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Enhancing professionalism among engineering students through involvements in technical societies

TL;DR: How the entire process, - starting from inception of an idea to its materialization in to an activity, has shaped the volunteers and participants into better professionals is described.
Abstract: A student chapter can be considered to be a miniature enterprise; however without the latter's major financial risks. Involvement in the student chapter of a professional society like IEEE at undergraduate level plays a pivotal role in the overall professional development of the student by keeping the students informed about the various career possibilities. A student chapter shapes the hitherto naive students into industry ready professionals and to suitable candidates for some of the best grad schools worldwide. This assertion has been discussed in-depth taking the example of IEEE EMBS Student Branch chapter of VIT University. It has been described how the entire process, - starting from inception of an idea to its materialization in to an activity, has shaped the volunteers and participants into better professionals.
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TL;DR: During the 1979-1980 academic year a two-page questionnaire on biomedical engineering education was sent to 251 engineering schools, and 71 schools indicated that they had degree programs and an additional 35 indicated they had official minor or option programs, while 107 did not respond.
Abstract: During the 1979-1980 academic year a two-page questionnaire on biomedical engineering education was sent to 251 engineering schools. 71 schools indicated that they had degree programs and an additional 35 indicated that they had official minor or option programs, 107 did not have a program, and 38 did not respond. For schools offering degrees in biomedical engineering, there were 2859 students enrolled in 37 B.S. programs, 830 students in 48 M.S. programs, and 469 students in 41 Ph.D. programs. Options or minors in biomedical engineering with a degree in another engineering discipline were available at the B.S. level at 41 schools, at the M.S. level at 42 schools, and at the Ph.D. level at 34 schools. Over the past two years, schools offered 109 courses in biomedical instrumentation, 74 in computers in medicine, 162 in physiological systems/modeling, 60 in biomechanics, 47 in biomaterials, 33 in hospital internship, 23 in clinical engineering, 9 in biomedical engineering lab, and 67 in other areas. During the academic year 1978-1979, schools awarded 464 B.S. degrees, 249 M.S. degrees, and 107 Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering. Of these graduates, 253 found jobs in industry, 23 in government, 35 in academia, and 66 in hospitals or clinics; 100 went to medical school, 96 to biomedical engineering graduate schools, and 57 to other graduate or professional schools.

19 citations


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Proceedings ArticleDOI
01 Dec 2013
TL;DR: This paper proposes a cloud based architecture that enables maximum utilization of resources and improves the accessibility of information to students, thereby enhancing the learning experience and an architecture based on hybrid cloud model can be a perfect fit, with lot of benefits.
Abstract: Technology has been transforming the education in 21st century to a great extent. The increase in use of technology in educational institutions including schools, colleges, and universities is enabling students to become 21st century learners and fostering the process of research and innovation. A huge amount computing resources are required in educational institutions to meet these demands. However, in most of the cases, the computing resources in an organization are not being completely utilized due to various reasons. Adopting some of the latest technologies can improve resource utilization and simultaneously provide other benefits. In recent years, cloud computing has been an emerging technology playing a great role in technology deployment scenarios, making technology more efficient and convenient to use. In this paper, we propose a cloud based architecture that enables maximum utilization of resources and improves the accessibility of information to students, thereby enhancing the learning experience. An architecture based on hybrid cloud model can be a perfect fit, with lot of benefits. The proposed architecture is explained with its benefits, and the security issues, implementation scenarios are discussed.

4 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
07 Nov 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, a few activities that significantly help in acquiring 21st century skills and an approach for implementation of these activities are proposed, which is a tedious task due to wide disparity in education systems.
Abstract: Education shows a great impact in the life of an individual. In present time, students are expected to become 21st century learners to fulfill the demands of 21st century. Many strategies are developed and are being implemented in developed countries so that the skills acquired by students from education makes a positive impact in changing markets. But, the implementation of these methods in developing countries is a tedious task due to wide disparity in education systems. In this paper, few activities that significantly help in acquiring 21st century skills and an approach for implementation of these activities are proposed.

3 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
03 Apr 2014
TL;DR: D2S aims to empower rural and urban informal sector youth to address district problems via frugal engineering innovations to lessen the gap between classroom education and its practical implementation for societal well-being.
Abstract: Most of the developing countries, suffer from an intrinsic and extrinsic divide between the classroom education and its practical implementation for societal well-being. In a new program termed as 'IEEE Direct to Students'(D2S) we try to lessen the gap by involving college and high school students, and young professionals. D2S aims to empower rural and urban informal sector youth to address district problems via frugal engineering innovations. The first pilot of the program was done in Philippines through seminar and awareness lectures, handson projects and exhibitions, and will be rolled out in newer geographies based on the initial observations of the pilot study.

3 citations