AeSI, Education and AeSI's aerospace eng

A recent mail of bishujee prompts this post. In the mail Bishnujee
asks students and graduate to not to post just the negatives of aesi.
I can understand his concern. There is also positive side of aesi. In
fact, in this blog I have posted writing of many aesi engineers, who
have hailed aesi and it's education.

I do love amaesi and I am proud of it. And I see lots of aesi
graduates do share the similar sentiments.

It's this degree and education that enables me to work for the world
second engine manufacturer. It's with the same education that i see
lot of aesi aerospace engineers doting all the major and minor
aerospace companies of India and world.

Aesi engineers are everywhere from Airbus, Rolls-Royce, HAL, NAL,
ISRO, Boeing, NASA, satyam, TCS, infosys, ansys, Honeywell, GM, GE,
Goodrich, Altair..... you name any aerospace firm and look around you
will find an aesi aerospace engineer!!

From CAD to CAE, from CFD to design, from avionics software
development to performance, every field is covered by aesi. From top
to bottom, aesi enginners are making there mark.

Click on the following links to find all those posts where aesi
aerospace engineer at some point of their career declare "we are proud
of aesi!!!"

http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=proud+of+aesi

http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=anupam

http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=pride+in+aesi

Please share your positives experience about aesi here.

As I have already mentioned earlier. Always remember, if you don't
respect your degree, no one else will!!!

Time, Change and AeSI

Times have change and Internet is been the agent of change.

AeSI is also not immune to this change. This changes began when I was still in AeSI, but out batch has the unique opportunity to see both.

I still remember when we had to call AeSI Delhi, and a harsh voice from the other end, barked at us on the mention of AeSI results. Even as we tried to decipher what to say next, the phone was slumped back and all we got was a dial tone and 10+ Rs bill being printed by the noisy std phone machine. Second call never happened. Now, all we need to do is fire up google and type AeSI June 2009 results and we know if they are out or not!!! :)

Finally when we knew the result is finally out and many have got there results out, we went and called again, feeding money to the std shop guy, this time the chap seating at the other end of the phone line, leisurely asked roll num, registration number... fail, ED pass, rest fail and bang went the phone leaving us dazed!!! This was what happened when I began AeSI...


Now it's much better with results posted on the website (www.aerosocietyindia.com if you don't know), no need of calling, wasting money and listening to the barks, just launch a browser and get the AeSI results for any roll number you want...

So the next time when you are checking your results, be thankful. Realize how far AeSI has come in this few years. I Hope this progress continues and does go deep into the places where it matters, like transparency in exams, help in placement and support of AeSI graduates...

How I used to setup a study routine for next semester

Setting up a routine was the first step that I took when I was in aesi?

Just before the announcement of aesi results, I used to sit and take
stock of my time and subjects and made a routine for the upcoming
semester.

I didn't follow the routine always but most of the time routine gave
me the ability to just begin. It automated many of the decisions I had
to make when sitting to study.

Since I had already assigned fixed hours to a particular subject, so I
didn't had a dilemma of what to study next? All I needed was a glance
at the routine, and I knew where my next hour is going to be utilized.

Here are some of the points that you might find useful while making
your own study routine.

1. Decide how much time you have per day. Keep it modest. Early
enthusiasm points that we can should alot the maximum hour available,
but the best strategy that I found is set a resonable minimum hours.
Set the number of hours that you are sure you will put into study no
matter what.

2. After the hours, decide on the subjects. Ponder on the lengh and
the structure of the subjects? Are they all theory or all numerical or
which section dominates

3. After deciding on the hours and the subjects, now is the time to
fit the subjects to the time available.

4. But before that, set the first half hour or an hour, whichever is
convenient to revise what you have learnt the day before. Yes revising
should be a part of your study routine. Begining early will enable you
to keep everything fresh. As the semester will progress the lengh of
revision hour will increase.

5. After the revision hour, set 30 mins a day ( any time you like) to
do exploration. This is the time when you just explore any topic that
you studied that day. It's not study but a time when you can dig
dipper and learn about a topic more deeply. You might want to use
wikipedia or google or a magazine or off course book for this kind of
exploration. This enables you a fresh prespective and keeps the
interest alive.

6. For the Rest of the remaining time, fill in the subjects, mix them
well. Theory with numerical and vice versa. The idea is to keep the
interest alive and not to be burden with studies.

7. Last and the most important point for making your own study routine
is think your week to have 6 days!! Yes 6 days!! Keep one full day
off. No studies on that day. That day is reserved for any hobby,
networking or anything that you are passionate about. This is the day
you test your passion, experiment and just live. An unplanned day
within 6 planned day will help you navigate your study ship to its
correct destination, help you ponder on your progress.

Hope this points will help you write a routine that maximises your
efforts in time for a fruitful next semester.

After this all that is required is execution. So come on execute.
Commit to yourself that you are going to follow this routine for the
next 30 days. And then do it. If you can continue for the 30 days, it
will become a habit.

So after making the routine, commit the next 30 days for following it.

Why keeping minimum hour is so essential?

If you are reading this blog for quite sometime then you might have
seen that I encourage setting some minimum hour for any project task
you work. For learning I encourage setting a minimum hour that you
will for studying, same goes for learning a software, and for any
program or work task you are doing.

Why is setting that minimum hour is so important?

1. Because accidents happen.
2. Because initial zeal runs out.
3. Because it's better to have a small success than having a big
failure.
4. Because it's about sustaining for longer period of time.
5. Because cruise is more important than takeoff.
6. Because intermittent burst of power are not useful.

As you are getting ready to begin your next semester, remember that in
planning a new routine, set a minimum hour of study than ambiously
setting 8 hours of study.

Stagnation

However you look at it, in my book, if you are not doing anything, you
are stagnant! If you are standing still, you are roting.

Inaction, staying at one milestone is just like being the lamp post
which street dogs use for their personal business.

My net connection here is in the same stagnant state. It's still off
and i am hoping it will be corrected by the end of tuesday.

Till that time, I have just this suggestion to everyone reading this
blog. Don't be stagnant. Not in your career, not in your life. Keep
moving. Keep learning and march forward. That's what life is all about.

Use ouraesi, my-aesi, AeSIAA

4 ways to use ouraesi, my-aesi, AeSIAA

Interact.
Answer questions.
Ask questions.
Share something.

If you are not doing any one of these then you are wasting your time
in aesi!

Being perfect and avoid getting stuck

Sometimes trying to be perfect blocks us in making something. While
learning a cad or cae software, remember this. It will save you from
loads of frustration that comes knowing you are stuck.

Getting stuck in search of getting something perfect is stupid,
instead try experiments, keep moving your mouse and try out all the
thoughts you are getting. This is the best utiliization of time when
you are sitting infront of a software. Thinking and only thinking is
just a visicious vortex that will keep you imobile for a long time.

At best try to avoid it and if you stuck in the vortex of non
activity, the best way to come out of it is to begin working. Just
model anything that you see infront of you! Just begining breaks the
ice and continue with the ice breaker for sometime willingly. This
activates the faculty of mind that is again back at charge.

So try this two techniques, when you see yourself going into a slump.
Whatever cad or cae software you work on, avoiding the perfection trap
and just begining are the two things that will take you far.

Lull in posting

Why there is a sudden lull in the post? If you are wondering about
this then be assure the posts are ready. The problem is with delivery
mechanism.

The Internet at my end is acting up so posts have hard time escaping.
Hope this issue will be resolved by tonight.

Another reason for slowing down is that I am concentrating my time on
finishing the ebook. Formating and beutification took lot of time.
It's still at the gate but will surely come out by next week.

AMAeSI result

If you wondering when the results of amaesi exams is going to come,
then don't wonder. It's always been out in august and this semester
seems no different.

If I know aesi correctly then the results will be due in begining of
the second week of august.

So stop thininking about the results, get a copy and plan out your
next semesters routine. Don't wait for the results to plan. Get into
the study mode now. Setup a minimum hour that you will put and start
the walk.

No need to be grand and ambitious in planning but begin taxing now.
Roll the ball and keep the inertia going.

So if you are waiting for the amaesi results, you have two choices.
One is to just wait and watch and the other option is to slowly get
your engines started. The choice is yours.

Begin with a clean slate

As many of you might know google is coming out with it's very own
browser called chrome os.

The thing that struck me was how it is doing it. Just like the google
chrome bowser, chrome os is an attepmt by google to begin with a new
slate. They have left all presssumptions behind and are delving in the
operating system with a new clean slate. Just like the browser which
they have introduced few months back.

So what's the takeaway for all of us. See my math teacher at gie also
had a similiar saying, to learn you need to accpet that you are
ignorant. Same way if you want to learn a cad software, a cae
software. Remove all your assumptions that you might have about the
tool.

Start afresh. Start with a clean slate. Forget what you know, what
limits you know the software has when you begin learning a software.
Forget everything, clean up your mind of any preconceived idea.

Same thing can be applied for the next semester that will truly begin
once you get the amaesi results.

Forget what you know of a subject, what you have learnt. Start with
clean state, with the syllabus and begin from the start. Make
different connections, different mental pictures for all the things
you learn.