ARTICLE FROM ALUMNI
Future Technology Trends and Space for Mechanical Engineers
Everyone who is in the field of Engineering has to know the future trends in their fields so that they can shape their present and be market-ready in their own domain.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution was supposed to unfold gradually and slowly, yet the COVID-19 catalyzed it. Businesses who were merely exploring the potential of digitalization realised that it would be difficult to survey in the future by ignoring the advantages of ML, XR, IoT, and AI, among other technologies. While pandemic continues to wreak havoc to the global economy, it also forces extraordinary innovation across different sectors. Companies have discovered innovative ways to sell and service. However, innovation has always been a turbulent process of venturing into the unknown. The recent research can assist businesses to better understand what kind of changes made in the present can help them emerge stronger than before. Some trends that emerged during this pandemic will disappear, but I believe many of them will persist. So which tech trends will become our new reality?
The technologies that rise recently are AR/VR, 5G, IoT, Cloud, VUI, Blockchain. In the world of digitization, what about conventional engineering. Well, Mechanical engineers are at the forefront of developing new technologies for defence, healthcare, transportation, farming, security, safety, food production, housing, environmental remediation, water resources. With advances in technology, there is a requirement for a rapid cooling system. Advances rise the requirement of miniaturization, MEMS, and Microsystem technology. Additive Manufacturing, Bio-Medical Engineering, Nano-technology, Renewable Energy, Smart Materials, Robotics, Scramjet are some examples of future trends. However, interdisciplinary will be the key to future technology trends. Future technology will require Complex Products. Complexity is inherently unstable. That makes sense, as the more degrees of freedom in a system, the more likely something may go wrong. AI, IoT, and sensors will help to minimize the error and improve precision and accuracy. Engineers have traditionally been personally responsible for the projects they worked on. In the future, as products will be grown more complex, engineers must have to work on multidisciplinary teams. Mechanical engineers must collaborate with electronic and electrical engineers to add embedded capabilities, manufacturing engineers to optimize the design for production. Interdisciplinary engineering has already begun to increase its footprint in conventional engineering. Interdisciplinary engineering has designed objects with 3D printing like artwork for the blind, prosthetic limbs, and edible objects that have made significant contributions to humanity. Mechanical engineering is the oldest branch of engineering but now, it has to accept new trends that align with our future world. Here’s what aspiring engineers need to know. The world is facing an exciting new technological revolution, bringing with it a recent surge of new technology trends. Looking towards the new era of technology, engineers are discovering several new technologies, bringing advancements to the world like never before.
(Dr. Hardik Kothadia 2011 passout Mechanical Engineering -PG Thermal)
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