Top 20 Engineering Websites

Engineering is one of the fascinating and adventurous careers to choose from. It is more about the application of scientific knowledge and principles rather than the theories. Engineers like to sharp up their minds and do something creative. Listed below are some of the websites related to engineering that would be extremely useful for engineering students and professionals as well.

http://www.engineering.com/

The website has all the stuff to satisfy the hunger of today’s engineers. It provides video tutorials on engineering and its application, explanation of concepts, principles, software tutorials, video shows on interesting discussions. Moreover, it lists all the relevant engineering jobs related to various disciplines and locations. Various video tutorials and tips to crack interviews are also part of this wonderful site. Other interesting features include articles on electronics, 3 D printing, software designing, games, puzzles and downloadable material in resource section and library.

  http://www.efunda.com/home.cfm

efunda has collection of all the formulae and important concepts for engineers. The directory section provides basic knowledge on different topics. The magazine section stores different magazines on various disciplines. Students of engineering deal with physics, mathematics and chemistry; this site is very useful for them as it contains the daily formulae, unit conversion calculations etc. listed at one place. Basic concepts and definitions are very well explained under processes section. Another best thing is the calculator section that is an online tool for calculation of integral, functions and many more.

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/

The site provides unit conversion tools and has a good collection of free engineering magazines. The basic unit conversions are organized in a well defined way. You don’t need to refer anything for units, conversions and formulae after visiting this site as it has a huge collection

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

A complete package of science, technology, entertainment, fun and adventure; this site provides video tutorials and articles about almost everything. You will definitely improve your knowledge after reading these. Thousands of videos are available on adventurous topics.

http://www.eng-tips.com/

It is rather a directory of forums in various disciplines of engineering where professionals related to engineering share and discuss on various topics related to their fields. It also provides links to other websites.

http://www.discoverengineering.org/

If you are a new one in engineering field and have basic questions like what is engineering? etc., then this is a good site for you. You can get to know facts about engineers from history, video tutorials and career tips related to engineering. Other interesting things are games, activities section, downloading resource etc.

  http://www.fun-engineering.net/

The website is run by a senior professor and has section where you can send your problems and doubts related to engineering for which solutions are provided. You can see blogs on engineering notes, research and other tutorials on interesting engineering stuff.

http://www.manufacturingiscool.com/

Well, the way this website has been designed, it’s really cool. This is a store of opportunities, scholarships, summer programs and other resources related to engineering. Videos at “shoprat” section are just for everyone and “real life engineers” is also a must watch section.

http://pbskids.org/designsquad/

After visiting this site, you will realize how engineering is involved in almost everything around us viz. art, music, robots, animals, vehicles, food and many more. The look of the website is very funky and evolves interest among the site visitors. What’s more, you can play games and win contests as well.

http://www.futuresinengineering.com/

All you want to know about engineering viz. what it is, different types of engineering, how to make career in engineering etc. are fully explained here. The study material is available in video and audio format.

http://www.engineeryourlife.org/

Engineering today is not only a boy’s stuff. Girls are equally ambitious for this field. This site is mainly a guide to such girls who aspire to be engineers. A girl’s ultimate guide from “what is engineering” to “how you can get your dream job”, this site is just fantastic.

http://www.engineergirl.org/

This is also another site as a career guide for women engineer but it also provides some cool stuff like “did you know”, contests and links to other engineering websites. Meet the previous women engineers in the “women engineers” section and “career” section that provide information about various streams of engineering, jobs etc.
 http://www.tryengineering.org/
This is a more unique site that offers lesson plans on various engineering topics that can be downloadable also. You can ask your questions to experts and explore various opportunities available in the engineering field. You can check the engineering universities all over the world.

http://www.eweek.org/Home.aspx
This is more related to the celebration and creating awareness regarding engineering. It lists contests and events organized for encouraging the young engineers.
http://www.egfi-k12.org/
The website is related to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). It has a collection of magazines related to engineering. You can get detailed information about all the disciplines of engineering viz. mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, aerospace, and manufacturing etc. The design of the website is also very creative.
http://thecivilengineer.org/
This is mainly devoted to the civil engineers with focus on environmental engineering, structural engineering, transport engineering, geo-engineering etc. Various contests, events and current news are also updated here.
http://thestructuralengineer.info/
A huge collection of journals, software, magazine and online library provide good resources for those involved in structural engineering. You can stay updated on the latest news by subscribing newsletter on structural, geo and civil engineering.
http://www.engr.usask.ca/currentstudents/classes.php
Here, you can get a number of courses on different disciplines of engineering viz. biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering and many others. You can download the lecture notes for your reference.
http://engineering.stanford.edu/announcement/stanford-announces-16-online-courses-fall-quarter
he Stanford University provides free online courses related to various topics viz. mathematics, computer etc. These are open courses and anyone having an internet connection can attend these.
 http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/
A good site focusing on international issues and challenges for engineers providing video as well as text explanation of the problems like managing nitrogen cycle, making solar energy more economical etc.

                                                       Library Quotations

The true university these days is a collection of books.
- Thomas Carlyle
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.
- Cicero
No furniture so charming as books.
- Sydney Smith
Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
- Barbara Tuchman
Your library is your portrait.
- Holbrook Jackson
I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now -- only that place where the books are kept.
- John Steinbeck
A good book is the best of friends.
- English Proverb
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
- Mark Twain
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested
- Sir Francis Bacon, "Of Studies"
Libraries are the mind and soul of their communities, and librarians are the mind and soul of the library
-- ALA
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body
-- Sir Richard Steel
Libraries are not made; they grow.
- Augustine Birrell
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.
- Edwin P. Whipple

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
- Descartes

 People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
- Logan Pearsall Smith
If I had read as much as other men I would have known no more than they.
- Thomas Hobbes
People will not be better than the books they read.
- Bishop Potter
Choose an author as you would a friend.
- Wentworth Dillon
Read the best books first or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
- Henry David Thoreau
One must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly.
- Edmund Clarence Stedman
Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out.
- Charles F. Kettering
Seventy million books in America's libraries, but the one you want to read is always out.
- Tom Masson

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
 -  Cicero

"The only way to do all the things you'd like to do is to read."

    -  Tom Clancy

Nothing is pleasanter than exploring a library.

    -   Walter Savage Landor

A list of doctoral theses accepted by Indian Universities

(Notifications received in AIU during the month of Oct-Nov 2014)

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Biotechnology                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

1.     Kunal. Microbial treatment of cement kiln dust for utilization in concrete. (Dr. Anita Rajor and Dr. Rafat Siddique), Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University, Patiala.

Civil Engineering                                                                                                  

1.     Dubey, Rahul. Optimization of self-compacting concrete mixes and its use in retrofitting. (Dr. Pradeep Kumar), Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology , Hamirpur (HP).

Computer Science & Engineering                                                                    

1.     Alaparthi, Sudhir Babu. Optimized routing by embedding trust mechanism in MANET's. (Dr. I Ramesh Babu), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

2.     Gupta, Sudhanshu. Query estimation in data streams using micro-clustering. (Dr. Deepak Garg), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

3.     Rama Krishna, M V. Performance evaluation of TCP variants for high speed networks. (Dr. P Thrimurthy), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

4.     Rathore, Neeraj Kumar. An efficient dynamic and decentralized load balancing technique for grid. (Dr. Inderveer Chana), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

5.     Shaik, Abdul Nabi. Web mining: Effective performance of information retrieval system. (Dr. P Premchand), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

6.     Sharma, Gaurav. Design and development of an efficient cryptographic algorithm for wireless sensor networks. (Dr. Anil Kumar Verma), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

7.     Singh, Rattnam Pal. Design and simulation of algorithm for the K Centre problem. (Dr. Deepak Garg), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

8.     Suman Bala. An efficient key management scheme for wireless sensor network. (Dr. Anil K Verma), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

9.     Yohan, Peddamudium. Heuristic based multi token proper-name identification and classification for Telugu text documents. (Dr. A Gavardhan), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering       

                                                   

1.     Santosh Kumar. Study of optical waveguides and switching devices. (Dr. S K Raghuwanshi), Department of Electronic Engineering, Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad.

2.     Tapsi. Development of an intelligent novel algorithm for transformer fault detection using various emission signals. (Dr. B N Chudasama and Dr. Yadwinder Singh Brar), Department of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.            

Electronics & Communication Engineering

1.     Nitin. Design and implementation of multiband and broadband microstrip antennas for wireless systems. (Dr. Rajesh Khannaa), Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.                                                                                                   

2.     Pooja. Design and analysis of variable digital filters using fractional Fourier transform. (Dr. Rajesh Khanna and Dr. S S Bhatia), Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

3.     Simranjit Singh. Performance optimization of hybrid optical amplifiers for dense wavelength division multiplexed system. (Dr. R S Kaler), Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

4.     Singh, Arun Kumar. Real time identification of intrapulse modulation of radar signals by time frequency analysis. (Prof. K Subba Rao), Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

5.     Vasantha, M H. Low power integrated continuous-time transconductance- capacitor filters targeted to operate on 0.5 V supply voltage. (Dr. Laxminidhi T), Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal.

Mechanical Engineering      

                                                                               

1.     Kaundal, Ritesh. Development characterization and wear behaviour analysis of particulate filled short fiber reinforced polymer composite. (Dr. Amar Pathak and Dr. Alok Satapathy), Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology , Hamirpur (HP).                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

2.     Motiram, Patil Milind. Design improvement using CAD for motorcycle from ergonomics point of view. (Dr. P M Bhandari and Dr. Lokesh Bajpai), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal.

3.     Prasanna, P. Optimization and analysis of friction STIR welding process to attain maximum temperature on AA6061-T6 aluminum alloys. (Dr. Ch Penchalayya), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada.

4.     Prathibha Bharathi, V V. The influence of air swirl and exhaust gas recirculation on combustion and emission in a diesel engine using bio-diesel blends. (Dr. G Prasanthi), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur.

5.     Reddy, S Sunil Kumar. Experimental investigations on the effect of ceramic coating in DI diesel engine with alcohol as a fuel. (Dr. V Pandurangadu), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur.

6.     Satish Kumar. Investigations on performance characteristics of a centrifugal slurry pump handling water and ash. (Dr. S K Mohapatra and Dr. B K Gandhi), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

7.     Sharma, Sandeep Kumar. Health monitoring of submerged plates using ultrasonic guided waves. (Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala.

Metallurgical Engineering      

                                                                           

1.     Rijesh, M. Optimisation of punch pressure in containerless backward warm extrusion of Al-Zn-Mg alloys. (Prof. A O Surendranathan), Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal.

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Mathematics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

1.   Chouhan, Anuja. Some fixed point theorems in generalized metric spaces. (Dr. A S Ranadive), Department of Mathematics, Guru Ghasidas University Bilaspur.                                                                                                                                                                                                  

2.     Krosur, Anjaneya Siva Naga Vara Prasad. Some studies on first order matrix dynamical systems on time scales. (Prof. M S N Murthy and Dr. B V Appa Rao), Department of Mathematics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

3.     Pathania, Shweta. A study of waves and vibrations in thermoelastic plates in contact with liquid. (Dr. J N Sahrma and Dr. P K Sharma), Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology , Hamirpur (HP).

Statistics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

1.     Ramesh, A. Meta-analysis approach on "micro-nutrients food fortification and its effect on health, social and economic factors" A statistical model building. (Dr. M Vishnu Vardhana Rao), Department of Statistics, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Biotechnology                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

1.     Khaira, Gurpreet Kaur. Development of quaternized biopolymeric flocculants for water treatment. (Dr. Moushumi Ghosh), Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University, Patiala.

Chemistry

1.     Balaswamy, K. Synthesis of polymer anchored Cu(II), Zn(II) and Pd(II) complexes and their catalytic activity for C-C and C-N coupling reactions. (Dr. M Mohan Rao), Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

2.     Grover, Indrerpreet Singh. Photocatalytic degradation of some pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by metal doped titania nanoparticles. (Dr. Bonamali Pal and Dr. Satnam Singh), School of Chemistry and Bio-Chemistry, Thapar University, Patiala.

3.     Macha, Ramesh. Novel in vitro spectrophotometric anti-oxidant bioasay and computational study of select aromatic compounds. (Dr. T Parthasarathy), Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

4.     Mule, Siva Nagi Reddy. Synthesis and biological evaluation of new class of 2H-chromene substituted1,2,4-; 1,3,4- oxadiazoles and ureide derivatives of pyrimidinopiperidines. (Dr. B Hari Babu), Department of Chemistry, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

5.     Muvvala, Sudheer S. Development and validation of new analytical methods for a few pharmaceutical drugs and studies of biological activities of novel 1,2,3- benzotriazoles. (Dr. R Venkata Nadh), Department of Chemistry, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

6.     Nandini, K. Study on corrosion behavior and corrosion inhibition of magnesium alloy ZE41. (Prof. A Nityananda Shetty), Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal.

7.     Ramavath, Ravi. Sn2 reaction of benzylamines with benzyl bromides: A kinetic and mechanistic study. (Prof.V Jagannadham), Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

8.     Reddy, Gorla S S Narayana. Synthesis and anti-ulcer activity of nitrogen containing heterocyclic molecules. (Prof.L N Sharada), Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Physics

1.     Ghantasala, Saraswathy Devi. Density and optical studies on 4O.Om and 5O.1, 5O.2 liquid crystal materials. (Dr. P V Datta Prasad), Department of Physics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

2.     Manjunatha, K B. Investigation of third order nonlinear optical and all-optical switching properties of some metal-organic materials. (Prof. G Umesh), Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore.

3.     Rao, Chillara Nageswara. Image analysis and hydrogen bond studies in P-N-alkyl (OXY) benzoic acids. (Prof.S Sreehari Sastry), Department of Physics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

4.     Tumtum, Aswani. Effect of transition metal ions doped CdO nanopowders synthesized by ultrasonication at room temperature. (Dr. R V S S N Ravi Kumar), Department of Physics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.

5.     Vadiganeni, Pushpamanjari. Investigations on transition metal ions doped NaCaAIPO4F3 nanophosphors. (Dr. R V S S N Ravi Kumar), Department of Physics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar.