Unconventional courses are the future, traditional streams have hit a low!

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Engineering and MBA have become the main stream of courses that most of the students desire. However, they do not offer the worth as their name suggests. Recently, a survey of MBA and Engineer students, identified that only 7% of the MBA and engineering students are employable. The rest, if placed, earn less than ten thousand per month. These traditional courses have been affected a lot in the global market. The students are greatly discouraged due to such stats.

 

The End of Traditional Courses

A faculty of IIM, Varsha Khander, said “Yes, many streams in engineering, such as Mechanical Electrical, and Chemical have reached a point of stagnation. There are very few jobs in the market, and they are not very exciting. Traditional MBA has also reached its tipping point. There is a clear mismatch in the demand and supply. Students are looking for fresh courses that will rule the job market in the coming years”. Thus, students are shifting from traditional to unconventional courses. “I want to perhaps study Spa Management, let’s see who offers that. Or else, have to move abroad,” says, Vinith Kumar, a student of a Top International.

 

New Unconventional Courses

Some institutions have lately gained awareness for the demand of unconventional subjects. For example, iNurture in Bangalore has partnered with Golden Valley Education Trust and Europe’s Galileo Educational Network to provide new-age global programs to Indian UG and PG students. The programs help the student to pursue global careers such as

  • Sports Management
  • Luxury Management
  • Tourism
  • Hospitality Management
  • Cartography
  • Anthropology
  • Tea Tasting
  • Art Restoration
  • Puppetry
  • Design
  • Digital

MBA degrees in these courses is not only exciting, but they also have a lot of opportunities. They are the youth courses for the new age youth. Dr. T Venkat Vardhan, Founder of DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt Ltd. believe that the future of education is in the hands of such courses. He says, “The vocational, allied and technical disciplines need to be paid attention, and through Golden Valley Education Trust, I am trying to do that.”

 

Keys to Nailing your Engineering Job Interview

Job Interview is the worst nightmare for all the Engineering students. It haunts every student right from the beginning of the final semester. So to help the students and to make them fearless about interviews we have curated a list of interview tips. Read the tips given below to nail your engineering interview.

  • Never miss building a rapport. Create an excellent First Impression with a firm handshake and eye contact with the interviewer. It signifies confidence and professionalism.
  • Acquire all the information about the applied Job position. Learn about the job roles and the key skills required for the same. It will help you navigate the interview.
  • Know your company. Gather maximum information about the company including its product, press release, partners, affiliations, etc. This background research will help you nail the interview.
  •  Be well versed with your CV. The interviewer may ask you anything from your CV, so make sure every information present in the CV is justifiable.
  • Never miss the fundamental learning. Interviewers usually ask questions from the engineering basics. Make sure you are well acquainted with the fundamentals.
  • Don’t hesitate to talk. Communication skill is an important parameter for evaluation in a job interview. So keep the conversation alive with sensible discussions.
  • Always ask questions. It will give an impression of vigilance.

 

All the engineering students and graduates must follow these key tips to nail their upcoming job interviews.

 

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Satellites, Radar and The Electrical Engineer

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         Satellite and Radar design has a huge potential in this information era, where every technological giant is keenly involved in gaining more information through satellites. Giants such as Google, Facebook, and SpaceX need to expand their internet connection and hence are planning to launch many satellites. Google plans to invest around $1 billion in launching satellites. On the other hand, SpaceX aims at launching low-Earth orbit satellites.

The State of Satellite

 

Russia created history by launching the first satellite “Sputnik 1” in 1957. Today, more than 50 countries own their own satellites. There are a total of 1100 active and 2600 inactive satellites today. Among these 50% of them are in low-earth orbit (260 miles high), 20% are in medium orbit (13,000 miles high), and high orbit (22,236 miles), and 10% are in geosynchronous orbit (22,240 miles high). These satellites serve a lot of purposes including weather, navigation, and much more.

 

Weather Satellite: They send images of weather fronts and the changes that the environment faces.

Navigation Satellite: They calculate the location based time and signal distance using GPS and other navigation systems.

Communication Satellite: They connect remote areas and carry communication traffic.

Astronomical Satellite: They study about the universe.

Radar Satellites: The satellites are used for imaging the earth’s surface with the help of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The changes in the images of the same area are detected with the help of radar interferometry. The images of radar satellite can be extremely sharp.

 

The Future of Satellites

 

 

Pseudo- Satellites: High Altitude Aircraft with satellite abilities will be the future of satellites. The Zephyr, a pseudo-satellite flies at 70,000 feet during the day and 50,000 during the night. It runs with solar power and hovers over the same spot for an indefinite time.

 

Nanosats: Lightweight Satellites with small components similar to a smartphone will also rule the future. They have limited capability, but are cost-friendly.

 

Electrical Propulsion: They are used to keep the satellites in their orbit.

 

Electrical Engineer and Satellites

 

For a successful growth and innovation of satellites, an electrical engineer plays a very important role. A few firms are hiring 200-500 new employees and expanding their staff count. In the next 15 years, approximately 1,600 satellites are expected to get launched. These launches would give new opportunities to the engineers. Around 44,100 electrical engineering job openings are projected before 2022.

ARES Commander 2017 – An Overview

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Graebert has recently released a new version of its flagship CAD product:             ARES Commander 2017. The product offers 2D and 3D tools for CAD designing in DWG format. Graebert’s  30+ years of expertise in CAD for computers and mobile devices makes this new software all the more unique and trustworthy.

Product Specification

Below listed are the unique features of ARES Commander Software 2017.

  • Platform independent: The software is compatible with Windows, Mac OS, and Linux platforms.
  • DWG Native: The software uses DWG as its native format, allowing modification of CAD designs in this popular format, without explicit import and export.
  • User-Friendly Interface: The software has an interface similar to the generic CAD interface and implements the similar CAD operating commands for ease of use.
  • Resolves Language Barriers: Available in 14 different languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish, Czech, Russian, Turkish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean.
  • Programming Interface: Incorporates powerful API, which supports numerous programming languages including C++, TX, Lisp, VSTA, DCL, Visual Studio, COM, and Active X.
  • ARES Touch: The best touch screen solution for CAD on smartphones and tablets is now available for both Android and iOS. Further, the Dark user interface is the part of this new software.

Software Application

The new features incorporated in this version makes the software robust. These additional features are as follows.

  • Multifunctional Grips helps the user to modify any entity using end point grips. One can easily alter the length, width, and radius of any entity using this functionality.
  • Polylines editing improvements permit the user to convert a line segment into an arc and vice versa.
  • Relative angles in coordinate input can be easily entered using “@” prefix.
  • The software helps to Trim and Power Trim the hatches and gradients.
  • Advanced PDF to DWG conversion
  • Insert CENTERLINES between a pair of lines, concentric arcs and polyline segments.
  • The software helps to create an array of multiple copies of a selected entity along any path.
  • Splits dimension lines and extension lines avert overlapping.
  • Xtra tools are LISP based tools which are now available for the MAC and Linux OS as well. It includes tools for annotations, modifying blocks and dimensions, and views and utilities.
  • One can easily match the entity properties with the layer’s properties using SetByLayer option of the software.

The latest version of ARES Commander Software will help the users to create compelling DWG drawings. The simple interface and advanced features will make CAD implementation easy and organized.

3D Printing on Human Skin to Become Reality

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The Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a revolutionary process for 3D printing electronic sensory devices that gives robots the ability to feel the environment. The innovation will acts as a significant step for printing electronics on human skin.

Uses of 3D printed Sensors

The lead researcher on the study, Michael McAlpine revealed about the uses of super sensors.

  • Introducing bionic skin on surgical robots gives them the ability to make the surgery easier and precise.
  • These sensors will make it easier for robots to walk and interact with the environment.
  • The innovation will lead to the future sensors that will be printed directly onto the human skin for monitoring their health and protecting soldiers in the field from dangerous chemicals.
  • The sensor devices are so sensitive that it can even detect the pulse of an individual.

Designing and Development of Sensors

McApline and his team created a unique sensing fabric with the help of a 3D printer that they built in the lab. The printer is inscribed with four nozzles, which can print with specialized “inks” that forms as layers of the device. All the layers used in flexible sensors can be set at room temperature. Talking about the conventional 3D printing, the researchers said that using liquid plastic is difficult as it is hot and rigid to use on the skin, however; the flexible 3D printed sensors makes the process easy by expanding up to three times the original size.

Going Beyond the Limitations of Biology

In their next experiment, researchers hope to print such “skin” on the human body. Other advancements will include improvement in laparoscopic surgery and provision of touch sensation for the victims. The people who are suffering from prosthetic limbs can gain the touch sense through the artificial skin. Surprisingly, this breakthrough can completely revolutionize mass production.

According to the lead researcher on the study, there can be the arrival of undiscovered applications because the possibilities of future are endless.

What is Industry 4.0?

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Industry 4.0 relates with the fourth industrial revolution. After, industry 1.0 which refers to mechanization, 2.0 to mass production, and 3.0 to automation, now enter “Internet of Things and Services” is becoming an integral part of manufacturing. Industry 4.0 has the capability to create multiple growth opportunities and competitive advantages for the business locations. According to experts, the companies will experience an increase in productivity by 30 percent using Industry 4.0.

Social Machines

In industry 4.0, intelligent machines will allow sharing of information just like online social networks. The arrival of industry 4.0 has made production more flexible and efficient. Moreover, these social machines communicate directly with all the IT systems enabling uninterrupted flow of information within the company.

Global Facilities

Talking about the production arena, it is a place where machines share data with each other and connect to supplier & customer systems. Therefore, if the supplier cannot deliver the product, the technology works to analyze the capacity utilization and automatically places an order with them.

However, the human effort still plays a critical role in the production process. The augmented operators can control and monitor within the production network. IT-based assistance systems can extend functions of a real factory.

Smart Products

Every smart product holds information about product status and operating conditions. The data is stored within Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) chips, which provides a virtual copy of each smart product. RFID enables collecting and updating of product information throughout the life of the product as per the requirement, making them smart. These smart products are aware of its type and can tell machines of what shape it needs and or the right color for it.

Virtual Production

Corresponding to the real production arena, the smart factories will have the digital twin for same products and resources. The system makes way for engineers to control and monitor production in real time remotely. Therefore, the digital copy allows virtual simulation throughout the production processes.

The benefits of Industry 4.0 model will outweigh concerns related to production. Health and safety of human workers can be improved, and supply chain can be controlled during manufacturing and delivery process. The results for Industry 4.0 model could be increased profit, market revenue, and market share.