FutureLab-Nepal

Every time I see post on current situation of education system and specially engineering something churns inside my mind and lead me to take some action.

So instead of asking to change the current system, I am proposing following student centric programs where we will provide resources(hardware and software) and learning management system(moodle, piazza, moocs based) where students, themselves will have to explore various topics through hands on projects(mentored by experts and student themselves).

(These are not for the faint hearted students who take engineering as a 3 hour exam and think of passing exam through Pulchowk notes at last hours. )

Some available topics, I am offering under FutureLab Academy (FutureLab-Nepal): (If you are interested than you can drop a comment or fill the interest form available in following link:

https://forms.gle/MvN45LqemnRTACob8

(These topics are for academics in field of electronics, electrical and computer science)

List of Capstone Project based and other student-centric courses:

1. Local Digital Broadcasting service using DVB-T transmission with feedback through low speed internet network (ECE-401)
Work on: Antenna Design, Embedded Linux and Multimedia technology

2. Understanding Digital Logic along with Hardware programming on FPGA (ECE-101, CSE-102)
Work on: Verilog programming, Designing your own next Intel processor

3. Learning C++ using game programming(CSE-101)
Work on: Game physics, SFML game library

4. How to work with open source software and live a free life?(CSE-103)
Work on: Linux application development, version control, documentation

5. How linux works and Kernel programming(CSE-401)
Work on: Embedded Linux development and build your own linux

6. Mobile Robotics through ROS(ROS-101)
Work on: Mobile robotics, ROS robotics framework

7. Learning the black art of Electronic Troubleshooting(ECE-401)
Work on any Electronic device troubleshooting and maintenance

8. Black art of High Speed PCB design(ECE-402)
Work on: Advance PCB design and design RPi like single board computer

9. Academic Reading and Writing(RNW-101)
Work on: Art of Reading and writing research papers and Latex

So still thinking about your engineering classes then contact your CR for copies of engineering notes and as lockdown eases down, IOE will conduct its exam because they don't want any disturbance in this lockdown vacation.

If not then just comment the courses you would like to take or fill your details in the following google form https://forms.gle/4UjkKFX7T2iJTPLL7.

Jai ho
Corona Lockdown.

FutureLab Academy: Interest on New Project based courses

FutureLab Puzzle of the Day Follow Up
Puzzle 001.1 Lotus in a pond
So Lotus will cover the half of the pond on 29th Day and fully on 30th. So there are no any place for the future growth and may disturb the whole ecosystem of the pond. So one of the mathematically sophisticated gardener, who looks after the flowers, gets worried and on 26th day confronts the authority. "If we do not control the growth of the Lotus today, in just four days it will cover the whole pond." Will anyone believe the gardener.

Hint: What is the area covered during 26th day.

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