Growing need for Environmental Internships in India

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Summer internships can be a perfect way to learn an extra lesson as students from school or colleges are extra busy during the whole year.With classes out of the way, students can commit completely on an internship program and can take all the benefits these internships offer.

Environme122ntal internships have experienced a rise in demand for the past years. One of the most interesting aspect of Environmental Internships is, students from not only environmental backgrounds take up the courses,but youngsters from varied academic backgrounds, such as engineering, journalism, law or even students who just completed school can go for an internship program in Environmental Sciences.

Eco Projects creating Market Demands

With huge organizations such as the Centre for Science and Environment,taking up projects and consistently working with rich projects in environmental studies in divisions such as- Air Pollution, Water Management, Industry and Environment will generate employment opportunities in the near future.

The most interesting thing about environmental internships is, students and candidates from almost all academic backgrounds can join these programs, the only criteria many organizations have is the passion the candidate possesses to learn about the environment.

There are multiple environmental projects that are also offered by many NGO’s, so that the interns have the luxury of choices in such cases. Many NGO’s divide the interns into groups of four or five to work as a team. These interns then work on different projects such as rain water harvesting, waste material management, air and water pollution, etc.

The Tree Foundation in India is one such NGO that offers projects such as Study on Behavior and Diet Preferences of Captive Elephants, Conservation of Sea Turtles, Activity based Biodiversity education and so on.

Hands on Experience

Some organizations that offer Summer Internships makes special efforts selecting their candidates and ensures they get a quality learning experience through the internship program. For this,candidates are assigned tasks related to the ongoing project of the company so that they get hands on experience and feel as an important part of the team.

Awards and Certifications

Not only candidates are awarded certifications for undertaking the internship. They also learn and understand how communication plays an important role to create awareness about environmental issues. These candidates, apart from their regular academic backgrounds gain knowledge about the environment and practices to preserve it.

Inspired by their experiences and learning, these candidates are the people who spread awareness among other youngsters about environmental issues and makes efforts preserving it.

Importance of 3D visualization in construction

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Undoubtedly, 3D architecture and rendering is affecting the efficiency and visual communication in building design and construction. The introduction of 3D visualizations right into the project development life-cycle, certainly, made the project communication simple. The process of underlying the creation of building needs an architect to understand both the functions and the beauty of the project. Hence, more than ever, now a days architects are using 3D renderings and technologies to formulate the prototypes of the construction projects they are working on.

The Challenge

One of the major challenges the construction business faces during the whole process is, turning drawings and ideas into reality. And for this, before starting the project, the construction staff must have a mental picture of what is to be built.

The challenge also arrives when the client or his representative asks about the progress of the project- what tasks have been accomplished, what are the next steps and how will they take place. The reply to such a question is in the form of a tiresome and lengthy document.

In case of public construction projects, important ministers may visit the site and want to track details of the project. In such cases, a 3D model of the project can be an effective way to communicate the message.

The Solution

With significant advances in the construction industry, the process of modeling projects shifted from 2D drawings to 3D visualizations. When we talk about 3D visualization, elements such as infographics, animations, timelines, photographs and video footages can be integrated to design the 3D models of the projects under construction or are needed to be approved.

3D visualizations can be the best way to capture someone’s attention and make a lasting impression as people remember something more that they saw, rather than something that they read. Visual communication in construction through visual aids is a powerful method to inform, educate or to deliver a message, or a vision across prospects or to persuade an audience.

Uses and benefits

3D visualizations can be added in Power Point presentations and technical films that can be displayed in Tender presentations describing how the project will be undertaken. These visualizations can contain not only the project prototype, but also the sequence of tasks, proposed methods, plans and timelines. 3D visualizations can enhance construction studies and result to a faster decision making process. The visualizations can be shown to the Ministers for a quick glance about the project and also can be used by the construction team for better project planning and management.

There are a number of CAD softwares and tools that many architectures and designers use every day for designing the 3D models for their construction projects such as AutoCAD, Revit Architecture, Civil 3D, ANSYS Civil, 3Ds Max, STAAD.Pro and ArchiCAD. Additionally, the CADD Centre offers trainings and certifications for students as well as working professionals to make them skilled and prove their competency in the construction business.

Best technology Careers for The Near Future

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Education and skill development will never really come to an end when it comes to Information and Technology. Therefore, providing an updated account for the state of the technology industry is quite difficult. The rapid rise in technology has generated a boom in the career opportunities and job profiles across the IT industry. With the use of technology in our everyday life, the IT industry experienced a major spotlight in the past few years. This has led to many job opportunities in the field of analysis, design and IT Architecture. Some of the prominent technology based careers that are growing:

SOFTWARE ARCHITECT:

An architect maintains control over the architectural life cycle parallel to the software development of the project. A software architect’s most prominent work is during the requirements and design stages of a project, but also an architect proactively monitors the adherence of the implementation of the chosen architecture during all its iterations.

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UX DESIGNER:

A UX designer is someone who designs the look and feel of a software. He decides how will the user interact and use the application and is responsible to design the best interface to make the application more usable.
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER:

The job of a Software Development Manager is a bit tricky as it involves keeping his or her team on track for the project. Other than managing the team under him, he has to deliver the right project, the right time to the customer. And to achieve this goal, he has to make sure everyone knows their both short and long term goals and know how to achieve them.
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ANALYTICS MANAGER:

An analytics manager’s work id to analyze customer and operational data. He or she also produces analysis, which is accurate and can be relied on to a high level of confidence.

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QA MANAGER:

Once the project is developed, it needs to be tested for functionality and quality. The primary job of a Quality Manager is to test that the project is up to the mark and meets all requirements of the clients maintaining proper functionality and quality of the product.
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DATA SCIENTIST:

A data scientist is someone who advocates, evangelizes and build data-fuelled products that helps the customers to improve the overall outcomes. This professional will provide insights into leading analytic practices, design and lead iterative learning and development cycles, ultimately producing new and creative analytic solutions that will become an important part of the core deliverable.

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SOFTWARE ENGINEER:

Software Development and Engineering will be another vibrant career in the near future. A software developer is a person who carries out development of any software by writing well designed, efficient and testable code. He tailors and deploy software tools, processes and metrics.

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MOBILE DEVELOPER:

With the world gone mobile, every industry from Hospitality, to Medical to Travel eCommerce, every business now has their own mobile applications. Almost every functionality that a website is capable of, is now present right inside your pocket. And thus, increased the demand of mobile apps. Mobile development, has therefore become one of the most prominent career options in the development sector.
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SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT:

A solution architect can be said as the leader of the development team. The primary responsibility of this person is to help in converting the requirements of the customers into the architecture and design of the real project.

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PRODUCT MANAGER:

Product manager is also someone who works above the product development team. He is the responsible person for the entire life cycle and development of the product. This professional determines the market requirements of the project and delivers a product that the market requires.
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Renewable Energy Inventions 2015

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Energy in any form is something that we humans need every day to carry out any and every work. With technologies grabbing a rapid rise in developing the products and services, the need for a rich energy source is an obvious demand. In this world of energy, all we need is a Holy Grail power source that is clean, inexpensive, with no emissions and which stays forever.construction

We recently witnessed some of the inventions that have grabbed attention and made people more optimistic about the future of energy. These energy inventions may change people’s perspective towards technologies that can generate as well as utilize energy in best and optimum manners, as there can be. Not only these will make life easier, but also they will help us take care of our planet better. Some of the amazing energy inventions of 2015 that can change the future of the energy and power sector  can be:

The Solar Outlet
The Solar outlet is a complete revolution for its comfort and practicality. This device on one side has solar panels and a suction cup that makes it capable to adhere it to any glass (a car window or at home). The devise absorbs solar radiation and converts it to electricity. The other side of the device has the traditional outlet that can be used for anything. The Solar Outlet is highly portable and can be carried in pockets wherever you go.

Portable Solar Kitchen
The portable solar kitchen can be a perfect solution for people who love food at the outdoors. The GoSun Kitchen is a device that uses solar energy to reach a temperature upto 370oC. The device is capable to cook anything you want it to within 20 minutes. The portable kitchen lets you bake, boil and fry food consuming 90% of the solar energy which is captured through the reflectors.

Portable Solar Laptops
Solar energy is making portable computers even more portable by setting them free from the traditional electrical connectivity. SOL is such a portable computer, or you can say a laptop that does not need an electrical power supply to be charged and used. The laptop uses solar energy to work which can be absorbed through the solar panels attached at the back side of the laptop.

portable-laptopThe system operates on open source Ubuntu Linux operating system and also has a very low price. The device is hassle free and can be charged in just 2 hours. This computer was basically designed for improving education in the developing countries, but it can also be used by travelers or people who work outdoors.

Solar Air Conditioning
Air Conditioners are the ones which are the major generators of CO2 in the environment. Looking to this LG is the brand which came up with Air Conditioners that are powered by solar energy. These air conditioners are capable of reducing approximately 212 kg of CO2 in 10 years. The appliance combines solar energy generated by its modular cells to produce energy up to 70 watts per hour. This device will also increase user’s savings up to 35 to 50 % on a monthly bill. Although the Air Conditioner costs double the usual ones, it pays for itself in a few years of use.

Tree Shaped Wind Turbines
A French company, New Wind is installing tree shaped wind turbines in Paris, France. These trees are used to exploit small air currents flowing along streets and buildings. The company admits that these turbines have low efficiency as compared to the traditional wind turbines, but also believes that these can be more viable and less intrusive than those.

Pepsi’s New Green Pet Bottle
Beverage bottles are one of the major pollution causing agents for the environment. PepsiCo, being one of the top food and Beverage Company in the world since 2010, is now working on developing environment-friendly bottles. Recently, the company developed world’s first plastic bottle that is made entirely from renewable and plant- sourced raw materials. These bottles, when compared to other plastic bottles, leaves less carbon trace on the planet.

The Spherical Sun Power generator
A German company Rawlemon, has created a spherical sun power generator called the Beta.ray. The technology blends spherical geometry principles with a dual axis tracking sysThe-Spherical-Sun-Power-generatortem, allowing twice the yield of conventional solar panels in a comparatively smaller surface area. The design of the Beta.ray is fully rotational and suitable for inclined surfaces, walls of buildings or anywhere with an access to the open sky. The Beta.ray is equipped with a hybrid collector to convert electricity as well as thermal energy.

Conversion of Waste Heat to Electricity
The modern world has seen development with rapid Industrialization. And this industrialization has led to a huge rise in temperature. Millions of industries across the world are generating heat in their everyday process that is wasted. Some of the researchers took this pretty serious and doing research to convert this wasted heat energy into electricity. The team claims that Thermoelectricity can convert heat directly into electricity in a device that has no moving parts. This eventually leads to eradication of Ozone depletion materials protecting the earth’s environment.

Solar Stereo Speakers
Devotec Solar Sound to Stereo Bluetooth Speakers are the next generation speakers that are completely wireless. They use Bluetooth to connect to any music systems and smart phones. These wireless speakers lets you enjoy music anywhere in the sun. These wireless portable speakers are powered by solar cells and you need to do is to simply keep them in the open sunlight and enjoy instant and clear resonant music wherever you want.

The new Super Bacterium Doubles the Hydrogen Gas Production
The primary use of Hydrogen gas today is for manufacturing chemicals, but future predictions about Hydrogen gas says a lot about using it as a vehicle fuel in combination of fuel cells. The present methods of Hydrogen gas production have a major issue, i.e. the hydrogen exchange with respect to raw materials is low. To resolve this issue, researchers have discovered a new bacterium that is capable of producing twice as much hydrogen gas as the bacteria currently use. The use of these bacterium show amazing results proving how excellent these bacterium are for this purpose through a complete biological production of the hydrogen gas.

PV Cell Prototype Generates Electricity from IR and UV Lights
Researchers at the Kyoto Institute of Technology have been working upon solar energy absorption. A little diverged from the original path, they are working to trap the visible as well as invisible Sun rays to generate electricity. They are making efforts to create a new Photovoltaic cell that is capable to capture visible, Ultraviolet and infrared rays from the Sun. The team believes that this cell will be hugely efficient for solar power conversion.

All these inventions will not only change our lives, makes things easier, but ultimately lead to a clean and hygienic environment. Utilizing the natural resources to convert them in to an energy sources is one of the major advances we are going to make. These inventions will not only make us leaders in the field of Science or Technology, but also will help improve our health and the surrounding.

 

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AutoCAD Electrical 2016

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AutoCAD electrical is a powerful product from Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping. This AutoCAD software is a highly tailored tool which is designed to create and modify electrical control systems. The tool contains all the functionality of AutoCAD along with a comprehensive set of tools for automating control engineering tasks, such as designing circuits, numbering wires and creating bill of materials.

Some of the key feature sets of AutoCAD Electrical are as under:

1. Location View Tab on Project Manager: The Project manager now has a Location view Tab that provides a complete view of the devices and wiring contained in the current project. The components in the tab are organized by installation and location values with features such as:

•    View Catalog, description and rating information.
•    View the component pin values by expanding the device
•    Surf to a selected component by a right click

2. AutoCAD Electrical and Inventor Interoperability: Users can now link an AutoCAD Electrical Project to an Inventor Project. The link lets users to exchange data between 2D and 3D designs. Users can use the Location View tab once the project is linked to view both the AutoCAD Electrical and Inventor Components with data.

3. Default Wire Sequence: This feature provides default wire sequencing for wire networks with multiple components. AutoCAD Electrical performs a sequence of steps to determine wire connection sequence ensuring the sequence is well designed.

4. Wire Number Attribute Support: Users can edit the wire number attributes from the Edit Wire Number Attributes Dialogue box. The fields in the reports are:autocadelectrical

•    Wire To/ From
•    Component wire List
•    Terminal Plan
•    Connector Plug
•    Cable To/ From

5. Insert Connector: AutoCAD Electrical maintains Insert Connector dialogue box across sessions of the tool. Once the default settings are set, the user is not needed to set it again.The tool supports two groups of settings, one for metric drawings, and another for imperial drawings. The tool uses the appropriate settings automatically based on project active drawings.

6. Annotate One-Line Components: The designers may want to annotate a one-line component based on a panel or schematic component already inserted while working on a one-line diagram. A new option is available to make it easier which filters a list of components based on whether there is already a matching one-line symbol present.

7. Schematic Terminals: The tool provides options to hide the tag strip, location and installation attribute values if the users inserts schematic terminals using the Multiple Insert commands.

All these new set of features helps designers to build electrical circuits and boards more efficiently and quickly with AutoCAD Electrical 2016.