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The Hindu
16-05-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
VSSC Director says ISRO is committed to sustainable space exploration practices
The progress made by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in developing eco-friendly launch vehicle systems reflects a strong commitment to sustainable space exploration practices, S. Unnikrishnan Nair, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), has said. Dr. Nair was speaking after inaugurating a two-day national conference on Emerging Vistas in Chemical Engineering (EVINCE 2025), organised by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Thiruvananthapuram chapter, here on Friday. Key role Emphasising the growing role of sustainable technologies in the space arena, he noted the advancements ISRO had made in developing eco-friendly systems using semi-cryogenic, cryogenic and Liquid Oxygen-Methane propellants. In this context, he also underscored the critical role of chemical engineering in India's technological advancement, particularly in the space sector. Presiding over the inaugural session, M.C. Dathan, Mentor (Science) to the Chief Minister of Kerala, and former VSSC director, said there was a need to place emphasis on sustainability and the principles of circular economy to develop innovative solutions for mitigating carbon footprint. Anirudha Bhalchandra Pandit, Vice-Chancellor of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai; C. Anandharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram; R Vijay, Director, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI); and S.K. Manu, Deputy Director, VSSC, also spoke. Theme EVINCE 2025 is themed on 'The art and science of artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing for revolutionising the design and production of materials.'
Fast Company
16-05-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
Graduated and looking for a job? These college majors are the most employable—and highest paying
May often brings not only flowers, but also a highly anticipated—and in some cases, dreaded—event for college seniors: graduation. On their final day as students, they will walk across the stage to applause from peers, receive their diplomas, and start their lives as adults. Some of them will already have jobs lined up, while others may still be looking. A recently updated report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, suggests that how employable those graduating seniors are could well be influenced by which college majors they chose in their freshman and sophomore years. What do those choices say about a student's future job prospects? The report offers a number of insights—some more surprising than others. Here's a rundown of the highlights. College majors with the best early-career salaries Chemical Engineering, $80,000 Computer Engineering, $80,000 Computer Science, $80,000 Early career, defined as those in the workforce that fall between the ages of 22 and 27, doesn't get much better than this, according to the report. These three majors, with the exact same median early-career salaries, will hopefully get you somewhere close to 80K. Something to note, though: Pay attention to the unemployment rates that we talk about in a few paragraphs. College majors with the best mid-career salaries Chemical Engineering, $120,000 Electrical Engineering, $120,000 Computer Engineering, $122,000 Aerospace Engineering, $125,000 These degrees will all help you get a six-figure salary mid-career, defined as those working who are between the ages of 35 and 45. Aerospace engineering does not rank in the top three for starting salaries, but this major has the highest median salary of all of the majors in this report. Best college majors for finding a job (based on unemployment rates) Special education, 1% unemployment rate Civil engineering, 1% unemployment rate Animal and plant sciences, 1% unemployment rate Construction services, 0.7% unemployment rate Nutrition services, 0.4% unemployment rate The top five college majors for finding a job are those with the lowest unemployment rates, all sitting at 1% or less. Construction services, in particular, boasts a mid-career median salary of six figures, at $100,000. Overall, these fields might be the best for finding a job in an uncertain market, though things can always change. College majors with the highest unemployment rate Computer Engineering, 7.5% unemployment rate Physics, 7.8% unemployment rate Anthropology, 9.4% unemployment rate Yes, you read that correctly. A high early-career salary does not necessarily mean a low unemployment rate. Even though computer engineering ranks in our top three for both early- and mid-career salaries, it has one of the highest unemployment rates of all of the majors within this report. Physics is also notable, considering that a majority of graduates with this major also have graduate degrees. But according to the report, physics is one of the majors struggling the most in the job market. College majors with the highest underemployment rate Medical technicians, 57.9% underemployment rate Performing arts, 62.3% underemployment rate Criminal justice, 67.2% underemployment rate The underemployment rate is a term used to describe the share of college graduates working in jobs that typically do not require a college degree (the share of staff without a college degree is over 50%). These majors include fields that do not always require college educations before starting a job.
The Hindu
16-05-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
Advances in developing eco-friendly launch vehicle systems reflect ISRO's commitment to sustainable practices in space exploration: VSSC Director S. Unnikrishnan Nair
The progress made by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in developing eco-friendly launch vehicle systems reflects a strong commitment to sustainable space exploration practices, S. Unnikrishnan Nair, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), has said. Dr. Nair was speaking after inaugurating a two-day national conference on Emerging Vistas in Chemical Engineering (EVINCE 2025), organised by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Thiruvananthapuram chapter, here on Friday. Key role Emphasising the growing role of sustainable technologies in the space arena, he noted the advancements ISRO had made in developing eco-friendly systems using semi-cryogenic, cryogenic and Liquid Oxygen-Methane propellants. In this context, he also underscored the critical role of chemical engineering in India's technological advancement, particularly in the space sector. Presiding over the inaugural session, M.C. Dathan, Mentor (Science) to the Chief Minister of Kerala, and former VSSC director, said there was a need to place emphasis on sustainability and the principles of circular economy to develop innovative solutions for mitigating carbon footprint. Anirudha Bhalchandra Pandit, Vice-Chancellor of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai; C. Anandharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram; R Vijay, Director, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI); and S.K. Manu, Deputy Director, VSSC, also spoke. Theme EVINCE 2025 is themed on 'The art and science of artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing for revolutionising the design and production of materials.'
Sharjah 24
05-05-2025
- Science
- Sharjah 24
AUS presents pioneering solutions at senior design competition
From the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, first place was awarded to Ahmed Alruzzi, Banan Mohgoub, Eman Adnan and Rahma Al Barghouthi for their project Rendering nanocarriers more responsive to ultrasound, supervised by Dr Ghaleb Husseini, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Chemical Engineering. Second place went to Noura Alsuwaidi, Ruwda Altayyari Baniebrahim and Shamma Alfalasi for Silica-enrichment and aerated light concrete for sustainable construction, under the supervision of Dr Sameer Al Asheh, Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Ahmed Aidan, Senior Laboratory Instructor. Third place was secured by Salma Mansour, Fatma Al Redha, Yahia Elsawaf and Mohammad Alawneh for Algae bioreactor performance, advised by Dr Zarook Shareefdeen, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Aidan. In the Department of Civil Engineering, the top prize went to Hamze El Khatib, Mustafa Mohamed Elsayedelroubi, Habiba Amr Atta and Ahmed Ali Gah Alla Ahmed for their project Utilization of concrete washout water in sustainable concrete production, supervised by Dr Sherif Yehia and Dr Akmal Abdelfatah, Professors of Civil Engineering. Second place was awarded to Abdulaziz Mohammad Sharif, Ansar Kaddunabbi Lubega, Malak Ahmad Allan and Khalid Ayman Aboukaram for their study Ultra high performance engineered cementitious composite (UHP-ECC) columns reinforced with high-strength steel, under the guidance of Dr Mohammad AlHamaydeh, Professor of Civil Engineering. Third place went to Mustafa AlSarraj, Saif Ismail Gobran, Firas Barake and Mohammad Jehad Almazouni for Design of breakwater D-Marin Didim, Turkey, under the supervision of Dr Serter Atabay, Professor of Civil Engineering. Representing the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (computer science program), Ahmad Hassan Zaher, Ahmad Adil Al Shadid, Hamza Khan and Hala Moh'd Ma'adi won first place for KALAM: EEG-based imagined speech recognition for the Arabic non-verbal community, supervised by Dr Mohammad Daoud, Visiting Professor of Computer Engineering. Second place went to Abdulrahman Mohamed Hassan, Jawdi Ahmad Alchurbaji, Tariq Ibrahim Bal'awi and Deena Ammar Al Muwahed for Gaze control: A new frontier for disability assistance, guided by Dr. Raafat Aburukba, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, and Dr Daoud. Third place was awarded to Nabil Bukhary, Karim Rashad Abdelwahed and Maaz Zahid Ahmad for Utilizing vision-language models to automate defect detection in autonomous vehicle requirements documents, advised by Dr Dana Dghaym, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (computer engineering program) impressed judges with advanced, interdisciplinary solutions. First place was awarded to Ahmad Mohammed Alsaleh, Malik Belal Hader, Adham Mohamed Elmosalamy and Yousef Belal Irshaid for Shaheen: A fast interference and ultra-low power platform for desert search and rescue, supervised by Dr Mohamed Al Hajri, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Second place went to Gayatri Lakshmi, Elisha Mary Thomas, Sneha Athota and Zoya Muneeb for Drone and machine learning-based railway inspection system, advised by Dr Abdulrahman Al-Ali, Professor of Computer Engineering, Dr Salam Dhou, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, and Dr Mohammad Jaradat, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Third place was claimed by Karim Mahmoud Elsayed, Abdullah Shahid, Mustafa Ashraf and Adam Aliasgar Burhanpurwala for Roya: A deep learning approach for human activity recognition, supervised by Dr Daoud. 'Participating in the Engineering Senior Design Projects competition allowed us to apply our skills to a meaningful challenge,' said Hala Ma'adi. 'Our project, KALAM, is the world's first EEG-based imagined speech recognition system for the Arab non-verbal community, enabling communication through brain signals. Working with my teammates on this project was both demanding and fulfilling, and it stands out as one of the most impactful experiences of my academic journey.' Students from the Department of Electrical Engineering were recognized for their innovation in sensor systems and energy technologies. First place went to Ahmed Mahmoud, Ahmed Al Bayati and Hamze Soueid for Microwave-based mechanical vibration measurement prototype, guided by Dr Amer Zakaria and Dr Nasser Qaddoumi, Professors of Electrical Engineering. Second place was awarded to Mark Farag, Abed Alfattah Nasereddin and Haya Taifour for Design and implementation of railway crack detection and localization prototype, also supervised by Dr Zakaria and Dr. Qaddoumi. The third-place project, IoT-enabled LoRa smart meter for energy monitoring, was developed by Abdelrahman Nasrallah and Mohamed Adam, supervised by Dr Mahmoud Ibrahim, Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Dr Mostafa Shaaban, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of Energy, Water and Sustainable Environment Research Center. Within the Department of Industrial Engineering, first place was awarded to Hamzah Zoual Ghena, Ahmad Kaddoura, Taleen Albaz and Aws Milhem for Optimizing logistics operations for Apparel Group, supervised by Dr Moncer Hariga, Professor of Industrial Engineering. Second place went to Azza Mukhtar, Shahad Al-Ali, Jana Mohamed and Leen AlSabbagh for Passenger satisfaction improvement at Sharjah Airport, advised by Dr Mahmoud Awad, Professor of Industrial Engineering. The third-place winners, Raad Shorrosh, Lana Husban, Neda Nabulsi and Hasan Al-Saadi, presented The use of machine learning models in operating room utilization, supervised by Dr Hussam Alshraideh, Professor of Industrial Engineering. The Department of Mechanical Engineering also delivered standout results. First place went to Omar Shaghnoubi, Shaikh Mohammad, Amro Alatasi and Tarek Kaddoura for SWS-BOT: A sustainable water surface cleaning robot, advised by Dr Jaradat. Second place was awarded to Ayman Ahmed, Ibrahim Mohamed, Ziad Alsuluh and Seifeldin Fayed for Multifunctional robotic arm for satellite docking, supervised by Dr. Maen Alkhader, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr Mamoun Abdel-Hafez, Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Third place was secured by Hisham Tubaishat, Mohammad Obeid, Mohammad Saffarini and Mohammed Mawlood for Evaluating and improving a handheld remote docking joystick for unmanned surface vessels, under the supervision of Dr. Mehdi Ghommem, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr Jaradat. Dr Fadi Aloul, Dean of CEN, praised the caliber of this year's participants, stating: 'Each project is a reflection of the ingenuity, determination and technical rigor of our students. What we witnessed in this competition highlights their readiness to tackle real-world challenges and make meaningful contributions to industry and society. Our mission is to nurture thinkers and doers, equipping them with essential technical, research, leadership, digital and soft skills, and this competition is a clear demonstration that we are achieving just that.' The success of this year's competition was made possible through the generous support of BEEAH Group, whose partnership continues to reinforce AUS' efforts in fostering innovation and bridging academic excellence with industry relevance. The College of Engineering at AUS continues to be a beacon of excellence in engineering education in the UAE and the region, featuring state-of-the-art facilities and a faculty internationally recognized for their academic research. AUS is committed to delivering superior education through its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs. For more information about the college, visit
