The Future of Engineering
Industry 4.0 is the future of engineering implementation in the corporate world. The solution is a futuristic concept that involves a massive interconnection of all parts functional within a company. This interconnection would ultimately give rise to the intelligent operations of the company and effective automation. Industrial 4.0 is considered the fourth and perhaps the most significant industrial revolution involving digitization.
The process is to be influenced by increases in data volume and the power of computer systems overlooking that data and providing connectivity. When these changes eventually phase out, we will see different departments work together, co-exist properly and achieve the ultimate goal of becoming stronger over time.
While initially, it was thought that Industry 4.0 would function without the requirement of AI and the many systems that come with it. This perception has drastically changed over time. Since Industry 4.0 is a coordinated era that will include participation from numerous technologies to work in tandem and inefficiently, the role of AI is quite comprehensive.
Based on our understanding of Industry 4.0 and the future manufacturing processes, we take a look at the future of engineering disciplines:
Civil Engineering
AI holds the potential to significantly impact construction processes. Big Data from multiple projects can be consumed and used at once to generate positive results. Using big data in construction can lead to project delivery improvements and carbon emissions reduction.
Structural engineering is currently at the whim of technology and innovation. Civil engineers can work on a computer-aided design to position solid structures without requiring external help.
Future of Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering is perhaps going through the biggest revolution among all engineering disciplines. The future of electrical engineering will see the rise of IoT across daily processes. The use of 5G has grown the implementation of IoT and can help add efficiency to our daily lives.
Electrical engineers sit in the driving seat here and can speed up the innovation with compact measures. IoT today is a collection of everything we see and is bound to get even stronger ... and better.
Aerospace Engineering
Remember how we imagined flying cars, humans and a lot more in 20 years, back at the turn of the century? Well, that hasn't happened. But progress is still underway. Recent progress in aerospace engineering may mean flying cars aren't as far away as most people think.
Japan has started work in this regard, and the human mind is racing towards innovation. Cut the midday traffic, and keep tabs on the news from aerospace engineering because we might have flying cars and humans soon.
Future of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering has been the poster boy of change in the industry for ages. Currently, the industry stands in line for disruption. The electric vehicle industry and robotics outline all future progress and determine how the coming years may unfold.
Corporate heads and engineers are working to make the future of engineering brighter and better. Going by our dependency on engineering, it is safe to say that all future progress comes down to how we go about innovation in all disciplines of engineering discussed above.