India celebrates EngineersDay on September 15, the birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, an exceptional Indian civil engineer from College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) and Diwan (chief minister) of the princely state of Mysore, who played pioneering roles in design of important dams, automatic water floodgates in 1903 and made significant contributions to India’s industrial and economic development. Awarded Bharat …
The research team led by Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, has carried out cutting age research on the diversified application of tea factory waste to various pharmaceutical and foods products as an output of Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowships of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). These carbonaceous pharmaceutical materials form the basis for a broad spectrum …
Vikaasa World School, a leading school in Madurai and a member of Global School Foundation, recently hosted its first annual quiz event, called the VIZKWIZ – Best Brains Battle. Over 750 students from 30+ schools in and around Madurai; competing in two categories – junior and senior participated in the event. Vallaba Vidhyalaya team won the trophy in senior category …
Chennai-based engineer Pravin Kumar has been announced as the national winner for India of the prestigious James Dyson Award 2023 for his innovation Mouseware, a movement-based technology designed for people with upper limb disabilities. By using the power of head movements, this technology enables control of smart devices, allowing individuals to effortlessly interact with digital devices. He will receive prize money of approximately …
Amazon Web Services (AWS) India Private Limited has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to support space-tech innovations through cloud computing. This collaboration will give space startups, research institutes and students access to cutting edge cloud technologies that accelerate the development of new solutions …
Recent advances in instrumentation, data analysis, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools like Deep Learning (DL) hold great promise for structural health monitoring (SHM) of bridges and other structures. These technologies make it easier to detect, measure, understand, and even predict the evolution of defects over time. This, in turn, enables more effective planning of renovation or repair work, ultimately reducing maintenance …
