,Patron: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani Vice Chancellor

NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletterJanuary, 2015

University of Engineering &

Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

Spring is in the air, and all things living have renewed

vibrance and colour. At UET we are in the middle of

Spring Semester, and all programs are progressing

smoothly. The scholars we sent abroad for higher

studies are trickling back. We now have a robust

number of around 110 Ph.D faculty members that is

changing the academic landscape of UET.

Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (CAS-EP), a

USAID funded project, is up and running. We are

shooting for commencement of academic programs in

May 2015. A custom-built building for CAS-EP at

Hayatabad, costing approximately Rs.50 million, is ready for ground breaking and

construction.

UET was asked by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to prepare a feasibility

study and PC-1 for a Technology University (TU). Both these documents were approved

and TU is now taking physical shape. The government has been kind enough to honour

your’s truly to be the Project Director and develop TU on a fast track. Work is well in

hand, and with God’s grace, we intend starting academic programs in Fall-2015 in

leased premises at Nowshera.

All this has been possible for the goodwill UET has earned because of a dedicated

faculty, an excellent student body and accomplished non-academic staff. And this was

possible for the tremendous support we continually receive from the Planning

Commission of Pakistan, HEC and the provincial government. Finally, it is the guidance

and help of the right honorable Chancellor, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the right

honorable Chief Minster, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, without which all this would not be

possible.

Thank you and God bless you all.

striving for the highest level of

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE

World Space Week 2014

Seismic Capacity Test

Dr. Akram Sheik’s Visit to Jalozai Campus

Diploma Classes Commenced at GJCoE

Research Publications

Glimpses 2014

In Focus: Dr. Rehman Akhtar

INSIDE

Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani

Vice Chancellor’s MessageDr. Akram Sheikh group photo with UET officials during Jalozai Campus visitGroup Photo of Organizing Team at World Space Week 2014

World Space Week 2014

The activities of World Space Week (WSW), 2014 commenced on 2nd December and concluded on 9th December,

2014 with the prize distribution ceremony held with a wide spread message of generating space awareness. This year

theme was “Space: Guiding your way”. The students from different colleges and schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa par-

ticipated in different competitions during the week.

During the concluding session, the Vice chancellor Imtiaz H Gilani addressed the occasion as chief guest. He said

youth were enlightened with scholarly views about space exploration. He said UET has 14 research projects with

SUPARCO, adding, few of them have a potential of commercial production. In this respect, UET has recently signed an

MOU with Directorate of Science and Technology at the cost of Rs 13.6 m to produce photo voltaic cells by economi-

cal and environmental friendly means. These solar cells will benefit small and medium enterprises to use solar energy

on affordable rates as compared to conventional sources..

Mr. Ameen Bahadur, Deputy Director General, SUPARCO expressed satisfaction over the arrangement of WSW

events and UET, Peshawar for taking lead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an official partner. He urged the students to con-

tribute positively for betterment of society whatever comes their way in achieving their destiny. He highly appreci-

ated UET student organizing societies including American Socitey of Mechanical engineers (ASMI), Literary Debating

Society (LDS), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAI) and Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers (PICHE) for organiz-

ing and hosting competitions which were attended by large number of students on Campus. Later, the chief guest dis-

tributed awards and certificates to advisors of these societies, Dr. Alam Zeb, Advisor ASME, Dr. M. Younus, Advisor

PICHE, and Dr Ashfaq, Advisor LDS, Dr Sadiq Khatak, Advisor SAI and the winners of various competitions

In Quiz competition, Mustafa Bilal (Fazaia Inter College) won the first prize while Shehzadi (College of Home Econom-

ics) and Ahmad Roshan (Forward Model School) secured 2nd and 3rd positions, respectively. In Model Making,

Salman Khan (Islamic College) got Ist position Romessa Ali and and Hasban Allah (Police Public School) secured 2nd

and 3rd positions. In Poster Making, Sumbal ( Computer Science Department, UOP) secured 1st while Kafayat Shah

(Islamia College, Peshawar) won the 2nd while Saman Firdous Khan (College of Home Economics) bagged 3rd posi-

tion. In the Declamation contest, Qazi Mauzam Ali (Iqra School of Science Jahangira) won 1st prize, Asfandyar Ajmal

Khan (Police Public School) got second position and Horain Khatak ( College of Home Economics) got 3rd position.

Under the Water Rocket competition, M. Shoab Hamza (University College for Boys) grabbed 1st position while M.

Danayal (Islamia Collegiate School ) and Jawad Afsar Khattak (Sarhad University) got 2nd and 3rd positions. SUPARCO

“Space: Guiding Your Way”

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Opening Ceremony of World Space Week 2014

EEC Conducts Seismic Capacity Test on

Full Scale Confined Hollow Concrete

Block Masonry Building

also presented telescopes to the faculty members of winning teams and certificates of participation to the participat-

ing teams.

The faculty and students of participating institutions also carried out the Space Walk on Campus, the aim of which

was to create public awareness of space technology and synchronizing it with WSW celebrations.

The Earthquake Engineering Center (EEC) performed the

first ever test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale con-

fined hollow concrete block masonry building. The main

objective was to determine its seismic capacity and risk

assessment since confined masonry buildings performed

very well in the October 8, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake.

The test was performed by Engr. Abdul Sadiq MSc Student

of Dr. Khan Shahzada Associate Professor, Department of

Civil Engineering in the research project titled “Seismic

Capacity Assessment of Confined Hollow Concrete Block

Masonry Buildings” in partial support of Pak-Dream Pri-

vate Limited, Hattar Industrial Estates Haripur. After Octo-

ber 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake the use of confined hol-

low concrete block masonry buildings has been increased

drastically and its seismic capacity assessment has to be

determined experimentally on scientific basis is critical.

Dr. Khan Shahzada, Principal Investigator said, the testing

on a full scale confined hollow concrete block masonry

building was performed for the first time in Pakistan. The

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) arranged a tremendous event “Quiz competi-

tion”. Ali Khan Turangzai and supervision of Advisor Dr. Alam Zaib Khan organized the event.

There were forty teams from different institutions which took part in the quiz competition in

round number one: written test (MCQs based). While results of Round 1 were decided in a fun ori-

ented round i.e. Chocolate Round, a unique feature which actively engaged the participating

teams. For each correct answer, a chocolate was the reward. After quarter and semi-finals, two

teams contested in the final round;“FLAMES “from College of Home Economics and “SHAHEENS “from the Fazia Inter

College. The team “SHAHEENS”, from the Fazia Inter College secured first position. (Repporteur: Rifa Saleem. Publica-

tion Officer 3rd Semester, Mechanical Engineering Department)

ASME ARRANGES QUIZ COMPETITION

experimental data yields that the lateral/seismic capacity

of confined hollow concrete blocks masonry buildings are

four times greater than the unreinforced masonry build-

ings tested before in the same laboratory in 2010 and

2012, adding, it would bring socio-economic benefits for

the country as most of the buildings could be made safe by

using this technique.

PIChE HOLDS POSTER & MODEL COMPETITION Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers (PIChE) organized the Poster& Model Competition on 4th December in the

wake of WSW. The event was set up by Al-Faran Javaid, President PIChE, UET Peshawar Chapter along with oworkers

under the super vision of Dr. Muhammad Younus and Dr. Saeed Gul. Thirty models and forty posters made by the stu-

dents of UET Peshawar, College of Home Economics Peshawar, Frontier Children Academy, University of Peshawar

(UOP) and others were exhibited. The team members who were awarded with prizes included: “Shining Stars” from

Islamia College Peshawar, five students from Police Public School and one student from University of Peshawar.

Repporteur: Isma Saleem Electrical Engineering (4th Semester).

EUTA Holds Condolence for APS Martyrs

Engineering University Teachers Association (EUTA) held a

condolence reference to remember the Army Public

School Peshawar martyrs on ,,,,,,,. EUTA President Dr Raiz

Akbar, Vice President Dr M. Younus and a large number of

faculty participated in Quran Khawani and reference. The

participants expressed condolence and heartfelt sympa-

thies with the bereaved families and prayed to Almighty

Allah to keep the departed souls of innocent students and

teachers who embraced martyr in eternal peace and also

give courage to the bereaved families. They also prayed

for the early recovery of the injured persons. The coward-

ice act of the terrorists was condemned with a prayer to

Almighty Allah and a solidarity walk on campus in which a

large number of students also participated.

World Space Week 2014

The activities of World Space Week (WSW), 2014 commenced on 2nd December and concluded on 9th December,

2014 with the prize distribution ceremony held with a wide spread message of generating space awareness. This year

theme was “Space: Guiding your way”. The students from different colleges and schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa par-

ticipated in different competitions during the week.

During the concluding session, the Vice chancellor Imtiaz H Gilani addressed the occasion as chief guest. He said

youth were enlightened with scholarly views about space exploration. He said UET has 14 research projects with

SUPARCO, adding, few of them have a potential of commercial production. In this respect, UET has recently signed an

MOU with Directorate of Science and Technology at the cost of Rs 13.6 m to produce photo voltaic cells by economi-

cal and environmental friendly means. These solar cells will benefit small and medium enterprises to use solar energy

on affordable rates as compared to conventional sources..

Mr. Ameen Bahadur, Deputy Director General, SUPARCO expressed satisfaction over the arrangement of WSW

events and UET, Peshawar for taking lead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an official partner. He urged the students to con-

tribute positively for betterment of society whatever comes their way in achieving their destiny. He highly appreci-

ated UET student organizing societies including American Socitey of Mechanical engineers (ASMI), Literary Debating

Society (LDS), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAI) and Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers (PICHE) for organiz-

ing and hosting competitions which were attended by large number of students on Campus. Later, the chief guest dis-

tributed awards and certificates to advisors of these societies, Dr. Alam Zeb, Advisor ASME, Dr. M. Younus, Advisor

PICHE, and Dr Ashfaq, Advisor LDS, Dr Sadiq Khatak, Advisor SAI and the winners of various competitions

In Quiz competition, Mustafa Bilal (Fazaia Inter College) won the first prize while Shehzadi (College of Home Econom-

ics) and Ahmad Roshan (Forward Model School) secured 2nd and 3rd positions, respectively. In Model Making,

Salman Khan (Islamic College) got Ist position Romessa Ali and and Hasban Allah (Police Public School) secured 2nd

and 3rd positions. In Poster Making, Sumbal ( Computer Science Department, UOP) secured 1st while Kafayat Shah

(Islamia College, Peshawar) won the 2nd while Saman Firdous Khan (College of Home Economics) bagged 3rd posi-

tion. In the Declamation contest, Qazi Mauzam Ali (Iqra School of Science Jahangira) won 1st prize, Asfandyar Ajmal

Khan (Police Public School) got second position and Horain Khatak ( College of Home Economics) got 3rd position.

Under the Water Rocket competition, M. Shoab Hamza (University College for Boys) grabbed 1st position while M.

Danayal (Islamia Collegiate School ) and Jawad Afsar Khattak (Sarhad University) got 2nd and 3rd positions. SUPARCO

“Space: Guiding Your Way”

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Opening Ceremony of World Space Week 2014

EEC Conducts Seismic Capacity Test on

Full Scale Confined Hollow Concrete

Block Masonry Building

also presented telescopes to the faculty members of winning teams and certificates of participation to the participat-

ing teams.

The faculty and students of participating institutions also carried out the Space Walk on Campus, the aim of which

was to create public awareness of space technology and synchronizing it with WSW celebrations.

The Earthquake Engineering Center (EEC) performed the

first ever test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale con-

fined hollow concrete block masonry building. The main

objective was to determine its seismic capacity and risk

assessment since confined masonry buildings performed

very well in the October 8, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake.

The test was performed by Engr. Abdul Sadiq MSc Student

of Dr. Khan Shahzada Associate Professor, Department of

Civil Engineering in the research project titled “Seismic

Capacity Assessment of Confined Hollow Concrete Block

Masonry Buildings” in partial support of Pak-Dream Pri-

vate Limited, Hattar Industrial Estates Haripur. After Octo-

ber 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake the use of confined hol-

low concrete block masonry buildings has been increased

drastically and its seismic capacity assessment has to be

determined experimentally on scientific basis is critical.

Dr. Khan Shahzada, Principal Investigator said, the testing

on a full scale confined hollow concrete block masonry

building was performed for the first time in Pakistan. The

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) arranged a tremendous event “Quiz competi-

tion”. Ali Khan Turangzai and supervision of Advisor Dr. Alam Zaib Khan organized the event.

There were forty teams from different institutions which took part in the quiz competition in

round number one: written test (MCQs based). While results of Round 1 were decided in a fun ori-

ented round i.e. Chocolate Round, a unique feature which actively engaged the participating

teams. For each correct answer, a chocolate was the reward. After quarter and semi-finals, two

teams contested in the final round;“FLAMES “from College of Home Economics and “SHAHEENS “from the Fazia Inter

College. The team “SHAHEENS”, from the Fazia Inter College secured first position. (Repporteur: Rifa Saleem. Publica-

tion Officer 3rd Semester, Mechanical Engineering Department)

ASME ARRANGES QUIZ COMPETITION

experimental data yields that the lateral/seismic capacity

of confined hollow concrete blocks masonry buildings are

four times greater than the unreinforced masonry build-

ings tested before in the same laboratory in 2010 and

2012, adding, it would bring socio-economic benefits for

the country as most of the buildings could be made safe by

using this technique.

PIChE HOLDS POSTER & MODEL COMPETITION Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers (PIChE) organized the Poster& Model Competition on 4th December in the

wake of WSW. The event was set up by Al-Faran Javaid, President PIChE, UET Peshawar Chapter along with oworkers

under the super vision of Dr. Muhammad Younus and Dr. Saeed Gul. Thirty models and forty posters made by the stu-

dents of UET Peshawar, College of Home Economics Peshawar, Frontier Children Academy, University of Peshawar

(UOP) and others were exhibited. The team members who were awarded with prizes included: “Shining Stars” from

Islamia College Peshawar, five students from Police Public School and one student from University of Peshawar.

Repporteur: Isma Saleem Electrical Engineering (4th Semester).

EUTA Holds Condolence for APS Martyrs

Engineering University Teachers Association (EUTA) held a

condolence reference to remember the Army Public

School Peshawar martyrs on ,,,,,,,. EUTA President Dr Raiz

Akbar, Vice President Dr M. Younus and a large number of

faculty participated in Quran Khawani and reference. The

participants expressed condolence and heartfelt sympa-

thies with the bereaved families and prayed to Almighty

Allah to keep the departed souls of innocent students and

teachers who embraced martyr in eternal peace and also

give courage to the bereaved families. They also prayed

for the early recovery of the injured persons. The coward-

ice act of the terrorists was condemned with a prayer to

Almighty Allah and a solidarity walk on campus in which a

large number of students also participated.

»Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Moosa Khattak, Dong Han, Ompraskash Gnawali, Affan A. Syed: Recycling Corrupt Pack-ets over Multiple Hops, 12th European Conference on Wire-less Sensor Networks (EWSN), Porto, Portugal, 2015.

»Muhammad Hamad Alizai: Practical and Self-Configurable Multihop Wireless Infrastructure – A Functional Perspec-tive, Int. J. of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, In Press, IF 0.9.

»Waqaas Munawar, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus Wehrle: Modular Remote Reprogram-ming of Sensor Nodes, Int. J. of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), In Press, IF 1.38.

»Muhammad Abeer Irfan, Nasir Ahmad, and Sahib Khan (2014) “Analysis of Varying Least Significant Bits DCT and Spa-tial Domain Stegnography”, Sindh University Research Jour-nal (Science Series) vol. 46, issue. 3, pp. 301-306, September 2014.

»N. Ahmad, Y. S. Afridi, J. S. Afridi, B. Baloch, “Robust Auto-matic Speech Recognition in Real Life Environment using Active Noise Control”, Sindh Univ. Res. Jour. (Sci. Sec.), Vol. 46(4), pp: 433-438, 2014.

»S. Ullah, N. Ahmad, K. Ahmad, S. R. Hasnain, “Expression Invarient Face Recognition”, Sindh Univ. Res. Jour. (Sci. Sec.), Vol. 46(4), pp: 433-438, 2014.

»Arif Ali Shah, Salim Ullah, S. Aamir Ali Shah, M. Asif Manzoor, K. M. Yahya, “An Efficient Off-Grid High-Elevation Electric Generation System Using Wind Power”, The 10th Interna-tional Conference on Emerging Technologies 2014 (IEEE ICET 2014).

»Adil Murad, Salim Ullah, Arif Ali Shah, Laiq Hasan, Kiramat Ullah Khan, Asif Ali Khan, “Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Energy Saving System” The 10th International Conference on Emerging Technologies 2014 (IEEE ICET 2014).

»Asif Ali Khan, Sohail, Laiq Hasan, “A Highly Parallel Imple-mentation of H.264 Transformation and Quantization on GPU”, Fifth International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Applications (CCSEA 2015), January, 2015.

»Saad Zahid, Laiq Hasan, Asif Ali Khan, Salim Ullah, “A Novel Structure of the Smith Waterman Algorithm for Efficient Sequence Alignment”, Third International Conference on Digital Information, Networking and Wireless Communica-tions (DINWC 2015), 2015.

»Ajmad Ali, Amjad Mehmood, Suhail Khan and Muhammad Iqbal: “Teleparallel Homothetic Symmetry of Special Axially Symmetric Static Spacetime” VFAST Transaction on Mathe-matics ISSN: 2390-0002 Vol-IV August, 2014.

»Suhail Khan, Farooq Ahmad, Ajmad Ali, Tahir Hussain: “A Note on Killing Symmetries of Lemaitre-Bondi Metric” Jour-nal of Applied Environmental & Biological Sciences 4(7S) 403-405, Novemberr, 2014.

»Amjad Ali, Anwar Ali, Suhail Khan, Muhammad Iqbal: “Cylin-drically Symmetric Marder Universe and Its Proper Teleparallel Homothetic Motions” Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research 4(11)11-55, October, 2014.

»Big Data: Survey, Technologies, Opportunities, and Chal-

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lenges, Nawsher Khan, Ibrar Yaqoob, Ibrahim Abaker Targio Hashem, Zakira Inayat, Waleed Kamaleldin Mahmoud Ali, Muhammad Alam,Muhammad Shiraz, Abdullah Gani

»Cloud computing: locally sub-clouds instead of globally one cloud. Nawsher Khan, Zakira Inayat, A. Noraziah, and Tutut Herawan,. IGI Global. International Journal of Cloud Applica-tions and Computing, 2(3), pp. 68-84, July-September 2012.

»Yasir S. Khalil, Mohammad Arif, Hasnain A. Bangash, Muhammad Sajid and Noor Mohammad (2014), “Petrographic and structural controls on geotechnical feasi-bility of dam sites” implication from investigation at sher Dara Area (Swabi), north-western Pakistan, Arabian Journal of Geoscience ISSN 1866-7511, DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1510-z.

»Wahid Ali, Noor Mohammad and Mohammad Tahir (2014), “Rock Mass Characterization fir Diversion Tunnel at Diamer Basha Dam, Pakistan-a desing propective”, International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 10, PP: 1292-1296.

»Muhammad Tahir and Noor Mohammad (2114), “Prediction Performance and Generalization of the Empirical Estimation of Rockmass Deformation Modulus Based on Rockmass Clas-sification Systems”, International Journal of Scientific Engi-neering and Technology, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 12, PP: 1488-1495.

»Naveed Ahmad, Ali, Q., Crowley, H. Pinho, R. [2014] "Earth-quake loss estimation of residential buildings in Pakistan", Natural Hazards, Vol. 73, No.3, pp. 1889-1955. (Impact Fac-tor 1.958)

»Rehan, R., Unger, A. J. A., Knight, M. A., and Haas, C. T. (2014). “Financially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – implementa-tion of a system dynamics model”, Tunnelling and Under-ground Space Technology, 39, pp. 102-115. (Impact factor: 1.59)

»Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. (2014). “Financially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – development of a sys-tem dynamics model”, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 39, pp. 116-129. (Impact factor: 1.59)

»Ahmad, Z., Shahzada, K., Gencturk, B., Khan, A. N., Rehan, R., Fahad, M., Ashraf, M., and Ali, Z. (2014). Seismic capacity assessment of unreinforced concrete block masonry build-ings in Pakistan before and after retrofitting, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1080/ 13632469.2014.963744 (Impact factor: 0.91).

»Afzal, S., Shahzada, K., Fahad, M., Saeed, S., Ashraf, M. (2014). “Assessment of early-age autogenous shrinkage strains in concrete using bentonite clay as internal curing technique”, Construction and Building materials, 66(2014) 403-409 (IMPACT FACTOR 2.293)

»Muhammad Abid Khan, Khan Shahzada, Bashir Alam, Akhtar Naeem Khan, Muhammad Javed “Slope Stability Hazard Eval-uation and Mitigation Scheme for Sohbat Charra Slide Zone District Battagram”, Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences 03/2014; 47(1):131-140.

Dr. Safdar Nawaz Khan Marwat

Dr. Safdar Nawaz Khan Marwat has

joined the Department of Com-

puter Systems Engineering after fin-

ishing his MS and PhD study at the

University of Bremen, Germany. He

has worked on radio resource allo-

cation methods for 4G mobile net-

works and also designed schemes

for serving M2M data traffic over 4G

networks. Several International Journal and Conference

papers are to his credit. Dr. Marwat has supervised the

master thesis of five students during his stay at the Univer-

sity of Bremen. The management and teaching faculty con-

gratulate Dr. Safdar Nawaz Khan Marwat on his accom-

plishments and extend a warm welcome on joining the

Department of Computer Systems Engineering.

Welcome Aboard

RESEARCH PAPERS

CONDOLENCEProf. M.J.N. Priestley, Emeri-

tus Professor of Structural

Engineering at the University

of California, San Diego USA

and Co-Director & Founder of

ROSE School-ITALY, passed

away on 23rd December,

2014 after a long battle with

cancer. Prof. Priestley has

made enormous contribu-

tions in the field of earthquake

engineering and is best known for his novel ideas for

the earthquake-resistant design, of structures – pub-

lished in the form of textbooks and journal articles

that has inspired engineers and scientists around the

world.

The faculty and students at the Earthquake Engineer-

ing Center (EEC), UET Peshawar extend sincere con-

dolence to the grieving family, his colleagues, friends

and his students.

Prof. Priestley will always be remembered by the leg-

acy he left behind for the earthquake engineering

community. Courtesy: Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant

Professor EEC.

Prof. M.J.N. Priestley1943 - 2014

Seminars & Workshops

Career Development Center (CDC), serves for the purpose

of sharing career related info about job events, intern-

ships, and higher education opportunities/ scholarships

etc. In November, a workshop on GRE preparation was

organized by CDC, in which USEFP, Islamabad sent their

representatives for the presentation. The workshop cov-

ered major parts of GRE module, GRE Quantitative Rea-

soning, GRE Verbal Reasoning and Analytical Reasoning.

The students took interest in learning about GRE basic

steps as part of orientation.

GRE Preparation

Proposal Writing

Career Development Center arranged another workshop

on proposal writing and various aspects to research and

career development in October, 2014. Dr. Muhammad

Tariq Khan, Associate Professor FAST, and Engr. Tanvir

Ahmad, Commonwealth PhD Scholar at Durham Univer-

sity England, and Student Ambassador to Pakistan, Dur-

ham University were the guest speakers.

Thesis Defense Examination of Mr. Amjad Mehmood, MS

Mathematics was held on 5th January, 2015. His research

topic was “Proper Homothetic Vector Field of Special Axi-

ally Symmetric Static Space Times in Teleparalell theory of

Thesis Defense of Mr. Amjad Mehmood

Gravitation” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Amjad Ali,

Professor, Department of Basic Sciences. Dr. Bashir Alam appointed as Chairman Civil Engineering Department

The syndicate in its 94th meet-

ing held on 26th December,

2014 approved the appoint-

ment of Prof. Dr. Bashir Alam,

Department of Civil Engineer-

ing and Peshawar Campus of

his respective department for

a period of three year. Dr

Alam has completed his Ph.D.

from George Washington University, USA in struc-

tural engineering and served as consultant in inter-

national projects. More than fifty research papers

are to his credit.

»Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Moosa Khattak, Dong Han, Ompraskash Gnawali, Affan A. Syed: Recycling Corrupt Pack-ets over Multiple Hops, 12th European Conference on Wire-less Sensor Networks (EWSN), Porto, Portugal, 2015.

»Muhammad Hamad Alizai: Practical and Self-Configurable Multihop Wireless Infrastructure – A Functional Perspec-tive, Int. J. of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, In Press, IF 0.9.

»Waqaas Munawar, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus Wehrle: Modular Remote Reprogram-ming of Sensor Nodes, Int. J. of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), In Press, IF 1.38.

»Muhammad Abeer Irfan, Nasir Ahmad, and Sahib Khan (2014) “Analysis of Varying Least Significant Bits DCT and Spa-tial Domain Stegnography”, Sindh University Research Jour-nal (Science Series) vol. 46, issue. 3, pp. 301-306, September 2014.

»N. Ahmad, Y. S. Afridi, J. S. Afridi, B. Baloch, “Robust Auto-matic Speech Recognition in Real Life Environment using Active Noise Control”, Sindh Univ. Res. Jour. (Sci. Sec.), Vol. 46(4), pp: 433-438, 2014.

»S. Ullah, N. Ahmad, K. Ahmad, S. R. Hasnain, “Expression Invarient Face Recognition”, Sindh Univ. Res. Jour. (Sci. Sec.), Vol. 46(4), pp: 433-438, 2014.

»Arif Ali Shah, Salim Ullah, S. Aamir Ali Shah, M. Asif Manzoor, K. M. Yahya, “An Efficient Off-Grid High-Elevation Electric Generation System Using Wind Power”, The 10th Interna-tional Conference on Emerging Technologies 2014 (IEEE ICET 2014).

»Adil Murad, Salim Ullah, Arif Ali Shah, Laiq Hasan, Kiramat Ullah Khan, Asif Ali Khan, “Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Energy Saving System” The 10th International Conference on Emerging Technologies 2014 (IEEE ICET 2014).

»Asif Ali Khan, Sohail, Laiq Hasan, “A Highly Parallel Imple-mentation of H.264 Transformation and Quantization on GPU”, Fifth International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Applications (CCSEA 2015), January, 2015.

»Saad Zahid, Laiq Hasan, Asif Ali Khan, Salim Ullah, “A Novel Structure of the Smith Waterman Algorithm for Efficient Sequence Alignment”, Third International Conference on Digital Information, Networking and Wireless Communica-tions (DINWC 2015), 2015.

»Ajmad Ali, Amjad Mehmood, Suhail Khan and Muhammad Iqbal: “Teleparallel Homothetic Symmetry of Special Axially Symmetric Static Spacetime” VFAST Transaction on Mathe-matics ISSN: 2390-0002 Vol-IV August, 2014.

»Suhail Khan, Farooq Ahmad, Ajmad Ali, Tahir Hussain: “A Note on Killing Symmetries of Lemaitre-Bondi Metric” Jour-nal of Applied Environmental & Biological Sciences 4(7S) 403-405, Novemberr, 2014.

»Amjad Ali, Anwar Ali, Suhail Khan, Muhammad Iqbal: “Cylin-drically Symmetric Marder Universe and Its Proper Teleparallel Homothetic Motions” Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research 4(11)11-55, October, 2014.

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»Yasir S. Khalil, Mohammad Arif, Hasnain A. Bangash, Muhammad Sajid and Noor Mohammad (2014), “Petrographic and structural controls on geotechnical feasi-bility of dam sites” implication from investigation at sher Dara Area (Swabi), north-western Pakistan, Arabian Journal of Geoscience ISSN 1866-7511, DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1510-z.

»Wahid Ali, Noor Mohammad and Mohammad Tahir (2014), “Rock Mass Characterization fir Diversion Tunnel at Diamer Basha Dam, Pakistan-a desing propective”, International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 10, PP: 1292-1296.

»Muhammad Tahir and Noor Mohammad (2114), “Prediction Performance and Generalization of the Empirical Estimation of Rockmass Deformation Modulus Based on Rockmass Clas-sification Systems”, International Journal of Scientific Engi-neering and Technology, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 12, PP: 1488-1495.

»Naveed Ahmad, Ali, Q., Crowley, H. Pinho, R. [2014] "Earth-quake loss estimation of residential buildings in Pakistan", Natural Hazards, Vol. 73, No.3, pp. 1889-1955. (Impact Fac-tor 1.958)

»Rehan, R., Unger, A. J. A., Knight, M. A., and Haas, C. T. (2014). “Financially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – implementa-tion of a system dynamics model”, Tunnelling and Under-ground Space Technology, 39, pp. 102-115. (Impact factor: 1.59)

»Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. (2014). “Financially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – development of a sys-tem dynamics model”, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 39, pp. 116-129. (Impact factor: 1.59)

»Ahmad, Z., Shahzada, K., Gencturk, B., Khan, A. N., Rehan, R., Fahad, M., Ashraf, M., and Ali, Z. (2014). Seismic capacity assessment of unreinforced concrete block masonry build-ings in Pakistan before and after retrofitting, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1080/ 13632469.2014.963744 (Impact factor: 0.91).

»Afzal, S., Shahzada, K., Fahad, M., Saeed, S., Ashraf, M. (2014). “Assessment of early-age autogenous shrinkage strains in concrete using bentonite clay as internal curing technique”, Construction and Building materials, 66(2014) 403-409 (IMPACT FACTOR 2.293)

»Muhammad Abid Khan, Khan Shahzada, Bashir Alam, Akhtar Naeem Khan, Muhammad Javed “Slope Stability Hazard Eval-uation and Mitigation Scheme for Sohbat Charra Slide Zone District Battagram”, Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences 03/2014; 47(1):131-140.

Dr. Safdar Nawaz Khan Marwat

Dr. Safdar Nawaz Khan Marwat has

joined the Department of Com-

puter Systems Engineering after fin-

ishing his MS and PhD study at the

University of Bremen, Germany. He

has worked on radio resource allo-

cation methods for 4G mobile net-

works and also designed schemes

for serving M2M data traffic over 4G

networks. Several International Journal and Conference

papers are to his credit. Dr. Marwat has supervised the

master thesis of five students during his stay at the Univer-

sity of Bremen. The management and teaching faculty con-

gratulate Dr. Safdar Nawaz Khan Marwat on his accom-

plishments and extend a warm welcome on joining the

Department of Computer Systems Engineering.

Welcome Aboard

RESEARCH PAPERS

CONDOLENCEProf. M.J.N. Priestley, Emeri-

tus Professor of Structural

Engineering at the University

of California, San Diego USA

and Co-Director & Founder of

ROSE School-ITALY, passed

away on 23rd December,

2014 after a long battle with

cancer. Prof. Priestley has

made enormous contribu-

tions in the field of earthquake

engineering and is best known for his novel ideas for

the earthquake-resistant design, of structures – pub-

lished in the form of textbooks and journal articles

that has inspired engineers and scientists around the

world.

The faculty and students at the Earthquake Engineer-

ing Center (EEC), UET Peshawar extend sincere con-

dolence to the grieving family, his colleagues, friends

and his students.

Prof. Priestley will always be remembered by the leg-

acy he left behind for the earthquake engineering

community. Courtesy: Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant

Professor EEC.

Prof. M.J.N. Priestley1943 - 2014

Seminars & Workshops

Career Development Center (CDC), serves for the purpose

of sharing career related info about job events, intern-

ships, and higher education opportunities/ scholarships

etc. In November, a workshop on GRE preparation was

organized by CDC, in which USEFP, Islamabad sent their

representatives for the presentation. The workshop cov-

ered major parts of GRE module, GRE Quantitative Rea-

soning, GRE Verbal Reasoning and Analytical Reasoning.

The students took interest in learning about GRE basic

steps as part of orientation.

GRE Preparation

Proposal Writing

Career Development Center arranged another workshop

on proposal writing and various aspects to research and

career development in October, 2014. Dr. Muhammad

Tariq Khan, Associate Professor FAST, and Engr. Tanvir

Ahmad, Commonwealth PhD Scholar at Durham Univer-

sity England, and Student Ambassador to Pakistan, Dur-

ham University were the guest speakers.

Thesis Defense Examination of Mr. Amjad Mehmood, MS

Mathematics was held on 5th January, 2015. His research

topic was “Proper Homothetic Vector Field of Special Axi-

ally Symmetric Static Space Times in Teleparalell theory of

Thesis Defense of Mr. Amjad Mehmood

Gravitation” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Amjad Ali,

Professor, Department of Basic Sciences. Dr. Bashir Alam appointed as Chairman Civil Engineering Department

The syndicate in its 94th meet-

ing held on 26th December,

2014 approved the appoint-

ment of Prof. Dr. Bashir Alam,

Department of Civil Engineer-

ing and Peshawar Campus of

his respective department for

a period of three year. Dr

Alam has completed his Ph.D.

from George Washington University, USA in struc-

tural engineering and served as consultant in inter-

national projects. More than fifty research papers

are to his credit.

Entrance Test 2014

UET Entrance Test for Academic Session 2014 was success-

fully held on 10th August, simultaneously at Islamia Colle-

giate Ground, Cricket Ground at University of Peshawar,

Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Grassy Ground Saidu

Sharif Swat and University Wensum College, D.I,Khan. The

test was conducted by the Educational Testing and Evaluat-

ing Agency (ETEA) of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(KP). Around 14782 candidates from KPincluding FATA, AJK

and Gilgit Baltistan sat for the entrance test.

MoU Inked for KP University of Technology (KP UoT)

UET and Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical

Education, Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar, inked a

memorandum of understanding on May 5th 2014. The

agreement is aimed to provide consultancy services for the

satisfactory completion of the establishment of Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (KP UoT). Provincial

Secretary Industries, Muhamamd Ali Shahzada and the Vice

Chancellor signed the MoU.

MoU Signed Provincial Disaster Management Authority

(PDMA) and UET

UET and Provincial Disaster Management Authority/ Provin-

cial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority

(PDMA-PaRRSA) signed a memorandum of understanding

for a disaster resilient Khyber Pukhtunkhwa on 16th June,

2014. The vice chancellor and Director General PDMA-

PaRRSA KPK, Muhammad Tahir Orakzai signed the MOU in

presence.

Research on Traffic Signal Time and Signal Coordination

The National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning

(NIUIP) conducted a research on red and green timing of sig-

nals at intersection and signal's co-ordination in Peshawar.

The goal of this project was to study the feasibility of traffic

signal timing and its coordination at various intersections GT

Road. The research was completed under the supervision of

Dr. Rawid Khan and researchers' team at NIUIP.

Sustainability in Process Industry

The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a one-

day conference on “Sustainability in Process Industry” on

29th May, 2014 in collaboration with Pakistan Scientific and

Technological Information Centre (PASTIC) and National

Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS).

The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) in

partnership with European Union organized an awareness

seminar on the Horizon 2020 at Islamabad, with focus on

research funding opportunities available to South-Asia can-

Horizon 2020 Awareness Seminar

didate countries under EU's eighth framework of Horizon

2020 programme. The seminar introduced participants on

the EU-Pak collaborations on research and innovation,

research opportunities at the EU, preparing a successful pro-

ject proposal for funding under the Horizon 2020

programme. Those who attended included Resource person

from the EU; Ambassadors from EU countries; Minister for

Science & Technology Pakistan; Chairman Higher Education

Commission, notables from academia, R & D Institutions,

INGOs/NGOs from Pakistan. The event was also broadcasted

to academia across Pakistan through video conferencing. Dr.

Naveed (EEC) and vice chancellor attended the seminar.

National Position Paper at EU’s CASCADE Progress Meet-

ing

Dr. Naveed Ahmad, being representative of UET Peshawar

participated in the third project progress meeting of the Euro-

pean Union's CASCADE Project as its 12th partner. The meet-

ing was held in Maldives from 21-23 July 2014 to share prog-

ress of partner institutions – Dr. Ahmad presented the

National Position Paper (NPP) Draft on “Societal Challenges

in Pakistan”, a Project Deliverable WP2, and learn on the pro-

ject future deliverables under WP3& Wp4.

Dr. Khizar Azam Selected for W.H.O Global Mentoring

Programme

Dr. KhizarAzam, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Department, University of Engineering and Technology,

Peshawar was selected by the Core Group of World Health

Organization (WHO) for its MENTOR-VIP - a global mentoring

programme for violence and injury prevention.

HE Sector Offers Free Education Facilities to IDP’s

A combined meeting of Steering Committee for supporting

IDPs of North Waziristan under the auspices of Higher Educa-

tion Commission was held on 18th July, 2014. The Vice chan-

cellor deliberated on the plan of action on three main areas

including education, health and rehabilitation.

The Higher Education Sector is actively supporting the IDP's

who have been displaced due to an ongoing operation, Zarb-

e-Azb in North Waziristan Agency.

Official Launching Ceremony of Metero-Cure

Through the collaboration of PESCO and the Centre for Intel-

ligent Systems and Networks Research (CISNR), a product

was introduced to detect, curb and eradicate the anomalies

of under-billing and over-billing. This was in pursuance of the

idea pitched at the launching ceremony of “Electricity theft

solution” by Malik Muhammad Asad Khan, Chairman Board

of Directors PESCO, and approved earlier for implementation

at the PESCO BOD meeting held on 4th of April earlier at

Wapda House Peshawar.

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HEC Confers Teachers with Better Incentive AwardA panel constituted by the HEC including experts and rep-

resentatives has nominated the following teachers from

UET Peshawar as best teachers and researchers for the

year 2007-2008 and has announced better incentives.

These include: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Inayatullah Khan

Babar (Electrical Engineering), Dr. Siraj-ul-Islam (Basic Sci-

ences & Islamiat), Prof. Dr. Iftkhar Hussain (Industrial Engi-

neering), Prof. Dr. khawaja Muhammad Yahya ( Computer

Systems Engineering), Dr. Noor Muhammad (Mining Engi-

neering), Dr. Taj Ali Khan (Agricultural Engineering), Engr.

Iftikhar Ahmad (Mechanical Engineering), Engr. Waqar Ali

Asad (Mining Engineering), Dr. Hamid Ullah (Mechanical

Engineering), Engr. Syed Waqar Shah (Electrical Engineer-

ing), Dr. Qasiar Ali (Civil Engineering), Dr. Sadar Ali (Basic

Sciences & Islamiat), Dr. Sahar Noor (Industrial Engineer-

ing), Engr. Gulzar Ahmad (Electrical Engineering), Engr.

Feroz Din (Mining Engineering), Engr. Muhammad

Alamgir (Agricultural Engineering), Mr. ShahJehan (Basic

Sciences & Islamiat), Dr. Mansoor Khan (Mining Engineer-

ing), Dr. Zahid Mehmood (Agricultural Engineering), Engr.

Mehmood Alam Khan (Agricultural Engineering), Prof. Dr.

Daulat Khan (Agricultural Engineering), Prof. Saeed Javed

Tajik (Mechanical Engineering), Engr Khizar Azam (Me-

chanical Engineering), Dr. Syed Riaz Akbar Shah (Mechani-

cal Engineering), Prof. Sayed-ul-Abrar (Agricultural Engi-

neering), Mr. Mumtaz Khan (Basic Sciences & Islamiat), Dr.

Ghulam Qasim (Basic Sciences & Islamiat), Prof. Dr. M.A.Q

Jehangir Durrani (Civil Engineering), Prof. Fazal Khaliq

(Civil Engineering), Prof. Amjad Ali (Civil Engineering),

Prof. Wahid Ali Shah (Basic Sciences & Islamiat), Prof. Zahir

Khan (Electrical Engineering), Engr. Abdul Hadi (Mechani-

cal Engineering), Engr. Aman-ul-Mukl (Mining Engineer-

ing).

CISNR to Install Feeder for Electro-Cure on Mall Road, Peshawar

The Directorate of Science and Technology (DoST) has

approved the research proposal: “Electro-Cure Meter-

Less architecture for power distribution, theft prevention

and Auto-Billing system in KP” at the cost of Rs. 5 million

and signed and MOU with UET Peshawar.

Dr. Gul Muhammad Khan, Project Director Center for

Intelligent Systems and Network Research (CISNR), UET

Peshawar informed that Electro-Cure is going to be

installed on Mall Road Feeder, Cant Peshawar. He said

that, the project started from 1st February with the

approval of honorable Vice Chancellor and will continue

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users. He further added that, CISNR presented the prod-

uct to PESCO officials and Secretary S & T Miss Farah

Hamid earlier on and highlighted the significance of pro-

ject to reduce non-technical losses (theft) in various sec-

tors of Electricity distribution systems. PESCO agreed to

provide a feeder and other technical support, and will

adapt the technology after its successful demonstration.

PESCO also appreciate the efforts of Directorate S & T for

funding such activities that can help improve the losses in

PESCO in long run. Secretary Farah Hamid appreciated the

efforts of CISNR UET Peshawar, and promise to enhance

the funding of the project in the upcoming budget year for

fruitful benefits to the local community.

Prof. Dr. Noor Mohammad Appointed as

Dean, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Noor Mohammad, Professor,

mining engineering has been

appointed as Dean Faculty of Engi-

neering, University of Engineer-

ing and Technology Peshawar. He

has resumed his charge on 25th

February 2015 for a period of

three years. The appointment has

been made by Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar

Mehtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi who is also the Chancel-

lor of UET, Peshawar.

It merits mentioning that Dr. Noor Mohammad is a

senior professor of UET Peshawar and was already

working as Chairman Mining Engineering for last five

years. Dr. Noor completed his Ph.D from University of

Nottingham, UK in 1998 and spent over 30 years in

engineering education. He has served as member of

Syndicate for 3 terms at UET Peshawar as well as

remained an active member of Academic Council,

Board of Studies, Board of Advance Studies and

Research, Director Postgraduate studies and Coordi-

nator Mardan Campus in the past. He is actively

involved in research and has supervised about 20

undergraduate and postgraduate students; more

than 30 publications in national and international

Journals and conferences are to his credit. In recogni-

tion of his services, the Governor KPK has appointed

him as Dean UET Peshawar on the recommendation

of the Chief Minister KPK.

Entrance Test 2014

UET Entrance Test for Academic Session 2014 was success-

fully held on 10th August, simultaneously at Islamia Colle-

giate Ground, Cricket Ground at University of Peshawar,

Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Grassy Ground Saidu

Sharif Swat and University Wensum College, D.I,Khan. The

test was conducted by the Educational Testing and Evaluat-

ing Agency (ETEA) of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(KP). Around 14782 candidates from KPincluding FATA, AJK

and Gilgit Baltistan sat for the entrance test.

MoU Inked for KP University of Technology (KP UoT)

UET and Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical

Education, Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar, inked a

memorandum of understanding on May 5th 2014. The

agreement is aimed to provide consultancy services for the

satisfactory completion of the establishment of Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (KP UoT). Provincial

Secretary Industries, Muhamamd Ali Shahzada and the Vice

Chancellor signed the MoU.

MoU Signed Provincial Disaster Management Authority

(PDMA) and UET

UET and Provincial Disaster Management Authority/ Provin-

cial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority

(PDMA-PaRRSA) signed a memorandum of understanding

for a disaster resilient Khyber Pukhtunkhwa on 16th June,

2014. The vice chancellor and Director General PDMA-

PaRRSA KPK, Muhammad Tahir Orakzai signed the MOU in

presence.

Research on Traffic Signal Time and Signal Coordination

The National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning

(NIUIP) conducted a research on red and green timing of sig-

nals at intersection and signal's co-ordination in Peshawar.

The goal of this project was to study the feasibility of traffic

signal timing and its coordination at various intersections GT

Road. The research was completed under the supervision of

Dr. Rawid Khan and researchers' team at NIUIP.

Sustainability in Process Industry

The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a one-

day conference on “Sustainability in Process Industry” on

29th May, 2014 in collaboration with Pakistan Scientific and

Technological Information Centre (PASTIC) and National

Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS).

The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) in

partnership with European Union organized an awareness

seminar on the Horizon 2020 at Islamabad, with focus on

research funding opportunities available to South-Asia can-

Horizon 2020 Awareness Seminar

didate countries under EU's eighth framework of Horizon

2020 programme. The seminar introduced participants on

the EU-Pak collaborations on research and innovation,

research opportunities at the EU, preparing a successful pro-

ject proposal for funding under the Horizon 2020

programme. Those who attended included Resource person

from the EU; Ambassadors from EU countries; Minister for

Science & Technology Pakistan; Chairman Higher Education

Commission, notables from academia, R & D Institutions,

INGOs/NGOs from Pakistan. The event was also broadcasted

to academia across Pakistan through video conferencing. Dr.

Naveed (EEC) and vice chancellor attended the seminar.

National Position Paper at EU’s CASCADE Progress Meet-

ing

Dr. Naveed Ahmad, being representative of UET Peshawar

participated in the third project progress meeting of the Euro-

pean Union's CASCADE Project as its 12th partner. The meet-

ing was held in Maldives from 21-23 July 2014 to share prog-

ress of partner institutions – Dr. Ahmad presented the

National Position Paper (NPP) Draft on “Societal Challenges

in Pakistan”, a Project Deliverable WP2, and learn on the pro-

ject future deliverables under WP3& Wp4.

Dr. Khizar Azam Selected for W.H.O Global Mentoring

Programme

Dr. KhizarAzam, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Department, University of Engineering and Technology,

Peshawar was selected by the Core Group of World Health

Organization (WHO) for its MENTOR-VIP - a global mentoring

programme for violence and injury prevention.

HE Sector Offers Free Education Facilities to IDP’s

A combined meeting of Steering Committee for supporting

IDPs of North Waziristan under the auspices of Higher Educa-

tion Commission was held on 18th July, 2014. The Vice chan-

cellor deliberated on the plan of action on three main areas

including education, health and rehabilitation.

The Higher Education Sector is actively supporting the IDP's

who have been displaced due to an ongoing operation, Zarb-

e-Azb in North Waziristan Agency.

Official Launching Ceremony of Metero-Cure

Through the collaboration of PESCO and the Centre for Intel-

ligent Systems and Networks Research (CISNR), a product

was introduced to detect, curb and eradicate the anomalies

of under-billing and over-billing. This was in pursuance of the

idea pitched at the launching ceremony of “Electricity theft

solution” by Malik Muhammad Asad Khan, Chairman Board

of Directors PESCO, and approved earlier for implementation

at the PESCO BOD meeting held on 4th of April earlier at

Wapda House Peshawar.

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HEC Confers Teachers with Better Incentive AwardA panel constituted by the HEC including experts and rep-

resentatives has nominated the following teachers from

UET Peshawar as best teachers and researchers for the

year 2007-2008 and has announced better incentives.

These include: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Inayatullah Khan

Babar (Electrical Engineering), Dr. Siraj-ul-Islam (Basic Sci-

ences & Islamiat), Prof. Dr. Iftkhar Hussain (Industrial Engi-

neering), Prof. Dr. khawaja Muhammad Yahya ( Computer

Systems Engineering), Dr. Noor Muhammad (Mining Engi-

neering), Dr. Taj Ali Khan (Agricultural Engineering), Engr.

Iftikhar Ahmad (Mechanical Engineering), Engr. Waqar Ali

Asad (Mining Engineering), Dr. Hamid Ullah (Mechanical

Engineering), Engr. Syed Waqar Shah (Electrical Engineer-

ing), Dr. Qasiar Ali (Civil Engineering), Dr. Sadar Ali (Basic

Sciences & Islamiat), Dr. Sahar Noor (Industrial Engineer-

ing), Engr. Gulzar Ahmad (Electrical Engineering), Engr.

Feroz Din (Mining Engineering), Engr. Muhammad

Alamgir (Agricultural Engineering), Mr. ShahJehan (Basic

Sciences & Islamiat), Dr. Mansoor Khan (Mining Engineer-

ing), Dr. Zahid Mehmood (Agricultural Engineering), Engr.

Mehmood Alam Khan (Agricultural Engineering), Prof. Dr.

Daulat Khan (Agricultural Engineering), Prof. Saeed Javed

Tajik (Mechanical Engineering), Engr Khizar Azam (Me-

chanical Engineering), Dr. Syed Riaz Akbar Shah (Mechani-

cal Engineering), Prof. Sayed-ul-Abrar (Agricultural Engi-

neering), Mr. Mumtaz Khan (Basic Sciences & Islamiat), Dr.

Ghulam Qasim (Basic Sciences & Islamiat), Prof. Dr. M.A.Q

Jehangir Durrani (Civil Engineering), Prof. Fazal Khaliq

(Civil Engineering), Prof. Amjad Ali (Civil Engineering),

Prof. Wahid Ali Shah (Basic Sciences & Islamiat), Prof. Zahir

Khan (Electrical Engineering), Engr. Abdul Hadi (Mechani-

cal Engineering), Engr. Aman-ul-Mukl (Mining Engineer-

ing).

CISNR to Install Feeder for Electro-Cure on Mall Road, Peshawar

The Directorate of Science and Technology (DoST) has

approved the research proposal: “Electro-Cure Meter-

Less architecture for power distribution, theft prevention

and Auto-Billing system in KP” at the cost of Rs. 5 million

and signed and MOU with UET Peshawar.

Dr. Gul Muhammad Khan, Project Director Center for

Intelligent Systems and Network Research (CISNR), UET

Peshawar informed that Electro-Cure is going to be

installed on Mall Road Feeder, Cant Peshawar. He said

that, the project started from 1st February with the

approval of honorable Vice Chancellor and will continue

NEW

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Glimpses 2014till June, 2015 to show its real benefits to PESCO and end

users. He further added that, CISNR presented the prod-

uct to PESCO officials and Secretary S & T Miss Farah

Hamid earlier on and highlighted the significance of pro-

ject to reduce non-technical losses (theft) in various sec-

tors of Electricity distribution systems. PESCO agreed to

provide a feeder and other technical support, and will

adapt the technology after its successful demonstration.

PESCO also appreciate the efforts of Directorate S & T for

funding such activities that can help improve the losses in

PESCO in long run. Secretary Farah Hamid appreciated the

efforts of CISNR UET Peshawar, and promise to enhance

the funding of the project in the upcoming budget year for

fruitful benefits to the local community.

Prof. Dr. Noor Mohammad Appointed as

Dean, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Noor Mohammad, Professor,

mining engineering has been

appointed as Dean Faculty of Engi-

neering, University of Engineer-

ing and Technology Peshawar. He

has resumed his charge on 25th

February 2015 for a period of

three years. The appointment has

been made by Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar

Mehtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi who is also the Chancel-

lor of UET, Peshawar.

It merits mentioning that Dr. Noor Mohammad is a

senior professor of UET Peshawar and was already

working as Chairman Mining Engineering for last five

years. Dr. Noor completed his Ph.D from University of

Nottingham, UK in 1998 and spent over 30 years in

engineering education. He has served as member of

Syndicate for 3 terms at UET Peshawar as well as

remained an active member of Academic Council,

Board of Studies, Board of Advance Studies and

Research, Director Postgraduate studies and Coordi-

nator Mardan Campus in the past. He is actively

involved in research and has supervised about 20

undergraduate and postgraduate students; more

than 30 publications in national and international

Journals and conferences are to his credit. In recogni-

tion of his services, the Governor KPK has appointed

him as Dean UET Peshawar on the recommendation

of the Chief Minister KPK.

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

Editor: Shamaila FarooqDirector Media & Publications

Design & Layout:Aurangzeb (Technical Officer)

PhotographerIjaz George

CORRESPONDENTS

Mardan Campus: Lect. Naznina Hakim KhanBannu Campus: Dr. Fayaz Ahmad (Coordinator)Abbottabad Campus: Ar. Shabbirullah QureshiKohat Campus: Prof. Dr. Amjadullah Khattak (Coordinator)

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Dr. Rehman Akhtar has joined the Department of Industrial Engineering in May 2014 after

completion of his Ph.D from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University, USA.

He obtained his M.Sc degree in Engineering and Technology Management in 2009 from

same university and graduated in Mechanical Engineering from UET Peshawar.

Dr. Rehman has worked on input-out modeling and extended it to estimate the economic

losses caused specifically due to workforce perturbations. In addition, he developed a

probabilistic model to link workforce uncertainties to hurricane intensity. The title of his Ph.D research was

“Risk-Based Input-output Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis of Hurricane Impacts on Interdependent

Regional Workforce Systems”. His dissertation research has been funded in part by a grant from the National

Foundation (NF) and the Logistics Management Institute (LMI). His research interest included disaster risk anal-

ysis, economic input-output analysis, workforce productivity modeling, simulation and statistical dependency

modeling. He has published his research work in various journal articles and scientific conferences.

A high level meeting with Dr. Akram Sheikh, a renowned educationist was held with Vice Chancellor, and heads of teaching

departments. The objective of meeting was to visit the development projects, funded by HEC during 2004-2007. Dr. Akram

Sheikh, in his capacity as former Executive Director, HEC (2003-04), former Chairman PEC and ex-Deputy Chairman, Plan-

ning Commission approved several HEC funded state-of-the-art projects to UET Peshawar. As part of continuing visit to see

the progress of these projects, Dr. Sheikh visited the National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP), Earth-

quake Engineering Center (EEC), Gems & Jewelry Center of Excellence

(GJCoE) and Jalozai Campus. The total cost of these projects was Rs.

7billion. Dr. Akram Sheikh expressed his satisfaction over the perfor-

mance of these projects and urged to expedite the process of research

through developing linkages with industry.

The Vice Chancellor briefed the meeting over new initiatives of UET

Peshawar that include, Center of Advanced Studies (Energy) and up-

coming Technology University (TU). He added, UET in few years has

come out as a “Success Story” in terms of developing linkages with

industry and playing pivotal role in economic development of Khyber

Pakhtunkhuwa.

“UET Development Projects showing Positive Signs”Dr. Akram Sheikh Visited Jalozai Campus

In Focus: Dr. Rehman Akhtar

Vice Chancellor presenting university shield to Dr. Akram Sheikh

The Gems & Jewelry Center of Excellence (GJCoE) has started its classes for spring intake under its two five month diploma

courses: Gemology and Lapidary. The classes that commenced from February, 2015 will continue till June. The diploma in

Gemology caters the basics of gemstones identification while Lapidary diploma deals with the art of cutting, faceting and

polishing of gemstones.

Classes Commenced on Gemology & Lapidary at GJCoE