,Patron: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani Vice Chancellor

NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletterOCTOBER, 2013

University of Engineering &

Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

Beginning of Fall Semester is always exciting, and full of

hope. Not only are we rid of the stifling hot weather –

made all the more unbearable by long power-outages,

we also start our academic calendar, and enroll a fresh

batch of would-be engineers.

A very warm welcome to the new entrants. You have

chosen well, and we are proud to have you with us.

Student life is full of hope and excitement, and we shall

endeavor to make these the best years of your life.

However, you are now in a new environment in which

students from different institutions, different

backgrounds, and different cultural and economic strata will be sharing your space.

In such a multi-cultural mix, it is imperative to accept others who may appear different,

speak another language or dress differently. We are an equal opportunity university,

and do not recognize any group less –or–more–than others.

For a long time now, Pakistan has been in the grip of mind numbing violence, shaking

the foundations of our state. As sons of the soil, I beseech you all to help keep the

campus environment safe, and leave the philosophical discussion of “who”, “why” and

“cause” of militancy for later, when the threat has subsided.

A hallmark of UET Peshawar is the strong commitment of our faculty and staff to work

for the benefit of our students. We pride ourselves in being there for you in every way

so you will have a truly transformational educational experience. We want your time

with us to be a pleasurable success. Welcome aboard!

God bless you all!

Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani

Well Come New Entrants!

Entrance Test 2013

Final Year Project Exhibition

Working Group Workshop on HE Reforms

In Focus: Dr. Laiq Hassan

Undergraduate Engineering Programme 2013-14

Commenced

INSIDE

striving for the highest level of

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE

Research Projects in Mining Engineering

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013

NEWS

UET Peshawar Entrance Test 2013 held 15,000 candidates appeared

The Entrance Test for Academic Session 2013-14 was successfully held on August 18th simultaneously at Islamia Collegiate &

Cricket Ground at University of Peshawar, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, and Grassy Ground Saidu Sharif Swat. The test was

conducted by the Educational Testing and Evaluating Agency (ETEA) of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Around 15000 (Fif-

teen thousand) candidates from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including FATA, AJK and Gilgit Baltistan sat for the entrance test.

At Peshawar Center, a total of 11748 candidates appeared in the test with 11384 candidates for admission in engineering disci-

plines, and 364 candidates appeared for Computer Science group. At Abbottabad Center among 1207 candidates, 1180 candi-

dates appeared for engineering group, whereas 27 candidates for the computer science group while at Swat Center, 2045 candi-

dates appeared in the test with 2025 candidates for engineering disciplines, and 20 candidates appeared for Computer Science

group in the entrance test. Altogether 522 female candidates and 14478 male candidates appeared in all centers.

The Vice Chancellor expressed his satisfaction over the arrangements for the holding of entrance test. He said for the first time

test was held at University of Peshawar at two places which has given candidates a much comfortable environment. Farah Hamid,

Secretary Higher Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Additional Secretary, Higher Education Department KP,

Dr. Khalid Khan also expressed satisfaction over the arrangements.

Mr. Abdur Rauf Jamil, Executive Director ETEA, Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad, Director Academics, Khyber Medical University,

Peshawar, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean Faculty of Engineering (UET), Prof. Iftikhar Ahmad, Registrar (UET), and other senior

faculty members were present on the occasion. Prof Javed Tajik Director Admissions made all possible efforts to make satisfac-

tory arrangements for the entrance test. Under his supervision, this time UET conducted online registration for candidates.

(L–R ) Mr. Abul Jamil Rauf, Director ETEA, Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar, Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary Higher Education (KP),

Dr. Hafeez Ullah, Vice Chancellor KMU and Dr. Khalid Khan, Additional Secretary Higher Education (KP) on the occasion.

The final year students of Department of Mechanical Engineering organised an exhibition in which 37 projects of mechanical engineer-

ing were showcased, highlighting the work of students of final semester. Inaugurating the exhibition the Vice Chancellor said that it was

a very important experience for the engineering students where they interacted with industry and showed them the importance of

their projects. He said such exhibitions provided a platform for academic-industry linkages. Students created projects mostly related to

design and fabrication of industrial level projects having practical uses at local level.

A panel of judges from the Pakistan Tobacco Company Mr. Malik Usman, team leader and SMEDA provincial chief, Mr. Javed Khattak

evaluated the projects based on their presentation and efficiency.

Mechanical Engineering Students Exhibit Final Year Projects

Out of 37 projects, the best projects included: gasoline internal combustion engine selec-

tion, modification, calibration and installation in smart car, design, analysis and fabrication

of fuel efficient vehicle, design and fabrication of small-scale bio-ethanol extraction plant

and studying the performance of gasoline engine using bio-ethanol blend, natural gas oper-

ated split air conditioner, design and fabrication of underground vegetables harvesting

machine, to study the performance of diesel engine using blend of bio-diesel, to utilize the

energy of hot fuel gases of a diesel engine to operate (LiBr) chillers, design and fabrication

of energy efficient car (electric)-A, design and fabrication of energy efficient car (electric)-

B, design, and fabrication of coins sorting and counting machine. The winners received the

best project awards and cash prizes.

USAID to Establish Energy Center at UET, Peshawar

The Directorate of Media and Publications arranged an exclusive research,” the vice chancel-coverage of CAS-E to highlight the project aims and its aspects. An lor informed, adding the pro-interview of Vice Chancellor and Dr. Najeeb Khan, Project Director ject also aims to encourage was published in The Express Tribune. Following is the excerpts and empower women scien-from interview: tists and researchers to

actively participate with The project is focused on three main sectors – water and food secu-

equal opportunity.rity, agriculture and energy. The Vice Chancellor informed, the

USAID allocated $14.4m to UET Peshawar to establish the CAS-E. “It will be a five-year project These areas were identified by USAID which conducted a detailed during which engineers will survey in all universities of the country for almost one and a half carry out practical research year and then selected four universities. These included Mehran work to present solutions to University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro selected for the energy crisis,” said the the water and food security sector; Agricultural University vice chancellor. He informed Faisalabad for the agriculture sector, while two universities – funds for the center will be National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad and UET, released by USAID in near Peshawar were selected for the energy sector. future.

The Vice Chancellor said Pakistan is facing an alarming shortfall of Dr. Khan said each center would award 250 degrees, while 200 fac-energy. “Power is directly linked to the socioeconomic develop- ulty members and students would participate in academic ment of a country and is the utmost need of every citizen,” he exchange programmes with the US. Khan informed, around half stressed. “A stable power supply is indispensable for industries, sci- the graduates from each center would be employed in the private entific research and agricultural growth. Therefore, it is vital to sector to train economically disadvantaged students from urban, envisage long-term research-based projects on energy in acade- semi-urban and rural areas. “At least 50 applied research projects mia to find sustainable solutions to our energy problems,” he would be conducted by each center,” he added.added.

“The technical focus of research for the UET CAS-E would be The core objectives of the CAS-E project are to raise the level of power engineering, smart grids, renewable energy, solar energy, graduate training programmes to international standards, to photocatalysis, energy storage, coal-based energy, energy effi-encourage research and development, groom effective managers cient building designs and environmental aspects of energy pol-and future leaders, and formulate a national economic develop- icy,” said Khan.ment strategy. “The CAS-E's vision is to generate knowledge in

Director Media and Publications Shamaila Farooq said it was a energy that will contribute to cost-effective and sustainable solu-

great initiative of USAID to hand over this project to universities. tions to problems facing Pakistan. It aims to educate and train the

“The centers would not only overcome the energy crisis in the next generation of scientists, engineers and policy makers through

country but will also provide great learning opportunities for engi-innovative academic programmes that are focused on applied

neering students,” she said.

Originally published in The Express Tribune, July 30th, 2013

The center would not only overcome

the energy crisis in the country but will also

provide great learning opportunities for

engineering students

Students demonstrating their work

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013

0302

LEAD STORY

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013

NEWS

UET Peshawar Entrance Test 2013 held 15,000 candidates appeared

The Entrance Test for Academic Session 2013-14 was successfully held on August 18th simultaneously at Islamia Collegiate &

Cricket Ground at University of Peshawar, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, and Grassy Ground Saidu Sharif Swat. The test was

conducted by the Educational Testing and Evaluating Agency (ETEA) of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Around 15000 (Fif-

teen thousand) candidates from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including FATA, AJK and Gilgit Baltistan sat for the entrance test.

At Peshawar Center, a total of 11748 candidates appeared in the test with 11384 candidates for admission in engineering disci-

plines, and 364 candidates appeared for Computer Science group. At Abbottabad Center among 1207 candidates, 1180 candi-

dates appeared for engineering group, whereas 27 candidates for the computer science group while at Swat Center, 2045 candi-

dates appeared in the test with 2025 candidates for engineering disciplines, and 20 candidates appeared for Computer Science

group in the entrance test. Altogether 522 female candidates and 14478 male candidates appeared in all centers.

The Vice Chancellor expressed his satisfaction over the arrangements for the holding of entrance test. He said for the first time

test was held at University of Peshawar at two places which has given candidates a much comfortable environment. Farah Hamid,

Secretary Higher Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Additional Secretary, Higher Education Department KP,

Dr. Khalid Khan also expressed satisfaction over the arrangements.

Mr. Abdur Rauf Jamil, Executive Director ETEA, Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad, Director Academics, Khyber Medical University,

Peshawar, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean Faculty of Engineering (UET), Prof. Iftikhar Ahmad, Registrar (UET), and other senior

faculty members were present on the occasion. Prof Javed Tajik Director Admissions made all possible efforts to make satisfac-

tory arrangements for the entrance test. Under his supervision, this time UET conducted online registration for candidates.

(L–R ) Mr. Abul Jamil Rauf, Director ETEA, Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar, Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary Higher Education (KP),

Dr. Hafeez Ullah, Vice Chancellor KMU and Dr. Khalid Khan, Additional Secretary Higher Education (KP) on the occasion.

The final year students of Department of Mechanical Engineering organised an exhibition in which 37 projects of mechanical engineer-

ing were showcased, highlighting the work of students of final semester. Inaugurating the exhibition the Vice Chancellor said that it was

a very important experience for the engineering students where they interacted with industry and showed them the importance of

their projects. He said such exhibitions provided a platform for academic-industry linkages. Students created projects mostly related to

design and fabrication of industrial level projects having practical uses at local level.

A panel of judges from the Pakistan Tobacco Company Mr. Malik Usman, team leader and SMEDA provincial chief, Mr. Javed Khattak

evaluated the projects based on their presentation and efficiency.

Mechanical Engineering Students Exhibit Final Year Projects

Out of 37 projects, the best projects included: gasoline internal combustion engine selec-

tion, modification, calibration and installation in smart car, design, analysis and fabrication

of fuel efficient vehicle, design and fabrication of small-scale bio-ethanol extraction plant

and studying the performance of gasoline engine using bio-ethanol blend, natural gas oper-

ated split air conditioner, design and fabrication of underground vegetables harvesting

machine, to study the performance of diesel engine using blend of bio-diesel, to utilize the

energy of hot fuel gases of a diesel engine to operate (LiBr) chillers, design and fabrication

of energy efficient car (electric)-A, design and fabrication of energy efficient car (electric)-

B, design, and fabrication of coins sorting and counting machine. The winners received the

best project awards and cash prizes.

USAID to Establish Energy Center at UET, Peshawar

The Directorate of Media and Publications arranged an exclusive research,” the vice chancel-coverage of CAS-E to highlight the project aims and its aspects. An lor informed, adding the pro-interview of Vice Chancellor and Dr. Najeeb Khan, Project Director ject also aims to encourage was published in The Express Tribune. Following is the excerpts and empower women scien-from interview: tists and researchers to

actively participate with The project is focused on three main sectors – water and food secu-

equal opportunity.rity, agriculture and energy. The Vice Chancellor informed, the

USAID allocated $14.4m to UET Peshawar to establish the CAS-E. “It will be a five-year project These areas were identified by USAID which conducted a detailed during which engineers will survey in all universities of the country for almost one and a half carry out practical research year and then selected four universities. These included Mehran work to present solutions to University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro selected for the energy crisis,” said the the water and food security sector; Agricultural University vice chancellor. He informed Faisalabad for the agriculture sector, while two universities – funds for the center will be National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad and UET, released by USAID in near Peshawar were selected for the energy sector. future.

The Vice Chancellor said Pakistan is facing an alarming shortfall of Dr. Khan said each center would award 250 degrees, while 200 fac-energy. “Power is directly linked to the socioeconomic develop- ulty members and students would participate in academic ment of a country and is the utmost need of every citizen,” he exchange programmes with the US. Khan informed, around half stressed. “A stable power supply is indispensable for industries, sci- the graduates from each center would be employed in the private entific research and agricultural growth. Therefore, it is vital to sector to train economically disadvantaged students from urban, envisage long-term research-based projects on energy in acade- semi-urban and rural areas. “At least 50 applied research projects mia to find sustainable solutions to our energy problems,” he would be conducted by each center,” he added.added.

“The technical focus of research for the UET CAS-E would be The core objectives of the CAS-E project are to raise the level of power engineering, smart grids, renewable energy, solar energy, graduate training programmes to international standards, to photocatalysis, energy storage, coal-based energy, energy effi-encourage research and development, groom effective managers cient building designs and environmental aspects of energy pol-and future leaders, and formulate a national economic develop- icy,” said Khan.ment strategy. “The CAS-E's vision is to generate knowledge in

Director Media and Publications Shamaila Farooq said it was a energy that will contribute to cost-effective and sustainable solu-

great initiative of USAID to hand over this project to universities. tions to problems facing Pakistan. It aims to educate and train the

“The centers would not only overcome the energy crisis in the next generation of scientists, engineers and policy makers through

country but will also provide great learning opportunities for engi-innovative academic programmes that are focused on applied

neering students,” she said.

Originally published in The Express Tribune, July 30th, 2013

The center would not only overcome

the energy crisis in the country but will also

provide great learning opportunities for

engineering students

Students demonstrating their work

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013

0302

LEAD STORY

NEWSNEWS

Ph.D Defense:

Engr. Khizar Azam

Engr. Khizar Azam, Assistant Professor,

Mechanical Engineering Department

successfully defended his Ph.D thesis ston June 21 . His Ph.D title, ‘Driver

Fatigue Prediction Model’ focussed on

road safety as major area of research.

The study was supervised by Dr. Riaz Akbar, Professor mechanical

engineering, Chairman Institute of Mechatronics and evaluated by

external examiners; Dr. Azim Eskandarian, Professor of engineering

and applied sciences, George Washington University, USA and Dr.

Jane Pabellon, University of Wisconsin, USA.

The study pointed out that every day, across the world, 3200 human

lives are lost due to road traffic accidents in which ‘Driver fatigue’ is

a leading cause. According to the Global Burden of Disease, study

predicted ‘road accident’ to be the third leading cause of death and

disability by 2020. While this trend is increasing in developing coun-

tries. Pakistan is showing alarming signs being ranked as the fifth

largest country in the world, having road injuries due to ‘driver

fatigue’. According to the National Highways and Motorways Police,

the driver fatigue, counted as second major cause of road accidents,

has increased upto 34.84% from 2003 to 2009 while many cases still

go unreported.

The study objectives were to identify the magnitude of driver

fatigue in Pakistani long-haul drivers and devise a fatigue prediction

model. The survey was done in Peshawar on 400 drivers. The find-

ings revealed behavioural and cultural issues associated to driver

fatigue and major contributing factors causing road accidents. This

is the first study extensively done on behavioural aspects con-

ducted ever in Asia.

The study placed a number of policy level recommendations to con-

trol the increasing trend in road traffic accidents in Pakistan and

addressing the engineering management issue. These included set-

ting up a 'National Road Safety Agency' through the Parliament Act

in order to devise policies, standards and guidelines on road safety;

construction of more rest areas on Motorways; defining maximum

age limit for drivers; identifying and notifying Driver fatigue crash

zone on Highways and Motorways.

Ph.D defense:

Engr. Mujahaid Khan

Engr. Mujahaid Khan, Assistant Profes-

sor, Civil Engineering Department suc-

cessfully passed Ph.D defense on July

th16 . His Ph.D research title “Bridge Pier Scour Depth Prediction

using Artificial Intelligence Techniques” focused on highway

bridges, as a means of transportation playing a major role in the

economy of a country. The bridges that are constructed over water-

ways are highly subjected to failure due to scouring. Bridge scour

poses a serious threat to the integration of bridges and as such, a

very critical issue that needs to be properly addressed. The failure of

bridges due to scour results in precious human as well as economic

losses. Therefore, keeping in view the need to ensure public safety

and minimize the adverse effects of bridge damages or closures, Dr.

Khan urged the need to improve the current research tools for

designing and maintaining bridge foundations to resist the effects

of scour. Additionally, in order to minimize future flood damages to

the bridges proper attention is required to developing and imple-

menting improved procedures for designing and inspecting bridges

for scour.

Mujahid conducted the research in two major parts First, experi-

mental analysis of pier scouring for the piers of two different

bridges in Pakistan and one bridge in Malaysia; second develop-

ment of AI-Based Inductive Modeling Techniques for Bridge Pier

scour depth prediction.

Ph.D defense:

Engr. Zeeshan Sabir

Engr. Zeeshan Sabir, defended his Ph.D ththesis on August 16 . The topic of his

Ph.D thesis is “Performance Enhance-

ment of Wireless Mobile Adhoc Net-

works through Improved Error Correc-

tion and Channel Estimation Strategy”.

Engr. Sabir got his Ph.D. scholarship

under the HEC indigenous Ph.D. Scholarship program and com-

pleted his work at Electrical Engineering Department, UET,

Peshawar under the supervision of Prof. Dr. M. Inayatullah Khan

Babar, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering. The

research evaluation committee members included Prof. Dr. Shahid

Khattak, Chairman Electrical Engineering Department, Comsats

Islamabad, Prof. Dr. Waqar Shah, Director Postgraduate Studies,

UET, Peshawar and Prof. Dr. Riaz-ul-Hasnain, Chairman Electrical

Engineering, UET, Abbotabad Campus.

Engr. Sabir is currently working with the Pakistan Atomic Energy

Commission. During his research, he published ten research publi-

cations out of which six were credited under impact factor interna-

tional journals. The defense was widely attended by engineering

institutions including UET, Lahore, PEAS, Quaid-e-Awam University

and PIEAS, Islamabad.

The final year students of Geology Department, Bacha Khan University,

Charsadda (Mardan Campus) visited the Gems and Jewelry Center of thExcellence (GJOC) on May 13 . The delegation headed by Asher Samuel,

Chairman Geology Department visited the gemology and lapidary labo-

ratories and walked through other facilities. Engr. Ehtsham Ullah Khan,

Director GJOC welcomed the students and briefed them about Center's

activities. He said that the Center initially established as Gems Develop-

ment Cell in 2006, later upgraded to the National Center of Excellence in

2009. It has strong ties with industry due to its credible curriculum of five-

month diploma courses in Gemology and Lapidary, accredited by the

Higher Education Commission and its foreign qualified faculty. The Cen-

ter is known for having geographic proximity to FATA a region where min-

erals and gems are found in abundance and enormous opportunities lie

for human resource development in the respective field. He further said

students from across the country benefit from opportunities of hands-on practice under supervision of qualified faculty, research

assistantships and liaison with business industry. So far, more than 300 students including people from FATA and other provinces have been

trained in gemology and lapidary and running their business setups at commercial level”.

Shakir Ullah, Lecturer at GJOC gave a detailed account on the diploma in gemology and lapidary. He said the course is offered in Spring and Fall,

every year adding, there is great demand in the market from across the country while the Center is also approved by Gem-A, UK. The Chairman

Asher Samual appreciated professional services offered by GJOC and assured to build up linkage of Bacha Khan University with GJOC for stu-

dent exchange program in future.

Bacha Khan University Students Visit the Gems and Jewelry Center

Group photo of Bacha Khan University Students

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A Book on “Environmental Impact Assessment” by Dr. Daulat Khan

Dr. Daulat Khan, Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Engr.

Tariq Usman Saeed, a graduate student at Department of Civil Engineering pub-

lishes a book on “A New EIA Model for Pakistan with special focus on Motor-

Vehicular Urban Air Pollution & Industrial Wastewater”. The book presents a

new Environmental Impact Assessment model for Pakistan. Two important

parameters i.e. urban air pollution caused by motor vehicles and wastewater

effluents caused by industrial sector in the country, are the focus of this work.

The strategy presented in this book will improve the EIA process and help to pre-

vent further environmental degradation caused by developmental activities in

Pakistan at all levels. The book is intended as a guide for the engineers in indus-

try, governmental agencies and consulting engineering firms involved in the

day-to-day application of EIA. It also serves as a reference for the students in

courses related to environmental engineering, planning, management and EIA

at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

UET BOASAR Approves M.Sc. Material Engineering and Ph.D Industrial Engineering thThe 29th meeting of Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BOASAR) was held on May 29 with Dean Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Dr. Zahid

Mehmood in chair. The meeting was held to review the rules and regulations of UET Postgraduate engineering program and approved the rec-

ommendations of introducing new programs at postgraduate level. Dr. Sahar Noor, Secretary BOASAR presented the proposal to introduce

M.Sc. Material engineering as a new stream under mechanical engineering program, and Ph.D. Industrial engineering from the next postgrad-

uate admissions program this year. The meeting decided to propose both programs to the upcoming Academic Council since both fulfils the

HEC criteria that requires Ph.D. faculty, fully-equipped laboratories and allied facilities for starting a postgraduate level program.

The meeting also recommended a uniform research proposal format and Ph.D. theses template and guidelines for students. It was also

decided to formulate a committee to review the proposed templates. The Dean further directed to upload these on University website for

users' information. The meeting also expressed satisfaction over the progress of Principal Investigators on on-going faculty research projects,

funded by BOASAR.

Faculty Development

NEWSNEWS

Ph.D Defense:

Engr. Khizar Azam

Engr. Khizar Azam, Assistant Professor,

Mechanical Engineering Department

successfully defended his Ph.D thesis ston June 21 . His Ph.D title, ‘Driver

Fatigue Prediction Model’ focussed on

road safety as major area of research.

The study was supervised by Dr. Riaz Akbar, Professor mechanical

engineering, Chairman Institute of Mechatronics and evaluated by

external examiners; Dr. Azim Eskandarian, Professor of engineering

and applied sciences, George Washington University, USA and Dr.

Jane Pabellon, University of Wisconsin, USA.

The study pointed out that every day, across the world, 3200 human

lives are lost due to road traffic accidents in which ‘Driver fatigue’ is

a leading cause. According to the Global Burden of Disease, study

predicted ‘road accident’ to be the third leading cause of death and

disability by 2020. While this trend is increasing in developing coun-

tries. Pakistan is showing alarming signs being ranked as the fifth

largest country in the world, having road injuries due to ‘driver

fatigue’. According to the National Highways and Motorways Police,

the driver fatigue, counted as second major cause of road accidents,

has increased upto 34.84% from 2003 to 2009 while many cases still

go unreported.

The study objectives were to identify the magnitude of driver

fatigue in Pakistani long-haul drivers and devise a fatigue prediction

model. The survey was done in Peshawar on 400 drivers. The find-

ings revealed behavioural and cultural issues associated to driver

fatigue and major contributing factors causing road accidents. This

is the first study extensively done on behavioural aspects con-

ducted ever in Asia.

The study placed a number of policy level recommendations to con-

trol the increasing trend in road traffic accidents in Pakistan and

addressing the engineering management issue. These included set-

ting up a 'National Road Safety Agency' through the Parliament Act

in order to devise policies, standards and guidelines on road safety;

construction of more rest areas on Motorways; defining maximum

age limit for drivers; identifying and notifying Driver fatigue crash

zone on Highways and Motorways.

Ph.D defense:

Engr. Mujahaid Khan

Engr. Mujahaid Khan, Assistant Profes-

sor, Civil Engineering Department suc-

cessfully passed Ph.D defense on July

th16 . His Ph.D research title “Bridge Pier Scour Depth Prediction

using Artificial Intelligence Techniques” focused on highway

bridges, as a means of transportation playing a major role in the

economy of a country. The bridges that are constructed over water-

ways are highly subjected to failure due to scouring. Bridge scour

poses a serious threat to the integration of bridges and as such, a

very critical issue that needs to be properly addressed. The failure of

bridges due to scour results in precious human as well as economic

losses. Therefore, keeping in view the need to ensure public safety

and minimize the adverse effects of bridge damages or closures, Dr.

Khan urged the need to improve the current research tools for

designing and maintaining bridge foundations to resist the effects

of scour. Additionally, in order to minimize future flood damages to

the bridges proper attention is required to developing and imple-

menting improved procedures for designing and inspecting bridges

for scour.

Mujahid conducted the research in two major parts First, experi-

mental analysis of pier scouring for the piers of two different

bridges in Pakistan and one bridge in Malaysia; second develop-

ment of AI-Based Inductive Modeling Techniques for Bridge Pier

scour depth prediction.

Ph.D defense:

Engr. Zeeshan Sabir

Engr. Zeeshan Sabir, defended his Ph.D ththesis on August 16 . The topic of his

Ph.D thesis is “Performance Enhance-

ment of Wireless Mobile Adhoc Net-

works through Improved Error Correc-

tion and Channel Estimation Strategy”.

Engr. Sabir got his Ph.D. scholarship

under the HEC indigenous Ph.D. Scholarship program and com-

pleted his work at Electrical Engineering Department, UET,

Peshawar under the supervision of Prof. Dr. M. Inayatullah Khan

Babar, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering. The

research evaluation committee members included Prof. Dr. Shahid

Khattak, Chairman Electrical Engineering Department, Comsats

Islamabad, Prof. Dr. Waqar Shah, Director Postgraduate Studies,

UET, Peshawar and Prof. Dr. Riaz-ul-Hasnain, Chairman Electrical

Engineering, UET, Abbotabad Campus.

Engr. Sabir is currently working with the Pakistan Atomic Energy

Commission. During his research, he published ten research publi-

cations out of which six were credited under impact factor interna-

tional journals. The defense was widely attended by engineering

institutions including UET, Lahore, PEAS, Quaid-e-Awam University

and PIEAS, Islamabad.

The final year students of Geology Department, Bacha Khan University,

Charsadda (Mardan Campus) visited the Gems and Jewelry Center of thExcellence (GJOC) on May 13 . The delegation headed by Asher Samuel,

Chairman Geology Department visited the gemology and lapidary labo-

ratories and walked through other facilities. Engr. Ehtsham Ullah Khan,

Director GJOC welcomed the students and briefed them about Center's

activities. He said that the Center initially established as Gems Develop-

ment Cell in 2006, later upgraded to the National Center of Excellence in

2009. It has strong ties with industry due to its credible curriculum of five-

month diploma courses in Gemology and Lapidary, accredited by the

Higher Education Commission and its foreign qualified faculty. The Cen-

ter is known for having geographic proximity to FATA a region where min-

erals and gems are found in abundance and enormous opportunities lie

for human resource development in the respective field. He further said

students from across the country benefit from opportunities of hands-on practice under supervision of qualified faculty, research

assistantships and liaison with business industry. So far, more than 300 students including people from FATA and other provinces have been

trained in gemology and lapidary and running their business setups at commercial level”.

Shakir Ullah, Lecturer at GJOC gave a detailed account on the diploma in gemology and lapidary. He said the course is offered in Spring and Fall,

every year adding, there is great demand in the market from across the country while the Center is also approved by Gem-A, UK. The Chairman

Asher Samual appreciated professional services offered by GJOC and assured to build up linkage of Bacha Khan University with GJOC for stu-

dent exchange program in future.

Bacha Khan University Students Visit the Gems and Jewelry Center

Group photo of Bacha Khan University Students

0504

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013

A Book on “Environmental Impact Assessment” by Dr. Daulat Khan

Dr. Daulat Khan, Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Engr.

Tariq Usman Saeed, a graduate student at Department of Civil Engineering pub-

lishes a book on “A New EIA Model for Pakistan with special focus on Motor-

Vehicular Urban Air Pollution & Industrial Wastewater”. The book presents a

new Environmental Impact Assessment model for Pakistan. Two important

parameters i.e. urban air pollution caused by motor vehicles and wastewater

effluents caused by industrial sector in the country, are the focus of this work.

The strategy presented in this book will improve the EIA process and help to pre-

vent further environmental degradation caused by developmental activities in

Pakistan at all levels. The book is intended as a guide for the engineers in indus-

try, governmental agencies and consulting engineering firms involved in the

day-to-day application of EIA. It also serves as a reference for the students in

courses related to environmental engineering, planning, management and EIA

at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

UET BOASAR Approves M.Sc. Material Engineering and Ph.D Industrial Engineering thThe 29th meeting of Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BOASAR) was held on May 29 with Dean Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Dr. Zahid

Mehmood in chair. The meeting was held to review the rules and regulations of UET Postgraduate engineering program and approved the rec-

ommendations of introducing new programs at postgraduate level. Dr. Sahar Noor, Secretary BOASAR presented the proposal to introduce

M.Sc. Material engineering as a new stream under mechanical engineering program, and Ph.D. Industrial engineering from the next postgrad-

uate admissions program this year. The meeting decided to propose both programs to the upcoming Academic Council since both fulfils the

HEC criteria that requires Ph.D. faculty, fully-equipped laboratories and allied facilities for starting a postgraduate level program.

The meeting also recommended a uniform research proposal format and Ph.D. theses template and guidelines for students. It was also

decided to formulate a committee to review the proposed templates. The Dean further directed to upload these on University website for

users' information. The meeting also expressed satisfaction over the progress of Principal Investigators on on-going faculty research projects,

funded by BOASAR.

Faculty Development

NEWSNEWS

Dr. Babar Selected as Head of Task ForceProf. Dr. Mohammad Inayatullah Khan Babar, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering has been appointed as

head of Task Force, constituted by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). This was decided in a high level meeting held

at Head Quarters of PEC, Islamabad. The task force is constituted to devise standards for Communication Networks as

part of initiative to build National Electric Safety Code (NESC) of Pakistan for the first time. The task force will submit its

findings as part of NESC code for Pakistan. The task force also comprises of technical experts from PTCL, PEMRA, PTA,

Ufone and ZTE.

Meanwhile, in exercise of power under Section 19(1) of the University of Peshawar Act 2011, the Governor, Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa as Chancellor of University of Peshawar appointed Prof. Dr. Mohammad Inayatullah Khan Babar as Mem-

ber of Senate, University of Peshawar with immediate effect, earlier he was also appointed as member of Senate, Kohat University for a period

of three years.

Independence Day Celebrated

The 67th independence day was observed with zeal and fervor simultaneously at Main Campus and Mardan Campus of UET

Peshawar. The day started with flag hoisting and followed by National Anthem. The buildings of UET Peshawar were decorated

with flags and lights to mark the day in befitting manner.

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Vice Chancellor during national anthem; Dr. Imran Khan, Coordinator Mardan Campus, hoisting the national flag

Housner Fellows Visit GhanaDr. Syed Mohammad Ali, Director Earthquake Engineering Center visited Ghana from 26-30th

August, 2013 as part of his fellowship with Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s (EERI)

Housner Fellows Group (2012). The visit was aimed to advance earthquake safety of schools

in Ghana and present recommendations. The fellows met with the Ministry of Education, the

National Disaster Management Organization of Ghana (NADMO), the Ghana Institution of

Engineers (GhIE), Architectural and Engineering Services Ltd. (AESL), consultants who design

new schools, as well as school administrators and contractors.

The Housner Fellows’ focus on Ghana school safety follows a commitment by the Ministry of

Education to build more than a hundred new schools over the next several years. The visit was

aimed to take an enormous step in school seismic safety and community resilience by intro-

ducing cost-effective enhancements to the design and construction of new school buildings. The group also presented lectures on seismic

safety from earthquakes.

The Housner Fellow Program named after EERI founder George Housner and funded in part by the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction

of the World Bank and the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, equips a select group of promising and motivated professionals

worldwide to lead and advocate for efforts to reduce earthquake risk. In addition to Dr. Ali, seismic experts from other regions included: Cale

Ash, PE, SE; Degenkolb Engineers; Seattle, Washington, USA, Ing. Carlien D. Bou- Chedid, FGhIE; Consulting Structural Engineer; Accra, Ghana,

Danielle Hutchings Mieler, PE; GNS Science; Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Lindsey Maclise, PE, SE; Forell/Elsesser Engineers; San Francisco, Cali-

fornia, USA, Hassan Mdala; Geological Survey of Malawi; Zomba, Malawi, Vivek Rawal; People-in-Centre Consulting; Ahmedabad, India Kate

Stillwell, PE, SE, MBA; GEM Foundation; Oakland, California, USA.

Dr. S.M. Ali with Housner Fellows

Development and Deployment of an Open Source Mineral Resource Mapping, Modeling and Management Sys-

tem (M4S)

The National ICT R&D has funded the project submitted by Dr. Safi-ur-Rehman, Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering.

The project is aimed to develop an integrated open source software system for mineral resource management, a milestone in mineral sec-

tor of Pakistan. It will provide a smart platform and solution for the stakeholders involved in mineral exploration, development, mining and

management. The project cost is Rs. 39.2 Million and will be completed in two years. Dr. Mansoor Khan, Professor, Department of Mining

Engineering is the Co-Director of project.

M4S will be based mainly, on contemporary open source libraries, modules, applications, algorithms, methods and technologies. The sys-

tem will provide a platform with multi-tier server, application and data layers, along with server / client applications, analytical and display

tools. The project is planned to be deployed at selected mineral sector stakeholders and the project and will exit as an open source commu-

nity-driven software system. Mineral resource management system will cover the breadth of mineral sector. Existing information, compu-

tation, and communication technologies will be used for acquisition, storage, processing, production, presentation and dissemination of

mineral and geo information.

Development of Pilot Plant for indigenous coal resources of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: up-gradation, utilization and

value addition

The Directorate of Science and Technology (DOST) approved another project presented by the faculty of Department of Mining Engineer-

ing on managing coal resources. The project is funded at the cost of Rs. 3 million. The principal investigators include, Dr. Khan Muhammad

(Asst. Professor, Department of Mining Engineering), Engr. Amadullah Khan and Engr. Naveed Ahmad (Lecturers, Department of Chemical

Engineering), supported by Co-Principal investigators including Prof. Dr. Noor Mohammad, (Chairman, Department of Mining Engineer-

ing), Dr. Saeed Gul (Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering and Dr. Ali Kamran (Asstt. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engi-

neering).

The project aims to address the energy crisis of local industries by addressing problems related to industrial use of indigenous coal, upgrad-

ing and utilizing it for commercial and environmental benefits through a number of recommendations. The project will develop a coal up-

gradation pilot plant to improve the quality by lowering the ash content, increasing calorific value and price value of coal developing coal

combustion furnace for power generation through and coal briquetting plant for domestic and industrial use.

VC Garlands Pak-Turk School studentsthA delegation of Pak -Turk International School System (Peshawar) led by Mr. Illhan Erdogan, Principal paid a visit on June 6 to the University

and met with the vice chancellor. The delegation was comprised of student winners who participated at different international level competi-

tions. These included: Essa-Bin-Qasim who topped the category as grand winner by securing 1st position from over 70 countries at the Ninth

National Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), Phoenix, Arizona. This

is for the first time that a student from Pakistan won the competition. He

presented his project titled 'Is Chlorophyll as Beneficial as Solar Cells'.

While two other bright students, Ali Khan and Adil Rehman (Class 9th

O'level) won the “bronze medal” for presenting the project titled, 'Golden

Climate' at the International Environmental Project Competition, held in

Nairobi, Kenaya on May 1-4, 2013.

The vice chancellor garlanded the students with medals and cash awards

of Rs. 10,000/- each. He lauded the efforts of Principal and teachers in pro-

viding quality education to Pakistani students and earning good name for

the country. The ceremony was attended by the senior officials of Univer-

sity and Pak-Turk School.Pak-Turk School students and teachers with Vice Chancellor

Quality Enhancement Cell Activities

Mining Engineering Department Wins Two New Research Projects

NEWSNEWS

Dr. Babar Selected as Head of Task ForceProf. Dr. Mohammad Inayatullah Khan Babar, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering has been appointed as

head of Task Force, constituted by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). This was decided in a high level meeting held

at Head Quarters of PEC, Islamabad. The task force is constituted to devise standards for Communication Networks as

part of initiative to build National Electric Safety Code (NESC) of Pakistan for the first time. The task force will submit its

findings as part of NESC code for Pakistan. The task force also comprises of technical experts from PTCL, PEMRA, PTA,

Ufone and ZTE.

Meanwhile, in exercise of power under Section 19(1) of the University of Peshawar Act 2011, the Governor, Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa as Chancellor of University of Peshawar appointed Prof. Dr. Mohammad Inayatullah Khan Babar as Mem-

ber of Senate, University of Peshawar with immediate effect, earlier he was also appointed as member of Senate, Kohat University for a period

of three years.

Independence Day Celebrated

The 67th independence day was observed with zeal and fervor simultaneously at Main Campus and Mardan Campus of UET

Peshawar. The day started with flag hoisting and followed by National Anthem. The buildings of UET Peshawar were decorated

with flags and lights to mark the day in befitting manner.

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Vice Chancellor during national anthem; Dr. Imran Khan, Coordinator Mardan Campus, hoisting the national flag

Housner Fellows Visit GhanaDr. Syed Mohammad Ali, Director Earthquake Engineering Center visited Ghana from 26-30th

August, 2013 as part of his fellowship with Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s (EERI)

Housner Fellows Group (2012). The visit was aimed to advance earthquake safety of schools

in Ghana and present recommendations. The fellows met with the Ministry of Education, the

National Disaster Management Organization of Ghana (NADMO), the Ghana Institution of

Engineers (GhIE), Architectural and Engineering Services Ltd. (AESL), consultants who design

new schools, as well as school administrators and contractors.

The Housner Fellows’ focus on Ghana school safety follows a commitment by the Ministry of

Education to build more than a hundred new schools over the next several years. The visit was

aimed to take an enormous step in school seismic safety and community resilience by intro-

ducing cost-effective enhancements to the design and construction of new school buildings. The group also presented lectures on seismic

safety from earthquakes.

The Housner Fellow Program named after EERI founder George Housner and funded in part by the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction

of the World Bank and the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, equips a select group of promising and motivated professionals

worldwide to lead and advocate for efforts to reduce earthquake risk. In addition to Dr. Ali, seismic experts from other regions included: Cale

Ash, PE, SE; Degenkolb Engineers; Seattle, Washington, USA, Ing. Carlien D. Bou- Chedid, FGhIE; Consulting Structural Engineer; Accra, Ghana,

Danielle Hutchings Mieler, PE; GNS Science; Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Lindsey Maclise, PE, SE; Forell/Elsesser Engineers; San Francisco, Cali-

fornia, USA, Hassan Mdala; Geological Survey of Malawi; Zomba, Malawi, Vivek Rawal; People-in-Centre Consulting; Ahmedabad, India Kate

Stillwell, PE, SE, MBA; GEM Foundation; Oakland, California, USA.

Dr. S.M. Ali with Housner Fellows

Development and Deployment of an Open Source Mineral Resource Mapping, Modeling and Management Sys-

tem (M4S)

The National ICT R&D has funded the project submitted by Dr. Safi-ur-Rehman, Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering.

The project is aimed to develop an integrated open source software system for mineral resource management, a milestone in mineral sec-

tor of Pakistan. It will provide a smart platform and solution for the stakeholders involved in mineral exploration, development, mining and

management. The project cost is Rs. 39.2 Million and will be completed in two years. Dr. Mansoor Khan, Professor, Department of Mining

Engineering is the Co-Director of project.

M4S will be based mainly, on contemporary open source libraries, modules, applications, algorithms, methods and technologies. The sys-

tem will provide a platform with multi-tier server, application and data layers, along with server / client applications, analytical and display

tools. The project is planned to be deployed at selected mineral sector stakeholders and the project and will exit as an open source commu-

nity-driven software system. Mineral resource management system will cover the breadth of mineral sector. Existing information, compu-

tation, and communication technologies will be used for acquisition, storage, processing, production, presentation and dissemination of

mineral and geo information.

Development of Pilot Plant for indigenous coal resources of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: up-gradation, utilization and

value addition

The Directorate of Science and Technology (DOST) approved another project presented by the faculty of Department of Mining Engineer-

ing on managing coal resources. The project is funded at the cost of Rs. 3 million. The principal investigators include, Dr. Khan Muhammad

(Asst. Professor, Department of Mining Engineering), Engr. Amadullah Khan and Engr. Naveed Ahmad (Lecturers, Department of Chemical

Engineering), supported by Co-Principal investigators including Prof. Dr. Noor Mohammad, (Chairman, Department of Mining Engineer-

ing), Dr. Saeed Gul (Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering and Dr. Ali Kamran (Asstt. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engi-

neering).

The project aims to address the energy crisis of local industries by addressing problems related to industrial use of indigenous coal, upgrad-

ing and utilizing it for commercial and environmental benefits through a number of recommendations. The project will develop a coal up-

gradation pilot plant to improve the quality by lowering the ash content, increasing calorific value and price value of coal developing coal

combustion furnace for power generation through and coal briquetting plant for domestic and industrial use.

VC Garlands Pak-Turk School studentsthA delegation of Pak -Turk International School System (Peshawar) led by Mr. Illhan Erdogan, Principal paid a visit on June 6 to the University

and met with the vice chancellor. The delegation was comprised of student winners who participated at different international level competi-

tions. These included: Essa-Bin-Qasim who topped the category as grand winner by securing 1st position from over 70 countries at the Ninth

National Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), Phoenix, Arizona. This

is for the first time that a student from Pakistan won the competition. He

presented his project titled 'Is Chlorophyll as Beneficial as Solar Cells'.

While two other bright students, Ali Khan and Adil Rehman (Class 9th

O'level) won the “bronze medal” for presenting the project titled, 'Golden

Climate' at the International Environmental Project Competition, held in

Nairobi, Kenaya on May 1-4, 2013.

The vice chancellor garlanded the students with medals and cash awards

of Rs. 10,000/- each. He lauded the efforts of Principal and teachers in pro-

viding quality education to Pakistani students and earning good name for

the country. The ceremony was attended by the senior officials of Univer-

sity and Pak-Turk School.Pak-Turk School students and teachers with Vice Chancellor

Quality Enhancement Cell Activities

Mining Engineering Department Wins Two New Research Projects

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES

A three-day workshop of Higher Education working group on “Reforms in Higher Education” was held from 19-21st August under the

directives of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The workshop was aimed to review and propose recommendations for restructuring

and reorganization of Higher Education (HE) to ensure contribution to sustainable development and building knowledge society. UET

Peshawar offered its premises for smooth sail of this “reforms exercise”.

After coming in power the PTI Government has resolved to introduce comprehensive reforms programs in all social sectors to bring about

real change and real service to the public. As in other sectors, on the directives of the Chief Minister KP, Pervaiz Khattak the working

group, formulated by HED reviewed and prepared policy recommendations on HE reforms. These recommendations will become part of

broader process of restructuring and reorganization of higher education, under the supervision of PTI members.

Secretary Higher Education, Farah Hamid while addressing the occasion said, there is always a debate in academic as well as government

circles to bring improvement to education sector but this lacks implementation which was responsible for the present pathetic education

system. She said a paradigm shift was now visible as for the first time the Government initiated the process of releasing funds to HED. She

said, PTI Government has embarked upon increasing access, enhancing quality and bringing relevance to education therefore; the rec-

ommendations will be made on these lines to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Vice chancellor, in his welcome address said, to bring nation back to the road of development it was important to take education on

priority. “While this has been a huge failure on part of policy makers that they could not bring real change in the past, it is hoped that new

policy reforms under the PTI Government will focus on putting adequate investment in education so that the quality education is accessi-

ble to the masses not only to elites”, he said.

Mushtaq Ghani, Special Assistant the Chief Minister on HE while chairing a media briefing said PTI government firmly believes that peo-

ple are the true capital of a nation. Focusing on the social sectors as per our manifesto, “we are working swiftly to improve the quality, and

service delivery in the education sector”. He said, PTI recognizes that education is the panacea for most human ills, and the best engine to

power the ship of state on a fast track of development; and it is HE that fuels this engine most efficiently. While talking to the reporter

Ghani said, universities and other Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) compared to other public sector entities have done relatively well. PTI,

Working Group on Higher Education Reforms however, feels that HEI’s are engines of growth and must

shoulder the onerous responsibility of leading the nation

towards socio-economic development and transformation.

PTI believes in providing credible and equitable education to

all; and credible education needs adequate funding, which, in

turn, necessitates building firewalls against corrupt practices

that ensures accountability of service-deliverers. We have the

political will and wherewithal to do this: and we shall realize

this dream very quickly!

Three subcommittees were formed under the Working Group

related to “Governance”, Academia – Industry linkages” and

“College sub-sector”. Each subcommittee presented their rec-

ommendations during the working group session.

HE Working Group (L to R): Prof. Dr. Abbas Khan (Advisor to Speaker KP Assembly), Dr. Nasser Ali Khan (VC University of Haripur), Dr. Khalid Khan

(Additional Secretary HE), Mr. Siraj Khan (Financial Controller to Chairman PTI), Ms. Rakhshanda (President KP Chapter, FAPUASA)

Ms. Farah Hamid (Secretary HE), Mr. Mushtaq Ghani (Special Assistant to CM KP for HE), Mr. Muzafar Said (MPA KP), Mr. Shibli Faraz

(Central Vice President PTI), Prof. Noorullah Wazir (Director, Directorte HE), Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani (Vice Chancellor, UET Peshawar)

Dr. Arif Iqbal Umar (Add. Registrar (Estt) Hazara University), Dr. Salim-ur-Rehman (Vice Chancellor Sarhad Unvierstiy, Peshawar)

and other Working Group members.

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Mr. Mushtaq Ghani while chairing the press session

th A video conferencing meeting was held on July 26 between North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA and senior officials of the University

to explore the possibility of collaboration in terms of capacity building and joint research projects.

The NDSU delegation comprised of Prof. Kalidas Shetty, Associate Vice President, Prof. Dr. Samee U. Khan, Department of Electrical and Com-

puter Engineering and Ms. Lisa Hauck, Director International Students office with Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Inayatullah Khan Babar, Chairman Department of Electrical Engineering on UET side.

The participants discussed in detail the concept of broad agreement between the two universities. NDSU delegation showed pleasure at the

discussion to explore the exciting opportunities under doctoral degree-linked capacity building with initial focus on electrical and power sys-

tems engineering; larger platform on energy; including renewables and extending this to other areas of Engineering that are mutual strengths

of NDSU and UET, Peshawar. The delegation expressed hope that initial faculty interaction will highlight other areas of mutually beneficial col-

laborative opportunities. The meeting concluded that this foundation would set the stage for specific agreements in the next phase on doc-

toral program-linked research collaborations through the capacity building initiatives and other related areas.

Capacity Building and Joint Research

ndThe Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) held a one-day seminar on ‘Plagiarism’ on July 2 , 2013 for faculty members and students. Prof.

Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, Director QEC was the speaker. The topics covered in the seminar-included plagiarism tools available for pla-

giarism detection, problems faced by authors with regard to plagiarism checking and ways to avoid plagiarism in thesis writing and

publications. The participants took keen interest in the seminar, asked questions and shared their experiences with regard to plagia-

rism checking.

Dr. Iftikhar said the University checks all Master's and Ph.D. theses for plagiarism in accordance with the requirement of HEC adding,

“the University checks all papers submitted for publication in the Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences for plagiarism before

the start of review process.”

Dr. Iftikhar also held another seminar on “Self-Assessment Process” of HEC at UET, Kohat Campus. The seminar covered the objec-

tives of self-assessment process criteria for HEC in relation to program outcomes, curriculum, students, faculty, facilities, process con-

trol and institutional support. The seminar also addressed the roles of faculty, program teams and assessment teams for enhancing

teaching quality through self-assessment process. The seminar was attended by faculty and senior administrative officials of Kohat

Campus.

Plagiarism

Self-Assessment Process

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES

A three-day workshop of Higher Education working group on “Reforms in Higher Education” was held from 19-21st August under the

directives of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The workshop was aimed to review and propose recommendations for restructuring

and reorganization of Higher Education (HE) to ensure contribution to sustainable development and building knowledge society. UET

Peshawar offered its premises for smooth sail of this “reforms exercise”.

After coming in power the PTI Government has resolved to introduce comprehensive reforms programs in all social sectors to bring about

real change and real service to the public. As in other sectors, on the directives of the Chief Minister KP, Pervaiz Khattak the working

group, formulated by HED reviewed and prepared policy recommendations on HE reforms. These recommendations will become part of

broader process of restructuring and reorganization of higher education, under the supervision of PTI members.

Secretary Higher Education, Farah Hamid while addressing the occasion said, there is always a debate in academic as well as government

circles to bring improvement to education sector but this lacks implementation which was responsible for the present pathetic education

system. She said a paradigm shift was now visible as for the first time the Government initiated the process of releasing funds to HED. She

said, PTI Government has embarked upon increasing access, enhancing quality and bringing relevance to education therefore; the rec-

ommendations will be made on these lines to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Vice chancellor, in his welcome address said, to bring nation back to the road of development it was important to take education on

priority. “While this has been a huge failure on part of policy makers that they could not bring real change in the past, it is hoped that new

policy reforms under the PTI Government will focus on putting adequate investment in education so that the quality education is accessi-

ble to the masses not only to elites”, he said.

Mushtaq Ghani, Special Assistant the Chief Minister on HE while chairing a media briefing said PTI government firmly believes that peo-

ple are the true capital of a nation. Focusing on the social sectors as per our manifesto, “we are working swiftly to improve the quality, and

service delivery in the education sector”. He said, PTI recognizes that education is the panacea for most human ills, and the best engine to

power the ship of state on a fast track of development; and it is HE that fuels this engine most efficiently. While talking to the reporter

Ghani said, universities and other Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) compared to other public sector entities have done relatively well. PTI,

Working Group on Higher Education Reforms however, feels that HEI’s are engines of growth and must

shoulder the onerous responsibility of leading the nation

towards socio-economic development and transformation.

PTI believes in providing credible and equitable education to

all; and credible education needs adequate funding, which, in

turn, necessitates building firewalls against corrupt practices

that ensures accountability of service-deliverers. We have the

political will and wherewithal to do this: and we shall realize

this dream very quickly!

Three subcommittees were formed under the Working Group

related to “Governance”, Academia – Industry linkages” and

“College sub-sector”. Each subcommittee presented their rec-

ommendations during the working group session.

HE Working Group (L to R): Prof. Dr. Abbas Khan (Advisor to Speaker KP Assembly), Dr. Nasser Ali Khan (VC University of Haripur), Dr. Khalid Khan

(Additional Secretary HE), Mr. Siraj Khan (Financial Controller to Chairman PTI), Ms. Rakhshanda (President KP Chapter, FAPUASA)

Ms. Farah Hamid (Secretary HE), Mr. Mushtaq Ghani (Special Assistant to CM KP for HE), Mr. Muzafar Said (MPA KP), Mr. Shibli Faraz

(Central Vice President PTI), Prof. Noorullah Wazir (Director, Directorte HE), Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani (Vice Chancellor, UET Peshawar)

Dr. Arif Iqbal Umar (Add. Registrar (Estt) Hazara University), Dr. Salim-ur-Rehman (Vice Chancellor Sarhad Unvierstiy, Peshawar)

and other Working Group members.

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Mr. Mushtaq Ghani while chairing the press session

th A video conferencing meeting was held on July 26 between North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA and senior officials of the University

to explore the possibility of collaboration in terms of capacity building and joint research projects.

The NDSU delegation comprised of Prof. Kalidas Shetty, Associate Vice President, Prof. Dr. Samee U. Khan, Department of Electrical and Com-

puter Engineering and Ms. Lisa Hauck, Director International Students office with Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Inayatullah Khan Babar, Chairman Department of Electrical Engineering on UET side.

The participants discussed in detail the concept of broad agreement between the two universities. NDSU delegation showed pleasure at the

discussion to explore the exciting opportunities under doctoral degree-linked capacity building with initial focus on electrical and power sys-

tems engineering; larger platform on energy; including renewables and extending this to other areas of Engineering that are mutual strengths

of NDSU and UET, Peshawar. The delegation expressed hope that initial faculty interaction will highlight other areas of mutually beneficial col-

laborative opportunities. The meeting concluded that this foundation would set the stage for specific agreements in the next phase on doc-

toral program-linked research collaborations through the capacity building initiatives and other related areas.

Capacity Building and Joint Research

ndThe Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) held a one-day seminar on ‘Plagiarism’ on July 2 , 2013 for faculty members and students. Prof.

Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, Director QEC was the speaker. The topics covered in the seminar-included plagiarism tools available for pla-

giarism detection, problems faced by authors with regard to plagiarism checking and ways to avoid plagiarism in thesis writing and

publications. The participants took keen interest in the seminar, asked questions and shared their experiences with regard to plagia-

rism checking.

Dr. Iftikhar said the University checks all Master's and Ph.D. theses for plagiarism in accordance with the requirement of HEC adding,

“the University checks all papers submitted for publication in the Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences for plagiarism before

the start of review process.”

Dr. Iftikhar also held another seminar on “Self-Assessment Process” of HEC at UET, Kohat Campus. The seminar covered the objec-

tives of self-assessment process criteria for HEC in relation to program outcomes, curriculum, students, faculty, facilities, process con-

trol and institutional support. The seminar also addressed the roles of faculty, program teams and assessment teams for enhancing

teaching quality through self-assessment process. The seminar was attended by faculty and senior administrative officials of Kohat

Campus.

Plagiarism

Self-Assessment Process

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES NEWS

Dr. Laiq Hassan, Chairman Department of Computer Systems Engi-

neering, attended “35th Annual International Conference of the

IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society in Osaka, Japan”.

The conference was organized in Osaka International Convention

Center from July 03 - 07, 2013 where he presented research paper

titled, “An Optimized and Low-Cost FPGA-Based DNA Sequence

Alignment: A Step Towards Personal Genomics”.

After the conference, Dr. Hassan visited the Netherlands for

research collaboration with Prof. Koen Bertels, Computer Engi-

neering, TU Delft, The Netherlands for gathering information

about establishment of a new university of technology in

Peshawar.

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IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society

Research / Conference Papers»A. Ullah, S.W.Khan, A. Shakoor, V.M Starov “Passage and

deformation of oil drops through non-converging and con-

verging micro-sized slotted pore membranes”, Separation and

Purification Technology, 119 (2013) 7–13.

»Marjan Uddin, “RBF-PS scheme for solving the equal width

equation”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 222, (1),

October 2013, Pages 619–631.

»Marjan Uddin, Wajid Ali “Kernel-Based Meshless Method of

Lines for Solving Korteweg-de Vries equation” Sarhad Univer-

sity International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 1, ( 1),

April 2013.

»Marjan Uddin, Pervez Akhtar “On the Numerical Solution of

Equal Width Equation Using RBF-PS Scheme” Sarhad Univer-

sity International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 1, (1),

April 2013.

»Arshad Hussain, Sirajul Haq, Marjan Uddin “Numericla Solu-

tion of Klein-Gordon and sine-Gordan equations by meshless

method of lines” Engineering Analysis with Boundary Ele-

ments, 37 (2013) 1351 – 1366.

»Tariq Usman Saeed, Daulat Khan, Haleema Attaullah,

Mahmood Alam Khan, “Environmental impacts of heavy met-

als in effluents of small industrial estate Peshawar on soil,

water and plants”, 15-16 January 2013. 1st International Con-

ference on Global Environmental Changes, GC University

Faisalabad, Pakistan.

»Tariq Usman Saeed, Daulat Khan, Haleema AttaUllah, Taj Ali

Khan “WQI based groundwater assessment in the flood hit

areas at Kabul River in Pakistan”, 15-16 January 2013. 1st

International Conference on Global Environmental Changes,

GC University Faisalabad, Pakistan.

»Saeed et al., “Urban solid waste management in Peshawar,

Mardan and Nowshera districts”, 15-16 January 2013. 1st

International Conference on Global Environmental Changes,

GC University Faisalabad, Pakistan.

»Noor Muhammad “Petrography and Physico mechanical Prop-

erties of Rocks from the Ambela Granitic Complex, NW Paki-

stan” Scientific World Journal, 2013.

»Dr. Naeem Khan, Engr Faheem Khan, Dr.M.I Khattak, Engr Latif

Ullah Khan, Engr.Syed.Abdul Salam, Engr Muhammad. Naeem

Khan and D-W Gu “Implementation of Linear Prediction Tech-

niques in State estimation, In the proceedings of 10th IEEE

International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and

Technology (IBCAST-2013) Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan 15-19,

2013.

»Latif Ullah Khan, G.M Khan, S.A Mahmud, Zeeshan Sabir “Com-

parison of Three Interpolation Techniques In Comb-Type

Energy Management System and Renwable EnergyA one day Seminar on “Energy Management system and Renew-

able energy” arranged by the SMEDA (Small and Medium Enter-

prises Development Authority) was held at UET Bannu Campus.

Dr.Irfan Khattak ,The Chairman EED, started the event with a wel-

come address. Later on, Engr HidayatUllah Khattak addressed the

achievements and importance of SMEDA and narrated some prac-

tical applications regarding “Energy Management system and

Renewable energy”.

The Technology Incubation Center, UET Peshawar in collaboration

with IBA Karachi and MIT Enterprise Forum of Pakistan held a one

day workshop, “Ideas today & Business tomorrow” under “IN-

VENT 2013” a national level business plan competition by the IBA

at UET Main Hall. The objective of the workshop was to educate

and encourage young entrepreneurs to register in INVENT. The

workshop aimed to allure the youth to trust their ideas, preserve

to see them grow and ultimately create jobs rather than seek.

Around 250 students from different universities across Khyber

Pukhtoonkhwa participated and registered their ideas for the com-

petition. A large number of participants including 8th semester

students whose projects were in final stages of completion

attended the workshop. It covered best practices of practical plan-

ning and operation of a business by experienced entrepreneurs,

business executives and mentors from the industry.

The workshop started with a welcome address by the Dean, Fac-

ulty of Engineering, UET, Peshawar, who applauded IBA for their

efforts in the field of Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Invent-The Nation Wide Entrepreneurial Challenge-2013Workshop

and encouraged the students to understand the importance of

entrepreneurship and learn new ways of implementing innova-

tive ideas through their business plans.

IBA faculty members, Dr. Imran Khan, and Mubashir Mukhtar

alongwith Syed Azhar Rizvi, Director CAN/Consultant from MIT

Enterprise Forum of Pakistan, trained the students on elements of

Business Plan and Elevator Pitch concept. Students enthusiasti-

cally prepared and presented their initial Business Plans under the

supervision of trainers.

Consequently, all the participating teams were short listed to par-

ticipate in the second round of the competition that involved fine

tuning and submissions of their final Business Plans and Presenta-

tions to IBA Karachi.

UET ORIC Achieves Highest Ranking ‘W’ by HEC

After successful completion of its one year, Office of Research,

Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), UET, Peshawar was

assessed by HEC on its prescribed proforma that included assess-

ment of overall activities within the University. Consequently UET

Peshawar scored 86 and placed in 'W' category (80-100).

ORIC UET Peshawar aims to further enhance its activities and pro-

vide support to commercialization of research in the University

thereby improving profile of UET nationally and internationally.

Pilot-Assisted Channel Coded OFDM System” In the proceed-

ings of 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced

Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2013), Bar-

celona, Spain, March 25-28, 2013.

»Latif Ullah Khan, Faheem Khan, N khan, M.N Khan, Bilal

Pirzada “Effect of network density on the performance of

MANET routing protocols” In the proceedings of International

Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies

(ICCPCT-2013), March 21-22, 2013.

»Latif Ullah Khan, M. Inayatullah Babar, Zeeshan Sabir. “Robust

Modified MMSE Estimator for Comb-Type Channel Estima-

tion in OFDM Systems” In the proceedings of 15th IEEE Inter-

national Conference on Advanced Communications technol-

ogy (ICACT-2013), Phoenix Park, Korea, Jan 27-30, 2013.

»Faheem Khan, Naeem Khan, Latif Ullah Khan, M. N Khan, Bilal

Pirzada “On the Optimal Frame Size of Linear Prediction Tech-

niques” In the proceedings of International Conference on Cir-

cuits, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT-2013),

March 21-22, 2013.

Undergraduate Engineering Program Commenced

The four-year B.Sc engineering program (2013-14) commenced

thon October 8 , 2013 at all campuses including Peshawar, Mardan, Bannu, Abbotabad, Kohat and Jalozai Campus. The Univers i ty enrol led 1068 undergraduate students under the ‘open merit’ and ‘self-sustained’ schemes while 660 under ‘non-subsidized schemes’ in different engineering and non-engineering disciplines.

At present, the University is offering 16 engineering programs spanning over a wide range of traditional such as civil, electrical and mechanical engineering to cutting-edge disciplines like mechatronics, industrial and software engineering. The departments offering these programs are fully supported by Ph.D faculty and equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories.

Online Admissions

After successful online registration of entrance test the university launched its first ever online admission program. This facility was highly appreciated since candidates from across the province were able to submit their applications without any delays from their respective places. Mr. Luqman Aziz, Computer Operator prepared the online software and a dedicated website (www.enggentrancetest.pk) having relevant information and steps required for online registration and admission under the supervision of Vice Chancellor and Prof. Saeed Javed Tajik, Director Admissions.

Mr. Luqman Aziz, demonstrating first

online merit list to electronic media

Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE)

Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, Director QEC, was the resource per-

son of Workshop on Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE)

which was organized by QEC of Kohat University of Science and

Technology, Kohat. The Institutional Performance Evaluation is

one of several initiatives undertaken by HEC to bring the educa-

tional programs of Pakistani universities at par with international

standards. The workshop was organized to bring awareness to the

objectives and standards of Institutional Performance Evaluation

and steps necessary to prepare for the evaluation. The Institu-

tional Performance Evaluation of a university is conducted by HEC

through a team of experts from various universities. There are

eleven standards of Institutional Performance Evaluation which

include, amongst others, Mission Statement and Goals, Planning

and Evaluation, Organization and Governance, Faculty, Students,

Institutional Resources, Academic Programs and Curricula, and

Assessment and Quality Assurance.

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES NEWS

Dr. Laiq Hassan, Chairman Department of Computer Systems Engi-

neering, attended “35th Annual International Conference of the

IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society in Osaka, Japan”.

The conference was organized in Osaka International Convention

Center from July 03 - 07, 2013 where he presented research paper

titled, “An Optimized and Low-Cost FPGA-Based DNA Sequence

Alignment: A Step Towards Personal Genomics”.

After the conference, Dr. Hassan visited the Netherlands for

research collaboration with Prof. Koen Bertels, Computer Engi-

neering, TU Delft, The Netherlands for gathering information

about establishment of a new university of technology in

Peshawar.

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013

1110

IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society

Research / Conference Papers»A. Ullah, S.W.Khan, A. Shakoor, V.M Starov “Passage and

deformation of oil drops through non-converging and con-

verging micro-sized slotted pore membranes”, Separation and

Purification Technology, 119 (2013) 7–13.

»Marjan Uddin, “RBF-PS scheme for solving the equal width

equation”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 222, (1),

October 2013, Pages 619–631.

»Marjan Uddin, Wajid Ali “Kernel-Based Meshless Method of

Lines for Solving Korteweg-de Vries equation” Sarhad Univer-

sity International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 1, ( 1),

April 2013.

»Marjan Uddin, Pervez Akhtar “On the Numerical Solution of

Equal Width Equation Using RBF-PS Scheme” Sarhad Univer-

sity International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 1, (1),

April 2013.

»Arshad Hussain, Sirajul Haq, Marjan Uddin “Numericla Solu-

tion of Klein-Gordon and sine-Gordan equations by meshless

method of lines” Engineering Analysis with Boundary Ele-

ments, 37 (2013) 1351 – 1366.

»Tariq Usman Saeed, Daulat Khan, Haleema Attaullah,

Mahmood Alam Khan, “Environmental impacts of heavy met-

als in effluents of small industrial estate Peshawar on soil,

water and plants”, 15-16 January 2013. 1st International Con-

ference on Global Environmental Changes, GC University

Faisalabad, Pakistan.

»Tariq Usman Saeed, Daulat Khan, Haleema AttaUllah, Taj Ali

Khan “WQI based groundwater assessment in the flood hit

areas at Kabul River in Pakistan”, 15-16 January 2013. 1st

International Conference on Global Environmental Changes,

GC University Faisalabad, Pakistan.

»Saeed et al., “Urban solid waste management in Peshawar,

Mardan and Nowshera districts”, 15-16 January 2013. 1st

International Conference on Global Environmental Changes,

GC University Faisalabad, Pakistan.

»Noor Muhammad “Petrography and Physico mechanical Prop-

erties of Rocks from the Ambela Granitic Complex, NW Paki-

stan” Scientific World Journal, 2013.

»Dr. Naeem Khan, Engr Faheem Khan, Dr.M.I Khattak, Engr Latif

Ullah Khan, Engr.Syed.Abdul Salam, Engr Muhammad. Naeem

Khan and D-W Gu “Implementation of Linear Prediction Tech-

niques in State estimation, In the proceedings of 10th IEEE

International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and

Technology (IBCAST-2013) Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan 15-19,

2013.

»Latif Ullah Khan, G.M Khan, S.A Mahmud, Zeeshan Sabir “Com-

parison of Three Interpolation Techniques In Comb-Type

Energy Management System and Renwable EnergyA one day Seminar on “Energy Management system and Renew-

able energy” arranged by the SMEDA (Small and Medium Enter-

prises Development Authority) was held at UET Bannu Campus.

Dr.Irfan Khattak ,The Chairman EED, started the event with a wel-

come address. Later on, Engr HidayatUllah Khattak addressed the

achievements and importance of SMEDA and narrated some prac-

tical applications regarding “Energy Management system and

Renewable energy”.

The Technology Incubation Center, UET Peshawar in collaboration

with IBA Karachi and MIT Enterprise Forum of Pakistan held a one

day workshop, “Ideas today & Business tomorrow” under “IN-

VENT 2013” a national level business plan competition by the IBA

at UET Main Hall. The objective of the workshop was to educate

and encourage young entrepreneurs to register in INVENT. The

workshop aimed to allure the youth to trust their ideas, preserve

to see them grow and ultimately create jobs rather than seek.

Around 250 students from different universities across Khyber

Pukhtoonkhwa participated and registered their ideas for the com-

petition. A large number of participants including 8th semester

students whose projects were in final stages of completion

attended the workshop. It covered best practices of practical plan-

ning and operation of a business by experienced entrepreneurs,

business executives and mentors from the industry.

The workshop started with a welcome address by the Dean, Fac-

ulty of Engineering, UET, Peshawar, who applauded IBA for their

efforts in the field of Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Invent-The Nation Wide Entrepreneurial Challenge-2013Workshop

and encouraged the students to understand the importance of

entrepreneurship and learn new ways of implementing innova-

tive ideas through their business plans.

IBA faculty members, Dr. Imran Khan, and Mubashir Mukhtar

alongwith Syed Azhar Rizvi, Director CAN/Consultant from MIT

Enterprise Forum of Pakistan, trained the students on elements of

Business Plan and Elevator Pitch concept. Students enthusiasti-

cally prepared and presented their initial Business Plans under the

supervision of trainers.

Consequently, all the participating teams were short listed to par-

ticipate in the second round of the competition that involved fine

tuning and submissions of their final Business Plans and Presenta-

tions to IBA Karachi.

UET ORIC Achieves Highest Ranking ‘W’ by HEC

After successful completion of its one year, Office of Research,

Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), UET, Peshawar was

assessed by HEC on its prescribed proforma that included assess-

ment of overall activities within the University. Consequently UET

Peshawar scored 86 and placed in 'W' category (80-100).

ORIC UET Peshawar aims to further enhance its activities and pro-

vide support to commercialization of research in the University

thereby improving profile of UET nationally and internationally.

Pilot-Assisted Channel Coded OFDM System” In the proceed-

ings of 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced

Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2013), Bar-

celona, Spain, March 25-28, 2013.

»Latif Ullah Khan, Faheem Khan, N khan, M.N Khan, Bilal

Pirzada “Effect of network density on the performance of

MANET routing protocols” In the proceedings of International

Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies

(ICCPCT-2013), March 21-22, 2013.

»Latif Ullah Khan, M. Inayatullah Babar, Zeeshan Sabir. “Robust

Modified MMSE Estimator for Comb-Type Channel Estima-

tion in OFDM Systems” In the proceedings of 15th IEEE Inter-

national Conference on Advanced Communications technol-

ogy (ICACT-2013), Phoenix Park, Korea, Jan 27-30, 2013.

»Faheem Khan, Naeem Khan, Latif Ullah Khan, M. N Khan, Bilal

Pirzada “On the Optimal Frame Size of Linear Prediction Tech-

niques” In the proceedings of International Conference on Cir-

cuits, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT-2013),

March 21-22, 2013.

Undergraduate Engineering Program Commenced

The four-year B.Sc engineering program (2013-14) commenced

thon October 8 , 2013 at all campuses including Peshawar, Mardan, Bannu, Abbotabad, Kohat and Jalozai Campus. The Univers i ty enrol led 1068 undergraduate students under the ‘open merit’ and ‘self-sustained’ schemes while 660 under ‘non-subsidized schemes’ in different engineering and non-engineering disciplines.

At present, the University is offering 16 engineering programs spanning over a wide range of traditional such as civil, electrical and mechanical engineering to cutting-edge disciplines like mechatronics, industrial and software engineering. The departments offering these programs are fully supported by Ph.D faculty and equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories.

Online Admissions

After successful online registration of entrance test the university launched its first ever online admission program. This facility was highly appreciated since candidates from across the province were able to submit their applications without any delays from their respective places. Mr. Luqman Aziz, Computer Operator prepared the online software and a dedicated website (www.enggentrancetest.pk) having relevant information and steps required for online registration and admission under the supervision of Vice Chancellor and Prof. Saeed Javed Tajik, Director Admissions.

Mr. Luqman Aziz, demonstrating first

online merit list to electronic media

Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE)

Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, Director QEC, was the resource per-

son of Workshop on Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE)

which was organized by QEC of Kohat University of Science and

Technology, Kohat. The Institutional Performance Evaluation is

one of several initiatives undertaken by HEC to bring the educa-

tional programs of Pakistani universities at par with international

standards. The workshop was organized to bring awareness to the

objectives and standards of Institutional Performance Evaluation

and steps necessary to prepare for the evaluation. The Institu-

tional Performance Evaluation of a university is conducted by HEC

through a team of experts from various universities. There are

eleven standards of Institutional Performance Evaluation which

include, amongst others, Mission Statement and Goals, Planning

and Evaluation, Organization and Governance, Faculty, Students,

Institutional Resources, Academic Programs and Curricula, and

Assessment and Quality Assurance.

With ComplimentsDirectorate of Media and PublicationsUniversity of Engineering & Technology, Peshawardirmedia@nwfpuet.edu.pkwww.nwfpuet.edu.pkTel: (92-91) 9216796-8, (92-91) 9216043 P. O. Box: 814

Editor: Shamaila FarooqDirector Media & Publications

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CORRESPONDENTS

Mardan Campus: Lect. Naznina Hakim KhanBannu Campus: Dr. Fayaz Ahmad (Coordinator)Abbottabad Campus: Ar. Shabbirullah Qureshi

Dr. Laiq Hasan received his Ph.D.

degree in Computer Engineering from

Delft University of Technology

(TuDelft), Netherlands in 2011,

subsequently completing his post-

doctoral research, later year. He did

his B.Sc and M.Sc from UET, Peshawar

in 2000 and 2003 respectively.

Dr. Hasan’s prime research interests

include computer database, rest-

ructuring and efficient reorganization for data-intensive parallel

processing; performance efficient implementation of bio-

informatics sequence alignment, applications on various

platforms such as CPUs, FPGAs and GPUs, power consumption

evaluations and analysis.

Dr. Hasan has established a strong research networking with the

engineering group at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,

Mathematics and Computer Science, Tu-Delft, also with scholars

at European and Canadian research institutions where he is

actively involved in writing and editing technical articles and

presenting papers at international conferences. A number of

research publications in international journals are to his credit

besides he contributed a book chapter and wrote a book:

“Acceleration of Bio-informatics Sequence Alignment – A

Hardware Perspective”. He has also supervised two Master’s

level projects of TU Delft in 2011.

Dr. Hasan returned to his Alma mater in March 2012 and joined

the Department of Computer Systems Engineering as Chairman

where he is actively involved in teaching and management

areas.

NEWS

In Focus: Dr. Laiq Hasan

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2013

12

»The University arranged an Eid-ul-Fitar gathering for employ-

ees on August 13. The vice chancellor greeted the administra-

tion and teaching faculty on the occasion and noted the Eid-

ul-Fitar was celebrated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa peacefully. “Af-

ter years, the nation celebrated Eid same day which was a sign

of unity and togetherness” he said. He expressed gratitude to

officers and faculty for joining on the occasion. The event was

arranged by Security Officer, Mr. Rahat Gul.

»Engr. Ghulam Dastigar of National Institute of Urban Infra-

structure Planning successfully defended his MSc. (urban

infrastructure engineering) thesis. The topic of his research,

“The study and Planning of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in

the context of present condition at University Road, in

Peshawar City” was completed under the supervision of Dr.

Rawid Khan, Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engi-

neering. The training is a part of Rs. 1.2 million research pro-

ject titled, “Traffic Management Strategies for Peshawar

City”, funded by HEC.

»Research & Development Lab has been renovated and

equipped with 10 units Core i-3 systems with 4MB dedicated

DSL connection for the academic & research purposes of the

faculty members at Bannu Campus.

»The World Health Organization (WHO) Country office,

Islamabad handed over 3-Units Wagtech-Water testing kits

amounting Rs. 2.0 Million to UET Bannu Campus in order to

strengthen the Environmental Engineering Laboratory.

»The University participated in the All-Pak Inter-varisty Athlet-

ics (Boys) Competition 2012-13 and got 4th position in this

mega event while Mr. Muhammad Iftikhar (student of Civil

Engineering Department) has been selected for the HEC com-

bined team for participation in 45th National Athletics (Men)

Championship.

Condolence for the blast victimsThe University administration and teaching faculty expressed

deep sympathy with the victims and families of Ms. Fareeda Bibi

(Sweeper UET Girls Hostel) and Mr. Islam Gul (Peon

Establishment Section) who died in recent blasts of John Church

and government employees’ bus. A special prayer was also

held for Mr. Islam in which the employees expressed deep

sorrow and grief over the loss of precious lives and prayed that

Allah Almighty shower His blessings to those who lost their lives.

NEWS BRIEF

rdThe Syndicate in its 91st meeting held on 23 May,

2013 appointed Prof. Dr. Noor Muhammad as

Chairman, Department of Mining Engineering for

a period of three years. As Chairman, Prof. Dr.

Noor Muhammad is actively engaged in teaching

and research at undergraduate and graduate

level. Under his chairmanship, the Department has earned various

strategic level research projects in mining engineering.

Syndicate appoints Prof. Dr. Noor for three years