Prof. Amlan Chakrabarti gave a presentation on the role and future of engineering. He discussed how engineering is central to economic development and enables many sectors through innovations. Recent advances include artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, wearable technologies, 3D printing, the Internet of Things, electricity storage using hydrogen, blockchain, data science, machine learning, smart cities, and smart energy. Going forward, engineering must drive economic growth, education, and be at the heart of society while addressing potential unexpected impacts and through anticipatory law-making.

1. Prof. Amlan Chakrabarti
IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor
Head of IT and Tech. Innovation Cell, Dept. of HED, Govt. of West Bengal
Director, A.K.Choudhury School of Information Technology
University of Calcutta
email: acakcs@caluniv.ac.in
Engineering for a Changing World:
A Roadmap to the Future
Student Induction Program, Organized by Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol
7th October 2021

2. Role of Engineering
• Engineering is central to the well-being and economic development
of every nation
• Creative and dynamic, it evolves continuously to meet the needs of
human civilisation
• Engineering is pervasive in our modern society, enabling every
sector from communication and entertainment to finance, healthcare
and agriculture as well as its more visible applications in
construction, manufacturing and transport
• Progress is driven, as it has always been, by human curiosity and
experimentation, but resources are finite and the art of engineering
is to devise affordable solutions to problems

4. Present Engineering is Synergis1c
Courtesy: University of Michigan

5. ENGINEERING ADVANCEMENTS
IN RECENT ERA

6. Artificial Intelligence

7. Nanotechnology

8. Wearable Technologies

9. 3D Printing
• A n a d d i t i v e m a n u f a c t u r i n g
technology for making three-
dimensional objects of almost any
shape using a digital model
• The process is computer-driven with
items being built up from nothing,
typically through the deposition of
successive layers of materials of
plastic, metal, wood, concrete, etc.
• The technology is already in use in
a number of sectors, most notably in
prototyping and in various sectors
a s d i v e r s e a s j e w e l l e r y
manufacturing and aerospace
industries and the number of
applications is rapidly increasing

10. Internet of Things
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11. Electricity Storage (Hydrogen)
• New storage technologies a@empt to
store excess electrical energy
produced from renewable genera1on
efficiently during low consump1on
periods (for re-use during peak 1mes)
• Energy storage currently in ac1ve
development, typically grouped into
f o u r c a t e g o r i e s : e l e c t r i c a l ,
mechanical, thermal and chemical
• Chemical storage systems, par1cularly
those that produce Hydrogen via
electrolysis, are considered as the
most promising technology type
• The stored gas can be used to drive a
combus1on process to re-generate
electricity or power a fuel cell, for
example in a 'hydrogen car'.

12. Blockchain

15. The Fields Of Data Science

17. Programming Vs Machine Learning

18. Smart City

19. The Smart Energy

20. Source: Yan Lammy, EPOSS
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21. Conclusion
• Marching Ahead
– Drive faster and more balanced economic growth
– Foster be@er educa1on and skills
– Lead the profession
– Promote engineering at the heart of society
• Areas of Concern
– Unexpected impacts that could arise from greater
embeddedness in society
– An1cipatory law-making

22. Thank You