You practice to master the task, not to complete the task -jon jagger
Yes read it again. Practice to master the task.
I strongly believe in this and honestly to follow it my work and projects.
Hope knowing this, you all will appreciate this.
You know I am fan of good quotes, you can many other via this link http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=quotes
As Mr. Rakesh has informed us, we need at least 50 participants to be able to confirm the workshop.
Here's what Mr Rakesh had to say
"we are waiting for the final count till 27 Jan after that decision will be taken. Minimum 50 participants was required to take up this opportunity to call Mr. Nathan Chronister, CEO, Ornithopter Zone."
So if you are interested in building a Mav with your own hand and can spend one day in Bangalore with Mr N. Chronister, then rush in your email.
The clock is ticking.
More information regarding whom to send your interest follow this link
http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/2011/01/mav-workshop-announcement-from-aesiaa.html
For some it's chennai, for some Bangalore, Pune or Dehradun.
Holidays are over and all are recharged for the next innings of AeSI.
So to mark this occasion and to help you hit centuries, I highly recommend this post by Scott H Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2011/01/11/learn-faster-and-better/
It's about strategies to learn faster and better.
Most of us use some elements of his mentioned techniques, but we will greatly benefit if we can further ingrain this techniques into our learning.
Great article not only for students but for everyone who thinks himself as a learner.
Go check it out. Mind you it's a big article and you might want to have some to read and sink in what it says.
The url again
http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2011/01/11/learn-faster-and-better/
Having a great resume, pleasing appearance and all good things isn't enough.
You will kill your interview if you do ANY one of the above!
Good luck.
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
Here's a tweet he tweeted on the interview!!
Sums up a lot.
"Came across many freshers in last few days.felt that few r confused n few r in hurry. Both t conditions may prove dangerous."
Thats the interview tip!!
How to ace interviews, find them at http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=interview+questions&max-results=100
I am regularly following it up. I remember it and put in the minimum time I have allotted to it. I measure it and I am seeing improvement in it.
Now here's a curious thing, that I have noticed.
My progress on the goal is good but along side it's dragging my other goals with it. My enthusiasm for this particular goal is carrying over to other goals and progress in them is also going north.
Even though my motivation for some of the goals is minimum when I take them alone but the by concentrating on one really loved goal has rubbed up positively on all aspects of my life.
So the point is, if this is happening for me. This will happen for you too. Going ahead in one area of life will surely benefit other areas of your life. So if your resolutions and goals for this year are slacking, you might see a boost if you pick a favorite and focus on it.
Try it.
This blog is 6+year old, so there is lot of material out on the blog. Check it by visiting http://my-aesi.blogspot.com
If I get a chance, I would definely be a part of this.
So without further delay, here's the actual announcement.
"
Dear Friends,
AeSIAA has received a proposal to organize a one day workshop that
would explain the theory of ornithopters, bird flight, control systems
and also feature hands-on session under the guidance of Nathan
Chronister. Nathan Chronister is CEO of the Ornithopter Zone. Nathan
Chronister has 20 years of experience in ornithopter research, and the
company he founded provides model kits and supplies for students and
hobbyists and conducts training sessions all over the world.
His website is www.ornithopterzone.org
In the workshop, each attendee is given a customised kit and tutored
on building and flying of the ornithopters. Practical applications for
ornithopters could include both manned and unmanned aircraft. Some
manned ornithopters have made successful flights.
Since time is short, we are expecting the enthusiastic people who wish
to attend this to respond quickly so that a initiative can be taken to
organize this through our association.
Expected date: February 21(Mon) or 22 (Tuesday)
Expected fee ( per participants): Rs. 1000 (each participants will get
a kit)
Expected venue: Bangalore
Please let me know whether we can take up this programme during
February final week. I have also attaching a poster of a similar
program conducted during September last year by Jain college for your
reference.
Please reply back in case you like to participate in this. Initiative
will be taken based on response (Min 50 participants). This will a
post semaa-2010 activity and you are requested to address your mails
to convener.semaa @ gmail.com
Regards,
RAKESH
"
So hurry, email at the mentioned email so that we can put the wheel in
motion!!
The workshop is for you and you have to take action.
First, if you are in propulsion, I have this couple of off hand list of things you can program once you have completed the tutorials.
1. Make a gastubine cycle design program
2. Create a program to generate ISA
3. Create a program to convert cartesian coordinates to polar cordinates
4. Create a program to take NACA airfoil number and generate aerofoils
5. Create a program that takes an IGES file as input and write out the the node coordinates and element topology in csv format.
I did most of this programs when I was learning fortran and c.
The point i trying to make is that a project is what you make of it. You don't need to write a 1 lakh line software. Do simple stuff that are available around you. Find some problems. Solve them using the knowledge you have acquired.
That's the real project and that's where real learning will happen.
Working on dedicated, focused projects build skill. So finish your tutorial fast and start some small projects.
And last of all, share what you make.
Will talk more about sharing in a latter post.
I know its late. But just like LCA better be late than never. :)
So here is the slide show the last SEMAA 2010 meet.
Enjoy and go find yourself, if you were there.
If you have your own photos taken at the SEMAA 2010, please feel to share the link with me..