Job Openings at LDRA India

Dear Friends, Seniors and Colleagues,

Greetings !

We at LDRA India have following Job Openings.

1) Technical Head - LDRA Certification Services (Safety & Security Practices)

2) Digital Marketing Experts

3) Technical Content Developers

4) Pre Sales Professionals

5) Jr. Test Engineers 

For Point # 2,3,4 : Approximately 2 years of successful track record and a global outlook is must. Technical Background will be an added advantage.

For Point # 5 : Excellence knowledge in C and C++, Software Development Life Cycle and Good Communication Skills.

Job Location : Bangalore, India

About LDRA : For more than forty years, LDRA has developed and driven the market for software that automates code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security-, and business-critical markets. Working with clients to achieve early error identification and full compliance with industry standards, LDRA traces requirements through static and dynamic analysis to unit testing and verification for a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. Boasting a worldwide presence, LDRA is headquartered in the United Kingdom with subsidiaries in the United States and India coupled with an extensive distributor network. 

LDRA is certified to have Quality Management System – ISO 9001:2008. The LDRA tool suite is TÜV SAAR certified. The tools are qualified to be used in safety related software development according to IEC 61508, IEC 62304, IEC 60880, EN 50128 and ISO 26262.

For more information, please contact us at india@ldra.com or call us at +91-80-40808707.

Regards,

Himalya Bansal

Account Manager - LDRA

Team - MyAeSI

COLLABORATIVE STUDENT RESEARCH PROGRAM (CSRP)@AeSI-AA

Dear Students/Alumnus,

This is for all those who are really interested in going extra mile for the purpose of learning. We (AeSIAA) are launching a innovative and unique learning opportunities for both students and alumnus called COLLABORATIVE STUDENT RESEARCH PROGRAM (CSRP).

Alumnus as mentors will be guiding students on carrying out research in areas of mutual interest in collaborative framework seeking help from fellow mentors as well. This helps partnering mentors in broadening their knowledge base while working students are exposed to learning opportunities.

The measure of success of these collaborations are expected to yield research papers in its simplest form however opportunities are plenty. We will have formal launch of this program and further discussions on this during our annual alumni get-together 2015, expected in a months or two.

Open source tools and softwares will be used and also developed under this. Wherever we get partners for supporting the program their software or services will be utilized with due credit. Hence all are welcome to partner in this.

Seeking information and inviting to

Alumnus:
To identify topic of mutual interest to get going, we are seeking the details of expertise from partnering alumnae having interest and time to pursue his or her ideas. I am sure we all have ideas but due to some constrains never worked on that. Let some students help you to realise your dream and learn things together.

Students:
Identify the area in which you wish to cruise your career. The control and guidance is our responsibility. We alumnus as mentors will help you to do things in guided mode in order to have mutual growth in respective career.

If you are not sure of your pursuance of area of research/domain of building expertise, let us leave this on us. We will help you choose. For that please send the details of papers cleared along with marks obtained and paper attempted this time. Also while sending information for mentorship and collaborative learning, ensure that your resume and contact details in that are updated. Also mention the elective subject taken and training attended if any.

Helpline for seeking more information:

For collaborating students- Shri Rahul Verma.  M: 97432 27305

For partnering alumnus-     

Shri Sukhbinder Singh M: 97403 20715 ( between 7-10pm only during weekdays and Saturday, anytime on sundays

For partnering firms-            Shri Rakesh Kumar, email: aerorakesh@gmail.com or anilkr.ammina@gmail.com or Lalan.singh@ansys.com

For all other queries please contact secretary either on  secretary.aesiaa@gmail.com

This program has got in-principle support from following firms

GTEnterprises-for MATHEMATICA Software student version
Axiomatic software India Pvt Ltd- for CFD++ SOFTWARE
Contravolts- for SCTetra  software training & support
Jetwings- for all in house software including ANSYS fluent & lab facility.

+ many more interested experts in various domains and verticals.

Get inspired and do join hand for mutual growth & lifelong learning's.

Regards,
For Hon. Secretary, AeSIAA

 

Why a Free Python Workshop for AeSI

Someone whom I shall call Mr Z, emailed me his profile. I saw the attached resume and realised, he is mint fresh from AeSI. So kept his resume with a mind of asking his resume after another 3 months so i can forward it to my contacts for any opportunity.

After, 3 months, emailed Mr Z to resend me his updated resume and I got a resume, which had some little formatting changes but none other changes. On enquiry he responded he is learning a design software and didn't put it there.

3 Months without a skill added astounded me!

I don't know about now, but when I was in this stage this was my rapid skill adoption period. What's the new norm now, i wondered?

Credit to Mr Z, he was not sitting ideal, but the velocity of skill gain is slow for the time we live in.

And another thing to note was the focus on only one skill. Well design is what he wants, that is great but this isn't a transferable skill. This skill takes time and is specific to a particular kind of work. So along with this technical skill he needs to think about building some transferrable skills, like speaking, writing, presentation skills, general programming or mastering common office tools.

Technical skills are like screw drivers, just meant for screws, while transferrable skills are like knife, more general and have wide applicability. This gap in the knowledge of the transferrable skills led me to launch the free python workshop for AeSI.

Python is powerful general purpose language and I think every person who calls him an engineer should know this. Weather you work in design, analysis or performance, skills in one programming language can take you a long way.

VBA, C, Fortran are good start but knowing python as the language will have wide advantages. Its cross platform and its batteries included nature, gives you lot from a little effort.

And as far as a transferable skill is concerned, it can fit any job or task that you might encounter in your work and non-work life.

So that's the intention of the Free Python Workshop. A getting started in Python so as to equip AeSI students and graduates a lifelong transferable skill that can be applied in all the jobs

So if Mr. Z is reading this, pleases register, you are the reason for the workshop.

Please visit the page http://sukhbinder.wordpress.com/workshop for the brief writeup on the workshop and to http://python4aesi.doattend.com for registering for the workshop!

Upgrade your skills in ADA programming language

AdaCore University is a free, web-based resource center for anyone interested in learning about, or how to program in, the Ada programming language. The new website offers pre-recorded courses and other learning materials on Ada, with access to AdaCore’s GNAT Ada toolset for writing and running example programs. It also utilizes the latest in website design and learning tool features. Students at all levels of experience and expertise can begin writing programs quickly and can proceed at their own pace.

AdaCore University courses educate through examples, allowing students to see, understand and experiment with most features of the Ada programming language. Drawing on the experience and teaching credentials of Ada experts, such as AdaCore founders and New York University Emeritus Professors Robert Dewar and Edmond Schonberg, the courses explain Ada’s technical concepts with insight into the rationale and usage of particular features.

The initial curriculum includes two courses:
Ada 001, Overview  – a module that presents an overall picture of the language and that allows students to write small programs; and
Ada 002, Basic Concepts – the first in a formal series of Ada classes, introducing basic Ada programming concepts and allowing students to write programs based on these features.

Both of these modules provide sources and installation instructions for all learning materials and tools. The courses cover the latest version of the Ada language (Ada 2012), and students have access to AdaCore’s GNAT Ada development environment and programming tools. The AdaCore University website also hosts a number of technical papers on Ada, offering insight into particular aspects of the language’s design and usage.

AdaCore University is an ongoing, live project that will be expanded to include more advanced courses on Ada, and SPARK 2014 – an Ada-based programming language designed for high-integrity software (i.e., where reliability is essential and where safety and/or security certification may be required).

For more information, you may like to visit at http://university.adacore.com/courses/overview/

Cheers !
Himalya Bansal

Coolest Carpenter Around

Someone rightly said you can't do much carpentry with bare hands!! You need tools. To be good at carpentry you need the right tools. To produce something good, your bare hands aren't just enough.

Same way, as you walk your way to be an engineer, just knowledge isn't enough. Only knowing how the aerofoil generates lifts or solving bending moment problem isn't enough. To be effective as and engineer, You need tools.

So as you are walking towards the path of getting your degree, and if you are in your penultimate semester, start getting those tools.

Tools along with the knowledge that you are acquiring during this phase of AeSI will make you the coolest carpenter around when you graduate!!

Stress Analyst Requirements and 3 point checklist.

If you match this requirements, send your resumes to the following email. sukhbinder.singh+myaesi@gmail.com


Before you send your resume, please run through this 3 point checklist.
1. Is your resume in presentable form. No modification needed what so ever.
2. Is your profile matching with the requirement?
3. Are you serious about this job?

If you have responded no to any of this question, your CV is already rejected, if not, shoot your CV now.

Experience       :  3yrs – 10yrs

Qualification    :  B.E / M.E in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Location           :  Bangalore

Position            :  Stress Analyst
Job Code           :  HC/JC/3035/12

 

Job Description :

 

-       Experience in aerospace industry, with good structural stress analysis experience, preferably with airframe structures

-       Good awareness on Airframe/ Nacelle components and programs including an understanding of basic load conditions and load paths.

-       Performs structural analysis of a complex nature using conventional hand calculation and/ or computational analysis on Metallics and/ or Composites

-       Strong application of engineering principles and theories in structural analysis

-       Experience/ Exposure to composites (Laminates and Sandwich Panels)

-       Very good knowledge of NASTRAN/PATRAN and Hypermesh

-       Working knowledge of Catia V5

-       Highly proficient in MS Office Tools

-       Good analytical and problem-solving skills

-       Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Static Analysis | Dynamic Analysis | Unit Testing | Code Analysis Discussion

Since I've joined LDRA Technologies Pvt. Ltd as Technical Marketing Assistant hence I recieved few queries like :
What LDRA does ? and what its focus is ?
What is the role of LDRA tool suite ?
How these tools can help you in achieving zero defect software ?
and so on ....
Henceforth the answer is here ....

Whenever a company develops any software application on which people’s lives depend than it becomes very necessary for the developers to achieve zero-defect software. In order to achieve it, we use static analysis, dynamic analysis, unit testing etc.

Readers of this post might be interested in knowing what do I mean by static analysis, dynamic analysis and related terminologies. I'm sure by reading below linked articles you'll be able to understand the meaning of such terminologies.

@ AeSI Students : Even if you look at Job Description of recent recruitments, so you'll find few terms like basic knowledge of DO-178B including Level A, knowledge/experience on LDRA tools etc. Henceforth I strongly recommend below mentioned articles to be read by all Avionics students and recent graduates.

http://electronicdesign.com/content/topic/code-analysis-discussion-with-ldra/catpath/embedded

http://vita-technologies.com/articles/do-178c-arrive-drive-safety-critical-software/

http://www.ldra.com/index.php/en/solutions/by-industry/aerospace

http://digital.mil-embedded.com/mar2012/mar2012/11/0#&pageSet=11

If you would like more information concerning the LDRA tool suite else if you want to know how such tools can perform static and dynamic analysis or unit testing than please take a moment to complete the following form. (Click Here)

All the best !

Why should I learn programming language 'C' ?

A : Hey, What are you doing in Bangalore ?
B : I’m working as a Software Engineer.
A :  Is it so ?
B :  Yes, I’m working in ABC Group.
A :  But, You’ve only learned basics of embedded. Isn’t it?
B : Yes, I’ve worked on AVR platform and on Atmel’s Atmega 16 micro controller.
A : Have you made any project as well ?
B : Yes, I’ve made projects like line following robot, traffic light and to display various patterns on LCD.
A : Don’t make me fool, You’ve made a project of traffic lights so How can you work on any aircraft related project? How will you relate traffic lights and aircraft?
B : Wait, Let me explain !
A : Sure, & also explain me that why should I learn programming language ‘C’ ?

Here are the answers/explanation of the questions asked by A.

1. Have you observed a green and red color light at the tip of the wing and which keeps on blinking?
2. Have you observed the green and red color light on the belly of helicopter?
3. Have you noticed that once pilot achieves decision height so landing light automatically turns on?

Let me tell you that these lights are used as an indication and warning light and play a vital role in  landing at zero visibility. They also help in decision making like it helps a pilot to understand the direction of another aircraft. Click on the below mentioned links to understand the importance of such external lights. Approximately 99% of such lights are controlled using an embedded system.

Click Here 

Click Here

Basics will always remain the basics irrespective of the fact that whether we are working on a F1 car or a F16 fighter aircraft. Have a look on major electronic device like a calculator,  microwave, washing machines, digital camera, display unit on AC buses, ATM machines and so on… They all are getting smarter day by day. This smartness comes from a microprocessor, an operating system and a program embedded in these devices. You’ll be surprised to know that these programs are written in programming language ‘C’.

Even though now a days we have automated tools to do programming and to help programmers to make an error free & high quality program so that it can be certified at the most rigorous levels yet if you don’t know the basics of programming so you can’t work on automatic tools as well. Developers of sophisticated applications such as those utilized in avionics, high-speed trains, nuclear reactors, automobiles and medical devices use such automated tools for automatic software development and to pinpoint programming errors.

Take any example starting from the automation of aircraft gate to critical navigation & auto pilot system. Everywhere we are using embedded system and thus it’s very necessary for an Avionics student to be familiar with programming concepts.

An open advice to all avionics students.
- Learn C, C++, Matlab
- Work on at least one embedded platform if not ARM or PIC so at least AVR.     

How to STAND OUT? Lets explore.

A few months back I was interviewing someone. Let's call him Arvind. He was decent. Had the right skills, he knew his subject well and knew what was asked and how to answer it.

We were a 3 member interview panel. Even before the interview began we were impressed with his resume.

The thing that was impressive about his resume was not what he has written but the actual verifiable evidence he gave of his work. That's what made his resume stand out.

A tool he has created in his leisure time is recommened by a professor of the caltech university. His contribution to a programming forum on internet has 1000+ downloads.

The fact that all this were not required and he did this in his part time were a positive for him.

So what am I getting at?

This is what I call personal assets. That guy in his spare time, after his work life was active with his passion and created things with those skills. This way slowly he has built something that others find useful and this is what he leveraged in his job search.

This method worked as everyone who saw that resume was impressed.

This is what I mean when I ask people to work on side projects. Not only side projects improve your skills but they help you create assets that one can leverage.

Internet and tools available there give you immense opportunity to stand out. The question is are you using them?


In the year 2012, I will be exploring this topic in more detail. I would like to see everyone participate in this. Tell us what do you think it takes to stand out?

Work on live projects for AeSI students and graduates

Dear all,

 

We are looking candidates, who are willing to work in the area of renewable energy. We will provide opportunity to work on live project, which involves design and analysis of new wind turbine concept.

 

Education Qualification:

ñ     Fresher or left with 2 papers of SEC-B with Aero-Mechanical stream.

Requirements:

ñ     Must have knowledge of Aerodynamics/Turbo machinery/Fluid Dynamics/Basic understanding of CFD.

ñ     Must have detailed centric and comprehensive analytical skills to perform the different kinds of tasks needed.

ñ     Must be able to make models and designs and do technical documentation whenever required.

ñ     Produce work of a high standard under tight time schedules

 

Good to have the following experience for the above requirement:

 

ñ     Knowledge of CAD/CFD tools.

 

Important Notes:

 

* It is not a job offer.

*Must have personal computer.

*Must have to sign NDA (non disclosure agreement)

 

Please send updated Resume along with area of interest on following email. If you need any clarification, you can contact us through email or phone.

 

 

• Vijay Kumar Mishra

            aerovijay@gmail.com

      Mob- 9448026916

 

• Rakesh Kumar Mandal

            mandal.rk@gmail.com

      9916134214

 

Career Advice

Read this J. D Long's career advice and here's the complete list of
JD's career advice without commentary.

You will see many of the advice is what myaesi blog always stands for.

Future posts will discuss some of this points again in details.

Be a profit center, not a cost center.

Use tools you don't have to ask permission to install (i.e. open
source).

Dependence on tools that are closed license and un-scriptable will
limit the scope of problems you can solve. (i.e. Excel) Use them, but
build your core skills on more portable & scalable technologies.

Learn basic database tools.

Learn a programming language.

Your internal job description may say, "Analyst" but get something
else on your business cards. Analyst is so vague as to be meaningless.
My external title is currently "Sr. Risk Economist." I like the
term "Data Scientist" for now. I expect that term will be
meaningless in 5 years.

Large organizations do not properly appreciate agile and smart
analytic types. Time at large firms should be seen as subsidized
learning. Learn lots, but get out.

Ensure you can explain any of your projects to your wife or non-
technical friends. It's good practice for board meetings later in
your career.

Be sure you know the handful of things that you can do better than
most anyone else. Add something to that list every year. Make sure you
can explain these things to non techies.

Be a profit center, not a cost center. At least be as close to the
profit center as possible. The chief analyst for the sales SVP is
closer to the profit center than an IT analyst supporting billing
operations.

Get really good at asking questions so you understand problems before
you start solving them.

Yes, that bit about being a profit center not a cost center is in
there twice. It should probably be in there 5 times.

Accelerate your tool learning by ten times.

Working on a tool is easy. Once you learn it, you are done. You just
have to follow the steps.

But this isn't correct. True learning begins after this stage.

Once you feel confident about the tool that you learnt, stop what you
doing and start thinking of the individual steps.

Yes slow down. Once you are comfortable with the tool, slow down and
think of each step.

Why you are doing this particular step? What is the limitation of this
step? When will it be not feasible to apply this step? What other
steps you can take?

To give a concerete example, when you are doing an analysis in Ls-
dyna. Stop and think why the analysis is not being done in ansys?

Stop and ponder what can be the implications of doing this analysis in
some other software?

When choosing an element for your analysis, dig deep and probe why you
are using this particular element?, what is it's advantage and
limitations? Is there any better element to use?

Slowing down and finding the answers to these questions will
accelerate your tools learning by ten fold!

Are you using any other strategies. Do let us know in the comments.

Which two skills do an AeSI graduate need?

Everytime I do an interview, I keep hiting on these two thoughts.

Get your fundamentals right. Even if you don't have tools-knowledge,
right skills or relevant experience, but DON'T EVER falter in your
fundamentals.

AeSI might not have given you much exposure, many hours of hands on
training opportunities, but what it grinds in everyone of us is the
fundamentals. So learn them and internalize them. Remember them.

Get them wrong and you will have a hard time getting a job via an
interview.

Second thing is communication skills. Communication is just not
answering what has been asked, but expressing what you know.

It is the biggest differenciator. You might get away with limited
technical skills, but you will falter if you lack communication skills.

So if you have to just concentrate on two things for your future, let
this two to be it!!

Free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence

An excellent piece on self-education from the NYTimes:

 

A free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe -- a class nearly four times the size of Stanford's entire student body.

What's more, the class is completely free, including evaluation through online tools. You won't get Stanford credit, but you will get a "statement of accomplishment" for attending.

Visit www.ai-class.com if you are interested

 

Measure

As Galileo said, anything not measured won't improve. Same is true for
any skills that you are developing.

Unless you put in the measurement, you will never be sure if you are
improving.

I was exposed to solidworks, Ansys and many other tools in NAL. To
track how I was doing and what I did in NAL, I kept track of the time
I have spent on each software.

This simple tracking, helped me tremendously. At the end of month, I
summaried the results and took stock. You can find some of this taking
stock posts in the archives of this blog.

So the take away from this post is measure and track your progress. It
boosts your skills.

As you might have noticed, the focus of past couple of posts on myaesi
blog is skills development, please find some other posts on this topic
via this link Http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=skills&max-results=100

Entropy always increases

Let me start with this.

Remember this, whatever be the process entropy always increases.

It's interview season in office and every other day you hear a story of one or other interview.

If a mechanical or civil engineering graduate is not able to answer basic fundamental thermodynamics questions, we ignore it. But when an aerospace graduate and more so an aesi graduate falters in basic thermo questions. It's a matter of shame for that guy!!

Similar thing happened in a recent interview. An aerospace graduate (not an aesi guy) was interviewed for gas turbines. The guy fumbled in brayton cycle, in efficiencies and other typical gas turbine interview questions.

Thinking he is in from industry so he might have forgotten some of it, the interviewer shifted the question to basic thermodynamics and asked what will happen to entropy in compression process.

The guy fumbled and he answered "it will decrease"

An aerospace graduate and that too giving an interview to work on gas turbine performance and you don't know what happens to entropy. There was something seriously wrong.

The aerospace graduate who had 75% in his degree was dumb. Clearly he was not selected.

And the last thing he was told was "Remember this, whatever the process entropy always increases "

The point of this big post is, get your fundamentals right. Even if you don't have tools-knowledge, right skills or great experience, don't ever falter in the fundamentals.

AeSI might not have given you much exposure, many hands on training opportunities, but what it grinds in you is fundamentals. So learn them and internalize them.

These are your ropes to climb to a job. Strengthen them. And remember entropy always increases....

Find questions that are asked in an aerospace interview and many more by clicking the following link http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=aerospace+interview&max-results=100

Advice to Avionics Stream AeSI graduates

A few days back, I received this following query.

"Sir, I have given last three exams of Aesi and from avionics branch. As my degree is going to complete, I want to know what other things i learn which is helpful in my future like some languages which are required in avioncs branch."

So I directed the question to Mr. Rituraj. He ,in my opinion, was the best person to answer this query. His being from the same stream helps!!

Mr. Rituraj was kind enough to take some time out of his already busy schedule and here is his reply.

"My advice for avionics graduates on langauages/tools will be to learn 'C'/MATLAB/Simulink in depth. If MATLAB is not available one can download PsiLAB freely. An avionics engineer can go into three streams: Control, FMS and Communication. They should not hesitate to start their career with Systems V&V and then slowly move to design & development."

Thank you Mr. Rituraj!!

I hope this will help avionics graduates coming from AeSI!

If you want out more about avionics on this blog, please follow this link
Http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=avionics&max-results=100

Ansys or Nastran

A reader asked me via comment on a blog post titled ansys, nastran how I learnt these softwares, which one is better?

Short answer: I don't know

Long answer: It depends. Both the analysis software have their own place. They fit a specific need. It's like saying which is better between solid propellant and liquid propellant?

Both are useful for a rocket. Solid propellant gives the initial thrust, while liquid propellant propels it out in space.

Likewise nastran and ansys have their own need.

But if you ask my choice, I will prefer ansys. In my opinion, the Ansys has better range. In an aerospace domain, many tasks are impossible without it.

No hard feelings for nastran though, but ansys is what I like and recommend.

That being said, as I always point out, softwares are just tools, a means; real thing is you.

So focus on increase you knowledge and then any software will be useful!

Find More on ansys on this blog by this link http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=ansys

Performance engineers required- tell your friends

Dear All,

There is a requirement for Engine Performance engineer(s) in QuEST
Pvt Ltd. The details are :

(1) Qualification : Grad AeSI(Proupulsion), B.E./BTech
(2) Experience : (previous performance experience is preferred but
not mandatory.)
(3) Strong understanding of Aero Engine Fundamentals and engine
thermodynamics.
(4) Programming skills in VBA/Fortran (Preferred but not mandatory).
(5) Good knowledge of Microsoft office tools (EXCEL, WORD,etc) is a
must.
(6) Excellent Analytical and communication skills are must.
(7) Job Location : Bangalore

NOTE: Good Onsite opportunities with this position for the selected
candidates.

Interested candidates can send in their resumes to
Roop.kishore@quest-global.com

Write myaesi in the subject line for better chances.

Learn all about aerospace interview and how to send a resume that
brings results by reading these posts http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=resume

Hurry!!

But it's not necessary for my happiness.

As Einstein and his second wife were visiting US, Elza Einstein was
asked by reporters if she understood theory of relativity?

Elza Einstein always replied "of course not, but knowing relativity is
not necessary for my happiness"

This is the essense of happiness in life. Knowing what makes you happy
and what doesn't!

In your job, training and AeSI days there will be numerous things that
will come your way. Understanding what to choose and which to let go
is the skill you need.

Everything is not equally important. Know which is more important for
you.

In my AeSI days, I realised that programming was important for me. I
found I like the mix of solving an engineering problem with
programming, so as this thought took seed I began to seek
opportunities where these skills were needed.

I actively shunned CFD fluent, designing in catia because solving
problems through developing new software tools was the area that I
enjoyed the most.

I don't know catia and fluent, but then they were and are not necessay
for my happiness.

So choose which things are not necessary for your happiness

More on tools via this links http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=tools

Tinkering with things.

Here's a quote I believe in.

There is an immense amount to be learned simply by tinkering with
things.- Henry Ford

Most of skills I have acquired are becuase of application of the above
philosophy. From my aesi days to training. From NAL to my present job,
tinkering with tools has been the underlying truth.

Be it a new cad/cae software tool, or the trusty ms office, skills
only develop once you begin tinkering.

So if you feel stagnant in your training, bored at the mundane
assignments at your job, take up tinkering.

Treasure lies behind tinkering.

More on training at http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=training

Live like a sprinter, not a marathoner

Studying or learning any tools or working for an office assignment, it
always better to be sprinter than a marathoner.

Giving your total attention to your immediate task for the short time
and accomplishing something is much better than sitting on the task
for whole days and weeks and doing a marathon!

I knew a close friend of mine who was a marathoner. He used to study
all day, had a book with him always. I knew he wasn't as productive as
we saw his day dreaming while having a book in his hand.

There was this other guy who was a sprinter. He studied few hours but
he was focused in those hours. We rarely saw him sitting at his study
desk all day.

All day marathons may be easy but it's the sprinting that brings
better results.

So are you a marathoner or sprinter?

Knowledge is like compound interest

Yes, knowledge is lot like compund interest.

I don't know the rate. But take two people with equal ability and knowledge and let one person add a few hour of study on his schedule. By the end of a certain among of time, the person who put in the hour will have substantial amount of knowledge than the person who never did any.


Same goes for learning any software tool. People don't learn in one burst. Learning doesn't happen in one day, one week, one month or even a one year. Mastery of a tool comes over the years with daily consistent effort.

Knowledge is cummulative. Just like
Compound interest, it adds up and over a period of time it shines through.

So keep this in mind when studying.

From this day on start building a little of extra knowledge and in time you will see your knowledge compunding !!

Read more about learning different software tools by clicking this link http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=tools&max-results=100

Software tools are like Horses

Yes Software tools are like Horses

You don't run with your horses, you ride them.

This is the attitude that you should have when you are learning a
software tool.

They are there for your to ride, so utilize it and bang on.

So here's a food for thought, is your software working for you or you
are working for it?

CFD productivity webinar from ansys

If you are into ANSYS and CFD then you might want to watch this
recorded webinar from ansys to increase your productivity.

Read more for details

Looking for ways to increase your Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
simulation productivity? Do you wish to create more CFD analyses
faster, and with better output? Are you used to do one-off analyses
because you believe that parametric CFD studies are too difficult to
set up or take too long to run? Do you perceive Design of Experiment
(DOE) or Six Sigma analyses as unpractical for CFD?

If that's the case, please watch this recording that will demonstrate
how to boost your CFD simulation productivity by employing ANSYS CFD
capabilities:
* To quickly prepare product/process geometry for flow analysis
without tedious rework
* To avoid duplication through a common data model that is
persistently shared across physics beyond basic fluid flow
* To easily define a series of parametric variations in geometry,
physics and post-processing, and to automatically get new CFD results
for that series after a single mouse click
* To improve product and process quality by using DOE, Six Sigma and
optimization tools

View the How to Boost Your Computational Fluid Dynamics Productivity?
webinar

http://www1.ansys.com/customer/public/event_reg.asp?source=3782&seminar=7331&location=5023&apprise=webinar-registration@ansys.com&assigned=&webex=no&agenda=no

Enjoy

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Softwares are Easy to learn why need a training?

Software are the tool that an engineer uses now a days. Setting up the
problem, giving the correct boundary conditions and after the run,
analysis of results are some of his/her frequent tasks.

While you are learning this steps, be aware that among all this steps
the last steps is the most crutial. It's the step that you are engineer.

It's the step your knowledge, engineering judgement will come into play.

But what happens while learning. We are so engrossed in the first two
steps that the third step is kept to the minimum.

So if you are learning any analysis software, be aware and concentrate
on the interpretation of the results.

Good luck

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Shun shortcuts while learning CAE softwares

When learning a cad software like catia or ug or learning an analysis
software like nastran, hypermesh, icem, fluent etc, shun shortcuts.

This is the simple but most effective way to learn that specific
software.

Shun keyborad shortcuts. Don't use toolbars. Intead of choosing the
plot contour option from the toolbar, hunt them on the file menu.
Instead of zooming with one keyboard command, hunt the relevant
command in the menus!

Why this helps in learning that software better?

Instead of going for the easiest route, you dig into the file menus.
This exposes you to many other command. You absorb other commands even
if you are not using them regularly.

Menu commands are arranged in a specific manner and accessing those
regularly make you understand which commands form a particular group.

Using menu commands make you more robust. They will always be same in
any system you work. Users can arrange toolbars easily but specific
commands in the menu system remain the same, so the habit of using
menu commands will come handy if you switch systems.

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What if you don't have access to any CAE softwares?

If you are long term reader of this blog, you know how much I emphasis
on learning a tool. Software are tools and if you want to be an
accomplished engineer, you have to master one.

But what if you don't have access to high end CAD and analysis
softwares. What if catia is unavailable, no access to ansys or any
other tool. What then should you do?

Well learn excel. Yes Microsoft excel. You don't realize now, how much
of your work you might be doing in this all pervasive tool.

From sorting out coordinates, checking values from a program to lots
and lot of daily work, excel will stand with you.

So master it.

If you don't have access to world class, state of the art, CAE tools,
turn your attention to the humble yet powerful tools that's idling in
your hard drive. Excel being one of them!!

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6 things not to do in a training?

Training or working in NAL, ADA etc is part of an AeSI graduates life.
This helps you gain the practical experience that AeSI lacks.

So here are top 6 things on my mind that one should not ne doing while
in that phase of life.

1. Don't forget your original intent of joining the training. Always
keep that why in front of you.

2. Don't be complacent. Training is not your final destination, it's
the launchpad to future work. Treat it like that.

3. Don't just see what you are doing daily. See the big picture. See
where your effort fits in the big project.

4. Don't live in a well. Training time is to expand. It's time to
explore. See what others are doing, how they are doing. Learn from them.

5. Don't just use th tools you have. Push them. Push your abilities.
Push what you can do with those tools that are available to you. Push
hard.

6. Don't just do your assigned tasks, but create a long term value
with the skills you are gaining. Share the insights you pick with your
daily work. Germinate your pet projects.

Well this are the things I had on mind. I am sure there are many you
might know. So share them here.

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training related posts on this blog. Find them by hitting the
following link.

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Goal

Read this quote and wanted to share with you all.

"The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life
running up and down the field and never score." – Bill Copeland

Applies to every decision in life. From the course to choose, to the
streams to ride on, to the tools to master.

If we don't have a fixed goal, we will just be running up and down the
field and never score!

Why you want to join AeSI? Why you want to choose avionics? Why you
want to learn catia? Why to join training?

Have a clear goal. Answering this why's will become lot easier.

Have you downloaded the ebook on AeSI, for students and graduates of
AeSI!!

Accelerate your learning via this technique!

If you are learning a new tool, new sofware. It's a must for you to
soak yourself fully in that tool.

Just doing one hour a day and then whiling away your time on orkut and
facebook won't take you anywhere.

What you need is total immersion. Do an hour of your concentrated
practise. On the net join online communities for your chosen tool,
read blogs realted to your software. Participate in forums related to
your tool.

This external immersion, will allow you to get into the inner circles
of your chosen filed. It will open your mind to various possibilities.
This interactions will sow seeds of new ideas to try.

So apart from just consistenly practising your chosen tool for an
hour, take the plunge and immerse yourself in it.

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What's your plan after AMAeSI exams?

In next week AMAeSI exams will be over. So what you planning to in the
coming lull in your studies?

What are your plans apart from visiting home?

If you guys let me suggest something, then I will ask you to enjoy
fully and just take up learning one programming language.

No I don't want everyone of you to be a programmer. I want you to
learn a language so that, in future at work, some common tasks can be
automated.

Knowing a language and skills to use it, can greatly enhance your
productivity. So learn a language. Explore myaesi to know which one to
learn.

Well that was my suggestion? What's your? State them in the comments.

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myaesi by hitting the following link http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=tools

Have you downloaded the free ebook on AeSI? Download 'After AeSI-
career guide to AeSI' from MyAeSI now!

Start small

In the begining of the year, I bought a treadmil from a friend. He was
going abroad and was selling his stuff. I got it from him.

He informed that he has used the machine for ten days and then it just
remained.

In the week he bought the treadmill, he used it for every single day
for 45 minutes. He set this goal. But in a weeks time, his enthusiasm
fizzed and the machine took backseat.

Knowing this, I fixed a modest target, I resolved to just sit 5
minutes on it. And ever since I have been doing it.

If I would have not come here, I know I would have continued the
routine and steadily progressed.

This is the magic of starting small. If you are failing to study each
day, resolve to do just 30mins per day and put in that time. Same way
if you are falling behind on learning a new tool, resolve to put 10
minutes in it than an hour. You will see a difference.

Hope this helps. Good luck!!

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Why is important!

A few weeks back, a fresh aesi graduate emailed me asking which CAE
tool he should learn?

With a vast range of choices, he wanted me to select one tool for him.

I pointed him to this AeSI blog and told him to search for "tools used
by aerospace engineer" and select one for himself. The choice should
not be mine but his.

And his choice will reflect his taste, his liking and most importantly
his why!!

Why you are learning a tool is the most important thing. So before
selecting one reflect on it. Before selecting a tool, know the why!!

If this thing is clear, rest will automatically follow!!

CAE packages widely used in the aerospace industry!!

Here's another gem of a post from ouraesi from Mr. Bhushan!! In this
post he highlights many CAE packages being used in the industry.

As he rightly said, choose ONE of them and let it jump start your
career.

With any delay, here's the complete text of the email

"

Hi Guys,

In last couple of years there has been a lot of opportunities for AESI
fellows. Thanks to many; who still extend their help generously.

It's often become complicated to decide on future plans after section
B. Not all but few prefer higer studies after graduation but still
there are many who struggle alot to finalize their goal.

Apart from higher studies, one can seek knowledge in various analysis
packages and move ahead as a professional analyst. But make sure you
are on a right track while selecting these packages.

Please find following packages which are widely used in industry for
an analysis.

Structure - Ansys Mechanical, LS- Dyna, Nastran, Patran,
Abaqus
Fluid Dynamics - CFX, Fluent, Star-CD
Hydrodynamics - AQWA
Meshing - HyperMesh, Ansys Meshing tools, Tgrid
Robotics - DELMIA Robotics (Dassault system)
Electromagnetic - Ansoft products (Maxwell, Q3D, HFSS)
Manufacturing - DelCam

Modeling - There are many packages like CATIA, PRO-E,
Solid works, Rhino Ceros, Ideas, UniGraphics

This is a partial list of widely used packages across different
countries. You can find many packages in industry. Please, evaluate
them before you choose one for your future area of interest.

Best Regards,
Bhushan

"

Thank you Mr. Bhushan! Contribution from members like you extend the
vision that ouraesi group was formed for 9 years ago!!

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Seek problems

Learning catia, learning solidworks, learning hypermesh, learning
ansys or learning anything, seek problems once the basic tutorials are
complete!!

Solving problem is the best and fastest way to learn and become
confident in any software tool.

Faced with a problem, the mind is extra receptive, more creative and
wide open to try out things.

Whatever stage you might be in now, from training to learning on your
own. Once you have gone through the basic tutorials. Seek real
problems. Use the tools to solve real stuff.

Design catia models of your own formula one car, model a pressure
cooker and mesh it. Do a CFD analysis of your table fan. This out of
the box projects will get to you the edge of what you know. They will
present opportunities to explore the tool.

This is where the real learning will begin. So take this to heart, if
you truly want to master a tool, seek problems!!

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What tools to learn in avionics stream?

A recent mail from the reader of this blog has this question.

"I am in section B and have avionics branch, so what extra course i
can do which is helpful for my career!"

I guess I talk about catia, solidworks, ansys, ungraphics, fluent,
hypermesh etc but I rarly talk about anything realated to this stream
that many in AeSI take.

Before I lay my two thoughts on this subject here, I would like you to
point you to find the old articles in this blog that might help you.

You can find them by clicking this link http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=avionics

Well that being said, I would like to add that first and foremost take
up c language and start learning it from now starting today. Don't
worry about when and where just resolve that this is one language you
want to master while still pursuing this stream.

And second thing, search for some good blogs or websites that talks
about this subject. Subscribe to them. Read them everyday. You might
not understand everything written in that. That's ok. Just be a part
of the team. Join avionics groups in yahoo, google and linkedin.

Do this two things consistently and do it with a sense of mastering
them, you will require no additional advice from anyone to have a
great start to your career!!

Hope this helps and don't forget to tell me how it goes.

And better still start a blog about your adventures in this stream!! I
would love to hear your experiences.

Good luck!!

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When to start learning catia, ansys or other softwares in AeSI?

We all know softwares are important. They are the tools you need to
learn them before you venture out in the industry, before you start
your journey.

So when should we begin learning this softwares. This decision is as
critical as deciding what to learn.

Start too early and you begin to loose enthusiasm before you actually
use the tool, start too late and you endanger being just a novice. So
when to start?

I will recommend that start it when you enter section B! Start using
a software consistently as you enter this phase of AeSI's journey.

In section a, you should explore all and everything that you can get
your hands on. Keep section a to study, wander and explore! Take up
anything that excites you, do whatever you want.

But when you enter section B choose a software and dedicate one hour
or so daily on that software of choice. The aim is to be consistent in
practice. Don't count on the results, concentrate on the techniques.

When sachin practises, he never aims to hit boundaries in each ball he
faces, he aims to practice and improve his techniques. So you do the
same.

Take up the tool at the right time and then practise it consistently.
These two acts will pave a way for a great career ahead!!

This post was an answer to a recent reader question! Hope it helped.
Please shoot in your questions and as time permits I will try to
answer them here in this blog!

Cheers