No Mechies/Chem Es/Aero/Civil guys active?

@shashank-94ap1q • Oct 22, 2024

Oct 22, 2024

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I am getting a feeling not many of the aforementioned discipline engineers are active here. Is it because of some exam season or has it always been a minority? 😔

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Oct 2, 2014

As a one man band I keep active in all those areas (probably a bit less in civil) at work.
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[Prototype]

@prototype-G9Gn5k • Oct 2, 2014

Wait for me, I am entering the aero field ( on a small scale) but still it would be fun. Any chance you've interested towards aeromodelling? I am about to start with it.
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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Oct 2, 2014

[Prototype]
Wait for me, I am entering the aero field ( on a small scale) but still it would be fun. Any chance you've interested towards aeromodelling? I am about to start with it.
#-Link-Snipped-# <-- This guy knows a bit about Aeromodelling. There were posts about it on CE some time back.
We can always start discussions. All curious heads can join in.

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Shashank Moghe

@shashank-94ap1q • Oct 2, 2014

[Prototype]
Wait for me, I am entering the aero field ( on a small scale) but still it would be fun. Any chance you've interested towards aeromodelling? I am about to start with it.
Aeromodelling? Do you mean the activity or the engineering behind? I have done considerable study during my Masters. I mean Fluid Mechanics, Compressible Flow, etc. I would want you to elucidate further.
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[Prototype]

@prototype-G9Gn5k • Oct 2, 2014

Ankita Katdare
#-Link-Snipped-# <-- This guy knows a bit about Aeromodelling. There were posts about it on CE some time back.
We can always start discussions. All curious heads can join in.
Is it? I'll get in touch as soon as I am ready. At present, I am just brushing up my physics and reading up for the related stuffs. Meanwhile, I'll just start with flying an ARF first. Already ordered a radio. Lets see how it goes.

Shashank Moghe
Aeromodelling? Do you mean the activity or the engineering behind? I have done a lot of that study during my Masters. I mean Fluid Mechanics, Compressible Flow, etc. I would want you to elucidate further.
Haha no man. I am done with the engineering. Just as a hobbyist. I don't think all those things will be required. I've no freaking idea about them anyway. Aeromodelling is just making miniature flight capable models. They are small, but not a lollypop. Lots of efforts goes to make them just right.

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[Prototype]

@prototype-G9Gn5k • Oct 2, 2014

Shashank Moghe
Aeromodelling? Do you mean the activity or the engineering behind? I have done a lot of that study during my Masters. I mean Fluid Mechanics, Compressible Flow, etc. I would want you to elucidate further.
Haha no man. I am done with the engineering. Just as a hobbyist. I don't think all those things will be required. I've no freaking idea about them anyway. Aeromodelling is just making miniature flight capable models. They are small, but not a lollypop. Lots of efforts goes to make them just right.
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Shashank Moghe

@shashank-94ap1q • Oct 2, 2014

Totally agree with you man. I wanted to start with Matlab interfaced Quadcopter a few months back. But when I started delving deeper into it, I realized, this is not something I can do with a day job 😁 It takes a lot of efforts (besides money). The Raspberry Pi tool-kit is itself a few hundred $$ (!) and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I cannot understand how commercial quadcopters cost as little as $50 😔

Anyways, do keep me(rather, us all) in what you are doing. I am always interested in helping out on whatever I can. It is an amazing engineering activity I believe. Kudos to you!
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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Oct 2, 2014

Shashank Moghe
Is it because of some exam season or has it always been a minority? 😔
Exam season + Festival Season. Traffic will be at an all time low to almost every section for a week or two.
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Shashank Moghe

@shashank-94ap1q • Oct 2, 2014

What can we do to increase the traffic? I believe taking pro-active measures should help. Where I work, employee innovation is tapped by regularly opening "Innovation drives". Here a problem is placed (that is of course of interest to the company, commercially) and employees are asked to contribute with ideas (anything would do, I once saw a pdf with hand sketched drawings 😀 ).

Let us start something on similar lines, where problems are placed, and a final deliverable (for instance, in case of @[Prototype], a Matlab based control logic or a fully functional code) is targeted. I leave the thinking lines open.

My point is, a collective effort with a set deliverable draws exceptional participation. Chip in your ideas on this. We have exceptionally experienced mentors here (read #-Link-Snipped-# sir), too!

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Oct 2, 2014

Shashank Moghe
Where I work, employee innovation is tapped by regularly opening "Innovation drives". Here a problem is placed (that is of course of interest to the company, commercially) and employees are asked to contribute with ideas (anything would do, I once saw a pdf with hand sketched drawings 😀 ).
Agree that this can be quite productive on CE.
We have a similar intranet Innovation activity, where any employee at any of the 14 units around India can post ideas (get rewarded too depending on the evaluation).
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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Oct 2, 2014

#-Link-Snipped-# That's definitely a workable solution. A few years back some CEans participated in a design contest. We can work towards something like that if more people are interested in joining ing.

You can check the link: <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/create-the-future-design-contest-2011.44443">Create the Future Design Contest 2011</a>
If I remember it correctly, the participants were - #-Link-Snipped-# #-Link-Snipped-#

Let's give this a headstart. You can come up with two problem statements for starters. We will pin those discussions on the top and all Mods and regular members can pitch-in with whatever we know. Those interested can share the link with their friends via social media/emails/(phone calls? 😘) and get more people involved.

If the activity gains some traction, we can announce an international engineering design contest by January 2015.

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Shashank Moghe

@shashank-94ap1q • Oct 2, 2014

#-Link-Snipped-# do these problems have to be discipline specific? Can we not come up with ideas which are inter-disciplinary? That would gain maximum traction I suppose. These days, no problems are purely discipline specific, all is mixed up and for good.

Since this isn't something which is just to boost participation, but we are expecting tangible output, let us also come up with a wholesome problem statement ourselves. You can tag people from all disciplines (formally announcing this search for a "problem statement" on a separate thread) and we can zero-down on a final statement soon.

#-Link-Snipped-# sir can be the moderator/guide in our hunt for the problem statements as he knows with his experience what is realistic and what is not.
Does it sound good enough?

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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Oct 2, 2014

My mind was also on the inter-disciplinary thing. And sure. I can do that. I will start a discussion right away under Projects section as it caters to all streams under engineering.

PS: Let's keep in mind that it's mostly going to be voluntary efforts from all of us for some time to get that thread/discussion noticed by all regular members here.
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Shashank Moghe

@shashank-94ap1q • Oct 2, 2014

Totally agree. Give it a "Challenge" kind of feel, I have seen people on CE get pumped up if it is a challenge 😀
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Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

@sarathkumar-FEGRPw • Oct 2, 2014

Great to hear about the threads to be started!!!!
Love to learn new things.
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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Oct 2, 2014

I've started the discussion - #-Link-Snipped-#
Do start sharing problem statements.
The one that gets the most positive ratings (likes & thumbsup) + #-Link-Snipped-#'s vote in case of a tie shall be picked up for further discussions.

In other lands, I love what the folks over at Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are doing worldwide. Do check - <a href="https://www.ewb-usa.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Home - Engineers Without Borders USA</a>
Let's hope to do that in a better way with our community.
I was associated with the EWB India chapter during college. Our discussions were quite informative & interesting, but we couldn't take our local chapter to do something productive - getting from lab-to-land or actually materializing the amazing ideas some of my friends had.

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