Tri Angle Design Studio

Our profession of civil & structural engineering is becoming more and more commoditized as computers are doing more of our work. Young Engineers are becoming more and more computer operators and loosing grip on the fundamentals of structural concepts, structural behavior and flow of forces. Structural Engineers must focus in improving technical fundamentals. Blind reliance on computers can erode o

ur ability to make reasoned judgments that involve common sense and intuition. The current world population is 7.4 billion, which is projected to reach 9 to 10 billion by the year 2050. India with current population of 1.29 billion is likely to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2022, with an estimated population of 1.45 billion (as per UN report). The massive population of India will need affordable, sustainable housing and infrastructure on an enormous scale. There is a lot of building and infrastructure to be built. This will require developing a new breed of structural engineers, more broadly capable than ever before – more creative, collaborative, and communicative – who should aim to become global leaders in society's grand challenges. The global engineering work force is becoming leveled and will continue to be so in future. We already face stiff competition from multi-nationals who are gripping the Indian market, much of it high in quality. This trend will continue to grow in coming years. For us to compete, for getting jobs in our own country and overseas, we must become more competent technically, more mobile and more willing to improve our knowledge base. A globally flattened market means that engineers of the future will need breadth, both in technical skills and soft skills, to operate in many diverse locations and cultures. Perhaps most importantly, the engineers need to be adept at collaborating on teams with members scattered around the globe. We are consuming the earth's irreplaceable resources at an unsustainable rate. Unless there are drastic steps taken towards a sustainable model of development, we will bankrupt our planet of these resources in short span of time. New breed of engineers need to have the skill and knowledge towards sustainable design models and ensure that a drastically more responsible approach is taken in development, balancing quality of life with natural resources. This is the area where focus is likely to be there in coming years. Recent awareness of the impact of climate changes on natural hazards are causing us to question the efficacy of our criteria and approach for design against natural hazards, particularly earthquake, wind, flooding, cyclones, and sea level. This will drive us toward more flexible, performance-based approaches. It also requires that engineers take leadership roles in major policy questions in hazards management, or even in some cases advising societies on where to build and where not to build. Presently there is a disconnect between the industry and the academia. The system is not entirely harmonized. Industry expects too much from the undergraduate curricula and does very little in on-job training to orient the young engineers. On the one hand, we espouse the virtues of a solid grounding in technical fundamentals and soft skills; on the other, we send recruiters to university job fairs and seek out practice-ready professionals with knowledge of the latest versions of codes and analysis software. This needs to be corrected. In light of the above, we at Tri Angle Design Studio aims at bringing attributes expected from tomorrow's Engineer? a) Tomorrow's engineer must be globally aware and adept. They should possess the ability to embrace different cultures, values, languages, and business practices. b) More than ever, tomorrow's Engineer must be aware that a career in engineering requires a commitment to life-long learning. Comprehensive gain of knowledge and skills will be an intensive, ongoing effort from engineering institution to the practice, until the engineer retires. c) Tomorrow's structural engineer will have to focus more to invent new construction materials and systems, as well as innovate new processes and innovative approaches to problems. Sustainability aspects in design needs to be well understood. d) Tomorrow's engineer must be able to engage in lateral, functional thinking as well as vertical, in-depth thinking; to synthesize as well as analyze; to integrate knowledge from a variety of sources; to integrate complex systems. To do this, they must be able to span disciplinary boundaries. We are practicing Engineers, Architects and Academicians who abide to enlighten the present engineering fraternities on this line……

Welcome to Tri Angle Design Studio to imbibe the three C’s - Creative, Collaborative and Constructive among our fellow young Engineers and Architects and there by creating confidence within.