Paruyr Sevak wrote decades ago:

“Don’t be late, don’t fall behind” –
this must be the motto
of every Armenian,
whatever work they do.PARUYR SEVAK

With the appearance of AI, the fear of staying behind is real.

AI is a technology that is sweeping across the world incredibly fast. It became accessible to everyone and everywhere at once. It became applicable to everything. It is becoming more powerful by the minute. And the possibilities that it open is endless.

Such technologies change everything. It changes how we work, how we organize work, what type of products we develop, how we produce them, how we market them, how we sell them, how we support them, and how we improve them.

We may think that we are already using AI, but that is misleading. AI has many higher levels that must be mastered – from running processes, to managing workflows, to fulfilling company objectives, to engaging it as consultant. But now, we mostly use it as a tool to accelerate, or to search. But this is only the lowest level of using AI.

The companies and individuals that master AI on all its levels will move ahead; the rest will stay behind and most likely vanish.

Progress becomes the only means to survive.

This is why this year’s EC Meet-up was dedicated to the “New Trends in the Engineering Profession” as not to stay behind.

The EC Community concluded its fourth yearly EC Meet-up with the theme – New Trends in the Engineering Profession.

AI continues to force change in our engineering profession. It is forcing change in how we design the products, what products we design, how we manufacture the products, and how we manage the products’ lifecycles.

During this Meet-up we wanted to provoke ourselves with what might be ahead of us.

The following presentations were given:

1. Opening Remarks, by Aram Salatian (EA)

2. New Trends in Electronics Engineering, by Suren Eyramjyan (ATG)

3. New Trends in Mechanical Engineering, by Andranik Meliqsetyan (NI)

4. New Trends in Software Engineering, by Hovhannes Hovhannesyan (NI)

5. New Trends in T&M Engineering, by Arsen Arustamyan (NI)

6. New Trends in Manufacturing, by Narbeh Nahapetyan (YEA Engineering)

7. New Trends in Engineering Education, by Grigor Shirinyan (DigiCore)

8. New Trends in Space Engineering, by Hrachoohi Boghosian (CIPR)

9. New Trends in Organizational Design, by Aram Salatian (EA)

Previous years’ themes were:

1. 2023: EC Company Presentations – Getting to know each other

2. 2024: ARC Workshops – Research Topics Roundtable Discussions

3. 2025: AI in the EC

New Trends in Electronics Engineering

by Suren Eyramjyan, ATG

New Trends in Mechanical Engineering

by Andranik Meliqsetyan, NI

New Trends in Software Engineering

by Hovhannes Hovhannesyan, NI

New Trends in Test & Measurement Engineering

by Arsen Arustamyan, NI

New Trends in Manufacturing Engineering

by Narbeh Nahapetyan, YEA Engineering

New Trends in Engineering Education

by Grigor Shirinyan, DigiCore

New Trends in Aerospace Engineering

by Hrachoohi Boghosian, CIPR

A Question for the AudienceWhat is the difference between “Aerospace Engineering” and any other engineering?

“An aerospace engineer
is a dreamer, a creator,
an innovator, a practitioner, and
strives towards Space

The 5 layers of AI1.Energy
2.Chips
3.Infrastructure
4.Models
5.ApplicationsIn aerospace engineering, AI is a TOOL for studying, discovering and conquering Space

AI and aerospace systems in the next
decadeArmenia can position itself as a regional centre for the design of autonomous nanosatellites, mission control and education, combining AI with multilingual systems.

For Armenia, space is the greatest opportunity for the development of science and innovation — as the next big horizonAI is developing in Armenia• Chip industry – design and tooling
• Data processing factories – Firebird, Eleveight, Aznavour, YSU
• Model development – research and development
• Application layers – Aerospace Engineering

New Trends in Organizing Work

by Aram Salatian, Engineering Association