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“The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance”

Shelley

Indeed sky is the limit for the acquisition of knowledge. It is through knowledge that nations gain supremacy over others. At the micro level, it is the institutions that contribute to this cause. It has been our endeavour at the CIIT Abbottabad not to lag behind and to ensure that the ship of its affairs continues to sail on placid waters. As it will be borne out by the pages inside, students and faculty are focused to play their role under the dynamic leadership of CIIT. I hope that the readers find it absorbing. Any feedback will be most welcome.

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Volume 10 Issue 1 January - March 2015

Zainab IrshadEditor-in-Chief

Patron

Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon

Editor-in-Chief

Zainab Irshad

Dr Arshid Pervez LiSCENT

Dr Aneela MaalikChemistry

Ms. Sana MalikComputer Science

Dr Javid IqbalEnvironmental Sciences

Mr. Israr WahidCivil Engineering

Mohammad ShoukatCITC

Dr Zahid HussainDevelopment Studies

Dr Ghulam Murtaza Pharmacy

Miss Saira BhattiMathematics

Dr Jamshed IqbalCADR

Ms Aniqa ZamanERC

M. Tahir KhanElectrical Engineering

Ms. Rabiah RustamHumanities

Ms. Zohra SaleemManagement Sciences

Ms. Adeela MazharEarth Sciences

Mr. Adam ZahoorCCDU

Ms. Nazia KhaqanOOD

Waqar AzeemGraphics Designer

Departmental Editors

Editorial Board

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content in the publication. No redistribution and copy is

allowed in any form without the explicit permission from the

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News and Events

Alumni Reunion 2015 01

Visit of Prof. Dr Peter Langer 02

Tree Plantation Campaign 02

Annual General Meeting of IEEE Islamabad 04

Seminar on Wildlife Conservation Awareness 05

Visit of NBEAC 08th16 Faculty Development Workshop 09

Two Days Workshop on Women Leadership in Higher Education 10

Thematic Workshop on Water Conservation and Purification 11

Research

Research News 12

List of Research Papers 15

New Faculty Profiles

Who is new 20

Table of Contents

News & Events 01

CIIT - ABBOTTABADJanuary - March 2015

Alumni Reunion 201514 March 2015

of Computer Science, CIIT Abbottabad

expressed his gratitude on behalf of Alumni to

CIIT Abbottabad for arranging the mega event.

He stated that reunion is not only about the past

but is also about the present and future. It is about

what we may give to our institute, what we can do

for it, in whatever capacity, in terms of

accommodating our juniors at jobs and

internships, in terms of supporting the institute

morally and financially, and in whatever way we

can and importantly cherish the growth of

institute in terms of infrastructure, in terms of new

programs and departments, and in terms of its

achievements.

CIIT Abbottabad organized Alumni Reunion on

14 March 2015. A large number of graduated

students attended the event. They were given a

very warm welcome by the CIIT Abbottabad's

family. Addressing the audience, Director CIIT

Abbottabad Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon welcomed

the graduated students and advised them to work

hard in their professional lives. Event comprised a

series of activities including "Tribute to deceased

Alumni, campus updates, interaction of the last

semester students with the alumni, campus

updates, visit of Alumni round the campus and

stage activities etc”.

Dr Kashif Bilal, Assistant Professor, Department

February, 2015. They were shown the radiation

facilities, methods for the preparation of growth

media for edible mushrooms and production of

mushrooms.

Dr Ahson Jabbar Shaikh along with Dr Tauqir A.

Sherazi, Assistant Professors, Department of

Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad and MS Student Mr.

Sajid Javed visited NIFA (Nuclear Institute for

Food and Agriculture, Peshawer, Pakistan) on 20

Study Trip of Faculty of Chemistry Department to NIFA20 February 2015

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January - March 2015

and Pharmacy departments and appreciated the

available facilities. In the evening, he left for

dinner at German Embassy where Prof. Dr Khan

Gul Jadoon, Director CIIT Abbottabad, Prof. Dr

Abdur Rehman Khan, Head Department of

Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad along with some

faculty members joined him.

Professor Dr Peter Langer, Department of

Chemistry, University of Rostock, Germany

visited CIIT Abbottabad on 24 March 2015.

During his visit he delivered a lecture to the

faculty and students of Department of Chemistry

and Department of Pharmacy, CIIT Abbottabad.

He also visited the Graduate labs of Chemistry

Prof. Dr Peter Langer visits CIIT AbbottabadDepartment of Chemistry, 24 March 2015

Department of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Government in Spring Planting Campaign at CIIT

Abbottabad. Prof. Dr Muhammad Maroof Shah

along with Dr Tahir Hayat and Miss Ghazal

Khursheed arranged the said activity on 27

February 2015 at CIIT Abbottabad campus.

Divisional Forest Officer Mr. Azher Ali Khan and

his team launched the campaign by planting a

sapling. The faculty and students started planting

saplings with the help of forest staff. Director

CIIT Abbottabad Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the

human kind. It has profound effects on food,

health, energy consumption and other socio-

economic aspects. Trees, wood and forests can

provide part of solution to face climate change

and planting new trees is an attractive way to

mitigate climate change. Tree plantation can also

help society to adapt and resist the changing

climate. Faculty and Students from the

Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT

Abbottabad joined hands with the Forest

Tree Plantation Campaign A Provincial Government's Spring Planting Campaign in collaboration with

Department of Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad

Department of Environmental Sciences, 27 February 2015

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wished Forest Department to be part of the

plantation campaign in future, hence, extended

the invitation to get as many people from their

department involved as possible. CIIT has always

been on the forefront in community services and

matters of national interests. This time too as a

gesture of good will CIIT did not miss the

oppor tuni ty and ensured i t s maximum

representation by actively participating in this

noble task.

Area Network (LAN) from home and other

remote locations using a Virtual Private Network

(VPN).

By the grace of Almighty ALLAH 500 users

(Faculty, MS/PhD Students) for VPN (Virtual

Private Network) have been registered at CIIT

Abbottabad. Users may connect to the CIIT Local

Virtual Private Network for Digital Library Access

On request of Haripur University, two days

workshop on Quantitative Data Analysis using

SPSS was organized on 10-11 March 2015 for the

professors of different departments of Haripur

University including Departments of Agriculture,

Forestry, Business and Information Technology.

2 Days Workshop on Quantitative Data Analysis using SPSS

Department of Mathematics, 10-11 March 2015

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Student Activities Committee of IEEE Islamabad

Section holds Annual General Meeting in

different cities. This time, they organized the

meeting at CIIT Abbottabad campus on 21 March

2015. They were warmly welcomed by the HoD,

faculty and students of Department of Electrical

Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad. Hi tea and Dinner

in honor of visiting team was hosted by

Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT

Abbottabad. Executive committee, other local

members and guests were also invited. The

meeting included the executive report ,

appointment of new officers, and awards

presentation. Faculty members and students from

different universities attended the meeting. Chief

Guest Dr Mansoor Malik emphasized on

organizing seminars in a more productive and

efficient manner. Dr Abdul Rasheed, Head


Abbottabad elaborated and emphasized the

importance of such meetings. Awards were given

Annual General Meeting of IEEE IslamabadDepartment of Electrical Engineering, 21 March 2015

to the following:

Best Student Volunteer Award: Muhammad

Talha Bilal, UET Taxila

Best Student Volunteer Award II: Mr. Salman

Bhatti, GIK Institute, Topi

Best AG (WIE) Student Volunteer Award:

Miss Laiba Jawed

Best Student Branch Award: IEEE UET

Taxila

Best AG SB Award: IEEE WIE UET Taxila

SB

Recognition Award: Mr. Ihtasham Zahid,

IEEE IIUI SB

Recognition Award II: Mr. Awais Shafique,

SEECS NUST

Dr Saima Anis did Post-doc in Geometric

Group Theory/Low-dimensional Topology

from Department of Mathematics, University

of Chicago, USA, 2014-15.

Dr Madad Khan did Post-doc in Bio-

M a t h e m a t i c s f r o m D e p a r t m e n t o f

Mathematics, University of Chicago, USA,

2014-15. The university is at number 09 in

world ranking.

Post Doctorate from University of ChicagoDepartment of Mathematics

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students Mr. Wali Inam and Ms. Aisha Altaf

presented their posters.

Dr Wajahat Mahmood, Assistant Professor,

Department of Pharmacy, CIIT Abbottabad along

with two of his MS Pharmaceutical Chemistry

students participated in the "International

Confe rence on Recen t Innova t ions in

Pharmaceutical Science" held jointly by the

Ripah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, HEC

and Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan in

Islamabad on 3-5 March 2015. He updated the

audience with an oral presentation while his MS

Dr Wajahat Mahmood participates in International Conference on Recent Innovations in Pharmaceutical Science

Department of Pharmacy, 3-5 March 2015

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has been initiated to deliver special lectures

throughout the province in various institutes.

Therefore, joining hands in the efforts of

conservation, Department of Development

Studies CIIT Abbottabad organized a seminar in

collaboration with the Wildlife department of the

Khyber Paktunkhuwa for awareness raising

regarding Wildlife Conservation on 25 March

The Wildlife Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is

implementing several activities for conservation

of wildlife in the province. One of the initiatives is

promoting conservation education and awareness

for sensitization of general masses and students at

the grass root level through formal and informal

approaches. Realizing the need to sensitize the

students at University and colleges, a campaign

Seminar on Wildlife Conservation AwarenessDepartment of Development Studies, 25 March 2015

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Students of Development Studies Department grab First Position in Social Innovation Mela, LUMS

Department of Development Studies, 20-21 March 2015

Success Stories from around the Globe

a s s u r i n g t h e E v o l u t i o n o f S o c i a l

Entrepreneurship in Today's World.

Celebrating Innovation; Many Notable

Enterprises in Pakistan have shown

Commitment in Improving the Lives of Low

Income Consumers.

For the social innovation challenge, participants

had to present an idea which aimed to accomplish

empowerment of rural women through economic

and social incentives. The criteria of judgment

was based on forecast of outcomes, scale of

innovation of idea, implementation process, and

impact in both qualitative and quantitative terms.

In addition to prove the sustainability of the idea,

there were only three minutes given to explain all

the content to audience.

Besides winning the competition, the students

also got short listed for Global Innovation

Challenge; an event expected to be held at O.P.

Jindal Global University in India.

It is a matter of pride for CIIT Abbottabad in

general and Department of Development Studies,

CIIT Abbottabad in particular that two students of

the department Mr. Niqash Ahmad (BDS-3) and

Mr. Irfan Naseem (BDS-5) participated in the

International Social Innovation Challenge held at

LUMS Lahore on 20-21 March 2015 and stood

first in the competition.

The event brought together social entrepreneurs

from Pakistan and academics and field

practitioners from India, US and UK onto a single

platform. There were four panel discussions

during the two days event, an exhibition and

social innovation challenge. The topics for panel

discussions were:

E n g a g i n g E n v i r o n m e n t s ; H o w c a n

Universities Facilitate the Cause of Social

Justice and Community Engagement?

Lessons from the Field; Studies of Enterprises

such as the Gulmit Carpet Weaving Center in

Hunza.

mode of lecture, discussion and wildlife video

display. About 20 facul ty members of

Deve lopment S tud ies Depar tment and

Environmental Sciences Department and 200

students of Bachelor of Development Studies and

Environmental Sciences attended the seminar.

Students took keen interest in the different aspects

of conservation efforts as highlighted in the

seminar.

2015. DFO Wildlife Extension Mr. Niaz Khan

was the guest speaker at the occasion. He

deliberated on the importance of wildlife and

explained the concept in the light of Quran and

also highlighted different aspects of wildlife

conservation and role of local community and

youth in promoting awareness and contribution

towards the conservation efforts.

The issue was highlighted through an interactive

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students for completing four years of their studies

successfully. Event contained different

performances including singing, dancing and

dramatics. Each performance was appreciated by

the audience.

Organizing team consisted of Engr. S. Asmat Ali

Shah, Engr. Aniqa Zaman, Engr. Jalil ur Rehman

Kazim and Engr. Muhammad Arif.

IEEE Students' Branch, CIIT Abbottabad

organized a farewell for the Batch Fall 2011 on 15

March 2015. Event started with a marvelous

performance of Mr. Sajjad Ahmed, one of the

national level dance competition winner. This

performance was about a social issue and was

highly appreciated by the audience. Dr Abdur

Rasheed, Head Department of Electrical

Engineering, CIIT Abbottabad congratulated all

Farewell Party Arranged in Honor of Fall 2011 BatchDepartment of Electrical Engineering, 15 March 2015

level is striving for excellence in MS and PhD

levels. For this reason a thorough survey has been

done to improve the research work by publishing

research in the world's leading Journals like IEEE

and ICT etc. The preparation of the course outline

at undergraduate and graduate level is another

step towards the concept of objective based

learning which shall prove beneficial in

accreditation by ABBOTT, an internationally

known accreditation body.

The accreditation visit conducted by PEC during

t h e l a s t q u a r t e r r e p o r t e d p o s i t i v e

recommendations and EPE program is accredited.

Applications for BEE and BCE are submitted for

accreditation in this quarter and the visits are

expected to be conducted in the coming quarter

for which necessary arrangements and

preparations have been made by the department.


Abbottabad after excelling at the undergraduate

Accreditation of EPE Program from Pakistan Engineering Council

Department of Electrical Engineering

Islamabad on 30 March 2015.

Participants from all corners of Pakistan

and FAO representatives reviewed FCT

comprehensively and suggested new

dietary guidelines with improvement in

food contents.

Dr Muhammad Javid Iqbal, Assistant

Professor, Department of Environmental

Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad participated in

a Consultative Meeting to Review “Food

Composit ion Table and Dietary

Guidelines for Pakistan” at Planning

Commiss ion , Nutr i t ion Divis ion ,

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Department of Environmental Sciences, 30 March 2015

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Mr. Adil Amin Kazi, HoD , FAST Islamabad

Ms. Sania Tufail, Program Manager, NBEAC

Delegation from National Business Education

Accreditation Council (NBEAC) visited CIIT

Abbottabad on 10-12 March 2015. They went

round the campus and met faculty and students.

They also visited the Library and were highly

appreciative of all facilities.

Delegation comprised the following:

Dr Tashfeen Azhar, Professor, University of

Management & Technology, Lahore

Dr Huma Amir, Assistant Professor, IBA

Karachi

Dr Syed Azhar Hussain Shah, Regional Head

National Bank, Abbottabad

Visit of National Business Education Accreditation Council10-12 March 2015

Technology, he presented CIIT Abbottabad's

Newsletters to representatives of state department

in USA. They were impressed by the significant

achievements of the institution in a short span of

time.

It is an honor for CIIT Abbottabad as one of its

student of Electrical Engineering Department Mr.

Qaiser Nawab (SP12-EPE-098) got selected for

the Global Ugrad Cultural Exchange Program

2014-15. He along with 118 other students from

Pakistan got selected after screening of 10,000

applicants.

“Global UGRAD Cultural Exchange program

empowers the students to actively participate in

establishing cordial relations with the people of

Pakistan and USA". He was selected as Cultural

Ambassador for the subject visit. He represented

his culture and gained exposure to the diversity of

US culture. He visited 16 states of USA during the

visit and highlighted Pakistan's soft image. While

introducing COMSATS Institute of Information

CIIT Abbottabad's Student Participates in the Flobal Ugrad Cultural Exchange Program

Department of Electrical Engineering

Lesson Planning � � � � Professional and Personal Ethics

Classroom Management� � � CUOnline / Course Portal Services

Attributes of a Good Teacher� � � Academic Leadership

Microteaching Concepts� � � Research Methods and Skills

Communication and Presentation Skills� Effective Teaching Skills and Strategies

Assessment, Evaluation & Measurement � Creative Thinking in Instructional Design

Teachers' Behavior and Students' Discipline Knowledge Management Support for Teachers

Panel Discussion: Grading Philosophy / Educational Psychology

Question Paper Setting Techniques / Marking & Grading

Microteaching Demonstration / Video Recording

Curriculum Design through Outcome Based Learning

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th16 Faculty Development Workshop 23-27 February 2015

th16 Faculty Development Workshop (FDW-16) was organized and conducted by Campus Faculty

Development Forum (CFDF) on 23-27 February 2015. 22 new faculty members from Departments of

Management Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering,

Computer Science, and Mathematics participated in the workshop and received certificates on successful

completion. The following topics were covered in addition to practice of microteaching:

Newsbite

Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics” in the

University of Punjab, Lahore on 10-14 February

2015.

Dr Zahid Ahmad, Ass is tan t Professor,

Department of Mathematics, as an invited speaker

delivered a talk on '' Gravitational Collapse with

Anisotropic Pressure'' in the International

Department of Mathematics

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delivered by Dr Noor Jehan

Self Grooming, Creative Thinking, and Self

Leadership delivered by Dr Musarrat Jabeen,

Associate Professor, Department of

Development Studies

Introduction to TULIP (Turkish University

Leadership Improvement Program) by Dr

Funda Sivrikaya Serifoglu

Transformation via Women Leadership by Dr

Nigar Demircan Cakar

Stress and Conflict Management by Dr

Bushra Hameed and Dr Nasreen Ghuffran

The workshop was ended by exchanging warm

regards and greetings among organizers, speakers

and participants of the event.

A two days workshop on Women Leadership in

Higher Education was organized by Department

of Management Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad on

21-22 February 2015. Dr Noor Jehan, Vice

Chancellor, University of Swabi presented the

inaugural address.

On the second day of workshop, Dr Funda

Sivrikaya Serifoglu, President of Duzce

University and Dr Nigar Demircan Cakar, VP

Duzce University, Turkey presented their

introductory session. Talks were delivered on

various topics including the following:

Importance of Women Leadership in Higher

Education delivered by Dr Noor Jehan

Gender Discrimination particulary in KPK

Two Days Workshop on Women Leadership in Higher Education

Department of Management Sciences, 21-22 February 2015

universities and colleges participated in the event

and CIIT Abbottabad grabbed second position by

winning the following competitions:

First position in English Declamation-

Humorous, won by Mr. Hassnain Khan

It is a matter of great honor for CIIT Abbottabad

that the students of CIIT Abbottabad participated

in Mega Challenge 2015 (MC 15) organized by

Government of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK) in

collaborat ion with FAST Peshawar. 37

CIIT Abbottabad grabs Second Position in Mega Challenge4-5 March 2015

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offered a distinguished list of some very

renowned people from the field of water

conservation.

After the welcome address by the Dean, Faculty

of Business Administration Dr Qaiser Abbass,

Chief Guest Mr. Sajjad Ahmad, DG Environment,

Ministry of Climate Change opened the session

and highlighted the efforts of his ministry and

importance of such workshops in sensitizing the

society about environmental issues. Dr Mathias

Winige, Ex-Rector University of Bonn, Germany

shared the outcomes of his work on “Future of

Glaciers and Indus River System in Pakistan”. Dr

Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman, Pakistan Council

of Research in Water Resources delivered a

detailed presentation on the role of his instate in

policy making and its implementation regarding

Department of Development Studies, CIIT

Abbottabad has been holding thematic workshops

on water issues since two years. The topic of this

year's workshop was “Water Conservation,

Purification and Recycling” which was

organized by the Department of Development

Studies and the Department of Environmental

Sciences jointly. The workshop was organized on

28 March 2015 as part of the ongoing event in

Pak-China Business Forum held on 27-30 March

2015 at Pak-China Business Centre Islamabad.

The participants of the workshop were primarily

the students and faculty of the Department of

Development Studies and the Department of

Environmental Sciences from CIIT Abottabad

and the students of many other universities from

Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The workshop

Thematic Workshop on Water Conservation, Purification and Recycling

Department of Development Studies, 27-30 March 2015

First position in Sketching won by Mr. Faizan

COMSATS Literary Society (CLS), Funkada

and Aadrish worked together to get this

position.

Second position in Naat competition won by

Miss Anza Malik

First position in Photography won by Mr.

Hassnain Khan

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Dr Bahadar Nawab, Head Department of

Development Studies, CIIT Abbottabad

discussed the role of academia in water

conservation, purification and recycling. The

presentations were followed by the panel

discussion. Prof. Dr Khan Gul Jadoon, Director

CIIT Abbottabad presented shields as souvenirs to

chief guest and other distinguished members of

the panel.

water conservation. Ms. Sadia Yaqoob from

UNICEF delivered an interesting and thought

provoking speech in which she introduced the

inequities in the provision of water for domestic

consumption. Water aid and Plan International,

UN Habitat and Norwegian Church aid also

introduced the role of different NGO's and

INGO's in the provision of safe water and

improved sanitation in Pakistan.

and co-curricular activities. Event contained

different performances including singing,

dancing and dramatics.

Organizing team included Engr. M. Waqas Zeb,

Engr. Aniqa Zaman, Engr. Madiha Sultan and

Engr. Umer Fareed.

IEEE Students' Branch of CIIT Abbottabad

conducted a Welcome Party for the Spring 2015

batch on 10 March 2015. Dr Abdur Rasheed,

Head Department of Electrical Engineering, CIIT

Abbottabad was invited for his address. He

focused on the importance of engineering

education in current scenario and advised

students to maintain a balance between curricular

Welcome Party (Fresher's Night)Department of Electrical Engineering, 10 March 2015

Research NewsResearch News

Million) for the project titled "Isolation and

Identification of Insect repelling Compounds

from Indigenous Plants".

Dr Muhammad Azeem, Assistant Professor,

Department of Chemistry, CIIT Abbottabad has

won HEC Start-up Research Grant (Rs. 0.5

HEC Start-up Research Grant approved

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Research News

It is a matter of honor for CIIT Abbottabad in general and

Department of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad in particular that

Prof. Dr Dost Mohammad, has published his long awaited book

on Topology. It's first three chapters fully cover the

undergraduate as well introduction to MS level, the rest of the

book covers the course at Graduate level.

Congratulations to him from the CIIT Abbottabad's Family!

Book published by Dr Dost MuhammadDepartment of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics.

He presented some proofs of Common fixed point

results for various types of commuting maps

satisfying generalized contractive conditions.

Dr Talat Nazir, Assistant Professor, Department

of Mathematics, CIIT Abbottabad participated in

Higher Seminar in Mathematics (MAM seminar)

at the School of Education, Culture and

C o m m u n i c a t i o n ( U K K ) , M a l a r a d a l e n

Dr Talat Nazir participates in Higher Seminar in MathematicsDepartment of Mathematics

wish him all the best for his research at CADR,

CIIT Abbottabad.

TWAS fellowship Scholar Raji Akeem Adewale,

has chosen Prof. Dr Jamshed Iqbal of CIIT

Abbottabad for his PhD research supervision. He

is one among the three Nigerian students who

have been selected for this scholarship among 300

students who applied for this prestigious

scholarship. It's indeed a great honor for CADR

that it has been recognized internationally

because of the high quality research work and

students from everywhere are willing to be a part

of it. We officially welcome our new fellow and

Nigerian Student’s Interest at CADR for PhD Research

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,

CIIT Abbottabad has been approved by the

Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.

An NRPU-HEC project t i t led “Radical

Cations/Anions as Potential Modulators for

Photoswitching Properties: A Theoretical

Approach” submitted by Dr Tariq Mahmood,

HEC Research Project Approved

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CIIT - ABBOTTABAD January - March 2015

Dr Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Assistant Professor, Department of

Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad has won “Best Book

Award” under the program “HEC Outstanding Research Awards”

for his book titled “Medicinal Plant Bio-Diversity of Lesser

Himalayas-Pakistan”.

Award was conferred upon him in a commemorative award ceremony

which was held on 13 March 2015 at HEC Islamabad. Award consists of

a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 300,000.

Awards Won by Environmental Sciences Faculty

Dr Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti, Assistant Professor, Department of

Environmental Sciences, CIIT Abbottabad has won “Innovation

Award” for his project titled “Industrial Water Treatment”.thThe award was given to him on the occasion of 4 Invention to

Innovation Summit 2015 held on 4 March 2015 in the University of

Punjab. Award Ceremony was organized by IRP in collaboration with

the University of Punjab, Pakistan Science Foundation and University

of Management and Technology.

Congratulations to them from the CIIT Abbottabad's Family!

Dr Arshad Mehmood Abbasi wins Best Book Award

Dr Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti wins Innovation Award

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List of Research Papers

Department of Electrical EngineeringPublished Papers

Abdul Waheed Malik, Benny Thornberg, Qaisar Anwar, Tor Arne Johanson and Khurram Shahzad,

“Real Time Decoding of Color Symbol for Optical Positioning System”, International Journal

Advanced Robotic Syst, Volume12 page 1-12, 2015

Z. Jahangiri, S. Khattak, Laiq Hasan, Tauseef Ali and Samee U. Khan, “Automatic Player Detection and

Identification for Sports Entertainment Applications”, Pattern Analysis and Applications, page 1-12,

2015

Anzar Mahmood, Nadeem Javaid and S. Razzaq, “A Review of Wireless Communications for Smart

Grid”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ,Volume 41 page 248-260, 2015

Aftab Jadoon, S. Razzaq, A. Khan, Fatima Khursheed and Owais, “HEMSs and Enabled Demand

Response in Electricity Market: An overview”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ,Volume 42

Issue 1, page 773-785, 2015

Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Bilal Awan, Anzar Mahmood, S. Razzaq, Adnan Zafar, Guftaar Ahmed

and Sardar Sidhu, “Combined Emission Economic Dispatch of Power System including Solar Photo

Voltaic Generation”, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 92 page 82-91, 2015

Department of Environmental SciencesPublished Papers

Rafiq Ahmad, Y. Z. Fodil, C. Passaquet, J. N. Ahmad, Sabaz Ali Khan, and A. Repellin, “Cloning,

Heterologous Expression and Enzymatic Characterization of a New cysteine Protease Inhibitor Gene

from Maize Zea mays L.) leaves”, Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2015

Amjad Hassan & Abdul Rehman Khan, “Epigenetic Regulation of Inflammatory Cytokines and

Associated Genes in Human Malignancies”, Mediators of Inflammation, 2015

Department of ChemistryPublished Papers

Muhammad Nadeem Arshad, Aisha Bibi, Tariq Mahmood, Abdullah M. Asiri and Khurshid Ayub,

“Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of Triazine based Hydrazone Derivatives;

A Comparative Experimental-Theoretical Study”, Molecules, Volume 20 page 5851-5874, 2015

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Taj-ur-Rahman, Mohammad Arfan, Tariq Mahmood, Wajiha Liaqat, Mazhar Amjad Gilani,

Ghiasuddin, Ralf Ludwig, Khair Zaman, M. Iqbal Choudhary, K.F. Khattak and Khurshid Ayub,

“Isolation, Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Studies of 7-(4-methoxyphenyl)-9H-

Furo[2,3-F]chromen-9-one: A new Flavonoid from the Bark of Millettiaovalifolia”, Spectrochimica

Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular spectroscopy, Volume 146 page 24-32, 2015

Muhammad Nadeem Arshad, Abdullah M. Asiri Khalid A. Alamry, Tariq Mahmood, Mazhar Amjad

Gilani, Khurshid Ayub and Abdulhadi Saleh Birinji, “Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Spectroscopic and

Density Functional Theory (DFT) Study of N-[3-anthracen-9-yl-1-(4-bromo-phenyl)-allylidene]-N-

Benzenesulfonohydrazine”, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy,

Volume 142 page 364-374, 2015� Fazl-i-Sattar, Zakir Ullah, Ata-ur-Rahman, Abdur Rauf, Muhammad Tariq, Asif Ali Tahir, Khurshid

Ayub and Habibullah, “Phytochemical, Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Study of

Diospyrin and Non-bonding Interactions of Diospyrin with Atmospheric Gases”, Spectrochimica Acta

Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Volume 141 page 71-79, 2015

Tran Quang Hung, Ngo Ngoc Thang, Do Huy Hoang, Tuan Thanh Dang, Khurshid Ayub, Alexander

Villinger, Stefan Lochbrunner, Gerd-Uwe Flechsigand Peter Langer, “Synthesis and Properties of 5,7-

Dihydropyrido[3,2-b:5,6b'] diindoles”, Eur J Org Chem, Volume 5 page 1007-1019, 2015� Umar Farooq, Khurshid Ayub, Muhammad Ali Hashmi, Rizwana Sarwar, Afsar Khan, Saleha Suleman

Khan, Izharul Haq Ali Shah, Manzoor Ahmad, “Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Studies

of a New Rosane Type Diterenoid from Stachysparviflora”, Rec. Nat. Prod. Volume 9 Issue 3 page 329-

335, 2015

Shaikh, A. J., Rabbani, F., Sherazi, T. A., Iqbal, Z., Mir, S. and Shahzad, S. A., “Binding Strength of

Porphyrin - Au-Nanoparticle Hybrids based on Number and Type of Linker Moieties and a Simple

Method to Calculate Inner Filter Effects of Gold Nanoparticles using Fluorescence Spectroscopy”, The

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Volume 119 page 1108-1116, 2015

Sherazi, T. A., Zahoor, S., Raza, R., Shaikh, A. J., Naqvi, S. A. R., Abbas, G., Khan, Y. and Li, S.,

“Guanidine Functionalized Radiation induced Grafted Anion-exchange Membranes for Solid Alkaline

Fuel Cells”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 40 page 786-796, 2015

A. M. Al-Taweel, S. Perveen, G. A.Fawzy, Afsar Khan, R. Mehmood and A. Malik, “Abeliaside, A new

phenolic Glucoside from Abeliatriflora”, Nat. Prod. Res, 2015

M. A. Hashmi, Afsar Khan, M. Hanif, U. Farooq, and S. Perveen, “Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and

Pharmacology of Olea Europaea (Olive), Evid. Based Complement”, Alternat. Med, 2015

M. A. Hashmi, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, M. Rani, V. U. Ahmad, A. R. Khan, “A New Secoiridoid

Glycosidic Lignan Ester from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea”, Magn. Reson. Chem. 2015, 53 (2),

163–166.

M. A. Hashmi, H. S. Shah, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, J. Iqbal, V. U. Ahmad and S. Perveen, “Anticancer

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and Alkaline Phosphatase Inhibitory Effects of Compounds Isolated from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea

Royle”, Rec. Nat. Prod., Volume 9 Issue 1, page 164–168, 2015

Accepted Papers

M. A. Khan, H. Khan, M. Saeed, A. Rauf, T. Basharat and Afsar Khan, “Urease Inhibition of Fixed Oils

and Fractions of Caralluma tuberculata: Component Identification by GC-MS”, J. Chem. Soc. Pak.,

2015

S. Perveen, A. M. Al-Taweel, G. A.Fawzy, A. M. El-Shafae, Afsar Khan and P. Proksch, “Cytotoxic

Glucosphingolipid from Celtisafricana”, Pharmacognosy Magazine., 2015

M. A. Hashmi, R. Hameed, Afsar Khan, U. Farooq, V. U. Ahmad and S. Perveen, “A New Dimeric

Secoiridoid Glycoside from the Leaves of Olea ferruginea Royle”, Helv. Chim. Acta., 2015

Muhammad Yar, Muhammad Arshad, Ariba Farooq, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Khurshid Ayub, Asma Ejaz,

Anupriya Kumar and Ichiya Ninomiya”, “Synthesis and DPPH Scavenging Assay of Reserpine

Analogues, Computational Studies and In-silico Docking Studies in AChE and BChE responsible for

Alzheimer's Disease”, Brazilian J Pharm Sci., 2015

Sobia Tabassum, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Khurshid Ayub and Rene Wilhelm, “First Examples of Carbene

Catalyzed Allylation of Benzaldehyde with Allyltrichlorosilane”, J. Iranian Chem. Soc., 2015

Department of MathematicsPublished Papers

Mursala Khan, “An Improved Exponential-type Estimator for Finite Population Variance using

Transformation of Variables”, Journal of Statistics Application & Probability, Volume 4 Issue 1 page 1-

5, 2015

Mursala Khan, “Improvement in Estimating the Finite Population Mean under Maximum and Minimum

Values in Double Sampling Scheme”, Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability Letters, Volume 2

Issue 2 page 1-7, 2015

Naveed Ahmed, Umar Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Zaidi, Saeed Ullah Jan, Asif Waheed and Syed Tauseef

Mohyud-Din, “MHD Flow of an Incompressible Fluid through Porous Medium between Dilating and

Squeezing Permeable Walls”, Journal of Porous Media, Volume 17 Issue 10 Page 861-867, 2015, IF:

0.467

M. Abbas, J. K. Kim and T. Nazir, “Common Fixed Point of Mappings satisfying almost Generalized

Contractive Condition in Partially Ordered G- metric Spaces”, Journal of Computational Analysis and

Applications, Volume 19 Issue 6 Page Page 928-938, 2015, IF: 0.72

M. Abbas, M. R. Alfuraidan and T. Nazir, “Fixed Point Results for Set-contractions on Metric Spaces

with a Directed Graph”, Fixed Point Theory and Applications, Volume 14, 2015, IF: 2.49

M. Abbas, T. Nazir and D. Gopal, “Common Fixed Point Results for Generalized Cyclic Contraction

Mappings”, Afrika Matematika, Volume 26 Page 265-273, 2015

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M. Abbas, T. Nazir and S. Radenovic, “Common Fixed Point of Mappings satisfying Rational

Inequalities in Ordered Complex Valued Generalized Metric Spaces”, Afrika Matematika, Volume 26

Page 17-30, 2015

Madad Khan, Y. B. Jun, Muhammad Gulistan and Naveed Yaqoob, “The Generalized Version of Jun's

Cubic Sets in Semigroups”, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Volume 28 Issue 2 Page 947-960,

2015, IF: 0.93

Faisal, Madad Khan, Bijan Davvaz and Shamsul Haq, “A Note on Fuzzy Ordered AG-groupoids”,

Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems”, Volume 26 Issue 5 Page 2251-2261, 2015, IF: 0.93

Feng Feng, Hamido Fujita, Young Bae Jun and Madad Khan, “Decomposition of Fuzzy Soft Sets with

Finite Value Spaces”, Scientific World Journal, 2015, IF: 1.219

Madad Khan and Saima Anis, “An Analogy of Clifford Decomposition Theorem for Abel-Grassmann

Groupoids”, Algebra Colloquium, Volume 21 Issue 2 Page 347-353, 2015

J. Zhan, Madad and Saima, “Characterizations of Regular and Intra-regular Abel-Grassmann's

Groupoids”, J Mul Log and Soft Comp., Volume 23 Page 97-111, 2015, IF: 1.047

Madad Khan, Violeta Leoreanu-Fotea and Syeda Kokab, “Fuzzy Right Ideals of Intra- Regular Abel

Grassmann's-Groupoids, An. St. Univ. Ovidius Constanta, Volume 22 Issue 3 Page 95-113, 2015, IF:

0.23

Xiaoyan Liu, Feng Feng, Ronald R. Yager Bijan Davvaz and Madad Khan, “On Modular Inequalities of

Interval-valued fuzzy soft sets characterized by soft J-inclusions, Journal of Inequalities and

Applications, IF 0.77

Feng, Madad Khan, Saima and Nadeem, “Certain Characterizations of Fuzzy Soft Regular Abel-

Grassmann's Groupoids”, An. St. Univ. Ovidius Constanta,, 2015, IF: 0.23

Madad Khan, Saima Anis and Faizullah, “Some Characterizations of Intra-regular Abel-Grassmann

Groupoids”, Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology Volume 7 Issue 9 Page

1848-1855. ISI Indexed

B. Davvaz, Madad Khan, Kifayat Ullah and Usman Ashraf, “Right regular Abel-Grassmann's

Groupoids characterized by their Fuzzy Ideals”, Sci. Int., Volume 26 Issue 1 Page 17-28, 2015

Madad Khan, Muhammad Gulistan, Usman Ashraf and Saima Anis, “A Note on Right Weekly Regular

Semigroups”, Sci. Int., Volume 26 Issue 3 Page 971-975, 2015, ISI Indexed

Madad Khan, Tariq Aziz and Naveed Yaqoob, “Generalized interval-valued fuzzy right ideals of Abel

Grassmann's Groupoids”, Analele Universitatii Oradea Fasc. Matematica, Tom XXI (2014), Issue No.

1, 153-160.

Madad Khan, K. P Shum and M. Faisal Iqbal, “On Minimal Ideals of AG-Groupoids”, Southeast Asian

Bulletin of Mathematics, Volume 38 Page 389–399, 2015

Madad Khan, Venus, Gul Zaman and Naveed Yaqoob, “Characterizations of Ordered Gamma Abel

Grassmanns's Groupoids”, Discussiones Mathematicae: General Algebra and Applications, Volume 34

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Page 55–73, 2015

Ma, Xueling, Zhan, Jianming, Madad Khan, Aziz and Tariq, “Some Characterizations of Intra-regular

Abel Grassmann's Groupoids”, Ital. J. Pure Appl. Math, No. 32 Page 329–346, 2015

Ma, Xueling, Zhan, Jianming, Madad Khan, Aziz and Tariq, “Characterizations of Regular Abel-

Grassmann's Groupoids by the Properties of their (∈,∈∨qk)-fuzzy Ideals”, Ital. J. Pure Appl. Math.,

Volume 32 Page 309–324

Accepted Papers

Mursala Khan and Sultan Hussain, “An Improved Class of Ratio-type Estimators for Finite Population

Mean under Maximum and Minimum Values”, Science International, 2015

Muhammad Shakil, H. A. Wahab, Muhammad Naeem, Saira Bhatti and Muhammad Shahzad,

“Modeling The Predator Prey Interactions”, Network. Biology, Volume 5 Issue 2, 2015

Hafiz Abdul Wahab, Anwar Jamal, Saira Bhatti, Muhammad Naeem and Muhammad Shahzad,

“Application of Homotopy Perturbation Method to the Navier-Stokes Equations in Cylindrical

Coordinates”, Computational Ecology and Software, Volume 5 Issue 2, 2015

M. Abbas, M. R. Alfuraidan and T. Nazir, “Common Fixed Points of F-contractions on Metric Spaces

with a Directed Graph”, Carpathian Journal of Mathematics, 2015, IF: 0.642

M. Abbas, D. Illic and T. Nazir, “Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points of Generalized Weak Prešic

Type k-step Iterative Method for a Class of Operators”, Filomat, IF: 0.753

D. Illic, M. Abbas and T. Nazir, “Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points of Prešic Operators on Partial

Metric Spaces”, Mathematische Nachrichten, 2015, IF: 0.658

M. Abbas, W. Shatanawi and T. Nazir, “Common Coupled Coincidence and Coupled Fixed Point of C-

Contractive Mappings in Generalized Metric Spaces”, Thai Journal of Mathematics, 2015

M. Abbas, B. E. Rhoades and T. Nazir, “Fixed and Common Fixed Point Results for Expansive Type

Mappings in Generalized Metric Spaces”, Advances and Applications in Mathematical Sciences, 2015

H. A. Wahab, Saira Bhatti and Muhammad Naeem, “A Comparison of Perturbation Techniques for

Nonlinear Problems”, Journal of Prime Research in Mathematics, 2015

Department of Computer SciencePublished Papers

A. N. Khan, M. M. Kiah, M. Ali, S. A. Madani and S. Shamshirband, “BSS: Block-based Sharing

Scheme for Secure Data Storage Services in Mobile Cloud Environment”, The Journal of

Supercomputing, Volume 70, page946-976, 2015

Accepted Papers

Saad Bin Ahmad, Saeeda Naz and Salahuddin Swati, “UCOM Offline Dataset- a Urdu Handwritten

Dataset Generation”, The International Arab journal of Information Technology, 2015

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New Faculty Profiles20


Who is New

Sardar Khaliq-uz-Zaman

Lecturer

Qualication: MS, CIIT Abbottabad

Research Interests: Load Balanced Task Scheduling in Energy Efcient Large-scale Computing Systems, Cloud Computing and Data Centers Systems.

Kashif Nasr

Lecturer

Qualication: MS, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Research Interests: Wireless Network, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Network Security.

Mohammad Babar

Lecturer

Qualication: MS, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Research Interests: WiMAX, LTE, 4G Technologies, Real Time Communications, VoIP and Human Computer Interactions.

Department of Computer Science

Two Days Workshp on Women Leadership in Higher Education21-22 February 2015

Tree Plantation Campaign 27 February 2015

Alumni ReunionAlumni Reunion14 March 201514 March 2015

Alumni Reunion14 March 2015

Visit of Dr Peter LangerVisit of Dr Peter Langer24 March 201524 March 2015

Visit of Dr Peter Langer24 March 2015

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