Engineering Studies from a recent graduate's prespective_ Sreevas Sahasranamam IIMK

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Use of Technology in Engineering

Sreevas Sahasranamam

Doctoral student, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

Email – mailsreevas@gmail.com

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Agenda

My engineering experience

Use of technology in engineering

–Massive open online courses (MOOCs)

–Online internships, webinars

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My engineering experience (1/5)

Introduction

Branch: Applied Electronics and Instrumentation

College: College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Batch: 2008 – 2012

Academic achievements

Kerala university second rank

Technical papers in IEEE conferences

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My engineering experience (2/5)

First year

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My engineering experience (3/5)

Second year

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My engineering experience (4/5)

Third year

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Fourth year

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Use of technology in engineering -MOOCs

Wikipedia definition: “A Massive Open Online Course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs). MOOCs are a recent development in distance education which began to emerge in 2012.”

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Benefits from MOOCs

Specialised knowledge – useful for interviews

Interacting with top-notch faculty – opportunities open for MS and PhD

Global networking opportunities

Opportunity to work on global projects

Self paced and real time learning

Digital unite between prime institutes (like IIT/ MIT) with the college in your neighbourhood

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MOOCs to look out for (1/5)

NPTEL – National programme on Technology Enhanced learning

– Access to IIT/IISc courses from home for free

–Website: http://nptel.ac.in/

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MOOCs to look out for (2/5)

MIT Opencourseware – Engineering specific

Website: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/

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MOOCs to look out for (3/5)

Coursera

Website - https://www.coursera.org/

Diverse range of courses – 645 courses from multiple institutions

Certificate of accomplishment

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MOOCs to look out for (4/5)

UC Berkeley online courses

Website - http://webcast.berkeley.edu/

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MOOCs to look out for (5/5)

Carnegie Mellon Open Leaning Initiative

Focus on basic sciences

Website: http://oli.cmu.edu/

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Internships

Google Summer of Code – For computer science students

Twenty19 - http://www.twenty19.com/internships

Google careers – lists all technical intern options http://www.google.co.in/about/careers/students/

Labx foundation - research internship in US

DAAD fellowship – research internship in Germany

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THANK YOU

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E-mail: mailsreevas@gmail.com