July to September 2017Volume 13 Issue No. 3

Dr. Muhammad Aamir

Inside...

Mr. Jawaid Anwar

“Philosophy shall be in our right hand, Natural Science in the left hand and the Crown of Lailaha- il- Lallah shall be decorated on our head”Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

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Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haque

Sir Syed University oTechnology Entry Test at Expo

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Glowing Tribute Paid to Alig Mohsanin

Lecture on CPEC Features by a Former Ambassador

Name Dedication Ceremony of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Flyover byMr. Waseem Akhtar Mayor Karachi

Name Dedication Ceremony of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Flyover by Mr. Waseem Akhtar Mayor Karachi

A group photograph of Chinese Education Consulate official at Gilgit with team of Guidance

Center headed by Mr. Siraj Khilji (Advisor to Chancellor)

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar, Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali, taking round at SSUET Entry Test

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haque giving his comments on the Entry Test to the TV Channel

A group photograph of Pakistani Authors with General Chair Dr. Javier Poncela

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEWS

DEPARTMENTS

REGULARS

HEC 15 Years Celebrations Echoed in Univ of Malaga, Spain....................03

Glowing Tribute Paid to Alig Mohsanin.......................................................04

Lecture on CPEC Features by a Former Development..............................05

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Entry Test

at Expo ............................................................................................................06

News From Faculty of Basic & Applied Sciences...........................................06

News From Electronic Engineering Department...................................07

News From Telecommunication Engineering Department....................10

News From Brig. Qamar-us-Salam Literary Art & Culture Forum......11

News From Computer Engineering Department...................................12

News From Electrical Engineering Department.........................................14

News From Biomedical Engineering Department......................................15

News From Civil Engineering Department.................................................17

News From Bioinformatics Department.......................................................16

News From Architecture Department...........................................................20

News From ORIC..........................................................................................21

News From Continuing Education Programme......................................23

News From Guidance Centre.......................................................................24

News From Computer Science Department.................................................25

News From Quality Enhancement Cell......................................................26

News From Aligarh Institute of Technology.............................................26

Health Awareness - Malaria...........................................................................27

Sports..............................................................................................................28

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China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a collection of infrastructure projects that are currently under construction throughout Pakistan. CPEC is developing knowledge corridor promising bundle of jobs. CPEC will be a strategic game changer in the region, which would go a long way in making Pakistan a richer and stronger entity than ever before.

CPEC tends to bring revolutionary changes in the region and industrial growth. Pakistani youth will have tremendous opportunities through CPEC for showing their professional skills.

The Former Ambassador to Germany and High Commissioner of Mauritius, Syed Hasan Javed, delivered a very comprehensive contemporary lecture regarding CPEC and its impact on Pakistan and neighboring countries for the students of Sir Syed University to make them aware of the opportunities regarding their professional skills and knowledge in the years to come.

Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has agreed to grant financial assistance of Rs 7,80,000/- to Dr. Muhammad Tahir, Associate Professor, Computer Engineering Department and Mr. Tauseef Mubeen, Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department SSUET for the project titled “Sir Syed Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Youth Empowerment”.

The aim of Sir Syed Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Youth Empowerment programme is to prepare youth with the web and mobile app development skills. This enables the youth to initiate small startups and innovative ventures as a freelancer or small enterprise. The proposed training programme makes the non-productive youth into a responsible, self-reliant and confident individual that can contribute towards the economic growth and development of the society and the country. In addition, the applications developed by the local youth will help to address the local community and society issues more effectively

The rich tributes were paid to the great visionary and reformer of the subcontinent Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and his educational efforts were highlighted in the seminar held by Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology at the campus. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan devoted his entire life for emancipation of Muslims of South Asia and Islamic renaissance. Major contribution of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was that he set the direction of the movement for Muslim society at the crucial time of the history. He was the most significant and unparalleled character of our civilization that history can never ignore.

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HEC 15 YEARS CELEBRATIONS ECHOED IN UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA, SPAIN

GCWOC'17 was jointly organized by University of

Malaga (UMA) Spain, Sir Syed University of

Engineering & Technology (SSUET), Pakistan and

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology

(MUET) Jamshoro, Pakistan with travel grant

sponsorship support for Pakistani researchers by

Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. The same

troika of UMA, MUET and SSUET is successfully

running International European Commission Credit

Mobility Programs under Erasmus Plus.

GCWOC (Global Conference on Wireless and Optical

Communication) is an International forum for

researchers to exchange information regarding novel

aspects of technology, application and service

development within the multidisciplinary framework of

Wireless and Optical Communication Technologies.

GCWOC aims to facilitate a creative environment for

the promotion of collaboration and knowledge transfer.

The event was held in Malaga (Spain) on September th th

18 to 20 , 2017 at University of Malaga by making it

part of HEC 15-Years Celebrations with main slogan

“Knowledge economy imperative for development”.

MUET and SSUET took lead in celebrating 15-years of

HEC by organizing the event in Spain.

The conference was chaired by Prof Dr. Javier

Poncela, University of Malaga and Prof. Dr. Bhawani

Shnakar Chowdhry, Professor & Dean Faculty of

Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering at

MUET. The Technical Program Committee (TPC) was

chaired by Prof Dr. Pablo Otero Roth, University of

Malaga and Dr. Muhammad Aamir, Chairman

Telecommunication Engineering at SSUET. The

presence of Prof. Ramjee Prasad (Founder President ,

CTIF GLOBAL CAPSULE, Aarhus University

Denmark) and Prof. M. Aslam Uqaili (Vice Chancellor

MUET) including three high quality keynotes lectures

had enhanced the impact of GCWOC'17.

The conference program included six (6) technical

sessions. Each technical session was chaired by

renowned professors from universities of 04 different

countries. The Technical program committee accepted

only 48 papers out of 132 submissions after thorough

peer reviews. Presented papers covered wide variety

of research area including Signal processing, Energy

efficiency and power management system, Smart and

mobile antennas, Circuit design for wireless systems,

Wireless sensor networks, Wireless Security, Industrial

applications, Optical signal processing, Optical

sensors, Photonic communications system, High-

speed optical communications systems and devices,

Coding techniques, Optical networks etc.

These papers represented authors from Germany,

Pakistan, China, Malaysia, Spain, UK, Ireland, Italy,

Finland, USA, Canada, Tunisia, India, Saudi Arabia,

UK, Poland, Denmark and Korea. Accepted and

presented papers will be submitted for publication in

Springer's Journal (an impact factor journal) on

Wireless Personal Communication which is

abstracted/indexed in: Science Citation Index

Expanded (Sc iSea rch ) , Jou rna l C i t a t i on

Reports/Science Edition, SCOPUS, INSPEC, Google

Scholar, EBSCO, CSA, Academic OneFile, ACM Digital

Library, Computer Science Index, CSA Environmental

Sciences, Current Contents Collections / Electronics &

Telecommunications Collection, EI-Compendex,

Expanded Academic, OCLC, PASCAL, SCImago,

Summon by ProQuest.

At the end of the GCWOC'17 Conference, Dr. Aslam

Uqaili, Dr. B.S. Chowdhry and Dr. Muhammad Aamir

presented souvenirs to organizers of the conference

from MUET and SSUET respectively. After the st

Conference on 21 September, the University of

Malaga arranged a complementary guided tour of

famous historical city of Muslims Empire “Cordoba”

which was enjoyed by all participants.

A group photograph of Pakistani Authors with

General Chair Dr. Javier Poncela

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Dr. Rehan Inam Qureshi

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Sir Syed University of

th(L-R) Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Syed Jawaid Hasan Rizvi, HEC Chairman Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed and Chancellor Jawaid Anwar addressing SSUET 19 Convocation 2016

Faculty Members

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thorganized its 19 Convocation with traditional zeal that was attended by a large

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Automation & Monitoring of a Moulding Machine using PLC

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Group photo of the students and faculty members visiting BQPS

Dr. Muhammad Asif

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Engr. Razia Maroof

Engr. Lubna Farhi

Engr. Zafar Ahmed

Engr. Jawad Ali Bhatti

Engr. Habib Shaukat Engr. Muhammad Shafiq

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NEWS FROM TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar along with Chairman TED, faculty members and students.

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Faculty members at IBA Entrepreneurship Educators Symposium, 2016

Asstt. Prof. Khawaja Masood Ahmed conducting seminar on Cell-Optimization Technique

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Lecturer Ali Akbar Siddiqui and Research Assistant Faheem Haider conducting seminar on Basic Circuit Designing using Discrete components

Lecturer Ali Akbar Siddiqui and Research Assistant Faheem Haider conducting seminar on Circuit Designing using PROTIUS software

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Mr. Mahmood Ahmed Siddiqui

Syed Faheem Haider Rizvi

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FYPC Seminar for batch 2013

Dr. Rabia Noor Enam

Dr. Rabia Noor Enam attending workshop at NUML Islamabad

Examiner Panel of MS Thesis Defense

Ms. Rukaiya Javaid

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Ms. Farheen Qazi

Mr. Najmul Islam Farooqui receiving certificate in Critical Thinking Workshop

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SSUET participants at IBA Enterpreuner Conference

CED MS degree holders at convocation

Participants of workshop held at NED University

MS. Falak Saleem

MS. Farheen Qazi

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Mr. Hassan Zaki Ms. Shama BanoMs. Anum RizwanMs. Rukaiya Javaid

Muhammad Kashif Sheikh Osama Ahmed Siddiqui Muhammad Khurram

Najmulislam Farooqui Muhammad Naseem Tauseef Mubeen

FYPC conducting interviews

Mega ARMFinal year projects batch 2012

Mr. Asim Hassan

Muzammil Ahmed

NEWS FROM ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

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NEWS FROM FACULTY OF BASIC & APPLIED SCIENCES

Dr. Rashid Kamal Ansari

Mr. Kanwar M. Yasir Furqan

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Engr. M. Ibrar-ul-Haq

Dr. Jawaid Ahmed Ms. Ingila Rahim

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NEWS FROM BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Electro-Oculogram

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Mobile Incubator

Engr. Mahvish SultanMr. Shahbaz Haider Engr. Summiaya Khan

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NEWS FROM CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Ms. Asma Rashid and Ms. Shazia Baqar at InternationalWorkshop on Traffic Engineering

International Workshop on Traffic Engineering

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Engr. Aliza Danish Engr. Faiza Tabsum Engr. Shazia Baqar

Faculty members, Engr. Safdar Abbas Zaidi, Engr. Hafiz Arsalan Saeed and Engr. Murtaza Nasir visiting CWHR

Faculty members Engr. Safdar Abbas Zaidi, Engr. Hafiz Arsalan Saeed and Engr. Murtaza Nasir visiting CWHR

NEWS FROM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

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General view of works undertaking in the University

NEWS FROM ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

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Roundtable Conference in progress convened by Chairperson Fazal Naor

Ar. Madiha Wasim and Ar. Samar Shamim at workshop

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NEWS FROM QUALITY ENHANCEMENT CELL

Liaison Officers’ meeting

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NEWS FROM CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Mr. Zia Ullah Khan held a seminar on Mobile and Cloud Computing using Android technology

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NEWS FROM CENTRE FOR GUIDANCE / COUNSELING & CAREER PLANNING / PLACEMENT

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Mr. Mahmood Shaam, Prof. Dr. Abdul Hannan, Chancellor Jawaid Anwar, Mr. Muhammad Arshad Khan (Generel Secretary AMUOBA), Ms. Erum Akbar Ali and Professor Jazib Qureshi seen at the Yaum e Zakir Ali Khan

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NEWS FROM ALIGARH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

NEWS FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Mr. Syed Sohail Ahmed delivering lecture

Mr. Waleej Haider

FYP Orientation Session

NEWS FROM BIOINFORMATICS DEPARTMENT

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NEWS FROM DIPLOMA OFASSOCIATE ENGINEERING

Bioinformatics team with AMUOBA members and others

Principal AIT along with faculty members presented the gift to the student

who was selected “Student of the Month” Feb 2016

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Principal, AIT along with HODs is visiting the Electrical department on Parents/Teacher meeting

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar along with Aslam Shah and S. M. Muneef giving gold medals to the student secured first position in SBTE exams.

Mr. Jawaid Anwar Chairman GB, AIT along with Principal, AIT presenting

the Trophy to the winner Cricket team in Sports Gala 2016

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Fizza Sohail

Zeeshan Virani

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HEALTH AWARENESS

NEWS FROM FACULTY OF BASIC & APPLIED SCIENCES

Expressing his views, the guest speaker Prof. Dr. Abu Sufyan Islahi said, critics have different opinions on Sir Syed's scripts, but the fact is that neither they read his books, nor they understood it. Shah Waliullah was the person who preached 'Quraniat' in the subcontinent, and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was highly impressed by

Shah Waliullah's personality and his set of guidelines. He gave a detailed account of Shah Waliullah's sons in his book Asar-ul-Sanadid.

He said, Sir Syed was a great man of the subcontinent with his great vision and farsightedness. He promoted Arabic, Persian and Urdu along with modern education. This is the reason why all these subjects were taught at MEO College. Although he was close to British regime, yet it didn't affect his Islamic identity. However, his religious and cultural thoughts were misinterpreted.

Syed Anwar Ali (Vice President AMUOBA), Muhammad Arshad Khan (General Secretary AMUOBA), Wasif Nazar Siddiqui (Joint Secretary AMUOBA), Tasneem Ahmed (Joint Secretary Publicity AMUOBA), Mr. Muhammad Aijazul Yaqin (Member Executive Committee AMUOBA), Registrar Mumtazul Imam and others were also present on the occasion. Renowned scholar and researcher Khawaja Razi Haider conducted the event beautifully. In the end, Chancellor Jawaid Anwar presented SSUET Souvenir bag to the guest.

Chancellor Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Jawaid Anwar has said people always face severe consequences whenever professional ethics and moral values in the society are ignored. In the era of globalization, time demands us to bring positive change in the society in the light of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's philosophy.

He was addressing the reception held by Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys' Association (AMUOBA) in the honour of the renowned scholar Prof. Dr. Abu Sufyan Islahi, who is the Head of Arabic Department at Aligarh Muslim University.

He said, “Education plays a significant and effective role to improve the quality of Human lives and pave way for economic prosperity. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan initiated the great historical Aligarh Movement to bring revolution through education in the subcontinent.”

Speaking on the auspicious occasion, Chancellor Jawaid Anwar said, we tend to continue the mission of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, taking guidance from his ideological thoughts. He pointed out that Sir Syed's writing needs to be understood in its right perception.

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar also paid rich tribute to the noted scholar and writer Muhammad Zakir Ali Khan, who devoted his life to the development of the institutions. He made sincere efforts to the promotion of education and sports, focusing on youth, who are the bright future of the country.

CHANCELLOR JAWAID ANWAR

RECEPTION HELD BY AMUOBA IN THE HONOUR OF PROF. DR. ABU SUFYAN ISLAHI

Glowing tribute was paid to Alig mohsanin i.e. Khawaja Abdul Waheed, Brigadier Qamar us Salam, Younus Shah alias Piyarey Mian, General Ghulam Umar, Brigadier Sajjad Hussain, Engr. Z. A. Nizami, Engr. Muammad Zakir Ali Khan, Abul Lais Siddiqui, Syed Nonehal Zaidi, Qamar uz Zaman and Professor A. T.

Khan in a ceremony, held by Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys' Association (AMUOBA) at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET). Purpose of the event was to make people aware of the outstanding work and services of the mohsanins to motivate youth to follow them.

Speaking on the occasion, Chancellor, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Jawaid Anwar said, in pursuit of our mohsanin we should do some exemplary work for the new generation to take advantage of.

He said, today time demands again to adopt the education system of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan that based on tolerance, patience and coexistence. The system focused on grooming and character building of the youth, who are the future of the country. No fruitful results may be derived without including them in the national development projects. Following his ideology, AMUOBA formed Aligarh Institute of Technology (AIT) in the first phase and Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology in the second phase. For youth grooming, Sir Syed Institute for Youth Development and Research has been established at the university.

“We gave a new direction towards the journey of its progress. Measures taken by us to boost the image of the university paid us back. Sir Syed University earned the first position in the recent ranking, done by the Charter Inspection and Evaluation Committee, Sindh, he added.

On the auspicious occasion, Chancellor Jawaid Anwar th

told that Sir Syed University is celebrating 200 birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and different events have been organized in this reference. Memorial lectures by the noted scholars of international repute will also be given to highlight the

ideology of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. The book titled “Sir Syed Ka Saqafati Tassawar” has been published and other book “Sir Syed University Ki Tareekh” is in the final stage of publishing.

Expressing their views about their fathers, Akbar Ali Khan, son of Engr. Muhammad Zakir Ali Khan, said establishment of AMUOBA was a great contribution of my father. He was the symbol of togetherness and cohesion. Farrukh Nizami said his father Engr. Z. A. Nizami was the expert of financial engineering. Asad Umar, son of General Umar, was of view that Aligarh spirit can bring revolutionary changes in the society and play an effective role for the development of Pakistan. And my father was the replica of Aligarh Spirit. Salim uz Zaman said about Qamar uz Zaman that his services were remarkable and unforgettable. Mohsin Khan, Sameera Hafeez, Tafuzzal Haider and Kamran Wahab also spoke on the occasion about the qualities and services of their fathers.

Presetting vote of thanks, General Secretary AMUOBA Muhammad Arshad Khan said, it is easy to quote examples instead of becoming a role model himself. If the contact between the bricks goes off, the wall falls down because of its own burden. Death doesn't mean stop of breathing, but loss of the people who remember you. Tragedy is that, people remember you after your death, in this country.

Chancellor Sir Syed University, Jawaid Anwar and General Secretary AMUOBA, Muhammad Arshad Khan addressing the event.

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A group of students of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology had 3-day study tour to CPEC with 3 objectives: (1) Physical observation of the projects (2) Impact on Pakistan socially and culturally (3) Development of human resource.

The Former Ambassador to Germany and High Commissioner of Mauritius, Syed Hasan Javed, delivered a very comprehensive contemporary lecture regarding CPEC and its impact on Pakistan and neighboring countries.

Speaking on the occasion he said, “Education is the key to achieving modernization, and science and technology are the first line of defense for a society”. Hundreds of years ago, the Holy prophet Muhammad (SAW) has said, seek knowledge even if you have to go as far as China. Today China emerged as a rising super power in Asia on the basis of higher education and reinventing their values.

Progress without higher education is unsustainable. 5 universities out of 10 major universities in Asia belong to China. 5000 students are doing MPhil in China and 4 million students of China getting higher education from overseas. 97% Chinese students are self-funded. China has become world second largest R&D performed country and boasts second largest number of think tank.

Students of Sir Syed University were amazed to see that a vast network of highways and railways are to be built under the aegis of CPEC that will span the length and breadth of Pakistan. They came to know that modern transportation networks being built under CPEC that will link seaports in Gwadar and Karachi with Northern Pakistan, as well as points further north in western China and Central Asia. Pakistan's railway network will also be extended to eventually connect to China's Southern Xinjiang Railway in Kashgar.

CPEC is a developing knowledge corridor, promising bundle of jobs. CPEC will be a strategic game changer in the region, which would go a long way in making Pakistan a richer and stronger entity than ever before. China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a collection of infrastructure projects that are currently under construction throughout Pakistan.

Syed Hasan Javed who is presently associated with a university in Islamabad as Director, Chinese Studies Centre of Excellence said, “China developed the concept of 'one belt one road' which includes 57 countries among which 53 are Muslim countries. Chinese know that prosperity of a country is connected to the prosperity of neighboring countries.”

Focusing on policy reforms, China is reforming intellectuals to develop intellectual reform society. China is investing in human resource sector to increase per capita income. As a result, a bundle of jobs is available in different sectors. Today China needs a large number of professionally skilled labour. On the contrary, people in Pakistan are still trapped in fascinating slogans in the era of globalization. We have the history of missing opportunities. Ribbon cutting culture should be replaced with the practical application of scientific knowledge in the society.

He urged to learn Chinese language and to comprehend the mindset of Chinese people and their culture. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan convinced Muslims to learn English at that time to develop a good rapport with them. Today time demands to follow Sir Syed's mission of getting higher education and scientific knowledge.

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar said “CPEC tends to bring revolutionary changes in the region and industrial growth. Pakistani youth will have tremendous opportunities through CPEC for showing their professional skills”. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Afzal Haq said, “Chinese have single track mind and devote themselves completely to the profession they are interested in. They are hardworking people and don't prefer any shortcuts. Rarely a few individuals may gain some benefits from the shortcuts but not the whole nation can be benefitted by it”.

LECTURE ON CPEC FEATURES BY A FORMER AMBASSADOR

(L-R) Chancellor Jawaid Anwar, Syed Hasan Javed and Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Afzal Haq at the seminar on CPEC.

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ensure transparency and maintain discipline, strict and effective measures were taken by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Afzal Haq.

The 2-hour test was held on time and a large number of candidates from Gilgit, Biltistan and Azad Kashmir besides other parts of the four provinces appeared in the test.

Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Jawaid Anwar, visited the examination halls and appraised arrangements of the authorities concerned.

Speaking on the occasion, Chancellor Jawaid Anwar said that Sir Syed University prepares future leaders to succeed in the competitive world of professionals with their extra ordinary skills and outstanding abilities. Youth is the backbone of a society and without their participation in the national projects, no fruitful results may be achieved. Sir Syed University is performing its duties for grooming of youth at national level with complete responsibilities.

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology held Entry Test for the academic year 2018 under

pleasant atmosphere with strict security measures at Karachi Expo Centre in which around 4000 candidates appeared for the bachelor's degree programme. To

SIR SYED UNIVERSITY ENTRY TEST AT EXPOOF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MS/MPhil Completed:1. M a h r u k h K h a n , Lecturer, Department of English has completed her MPhil English in Social Sciences (Linguistics) with research dissertation from Hamdard University. Her MPhil research is based on the topic “Psychoanalysis in Recognizing the Inevitable Human Emotions”.

2. Z a h r a K h a n ( M S Scholar), faculty member of Department of English has recently completed her MS English (Applied Linguistics) with research dissertation from NED University. Her MS/M.Phil. research is based on the topic “Using Genre Analysis for

Teaching Job Application Writing in a Tertiary Business Communication Class”.

Publication:

Training on Campus on Cloud

Dr. Fozia Hanif Khan has made a journal publication t i t led "Enhancing the Security of Vehicle to Road S i d e U n i t ( R S U ) Communication with Key Generation and Advanced Encryption Procedure in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET)" in the Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 10, issue 36, Sep. (2017), indexed by

Thomson Router.

Training, regarding “Campus on Cloud” was conducted by the Department of Mathematics. Dr. Fozia was the resource person from the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences with the support of CoC team member Ms. Dureshawar Agha and Farheen Qazi.

NEWS FROM FACULTY OF BASIC & APPLIED SCIENCES

Dr. Fozia Hanif Khan

Mahrukh Khan

Zahra Khan

Chancellor Jawaid Anwar, Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali,

taking round at SSUET Entry Test

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Research Contributions by Faculty in Journals and Conferences

Participation in NERC'17 at NUST

Participation in SENTEC'17 at NED University

1. Abid Muhammad Khan, Varun Jeoti, MZU Rehman,

MT Jilani, contributed a research paper titled “Noise

Power Estimation for Broadcasting OFDM Systems”,

in IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on Electrical and

Computer Engineering (CCECE), which was held from

April 30 to May 3, 2017 in Windsor, ON, Canada.

Razia Zia, Pervez Akhter, Arshad Aziz, Maroof Ali

Shah, Dur-E-Shahwar Kundi, contributed a research

paper with title “Non Sub-sampled Contourlet

Transform based Feature Extraction Technique for

Differentiating Glioma Grades using MRI Images”, in

30th Australasian Joint Conference, Proceedings

published in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence

(LNAI) in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, August 19–20,

2017, pp.289-300.

3. Waseem A. Siddiqi, Mehboob Ul Haq, Saqib Ali,

Muhammad Faizan and Muhammad Irfan, contributed

a research paper titled “Performance Analysis of Short

Distance Wireless Sensor Networks using Mote View”,

in International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Engineering, Sciences and Technology (ICEEST),

which was held on August 25-26, 2017, at Iqra

University, Karachi.

Students of batch 2014, 2015 and 2016 of Electronic

Engineering Department took part in National

Engineering Robotics Competition (NERC'17) held on

July12-15, 2017 at College of Electrical and

Mechanical Engineering, NUST, Islamabad. In this

competition, total 4 teams of 20 students participated

in three competitions of Game of Drones, Robowar

and Indigenous. SSUET secure runner up positions in

all three competitions.

Students of EED participated in SENTEC'17 held on

August 9-10, 2017 at NED University.

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In the competition, total 13 teams of 47 students

participated in five competitions of Robowar, Navc,

Robohaste, Circuit Designing and Fifa. SSUET st nd nd

secured 1 and 2 positions in Robowar, 2 position in

Navc and Robohaste competitions. Chairman of

Electronic Engineering Department Dr. Tahir Qadri

appreciated the efforts of the students.

Engr. Razia Zia, Assistant Professor

Electronic Engineering Department

presented her research paper titled

“Non Sub-sampled Contour le t

Transform based Feature Extraction

Technique for Differentiating Glioma

Grades using MRI Images” in 30th Australasian Joint

Conference, Proceedings published in Lecture Notes in

Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) in Melbourne, VIC,

Australia, August 19–20, 2017.

Engr. Muhammad Tayyab, Lecturer,

Electronic Engineering Department

attended one day CPD course

“Communication Skills for Engineers”

on August 28, 2017 at DHA Suffa

University, which was organized by

Pakistan Engineering Council. Sir Syed

University of Engineering & Technology paid all the

expenses.

The Final Year Mid-Presentation of Batch 2014 was

held on August 21-28, 2017. Total 57 projects were

evaluated. FYP committee members and internal

supervisors evaluated the projects according to the

standard set by PEC and HEC. Students also

presented informative presentations on their projects

along with tentative posters which showed their

effective progress of their projects.

Paper Presentat ion in Austral ian Conference

CPD course attended in DHA Suffa University

Mid Presentation of Final Year Project for 2014 Batch

Engr. Razia Zia

Engr. Muhammad Tayyab

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FYP Orientation for Batch 2015

Seminar on OFDM Channel Estimation

Seminar on Visible Light Communication (Modulation)

The EED organized orientation for FYP students of

batch 2015, on September 12, 2017. Orientation

started with the opening remarks by FYP Committee

Head Asstt. Prof. Muhammad Sharif, EED, and

conducted by FYP Committee Member, Asstt. Prof.

Muhammad Rehan, EED, in which FYP Instruction

Manual was presented, which is designed for the FYP

students of EED to provide the complete guideline

related to the formats of proposal, FYP mid & final

presentations, FYP final report, FYP progress report,

marking criteria and time management guideline. Mr.

Noman Ahmed Siddiqui, Associate Chairman, EED,

Mr. Fahad Ahmed Siddiqui, Asstt. Prof, EED and Mr.

Muhammad Safwan, Lecturer, EED presented few

innovative ideas related to the final year projects.

Finally, Dr. Tahir Qadri, Chairman Electronic

Engineering Department concluded the orientation

with his valuable remarks.

On September 13, 2017, EED organized an

informative seminar to guide the students and give

new ideas for Final Year Projects, which was

conducted by Dr. Abid Muhammad Khan, Associate

Professor of Electronic Engineering Department on

“OFDM Channel Estimation”. Faculty members and

students from Electronic Department attended the

seminar.

Electronic Engineering Department organized an

informative seminar on September 13, 2017 to guide

the students and give new ideas for Final Year

Projects, which was conducted by Dr. Agha Yasir Ali

Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering

Department on “Visible Light Communication

(Modulation)”. Faculty members and students from

Electronic Department attended the seminar.

Electronic Engineering Department organized an

informative seminar on September 14, 2017 to guide

the students and give new ideas for Final Year Projects,

which was conducted by Dr. Muhammad Rauf,

Assistant Professor of Electronic Engineering

Department on Resistivity Contrast Detection using

EM. Faculty members and students from Electronic

Department attended the seminar.

Electronic Engineering Department organized an

informative seminar on September 14, 2017 to guide

the students and give new ideas for Final Year Projects,

which was conducted by Dr. Zain Anwer Ali, Assistant

Professor of Electronic Engineering Department on

“Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”. Faculty members and

students from Electronic Department attended the

seminar.

A regular meeting of Board of Studies of Electronic

Engineering Department was held on September 15,

2017 to consider the revisions in the curriculum to be

effective from batch 2019 and to consider electives to

be offered for the batch 2018 onwards. Chairman,

Electronic Engineering Department, chaired the

meeting. The meeting was attended by Exteranal

member Engr. Dr. Naeem Abbas, Assistant Professor &

BS Coordinator, NUST Karachi, Prof. Dr. Najeeb

Seminar on Resistivity Contrast Detection using EM

Seminar on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Meeting of Board of Studies (BOS)

Final Year Project orientation for students of batch 2015

Meeting of Board of Studies chaired by Dr. Tahir Qadri (Chairman EED)

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In the end of the seminars, Electronic Engineering

Department celebrated 15 years of Higher Education

Commission. Registrar Engr. Syed Sarfaraz Ali

appreciated the role of HEC to improve the quality of

education in institutes all over the Pakistan.

Dr. Zain Anwar Ali, Assistant Professor, from Electronic

Engineering Department, has been selected as a

Control and Automation Expert in China-Liaocheng

Conference on Exchange of Overseas High-level

Talents in Shangdong China. He is giving SSUET

souvenir to Mr. Eric Liu, Head of Conference and

founder of Foreign HR Company Beijing China. Dr. Zain

has also been selected as permanent expert in the

Liaocheng conference and receiving the appointment

letter from the secretary of Liaocheng Mayor.

Dr. Zain Anwar Ali selected as a Control and Automation Expert in China

Siddiqui, Associate Dean Faculty of Engineering

(SSUET) and faculty members of EED. Engr. Dr.

Waseem Shahid Khawaja, Engr. Dr. Abid Muhammad

Khan, Engr. Dr Zain Anwer Ali, Engr. Dr Muhammad

Rauf, Engr. Dr. Agha Yasir Ali,Engr. Saeed Azhar, Engr.

Lubna Farhi, Engr. Noman Ahmed Siddiqui, and Engr.

Muhammad Aamir Khan.

Electronic Engineering Department organized an

informative seminar on September 27, 2017 to guide

the students and give new ideas for Final Year Projects,

which was conducted by Engr. Lubna Farhi, Assistant

Professor of Electronic Engineering Department on

Machine Learning. Faculty members and students

from Electronic Department attended the seminar.

EED organized an informative seminar on September

27, 2017 to guide the students and give new ideas for

Final Year Projects, which was conducted by Engr.

Razia Zia on Features Extraction Techniques for Brain

Tumor MRI Images.

Seminar on Machine Learning

Seminar on Features Ext ract ion Techniques

Engr. Lubna Farhi, Asst Prof, EED conducted seminar on Machine Learning

Engr. Razia Maroof, Asst Prof, EED conducted seminar on Features Extraction Techniques

Electronic Engineering Department celebrated 15 years of Higher Education Commission

Dr. Zain giving SSUET souvenir to Mr. Eric Liu, Head of Conference and

receiving permanent expert in conference appointment letter

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Seminar on “Technology Startups and Ecosystem in Pakistan”

Seminar on Role of Scada in Information Communication Technology (ICT)

A very informative seminar was organized by Ms. Ayesha Rafique, Lecturer, TED on “Technology Startups and Ecosystem in Pakistan” on August 30, 2017 at Bashir A. Malik Auditorium. The speaker was Syed Amir Jafri, Founder of Momentum.

The seminar was arranged for students of all departments. It focused on how to enter the world of technology startups and polish the talent and personal mind set in a way that will get them one step closer to becoming the entrepreneur. The seminar discussed role of SMEs (Small and Medium enterprises) in the economy of Pakistan and also highlighted the importance of need of entrepreneurs all over the world and how the students can get knowledge about their startups through momentum platform from the experts of all over the world.

A very informative seminar was conducted by Chairman TED, Engr. Dr. Muhammad Aamir which focused on “Role of SCADA in Information Communication Technology (ICT)”. The seminar was held on September 13, 2017 at Conference Room and it was arranged for the students of Telecommunication Engineering and other Departments. The seminar highlighted the Role of SCADA Systems that are used by industrial organizations and companies in the public and private telecommunication and other sectors to control and maintain efficiency, distribute data for

smarter decisions, and communicate system issues to increase performance. The seminar plays a vital role in enhancing students’ engineering skills and knowledge.

A seminar was conducted on “How to secure the HEC Travel Grant for Research Presentation (Oral type)” by

M r. S h a k i r K a r i m , A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r, Telecommunication. Engineering Department. The seminar was arranged for the facul ty of Telecommunication Engineering Department. Mr. Shakir Karim has availed the HEC travel grant this year to present his research paper in the International Conference held in July at the Langkawi Island, Malaysia. The purpose of the seminar was to encourage the faculty members to avail the research grant offered from HEC to present the research paper nationally and Internationally. The seminar was very helpful as the compilation of the (HEC travel grant) application along with the necessary documentary evidences was also discussed in detail.

A very informative seminar on “Satellite Technology” was conducted by G.M. Suparco, Mr. Fazl-I-Aleem.

Seminar on “How to secure the HEC Travel Grant for Research Presentation”

Seminar on Satellite Technology

NEWS FROM TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Dean Engineering Dr. Talat Altaf giving souvenirs to Momentum officials.

Engr. Dr. Muhammad Aamir conducting seminar on Role of SCADA in Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Assistant Professor, Mr. Shakir Karim giving presentation to Telecommunication Engineering Faculty members

stabilizing in the required orbit. The seminar was helpful in enhancing their engineering skills and knowledge that will help them in their prospective career.

Engr. Mahmood Ahmed Siddiqui,

Lecturer, TED has been awarded by

University of Malaga at Spain for

Erasmus+ Project Caprio PhD Scholarship Grant. The

scholarship is awarded for six months' duration to avail

PhD international Mobility Research work by the

European Commission and will cover all travel,

accommodation, insurance and tuition fee cost. Engr.

Mahmood Ahmed Siddiqui has authored and co-

authored of various research papers, published in

different journals and conferences of international

repute.

Erasmus+ Project Caprio PhD Scholarship Grant at University of Malaga

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The seminar was conducted on September 27, 2017 and it was arranged for the students of Telecommunication Engineering and other departments. The seminar covered areas of how a satellite and spacecraft is designed, space environments, launching of satellite, manned and un-manned spacecraft. The topics were discussed with video support of launching a satellite, its positioning &

News One TV Quiz Show

Q u i z C o m p e t i t i o n o n P a k i s t a n Independence Day

News One TV channel org

PTV Channel organized Quiz Competition on Aug 14, 2017 to mark Pakistan Independence Day. The students of SSUET,

anized Quiz Show on June 26, 2017 for Ramzan transmission. The programme included three rounds. The students of SSUET, M.

ndRebal Ahmed and M. Shahrukh Khan secured 2 position and won motor bikes while Syed Nooh Ahmed

rdand Syed Ali Haider secured 3 position and won mobile phones and certificates, which was an honour for Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology.

M. Rebal Ahmed and M. Shahrukh

ndKhan secured 2 position and won gift hampers, which was an honour for Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology.

Pakistan Independence Day was celebrated with the traditional enthusiasm and fervor on August 14, 2017. The function started with the recitation of Holy Quran by Hafiz Mudassir. It was followed by recitation of Na'at by Hafiz Sheryar Ahmed. National Flag hoisting was conducted by The Honorable Chancellor, Mr. Jawaid Anwar. The function was attended by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Afzal Haque, Members of AMUOBA, SSUET staff members and students. The programme was compared by Syed Fahad Ali and Rubab Zafar. The National anthem was sung by the students. They also presented national songs and new Tarana-e- Sir Syed, written by Anwar Azmi. Its music was composed by Faisal Mukhtar. Guard of Honor and Salute to the National Flag was presented by the Security Guards. The function ended with a Dua by Mr. Mehmood ul Hassan Ashrafi for the prosperity of the Muslim ummah and progress of Pakistan and SSUET. Sweets were distributed at the end of the function.

Pakistan Independence Day celebrated at the campus

thQuiz Competition 14 Aug, 2017 at PTV Channel Karachi

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The aim of Sir Syed Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Youth Empowerment programme is to prepare youth with the web and mobile app development skills. This enables the youth to initiate small startups and innovative ventures as a freelancer or small enterprise. The proposed training programme makes the non-productive youth into a responsible, self-reliant and confident individual that can contribute towards the economic growth and development of the society and the country. In addition, the applications developed by the local youth will help to address the local community and society issues more effectively

A series of four workshops on Outcome Based Education (OBE) System were conducted from

September 12 to September 26, 2017 by Dr. Rehan Qureshi, Associate Professor, Computer Engineering Department. These workshops were attended by the faculty members from departments of Computer Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Civil Engineering. During the workshops, the participants learned about OBE system, its significance and implementation considerations. The participants also designed programme objectives, course outcomes and assessment strategies. The knowledge and experience, gained by the participants from these workshops,is expected to play an important role in improving the quality of education and help in adoption of modern pedagogical techniques at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology.

Workshop on Outcome Based Education (OBE)

PhD Completion of Mr. Syed Saood PhD

Assistant In-charge Postgraduate Programme (PGP)

Social Integration Outreach Programme (SIOP) 2017

Syed Saood Zia completed his PhD in the field of Information Technology in 2017. He has more than seventeen years of teaching experience in different academic institutions. He is working as Assistant Professor at Computer Engineering Department of SSUET. He is a member of British

Computer Society. His research areas are Knowledge Based Systems, Decision Support Systems, Information retrieval, Big Data Analytics, Data Warehousing and Data Mining.

Dr. Syed Saood Zia obtained his BSc (Hons) in Computing & Information Systems from London Metropolitan University in the year of 1999. He has completed his Master of Computer Science from KASBIT in 2004 and MS in Mobile Computing & Information Systems from Hamdard University in 2006.

Dr. Muhammad Tahir, Associate Professor has been given the additional charge of Assistant In-charge Postgraduate Programme (PGP), in addition to his teaching respons ib i l i t ies . He is in coordination with Dr. Najeeb Siddiqui, Incharge PGP for Postgraduate (Master and PhD) related issues.

Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has agreed to grant financial assistance of Rs 7,80,000/- to Dr. Muhammad Tahir, Associate Professor, Computer Engineering Department and Mr. Tauseef Mubeen, Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department, SSUET,for the project titled “Sir Syed Vocational and

Entrepreneurship Training for Youth Empowerment”.

Syed Saood Zia

Dr. Muhammad Tahir

Mr. Tauseef Mubeen

Dr. Rehan Inam Qureshi Associate Proffessor CED, giving Presention on

Outcome Based Education (OBE) to the faculty members of SSUET

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Department, presented his research papers

titled “Automatic Accident Detection System in

Real Time Using Smartphone Sensors”, and

“Energy efficient data encryption techniques in

Smartphones “ at the Global Conference on

Wireless and Optical Communication

(GCWOC 2017).

IV. Engr. Dur-e-Shawar Agha, Engr. Huma Hassan

Rizvi and Engr. Farheen Qazi has made a

publication titled “A Secure Crypto Base

Authentication and Communication Suite in

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN)”, nd

presented at 2 Global Conference on

Wireless and Optical Communications (GC-

WOC'17), Malaga Spain.

seminar was conducted on “Techniques to Reduce Stage Fright (How to cope up with Fear Factor)”. The seminar was conducted by Engr. Shahzad Nasim, Assistant Professor & HOD, at the Department of Technology of Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education in collaboration with Computer Engineering Department, SSUET.

The objective of the seminar were how to control nerves, how to get attention of audience, how to look appropriate while speaking , how to get rid of stage fever, how to plan, structure and prepare your presentation, tweaked to your audience, inspiring presentations, how to work with your voice and body language, bringing your elevator pitch to the next level using the theory and feedback you have been given, techniques that help you deal with stress, enhancing your improvising skills, how to manage a challenging audience, using visuals and metaphors to make your presentation more inspiring, practice sessions final elevator pitch presentation .

Seminar on “Techniques to Reduce Stage Fright”1 CPD POINTA

MoU signed between INUIT Foundation of University of Rome and SSUET

Publications presented at GCWOC 2017

INUIT Foundation of University of Rome Tor Vergata and Sir Syed U n i v e r s i t y o f E n g i n e e r i n g & Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop academic and educational co-operation with each o t h e r . T h e m a i n o b j e c t i v e o f t h e

memorandum is to achieve funding from European Union like Eramus+ International Credit Mobility Project.

I. Ms. Shaheena Noor, Assistant Professor in

Computer Engineering Department, presented

her paper titled “Probabilistic Hierarchical nd

Model for Scenario Recognition” at the 2

Global Conference on Wireless and Optical

Communication (GCWOC 2017) which was

held in Malaga, Spain from September 18 to

September 20, 2017.

II. Ms. Najma Ismat, Assistant Professor in

Computer Engineering Department, presented

her research paper titled “Adaptive Power

Control Scheme for Mobile Wireless Sensor

Networks”, at the Global Conference on

Wireless and Optical Communication

(GCWOC 2017).

III. Dr. Muhammad Tahir Fattani , Assistant

Professor in Computer Engineer ing

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Publications presented at GCWOC 2017

Memorandum of Understanding between INUIT Foundation of

Universityof Rome Tor Vergata and SSUET

A group photo of faculty members of CED with Engr. Shehzad Nasim, Asstt. Prof. HOD, Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education

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Students & Faculty Members of ELED visited Universal Cable Industries, Port Qasim (UCIL)

Establishment of New Laboratory in Electrical Engineering Department

Electrical Engineering Department organized an industrial visit to the Universal Cable on August 10, 2017. A group of 23 students with faculty members visited Universal Cable (PVT) Ltd. Students visited different sections of the cable manufacturing areas and asked questions to clear the concepts

. The Associate Chairman Engr. M. Nadeem Iqbal, Engr. Shakeel Ahmed Khan and Engr. Iqbal Akhter Qureshi (Visit Coordinator) thanked to Universal Cable and Mirza Waseem Ghazi, Manager of UCIL, to provide this opportunity.

Electrical Engineering Department established a new

Power System lab. The training held on September 14-

19, 2017. In this regard, the faculty members

participated and got training by Engr. Usman, EES

Company. The section of Power Generation, Power

Transmission, Power Distribution, Power Utilization &

Power Protection covered in the training. The practical

has been performed successfully. They thanked to

worthy Chairman Prof. Dr, Talat Altaf for this

coordination.

and get knowledge

th4 Meeting of the BOS of Department of Electrical Engineering

Prof. Dr. Talat Altaf attended meeting as Subject Expert

Prof. Dr. Talat Altaf Visited Department of Electrical Engineering of Information Technology University (ITU) LAHORE as PEC Team Member

thThe 4 meeting of the BOS of the Department of Electr ica l Engineering held on September 15, 2017. Prof. Dr. Talat Altaf, C h a i r m a n E l e c t r i c a l Department, Dr. Engr. M. Ibrar ul Haque, Engr. M. Nadeem Iqbal, Engr. Zafar Ahmed (EED), Prof. Dr. Syed Haider Abbas Musavi, Member (External), Dean

Faculty of Engineering, Indus University Karachi, Prof. Dr. Abdul Qadir, Member (External), Department of Electrical Engineering, Usman Institute of Technology attended the meeting., The meeting started with the recitation of The Holy Quran by Dr. Talat Altaf. The Committee confirmed the minutes of the last meeting. The members gave suggestions about the improvement of curriculum. The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.

Prof. Dr. Talat Altaf, Chairman Electrical Engineering Department, was asked to serve as Subject Expert for Selection Board meeting at DHA SUFFA University, Karachi. In this regard, he attended the meeting on August 3, 2017.

thHe also attended the 105 Adjourned meeting of the Selection Board of the University to conduct the interviews of the short-listed candidates for the selection of the post of Assistant Professor (BPS-19), Department of Electrical Engineering, MUET, Jamshoro, SZAB Campus, Khairpur on September 28, 2017.

Prof. Dr. Talat Altaf, Chairman, Electrical Engineering Department, went on special visit to Electrical Engineering Department of University of Information Technology, (ITU) Lahore. He attended the said visit as PEC Team member on Aug 11, 2017.

NEWS FROM ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Prof. Dr, Talat Altaf

Students & Faculty Members of Visited Universal Cable Industries (Pvt) Ltd. Port Qasim. (Ucil),

NEWS FROM BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

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hemoglobin. The talk was delivered by Ms. Huma Kirmani who is an author, novelist, and microbiologist. She also enhanced the knowledge of students related to immunology of thalassemia. She briefed students about reasons that are main causes of thalassemia.

Biomedical Engineering Department and EMBS jointly organized the Motivational talk by SSUET Alumni, Engr. Faiza Iqbal on August 29, 2017. Engr. Faiza Iqbal was diagnosed thalassemia (anemic patient) during her student life at the university but she fought against the disease and overcame all hurdles to achieve her goal.

To educate students about the negative effects of drug

addiction, Biomedical Engineering Department and EMBS jointly organized the seminar on “Drug Addiction Awareness” on August 1, 2017. The talk was delivered by Ms. Rabia Hanif (Clinical Psychologist, PhD fellow).

IEEE SSUET EMBS visited HELP International Welfare Trust where thalassemia patients were under the care and nourishment. IEEE EMBS students spent and celebrated the month of defense with the children suffering from Thalassemia. The core aim of this visit was to see the welfare working and how the patient being transfused.

Motivational Session by SSUET Alumni

Drug addiction awareness seminar

Visit HELP International Welfare Trust

Faculty training on Campus on Cloud

Faculty Publication:

Scientific Conference

Seminar on “Thalassemia; a Challenge, not a Curse”

Academic Incharges, Engr. M. Muzammil Khan and Dr. Engr. Eraj Humayun Mirza conducted the in- house training session for faculty development on COC (Campus on Cloud) for filling online attendance of students on August 1, 2017.

Comparative investigation of remote tracking devices for aging care, International Journal of Information

Technology, Volume 9, Issue 3,pp 261–266, Munir,

3-day scientific conference on Neurotransmission Bridging Gaps Making Synapse was jointly organized

by Biomedical Engineering Department of SSUET and AERIC on July 20- 22, 2017. Engr. Zia Mohy-uddin was the organizer and keynote speaker of the session.

Biomedical Engineering department and EMBS jointly organized the seminar on “Thalassemia; a Challenge, not a Curse” on August 29, 2017.

Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder. People with Thalassemia have severe anemia due to lack of

September 2017, M. W. N. Shahid, S. M. Omair, G.

Munir, M. Z. Ul Haque.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. M. Afzal Haque along with delegates of Scientific Conference

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Summer Internship 2017a) Internship at ICCBS

b) Internship at PCSIR

Department of Bioinformatics Shifted from AIT to SSUET

Department of Bioinformatics and Guidance Center of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology

engaged students in summer internship to enhance th

the working ability in field. Students of 8 semester attended this internship program in International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS). During this programme, students have learned lots of techniques regarding bioinformatics (Docking, Simulation, Linux command, SQL etc.) which would be very helpfull in future. By the End of this program students received certificates in certificate distribution ceremony which was held on August 12, 2017, ICCBS.

th thStudents of 6 and 8 semesters attended the summer internship programme in Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) from June 2017 to July 2017. Students completed their internship training programme titled “Microsoft Dot Net Development”.

Department of Bioinformatics shifted from AIT ('H' Block) to SSUET (Ground Floor DG-05). Departmental activities continue under the supervision of Prof. Dr. M A Haleem in SSUET premises.

Study Tripsa) CPEC: A study trip from Karachi Port to Khunjerab Pass.

b) Visit of ICCBS

Participation in Computational Biology & Genomics Conference

Dr. Uzma Mahmood (Incharge) and Ms. Mehwish Mehmood (Jr. Lecturer) involved in this study trip titled “CPEC and its impact on Pakistani Youth Caravan II” that has been organized by Guidance Center, SSUET from August 17-31, 2017. The purpose of this study trip was to aware students about CPEC route and find the opportunities of relevant jobs in CPEC. It was also to know the cultural and social awakening with reference to health and education. This trip covered the route of Karakoram Highway, students visited mainly the Khunjerab Pass, Pak China SUST Dry Port to know the issues and conspiracies of trading.

Students of Bioinformatics along with Incharge Dr. Uzma Mahmood, faculty members and other students

from different technologies including Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Biomedical Engineering visited International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS). Students of multidimensional fields learnt about research facilities, sophisticated instruments, exchanged the ideas of Final Year Project and motivated towards higher studies.

thStudent of 8 semester Mr. Sajjad Afridi participated in a conference “Computational Biology & Genomics” on September 25, 2017 at Centre for Human Genetics, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan. He received a letter of appreciation and certificate from the Dean for his excellent expertise of programming.

NEWS FROM BIOINFORMATICS DEPARTMENT

Certificate Distribution Ceremony of seminar internship 2017 in ICCBS

Study visit of SSUET students to ICCBS

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Prof. Dr Muhammad Mehboob Joins as Chairman

Vice Chancellor Visits SSUET New Campus

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mehboob h a s j o i n e d a s C h a i r m a n Department of Civil Engineering in July 2017. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mehboob is highly qualified and br ings vast exper ience in academic field. His credentials include: B.E (Civi l) MUET. J a m s h o r o , P. G . D ( S t u c t .

Eng.)MUET. Jamshoro, Ph.D (Structural Vib. Control) P.R. China.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mehboob has more than 36 years teaching experience in Mehran UET Jamshoro.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haque

visited new SSUET campus. He was accompanied by

Engr. Syed Sarfraz Ali Registrar, Prof. Dr. Muhmmad

Mehboob Chairman Civil Engineering Architect

Planner, Fazal Noor Chairman Architecture

Department, Mr. Mumtaz Memon Director

Procurement, Engr. Shahid Aziz khan Director P&D Mr.

Parvez CSO. Mr. Shahid Saleem gave presentation

through charts, maps drawings and explained

important features of SSUET New Campus and

progress at Education City. Vice Chancellor went

around 200 acres site and planted tree at nursery.

Vice Chancellor agreed Director P&D toapproach

Sindh Board of Investment for new coordinates of site.

PEC team comprising of Engr. Prof. Dr. Madad Ali Shah Convener / Expert BBSUTSD, Khairpur, Engr. Prof. Dr.

Khalid Farooq Expert Civil Engg.UET, Lahore, Engr Jehan Zeb Khan, PEC Representative Peshawar, visited Department of Civil Engineering. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mehboob received the team. Engr Faraz Jafri, Assistant Professor, prepared details according to PEC Form AC-2. A presentation was given to PEC visiting team by Engr. Khawaja Sheeraz about the functioning of the department and progress achieved since PEC's last visit to the department. The team then visited all labs of Civil Engineering Department and

PEC Visit to Department

NEWS FROM CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mehboob

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haque and presiding meeting at SSUET New Campus Prof. Dr. Talat Altaf Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Mehboom and Prof. soomar Khatri holding meeting

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal planting tree at SSUET New Campus.

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requirement, faculty members were advised to review the course outline of courses in the light of HEC Guidelines and courses taught as other reputed universities in Pakistan & abroad.

Ms. Nadia Qamar, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Engr. Ayesha Alam and Khurram have contributed a r e s e a r c h p a p e r t i t l e d “Assessment of Construction Waste to Identify Issues that D i s r u p t S u s t a i n a b l e Development: Case Studies in

Sindh, Pakistan”. The research paper has been accepted for publication in research journal “STM Journals. Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology Volume 7, 2017.

Faculty meetings were held on 24-7-2017 and 21-8-2017. Faulty members were asked to take up higher

studies leading to PhD in their field of specialization. Faculty members were advised to avail training offered in outcome based education (OBE).

An MOU between Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) and Council for Works and Housing Research (CWHR) was signed on 9 - 8 – 2017 by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haque, Vice Chancellor and Engr Syed Jawed Ali Rizvi, Chairman CWHR. As per MOU, an understanding was reached that the Chairaman, Department of Civil Engineering, would act as focal person and a driving force for R&D, transfer of technology, training, internship for students, develop linkages with the construction industry, share human and material resources including instruments, services and facilities for mutual benefits of SSUET and CWHR.

Research Paper

Faculty Meeting

MOU between SSUET and CWHR

exchanged views with faculty members, lab staff and students and raised questions. Lab staff demonstrated operation of UTM machine. PEC team was satisfied with the working of UTM machine. PEC members also held separate meeting with all the faculty members and had a feedback session with students. PEC visiting team has forwarded report in the form of comments / rejoinder. Some of the main areas that were identified in PEC report include induction of more PhDs, intake during 2018, repair restoration of tri-axial machine, reduction in the total credit hours of civil engineering courses, survey camp for students to conduct physical and topographic survey, measures to be taken to adopt outcome based education (OBE) program and Labs to confirm to state of the art standards.

BOS meeting was held on August 7, 2017 under the Chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mehboob. Meeting was attended by Associate Chairman Prof.

Soomar Khatri, Prof. Dr. Abdul Samad Khan, Prof. Dr. Ataullah Maher, Expert Dr. Shoaib Ahmed, Assistant Professor Nadeem Qayyum, and Assistant Professor Shahid Saleem.Bos Penel, After detailed deliberations considered PEC requirement to reduce the Civil Engineering undergraduate program course credit hours. The forum was informed that SSUET follows HEC / PEC curriculum for Civil Engineering Program. The curriculum was periodically reviewed and updated to incorporate advancements, taking place in the field of civil engineering. To reduce the credit hours, the courses namely: Applied Thermodynamics, Basic Electronic and Electrical Engineering, were merged into one course ie. Basic Electromechanical Engineering with 3+1 credit hours. In the light of PEC

Meeting the Board of Studies

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Asstt. Prof. Nadia Qamar

Meeting of Board of Studies (BOS) in session

Faculty meeting Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mehboob and Prof. Soomar Khatri in the picture

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The workshop turned out to be interactive and useful. Practical exercises were carried by faculty members on how to transform course outlines to fulfill academic requirements and industrial or market demand as an integrated course needed in real world.

A workshop on “Innovative Solutions in the Current Research Publishing and Archiving Research Contributions” was held on September 28, 2017 The workshop was organized by ORIC SSUET. Faculty members from Civil Engineering Department namely Assistant Professors Asif Abbasi, Ms. Amber Fawad, Kamaran Khan, Lecturer Khawaja Sheeraz Ms Aliza Danish Saeed and Mr. Noman attended the workshop. Workshop focused on the improved submission of research papers with supportive citation and impact factor. The idea was to develop the submission of research article with networking system in a synchronized usage.

Assistant Professor Engr. Khurshid Jamal represented SSUET in the meeting held at the Pakistan Standard Quality Control Authority ( P Q S C A ) f o r s t a n d a r d i z a t i o n o f engineering construction items. Following items were c o n s i d e r e d f o r standardization:

Draft Specifications for Constituents of Aggregate for radiation shielding concrete ASTM: C 638, PS 4528-1999.

Draft Pakistan Test Method for Insoluble Residue in Carbonate Aggregates ASTM: D 3042-2015. Draft Pakistan Test method Light Weight Pieces in Aggregates ASTM: C 123-2014 PS 3873-2012 (R).Draft Pakistan Standard Specification for Aggregates for single or multiple Bituminous Surface Treatment ASTM: D 1139-15 (PS No. 4899-2008).

PQSCA would now forward draft of standard specifications to the concerned department for implementation.

Faculty Training in Research Methodology

Participation in PQSCA Meeting

The forum desired that a joint working group having representatives from SSUET, CWHR, and construction industry would be formed for close coordination.

A presentation was given to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Azal Haque and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Mehboob about working of Institute of Human Settlements and Environment (IHSE). IHSE undertakes scientific technical studies on major issues that confront people, to mobilize students, to offer community services to develop moral ethical values, to coordinate and help stakeholders through research and studies as a public service. As a part of IHSE activites, faculty members prepared studies reports on tsunami, earthquakes and floods in Pakistan 2010 -2011, urban floods in Karachi, fire safety, disaster management, climate change and water scarcity with challenges and opportunities. The Vice Chancellor desired that IHSE should become a finically viable entity.

A 4 days Workshop on Outcome Based Education (OBE) in engineering profession, was organized by Dr. Rehan Qureshi Acting Chairman, Computer Engineering Department . Faculty members Ms. Amber Fawad, Ms Nadia Qamar, Ms Faiza Afzal, Ms. Ariba Saeed, Ms. NAjia Owais and Mr. Shoaib Yaqub attended this workshop. At the workshop, faculty was given understanding about OBE educational theory.

Participants were informed that OBE was not what was taught, but, what was learned, understood and applied. OBE culminates in demonstration of learning to do something that was tangible and visible. Focus in OBE depends upon clarity and on outcomes with a clear expectation of what needs to be accomplished by the end of the course. Students are given understanding about what is expected of them and teachers know what they need to teach during the course.

Participants were informed about thein 1989. Washington Accord

was an agreement to accept undergraduate engineering degrees that were obtained using OBE methods. As of 2017, the full signatories include many countries including Pakistan.

Presentation on Working of IHSE

Faculty Members Attend OBE Workshop

Washington Accord that was initiated

Engr. Khurshid Jamal

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Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design (AED) Department visited Sir Syed-Tower

SSUET Knowledge Management Center

Faculty of AED, SSUET, visited Sir Syed Tower. It is located at M. R Kayani Road near Arts council of

Pakistan, besides Hindu Gymkhana. It is already constructed structure, which consists of two basements for parking, small courtyard on the back side facing Hindu Gymkhana, and ground+1 floor as open halls on which design solutions for Architecture and Environmental Design (AED) Department of SSUET will be proposed.

Proposed design of Library and C o n f e r e n c i n g fac i l i t ies w i th student center h a s b e e n p r e p a r e d f o r construction next t o “ A ” b l o c k SSUET by the AED faculty Ms. S a m a r S . Hussain and Ms. Hira Qureshi. The des ign is fo r housing 100,000 b o o k s , magazines and documents and

to provide reading and research facilities for 100 persons at a time.

BAE-IAP Design Competition for Beach House Design

CPEC Pioneers from Architecture Department

Students of 2015 batch of Architecture and Environmental Design (AED) Department participated in a design competition of “Beach House Design” that

was held by BAE-IAP as 2-week design studio exercise from August 1 to August 15, 2017. Students visited site of Hawkes Bay as part of their beach house design project. The students were briefed about the site by their design studio tutors Mr. Irtaza Ali and Ms. Humaira Nazir during visit. The beach house design options with models were submitted to the BAE-IAP team. The jury that held in SSUET-AED department appreciated the designs made by students.

Architecture and Environmental Design (AED) Department of SSUET participated in a tour to Khunjerab from August 17 to August 29, 2017. The tour was organized by the “Guidance Centre” of SSUET in relation to creating awareness of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The five students from AED, who participated in the tour were Shaiqe Mehdi (2014 batch), Khizir Abdali (2015 batch), Shahrukh Zaman Khan (2015 batch), Syeda Simrah Ali (2015 batch), Zeb-Un-Nisa (2015 batch). They witnessed the development in Khunjerab Pass and took photographs. The students visited Gilgit city under guidance of two students from Civil Engineering Department of SSUET. The students also teamed up with the students from other disciplines during field visits and observed the construction work.

NEWS FROM ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN DEPARTMENT

Group photo of AED students taken at Hawke's Bay

Floor plans of Sir Syed tower

View of Library and Conferencing facilities

Floor plans pf Library

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ORIC SSUET Introduced Silicon Valley (Project Drive 01)

Conference on Neurotransmission

ORIC-SSUET has always come up with innovative ideas to groom its students. After joining the ORIC, the Director ORIC-SSUET, Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani, along with Mr. Imran Sheikh, Co-founder &

Chief Operating Officer, One Avenue Inc. has introduced the concept of “Silicon Valley One Avenue Project Drives” at SSUET, which has and will be giving great opportunity of employment for students every year in the form of entrepreneurial ventures.

The vision of ORIC is to brush up SSUET's students’ skills, thus ORIC is trying its best in career development of students, through the introduction of these platforms where students are interviewed, selected and trained online for a semester time. Silicon Valley is providing guideline for new talents to come up with new business plans.

The first batch of 13 students were interviewed for Silicon Valley Project (s) on July 17, 2017. This drive has opened an entry for SSUET students for their career development for level of international employment.

ORIC has organized a daylong conference on “NEUROTRANSMISSION: Bridging Gaps via Synapse” in collaboration with AEIRC and International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) aiming for the awareness to researchers, teachers, and students about the importance of studying brain health, mental wellbeing and to develop a network of scientific community that can work together to make a real difference to the society.

The conference was conducted under the umbrella of

ORIC on July 21, 2017. Dr. Sadaf Ahmed CEO of AEIRC and Assistant Professor, Physiology Department, University of Karachi, hosted the conference while Dr. Shad, Professor and Neuroscientist from Australia, participated as the chief guest of the conference. Dr. Muhammad Afzal Haq, the Vice Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology has given presidential speech to the audience of the conference. Further Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani, Director ORIC, concluded the conference with his ending remarks on the conference and the conference was ended with the activity of networking and lunch for the conference participants.

The Business Incubation Centre of NED University (CINETIC) has started inviting STARTUP'S

rdregistration for their 3 Batch. In this regard, Director ORIC, Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani and the Manager CINETIC-NED together came up with the idea for students to have a combined interactive workshop in future.

Invitation of Startup registration

NEWS FROM ORIC

NEDUET (CINETIC) Marketing Manager, Mr. Zainis sharing ideas/Business Plans with Students of SSUET

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Further, the two of our showcased projects got selected for the further round at Islamabad.

Anemia/ Thalassemia Day was organized with the collaboration of the IEEE (EMBS) under the umbrella of ORIC-SSUET, in form of seminar for the awareness of students about the disease, cure, prevention and methods to deal with the patient in an effective manner. The event was held at Aug 29, 2017. With the topic “Anemia/ Thalassemia, A Challenge not a Curse” and was conducted by Engr. Faiza Iqbal.

ORIC has conducted a workshop on “Innovative

Solution in Current Research Publishing & Achieving Research Contribution” on September 28,2017 by Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani, the Director ORIC at SSUET.

Seminar on Anemia/ Thalassemia (A Challenge not a Curse)

Workshop on Innovative Solution in Current Research Publishing & Achieving Research Contribution

On Aug 7, 2017 students of both the universities were involved together under one single roof to exchange their concepts, ideas and to create new innovations and small business plans together in future by having a mutual discussion and experiments.

As there is rapid increase of drug addiction in our society, targeting the number of students as their victims, ORIC planned to spread awareness about the Anti-Drug seminar. The seminar was conducted on Aug 1, 2017.

Silicon Valley has always been a centre of attraction worldwide as for being a trend setter. The students who will be chosen in Silicon Valley will have prominent edge. Out of 13 candidates, Mr. Ishaq Ashraf, SSUET student, has been selected by the ONEAVENUE, Silicon Valley who joined the Silicon Valley, project on Aug 15, 2017 to work for a semester under the platform of ORIC-SSUET.

HEC'S 15 year's celebration was observed on September 27, 2017 in NED University covering variety

of regional showcasing events and activities to th

commemorate HEC's 15 year's achievement. ORIC-SSUET was invited along with 12 universities to demonstrate their students' talent.

A delegation comprising on Director ORIC-SSUET, faculty members and SSUET students participated in regional showcasing events and represented the university through the channel of ORIC-SSUET.

Awareness Seminar on (Anti-Drug)

Achievement of ORIC-SSUET (Silicon Valley Drive 01)

thHEC 15 Year Celebration

Contd...

ORIC-SSUET Team with Director ORIC-SSUET, Honorable VC-SSUET & Pro-VC of NED

SSUET Project Stall

Workshop on “Innovative Solution in Current Research Publishing & Achieving Research Contribution” By Director ORIC-SSUET to Faculty

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Computing (using Web & Hybrid Technologies). About 600 participants attended the seminar from different universities like Karachi University, NED University, Hamdard University, Iqra University, MAJU, Bahria University, SZABIST, SSUET, IBA, LUMS and FAST-NU etc. The classes started from August 16, 2017.

Google, Apple, and Microsoft have unveiled their

Mobile platforms: Android, iPhone, and Windows

Phone. All the major mobile handset makers like

Samsung, Nokia, Apple, Motorola, LG, Sony Ericsson,

Dell, and HTC are supporting these technologies.

In 2017, a large number of web app professionals and

developers have started implementing HTML5, CSS

and JavaScript (ES 2015). These technologies are also

becoming the main development option for mobile and

tablet applications as well. Therefore, JavaScript and

React/React Native are emerging as the de-facto

standard for client application development, may it be

Websites, Mobile, Tablet, or PC applications: a single

ubiquitous client platform to rule them all. Firebase, a

Google Cloud Platform has become the cloud platform

of choice for developers. It is built to work on a planetary

scale supporting billions of users and trillions of

transactions per day. They will allow anyone from

hobbyists to enterprises to write and host applications

on data centers located globally and running a vast

number of machines. Cloud computing coupled with

touch based mobile store apps are setting the stage for

the next decade of computing.

PHP/MySQL, Web Engineering and WordPress

MICROSOFT ® .NET Framework 4.5 Development

Graphic and Web Designing

Training Certificate in Mobile and Cloud Computing (Using Web & Hybrid Technologies)

CEP Instructor Mr. Muhammad Mubbashir held a seminar on “PHP/MySQL, Web Engineering”. PHP/MySQL is a website development language which is the short form of Hypertext Preprocessor. MySQL is commonly used together with PHP in website development and is popular open source software. If the site is made of plane html then it will be very difficult to update it on a regular basis. With MySQL &PHP this problem can be easily solved as you can then use a content management section developed from which you can update your site without any html knowledge also. Classes started from July 9, 2017.

CEP Instructor Mr. Atif Hussain held a seminar on “MICROSOFT ® .NET Framework 4.5 Development”. Around 70 participants were registered. This course is designed to get students up to speed quickly on fundamental concepts in the CLR that all developers should be familiar with, including assembly versioning development. It is very demanding course for developer as per current market scenario. The course started from July 9, 2017.

CEP Instructor Mr. Arif Samad held a seminar on “Graphic and Web Designing Converting PSD to HTML”. In general, “PSD to HTML” is a workflow. First, a web page is designed in a Photoshop Document (PSD) and then converted to code (using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). You could swap Photoshop with any other image editor (like Pixelmator, GIMP, and so on), but the principle is the same. In this course 30 participants were registered. It is a job oriented course, specialty in print media and web designing. The course started from July 16, 2017.

CEP Instructor Mr. Zia Ullah Khan held a Seminar Training Certificate at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology on Mobile and Cloud

NEWS FROM CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMME

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International Textile Limited Recruitment Drive

Exponent Engineers Recruitment Drive for Internship

Guidance Center o r g a n i z e d t h e recruitment drive of International Textile L i m i t e d f o r C o m p u t e r a n d E l e c t r o n i c s E n g i n e e r i n g students on Monday

stJuly 31 , 2017 at Bashir A. Mal ik Auditorium. In this

recruitment drive more than 100 students participated and gave interviews to HR team led by M. Javed Nasim, Assistant Manager HR. In the end, souvenirs were distributed among the company officials by Assistant Director, Guidance Center, Syed Muhammad Noman. The feedback from international textile limited regarding this event was also satisfying.

In collaboration with Guidance Center, Sir Syed University, Engr. Abdul Kahaliq (Also Sir Syed University Alumni) from Exponent Engineers,

organized the requirement drive for job and internship opportunities for Students. In the event, an awareness session was also delivered by Engineers of Exponent regarding electronic device, currently used in security system. The session was followed by the meeting with Registrar, Syed Sarfaraz, Advisor to Chancellor Mr. Siraj Khilji, Director Dr. Shakil Ahmed and Assistant Director Syed Muhammad Noman with company officials, including GM & Director Mohsin Iqbal, Abdul Khaliq and other guest. In the meeting, officials shared the thought to build the good relations, between education institutions, and professional organizations.

One Day Field Trip of Civil Engineering Student to Pakistan Largest Housing Scheme Bahria Town Karachi

Participation in First International Conference on Economics, Business and Social Research

For the better understanding of Professional Engineering, Guidance Center of SSUET periodically organizes field trips for different technology students. In this connection, one day field trip to Bahria Town

thwas organized, dated August 10 , 2017 to facilitate Civil Engineering Students. The trip was supervised by Assistant Director Guidance Center, Syed Muhammad Noman and Mr. Kafeel in which 25 students visited, from Civil Engineering department, nominated by their department.

The study tour was demonstrated by officials of HR department, led by Abdul Majid Ali and Professional Civil Engineers from Bahria Town and Consultant Paragon. Students visited the number of projects within Bahria Town like Grand Jamia Masjid (the world third largest Mosque), Theme Park, Mini Golf courses, and road construction. The field trip was enriched with the knowledge of students in different domain of Civil Engineering by professional Engineers of the field. The trip was followed by lunch, offered by Bahria town Karachi.

To enrich the capabilities of engineering students, regarding economical shift like China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which help them to better understand the future development of Pakistan, Guidance Center played a vital role in the professional development of engineering students and arranged the trip to participate in First International Conference on Economics, Business and Social Research. 30 Students from different departments participated in this activity along with the faculty members. This International Conference on Economics, Business and Social Research (ICEBSR) was held at Lesbela University of Agricultural, Water and Marine Science. The conference comprised of Keynote Addresses and parallel technical sessions on topics related to Economics, Business and Social Research. Scholars from all over Pakistan attended the conference.

NEWS FROM GUIDANCE CENTRE

Assistant Director, Guidance Centre, Giving Souvenir to Mr. Javed Naseem

Team Exponent Engineers and Guidance Centre with Mr. Siraj Khilji (Advisor to Chancellor) and Syed Sarfraz Ali (Registrar SSUET)

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NEWS FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT DEPARTMENT

Five of the submitted extended abstracts have b e e n a c c e p t e d a n d p r e s e n t e d i n t h e conference. These projects were supervised by Dr. Mehmood Khan Pathan and Mr. Waleej Haider. It is a matter of honor for our department that research projects of undergreduate students are presented in

an international conference first time in the history of department.

Syed Meesam Raza (2017-CS-216) and Syed Ahmed Farooq (2016-CS-070), students of Department of Computer Science, won NED Sports Gala '17 trophy

rdand secured 3 position in table tennis.

In order to make students aware of the latest technologies, CS department arranged a seminar on Evolving networking Technologies that was conducted by Mr. Noman Khan –CCIE, CISSP, and CISA on August 29, 2017.

thIn order to celebrate the 200 birthday celebrations of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a quiz competition was organized on August 30, 2017 to give awareness about 'Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's life and mission.

A workshop on windows azure was arranged on September 28, 2017 by Mr. Danial Saleem having more than 6 years of experience in cloud computing and Windows Azure.

5.Ms. Simra Najm, Lecturer CS, participated in CPEC study project from 'Karachi to Khunjerab Pass'.

rd1.CS Batch 2017 students secured 3

position in Table Tennis at NED Sports Gala

2.Seminar on “Evolving Networking Technologies”

3.Quiz Competition

4.Workshop on 'Microsoft Azure'

I/c CSD I/c ITD

FYP Poster Presentation

Participation in International Conference

Final Year Project (FYP) poster presentation for the batch 2014 was held on August 23, 2017 at 2nd and 3rd floor of AIT in the Department of Computer Science.

Around 55 projects were diplayed at various locations. This event was inaugurated by honorable Engr. Anwer Ali, Convenor MC, AIT. Displayed projects were based on state of the art technologies and being developed to solve real world problems. All the HODs, guests and visitors highly appreciated the efforts of students and supervisors. External evaluators from industries were invited to be a part of departmental teams and parallel sessions were arranged to examine the ideas of projects.

In response to the motivation and guidance of the chairman of department, some research Ideas were submitted in the “2nd IEEE International Conference

on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology ICEEST-2017” which was held on August 24-25, 2017 at Iqra University, Main Campus, Karachi.

Engr. Anwar Ali, Convenor MC, AIT Inaugurating the Event

Students Presenting Posters in ICEEST-2017

Dr. Mehmood Khan Pathan

About 300 parents and their wards visited the AIT premises and had a glimpse of laboratories and equipment.

Guests had a guided tour and they were explained in length about the academic structure and future

planning of AIT. Still Photography and video recording were screened, highlighting the updates of the event thread bare.

Dy. Registrar and HODs along with entire faculty staff spoke on the occasion highlighting the background and gradual progress, AIT has achieved over the years. They appreciated the AIT staff for their untiring efforts in organizing the event in a befitting manner by endorsing comments in Visitor's Book.

DAE 1st year theory examination 2017, was held in August-September. The examination was conducted smoothly and peacefully. Principal AIT, as Chief Superintendent, visited the different examination halls from time to time till the end of examination along with Dy. Registrar and HODs.

DAE First Year Examination 2017

Open House of AIT 2017AIT organized “Open House 2017” on September 10, 2017 for parents of prospective students before the

commencement of DAE admissions and displayed state of the art equipment and other facilities available at various AIT laboratories.

NEWS FROM ALIGARH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

NEWS FROM DIPLOMA OFASSOCIATE ENGINEERING

NEWS FROM QUALITY ENHANCEMENT CELL

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During the open house Parents/Guardians visit to the CIT Lab

Activities of QECYearly Progress Report of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology for the year 2016-17 has been submitted to HEC. Dr. Arshad Syed Karim, Director QEC, has successfully established the Faculty of Management Sciences. NOC from HEC to launch MBA, M.Phil and Ph.D programs in Business Studies has been obtained. QEC under guidance of Dr. Arshad Syed Karim prepared BBA and MBA Prospectus for 2017-18.

In uncomplicated malaria, symptoms progress as follows, through cold, hot, and sweating stages:· A sensation of cold with shivering· fever, headaches, and vomiting· seizures sometimes occur in younger people

with the disease· sweats, followed by a return to normal

temperature, with tirednessIn areas where malaria is common, many patients recognize the symptoms as malaria and treat themselves without visiting a doctor.

Malaria happens when a bite from the female Anopheles mosquito infects the body with Plasmodium. Only the Anopheles mosquito can transmit malaria. When an infected mosquito bites a human host, the parasite enters the bloodstream and lays dormant within the liver. The host will have no symptoms for an average of 10.5 days but the malaria parasite will begin multiplying during this time.

Treatment aims to eliminate the Plasmodium parasite from the patient's bloodstream.Those without symptoms may be treated for infection to reduce the risk of disease transmission in the surrounding population.Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended by the WHO to treat uncomplicated malaria. Artemisinin is derived from the plant Artemisia annua, better known as sweet wormwood. It is known for its ability to rapidly reduce the concentration of Plasmodium parasites in the bloodstream.ACT is artemisinin combined with a partner drug. The role of artemisinin is to reduce the number of parasites within the first 3 days of infection, while the partner drugs eliminate the rest.

Expanding access to ACT treatment worldwide has helped reduce the impact of malaria, but the disease is becoming increasingly resistant to the effects of ACT.In places where malaria is resistant to ACT, treatment must contain an effective partner drug.The WHO has warned that no alternatives to artemisinin are likely to become available for several years.

Causes

Treatment and prevention

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Malaria is a life-threatening mosquito-borne blood disease caused by a Plasmodium parasite.

Symptoms

Uncomplicated malaria:

It is transmitted to humans through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. Once an infected mosquito bites a human, the parasites multiply in the host's liver before infecting and destroying red blood cells.In some places, malaria can be treated and controlled with early diagnosis. However, some countries lack the resources to do this effectively.

Currently, no vaccine is licensed for use in the United States (U.S.) or globally, although one is available in Europe. Malaria was eliminated from the U.S. in the early 1950s, but between cases still occur each year, mostly in those who have recently traveled to malaria-endemic areas.

1,500 and 2,000

Malaria symptoms can be classified into two categories: uncomplicated and severe malaria.

This is diagnosed when symptoms are present, but there are no signs to indicate severe infection or dysfunction of the vital organs. This form can become severe malaria if left untreated, or if the host has poor or no immunity. Symptoms of uncomplicated malaria typically last 6 to 10 hours and recur every second day. Some strains of the parasite can have a longer cycle or cause mixed symptoms. As symptoms resemble those of flu, they may be undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in areas where malaria is less common.

MALARIA

How Malaria reacts against a human body

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IBEX Cup 2017

Sports Gala Event of Defence Day

Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology participated in IBEX Cup 2017 (tape ball cricket tournament). SSUET beat Usman University in the first

match and Sindh Madrasatul Islam University in the second match. SSUET won this tournament by defeating Iqra University.

Noman Nasim (SSUET) got “Man of the Match award” while Ashir Ahmed (SSUET) got the “Best Player of the Tournament award”.

Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology participated in Defence Day Sports Gala, organized by

Pakistan Marine Academy, Karachi. Around 14 universities of Sindh participated in this Championship. SSUET participated in Volley Ball, Table Tennis,

Basketball and Badminton. SSUET Volleyball Team got nd

2 position in the Tournament and Table Tennis Team rd

got 3 position.

Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology organized Table Tennis Series with Virtual University at Aligarh Institute of Technology. SSUET won the series.

Olympian Haseem Khan, Captain, Pakistan Hockey Team & Former Captain SSUET Hockey Team, visited

SSUET for the promotion of sports in SSUET. He met with Chancellor , Vice Chancellor Dr

Registrar Syed Sarfraz Ali, Dean of Engineering Prof. Dr. Talat Altaf, Chairman Electronic Engineering, Dr. Muhammad Tahir Qadri. He also visited Aligarh Institute of Technology and met with Principal AIT, Mr. Mehmood Pathan.

Team of Sir Syed U n i v e r s i t y o f E n g i n e e r i n g & Technology took p a r t i n t h e S w i m m i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p , o r g a n i z e d b y Pakistan Marine A c a d e m y , o n

Independence Day. SSUET swimmers got three bronze medals in the event.

Jashn-e-Azadi Exhibition Table Tennis Series with Virtual University

Captain Pakistan Hockey Team Olympian Haseem Khan Visited SSUET University

Swimming Championship to mark Independence Day

Jawaid Anwar . Afzal Haque,

Group Picture of SSUET Volley Ball Team with Deputy Mayer Mr. Arshad Wohra, Commodore Akbar Naqi SI (M) , Syed Sarfaraz Ali SI (M)

(Registrar, SSUET), & Mr. Muhammad Mubbashir (Director Sports)

Chancellor SSUET Mr. Jawaid Anwar presenting Signed Hockey Stick to Haseem Khan, Mr. Afzal Haque (Vice Chancellor) Syed Sarfaraz Ali

(Registrar) & Dr. Jafar Usmani are also seen in picture.

Group Picture of SSUET Cricket Team in IBEX Cup 2017

Asif Zaheer Hashmi (Assistant Sports officer, SSUET) Receiving Shield from Minister Sports Muhammad Buksh Khan Mahar

& Commodore Akbar Naqi SI (M)