Spring is in the air; new life is sprouting green at play. We may yet find a path for Pakistan. But and even with all the restraints, some schools and birds are singing melodious songs. Add to we are inured with empty words. Politicians perform better than others. This only this the euphoric expectation of a new political have talked the talk on education long enough; obfuscates the fundamental argument. Some dispensation taking shape naturally and one let's nudge them to now walk that talk. schools may be performing better, but none is can easily become heady. Cynics say that when even close to where we want them because of

What is obvious is that education is the only all is said and done, nothing will change; inadequate funding.

panacea for us, and the path to national romantic optimists think this political spring

salvation cannot be found without educating If one researches public sector investment in will be different — something good will

Pakistan. We know this, our parents knew this, education, one will find Pakistan near the happen, something that puts Pakistan back on

and their parents and on and on because we bottom. Cuba invests around 17 per cent of its track. The truth will be in-between.

strive to educate our children well, just as our GDP on education; the US over five per cent. Parties are putting out manifestos full of parents did. And we — the power brokers and India, Bangladesh and Nepal are also ahead of promises, with timelines to fulfill them. Some policymakers — have created perfect little us as we are painfully feeling the blowback are readily doable, many hard to believe, and niches where our scions get a good, credible from a flawed policy in pitiful educational some are, well, political jargon for lies. In all education. It's only when we formulate statistics. This is now starkly manifested in the this election rhetoric, one issue that is getting policies for the poor and downtrodden, i.e., breakdown of institutions and society, where more mention this time across all parties is the vast majority, that our eyes become hazy an out-of-school kid has no qualms blowing education. Astute as they are, they are even and we get entangled in cliches and empty people up for a pittance because of hopeless putting a price tag on the investments they will rhetoric. Let us keep it simple. Let us try to do despair. My eminent colleagues, vice make, knowing well that this will add wind to unto others as we do unto our own. Let us try chancellors of public sector universities, have their political sails. Be that as it may, these are to give children in the public sector school deliberated over the malaise in the education God's small mercies that I wish and pray system some fighting chance against the sector and are of the unanimous view that the convert to public policy. children of the elite. God creates all men singular important reason is inadequate

equal; we are unjustly creating an educational funding. Unless education is better funded, we Of course, we are accustomed to the vacuous

apartheid. will continue to plummet in a dizzying spiral.promises politicians make. But things change. Who would have thought the innocuous When you cut to the bone through the Once the policymakers decide that empty Article 62 would sting those who let it stay in technical, administrative and a myriad other words are not enough and serious money the Constitution with such malice? Or, that a reasons afflicting public sector schools, a stark needs to go into education, modalities of how little fib about academic qualifications five reality staring us in the face is the woefully it can be efficiently achieved can be readily years back would knock them out of the inadequate investment we make in education. worked out. Let us chastise the political elite elections? While some of it appears sadly At this point, many will argue that even the into making education their top priority — no comical, suffice it to say that a new paradigm is current investment is not properly utilised, ifs, no buts, no hows.

By: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani

,Patron: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani Vice Chancellor

NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletterAPRIL, 2013

University of Engineering &

Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

INSIDE

Now walk the talk

Originally published in The Express Tribune, April 27, 2013.

Jalozai Campus Ground Breaking Ceremony held at Jalozai Campus

Seismic Capacity Test held at EEC

Shell Eco-Marathon Event–UET Peshawar to participate

Infocus: Dr. Muhammad Hamad Ali Zai

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 2013 03

Naway Sahar Laptop Distribution For Students

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 2013

NEWS

02

In total 1761 laptops were handed over to the UET, Peshawar for distribution to the students.

A ceremony titled, “Naway Sahar Laptops Distribution Program” was held for the toppers of

UET, Peshawar in which upto 34 laptops were distributed to students while 4 laptops were

given to the students of KP Technical Board. The rest of laptops were distributed phase wise

to students who scored 70 pc marks in their examinations.

Secretary Higher Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ms. Farah Hamid distributed laptops

among students. In her address to the students, she said the “Naway Sahar laptop scheme”

was planned and implemented smoothly and transparently, adding that the Government

was planning to establish monitoring and maintenance system so that students could report

in case of trouble shoot, adding, “students should use these laptops for education purpose

and healthy entertainment, the Higher Education Department will strictly check off abus-

ers”.

The Vice Chancellor, Dean of Engineering, Registrar, Heads of Departments, senior faculty

members and Project Director Naway Sahar, Adeel Shah were also present on the occasion.

The vice chancellor urged the students to make better use of laptops and be thankful to the

Provincial Government for their contribution to their studies.

The Vice Chancellor performed the groundbreaking ceremony of Indus-

trial and Mechanical Engineering Departments at Jalozai Campus in the

presence of faculty members and the administrative staff. The Jalozai Cam-

pus of UET, Peshawar approved at the cost of Rs. 6.56 b will be a fully resi-

dential campus constructed at 400-acre land. Speaking at the ceremony,

the Vice chancellor said the occasion was the realization of a dream that

would continue improving high-quality education to the local people. He

added that, standard of the University was based on its quality of educa-

tion and Jalozai Campus must follow the chain. On completion of Jalozai

campus, the total student enrollment, including Peshawar and satellite

campuses will be doubled upto 8000, the faculty to 200 and introduction

of state-of-the-art laboratories would definitely make a huge difference in

delivering quality education. The Vice chancellor said the University was

doing considerable work, as eight academic blocks would be constructed

phase wise, adding, the Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering

Departments are almost near completion while civil work on Industrial engineering and Mechanical engineering had started with the ground-

breaking of these departments at the cost of Rs. 310 m. He added that the development of human resources was a central tenet of the Univer-

sity policy, and the initiative would considerably add to the human resource development of Jalozai Campus as more than 100 scholars were

currently pursuing Ph.Ds' at world known universities.

Among others, Former Registrar Prof. Abdul Jabbar, Advisor Finance Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Heads of Teaching Departments and senior

University officials were present on the occasion. Later on, the delegation walked through the Civil and Electrical Engineering departments

who appreciated the quality of work.

Secretary Higher Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ms. Farah Hamid distributing laptops amongst the students

Jalozai Ground Breaking

South Asia Expert Meeting at Katmandu, Nepal

A delegation from Pakistan participated in South-Asia Experts Meeting and Training Workshop (1-3 March 2013) organized by National Soci-

ety of Earthquake Technology (NSET)-Nepal at Katmandu in collaboration with the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation, headquar-

tered at Italy. The event was sponsored by the USAID. This event was attended by the GEM Foundation Secretary, GEM Model Facility Experts

and Consultants, Experts and Participants from South-Asia Region (e.g. India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal besides Pakistan).

The purpose of the workshop was to introduce state-of-the-art GEM's tools, methods, and metrics for measuring seismic risk of communities

holistically; to have detailed discussions related to the technological and methodological needs within the South Asia region pertaining to the

assessment of socio−economic vulnerability and resilience of communities; with a subsequent goal to better understand regionally specific

drivers of seismic risk and resilience and to be able to suggest pertinent factors for integrated seismic risk assessments, accounting for both

physical and social parameters of the exposure (structures and infrastructures and population) contributing to the total seismic risk.

The delegation from Pakistan included Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant Professor, at The Earthquake Engineering Center (EEC) , who led the dele-

gation presenting Pakistan at the Platform as an ambassador of Earthquake Engineering Research; Mr. Adeel Arshad and Miss. Tayyaba Bibi,

Lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, UET Peshawar; and Mr. Syed Tallataf Hussain, Lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences

(Abbottabad Campus). All the participants were introduced to the state-of-the-art tools for modelling and assessing seismic risk of communi-

ties around the globe; with hands-on practice for seismic hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment of communities in the Katmandu state of

Nepal.

In his recommendation, Dr. Naveed said, “There is a strong need GEM feels for modelling seismic hazard and seismic vulnerability of struc-

tures and infrastructures in the South Asian region, including Pakistan, in order for the GEM's tools to be efficiently used for earthquake risk

management in this region”, added Dr. Naveed Ahmad that an utmost important activity essential for countries with high seismic risk like Paki-

stan.

Furthermore, Dr. Naveed Ahmad observed, after meeting with the counterpart experts from South Asia region, that “despite our tremendous

development in earthquake engineering research, our key strengths and research products are not fully defined in the South Asia region,

which is demanded since this

region is sharing almost similar cul-

ture and societies. There is a need

for the development of a commu-

nication channel to disseminate

knowledge and strength in earth-

quake engineering research. In

this regards, an idea is coined by

Dr. Naveed Ahmad, with the

advice of Prof. Dr. Akhtar Naeem

Khan and Prof. Qaisar Ali, to estab-

lish Seismic Risk Section at the EEC

that can help support the EEC in

achieving its goal of making seis-

mic resilient societies in Pakistan

and neighboring countries sharing

similar cultures like the South Asia

countries. Group Photo of the Workshop participants

Vice Chancellor inagurating the new departments

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 2013 03

Naway Sahar Laptop Distribution For Students

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 2013

NEWS

02

In total 1761 laptops were handed over to the UET, Peshawar for distribution to the students.

A ceremony titled, “Naway Sahar Laptops Distribution Program” was held for the toppers of

UET, Peshawar in which upto 34 laptops were distributed to students while 4 laptops were

given to the students of KP Technical Board. The rest of laptops were distributed phase wise

to students who scored 70 pc marks in their examinations.

Secretary Higher Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ms. Farah Hamid distributed laptops

among students. In her address to the students, she said the “Naway Sahar laptop scheme”

was planned and implemented smoothly and transparently, adding that the Government

was planning to establish monitoring and maintenance system so that students could report

in case of trouble shoot, adding, “students should use these laptops for education purpose

and healthy entertainment, the Higher Education Department will strictly check off abus-

ers”.

The Vice Chancellor, Dean of Engineering, Registrar, Heads of Departments, senior faculty

members and Project Director Naway Sahar, Adeel Shah were also present on the occasion.

The vice chancellor urged the students to make better use of laptops and be thankful to the

Provincial Government for their contribution to their studies.

The Vice Chancellor performed the groundbreaking ceremony of Indus-

trial and Mechanical Engineering Departments at Jalozai Campus in the

presence of faculty members and the administrative staff. The Jalozai Cam-

pus of UET, Peshawar approved at the cost of Rs. 6.56 b will be a fully resi-

dential campus constructed at 400-acre land. Speaking at the ceremony,

the Vice chancellor said the occasion was the realization of a dream that

would continue improving high-quality education to the local people. He

added that, standard of the University was based on its quality of educa-

tion and Jalozai Campus must follow the chain. On completion of Jalozai

campus, the total student enrollment, including Peshawar and satellite

campuses will be doubled upto 8000, the faculty to 200 and introduction

of state-of-the-art laboratories would definitely make a huge difference in

delivering quality education. The Vice chancellor said the University was

doing considerable work, as eight academic blocks would be constructed

phase wise, adding, the Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering

Departments are almost near completion while civil work on Industrial engineering and Mechanical engineering had started with the ground-

breaking of these departments at the cost of Rs. 310 m. He added that the development of human resources was a central tenet of the Univer-

sity policy, and the initiative would considerably add to the human resource development of Jalozai Campus as more than 100 scholars were

currently pursuing Ph.Ds' at world known universities.

Among others, Former Registrar Prof. Abdul Jabbar, Advisor Finance Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Heads of Teaching Departments and senior

University officials were present on the occasion. Later on, the delegation walked through the Civil and Electrical Engineering departments

who appreciated the quality of work.

Secretary Higher Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ms. Farah Hamid distributing laptops amongst the students

Jalozai Ground Breaking

South Asia Expert Meeting at Katmandu, Nepal

A delegation from Pakistan participated in South-Asia Experts Meeting and Training Workshop (1-3 March 2013) organized by National Soci-

ety of Earthquake Technology (NSET)-Nepal at Katmandu in collaboration with the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation, headquar-

tered at Italy. The event was sponsored by the USAID. This event was attended by the GEM Foundation Secretary, GEM Model Facility Experts

and Consultants, Experts and Participants from South-Asia Region (e.g. India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal besides Pakistan).

The purpose of the workshop was to introduce state-of-the-art GEM's tools, methods, and metrics for measuring seismic risk of communities

holistically; to have detailed discussions related to the technological and methodological needs within the South Asia region pertaining to the

assessment of socio−economic vulnerability and resilience of communities; with a subsequent goal to better understand regionally specific

drivers of seismic risk and resilience and to be able to suggest pertinent factors for integrated seismic risk assessments, accounting for both

physical and social parameters of the exposure (structures and infrastructures and population) contributing to the total seismic risk.

The delegation from Pakistan included Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant Professor, at The Earthquake Engineering Center (EEC) , who led the dele-

gation presenting Pakistan at the Platform as an ambassador of Earthquake Engineering Research; Mr. Adeel Arshad and Miss. Tayyaba Bibi,

Lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, UET Peshawar; and Mr. Syed Tallataf Hussain, Lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences

(Abbottabad Campus). All the participants were introduced to the state-of-the-art tools for modelling and assessing seismic risk of communi-

ties around the globe; with hands-on practice for seismic hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment of communities in the Katmandu state of

Nepal.

In his recommendation, Dr. Naveed said, “There is a strong need GEM feels for modelling seismic hazard and seismic vulnerability of struc-

tures and infrastructures in the South Asian region, including Pakistan, in order for the GEM's tools to be efficiently used for earthquake risk

management in this region”, added Dr. Naveed Ahmad that an utmost important activity essential for countries with high seismic risk like Paki-

stan.

Furthermore, Dr. Naveed Ahmad observed, after meeting with the counterpart experts from South Asia region, that “despite our tremendous

development in earthquake engineering research, our key strengths and research products are not fully defined in the South Asia region,

which is demanded since this

region is sharing almost similar cul-

ture and societies. There is a need

for the development of a commu-

nication channel to disseminate

knowledge and strength in earth-

quake engineering research. In

this regards, an idea is coined by

Dr. Naveed Ahmad, with the

advice of Prof. Dr. Akhtar Naeem

Khan and Prof. Qaisar Ali, to estab-

lish Seismic Risk Section at the EEC

that can help support the EEC in

achieving its goal of making seis-

mic resilient societies in Pakistan

and neighboring countries sharing

similar cultures like the South Asia

countries. Group Photo of the Workshop participants

Vice Chancellor inagurating the new departments

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 2013 05UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 201304

NEWSNEWS

Addressing the closing ceremony, Member Science PSF Dr. Khalil

Ahmad said this year, keeping in view the importance of Energy

Issues, PSF decided to give theme to the Expo titled “Energies, for a

Sustainable World” for showcasing in Pakistan during March-April,

2013, he added. He thanked the Embassy of France for collabora-

tion with PSF in different science education programmes over the

years.

Director General, Dr. Khalid Islam, Pakistan Council of Renewable

Energy Science (PCRET) briefed the audience about different pro-

jects offered by PICRET. Dean University of Engineering and Tech-

nology, Peshawar, Dr. Zahid Mehmood earlier welcomed the guests

while Dr. Najeeb Ullah also shared his thoughts about his Ph.D.

work with Cambridge University, UK.

The expo attracted students from educational institutions of KPK

the opening ceremony of which was performed by the Vice chan-

cellor-an impressive forum to create awareness on importance of

energy resources and their sustainable use.

The International Traveling expo titled, “Energies, for a Sustainable

World” conducted by the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) in col-

laboration with Embassy of France was held at University.

At the concluding ceremony, Dr. Frederic Bessat, Counsel Develop-

ment and Cooperation, Embassy of France, while speaking on the

occasion appreciated the work of PSF for the promotion of Science,

and expressed the hope to continue its support to the people of

Pakistan in coping with the current energy crisis and promotion of

Research and Development in the country.

Addressing the students, the delegate cited his personal experi-

ence, that his father advised, “if you are in Pakistan, you have to like

people of Pakistan and understand them well. “On behalf of the

Government of France, he said, “I want to assure you that we like

you, and the France Government is with the people of Pakistan in

putting this country in right direction”. He said, the Embassy of

France directly and through the European Union is helping the Gov-

ernment of Pakistan in building dams, schools and offering Ph.D.

scholarships to scholars and need-based scholarships to Pakistani

students, particularly from KPK”.

International Travelling Expo

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at Mechani-

cal Engineering Department held a mega event of Student Profes-

sional Development Conference (SPDC) from 22nd – 24th February

2013. SPSC is the biggest event organized each year in different engi-

neering universities of Pakistan. Representatives from engineering

universities across Pakistan had gathered at this three-day presti-

gious event, which featured many contests including Student

Design Competition and Technical Paper Presentation etc. This year

ASME UET, Peshawar hosted the event in which 18 engineering uni-

versities from Pakistan will participate in different competitions

including student leadership seminar, video, technical presenta-

tion, and Poster competition and vice chair competition. The win-

ners of these competitions ate expected to attend the SPSC to be

held in Malaysia in near future.

Asme Holds Professional Development Course

EUTA Takes OathThe oath taking ceremony of Engineering University Teachers Asso-

stciation (EUTA) was held on February 21 . The Vice chancellor

administered oath from Dr. Sahar Noor as President; Dr. Riaz Akbar

as Vice President; Dr. Afzal as General Secretary and Dr. Nasir as

Joint Secretary. The Executive Body also took oath on the occasion.

The vice chancellor said he was ready to accept any task which

would help the cause of higher education in the University and

appreciated the role of teachers for standing by University adminis-

tration in all times.

The EEC at the Civil Engineering Department performed the first-

ever test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale confined brick

masonry building to determine its seismic capacity and risk

assessment for future construction in the country since confined

brick masonry buildings performed well in the October 8, 2005

Kashmir Earthquake.

Dr. Khan Shahzada, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engi-

neering performed the test under the research project titled,

“Seismic Capacity Assessment of Confined Brick Masonry Build-

ings” funded by the Directorate of Science and Technology (DOST)

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. After October 8, 2005's

Kashmir earthquake the use of confined brick masonry buildings

though increased drastically, its seismic capacity assessment has

to be determined experimentally on scientific basis. There was no

scientific date available, which could inform the industry whether

it was safe to use brick masonry for construction or not. Thus, Dr.

Shahzada, the Principal Investigator performed the full scale first-

EEC Conducts Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Confined Brick Masonry Building

ever test on a full scale confined brick masonry building which

could offer actual results. The results of test yielded that the lat-

eral/seismic capacity of confined brick masonry buildings was

three times greater than the unreinforced masonry buildings

which was also tested earlier

at EEC in 2010.

Dr. Shahzada said, it would not

only bring socio-economic

benefits for the country, as

most of the buildings could be

made safe by using this tech-

nique but help in reducing

Earthquake losses. He appre-

ciated the support of DOST in

p r o m o t i n g i n d i g e n o u s

research in the Province.Full scale confined brick masonry

building model after test

President EUTA, Dr. Sahar Noor expressed full confidence in the

leadership of vice chancellor and said that EUTA having no political

affiliation would only work for the welfare of teaching community

and betterment of University as they believed in “ together we can

do it”, theme chosen by EUTA for this tenure.

Vice Chancellor with EUTA cabinet

The mini Olympics was held from March 6th–19th at Mardan Campus, aimed to deliver

the extra ordinary enthusiasm of young players and to materialize the ecstatic event.

The MINI Olympics Mardan campus is a flagship event organised by Mardan campus by

setting up a sporting legacy for the last three years. The event featured various sport-

ing events in which different teams from the Departments of Computer Software and

Telecommunications Engineering competed against each other.

The chief guest, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean UET Peshawar along with coordinator

Mardan campus, Dr. Imran khan and the faculty members opened the event. The Dean,

in his address received the participating teams with warm note. Later on, the chief

guest lit the torch and declared the MINI Olympics 2013 Open.

The closing ceremony marked with distribution of trophies and awards of the Mini

Olympics was held on March 19th, 2013. The Vice chancellor was the chief guest on the

occasion.

Mini Olympics at UET Mardan Campus held

All Pakistan Optics Olympiad was held at GIKI, arranged by the Soci-

ety of Photo-optical Intrumentation Engineers(SPIE). A group of 38

students participated from UET Peshawar, headed by Hashim khan,

student of mechanical engineering 5th semester who was the SPIE

Ambassador from UET Peshawar. Participating teams attended dif-

ferent modules. Benazir Shahid , Maimona Zahid, Hashim Khan and

Tayyab Khan were amongst the winners in different slots in the

Olympiad.

All Pakistan Optics Olympiad

Vice Chancellor’s group photo with participating team

PSF Officials, Dean of Engineering UET Peshawar, Dr. Frederic Bessat, Counsel Development and Cooperation, Embassy of France,

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 2013 05UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 201304

NEWSNEWS

Addressing the closing ceremony, Member Science PSF Dr. Khalil

Ahmad said this year, keeping in view the importance of Energy

Issues, PSF decided to give theme to the Expo titled “Energies, for a

Sustainable World” for showcasing in Pakistan during March-April,

2013, he added. He thanked the Embassy of France for collabora-

tion with PSF in different science education programmes over the

years.

Director General, Dr. Khalid Islam, Pakistan Council of Renewable

Energy Science (PCRET) briefed the audience about different pro-

jects offered by PICRET. Dean University of Engineering and Tech-

nology, Peshawar, Dr. Zahid Mehmood earlier welcomed the guests

while Dr. Najeeb Ullah also shared his thoughts about his Ph.D.

work with Cambridge University, UK.

The expo attracted students from educational institutions of KPK

the opening ceremony of which was performed by the Vice chan-

cellor-an impressive forum to create awareness on importance of

energy resources and their sustainable use.

The International Traveling expo titled, “Energies, for a Sustainable

World” conducted by the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) in col-

laboration with Embassy of France was held at University.

At the concluding ceremony, Dr. Frederic Bessat, Counsel Develop-

ment and Cooperation, Embassy of France, while speaking on the

occasion appreciated the work of PSF for the promotion of Science,

and expressed the hope to continue its support to the people of

Pakistan in coping with the current energy crisis and promotion of

Research and Development in the country.

Addressing the students, the delegate cited his personal experi-

ence, that his father advised, “if you are in Pakistan, you have to like

people of Pakistan and understand them well. “On behalf of the

Government of France, he said, “I want to assure you that we like

you, and the France Government is with the people of Pakistan in

putting this country in right direction”. He said, the Embassy of

France directly and through the European Union is helping the Gov-

ernment of Pakistan in building dams, schools and offering Ph.D.

scholarships to scholars and need-based scholarships to Pakistani

students, particularly from KPK”.

International Travelling Expo

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at Mechani-

cal Engineering Department held a mega event of Student Profes-

sional Development Conference (SPDC) from 22nd – 24th February

2013. SPSC is the biggest event organized each year in different engi-

neering universities of Pakistan. Representatives from engineering

universities across Pakistan had gathered at this three-day presti-

gious event, which featured many contests including Student

Design Competition and Technical Paper Presentation etc. This year

ASME UET, Peshawar hosted the event in which 18 engineering uni-

versities from Pakistan will participate in different competitions

including student leadership seminar, video, technical presenta-

tion, and Poster competition and vice chair competition. The win-

ners of these competitions ate expected to attend the SPSC to be

held in Malaysia in near future.

Asme Holds Professional Development Course

EUTA Takes OathThe oath taking ceremony of Engineering University Teachers Asso-

stciation (EUTA) was held on February 21 . The Vice chancellor

administered oath from Dr. Sahar Noor as President; Dr. Riaz Akbar

as Vice President; Dr. Afzal as General Secretary and Dr. Nasir as

Joint Secretary. The Executive Body also took oath on the occasion.

The vice chancellor said he was ready to accept any task which

would help the cause of higher education in the University and

appreciated the role of teachers for standing by University adminis-

tration in all times.

The EEC at the Civil Engineering Department performed the first-

ever test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale confined brick

masonry building to determine its seismic capacity and risk

assessment for future construction in the country since confined

brick masonry buildings performed well in the October 8, 2005

Kashmir Earthquake.

Dr. Khan Shahzada, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engi-

neering performed the test under the research project titled,

“Seismic Capacity Assessment of Confined Brick Masonry Build-

ings” funded by the Directorate of Science and Technology (DOST)

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. After October 8, 2005's

Kashmir earthquake the use of confined brick masonry buildings

though increased drastically, its seismic capacity assessment has

to be determined experimentally on scientific basis. There was no

scientific date available, which could inform the industry whether

it was safe to use brick masonry for construction or not. Thus, Dr.

Shahzada, the Principal Investigator performed the full scale first-

EEC Conducts Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Confined Brick Masonry Building

ever test on a full scale confined brick masonry building which

could offer actual results. The results of test yielded that the lat-

eral/seismic capacity of confined brick masonry buildings was

three times greater than the unreinforced masonry buildings

which was also tested earlier

at EEC in 2010.

Dr. Shahzada said, it would not

only bring socio-economic

benefits for the country, as

most of the buildings could be

made safe by using this tech-

nique but help in reducing

Earthquake losses. He appre-

ciated the support of DOST in

p r o m o t i n g i n d i g e n o u s

research in the Province.Full scale confined brick masonry

building model after test

President EUTA, Dr. Sahar Noor expressed full confidence in the

leadership of vice chancellor and said that EUTA having no political

affiliation would only work for the welfare of teaching community

and betterment of University as they believed in “ together we can

do it”, theme chosen by EUTA for this tenure.

Vice Chancellor with EUTA cabinet

The mini Olympics was held from March 6th–19th at Mardan Campus, aimed to deliver

the extra ordinary enthusiasm of young players and to materialize the ecstatic event.

The MINI Olympics Mardan campus is a flagship event organised by Mardan campus by

setting up a sporting legacy for the last three years. The event featured various sport-

ing events in which different teams from the Departments of Computer Software and

Telecommunications Engineering competed against each other.

The chief guest, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean UET Peshawar along with coordinator

Mardan campus, Dr. Imran khan and the faculty members opened the event. The Dean,

in his address received the participating teams with warm note. Later on, the chief

guest lit the torch and declared the MINI Olympics 2013 Open.

The closing ceremony marked with distribution of trophies and awards of the Mini

Olympics was held on March 19th, 2013. The Vice chancellor was the chief guest on the

occasion.

Mini Olympics at UET Mardan Campus held

All Pakistan Optics Olympiad was held at GIKI, arranged by the Soci-

ety of Photo-optical Intrumentation Engineers(SPIE). A group of 38

students participated from UET Peshawar, headed by Hashim khan,

student of mechanical engineering 5th semester who was the SPIE

Ambassador from UET Peshawar. Participating teams attended dif-

ferent modules. Benazir Shahid , Maimona Zahid, Hashim Khan and

Tayyab Khan were amongst the winners in different slots in the

Olympiad.

All Pakistan Optics Olympiad

Vice Chancellor’s group photo with participating team

PSF Officials, Dean of Engineering UET Peshawar, Dr. Frederic Bessat, Counsel Development and Cooperation, Embassy of France,

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 201306

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES

One day Seminar on “Energy Management system and Renewable energy” arranged by the SMEDA (Small and Medium Enterprises

Development Authority) was held on 8th March 2013 at UET Bannu Campus. Dr.Irfan Khattak ,The Chairman Electrical Engineering

Department, started the event with a welcome address to Engr Hidayat Ullah Khattak. Later on, Engr HidayatUllah Khattak addressed the

achievements and importance of SMEDA and narrated some practical applications regarding “Energy Management System and

Renewablew energy”.

Energy Management System and Renewable Energy

UET Peshawar's “Octa Machina” makes up to compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon, Malaysia

As many as 13 Pakistani teams will be up against 137 others in Malaysia at the Sepang F-1 track in Kaula Lumpur to be held in July at the

Shell Eco-Marathon 2013 event. Haider Khan and his fellows, the final year students of Department of Mechanical Engineering designed a

car – a 184 kilogram , 7 8cc grey four-wheeler named, “Octa Machina”, which does around 65 kilometres per litre (km /l) – passed most of

the tests, with a few suggestions from the specialists. Haider and his seven team members are set to show up in Malaysia at the event.

Haider's team modified a 125 cc bike's engine. They used an aerodynamic, fibre glass body to increase mileage and are also trying to attach

an Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) system for more improvements. This is the first time two teams from UET Peshawar are competing at

international forum. A panel of judges from academia, media industry and government sector inspected the vehicles at the launch cere-

mony held at NUST, Rawalpindi on 17th May, which will be followed with a grand event where Pakistani teams will get the opportunity to

showcase their prototype cars and compete with 130 teams from 16 countries of Asia. At the launch event, UET Peshawar's team won the

“award for safety” while innovation prize was also awarded to UET's “Urban Concept vehicle”. Besides UET Peshawar, NUST, UET

Jamshoro, NED, Air University, GIK, PNEC and Fast are participating in the event.

The Shell Eco-Marathon is an educational project that encourages and fosters innovation in exploring potential solutions to both current

and future transport and energy challenges. This year in addition to prizes for vehicles which can go furthest using the least amount of

energy, there will also be awards for off-track performance, including innovation, design and others.

Shell Pakistan has also awarded six cash prizes to the teams worth Rs 0.9 million altogether – UET Peshawar team and NUST’s team won

separate award worth Rs.2 00,000 for the most innovative car.

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 2013 07

Research Publications»Gul, Rizwan M., Oral, Ebru, and Muratoglu, Orhun K., “A New

Technique for Surface Cross-linked UHMWPE by Diffusion of

Peroxides”, 2013 Annual Orthopaedic Research Society Meet-

ing, Paper No. 0269 (2013).

»Gul, Rizwan M., Oral, Ebru, and Muratoglu, Orhun K., “Oxida-

tion Resistant Peroxide Crosslinked UHMWPE”, 2013 Annual

Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, Paper No. 1819 (2013).

»Subhanuddin, M. Ramzan, T.A. Khan et al. (2013), “Impact of Till-

age and Mulching Practices on Weed Biomass and Yield Com-

ponents of Maize under Rainfed Conditions”, Pakistan Journal

of Weed Science Research, Vol: 19(2) 2013.

»Mahmood, M.A., Bora, T., Dutta, J., “Studies on hydrothermally

synthesized zinc oxide nanorod arrays for their enhanced visi-

ble light photocatalysis, Int. J. Environmental Technology and

Management, 16(1/2) 146-159 (2013).

»Siraj-ul-Islam and I. Aziz., “A new approach for the numerical

solution of integro-differential equations via Haar wavelets”,

International Journal of Computer Mathematics 239 (2013)

333-345 (Impact factor =0.6).

»I. Aziz. and Siraj-ul-Islam, “New algorithms for the numerical

solution of nonlinear Fredholm and Volterra integral equations

using Haar wavelets”, Journal of Computational and Applied

Math. 239 (2013) 333-345 (Impact factor =1.112).

»I. Aziz, Siraj-ul-Islam and B. Sarler “Wavelets collocation meth-ods for the numerical solution of elliptic BV problems”, Applied Math. Modeling 37 (2013) 676-694 (Impact factor =1.375).

»Siraj-ul-Islam, B. Sarler and R. Vertnik “Local Radial Basis Func-tion Collocation Method Along With Explicit Time Stepping For Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations”, Applied Numerical. Mathematics, 67 (2013) 136-151 (Impact factor =0.99).

»Sahib Khan, “Implementation of variable least significant bits stegnography using modular distance technique”, IACISSE, LNEE Vol. 152, 2013

»Sahib Khan, “Bit position based qualitative and quantitative analysis of DCT and spatial domain stegnography”, IJCSI, 2013.

»Usman Khan, “Speech Enhancement with Geometric Advent of Spectral Subtraction using Connected Time-Frequency Regions Noise Estimation”, Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engi-neering and Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Jan., 2013.

»M. Ali, M. T. Rahim, U. Ali and G. Ali “On Metric dimension of some rotationally symmetric graphs," Hindawi Publishing Cor-poration ISRN Combinatorics,Vol, 2013, Article ID 724049,5pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/724049.

»K. Habib, R.F. Javed, I. Hussain (2013), “Canonical Correlation Analysis of Manufacturing Efficiency Enablers for SMEs in Paki-stan”. ISSN 2251-1571.

»Kashif Ahmad, Nasir Ahmad, Kamal Haider and M. Jawad Ikram (2012), “Effect of Salient Features in Object Recognition”, Inter-national Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI), vol. 61, issue. 13, January 2013.

»Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Hanno Wirtz, Bernhard Kirchen, Klaus Wehrle: Portable Wireless-Networking Protocol Evalua-tion, Elsevier Journal of Computer and Network Applications (JNCA), Volume 36, doi:10.1016/j.jnca.2013.02.022, 2013.

»Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. “Finan-cially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – development of a system dynamics model”. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. Impact Factor: 0.727

»Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. “Finan-cially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – implementation of a system dynam-ics model”. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. Impact Factor: 0.727

»Naeem Khan, M. Irfan Khattak, M. Naeem Khan, Faheem Khan, LatifUllah Khan and S. Abdus Salam, “Implementation of Linear Prediction Techniques”, 10th IEEE International Bhurban Con-ference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST 13) Pakistan 2013.

»Faheem Khan, Naeem Khan, LatifUllah Khan, M. Naeem Khan and Bilal Pirzada, “On the Optimal Frame Size of Linear Predic-tion Techniques”, In the proceedings of IEEE International Con-ference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT 13) India, 2013.

»LatifUllah Khan, Naeem Khan, Faheem Khan, M. Naeem Khan and Bilal Pirzada, “Effect of Network Density on Performance of MANET Routing Protocol”, In the proceedings of IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technolo-gies (ICCPCT 13) India, March 2013.

»Saeed, T. A, K. Daulat, H. Attaullah, T.A. Khan and M.A. Khan, (2013), “Urban Solid Waste Management in Peshawar, Mardan and Nowshera Districts”, 1st International Conference on Global Environmental Changes (January 15-16, 2013), Depart-ment of Environmental Sciences, Government College Univer-sity Faisalabad, Pakistan.

»Mustaba Hassan, “Hand Structure Analysis for Finger Identifica-tion and Joints Localization”, Information'2013, International Conference May 8-11 in Tokyo, Japan.

»Murtaza. Ali, M. T. Rahim, G. Ali, Resolvability in planner graph and metric dimension of planner graph.( 6th World Conference on 21st Century Mathematics 2013, ASSMS, Lahore (6-9 March 2013).

»Usman, T.; L. Fu; L. F. Miranda-Moreno (2013). Analysis of fac-tors affecting winter collision severity. Paper No. 13 – 1669, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 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 Pilot-Assisted Channel Coded OFDM System” In the proceedings of The 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Informa-tion Networking and Applications (AINA-2013) Barcelona, 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 rout-ing 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 Estimation in OFDM Systems” In the proceedings of 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communications technology (ICACT-2013), Phoenix Park, Korea, Jan 27-30, 2013 (Nominated Best Paper)

»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

»Junaid Akbar, Bashir Alam, Muhammad Ashraf, Salman Afzal, Asfandyar Ahmad, Khan Shahzada, “Evaluating the Effect of Ben-tonite on Strength and Durability of High Performance Con-crete” International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 2319-5347, Vol. 02, No. 02, Jan-uary 2013, pp 1-5.

»Bashir Alam, Salman Afzal, Junaid Akbar, Muhammad Ashraf, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Ejaz Shabab, “Mitigating Sulphate Attack in High Performance Concrete” International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 2319-5347, Vol. 02, No. 02, January 2013, pp 11-15.

»Bashir Alam, M. I. Haque, Qaisar Ali, Khan Shahzada, Syed Mohammad Ali, Afzal Khan, Muhammad Ibrahim “Optimal Geometry of Pin-Jointed Plane frames using a Hybrid Complex Method” International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 2319-5347, Vol. 02, No. 02, Jan-uary 2013, pp 24-30.

»Hanno Wirtz, Muhammad HamadAlizai, Klaus Wehrle: Fuzzy Logical Coordinates and Location Services for Scalable Address-ing in Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Con-ference on Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Ser-vices (WONS), Banff (Alberta), Canada, March, 2013.

»Asmat Ullah. et al., “Filtration of suspensions using slit pore membranes”, Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 103, 15 January 2013, Pages 180–186.

NEWS

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 201306

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES

One day Seminar on “Energy Management system and Renewable energy” arranged by the SMEDA (Small and Medium Enterprises

Development Authority) was held on 8th March 2013 at UET Bannu Campus. Dr.Irfan Khattak ,The Chairman Electrical Engineering

Department, started the event with a welcome address to Engr Hidayat Ullah Khattak. Later on, Engr HidayatUllah Khattak addressed the

achievements and importance of SMEDA and narrated some practical applications regarding “Energy Management System and

Renewablew energy”.

Energy Management System and Renewable Energy

UET Peshawar's “Octa Machina” makes up to compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon, Malaysia

As many as 13 Pakistani teams will be up against 137 others in Malaysia at the Sepang F-1 track in Kaula Lumpur to be held in July at the

Shell Eco-Marathon 2013 event. Haider Khan and his fellows, the final year students of Department of Mechanical Engineering designed a

car – a 184 kilogram , 7 8cc grey four-wheeler named, “Octa Machina”, which does around 65 kilometres per litre (km /l) – passed most of

the tests, with a few suggestions from the specialists. Haider and his seven team members are set to show up in Malaysia at the event.

Haider's team modified a 125 cc bike's engine. They used an aerodynamic, fibre glass body to increase mileage and are also trying to attach

an Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) system for more improvements. This is the first time two teams from UET Peshawar are competing at

international forum. A panel of judges from academia, media industry and government sector inspected the vehicles at the launch cere-

mony held at NUST, Rawalpindi on 17th May, which will be followed with a grand event where Pakistani teams will get the opportunity to

showcase their prototype cars and compete with 130 teams from 16 countries of Asia. At the launch event, UET Peshawar's team won the

“award for safety” while innovation prize was also awarded to UET's “Urban Concept vehicle”. Besides UET Peshawar, NUST, UET

Jamshoro, NED, Air University, GIK, PNEC and Fast are participating in the event.

The Shell Eco-Marathon is an educational project that encourages and fosters innovation in exploring potential solutions to both current

and future transport and energy challenges. This year in addition to prizes for vehicles which can go furthest using the least amount of

energy, there will also be awards for off-track performance, including innovation, design and others.

Shell Pakistan has also awarded six cash prizes to the teams worth Rs 0.9 million altogether – UET Peshawar team and NUST’s team won

separate award worth Rs.2 00,000 for the most innovative car.

UET Peshawar Newsletter, April 2013 07

Research Publications»Gul, Rizwan M., Oral, Ebru, and Muratoglu, Orhun K., “A New

Technique for Surface Cross-linked UHMWPE by Diffusion of

Peroxides”, 2013 Annual Orthopaedic Research Society Meet-

ing, Paper No. 0269 (2013).

»Gul, Rizwan M., Oral, Ebru, and Muratoglu, Orhun K., “Oxida-

tion Resistant Peroxide Crosslinked UHMWPE”, 2013 Annual

Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, Paper No. 1819 (2013).

»Subhanuddin, M. Ramzan, T.A. Khan et al. (2013), “Impact of Till-

age and Mulching Practices on Weed Biomass and Yield Com-

ponents of Maize under Rainfed Conditions”, Pakistan Journal

of Weed Science Research, Vol: 19(2) 2013.

»Mahmood, M.A., Bora, T., Dutta, J., “Studies on hydrothermally

synthesized zinc oxide nanorod arrays for their enhanced visi-

ble light photocatalysis, Int. J. Environmental Technology and

Management, 16(1/2) 146-159 (2013).

»Siraj-ul-Islam and I. Aziz., “A new approach for the numerical

solution of integro-differential equations via Haar wavelets”,

International Journal of Computer Mathematics 239 (2013)

333-345 (Impact factor =0.6).

»I. Aziz. and Siraj-ul-Islam, “New algorithms for the numerical

solution of nonlinear Fredholm and Volterra integral equations

using Haar wavelets”, Journal of Computational and Applied

Math. 239 (2013) 333-345 (Impact factor =1.112).

»I. Aziz, Siraj-ul-Islam and B. Sarler “Wavelets collocation meth-ods for the numerical solution of elliptic BV problems”, Applied Math. Modeling 37 (2013) 676-694 (Impact factor =1.375).

»Siraj-ul-Islam, B. Sarler and R. Vertnik “Local Radial Basis Func-tion Collocation Method Along With Explicit Time Stepping For Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations”, Applied Numerical. Mathematics, 67 (2013) 136-151 (Impact factor =0.99).

»Sahib Khan, “Implementation of variable least significant bits stegnography using modular distance technique”, IACISSE, LNEE Vol. 152, 2013

»Sahib Khan, “Bit position based qualitative and quantitative analysis of DCT and spatial domain stegnography”, IJCSI, 2013.

»Usman Khan, “Speech Enhancement with Geometric Advent of Spectral Subtraction using Connected Time-Frequency Regions Noise Estimation”, Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engi-neering and Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Jan., 2013.

»M. Ali, M. T. Rahim, U. Ali and G. Ali “On Metric dimension of some rotationally symmetric graphs," Hindawi Publishing Cor-poration ISRN Combinatorics,Vol, 2013, Article ID 724049,5pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/724049.

»K. Habib, R.F. Javed, I. Hussain (2013), “Canonical Correlation Analysis of Manufacturing Efficiency Enablers for SMEs in Paki-stan”. ISSN 2251-1571.

»Kashif Ahmad, Nasir Ahmad, Kamal Haider and M. Jawad Ikram (2012), “Effect of Salient Features in Object Recognition”, Inter-national Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI), vol. 61, issue. 13, January 2013.

»Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Hanno Wirtz, Bernhard Kirchen, Klaus Wehrle: Portable Wireless-Networking Protocol Evalua-tion, Elsevier Journal of Computer and Network Applications (JNCA), Volume 36, doi:10.1016/j.jnca.2013.02.022, 2013.

»Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. “Finan-cially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – development of a system dynamics model”. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. Impact Factor: 0.727

»Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. “Finan-cially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – implementation of a system dynam-ics model”. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. Impact Factor: 0.727

»Naeem Khan, M. Irfan Khattak, M. Naeem Khan, Faheem Khan, LatifUllah Khan and S. Abdus Salam, “Implementation of Linear Prediction Techniques”, 10th IEEE International Bhurban Con-ference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST 13) Pakistan 2013.

»Faheem Khan, Naeem Khan, LatifUllah Khan, M. Naeem Khan and Bilal Pirzada, “On the Optimal Frame Size of Linear Predic-tion Techniques”, In the proceedings of IEEE International Con-ference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT 13) India, 2013.

»LatifUllah Khan, Naeem Khan, Faheem Khan, M. Naeem Khan and Bilal Pirzada, “Effect of Network Density on Performance of MANET Routing Protocol”, In the proceedings of IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technolo-gies (ICCPCT 13) India, March 2013.

»Saeed, T. A, K. Daulat, H. Attaullah, T.A. Khan and M.A. Khan, (2013), “Urban Solid Waste Management in Peshawar, Mardan and Nowshera Districts”, 1st International Conference on Global Environmental Changes (January 15-16, 2013), Depart-ment of Environmental Sciences, Government College Univer-sity Faisalabad, Pakistan.

»Mustaba Hassan, “Hand Structure Analysis for Finger Identifica-tion and Joints Localization”, Information'2013, International Conference May 8-11 in Tokyo, Japan.

»Murtaza. Ali, M. T. Rahim, G. Ali, Resolvability in planner graph and metric dimension of planner graph.( 6th World Conference on 21st Century Mathematics 2013, ASSMS, Lahore (6-9 March 2013).

»Usman, T.; L. Fu; L. F. Miranda-Moreno (2013). Analysis of fac-tors affecting winter collision severity. Paper No. 13 – 1669, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 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 Pilot-Assisted Channel Coded OFDM System” In the proceedings of The 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Informa-tion Networking and Applications (AINA-2013) Barcelona, 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 rout-ing 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 Estimation in OFDM Systems” In the proceedings of 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communications technology (ICACT-2013), Phoenix Park, Korea, Jan 27-30, 2013 (Nominated Best Paper)

»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

»Junaid Akbar, Bashir Alam, Muhammad Ashraf, Salman Afzal, Asfandyar Ahmad, Khan Shahzada, “Evaluating the Effect of Ben-tonite on Strength and Durability of High Performance Con-crete” International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 2319-5347, Vol. 02, No. 02, Jan-uary 2013, pp 1-5.

»Bashir Alam, Salman Afzal, Junaid Akbar, Muhammad Ashraf, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Ejaz Shabab, “Mitigating Sulphate Attack in High Performance Concrete” International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 2319-5347, Vol. 02, No. 02, January 2013, pp 11-15.

»Bashir Alam, M. I. Haque, Qaisar Ali, Khan Shahzada, Syed Mohammad Ali, Afzal Khan, Muhammad Ibrahim “Optimal Geometry of Pin-Jointed Plane frames using a Hybrid Complex Method” International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 2319-5347, Vol. 02, No. 02, Jan-uary 2013, pp 24-30.

»Hanno Wirtz, Muhammad HamadAlizai, Klaus Wehrle: Fuzzy Logical Coordinates and Location Services for Scalable Address-ing in Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Con-ference on Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Ser-vices (WONS), Banff (Alberta), Canada, March, 2013.

»Asmat Ullah. et al., “Filtration of suspensions using slit pore membranes”, Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 103, 15 January 2013, Pages 180–186.

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CORRESPONDENTS

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

Dr. Muhammad Hamad Ali Zai recently completed his PhD in Engineering Sciences from RWTH Aachen

University, Germany with the thesis titled, “Exploiting Wireless Link Dynamics.” After completing his Ph.D,

he has joined the Department of Computer Systems Engineering as an Assistant Professor. He received

the “summa cum laude” accolade for his research, granted to only top 10 percent of researchers in

Europe. Previously he obtained the DAAD-Siemens scholarship for MS at the same institute through a

careful scrutiny process in which only two students from South-East Asia were selected. During his

research at RWTH Aachen, Dr. Zai won a grant of PKR 26 Million to support his research. He has also

participated in several European Union research projects such as MOMENTUM and UMIC. One of his

papers won the “Best Abstract award” at ACM Sensys 2010, the top ranked conference in the field of

sensor networks. Furthermore he has more than 30 publications in ISI indexed journals and conferences.

His research interests include networking technologies as the Internet of things, sensornets, delay tolerant networking and cloud

computing. He is particularly interested in applications, protocols, architectures and evaluation tools for the networks of the

future where computers will be embedded everywhere and in everything. He has conducted extensive research in one such class

of networks (i.e.,sensornets) and developed algorithms, protocols and architectures for energy-efficient, reliable and

opportunistic communications.

»Research & Development Laboratory has been renovated, and is fully equipped with 10 units Core i-3 systems with 4MB dedi-

cated DSL connection for the academic & research purposes of the faculty members of Bannu Campus.

»The World Health Organization Country office, Islamabad, handed over 3-Units Wagtech-Water testing kits having worth 2.0

Million to UET Bannu Campus in order to strengthen the Environmental Engineering Laboratory.

»A team comprising Muhammad Umair, Umar Farooq, Jaleed Khan, Ehtisham Siddiqui, Umair Asghar, Zuraiz-ud-din, Syed

Shah Asad, Shehroz Rashid and Hassan Mehmood from Department of Computer Systems Engineering (DCSE) won judges

“Special Appreciation Award” at the “All Pakistan Drama Festival” at University of South Asia, Lahore.

»Mr. Ehtisham Siddiqui and Mr. Mohsin Tariq of DCSE won the “Technical Quiz Competition” at the SoftCom event arranged by

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI).

»Mohsin Tariq, Shehroz Rashid, Asfandyar, Jaleed Khan, Behroz Rashid, Umair Asghar, Zuraiz-ud-din, Umar Farooq, Muham-

mad Umair and Ehtisham Siddiqui of DCSE achieved second position in “All Peshawar Inter-institutional Drama Competition”

held at IMSciences.

»Seminar on “Applications of Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition: Rejection of Intentionally Invalidated Speed Limit

Signs” was held at DCSE on 14th May 2013; Engr. Muhammad Tariq Afridi was the key speaker.

»Seminar on “Exploiting Wireless Link Dynamics” at the DCSE on January 29, 2013. Dr. Hamad Ali Zai, Assistant Professor, DCSE

was the speaker.

NEWS BRIEF

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In Focus: Dr. Muhammad Hamad Ali Zai