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Technical Program


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Day - 1: Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Time Activity Venue

0900 - 1000 Registration IST Reception

1000- 1100 Plenary Session - I IST Auditorium

1100 - 1130 Group Photograph & Hi - Tea IST Lawn

1130 - 1300 Plenary Session – II IST Auditorium

1300 - 1400 Lunch & Prayer

1400 - 1530 Technical Sessions

Track 1 : Aerospace & Avionics Lecture Theater No. 207

Track 3 : Mechanical Engineering for Space Applications Lecture Theater No. 218

Track 4 : Aerospace Materials Design & Engineering Video Conference Room

Track 7: Remote Sensing and GISc. Lecture Theater No. 206

1530 - 1700

Technical Sessions Track 5 : Satellite Communication & Image Processing Lecture Theater No. 206

Track 6 : Global Navigation Satellite Systems Lecture Theater No. 207

Workshop/Tutorial Evapotranspiration estimates using satellite data and Surface

energy balance algorithms for rainfed agriculture (SEBARA)

Video Conference Room

Panel Discussion

Promotion of Astrophysics and Space Science as Mainstream

Research Areas in Pakistan and Developing Countries:

Making the Right Moves in Space-Age

Lecture Theater No. 218

1700 Tea


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Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 0900 - 1000 hrs.

Registration Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad

0900 - 1000 hrs.


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Plenary Session (2A)

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Time: 1000 - 1100 hrs.

Venue: IST Auditorium

1000 Guests to be seated

1005 Recitation from the Holy Quran

1010 Welcome Address: Secretary ICASE 2015

1020 Keynote Address: Dr. Shaukat Hameed Khan, Coordinator General COMSTECH

1035 Keynote Address: Mr. Syed Muhammad Asif Rumi, CEO National ICT R&D Fund

1045 Keynote Address: Mr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority

1100 Hi - Tea & Group Photograph


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Plenary Session (2B)

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs.



1135 Keynote Address: Dr. Yosuf Bin Ismail, UTHO, Malayasia

1155 Keynote Address: Dr. Bader Muneer Khan Ghauri, Institute of Space Technology, Karachi

1215 Keynote Address: Dr. Yasir Ayaz, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad

1235 Keynote Address: Dr. Dongkai Yang, Beihang University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China

Lunch & Prayer: 1300 - 1400 hrs.


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Technical Session (2C-I)

Track 1: Aerospace & Avionics Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 1400 - 1530 hrs.

Venue: Lecture Theatre No. 207

Chairperson: Dr. Abid Ali Khan Co-Chair: Dr. Ahtezaz Qamar Coordinator: Mr. M. Zubair

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Aamir Raza, Senior Director, NESCOM, Islamabad

Topic: The Emergence of 3D Printing in Aerospace

Time Title Author(s) Affiliation

1420 A Comparison Study of Advanced State Observers

for Quad Rotor UAV with Sliding Mode Control Junaid Anwar College of Electrical & Mechanical

Engineering, NUST, Rawalpindi

1435 Fuzzy Temperature Controller for Induction

Heating Bushra Aijaz Bahria University, Karachi

1450 Prospects of Airborne Wind Energy Systems in

Pakistan Dr. Arslan Khan CESAT, NESCOM, Islamabad

1505 Stability and Control Solution of Quad Copters Qazi Ejaz ur

Rehman

College of Aeronautical Engineering, NUST

Risalpur

1520 Knowledge-Based Modeling & Simulation

Framework for Flight Dynamics of Airships Khurram Rashid

National University of Science and

Technology


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Technical Session (2C-II)

Track 7: Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 1400 - 1530 Hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. DDGL Dahanayaka Co-Chair: Dr. Hamid Mehmood Coordinator: Ms. Palwasha Khattak

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rakhshan Roohi, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Topic: Modified Surface Energy Balance Algorithms for Rain Fed Agriculture (SEBARA) Input Parameters

for Estimation of Evapotranspiration of Paired Catchments in Western Victoria, SE Australia


1420 Development of a Target Tree Planting Program for Saddar Town of

Karachi to Mitigate the Severity of Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) Sumaira Zafar

Institute of Space

Technology, Islamabad

1435 Integrated Use of Potential Rainwater Harvesting Site for Agriculture using

Geo-Spatial Approach

Muhammad

Amin

PMAS Arid Agriculture

University, Rawalpindi

1450 Urban Change Detection of Lahore (Pakistan) using the Thematic Mapper

Images of Landsat Since 1992-2010

Muhammad

Usman Saleem

Institute of Geology,

University of the

Punjab, Lahore

1505 Hotspot Suitability Analysis for Future Urbanization in Lahore District using

MCDA Shahbaz baig

Institute of Space


1520 A Review of Fundamentals of Hyper spectral Imaging and its Applications Asad Abbas Institute of Space



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Technical Session (2C-III)

Track 3: Mechanical Engineering for Aerospace Applications Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 1400 - 1530 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Muhammad Zubair Co-Chair: Dr. Muhammad Sabeel Coordinator: Mr. Usman Ghafoor

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tahir I. Khan, Professor, University of Calgary, Canada

Topic: The Formation of Nanostructured Cermet Coatings by the HVOF Spraying Process


1430

Crack Growth Performance of Aluminum Plates Repaired with

Composite and Metallic Patches under Fatigue Loading

Khalid

Saeed/Faid

Hussain

King Saud university,

Saudi Arabia

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Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flow using Lattice Boltzmann

Method

Sajjad Rasool

Pakistan Institute of

Engineering & Applied

Sciences (PIEAS)

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A Numerical Study on the Impact Resistance of Braided Composites Khazar Hayat

The University of

Lahore, Lahore

1515 Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of a High Pressure Regulator Muhammad

Ramzan

National University of

Science and Technology


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Technical Session (2C-IV)

Track 4: Aerospace Materials Design & Engineering Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 1400 - 1530 hrs.

Venue: Video Conference Room

Chairperson: Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Co-Chair: Dr. Wilayat Hussain Coordinator: Mr. Kashif Naveed

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Fawad Inam, Associate Professor, Northumbria University, UK

Topic: Aircraft Composites Filled with Carbon Fullerenes


1430 Improving Physical and Mechanical Properties of Medium Density

Fiber Board (MDF) Waheed Gul CECOS University, Peshawar

1445 Finite Element Analysis of Tool Wear in Ultrasonically Assisted

Turning

Abdur

Rehman

University of Engineering &

Technology (UET), Peshawar

1500

Metamaterials in Aerospace Industry: Recent Advances and

Prospects

Rabia Zafar Institute of Space


1515 Finite Element Simulation of Composite Body Armor

Engr. Numan

Khan

CECOS University of IT &

Emerging Sciences, Peshawar


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Technical Session (2D-I)

Track 5: Satellite Communication & Image Processing Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 1530 - 1700 hrs.

Venue: Lecture Theatre No. 206 Chairperson: Dr. Qamar ul Islam Co-Chair: Dr. Khurram Khurshid Coordinator: Ms. Saima Siddiqui

Keynote Speaker: Dr. M.Yusof Ismail, Associate Professor, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia

Topic: An Efficient Progressive Phase Distribution of Reconfigurable Reflectarray Antennas


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Performance Analysis of Supervised Image Classification

Techniques for the Classification of Multispectral

Satellite Imagery

Adil Nawaz University of Engineering &

Technology (UET), Peshawar

1605 Analysis of Path Losses and Isolation in 60ghz Network and

Design of Intelligent Neighbor Scanning Raheel Muzzammel University of Lahore

1620 Investigation of Median Based Impulsive Noise Mitigation

Schemes for OFDM Transmission Zehra Ali

Pakistan Space & Upper

Atmosphere Research

Commission (SUPARCO)

1635 Object Detection and Depth Estimation of Real World

Objects using Single Camera Sana Liaquat NUST EME Rawalpindi

1650 Dual Band Second Order Modified Sierpinski Monopole

Reduced Sized Fractal Antenna Omer Masood Khan

MCS, National University of



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Technical Session (2D-II)

Track 6: Global Navigation Satellite Systems Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 1530 - 1700 hrs.

Venue: Lecture Theater No. 207

Chairperson: Dr. Umer Iqbal Bhatti Co-Chair: Dr. Najam Abbas Coordinator: Ms. Zaineb Saleem

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dongkai Yang, Professor, BUAA, China

Topic: GNSS-R and its Applications


1545 Remote Sensing of Ocean, Ice and Land Surfaces using

Bistatically Reflected GNSS Signals from Low Earth Orbit Jabir Shabbir Malik

Institute of Space


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Improving the Detection and Estimation Processes of

Acquisition Module in Global Navigation Satellite Systems

(GNSS)

Maria Mahmood


Atmosphere Research


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The Trends / Variations of Ionospheric Parameters (Hmf2, for

F2) between Observatory and International Reference

Ionosphere Web Model Values

Muhammad Fayyaz Institute of Space


1620 Incorporate GNSS with Android & Improve the Search and

Rescue Operation Atiq ur Rehman

Institute of Space


1635 GIS Based Road Network Analysis for Emergency Response

Services of Hayatabad (Peshawar)

Dr. Ihsan ullah

Khattak University of Peshawar

1645 Surveying using GNSS-RTK Network for Developing

Topographical Maps Muhammad Fayyaz

Institute of Space



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Workshop / Tutorial (2D-III) Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 1530 - 1700 hrs.


Time Track Resource Person Title 1530 Remote Sensing & GIS Dr. Rakhshan Roohi

La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Evapotranspiration estimates using satellite

data and Surface energy balance algorithms

for rainfed agriculture (SEBARA)

Panel Discussion (2D-IV) Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Time: 1530 - 1700 hrs.


Time Track Panelist Title 1530 Astronomy and

Astrophysics Dr. Aquib Moin

University of Johannesburg,

South Africa

Dr. Jawed Iqbal

Institute of Planetary and

Astrophysics,

University of Karachi

Promotion of Astrophysics and Space Science as

Mainstream Research Areas in Pakistan and Developing

Countries: Making the Right Moves in Space-age

Tea: 1700 hrs.


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Day - 2: Thursday, September 3, 2015

Time Activity Details Venue


Track 7 : Remote Sensing and GISc. Lecture Theater No. 206

Track 8 : Astronomy & Astrophysics Video Conference Room

Track 9 : Information Technology & Cyber Security Lecture Theater No. 218

Track 10: Space Technology Awareness and Society Lecture Theater No. 207

1100 - 1130 Tea

1130 - 1300

Poster Session / Competition

Workshop/Tutorial

Technical Challenges for Ultra-Dense Cellular Deployment :

Myths & Realities Video Conference Room

Reconfigurable Reflectarray Antennas Lecture Theater No. 207

Panel Discussion

The Role of Mechanical Engineering in Aerospace Applications Lecture Theater No. 218

The Scope and Applications of Remote Sensing and GISc in

Pakistan Lecture Theater No. 206


1400 - 1530

Technical Session Track 1 : Aerospace & Avionics Lecture Theater No. 207

Track 4 : Aerospace Materials Design & Engineering Lecture Theater No. 206

Workshop/Tutorial Earth Remote Sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Video Conference Room

Panel Discussion The Paradigm of GNSS Applications Lecture Theater No. 218

1530 - 1700

Technical Session Track 3 : Mechanical Engineering for Space Applications Lecture Theater No. 218

Track 5 : Satellite Communication & Image Processing Lecture Theater No. 206

Workshop/Tutorial Introduction to Software Defined Networking (SDN) Video Conference Room

Playing with Astronomical Data Lecture Theater No. 207

1700 Tea


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Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.

Technical Session (3A-I)

Track 7: Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Jamil Kazmi Co-Chair: Dr. Saleem Ullah Coordinator: Ms. Huma Ozair

Keynote Speaker: Dr. DDGL Dahanayaka , (NARA), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Topic: Assessing the Potential of Satellite and Ground Spectral Data for Environmental Monitoring of

Japanese Inland Waters

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Salman Zubair, Universiy of Karachi

Topic: Estimation of Monitory Burden due to Loss Labor Output of Road Traffic Accident Victims in

Karachi


1000 Watercourse Improvement fforts in Thatta District : Are the Goals

Achieved Dr. Arjumand Zaidi NCRG, Karachi

1015 Geostatistical Analysis on Seismic Data over North-Western Regions

of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Eastern Regions of Iran & Tajikistan Malik Abid Hussain

Institute of Space


1025 Study of Foliar Rust Diseases of Wheat Crop in Chakwal District using

GIS Tools Maria Neelum

Fatima Jinnah Women


1035 GIS for Estimating Optimized Water Demand using Sustainable Water

Resource Management for Planned City Rabia Tabassum

FAST NUCES,

Karachi

1045 Detection of Fire Hotspots Dealt by Emergency First Responders in

Rawalpindi using GIS Application Amna Butt

Fatima Jinnah Women


Tea: 1100 - 1130 hrs.


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Technical Session (3A-II)

Track 8: Astronomy & Astrophysics Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Shahid Qureshi Co-Chair: Dr. Farrukh Chishtie Coordinator: Mr. Rana Usman Ali Keynote Speaker: Dr. Aquib Moin, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Topic: Multi-wavelength Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Role of Radio Astronomy to Draw Decisive Conclusions on

the True GRB Origins

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jawed Iqbal, ISPA University of Karachi, Pakistan

Topic: A review on Orbital Maneuvering : Implementing Coplanar & Non-Coplanar Transfer Solutions & Lambert Problem using

Python

Keynote Speaker: Dr. M. Ayub Khan Yosufzai, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Topic: Wavelet Characterization of Perturbed & Un Purturbed Astrophysical signals


1030 Finite amplitude solitary structures of coupled kinetic Alfven-

acoustic waves in dense plasmas Sabeen Arshad

Government College

University, Lahore

1040 Nonlinear Synchrotron Self-Compton Modeling of Blazars Muhammad Shahzad

Anjum University of Turku, Finland

1050 Mathematical Review of Earth's Axial Precession and its

Implications Abdul Razzaq

Arid Agriculture University,

Rawalpindi

Tea: 1100 - 1130 hrs.


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Technical Session (3A-III)

Track 9: Information Technology & Cyber Security Thursday, September 03, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Muddassar Farooq Co-Chair: Dr. Abdul Haseeb Coordinator: Mr. Touseef Ikram

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Hanif Durad, Associate Professor, PIEAS, Islamabad

Topic: Security Challenges in Software Defined Networking Research


0945 A Review on Quantum Cryptography Secret

Communication in Today’s World Farzan Javed Sheikh University of Lahore

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Sw-Miner: A Single-Pass Top-K Frequent Pattern Mining

Technique over Stream Data using Transaction-Sensitive

Sliding Window

Saif ur Rehman Kohat University of Science &

Technology (KUST), Kohat

1015 Intelligent Detection of Distributed Flooding Attack in

Wireless Mesh Network

Zeeshan Iqbal,

Muhammad Altaf

Khan

Kohat University of Science &

Technology (KUST), Kohat

1030 C++ Based Simulator Of The Enigma Machine

Rizwan Mujtaba

Institute of Space Technology,

Islamabad

1045 Touch Panel Based Restaurant Automation using Zigbee

Technology Aamir Nawaz

Institute of Engineering &

Technology, DI Khan

1100 Challenges in SCADA System Security M. Ahmed Tariq,

Zaman Ahmad

Pakistan Institute of Engineering

& Applied Sciences (PIEAS)

Tea: 1100 - 1130 hrs.


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Technical Session (3A-IV)

Track 10: Space Technology Awareness & Society Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Imran Shahid Co-Chair: Dr. Rizwan Bulbul Coordinator: Mr. Mirza Muhammad Waqar

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Mubashir ul Haq Abbasi, Institute of Space Technology, Pakistan

Topic: The History of Astronomy in Sub-Continent from 16th to 19th Century


0950 Introducing Space Plant Biology to Students through

Hands-on Activities using Clinostat

Ferheen Ayaz,

Qurat ul Ain


Atmosphere Research


1005 Feasibility Study to Install Fire Fighting Equipment on a

Cargo Helicopter M. Sohail Shahid

College of Aeronautical

Engineering (CAE), NUST

1020 The Political and Economic Feasibility of Current Space

Resource Management Policies Faizan Muhammad

Lahore Grammar School, Johar

Town

1035 Application of Space Technology in Pakistan Agriculture:

Challenges in Policy Perspective Saima Bilal

National Defense University

(NDU), Islamabad

1050 Effect of Touch Stimulus on The Root Growth of Citrus

Plant along with Alteration of Gravity Vector

Ferheen Ayaz,

Qurat ul Ain


Atmosphere Research


Tea: 1100 - 1130 hrs.


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Poster Session/Competition (3B-I) Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs.

Venue: IST Main Block

S. No. Title Author(s) Affiliation

1. Manufacturing of Unidirectional Carbon Prepregs for Space

Applications Mateen Tariq


Atmosphere Research


2. Design and Optimization of S-band Wilkinson Power Divider

for Transceiver Applications M. Saad Sohail


Atmosphere Research


3. Electrical Power Conditioning Unit (EPC) Design for New

Generation Communication Satellite Payload Receivers Taimoor Zahid

Institute of Space


4. DSP Based Electro Hydraulic Actuator Control with

Irretraceable Feedback Error

Najam ud Din Ahmad,

Aleem Azhar,

Khadim Hussain


Atmosphere Research


5. Design & Development of Air Bearing Table for on Ground

Testing of AOCS Hardware

Dr. M Yasir,

Asim Khan,

M Mazhar Zia,

M Muneeb Anwar,

Yawar Sibtain Rizvi


Atmosphere Research


6. Design for Test Approach using FPGA for BPSK Modem

Syed Jahanzeb Hussain

Pirzada,

M. Faisal Arain,

Rahman Mehboob


Atmosphere Research


7. Design of a Fuzzy Logic Water Level Controller Taimoor Zahid

Institute of Space


8. The use of Nuclear reactor in Space Applications: Propulsion

and Power Concept Gohar Ali

Hira High School &

College Swat


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9. Impact of Thermal Aging on Microstructure and Mechanical

Properties of High Sn Content, Sn-Pb Solders Muhammad Aamir

CECOS University of IT &

Emerging Sciences,

Peshawar

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Effect of aryl Diazonium Salt Functionalization on the

Electrical Properties of MWCNTs and MWCNTs/CF

Reinforced Polymer Composite

Madni Shifa Ullah

Khan,

Fawad Tariq,

Dr. Rasheed Ahmad


Atmosphere Research


11. Design of a Compact Monopole Patch Antenna for Ultra

Wideband Applications Syed Zeeshan Ali


Atmosphere Research


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Design of C band Slotted Waveguide Array antenna with

high Impedance Bandwidth and improved Reflection

Coefficient

Sania Nazir,

Masab Iqbal


Atmosphere Research


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Design and Optimization of S-Band Wilkinson Power

Divider

for Transceiver Applications

Talha Khan


Atmosphere Research


14. Implementation and Evaluation of Vehicle Based Tracking

System Wajeeha Najeeb

Institute of Space


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Improvement of Gain in Dual Fed X band Isoflux Choke

Horn Antenna for use in LEO satellite missions

Wasim Nawaz


Atmosphere Research


16. Accessibility analysis of health care facilities of District

Bahawalpur using GIS

Muhammad Imran,

Mubashir Hassan

The Urban Unit

17. Use of Open Source GIS Tools to Identify Bright Rooftops

for Solar PV Applications in Karachi Jibran Khan

Dawood University Of

Engineering &

Technology,Karachi

18. Risk Areas Mapping and Identification of Hotspots on the

Road-Network of Lahore

Muhammad Nauman

Hussain The Urban Unit


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19. Analysis of Recent Drought Based on NDVI and

Meteorological Data Muhammad Arslan

National Center for Remote

Sensing & Geo Informatics

(NCRG), Karachi

20. Validation of MODIS and MISR based satellite AOT Data

with In-Situ Data for Lahore, Pakistan Dr. Ghouri

National Center for Remote

Sensing & Geo Informatics

(NCRG), Karachi

21. Assessment of Urban Growth of Karachi: From a Tiny Town

to a Meta City of the World Ali Jan Hassan

Institute of Space and

Planetary Astrophysics

(ISPA), University of

Karachi

22. Stellar Evolution

Shoaib Naseer,

Sunny Ahmad Ansari,

Kamran Haider

University of Punjab

23. Solar and Stellar Physics Abdur Raqeeb Gaziani -

24. Identification of Post Disaster Scenario using Double

Threshold Energy Detection Shakeel Ahmad Waqas

Military College of Signals,

National University of


25. Enhancement of Latent Fingerprint Images with

Segmentation Perspective Abir Raza

Institute of Space


26. Satellite Soil Moisture Estimation & its Validation Using

Conventional and FTIR Techniques

Syed Muhammad

Zubair

IGIS National University of


27. Urban Land Use Analysis: A Case Study of North Nazimabad

Blocks M. Rovaid uddin NCRG, Karachi

28. A Survey of Active ITU-R P-Series Propagation Models Sundus Najib

University of Engineering

& Technology (UET),

Peshawar

Lunch & Prayer: 1300 – 1400 hrs.


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Panel Discussion (3B-II) Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs.


Track Panelist Title

Mechanical Engineering for

Aerospace Applications

Dr. Fawad Inam

Director, Mechanical Engineering

Northumbria University, UK

Dr. Tahir I. Khan

Professor,

University of Calgary ,Canada

The Role of Mechanical Engineering in

Aerospace Applications

Workshop / Tutorial (3B-III)



Track Resource Person Title

Satellite Communication and

Image Processing

Dr. Ali Imran

Associate Professor,

University of Surrey, UK

Dr. Leonardo Reynari

Politecnico Di Torino, Italy

Technical Challenges for Ultra-Dense Cellular

Deployment –Myths and Realities



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Workshop / Tutorial (3B-IV) Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs.



Satellite Communication and

Image Processing

Dr. Muhammad Yusof Ismail

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia

Reconfigurable Reflectarray Antennas



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Panel Discussion (3B-V) Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs.


Track Panelists Title

Remote Sensing & GIS

Dr. DDGL Dahanayaka

National Aquatic Resources Research and

Development Agency (NARA),

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr. Rakhshan Roohi

La Trobe University, Melbourne

Australia

Syed Jamil Hasan Kazmi

Professor & Chairman

Department of Geography

University of Karachi, Pakistan

Dr. Bader Munir Khan Ghouri

Institute of Space Technology (IST),

Karachi

The Scope and Applications of Remote Sensing

and GISc in Pakistan



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Technical Session (3C-I)

Track 1: Aerospace & Avionics Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1400 - 1530 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Khalid Pervez Co-Chair: Engr. M. Ehsan Ullah Coordinator: Mr. Nadeem Khan


1400 Design and Analysis of Magnetic MEMS Accelerometer for

Inertial Navigation

M. Ameer Umar

Malik

College of EME NUST

Islamabad

1415 Fairing Separation Dynamic Analysis using Analytical

Approach

M. Tanveer

Iqbal


Atmosphere Research


1430 Feasibility Assessment of Running JP-8 Fuel in Diesel Engine M. Shahan Qamar National University of Sciences

and Technology (NUST)

1445 Artificial Intelligence Reboot Muhammad

Usman Saleem

Institute of Geology, University

of the Punjab, Lahore

1500 Design and Analysis of Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle

Syed Azmat

Abbas


Engineering, NUST

1515 Computational Aerodynamics of Two Dimensional Spinning

Cylinder Waqas Ahmad

National University of Science

and Technology


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Technical Session (3C-II)

Track 4: Aerospace Materials Design & Engineering Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1400 – 1530 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Fawad Inam Co-Chair: Dr. Tayyab Subhani Coordinator: Mr. Mehmood Khan

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Topic: - Ceramics Nano composites for Aerospace: Design and Application


1430

Preparation, Structure and Dielectric/Piezoelectric Properties Of

Bisco3-Pbtio3-Pb(Mn1/3Nb2/3)O3 High Temperature

Piezoelectric Ceramics

Shahid Karim Xi’an Jiaotong University

1450 Role of Magnetic Anisotropy on Magnetostrictive Properties of

Quasi-Binary Ferromagnetic Tb1-xGdxFe2 Cubic Laves Alloys Adil Murtaza

Xian Jiao tong University,

Xi’an China

1510 Evaluation of Additive Manufacturing Techniques for

Fabrication of propellers for SUAVs Shaheryar Atta Khan DHA Suffa University


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Workshop (3C-III) Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1400 - 1530 hrs.



Remote Sensing & GISc. Dr. Waqas A Qazi

Assistant Professor,


Earth Remote Sensing with Synthetic

Aperture Radar (SAR)

Workshop (3C-IV) Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1400 - 1530 hrs.



Global Navigation Satellite System

Dongkai Yang

Professor,

BUAA, China

Dr. Najam Abbas

Assistant Professor,


The Paradigm of GNSS Applications


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Technical Session (3D-I)

Track 5: Satellite Communication & Image Processing Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1530 - 1700 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Ali Imran Co-Chair: Dr. Amir Habib Coordinator: Mr. Ghayyasudin

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Leonardo Reyneri, Politecnico Di Torino, Italy

Topic: Innovative Design Technique and Functional Testing of Small Satellites


1600 A Comprehensive Study on QoS for Mobile Ad Hoc Network

Abdur

Rasheed,Fayyaz

Khalid,Irfan Nazeer

University of Gujrat

1615 An Intelligent Approach for Edge Detection in Noisy Images using

Fuzzy Logic Izhar

CECOS University,

Peshawar

1630 Comparison of Maximum Likelihood Classification Before and after

Applying Weierstrass Transform Muhammad Shoaib

Institute of Space


Tea: 1700 hrs.


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Technical Session (3D-II)

Track 3: Mechanical Engineering for Aerospace Applications Thursday, September 3, 2015 Time: 1530 - 1700 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Tahir I. Khan Co-Chair: Dr. Muhammad Sabeel Khan Coordinator: Mr. Amir Khan

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Abid, Chairman, Mechanical Engineering COMSATS Institute of

Information Technology, Wah Cantt

Topic: Applications of Computational Mechanics for Real World Industrial Applications


1600

Steady State Heat Transfer using Galerkin Finite Element

Method

M. Naveed

Akhtar

Pakistan Institute of Engineering &

Applied Sciences (PIEAS)

1615

Measurement & Testing Techniques of Performance Parameters

for Electric Servo Actuators

Naveed Riaz National University of Sciences &

Technology (NUST)

1630

Optimal Design of Laminated Composites

Khazar Hayat The University of Lahore, Lahore

1645 Effect of Distribution Medium in Vacuum Infusion Process

Kamal Rana

National University of Science and

Technology

Tea: 1700 hrs.


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Workshop (3D-III)




IT & Cyber Security

Mr. Irfan Ahmed

Institute of Space Technology,

Islamabad

Introduction to Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Workshop (3D-IV)




Astronomy and Astrophysics

Dr. Aquib Moin


South Africa

Playing with Astronomical Data

Tea: 1700 hrs.


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Day - 3: Friday, September 4, 2015

Time Title Details


Track 1 : Aerospace & Avionics Lecture Theater No. 207

Track 4 : Aerospace Materials Design & Engineering Lecture Theater No. 218

Track 5 : Satellite Communication & Image Processing Video Conference Room

Track 7: Remote Sensing and GISc Lecture Theater No. 206

1100 - 1130 Tea

1130 - 1300

Technical Sessions Track 2 : Satellite Design Development & Security Lecture Theater No. 206

Workshop/Tutorial GNSS-R : Research and Applications Lecture Theater No. 207

Panel Discussion Future of Materials Science in Aerospace Engineering Lecture Theater No. 218

Introduction to Small Satellite Technology Video Conference Room


1430 - 1600 Panel Discussion

Space Technology Awareness Lecture Theater No. 218

Industry-led Academic Research:

Can We Maximize the Impact of Research in Pakistan?

Video Conference Room

1600 - 1700 Concluding Session IST Auditorium

1700 Hi - Tea


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Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.

Technical Session (4A-I)

Track 1: Aerospace & Avionics Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Abid Ali Khan Co-Chair: Dr. Rashid Mehmood Coordinator: Mr. M. Taimoor

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Fiaz, Assistant Professor, UET, Lahore

Topic: Business Aspects of 3-D Printing Industry


0950 Integration of UAV’s in the National Airspace Mustafa Mehdi

School of Air Traffic

Services, PAF Academy,

Risalpur

1005 An Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effect of

Strut and Fairing Anwar ul Haque

International Islamic

University Kuala Lampur,

Malaysia

1020 Track Fusion of Legacy Radars using Weighted

Averages Saad Arif


Engineering, NUST

1035

Launch Vehicle Control Based on Dynamic

Inversion with Sliding Mode Neural Network

Augmentation

Saqib Alam,

Syed Minhaj un

Nabi


Atmosphere Research


1050 Design and Development of Low Cost Motor Drive for

Hub Wheel Based Electric Vehicles

Syed Wasif Ali

Shah,

Muhammad Asim


Atmosphere Research


Tea: 1100 - 1130 hrs.


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Technical Session (4A-II)

Track 4: Aerospace Materials Design & Engineering Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. M. Fahim Hashmi Co-Chair: Mr. Kashif Naveed Coordinator: Mr. Shakeel Ahmad

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Majid Shahzad, SUPARCO

Topic: Challenges in Hyperelastic Material Cauterization and their Finite Element Modeling


1000 Feasibility to Adapt Modifications in the Existing Turbojet

Engine Test Bed for the Ground Test Run of Turbofan Engine

Syed Usama Farooq,

Nasar Mubarak


Engineering, PAF Academy

Risalpur

1015 Morphotropic Phase Boundary in Ferromagnetic Tb1-xGdxFe2

System Adil Murtaza

Xian Jiaotong University,

Xi’an China

1510

Impact Resistance Analysis using Multi-Ply Fabric

Orientations

Osama Arshed Malik


Engineering, PAF Academy

Risalpur

1045 Evaluation of Commercial Oleo phobic Coatings for Aerospace

Applications in Harsh Environments Hamza Shams DHA Suffa University

Tea: 1100 - 1130 hrs.


33


Technical Session (4A-III)

Track 5: Satellite Communication & Image Processing Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Leonardo Reyneri Co-Chair: Dr. Rizwan Mughal Coordinator: Mr. Bilal Ahmed

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mehboob Fareed, University of Waterloo, Canada

Topic: Enhancing Performance of Hybrid-ARQ with Linear Constellation Precoding

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rub Nawaz, General Manager, NESCOM, Islamabad

Topic: Target Recognition by Material Mapping using a Combination of Supervised & Unsupervised

Learning Methods in Hyper-Spectral Images


1000

The Role of Externally Induced Chirp on the Broadening of

Triangular Pulse in Dispersion Dominant Regime of Fiber

Optics Communication

Dr. M.Yousaf Hamza

M Awais Aslam,

Pakistan Institute of Engineering


1015 A Review on Mobile Wireless Communication Networks Farzan Javed Sheikh University of Lahore

1030

Optimized Threshold Calculation Based on Received

Signal Characteristics for Blanking Non-Linearity at

OFDM Receivers

Ferheen Ayaz,

Zehra Ali


Atmosphere Research


1045 CCDF of EVM for Digital Modulation Schemes over Fixed

Satellite Service Usman Ahmed

COMSATS Institute of

Information Technology Lahore

1100

Evolution Behavior of Hyperbolic Secant Pulse in Normal

and Anomalous Dispersion Regimes of Single Mode

Optical Fiber Communication

Dr. M Yousaf Hamza Pakistan Institute of Engineering


Tea: 1100 - 1130 hrs.


34


Technical Session (4A-IV)

Track 7: Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Sciences Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 0930 - 1100 hrs.


Chairperson: Dr. Rakhshan Roohi Co-Chair: Dr. Waqas A Qazi Coordinator: Mr. Ahmed Waqas Zubairi

Keynote Speaker: Syed Jamil Hasan Kazmi, Professor, University of Karachi

Topic: Use of Satellite Remote Sensing for Ecological Resources Evaluation

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Salem Ullah, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad

Topic: Retrieval of Land Surface Temperatures (LST) at Sub-Pixel Scales: Synergic Analysis of

Visible and TIR Data


1015 Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Shoreline Changes along Makran

Coast Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Hira Fatima

Institute of Space &

Planetary Astrophysics

(ISPA), University of

Karachi

1025 Influence Analysis of Minerals on Drinking Water Quality around

River Jhelum Sadaf Javed

Institute of Space


1035 Selection of the Optimal Interpolation Method for Groundwater

Quality Iqra Basit

Department of Space

Science, University of the

Punjab

1045

Development of Open Source Geospatial Certification Model Based

on Geospatial Technology Competency Model

Tanzeel ur

Rehman

University of Applied

Sciences Stuttgart

Tea: 1100 - 1130 hrs.


35


Technical Session (4B-I)

Track 2: Satellite Design, Development & Security Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs


Chairperson: Dr. Sarwar Naqvi Co-Chair: Dr. Moazzam Maqsood Coordinator: Mr. Muneeb Ibrar

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ali Imran, Associate Professor, University of Surrey, UK

Topic: Role of Satellite in 5G Architecture: Hybrid Cognitive Satellite Terrestrial Coverage


1200 Single Event Effect Testing of Commercial Off-The-

Shelf Components

M Hammad Riaz

A. Javed, M. Ahsan


Atmosphere Research


1215 Thermal Design and Analysis of PNSS-1 Satellite

M. T. Hussain,

A. Abbas, B. Batul,

M.U.Sadiq, K. Hayat


Atmosphere Research


1230

A Miniaturized Polarization Independent Frequency

Selatine Surface with Stepped Profile for WiMAX

Applications

Muhammad Idrees University of Engineering

(UET), Taxila

1245 Design & Development of Air Bearing Table for on

Ground Testing of AOCS Hardware

Dr. M Yasir, Asim Khan,

M. Mazhar Zia,

M. Muneeb Anwar

Yawar Sibtain Rizvi


Atmosphere Research




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Panel Discussion (4B-II) Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs



Aerospace Materials Design &

Engineering

Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad

King Saud University,

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Fawad Inam

Northumbria University, UK

Dr. Tahir I. Khan

Professor ,

University of Calgary ,Canada

Future of Materials Science in Aerospace

Engineering

Panel Discussion (4B-III) Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs.



Satellite Design, Development and

Security

Dr. Leonardo Reynari

Politecnico Di Torino, Italy

Introduction to Small Satellite

Technology




37

Workshop (4B-IV) Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 1130 - 1300 hrs.



Global Navigation Satellite System

Dongkai Yang

Professor

BUAA, China

GNSS-R : Research and Applications



38


Panel Discussion (4C-I) Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 1430 - 1600 hrs.


Track Panelist Title

Industry - Academia Collaboration

Dr. Ali Imran

Associate Professor,

University of Surrey, UK

Industry-led Academic Research: Can

We Maximize the Impact of Research in

Pakistan?

Panel Discussion (4C-II) Friday, September 4, 2015 Time: 1430 - 1600 hrs.

Venue – Lecture Theatre No 218


Space Technology Awareness & Society

Dr. Aquib Moin


South Africa

Dr. DDGL Dahanayaka

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr. M. Shahid Qureshi

Department of Mathematical Sciences

University of Karachi

Mr. Khalid Bashir

SUPARCO, Karachi

Space Technology Awareness


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Concluding Session (4D) Friday, September 4, 2015



1610 Recitation from the Holy Quran

1615 Summary of the Conference, Secretary ICASE 2015

1620 Comments from Invited Speakers

1650 Vote of Thanks

1700 Hi - Tea

Documents

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