Day: December 16, 2022

The year 2020 has been marked by some of the most momentous shifts that this decade has seen, with governments going into lockdown and millions of individuals being unexpectedly laid off from their employment. Now that things are beginning to return to normal after being quarantined for seven months, businesses have started looking for ways to survive in the post-COVID age. This is because things are beginning to return to normal. Because of the current state of the economy, people who work in technology have become increasingly valued, and as a result, businesses have started devoting more resources to the recruitment of qualified tech professionals. As a direct consequence of this, there has been a progressive rise in the demand for professionals that possess advanced technological abilities. Several papers and research conducted during the beginning of the year discussed various aspects of artificial intelligence, including deep learning, machine learning, data analytics, and data analytics. A recent report that was published in a variety of national and international magazines found that available opportunities for analytics specialists account for 33.7 percent of all vacant positions. This is followed by machine learning, which accounts for 20.4 percent, and cyber security, which accounts for 15.4 percent. It’s possible that this is because of the enormous amount of data that is generated throughout each transaction in both the B2B and B2C markets. These data also reveal that, despite the recession, data analysis and automation are still required in order to lessen the occurrence of redundancies and to ensure the security of vital data.

As more and more businesses seek to automate their processes and primary manual chores, there has been an uptick in the demand for experts with expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. According to LinkedIn’s most recent annual employment report, the number of positions open for AI specialists has climbed by 74% each year over the course of the past several years. Indeed reports that the average annual base salary for a machine learning engineer in the United States is $145,539, whereas the median salary for the same position in India is 13.6 lakhs. The findings indicate that despite the current state of the economy, the demand for people with skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning is likely to stay intact, as will the associated remuneration. The survey found that abilities related to artificial intelligence and machine learning, such as TensorFlow, Python, and natural language processing, are in high demand and will be required for people to obtain careers in these fields.

According to Ammar Jagirdar, Product Head at Qure.ai, while there has always been a significant demand for qualified data scientists and engineers, in the post-COVID era, there is a greater need for those who are able to adapt to changing circumstances. Jagirdar continued by saying that although the world is changing rapidly and may continue to do so in the future, “we will be ready for these issues.” ” At Qure, we are looking for people with experience in deep learning R&D and product implementation, particularly in the healthcare business. In addition, we are searching for data scientist roles, front-end engineering positions, and back-end engineering positions right now. Even the Google Program Lead Lakshya Sivaramakrishnan thinks that machine learning and data science would be the most in-demand technological talents in the age after COVID. This is due to the fact that in the aftermath of the epidemic, an increasing number of organisations will be looking for greater adaptability and flexibility, and they will respond to the necessary change in order to remain relevant. On the other hand, she is of the opinion that companies are unable to continue developing models without the support of engineers, which is where she sees the role of mean stack developers coming in. As a consequence of this, the alternatives are limitless, and the capabilities of machine learning may be applied to satisfy any requirement, including the development of chatbots to enhance customer service, the promotion of increased communication in the workplace, and the enhancement of online security. As a direct consequence of this, professionals who have prior knowledge in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will be in extremely high demand in the era that follows COVID.

The availability of such information makes it abundantly evident that the world that will exist after COVID will be significantly more advanced than the world that exists right now, with firms embracing emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. As a result of the fact that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will become the standard rather than the exception, it is absolutely necessary for companies and professionals to reevaluate their strategy and look for ways to incorporate these rapidly expanding industries in order to remain relevant after COVID is implemented.

Under the numerous branches of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering is one of the most important one. It oversees plans and manages different developments like construction of flyovers, bridge formation, excavation of tunnels, erecting towers, and so on. In other words, majorly the structural engineers ensure construction safety and solidarity of our structures that they would withstand every one of the environmental conditions.

 Structural engineers are specialized in determining the integrity of a structure. They assess the issues that a structure may have and build up arrangements as solutions to that. They possess the knowledge to determine the strength, durability, and safety of any given structure.

Well, if you are someone who finds these things fascinating, then you can opt for the course M.Tech in Structural. It is a two-year program in which candidates will be taught about the modern methodologies of designing a structure, they will study about the advanced usages of construction materials and analysis processes of structures using different software under forces especially dynamic in nature.  

Here, at Adamas University this program is offered with the goal to deliver specialists who will have basic technical ability and strong analytical skills to create structural designs and to analyze them at ease. Students in this course learns majorly learns about the materials used in construction work and get trained on cutting edge ideas of designing through various activities and dissertation work. Structural dynamics and earthquake-resistant design of structures, rehabilitation of the structure, advanced materials and dissertation is a portion of the significant points shrouded in the M.Tech in Structural Engineering course.

It is reasonably a practical learning course as well where understudies are given project work that enables students to learn about Structure Design labs, the latest design software, and construction material lab.

Although it may sound as interesting as anything, this course cannot be pursued by any graduates. Some Specific eligibility criteria need to be fulfilled.

Criteria mentioned below are essential to take admission in the course:

• Any candidate must hold a Civil Engineering BE/ B.Tech degree from any recognized university plus a valid GATE scorecard.
• Or, Special Institutional exams (Adamas University Admission Test) and Personal Interview.

Now, one must be wondering about career options a candidate would get after completing the M.Tech degree in structural engineering.

Any course completion will offer either to go for higher studies or to look for job opportunities.  If someone is fond of academics and has a thing to learn the engineering concepts even deeper, then they can opt for Ph.D. from IITs, NITs, or from any reputed university from India or abroad.  Coming back to job opportunities, after post-graduation in Structural Engineering one can look out for work openings in private construction organization as Structural Engineer or Structural consultant. One can seek employment in the government public sector as well through exams these PSU’s organizes. Structural engineers can start their career as construction designers or as consulting engineers at any organization and can then be promoted up to the position of the project manager or functional manager for design or construction operation later on with ample experience which they will master throughout their career. In any case, they would initially have to acquire the Professional Engineering (PE) license, on the grounds that only authorized specialists can accept obligations for public activities. The social roles of professionals in Structural engineering play a huge impact in the construction industry. A candidate can be recruited with a wide range of roles and responsibilities depending on the project they will be working on.

To summaries the whole thing let me share my experience as a Structural Engineer

As a Structural Engineer one has two very distinct professional choices:

Work as a site engineer, in which case the job will be based on the construction site and the responsibility for the work going on there will be assigned. Someone could again be a specialist, where the job will be an office-based one and the major responsibility will be setting up the drawing, plans, and designs which the contractor utilizes as direction for their construction.

It is important for the last mentioned and in the workplace, various issues each day were taken care of by the officials. Typically, 3D logical models of structures were made, and one needs to completely see and understand how the stress distributed through the structure down into the ground. This part sets aside some effort to resolve, thus consistently one must be building up an alternate design for their structure.  Likewise, the fundamental layout is coordinated with different orders like design, mechanical and electrical drawings, and so on here and there. The position of a line or a major window could influence the design thus a team routinely needs to sit together to determine conflicts until everything works fine and is completely coordinated. Like this every day would throw new challenges towards us.

Today in this new age era where everything is available at finger tips, for structural engineering also there are wide range of software available now-a-days. For Bridge Engineering MIDAS software is there similarly for RC structures StaadPro and ETABS and for Steel Structures Tekla software is there. In recent time software like SAP and other similar software gaining popularity for doing dynamic analysis of structures considering earthquake vibration into account. All modern-day structures have to go through the dynamic analysis. The challenge for one budding structural engineer would be to master the skill in all of the software to build a good career being a structural engineer.

Subject line: Recent advances in the entwined fields of electronics and nanotechnology and the subsequent impact on every aspect of human life.

Massive improvement and subsequent advancement have taken place in the field of electronic technology through out the last decade. And the impact of such magnificent yet rapid technical enhancements is clearly visible on the social and economic status of contemporary world. Everyday life looks nothing like what it used to look just a few years back. Further, the recent pandemic has clearly proven the significance of technology in every sector of human life. In such venture, science and technology has posed as our best friend. Life-saving technological creativity and innovation has attained unprecedented heights over the last decade. A collection of wonderful electronic devices and subsequent gadgets are acting as magic wands to make our everyday life easier, safer and more productive. In the recent past, several viable electronic solutions have been proposed to combat the challenges in almost all aspects of human life. These include communication, clinical necessities, defense, transit and of course economy and employment. This would not be an exaggeration to say that during the last decade, the world has undergone a silent technological revolution that surely is the most significant one after the British industrial revolution in 1760. And the contribution of electronic devices in this magnificent transformation is undeniable. Several severe challenges in all of the afore mentioned domains have been successfully addressed through the use of efficient and cost-effective electronic solutions. This has been made possible by the excellent performance of semiconductor devices. The physical size of semiconductor device has decreased drastically over the last ten years. According to Moore’s law, thirty-two times enhancement is possible in circuits based on semiconductor devices over a period of a decade. Subsequently, the size of the semiconductor devices has been reduced to a few tens of nanometers. This article offers a glimpse on the dazzling evolution of electronic technology and the entwined impact on dear world.

While talking of advancements in the field of tele-communication, the first thing that surfaces in our mind is the good old telephone and its replacement with handy cellular phones. Ten to twelve years back, people were wondering at the marvels of Nokia1100 and its counterparts. We had no clue that this decade will transform the simple wireless mobile phones into Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled smartphones. The basic Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) mobiles with monophonic ringtones are replaced with Android smart phones. Finger print sensors, face recognition, multiple front and rear cameras are some of the widely available, basic features. Personalized search engines, excellent data streaming, crystal-clear video-calling, multitasking, gaming etc. are common amenities. This has been made possible due to the excellent quad-core processors that lay in the heart of these mobile phones. Superfast processors have speed ranging from 2.3GHz for MediaTek Helio G35 that has fast octa-core Arm Cortex-A53 CPU to 2.45-2.8GHz for Snapdragon Qualcomm 845 mobile platform. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Light Emitting Diodes (LED) displays are capable of providing excellent submerging view. In this context, it deserves mention that tele-viewing has undergone spectacular changes in the past few years. Smart televisions with optoelectronic sensors and AI are endowed with High Dynamic Range (HDR) processors. Such new generation TVs are capable of adjusting screen brightness, radiation, contrast, etc. with room ambience.  Besides, the advent of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology has revolutionized on-air transmission. Mobile network has upgraded from 3G to 4G. And we are looking forward to 5G. Ten years has resulted in ten times faster communication. Data download speed has increased from approximately 2MB to 15MB per second. Data streaming has almost become unlimited and free of cost. Communication, download and streaming while on transit have become super sophisticated and popular at the same time. Industries related to mobile phone manufacturing and network providers have reached boom.

Excellent online connectivity has resulted in a true world wide web in the fullest sense of the words. Even they remotest corners of the country are connected with cosmopolitan cities. This has provided access for students from all strata of the society to various levels of education that include professional as well as academic courses. Online education has provided students with the experience of world class academia from top ranking universities from all over the world. Medical consultation from the best clinical facilities have become possible from almost anywhere on the globe. Depending on online shopping a number of small-scale entrepreneurs and large-scale industries that are capable of controlling the economy have evolved and flourished. Not to forget mile stones like digital India and sage cashless transactions.

Medical facilities have immensely developed with the support of technology. Personalized medicine and continuous patient-specific health monitoring have become possible with the help of advanced biomedical electronics. Genetic engineering, genomic sequencing, artificial body part implantation, neuron-on-chips and brain cell rejuvenation no longer exist only in science fictions. A description of the recent advances in bio-medical electronics definitely remains incomplete without a mention of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology and present-day biomedical engineering are closely entwined. Over the last decade, dramatic advancement in various interlinked and interdisciplinary domains such as nanomedicine, nano-diagnostics and ‘nano-theranostics’ has ushered in a new era in medical science. Nanotechnology has acted as an efficient tool that has enabled the design of functional materials and new devices that are suitable for biomedical applications. Semiconductor nanocrystals are one such example. They are technically referred to as quantum dots.  The common uses of such nano-dots include opto-electronic imaging for diagnosing life-threatening diseases like tumor, cancer etc. Various metals and their oxides are being used for fabricating nano-dots and -particles. Further, Graphene, Graphene-like two-dimensional nanostructures of carbon, Carbon Nano Tubes (CNTs) are being explored as prospective materials for efficient therapeutics. Most importantly, for the post pandemic earth, with unforeseen virus, bacteria and germs lurking everywhere, nano-therapeutics in conjunction with smart bio-electronic devices promise superior detection as well as better antibacterial/antiviral protection. Quantum tunneling based nanogap sensors, multi-functional UV sterilizers, oximeters, self-cleaning bottles, etc. are some of the most astonishing cutting-edge inventions in the field of bio-electronics. Drug-delivery has attained new heights with nanotechnology. Several nano-engineered materials possess immense potential. Engineers and bio-scientists believe them to be capable of overcoming almost all the drawbacks related to conventional antibiotics or antiviral drugs. Bio-medical engineers and nano-technologists are exploring the possible toxic and adverse side effects of this new generation of nano-medicines and bio-electronic therapeutics. This being done, the promising new genre of treatment will take over the existing clinical domain.

Surveillance and therefore, security have immensely improved with the use of excellent closed circuit monitoring systems. Motion sensors and allied opto-electronic systems, light weight yet powerful drones are being really helpful for the defense fraternity. The contributions of electro-mechanical systems are so vast that a new genre has developed, namely Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) and Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (NEMS).

Finally, the astonishing electric vehicles do deserve mention. Super advanced embedded systems in conjunction with excellent robotic sensors are being used for driving and monitoring such vehicles. Automated Variable Transmission (AMT) and Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) have revolutionized the driving experience. And of course, thanks to modern electronics, completely self-driven cars are just round the corner. In conclusion, all that may be said is if the 2010s were the gateway of transition, then the 2020s are definitely going to be a roller-coaster sci-fi ride.