Journal on Today's Ideas - Tomorrow's Technologies

Ashima Mehta, S. N. Panda  Research Scholar, Chitkara University, Punjab, India Director Research, CURIN, Chitkara University Punjab, India Abstract: Cloud computing is the concern of computer hardware and software resources above the internet so that anyone who is connected to the internet can access it as a service or provision in a seamless way. As we are moving more and more towards the application of this newly emerging technology, it is essential to study, evaluate and analyze the performance, security and other related problems that might be encountered in cloud computing. Since, it is not a practicable way to directly examine the behavior of cloud on such problems using the real hardware and software resources due to its high costs, modeling and simulation has become an essential tool to withstand with these issues. In this paper, we retrospect, analyse and compare features of the existing cloud computing simulators and various location based authentication and simul...

BARKHA PANDEY, RAGHU HARSH KALIA, MONICA KAUSHIK, MONIKA ARORA Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amity University, UP, India. Email: barkhapandey256@gmail.com Abstract: In a last few decades there has been tremendous growth and a drastic rise in wireless communication technologies. The major issue that the world is facing today with the advent of so many sophisticated wireless communication devices is efficient utilization of the spectrum. Spectrum efficiency comes together with a tradeoff factor of energy consumption. Thus, the need of the hour is an energy and bandwidth efficient technique. DS-CDMA is one of the competitive and most investigated technique in wireless communication which caters the large demand at the same time with limited bandwidth. Existing modulation techniques does not promise to provide better performance in case of higher noise. Therefore, one looks for a better BER stipulated modulation format to improve and enhance the performan...

SANDEEP CHOWDHRY, CELINE GARNIER  Lecturer, School of Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, U.K Lecturer, School of Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, U.K. Email: s.chowdhry@napier.ac.uk, c.garnier@napier.ac.uk Abstract: This study aims at finding out whether an alternate assessment strategy in Sustainable Developments module to improve the student’s employability skills and qualities. The exploratory studies, quantitative and qualitative questions acted as a data gathering instruments. The findings showed a need to change the current assessment strategy for Sustainable Developments module, proposed a new assessment approach and evaluated it. The research infers the studied institution should encourage academic staff to get familiar with the effective learning strategies, students learning styles and how to assess an assessment plan with graduate attributes model. A suggested direction for further research is to create an assessment model b...

SHEENA ANGRA, SACHIN AHUJA  Ph.D Scholar, Chitkara University, India Associate Director, CURIN, Chitkara University, India E-mail: sheena.angra@chitkara.edu.in, sachin.ahuja@chitkara.edu.in Abstract: Data mining offers a new advance to data analysis using techniques based on machine learning, together with the conventional methods collectively known as educational data mining (EDM). Educational Data Mining has turned up as an interesting and useful research area for finding methods to improve quality of education and to identify various patterns in educational settings. It is useful in extracting information of students, teachers, courses, administrators from educational institutes such as schools/ colleges/universities and helps to suggest interesting learning experiences to various stakeholders. This paper focuses on the applications of data mining in the field of education and implementation of three widely used data mining techniques using Rapid Miner on the data coll...

SHALAKA DHOKANE, K. K. PATHAK PG Student, Dept. of Civil and Env. Engineering, NITTTR Bhopal, INDIA 462002 Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT(BHU) Varanasi, INDIA 221005 E-mail: shalakadhokne07@gmail.com, kkpathak.civ@itbhu.ac.in Abstract: A soft storey or a weak storey is one in which the lateral stiffness is less than 70 percent of that in the storey above or it can be less than 80 percent of the average lateral stiffness of the three stories above. For the reduction of lateral deflection of a structure, a bracing system is provided. In seismic design of structure and in high rise structure, the provision of bracing system has become more effective. So this paper aims to find out the effect of bracing on soft storey of steel building. In this paper, G+9 steel frames are modeled with different type of bracing pattern and different combination of soft story using software STAAD Pro. Effect of these different bracings on soft storey is studied for different parameter li...

SANDEEP CHOWDHRY  Lecturer, School of Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, U.K Abstract: The transition from the teacher-centric learning environment to the problem-based learning (PBL) environment may not be smooth due to students’ expectations of getting direct support from the teacher. However, a teacher also tries to teach students the skills to be an independent learner. The aim of this study is to improve the students learning experience in the PBL environment by improving the e-tivity (online activity) design in a blended online teaching module in Mechanical Engineering (ME). A mixed research method approach helped to analyse the students’ learning experience in the module. The result shows that the present design of the e-tivities does not provide students with opportunities to study effectively in the PBL environment online, and proposed an improved design of the e-tivities. It implies the need to create e-tivities by taking into consideration the stud...

ARCHISMAN DAS AND URMEE CHAWDHURY  Graduate, Department of Architecture, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology Email: arch.archi008@gmail.com Abstract: Rapid urbanization is a currently a challenging problem for any developing country. To keep pace with the current population growth and ongoing economic development the cities are need to be expanded. But for a developing country, the territorial expansion of any city would be difficult for reducing the load, because of its economic and structural limitations. So for utilizing its limited resources fully, urban renewable strategy is preferable for every developing country. Renewable strategies increase the efficiency of the whole area & bolster economic force. Agrabad Commercial Area, CBD is the main business area in CHITTAGONG. In this study Commercial Business District (CBD) of Chittagong is taken as a case ...

SANDEEP CHOWDHRY School of Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, U.K Email: S.Chowdhry@napier.ac.uk Abstract: The main aim of this research is to improve the use of education technology inproblem based learning (PBL) environment in a Mechanical Engineering (ME) module. The research study adoptedthe quantitative and qualitative methods. The study sample comprised of 79 students from Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), Scotland. Thedata gathering instrument comprised of two quantitative and one qualitative student’s feedback questionnaires. The results shows that education technology integration into the PBL environment according to the students learning needs,toprovide students with an opportunities to collaborate and build new knowledge in a PBL environment. Finally, the study proposed an improved design of the learning task. It implies the need for the teaching institution to provide academic staff development to support tutors in carrying out PBL and to encourag...

Saket Rusia, K. K. Pathak  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal, MP, India Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi (BHU), UP, India Email: saketrusia123@gmail.com, kkpathak.civ@itbhu.ac.in Abstract: In the competitive nature of structural engineering, industry and its heuristic problem-solving needs, among other reasons, have contributed to the development of some advanced decision making tools. A step ahead from soft computing techniques, now artificial intelligence has proved itself as an efficient tool for solving the problem in construction industry over old tedious analytical methods. In this study, Artificial Neural Network is compared with finite element techniques in order to find the stress, strain and deflection in plates with holes. For approaching the complexity of the problem, hexagonal plates with holes and different geometrical and loadin...

SATPAL SINGH AND JASPREET SINGH  School of Computer Sciences, Chitkara University, Punjab, India Email: satpal.singh@chitkara.edu.in Abstract: Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is a most important type of network, which has characteristics to provide vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure(V2I) communication on the road. It is an approach for intelligent transportation system. VANET Works like as mobile ad hoc network. It provides many applications like as message transmission from one vehicle to another, data transmission, map guidance, entertainment and so on. VANET helps to reduce the causes of accidents on a highway. Vehicles can convey messages related to status of the road and other informational messages to each other. Throughout this paper, we will discuss simulation tools, architecture, applications, security concern and routing approaches used for message communication among vehicles. We provide a research review on vehicular ad hoc network. Key...

ABHISHEK SHARMA AND K.K. PATHAK  National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal (M.P.), India Email: abhishek08887@gmail.com Abstract: Many project suffers time and cost overruns due to improper planning, scheduling and execution works that results in several issues like delay in providing facilities, development, reduction in quality of construction and making the project more expensive. A little consideration shows that the time required to complete the project is inversely proportional to the supply of manpower. As the manpower is increased, the completion time of the project is decreased and on the other hand if the manpower is decreased, the completion time of the project is increased. The present study deals with the manpower planning, scheduling and tracking of “Construction of a Residential Block at Mahadev Parisar, Bhopal”, a six storied (G+6) building project whose construction is in progress at Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. A c...

SHIFATUL ISLAM, MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH-AL-SHAFI AND ALI NEWAZ BAHAR Department of Information & Communication Technology Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh Email: bahar_mitdu@yahoo.com Abstract: Quantum dot cellular automaton (QCA) are dominant nanotechnology which has been used extensively in digital circuits and systems. It is a promising alternative to complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology with many enticing features such as high-speed, low power consumption and higher switching frequency than transistor based technology. The code converters are the basic unit for transformation of data to execute arithmetic processes. In this paper, QCA based 2-bit binary-togray; 3-bit binary-to-gray and 4-bit binary-to-gray code converter have been proposed. The proposed design reduces the number of cells, area and raises switching speed. The simulations are completed using QCADesigner and Microwindlite tool which is widely used for ...

KEWAL, SANJAY K. SHARMA AND HIMMI GUPTA ME student (CTM) Department of Civil Engineering, NITTTR Chandigarh Professor & HOD, NITTTR Chandigarh 3 Assistant Professor NITTTR Chandigarh Email: Komalverma511@gmail.com Abstract:  Foundry sand is high quality silica sand with uniform physical characteristics. It is a byproduct of ferrous and nonferrous metal casting industries, where sand has been used for centuries as a molding material because of its thermal conductivity. Applications of foundry sand in Geopolymer Paver block, which is technically, sound, environmentally safe for sustainable development. In this study, partially replacement of fine aggregate in Geopolymer paver block by used foundry sand for determining the change in the compressive strength of paver blocks and cost of paver block. Partial replacement of fine aggregate in different percentage as like 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%,80% and 100%. The compressive strength has been determined at the end of 7, 14 and 28 da...

REKHA DEVI , S. K. SHARMA AND HIMMI GUPTA M. E. (CTM), Civil Engineering, NITTTR, Chandigarh, India Professor,  Assistent Professor, Civil engineering Department, NITTTR, Chandigarh, India Email: sanjaysharmanitttr@gmail.com Abstract: In the present paper, fly ash (no other solid material was used) with highly alkaline solutions is described. These solutions, made with NaOH, Na2Sio3.This paper, report on the study of the processing of geopolymer using fly ash and alkaline activator with geopolymerization process. The factors that influence flexural strength such as different curing condition. The fly ash, fine aggregate with replacement of foundry sand, coarse aggregats and alkaline solution were is used to make geopolymer concrete. The foundry sand is replaced by normal sand in different amount. The main purpose of replacement of foundry sand in to utilize waste by product and save environment also to see the effect on proprety of geopolymer concrete. The flexural stren...

D.Kannamma* and Dr. A. Meenatchi Sundaram Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India Email: kanama@nitt.edu Abstract:  About 50% of the world’s population lives in cities, and the fraction is growing. Thus the study of the urban boundary layer and urban climate is of great importance.Since urban centres of the world have immense growth of population, their quality requires a very careful screening for sustainable future, growth and development. The quality of outdoor urban spaces is more significant in tropical countries like India, since the activities are shared between indoor and outdoor. There are clear links between the climate of a settlement and its potential sustainability. Its opportunities for gathering energy, its need for energy conservation and its ability to dispose of airborne wastes are largely controlled by the climate it experiences. Moreover, urban design decisions will create microclimates that either accentuat...

Sunita Kumari and T. L. Singal  Chitkara University, Punjab, India E-mail: sunita.kumari@chitkarauniversity.edu.in Abstract: 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has come up with a technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE) to attain a new high speed radio access in the field of mobile communications. Design of wireless communication system has been an important and challenging problem due to the nature of wireless channel. There are number of factors involved in the performance of a LTE system. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) and Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) are a dominant part of future mobile communication. This paper describes about LTE physical layer, OFDMA and SC-FDMA receiver and transmitter structures, draw attention on the factor that influences the performance and improvement of multiple access techniques. The substantial use of the adaptive modulation in LTE is the main highlight of the paper. The select...

Shama Raheja and Vinay kukreja  Chitkara University, Punjab, India Email: shama.rani@chitkara.edu.in Abstract: One of the important issues in designing algorithms is to arrange a list of items in particular order. Although there is a large number of sorting algorithms, sorting problem has concerned a great compact of research, because efficient sorting is important to optimize the use of other algorithms. In many applications, sorting plays an important role as to easily handling of the data by arranging it in ascending or descending order.[2] In this paper, we are presenting enhancements in various sorting algorithms such as bubble sort, insertion sort, selection sort, and merge sort. A sorting algorithm consists of comparison, swap, and the use of assignment operations. Bubble sort, selection sort and insertion sort are algorithms, which are easy to understand but have the worst time complexity of O (n2 ). The new algorithms are discussed, analyzed, tested, and executed ...

SANDEEP CHOWDHRY  School of Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, U.K Email: S.Chowdhry@napier.ac.uk Abstract: In order to improve the students’ learning experience in the Mechanical Engineering (ME) modules, a problem based learning (PBL) approach is used and the learning activities are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn theory and perform the experiments to develop a better understanding of the subject. The aim of this action research is to investigate the effect of the theoretical and laboratory based instructions in the Engineering Applications module on the students’ academic performance. The sample is composed of 106 students from Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) in Scotland. The data is comprised of the marks obtained by the students in the summative design assessment, based on the theoretical studies and the two online quizzes based on the laboratory experiments. The results show that the module’s instructions are mostly focuse...

SRC Model to Identify Beguiling Reviews Tanya Gera, Deepak Thakur and Jaiteg Singh Chitkara University, Punjab, India E-mail: tanya.gera@chitkara.edu.in Abstract: Today, E-trade sites are giving colossal number of platform to clients in which they can express their perspectives, their suppositions and post their audits about the items on the web. Such substance helped by clients is accessible for different clients and makers as a significant wellspring of data. This data is useful in taking imperative business choices. Despite the fact that this data impact the purchasing choice of a client, however quality control on this client created information is not guaranteed, as audit area is an open stage accessible to all. Anybody can compose anything on web which may incorporate surveys which are not true. As the prevalence of Ecommerce destinations are hugely expanding, nature of the surveys is deteriorating step by step subsequently influencing clients’ purchasing choices. This ...

Himanshu Kumar Malviya Rahul Dhoke and K.K. Pathak  National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal (MP) India E-mail: kkpathak@nitttrbpl.ac.in Abstract: In this paper effects of aggregate flakiness on the compressive strength of concrete cubes have been studied using experiments. Total 30 cubes have been cast using normal, 5% of 8 mm, 10 mm and 12 mm size of flaky aggregates and 10% of 12mm size of flaky aggregate. NDT of the cast cubes using rebound hammer and ultrasonic pulse velocity have been also carried out. All the cubes were tested for compressive strength. Based on these data, comparative studies have been carried out to quantify the effect of flakiness and salient conclusions are drawn. DOI:  10.15415/jotitt.2015.31002 LINK:   http://dspace.chitkara.edu.in/jspui/bitstream/1/584/1/31002_JOTITT_Pathak.pdf

Masud Ur Rashid  Department of Architecture, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, 141- 142, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh Email: masud.arch@aust.edu Abstract: This article investigates the changing patterns of rural housing in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. The rural housing in Bangladesh is traditionally effected by many cultural and environmental factors. These transformations are studied along with the spatial allocation of some homestead cases, identified as permanent and floating households. The changing pattern of rural homesteads found by the field survey are explained through a comparative analysis of housing transformation of permanent and floating households. There are some factors like river erosion that establishes its importance over other traditional housing factors like religious and cultural issues. In such situation the concept of privacy, gender and religious belief have been observed playing their role in influencing housing transformation thr...