Major Engineering Challenges of the Decade: A Plethora of Opportunities for Budding Engineers
What do Engineers Do?
Engineering has been one of the oldest sources of employment for educated and wise people. Be it building roads leading to Rome, the sophisticated sewage system of Mohenjo Daro or even the great pyramids of Giza, our history is filled with countless examples of engineering being a magic box filled with a plethora of opportunities for budding engineers. The latest improvements in engineering and technology have enabled us to even fly machines on another planet!
The sheer amount of hard work and excellent design, combined with meticulous planning and application of scientific concepts to make real-life working projects sets engineers apart. What science sees, engineering builds. As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, engineers now face ever greater challenges and problems to solve for the betterment of humanity. A blessing in disguise, let us take a look at the top five engineering challenges of the next decade.
Top 5 Engineering Challenges for 21st Century Engineers
- Promoting green engineering
Eco-friendly designs have been a demand of environmentalists for decades now. As we transition from climate change to the climate crisis, making machines that cause lesser and lesser harm to the Earth are going to become more and more important. Not just the machines, but also the day-to-day things like plastic need to go, due to the impact on nature. As such the responsibility falls on the shoulders of engineers to find more and more eco-friendly solutions for a greener Earth. - Identifying viable alternative energy sources
We are currently too dependent upon non-renewable energy sources such as coal and fossil fuel. While solar, wind, tidal energy etc. are excellent sources of energy, the cost of implementing and maintaining the equipment and infrastructure is too high. This makes renewable and alternative energy sources unavailable. Many engineering firms are brainstorming to make alternative energy sources viable for a better future for next generations. - Improving Information Security
Not to forget, the internet revolution has put our valuable personal data on sale, literally. Naturally, miscreants would want to use data for various nefarious activities including even terrorism. Protecting this data is essential for not just people, but also for governments. Data is said to be the new oil of the post modern era. Building better security systems is a huge challenge for computer and IT engineers. - Biotechnology for Medicine & Agriculture
We have improved our medical knowledge drastically since the invention of simulation and health-protection machinery. CT Scan, MRI, X-rays etc. have made it easier for doctors to diagnose and treat various diseases. However, much still remains to be done. An ageing global population would need sustenance, something an engineer could think of a solution for. - Urban Redesign
Increasing urbanisation has put a lot of strain on cities globally. Less than 5% of the global population lived in cities a couple of centuries ago. The number has grown to over 50% today. Having too many people in a small geographical area puts too much strain on the land, leading to poor soil quality, water crisis and traffic congestion issues. Better designs for cities that solve these problems are the need of the hour. Civil engineering needs to be taken to new levels for cities to remain sustainable.
How is this an Opportunity?
Every challenge engineers have faced till now has found its solutions coming up. The rapid pace at which the world has grown in just the past century has been astonishing. For context, wheeled vehicles pulled by animals, such as wagons, chariots etc. were the fastest mode of transportation for 2000+ years, till the steam engine was invented. Just about a hundred years later, humans achieved powered flight. It took just 66 years for mankind since the first powered flight to step on the moon. Less than a hundred years later, mankind is flying helicopters on Mars.
The point being, every single challenge humanity has faced, it has solved. The process has accelerated very fast in the past century. Even more so for the 21st century, we now have the power to understand, simulate and design solutions for a problem fast. All it takes is a keen mind and a meticulous engineer who would work actively to bring about a positive change in the world as we see it.
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