Box and Microsoft

With the integration of AutoCAD with Microsoft and Box, you can store files or data in OneDrive or Box to get the advantage of streamlined workflows. The concept has paved the way for effortless workflows and enhanced productivity. It reduces collaboration time that benefits in viewing and editing files easily. The AutoCAD subscribers get the liberty of accessing the files anytime, anywhere.

7 Advices Engineers must Consider

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Engineering is one of the most thriving career domain. Several young aspirants want to choose this field to excel in life. However, there are some crucial learnings that the students must adopt in their early stage of an engineering career. Here are the seven among them.

  1. Open to learning: Engineers shall always be open to learning the latest trends and information that might not be related to their field.  
  2. Learning from the Mentors: Engineering graduates must find a mentor who they can idealize, respect and learn from.
  3. Open to rejections: The engineers must take failures in a positive way as a step to success.
  4. Seek Leadership: The engineers actively participate and take responsibilities accordingly.
  5. Develop Social Skills: A successful Engineer must be confident enough to interact with their peers.
  6. Following the Passion: Engineers must follow their passion and do what is best for them.  
  7. Keeping a record: Last but not least one must always keep a systematic written record of their achievements and performances.