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| Tuesday, April 22, 2008
New B.E. Programs at Anna University Tirunelveli
As a teacher and as an educational administrator, I have been
cherishing with the innovative potentials of our youth that
have been displayed during my interaction with them. Unfortunately,
though not precise but for a considerable size of youth, their
hunt for innovation is turned futile during their undergraduate
program of engineering studies. The reason for this unfortunate
scenario is that the programs and the curriculum are not competitive
enough to challenge and gui de them to achieve their aspiration.
The Anna University Tirunelveli, established by a Tamilnadu
Government Act 28 of the year 2007 has proposed to introduce
new B. E. programs in the ensuing academic year 2008-09, that
would attempt to provide the youth the required competitiveness
and challenge to explore their excellence.
The sky looking youth always dreamt of the space to venture
it and to establish his identity there right from his childhood.
Looking from top of a tree or from the terrace of a home at
the land, the youth always astonished while seeing the panoramic
view of the land. If appropriate academic programs are formulated
to challenge them, considering their inherent quest for innovation,
certainly there would be fulfilment of aspirations and development.
Bearing these facts in mind the Anna University Tirunelveli
is planning to launch the following new B. E. degree programs.
1. B. E. Geomatics Engineering; 2. B. E. Civil and Infrastructure
Engineering; 3. B. E. Aerospace Engineering; 4. M. E. Space
Sciences and Engineering.
About the Programs:
B. E. Geomatics Engineering: Geomatics engineering is a rapidly
developing discipline that focuses on spatial information
(i.e. information that has a location). The location is the
primary factor used to integrate a very wide range of data
for viewing and analysis. Geomatics engineers apply engineering
principles to spatial information and implement relational
data structures involving measurement sciences, thus using
geomatics and acting as spatial information engineers. Geomatics
engineers manage local, regional, national and global spatial
data infrastructures.
As our societies becomes more complex, information with a
spatial position associated with it becomes more critical
to decision-making, both from a personal and a business perspective,
and also from a community and a large-scale governmental viewpoint.
Therefore, the geomatics engineer can be involved in an extremely
wide variety of information gathering activities and applications.
Geomatics engineers design, develop, and operate systems for
collecting and analyzing spatial information about the land,
the oceans, natural resources, and manmade features. Geomatics
engineering applications include integrating science and technology
from both new and traditional disciplines: Geodesy, also called
geodetic science;
Cartography computer and digital mapping; Remote sensing and
Photagrammetry (photogrammetric mapping); Land Information
System(LIS); Real Property boundary determination; Hydrography,
Navigation, topographic and spatial computing; Surveying (including
land, cadastral, aerial, mining and engineering surveying);
Construction layout, route design; Image understanding and
computer aided visualization; Computer Aided Design (CAD);
Geographic Information system (GIS), geographic information
science, and geoinformatics; Global Positioning System(GPS)
or Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS); Applications
programming; Project management; Geomatics engineers serve
society by collecting, monitoring, archiving, and maintaining
diverse spatial data infrastructures.
Geomatics engineers utilize a wide range of technologically
advanced tools such as digital theodolite/distance meter total
stations, GPS equipment, digital aerial imagery (both satellite
and air-borne), and computer-based GIS. These tools enable
the geomatics engineer to gather, analyze, and manage spatially
related information to solve a wide range of technical and
societal problems.
B. E. Civil and Infrastructure Engineering: The program, an
undergraduate degree in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
is designed to optimize the life cycle performance of civil
infrastructure systems through product innovation and process
integration. The primary aim is to generate engineers so as
to provide practical solutions and answers to the diverse
challenges associated with the creation and operation of civil
infrastructure systems such asbuildings, roads, bridges, marine
facilities.
B. E. Aerospace Engineering: The degree program gives the
student a broad education in engineering by requiring basic
courses in aerodynamics and propulsion (collectively referred
to as "gas dynamics"), structural mechanics, and
flight dynamics and control systems.
These courses cover fundamentals and their application to
the analysis, design and construction of aircraft, spacecraft
and other vehicular systems and subsystems. Courses in gas
dynamics treat fluid and gas flow around bodies and through
turbojet engines and rocket nozzles. In courses on structural
mechanics, lightweight structures are studied from their strength,
elastic, stiffness, stability, and dynamic behavior. Flight
dynamics and control systems courses deal with the dynamical
behavior of vehicles and systems as a whole, their stability
and controllability both by human pilots and as autonomous
systems. Integration of all these subjects takes place in
the capstone aircraft design course or space system design
course that is chosen by the student. The aerospace engineering
program offers considerable flexibility through technical
and general electives, in which the students have an opportunity
to study in greater depth any of the areas mentioned above.
In addition, other technical elective areas are available
to aerospace engineering students, including aerophysical
sciences, environmental studies, computers, person-machine
systems, and transportation.
Elective courses in each technical elective area include courses
taught both inside and outside the aerospace engineering department.
M. E. Space Science and Engineering: This master level Space
Science and Engineering program is primarily focuses on geophysical
research and technology. It enables understanding of the atmosphere
of Earth, the other planets in our Solar System, and the cosmos.
This program trains the engineers to explore the universe from
space and terrestrial-based telescopes, and probe other planets
in our solar system, but more often to examine the Earth to
gain information and insight into weather, climate, and other
aspects of Earth’s global environment. Further it prepares
the student to develop new observing tools for spacecraft, aircraft,
and ground-based platforms, and to model atmospheric phenomena.
We could receive, manage and distribute huge amounts of geophysical
data and develop software to visualize and manipulate these
data for use by researchers and operational meteorologists all
over the world.
This program provides a comprehensive set of courses and
training in space-related science and engineering, and the
systems approach to design and manage complex space systems.
Course elections include: Depth in a main area for example,
a student could select dynamics and control, structures or
propulsion; Breadth by crossing engineering/science boundaries;
Systems engineering; Team design experience.
It has been proposed to launch all of the above programs based
on the global demand and available local resources and potentials
and support expected from research centers. The locally available
infrastructure and expertise at the Liquid propulsion centers
at Mahendragiri and at Trivandrum and the expertise available
at Atomic power plant, Koodankulam are expected to play a major
role.
Eligibility: (i) The minimum qualification
required to join M. E. in Space Science and Engineering is “A
bachelor’s degree in any branch of engineering”
and should have passed GATE or TANCET 2008 or should have a
minimum of one year experience in the field of space science
and engineering
(ii) The minimum qualification required for B. E. Geomatics
Engineering, B. E. Civil and Infrastructure Engineering and
B. E. Aerospace Engineering is “A pass in plus two examination
with first group subjects Mathematics, Physics and chemistry”
and the minimum percentage of marks required is as per Tamilnadu
Government guidelines for engineering admissions 2008-09.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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