Nbvtalkon what is engineering(Revised)

What isengineering?Prof N.B. VenkateswarluM.Tech(IIT,K), PhD(BITS, Pilani)PDF(Univ of Leeds, UK)Professor in CSE, GVPCEW

My Agenda•Engineering in daily Life•Engineering Successes•Engineering Failures•What is Engineering?•How should I be during my Engineering?•Some prototype questions and answers of parents and students.

Engineering is everywhere…Almost everything you eat, wear, use

and like to do involves engineering.

From everyday things like your

mobile, computer and clothes to

medicine, space, national security

and renewable energy

… to tackling climate change,

providing clean drinking water or

ensuring sustainable food supplies.

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Science and Engineering from Astronomy to God particle.




Which involve engineering?

Providingwater

Health &medicine

Gadgetsgalore Fashion&

beauty

Creatingcars

Solving problems

FoodBuiltenvironment

Sports

Chocolate and Engineering

All meets.

A chemical engineer is involved in many stages of the production of chocolate. He will make sure that the ingredients are mixed at correct temperatures and in the correct combinations.

A Biochemical engineer will also be on hand to make sure the process is hygienically clean and that there are no nasty ingredients or bacteria added in the production of chocolate

Environmental engineers are there to make sure that the factory making the chocolate is not polluting and is not wasting energy or water.The bars need to look good in the shops too. Most chocolates are wrapped by high speed machines which are designed, upgraded and maintained by engineers.

Also, a Mechanical Engineer who designs the chocolate production machine and maintains it.

Also an electrical engineer is involved in its control.

Also an electronic engineer is involved in controlling chocolate production.

Engineered meaning: skillfully arrange for (something) to occur.

Engineering in daily life








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How to unscrew with screw itself.





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A Kid knows Engineering.




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Home Made Engineering can be done by you also.





Can you send a thread from one side to the other side?


How to prepare curd in Western countries such as UK in home?Just we have covered milk kettle with shawl or jerkin while we are in UK.


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Parking a car under railing!!






Ha. Home made music instruments.





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Practical Engineering in Games practice.





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A Kid and Engineering.





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Water supply systems of olden days




http://www.thelivingmoon.com/44cosmic_wisdom/02files/Levitation03.html

Levitation of stones




Lepakshi

Harappa – Flourishing Civil Engineering

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How an over bridge is constructed in modern manner.




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A house on wheels. I am one of them who craves for such things.



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Another home, car on Wheels.




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A hyperloop for ultra-fast transport



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Samsung trucks which avoid accidents




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A modern rock picker!!!




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Waterproof Mini Android Endoscope





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Small sperm counting unit





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Most Important thing for 21st Centaury



Driverless bus from Mercedes

Current Roads

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Humanism through technology.




Longest Tunnel: Switzerland

The bridge between Denmark and Sweden dips into a tunnel

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How Japan protects his passengers





Energy from ocean.




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3-D printed Heart



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The other day I was talking about devices controlled through mind, one student asked me really Sir.

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Controlling computer using a hand band.

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Safe Water Drinker from any source!!!

Historical Successes of Engineering

New railway Line in J&K inaugurated by Modi

Chenab Bridge

Pamban Bridge

Some Marvels of Engineering

International Space Station F 18 Fighter JetEuro Tunnel below English ChannelInternational Space Station F 18 Fighter JetEuro Tunnel below English Channel

Pyramids in Egypt Apple phone 4Millau Bridge – World’s tallest bridge

50 Greatest Technological Inventions of Past 25 Years

50 to 41 40 to 31 30 to 21 20 to 11 10 to 1Hybrid cars Lithium rechargeable

batteriesHome audio editing JPEG Genetic sequencing

Mini disc DVD Home video editing Microblogging Web-based email

Color plasma display CD-R Camcorders Caller ID Search engines

Optical computer mouse

Voice mail Digital SLR cameras Mobile broadband Smart phones

LED headlights Online stock trading Multi-core processors

Blogs Text messaging

Electronic tolls Doppler radar Satellite radio MP3 players Wi-Fi

OLED TV MPEG-4 Flip phones Electronic word processing

MP3

Blu-ray Flash memory Digital HDTV DVR Broadband Internet

Satellite TV Bluetooth Instant messaging DNA profiling Personal computers

Recordable DVDs Commercialized GPS

Consumer digital cameras

Social networking service

World Wide Web

Grand Challenges for EngineersThese are the biggest challenges that face engineers of the future:

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Some Engineering Failures

Engineering failures

Titanic (1912) – RMS Titanic was a British passenger ship that sank after hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton (United Kingdom) to New York City, in April 1912. Titanic was at the time the largest ship ever built and was considered to be unsinkable. The tragedy claimed the lives of over 1,500 people.

But was the sinking of the Titanic an engineering failure? Many factors contributed to the catastrophe: removing half the amount of lifeboats originally planned for the ship, and cruising in high speed in an iceberg-prone environment. As for the engineering point of view: several rivets of the 3 million rivets that held the Titanic together were recently recovered and tested, and found to be made of low quality iron, which on impact caused them to fall apart. This might have contributed to the event. Another engineering fault was that the 16 watertight compartments that kept the boat afloat, were not individually sealed, but rather connected near the ceiling. This enabled the water to spill from one compartment to another and sink the boat

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (1986) – On January 28, 1986 the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all 7 astronauts on board. The investigation showed aerodynamics forces broke the shuttle apart, after a structural failure that began with a specific gasket that failed at the very liftoff. The entire event was broadcast live on TV

The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident at the Chernobyl power plant. On 26 April 1986, during a systems test, there was an unexpected power surge that began a chain of events that consequently caused explosions and fire, which released radioactive particles into the atmosphere. The dangerous particles spread over a large area in Europe. Large areas were evacuated and the nearby city of Pripyat remains a ghost town till this day

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (2003) – On February 1, 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during its reentry to the Earth’s atmosphere, killing its entire crew of 7 astronauts. The investigation showed that during the launch, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the shuttle and hit the left wing, damaging the tiles that protect the shuttle from the incredible heat produced during reentry. Upon reentry, these tiles failed, causing the the quick chain of events that ended up with the disintegration of the shuttle

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Engineering calamilities

What isengineering?

Engineering is using science and mathematics to solve problems to improve the world around us. In the process, engineers also apply their economic, social and practical knowledge.

What isengineering? Wikipedia definition.Engineering is the application of mathematics, empirical evidence and scientific, economic, social, and practical knowledge in order to invent, innovate, design, build, maintain, research, and improve structures, machines, tools, systems, components, materials, and processes.

The discipline of engineering is extremely broad, and encompasses a range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of applied science, technology and types of application.

What isengineering?

Engineering is the application of scientific knowledge for solving real world problems. While science (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.) allows us to gain an understanding of the World and the Universe, Engineering enables this understanding to come to life (practice or reality) through problem solving, designing and building things. For instance, the electronic device that produced this article was engineered from raw plastic, metal, silicon and lines of software code before being transformed into a usable device.

What isengineering?

Engineers can be distinguished from other professions by their ability to solve complex problems and implement solutions in cost effective and practical ways. This ability to face a problem, work through various thoughts and abstract ideas and then translating them into reality is what is so exciting about engineering.

What is engineering?

• The application of science to the common purpose of life.

Count Rumford (1799)

What is Engineering?

• Engineering is the conscious application of science to the problems of economic production.

H.P. Gillette (1910)


Sir Arthur Cotton

• Engineering is the art or science of making practical.

Samuel C. Florman (1976)


• The ideal engineer is a composite… He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems.

N.W. Dougherty (1955)


• Engineers participate in the activities which make the resources of nature available in a form beneficial to man and provide systems which will perform optimally and economically.

L.M.K. Boelter (1957)


• The engineer is the key figure in the material progress of the world. It is his engineering that makes a reality of the potential value of science by translating scientific knowledge into tools, resources, energy and labor to bring them into the service of man… To make contributions of this kind the engineer requires the imagination to visualize the needs of society and to appreciate what is possible as well as the technological and broad social age understanding to bring his vision to reality.

Sir Eric Ashby (1958)


• Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to nonexistent engineering problems; engineering is practicing the art of organized forcing of technological change… Engineers operate at the interface between science and society….

• Dean Gordon Brown; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1962)


Human creativity

• The use of technology to make products and systems for societal benefit.

Engineering as a “Thinking-Making” Activity

• What role of engineers in history?• Irrigation and farming equipment, dam projects, water and wind mills building construction,• the Pyramids, the Great Wall, Leonardo’s contraptions, the printing press, the Wright

brothers’ aircraft, fermented beverages, nuclear power, the Space Shuttle, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, electric appliances, petroleum products, pharmaceuticals.

• When did the engineering disciplines begin?• 3000 BC Civil • 1000 BC Military • AD 1700 Mechanical • AD 1800 Materials • Agricultural • Electrical • AD 1900 Chemical • Aerospace • AD 1950 Computer, Nuclear, Biochemical • Biomedical

Historical Questions

[ Holtzapple, M. T., Reece, W. D. (2005) ]

• Engineering is often associated with science and understandably so.

• Both make extensive use of mathematics, and engineering requires a solid scientific basis.

• Science is a quest for “truth for its own sake” – For an ever more exact understanding of the

natural world.

How is Engineering Different from Science?

• The change in the viscosity of a liquid as its temperature is varied.

• The release of heat when water vapor condenses

• The reproductive process of plants• It determines the speed of light.

Science Explains

• Turns those explanations and understandings into new or improved machines, technologies, and processes to bring reality to ideas and to provide solutions to societal needs.

Engineering Does

• The current standard definition of engineering provided by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)

• “Engineering is the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied with judgment to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of [hu]mankind.”


Websites to help increase your knowledge about Engineering

• http://www.eweek.org• http://www.engineeringk12.org• http://www.careercornerstone.org• http://www.jets.org• http://dedicatedengineers.org• http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm

School subjects that lead to real world engineering• Maths• Physics• Design and

Technology

• Computing

• Chemistry

Design, develop, produce…

Engineering’s about…

• Finding out what people need, developing

ideas and seeing how products can be

made at a good price• Developing the product on time

and running tests to make sure it’s safe

and reliable• Producing something that makes our lives

better… whether that’s a new games

console, high-tech sports equipment or

quicker, greener and safer travel

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Diagram source: http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/design-process/

ASEE website states: “For engineers, the design process is a series of steps that helps teams frame and solve complex problems. Anyone can do it! To figure out how to build something, engineering teams gather information and conduct research to understand the needs and challenges to be addressed.”So, in a design cycle, the steps indicated in the diagram are done in sequence, and sometimes repeated, too, to improve the design!

Engineering Design Process

See more details on the next slide.

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Engineering Design ProcessFollow these steps...

• Design challenges are not limited to engineering, but can also be found in other fields.

• Artists, architects, interior designers, clothing designers, etc., are all “designing” products and solutions for us! So, they are also engaged in the design process!

• So, what is design? Design can be loosely stated as the art of creating something that does not exist. Such a creation can be in the mind, too. For instance, you can “design a story” by thinking about the story plot, the characters you want to use in the tale, how long you want it to be, and who you want to be reading it.

• Let’s first consider engineering design, and then you will perform a non-engineering design activity.

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What Is Design?

How to get into engineering…

Work

SchoolScience

(Physics) Maths D&T

ComputingChemistry

Apprenticeships

ITI, Vocational, Diploma, AMIE Section 1 &B,

10+2 or Intermediate

UniversityBachelors (BEng)Masters (MEng)IETE, AMIE, DOEACC B level

On the job training

What Are Engineering Disciplines?

Example Engineering Disciplines

Aerospace – Aeronautical, astronautical.Avionics – space electronics

Example Engineering DisciplinesMore

Example Engineering DisciplinesMore

Do you know that there exists a course on destruction engineering?.

Usually, Economics is considered as Arts thus we find as MA(Economics). Twenty years back, BITS, Pilani called it as Science and offered MSc(Economics). Recently, London School of Economics has referred it as Engineering and offering Engineering degree in Economics.

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Remember, the concept of design is not limited to engineering and can be applied to other life problems.

Let’s consider an example non-engineering design problem by challenging you to design a picnic!

Examples of Engineering Design

Source: Engineering is Elementary, http://www.eie.org/eie-curriculum/curriculum-units

Main Subject Design Challenge Main Engineering Type

electricity designing alarm circuits electrical

astronomy designing parachutes aerospace

solids & liquids improving a play dough process chemical

insects designing hand pollinators agricultural

human body designing knee braces biomedical

landforms evaluating a landscape geotechnical

light designing lighting systems optical

energy & heat designing solar ovens renewable energy

water designing water filters environmental

What is the relationship between science, engineering and technology?

• Through science one gathers data and gains knowledge

• Engineers use science to design their technologies

• Manufacturers use the designs to build the technological product

• Engineers can use existing technologies to design and construct (build) new technologies.

• Scientists can use existing technologies to investigate problems.

Relationship between science, engineering and technology

ScienceEngineers use scientific discoveries to design products and processes that meet society’s needs.

Science seeks to understand the natural world, and often needs new tools to help discover the answers.

Technologies (products and processes) are the result of engineered designs. They are created by technicians to solve societal needs and wants.

Engineering

Technology

Science, Engineering, Technology – Prof Yaspal’s viewScience – to findTechnology – to realize in practiceEngineering – to maintain technology

In fact, this question was pinching me even after I have completed my masters from IIT-Kanpur. It got clarified when I was working at BITS, Pilani. Prof Yaspal, then UGC Chairman had visited BITS, Pilani and I have posed this doubt to him. Of course, he laughed at me and mentioned that he will clarify along science. He said "Science to find; Technology is to realize scientific findings in practice; Engineering is to maintain the technology". He gave an example of Chemistry or pharmacy researcher finding or inventing a medicine that cures some disease. He said that the steps to get that medicine are science. Realizing the same steps in practice for producing trillions of tablets as technology; while maintaining the technology (machinery) is engineering. Unfortunately, in India our Engineering curricula lacks technology tint with some exceptions such as Chemical Engineering, etc.

Why to become an engineer?

• JOB SATISFICATION • VARIETY OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES • CHALLENGING WORK • INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT • OPPORTUNITIES TO BENEFIT SOCIETY • AVENUES TO EXPRESS YOUR OWN CREATIVITY• OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS WORK

What’s in it for you?• Loads of different types of roles – such

as:Design, development, research, buying

(engineering solutions) and management of

engineering (projects and people)

• Opportunities to travel, work in different

environments and meet interesting

people• Plus the money isn’t bad either…

–For those who go to university, engineering and

technology graduate starting salaries are

approximately 20 % higher than the average

graduate starting salary.

–Engineering technicians also earn, on average,

more than other STEM* technicians – in fact they

top the league table of STEM technician salaries.

*Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Engineers are problem solvers, organizers, communicators, calculators and designers. These skills rely heavily on rational thinking and logical decision making, which is why most Engineers come from science and maths backgrounds. Yet despite this fact Engineering is a highly creative activity, especially when complicated problems are involved. The modern Engineer is also very software savvy and can use a range of different computing programs to assist in verifying designs and predicting how structures will behave in the environment.

What are the Common Skills

engineers use?

Why I recommend engineering…

• Being part of a creative process

• Designing solutions to meet

customers’ needs• Testing and improving technology

• Having a range of roles/ responsibilities

• Working in a team with others

• Doing something different every day

• Earning a good salary

• Having great prospects – we need

more engineers at all levels.

Professional Qualifications…• Once in work, consider becoming

professionally registered and earn the

right to use letters after your name

• Registration requires a combination of

qualifications and work experience

• Some degree courses are accredited and

will give you a head start

Comedy Actor

Oscar Winning Movie Director

Painter

Politician

Frank CapraChemical EngineerCaltech

LeonardoDe Vinci

Engineer&Inventor

Rowan AtkinsonElectricalEngineer

JimmyCarterUS PresidentNuclear Engineer

Engineers can become any thing.

This answer is dependent on the specific project, job and even field that engineers work in. Generally, all Engineers work as part of a small or large team. A Chemical Engineer conducting research and development may spend the majority of their time working independently in a lab performing experiments and writing technical reports. On the other end of the spectrum, a Civil Engineer in the construction industry may spend the majority of their time on-site, working with foremen and tradesmen to develop buildings or infrastructure.

Do Engineers Work as Individuals?

Is Engineering Boring and Repetitive?It is inevitable in any job, really, to have to perform dull and mundane tasks. Engineers are required to check calculations (which are vital so nothing explodes or collapses!), read technical papers and write technical reports. The true value found in engineering is the ability to combine all tasks to create something greater (think 1 + 1 = 3).Consider that many other professions such as accounting, teaching and even business studies all have their own mundane and repetitive tasks – it’s the ability to create something special like a two-hundred story skyscraper or a car that runs on the invisible force electricity that makes engineering stand out!

Engineering provides you with the opportunity to contribute to society and leave a lasting impression of yours on the world.

What it gives me?

Skills and Traits of a typical engineer.

• Creative • Extreme

Communicators• Team Player• Problem solvers

– Break into smaller parts to solve big picture

• Detail Oriented• Analytical • Interpersonal Skills• Effective Presenters• Strong Writing Skills• Multi -Tasker

– Variety of Projects• Time Management

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A Typical Engineering Students in India.

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Today’s Engineering Student.

What are expected with you?

It reminds some dialogues of Telugu Comedian Mr Babu Mohan.Emti?elA?Enduku?Why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fq7sxQGS8s

Today’s children are more experts in handling cell phones. They learn very quickly than old fellows like me? Why. They are inquisitive than me. This is missing in today’s Engineering students.

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We all learn through mimicking others. Now, the thing whom you have to mimic?

Of course,

Three Idiots – Hindi cinema Amir KhanIts Telugu version – SNEHITUDUMessage:Practical Skill is more important than theory.

Some of the Engineering Principles•Functionality•Optimality •Cost effectiveness•Long life•Redundancy•Failure safe•Robustness

Optimization: We design systems with the goal of optimizing (either maximizing or minimizing) time, money, efforts, life, utility, safety, environmental damage, etc. REDUNDANCY : Always a good system is supposed to satisfy the intended goal, even probably having some level of redundancy. For example, while going to an examination we often carry more than one pen; however we will be using one pen only. Why do we need the second one ? This is redundancy. We want second pen such that , in case, if the first one does not work, we can use the second one. This is redundancy. A good system will extend good level of redundancy. FAILURE SAFETY : A fail-safe or fail-secure device is one that, in the event of failure, responds in a way that will cause no harm, or at least a minimum of harm, to other devices or danger to personnel. ROBUSTNESS : It has to work for all the possible situations. Consider the attitudes of some students who attend to the exam by reading only some questions or some chapters. Those people who prepare for all the chapters will certainly face whatever may be the toughness of the paper. T hat is, they are robust as they are prepared for all the situations, whereas others are not. Even engineering systems are also expected to have good level of robustness.

My observations – What is missing in the current generation?Poor Writing abilitiesPoor concentrationWorld champion feeling with marks above 99Forgetting habit of having booksMarks are more than knowledge(Strong feeling)Less interest in laboratories – practice –skills – DNA embeddingBuying projectsNot planning properly for summer vacationPoor programming skillsPoor algorithmic skillsPoor analytical skillsHaving worst feeling why to learn mathematics

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Your First Year Performance is very much reflects in all the remaining years. Do plan well during first year itself.

a. Develop writing running notes b. Develop good listening abilities c. Develop good reading abilities in English. I have practically

observed thousands of students suffering from this. Those people who break this barrier in their first month of joining Engineering are observed to be having smooth sailing for the whole course. So, I advise students to give utmost importance for this point.

d. Also try to improve your English Vocabulary. e. Do put goals and study. Do plan well for achieving your goal. f. Do prefer hostel. You will be having lot of time to study

compared to your home. g. Don't aim for marks, rather aim for knowledge and skill. h. Do develop attitude of loving books.

What I recommend you to follow during the four years of stay here at B.E/B.Tech?

a. Do not follow All-in-ones. Parents should make sure that their lads don't get trapped in All-in- ones.

b. If you are EEE, make sure something goes wrong in your house first you will try to rectify it before calling professional from outside. If you are mechanical engineer, try to find out what is the problem with your fathers bike by yourself first. I mean, try to build-up practical skills in your branch.

c. Do develop attitude of doing combined projects, papers, presentations. After all, when you join the job, you are supposed to work along with the people. Recall, the success stories of our beloved former President Dr Kalam. Always, he says that his success is his group's success in his “Wings of Fire”. Thus, share the successes boldly with the group.

d. Do build self motivation to reach the goals. m. Try to move with good and self motivated friends. You may get inspired by them, which certainly you aspire for

What we recommend to you to follow during the four years of stay here?

Think of Hostel Stay. Uses.

I am not good at Mathematics, what shall I do? Don't join in Engineering. Go and learn sitar or tabala. Else, develop interest in mathematics.

Some of Your Questions and my curt answers.

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The problem is our great teachers of today!!.

I find Physics is little difficult during my 10+2 days. Is ECE OK for me?

Mathematics, Physics, all are basis for any Engineering. May be some branches looks as if they are needing less of physics during 4 years. However, at a later stage you may need that knowledge. Thus, it is highly recommended to equip yourself.

Is XXX engg stream is better?

No branch is superior or inferior. In fact, in a total system, all branches are vital.

How do you measure better’ness?In terms of money? If so, if we take 40 years of career, any engineering branch person earns almost same. – Prof PS Rao garu, GVPCE

I don't like labs, what shall I do? Don't join engineering at all.

Labs – Models – practice-skills – DNA – your children will inherit your skills.

How to study Engineering? By putting a defined goal and with a systematic plan. Continue to develop interest in mathematics. Develop logical/analytical abilities and try to apply to your areas.

My boy is demanding a laptop now itself. Shall I buy now itself? Yes. Better provide him at the earliest. After all, it is like calculator or T-square for today's engineering students. However, keep an eye on his Internet use especially social networks such as Facebook, etc.

My boy demands ultra modern cell phones always and says they are needed in Engineering. Is it so? No. A cell with whats-app may be adequate.

Do you advice a desktop or Laptop? Laptop.

Also, better you have1.Email ID working2.Personnel web page3.Own blog4.Any way majority of your are having whats-app

My child wants to do M. Tech and Ph. D and join teaching. Do you advice? Yes. Certainly I welcome. In fact, for girl students it is very much attractive. As of today, the pay is also not so bad , unlike ten years back pay

My lad wants to do MBA after B.Tech?

No problem. He can do so by improving his managerial, entrepreneur skills.

Some one is recommending Bank job after B.Tech. What is your comment?

If the students thinks he is not having sufficient engineering skills developed, then he can think of joining bank. However, you think if it is the objective why not join degree and save one year. In my opinion, engineering orientation makes him/her to prove other bank colleagues.

What are my duties being a proud parent of an engineering student?

What are my duties being a proud parent of an engineering student? a.Continuously inspire him b.Do enquire your child about his life in the college. Many of the parents take care of their child till 10+2. After admitting in engineering, they don't even ask them how they progress. The answer they say for this is: "Then they are not engineers". It is not correct. Just check him how is he doing? You need not be master for doing this. Do call the HOD's now and then and enquire about your child. c.If college is not arranging summer training, try to explore your personal contacts and see your child uses 2nd and 3rd year summer vacation fruitfully. d.Do find from your child whether classes are held regularly in the college or not. Also, do enquire whether laboratories are conducted on regular practice or not. If not, do enquire the management and see practical's are held on regular basis. e.If your child is EEE, make sure something goes wrong in your house first your child will try to rectify it before calling professional from outside. If your child is a mechanical engineer, try to ask him to find out what is the problem with your bike before taking to mechanic. I mean try to see that your child will build-up practical skills in his branch starting from the house. f.Also, see whether you can make your friends/relatives who are experts in engineering fields to visit the colleges where children are studying. This makes your child to do his summer training with these experts.

Does CSE means programming only? No. Certainly not at all. According to ACM recommendations, a typical CSE curriculum is a mixture of algorithms, architecture, system SW (compilers, operating system), networks, etc. For instance, while I was at BITS, Pilani, we used to have 4 to 5 courses related to algorithms only. A CSE curriculum is supposed to have more of system SW tint, while IT is supposed to have application SW tint

What is the conceptual difference between EEE and ECE?

EEE deals with voltages in the order of Mega volts also, while Electronics deals with low voltages such as -5V, 5V,12V,24V and very often DC voltage.

EEE deals with power generation, distribution, etc while Communication deals with communication technologies such as radio, wireless, wired, LI-FI, MI-FI, etc

My son/daughter is poor in Mathematics; shall I change her XXXX branch? Sorry. Any engineering branch at some or other time demands mathematical dealing. So, see he will improve his mathematics and develop interest in mathematics.

Someone said EEE is very difficult. Shall I change my child to other branch? No engineering is easy and no engineering branch is difficult. Check your child's interest.

Is there any difficulty if my child gets more percentage in Engineering? Yes. Again this is related to job selections. Usually, if your child has more than 80% or 90% the interview board will be having very high expectations on your child. So, they may ask standard question. If he does not answer, they will not ask second question at all!!. If your child has about 60% or 65%, they may ask a simple question first. Even if he does not answer, they will ask second question. You see the problem of having more marks!!!.

Is there any problem if my child gets less than 65% marks in Engineering? It is a good question. Answer is Yes. Today most of the IT companies are putting 65% as the cut-off for writing written test for jobs. So, it is very important that the students are supposed to aim for at least this much overall percentage. Also, see the answer for the following question.

What is minimum attendance percentage needed?

75%

We can not help the students at all if their attendance is less than 65%.

What is the difference between Comp Sci and IT? In principle, CSE is system oriented while IT is application oriented. However, our syllabus is not showing any perceivable difference. Hardly, four courses difference in the 4 years of B.Tech/B.E course. In M.E/M.Tech level things are too messy. For whatever jobs CSE student is eligible, IT student is also eligible. So, don't have wrong impressions about IT. In the early days, because of AICTE rules, colleges have started IT courses for having another source of income.

Do you advise me to join in Hostel? Yes. I strongly recommend. You may have more time for working. However, you have to see that the environment of the hostel should be good. Also, try to make few friends. Hostel life gives you chance to know various human psychologies.

Can you provide hostel to my child if I get transfer?

Yes. Based on availability of hostel beds.

How shall I read while I am in Engineering? First, slowly forget your Intermediate habits of reading and reproducing. Study for the sake of subject.

I am from a village, what do you advise?.Improve your English, technological awareness about Internet, etc.

I am from Telugu Medium. What is your advise?

First one month, do concentrate on improving your English reading, listening, understanding abilities. First get rid of the fear that you are from Telugu medium. Make use of your friends. Try to speak them in English. My dear fellows, do help your fellows.

Seniors say that EDC is very difficult?

In the knowledge acquisition, nothing is easy and nothing is difficult. Obviously your attitude, systematic planning, interactions with faculty, should make you succeed in any subject.

Why I should read EDC as a CSE or IT student?

In a typical system design, development, functioning boundaries between the engineering fields are fuzzy. Very often you need to work along another engineer of different stream. How can you work unless you have broad idea about his specialization. Take for example, take Dr Abdul Kalam, who used to work with variety of engineers. In fact, he has worked with doctors also in involved in the development of prosthesis legs with light weight material that is used in space crafts. My seniors are 5 years B.Tech students. We used to read at least 3 or 4 subjects of other branches, which is called as broad based education.

Engineering Mechanics is horrible. Seniors warning us. What to do?

See my previous answer. Develop special interest for physics. To beat EDC given special interest to Electricity and magnetism of physics while for Engineering Mechanics do equip statics and dynamics of physics. May be I advise to develop passion for physics.

Do we required to buy licensed SW?

Very much advised.

Can I duplicate SW of my friend?

Kindly, don’t do.

How can enrich myself in my subject area?

1.Understanding the concepts thoroughly.2.Develop working models or simulations of your own3.Try to prepare a technical paper about your working model or computer program. Then present at student conferences.4.Attend subject workshops during winter & summer vacation.5.Attend subject related expert lectures. Try to interact with the experts.6.Try to register massively open online courses from Course Era, edX, Udemy, etc.

Does college supports my models ?

Yes. Certainly with the recommendations of your faculty, Head.

If I go for paper presentation, do I get TA/DA?

For those students who gets best prizes, we issue prize money .

Do we have any educational tour during our 4 years?

Now, Govt has tightened this and if Govt gives permission we will think of it.

How to use my summer?

Try for internship at some industry or organization. For example, IIT-Chennai, IISc-Banglore, etc offers summer training for students. Explore them. Otherwise, develop your course specific skill set by working in related industry.

How to use my computer?

1.Install operating system on your own2.Learn operating system fundamentals3.Install SW’s needed by you such as compilers, etc on your own.4.Have a better virus SW installed on your machine5.Any problem arises, first try to solve on your own, then discuss with your fellow friends, then ask for support of college technicians, then think of going to some one. Especially if you are CSE or IT students, try to solve on yourself for any SW problem.

Is Linux/Unix exposure necessary?

If you are CSE or IT students, I say big “YES”. Don’t take degree with out this exposure at all.

Do I need to bring my laptop to college without fail?

No. Not necessarily. It is your wish. You can bring at your risk and use. However, we have some policies about video chatting, whats-app, etc. You need to strictly follow them.

What are next century jobs in CSE/IT?

AnalyticsSecurityCognitive SciencePersonalized learningInternet of thingsHuman computer interfaceHigh performance computing (Exa-Computing)

What are next century jobs in ECE?

New communication technologiesBrain imagingInternet of thingsRobotics

What are next century jobs in EEE?

Smart gridsSolar technologyEnergy from fusion

What are next century jobs in Mechanical Engineering?

RoboticsHybrid machinesSpace structuresNanotechnology, nano devices

What are next century jobs in Civil Engineering?

Green buildingsSpace structuresEnvironmental engineeringRapid transport systemsFloating cities design

Do plan, be victorious with the beast B.Tech (An earnest advise for some).

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I don’t believe in Intelligence. I believe in systematic plan, hard work. Our old Telugu proverb “We can get oil from Sand also”. IsakalO nunchi tailam tIya vachchu.

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