Skilling Millennials to Remain Entrepreneurial Through New Age Education

The workforce of today, in the age group of 20-35, whom we call Millennials share a unique composition of characteristics VIZ; attitudes, behavior, values, beliefs and way of life. They are different from the characteristics of earlier generations. Under this context it is important to understand their (millennials) mindset, needs and expectations so that we can align and adapt our education policy and practices to meet their requirements (physical, mental, emotional and cultural). Attempt has been made in this paper to discuss the implications of this paradigm shift on education which has to reorient with a strong emphasis on skilling - reskilling - upskilling with an entrepreneurial mindset than just bombarding the learners with information, which we call as New Age Education

Customer satisfaction, training and TQM: a comparative study of Western and Thai hotels

Managers within the hospitality industry make frequent reference to TQM principles. The extent to which these principles are applied effectively within the human resource management area of hospitality however remains under-researched. By applying TQM principles, this paper focusses on the relationship between customer service and training drawing upon comparative data from Western and Thai hotels. The paper also examines the perceptions of staff towards of hotels' guest-orientation and the provision of quality guest services. The researchers found that guest assessments of the performance of hotel frontline staff depend on their services function (e.g., front-office, housekeeping). The service quality skills needed by frontline staff were also found to differ in the case of Western and Thai hotels. Such differences merit proper consideration on the part of managers within the major hotel chains. The various findings may assist hospitality managers to determine appropriate strategies for the enhancement of guest services particularly in cross-cultural settings

Scouring Processes Downstream a Crossbar Block Ramp

Crossbar block ramps are hydraulic structures to conquer large river bottom steps via several pool-step-systems. Due to reduced velocities and increased flow depths, fish climb capability can be given. Several authors investigated crossbar block ramp variations to determine flow resistance, energy dissipation and bed stability features on the structure. But also the downstream end of the structure must be taken into account concerning scouring processes to guarantee the structure’s stability and to reduce damage during flood events. The present paper presents a comprehensive experimental investigation program dealing with scouring processes downstream a crossbar block ramp. Influences by ramp slope, discharge and the structure’s geometry are tested. Particularly, for larger discharges and steep slopes massive scouring takes place. With increasing tailwater depth scouring is reduced and hence the structure’s stability is less affected

Interfacial velocity estimation in highly aerated stepped spillway flows with a single tip fibre optical probe and Artificial Neural Networks

peer reviewedAir-water flows can be found in different engineering applications: from nuclear engineering to huge hydraulic structures. In this paper, a single tip fibre optical probe has been used to record high frequency (over 1 MHz) phase functions at different locations of a stepped spillway. These phase functions have been related to the interfacial velocities by means of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and the measurements of a classical double tip conductivity probe. Special attention has been put to the input selection and the ANN dimensions. Finally, ANN have shown to be able to link the signal rising times and plateau shapes to the air-water interfacial velocity

Hybrid Investigation on the Hydraulic Performance of a New Trapezoidal Fishway

The current study presents a new type of vertical slot pass. The main difference of this trapezoidal fish pass compared to the standard design of a vertical slot pass remains in the separation of the pools into two zones: the migration corridor and the energy dissipation zone. The structure is first investigated in a physical model to optimize the training walls and slot geometry in order to avoid recirculation of the flow. Velocity and flow depth data from experimental flow measurements is later compared to the three-dimensional numerical model which provides a deeper insight into the flow field. The proposed design is found to avoid large vortexes within the migration corridor. Moreover, uniform flow conditions are also found in the energy dissipation zone, thus providing an alternative corridor for fish passage