,Patron: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani Vice Chancellor

NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletterOctober, 2014

University of Engineering &

Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

Welcome New Entrants!

Beginning of Fall Semester is always exciting, and full

of hope. Not only are we rid of the stifling hot

weather – made all the more unbearable by long

power-outages, we also start our academic calendar,

and enroll a fresh batch of would-be engineers.

A very warm welcome to the new entrants. You have

chosen well, and we are proud to have you with us.

Student life is full of hope and excitement, and we

shall endeavor to make these the best years of your

life. However, you are now in a new environment in which students from different

institutions, different backgrounds, and different cultural and economic strata will

be sharing your space.

In such a multi-cultural mix, it is imperative to accept others who may appear

different, speak another language or dress differently. We are an equal

opportunity university, and do not recognize any group less –or–more–than

others.

A hallmark of UET Peshawar is the strong commitment of our faculty and staff to

work for the benefit of our students. We pride ourselves in being there for you in

every way so you will have a truly transformational educational experience. We

want your time with us to be a pleasurable success. Welcome aboard!

God bless you all!

striving for the highest level of

ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE

UET Peshawar Entrance Test 2014

MoU with PDMA

Metro-Cure Launching Ceremony

Project Exhibition, 2014

In Focus: Dr. Abdul Shakoor

INSIDE

Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani

Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani inagurating Jalozai CampusEntrance Test 2014

Vice Chancellor’s Message

UET Peshawar Entrance Test 2014 held, 14782 Candidates Appeared

UET Entrance Test for Academic Ses-

sion 2014 was successfully held on

10th August, simultaneously at

Islamia Collegiate 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 Eval-

uating Agency (ETEA) of Govern-

ment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Around 14782 candidates from Khy-

ber Pakhtun-khwa, including FATA,

AJK and Gilgit Baltistan sat for the

entrance test.

At Peshawar Centre, a total of 9795 candidates appeared in the test with 9489 candidates for admission in engineering dis-

ciplines, and 306 candidates appeared for Computer Science group. At Abbottabad Centre among 1591 candidates, 1534

candidates appeared for engineering group, whereas 57 candidates for the computer science group, at Swat Centre, 2205

candidates appeared in the test with 2174 candidates for engineering disciplines, and 31 candidates appeared for Com-

puter Science group while at D.I. Khan Center 1191 candidates appeared in the test with 1166 candidates for engineering

disciplines, and 25 candidates appeared for Computer Science in the entrance test. Altogether 530 female candidates and

14252 male candidates appeared in all centers.

Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary Higher Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Additional Secretary Higher Edu-

cation Department KP, Dr. Khalid Khan also expressed satisfaction over the arrangements.

Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ullah, VC KMU, Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad, Director Academics, KMU, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean Fac-

ulty of Engineering (UET) and Prof Javed Tajik Registrar and Director Admissions were present on the occasion.

Candidates during the entrance test

Government, Industry and Academia Together Need to Devise Energy Policy

MOU Inked for the Establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (UoT)

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UET and Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education, Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar, inked a

memorandum of understanding on May 5th 2014. Provincial Secretary Industries, Muhamamd Ali Shahzada and the Vice

Chancellor signed the MoU. The agreement is aimed to provide consultancy services for the satisfactory completion of the

establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (KP UoT).

Mr. Muhamamd Ali Shahzada while addressing on the occasion, said the provincial government has realized the impor-

tance of technical cadre as a crucial factor for the socio – economic development of KP. “With the establishment of KP, UoT

Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary HE, Dr. Khalid Khan, Add. Sect. HE, Engr. Imtiaz H Gilani, VC UET and

Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ullah, VC KMU during the Entrance test of UET Peshawar

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UET and Provincial Disaster Management Authority/ Provincial 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 Gen-

eral PDMA-PaRRSA KPK, Muhammad

Tahir Orakzai signed the MOU in pres-

ence of Dean, Registrar UET Peshawar,

Director Operations PDMA and Head

DRM Strategic Unit PDMA.

The MoU is aimed at collaboration in

areas of academic/knowledge

exchange, capacity building, trainings,

advocacy events and research initia-

tives in the field of Disaster Manage-

ment in KPK. Both the parties agreed to

utilize the technical expertise and

UET Peshawar Inks MoU with Provincial Disaster Management Authority

(PDMA-PaRRSA), Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa

VC UET and DG PDMA signing the MoU

public sector and private polytechnic institutions will benefit by sending their students to build up their capacity at post

graduate level and learning advanced and high quality skill development courses, adding, “more than 5000 students will be

graduated from KP UoT as a result there will be tremendous opportunities of employment for skilled people”. The present

government has already started a skill training program for 3600 people by engaging them in vocational trainings in collabo-

ration with a UK based center of training. “The KP UoT will be another milestone for the future for which the provincial Govt.

has laid the foundation”, he remarked.

The Vice chancellor appreciated the Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education and expressed his

thanks to the provincial government in posing confidence in UET Peshawar for the consultancy services and envisaging the

vision plan of a new university. He said, the credit goes to PTI government which shows their commitment for improving sta-

tus of human resources, “there is a huge gap in getting access to Higher Education (HE) while only 3% get the chance to

enter into universities”, thus depriving a huge lot of youngsters to get this opportunity. The government has taken a right

step at right time to engage this untapped potential by not only upgrading their technical skills but opening HE opportuni-

ties for them.

Dr. Sadiq Khattak, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering has been appointed as Project Manager KP UoT. He informed

the meeting, UET Peshawar will offer its consultancy services as similar to the Scope of Work, approved by PDWP. It will also

include the preparation of feasibility report of the project according to the approved scope of work, present and share with

the main stakeholders, submit the final

feasibility report and later on, sub-

mit the final PC-1 to the concerned

quarters. Mr. Salah-ud-Din, Addi-

tional Secretary Industries, Prof.

Shakeel Ahmad, DG Technical Edu-

cation and Manpower Trainings

(TE&MT), Mr. Muhammad Ullah,

Director TE&MT, Prof. Dr. Zahid

Mehmood, Dean of Engineering,

Prof. Saeed Javed Tajik, Registrar,

Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan, Direc-

tor Finance and other senior offi-

cials from UET were also present on

the occasion. Vice Chancellor and Secretary Industries Signing the MoU

UET Peshawar Entrance Test 2014 held, 14782 Candidates Appeared

UET Entrance Test for Academic Ses-

sion 2014 was successfully held on

10th August, simultaneously at

Islamia Collegiate 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 Eval-

uating Agency (ETEA) of Govern-

ment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Around 14782 candidates from Khy-

ber Pakhtun-khwa, including FATA,

AJK and Gilgit Baltistan sat for the

entrance test.

At Peshawar Centre, a total of 9795 candidates appeared in the test with 9489 candidates for admission in engineering dis-

ciplines, and 306 candidates appeared for Computer Science group. At Abbottabad Centre among 1591 candidates, 1534

candidates appeared for engineering group, whereas 57 candidates for the computer science group, at Swat Centre, 2205

candidates appeared in the test with 2174 candidates for engineering disciplines, and 31 candidates appeared for Com-

puter Science group while at D.I. Khan Center 1191 candidates appeared in the test with 1166 candidates for engineering

disciplines, and 25 candidates appeared for Computer Science in the entrance test. Altogether 530 female candidates and

14252 male candidates appeared in all centers.

Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary Higher Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Additional Secretary Higher Edu-

cation Department KP, Dr. Khalid Khan also expressed satisfaction over the arrangements.

Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ullah, VC KMU, Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad, Director Academics, KMU, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean Fac-

ulty of Engineering (UET) and Prof Javed Tajik Registrar and Director Admissions were present on the occasion.

Candidates during the entrance test

Government, Industry and Academia Together Need to Devise Energy Policy

MOU Inked for the Establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (UoT)

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UET and Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education, Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar, inked a

memorandum of understanding on May 5th 2014. Provincial Secretary Industries, Muhamamd Ali Shahzada and the Vice

Chancellor signed the MoU. The agreement is aimed to provide consultancy services for the satisfactory completion of the

establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (KP UoT).

Mr. Muhamamd Ali Shahzada while addressing on the occasion, said the provincial government has realized the impor-

tance of technical cadre as a crucial factor for the socio – economic development of KP. “With the establishment of KP, UoT

Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary HE, Dr. Khalid Khan, Add. Sect. HE, Engr. Imtiaz H Gilani, VC UET and

Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ullah, VC KMU during the Entrance test of UET Peshawar

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UET and Provincial Disaster Management Authority/ Provincial 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 Gen-

eral PDMA-PaRRSA KPK, Muhammad

Tahir Orakzai signed the MOU in pres-

ence of Dean, Registrar UET Peshawar,

Director Operations PDMA and Head

DRM Strategic Unit PDMA.

The MoU is aimed at collaboration in

areas of academic/knowledge

exchange, capacity building, trainings,

advocacy events and research initia-

tives in the field of Disaster Manage-

ment in KPK. Both the parties agreed to

utilize the technical expertise and

UET Peshawar Inks MoU with Provincial Disaster Management Authority

(PDMA-PaRRSA), Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa

VC UET and DG PDMA signing the MoU

public sector and private polytechnic institutions will benefit by sending their students to build up their capacity at post

graduate level and learning advanced and high quality skill development courses, adding, “more than 5000 students will be

graduated from KP UoT as a result there will be tremendous opportunities of employment for skilled people”. The present

government has already started a skill training program for 3600 people by engaging them in vocational trainings in collabo-

ration with a UK based center of training. “The KP UoT will be another milestone for the future for which the provincial Govt.

has laid the foundation”, he remarked.

The Vice chancellor appreciated the Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education and expressed his

thanks to the provincial government in posing confidence in UET Peshawar for the consultancy services and envisaging the

vision plan of a new university. He said, the credit goes to PTI government which shows their commitment for improving sta-

tus of human resources, “there is a huge gap in getting access to Higher Education (HE) while only 3% get the chance to

enter into universities”, thus depriving a huge lot of youngsters to get this opportunity. The government has taken a right

step at right time to engage this untapped potential by not only upgrading their technical skills but opening HE opportuni-

ties for them.

Dr. Sadiq Khattak, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering has been appointed as Project Manager KP UoT. He informed

the meeting, UET Peshawar will offer its consultancy services as similar to the Scope of Work, approved by PDWP. It will also

include the preparation of feasibility report of the project according to the approved scope of work, present and share with

the main stakeholders, submit the final

feasibility report and later on, sub-

mit the final PC-1 to the concerned

quarters. Mr. Salah-ud-Din, Addi-

tional Secretary Industries, Prof.

Shakeel Ahmad, DG Technical Edu-

cation and Manpower Trainings

(TE&MT), Mr. Muhammad Ullah,

Director TE&MT, Prof. Dr. Zahid

Mehmood, Dean of Engineering,

Prof. Saeed Javed Tajik, Registrar,

Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan, Direc-

tor Finance and other senior offi-

cials from UET were also present on

the occasion. Vice Chancellor and Secretary Industries Signing the MoU

The meeting decided to reserve 20 seats each for Agricul-

tural Engineering, Mining Engineering, Computer Sys-

tem Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics

Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering (Mardan

Campus), Computer Software Engineering (Mardan Cam-

pus), Electrical Engineering (Mardan Campus), Electrical

Engineering (Kohat Campus), Electrical Engineering.

(Bannu Campus) where as 10 seats for Civil Engineering

(Bannu Campus) and 10 seats for Chemical Engineering

(Peshawar Campus).

The meeting also decided to reserve 20 seats for Inter-

nally Displaced People (IDP's) due to operation Zarb-e-

Azb for the current academic session 2014-15 on one time

basis. The meeting agreed to reserve two seats each for

Computer System Engg (Peshawar Campus), Chemical

Engg, Mining Engg, Agricultural Engg, Electronics Engg

and five seats each for Computer Software Engineering

and Telecommunication Engineering (Mardan Campus).

Engr. Asif Ahmad, a student of Elec-

trical Engineering Department at

(Main Campus of UET Peshawar)

Managed to publish his research

work from his final year project

under the supervision of Dr.

Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, in one of

the top ranked journals in the

world in the field of Intelligent Trans-

portation Systems. His work was to explore and analyse

the use of earliest deadline based schedulers for reduc-

tion in Urban Road Traffic Congestion. His work was sub-

mitted at the end of his final year project to IEEE Transac-

tions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Impact Fac-

tor: 3.01), which is consistently ranked among the top 3

journals in the world in the field of Intelligent Transporta-

tion Systems. Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud who supervised

his work stated that such tangible outputs from our stu-

dents show the quality of students we get at our under-

graduate level at UET Peshawar and if given the right

direction and resources, they can prove to be second to

none when it comes to carrying out quality research.

“Ahmad A., Arshad, R., Mahmud, S.A., Khan, G.M., Al-

Raweshidy, H.S. “Earliest-Deadline-Based Scheduling to

Reduce Urban Traffic Congestion” Intelligent Transporta-

tion Systems, IEEE Transactions on, Volume 15, Issue. 4,

Aug. 2014, ISSN. 1524-9050, PP. 1510 - 1526”.

The University in its 66th Academic Council meeting

reserved 220 additional seats for Afghan nationals for

admission to B.Sc. Engineering for the academic section

2014-15. This decision was taken in pursuance of the

directives of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, “Award of

3000 seats for Afghan Nationals on non-subsidize scheme

for the academic section 2014-15”.

UET Faculty Conducts 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

signals at intersection and signal's co-ordination in

Peshawar. The goal of this project was to study the feasibil-

ity 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. The research-

ers collected traffic data to select red and green time for

traffic from each direction on GT Road. Various trials were

made and finally signal time was fixed such that there was

no effect on traffic flow of vehicles turning at intersections.

The total delay was then determined under present condi-

tion which was much higher than the standard time of

delay at intersections. The total delay time, level of service,

design speed and geometry of the intersection, said

Rawid, was related to green signal and red signal time at

the intersection.

Rawid applied signal coordination technique to reduce the

waiting time at signals and hence reduce the travel / jour-

ney time particularly in urban areas. The signal coordina-

tion technique was applied at Abdara Chowk intersection

and Iqra Chowk intersection for traffic from East Bound

(Saddar) to West Bound (Hayatabad) direction.

Regarding research findings, Rawid explained that signal

timing was very useful for traffic flow and mobility in urban

areas. He suggested the traffic signal coordination mecha-

nism would give multiple socio-economic benefits to the

country. “Not only it reduces traffic delay time, but reduces

the number of stops and manage large traffic flows in effi-

cient manner”, he maintained The research was funded by

UET Peshawar.

In a major step forward towards academia industry linkage,

CISNR and PESCO have put in place two joint research mod-

ules that, synchronizes electricity consumed to billed

amount and have a meter-less regime, in which consumer

Joint Research Modules for PESCO Initiated

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Official Launching Ceremony of Metero-Cure

Through the collaboration of PESCO and the Centre for Intelligent 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 ear-

lier at Wapda House Peshawar. The staff at CISNR, led by Dr. Gul Muhammad Khan and Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, toiled

day and night for two months to come up with a solution to facilitate the end users with an accurate billing system. The

official launching ceremony of Metro-Cure solutions was held at PESCO Khyber Division Hayatabad on 16th May, 2014 fol-

lowing a week training session given by the staff of CISNR to the meter readers of the respective division. The chief guest,

Mr. Anwar-ul-Haq Yousafzai, Director General Finance PESCO, applauded the tireless efforts and extended his full sup-

port to the CISNR staff in imple-

menting this smart phone

based meter reading solution

to curb under and over billing

issues.

The project directors, Dr. Gul

Muhammad Khan and Dr.

Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, also

gave briefings about the pres-

ent meter reading situation and

discussed various solutions to

the problems encountered by

the meter readers during the

training sessions. The executive

e n g i n e e r, A k hta r H a m e e d

(PESCO), was also present at the situation and appreciated the efforts of the staff at CISNR. He also announced that the

Metero-Cure solution will be implemented in Phase-3 of Hayatabad batch in the upcoming months. Meter readers who

have completed the training were awarded with certificates and smart phones by the chief guest.

CISNR team group photo with PESCO Officials

UET Reserves 220 Seats for Afghan Nationals; 20 Seats for IDP's

Electrical Engineering student Sets the Bar High

bills are generated centrally and meter reading is elimi-

nated.

PESCO and CISNR, launched the Metero-Cure project in

Hayatabad subdivision to curb billing anomalies and Elec-

tro-cure on Rahatabad feeder to curb electricity theft. A

meeting of the PESCO Board of Directors was convened the

other day chaired by Mr. Malik Asad. The two solutions by

the titles of Metero-Cure and Electro-cure were proposed

in the previous meeting on 4th and then subsequently

deployed on a pilot scale. The project directors, Dr. Gul

Muhammad Khan and Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud from

CISNR, UET Peshawar presented the results of the pilot

region to the Board of Directors. The committee members

expressed their satisfaction with the progress and perfor-

mance of the two solutions and gave approval for deploy-

ment on a larger scale. In that context, a feeder was

assigned at Rahatabad to CISNR, for implementation of the

Electro-cure solution to detect and curb instances of elec-

tricity theft. To improve the billing efficiency and eliminate

instances of over billing and under billing, the Hayatabad

sub-division was selected for the implementation of

Metero-Cure solution by CISNR. Mr. Malik Asad, Chairman,

Board of Directors PESCO re-iterated his commitment to

make PESCO a profitable company and gave valuable sug-

gestions in integrating certain features to increase the effi-

cacy of the two solutions and make them more potent in

solving the major issues of PESCO.

world class equipment at UET Peshawar to test critical and

vulnerable infrastructure in KPK for disaster resilience.

They further agreed to specifically work for the capacity

building of local community and institutions in the field of

Disaster Management through workshops, trainings and

skill development.

At the end of ceremony, a guided tour of Earthquake Engi-

neering Centre was conducted by Dr. Syed M Ali, Director

Earthquake Engineering Centre, where he showed the

world class equipment, shake table and related testing

and research facilities for earthquake resilience to DG and

members of PDMA. Others present at the event were Man-

ager ORIC and members of National Institute of Urban

Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP), UET Peshawar.

The meeting decided to reserve 20 seats each for Agricul-

tural Engineering, Mining Engineering, Computer Sys-

tem Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics

Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering (Mardan

Campus), Computer Software Engineering (Mardan Cam-

pus), Electrical Engineering (Mardan Campus), Electrical

Engineering (Kohat Campus), Electrical Engineering.

(Bannu Campus) where as 10 seats for Civil Engineering

(Bannu Campus) and 10 seats for Chemical Engineering

(Peshawar Campus).

The meeting also decided to reserve 20 seats for Inter-

nally Displaced People (IDP's) due to operation Zarb-e-

Azb for the current academic session 2014-15 on one time

basis. The meeting agreed to reserve two seats each for

Computer System Engg (Peshawar Campus), Chemical

Engg, Mining Engg, Agricultural Engg, Electronics Engg

and five seats each for Computer Software Engineering

and Telecommunication Engineering (Mardan Campus).

Engr. Asif Ahmad, a student of Elec-

trical Engineering Department at

(Main Campus of UET Peshawar)

Managed to publish his research

work from his final year project

under the supervision of Dr.

Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, in one of

the top ranked journals in the

world in the field of Intelligent Trans-

portation Systems. His work was to explore and analyse

the use of earliest deadline based schedulers for reduc-

tion in Urban Road Traffic Congestion. His work was sub-

mitted at the end of his final year project to IEEE Transac-

tions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Impact Fac-

tor: 3.01), which is consistently ranked among the top 3

journals in the world in the field of Intelligent Transporta-

tion Systems. Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud who supervised

his work stated that such tangible outputs from our stu-

dents show the quality of students we get at our under-

graduate level at UET Peshawar and if given the right

direction and resources, they can prove to be second to

none when it comes to carrying out quality research.

“Ahmad A., Arshad, R., Mahmud, S.A., Khan, G.M., Al-

Raweshidy, H.S. “Earliest-Deadline-Based Scheduling to

Reduce Urban Traffic Congestion” Intelligent Transporta-

tion Systems, IEEE Transactions on, Volume 15, Issue. 4,

Aug. 2014, ISSN. 1524-9050, PP. 1510 - 1526”.

The University in its 66th Academic Council meeting

reserved 220 additional seats for Afghan nationals for

admission to B.Sc. Engineering for the academic section

2014-15. This decision was taken in pursuance of the

directives of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, “Award of

3000 seats for Afghan Nationals on non-subsidize scheme

for the academic section 2014-15”.

UET Faculty Conducts 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

signals at intersection and signal's co-ordination in

Peshawar. The goal of this project was to study the feasibil-

ity 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. The research-

ers collected traffic data to select red and green time for

traffic from each direction on GT Road. Various trials were

made and finally signal time was fixed such that there was

no effect on traffic flow of vehicles turning at intersections.

The total delay was then determined under present condi-

tion which was much higher than the standard time of

delay at intersections. The total delay time, level of service,

design speed and geometry of the intersection, said

Rawid, was related to green signal and red signal time at

the intersection.

Rawid applied signal coordination technique to reduce the

waiting time at signals and hence reduce the travel / jour-

ney time particularly in urban areas. The signal coordina-

tion technique was applied at Abdara Chowk intersection

and Iqra Chowk intersection for traffic from East Bound

(Saddar) to West Bound (Hayatabad) direction.

Regarding research findings, Rawid explained that signal

timing was very useful for traffic flow and mobility in urban

areas. He suggested the traffic signal coordination mecha-

nism would give multiple socio-economic benefits to the

country. “Not only it reduces traffic delay time, but reduces

the number of stops and manage large traffic flows in effi-

cient manner”, he maintained The research was funded by

UET Peshawar.

In a major step forward towards academia industry linkage,

CISNR and PESCO have put in place two joint research mod-

ules that, synchronizes electricity consumed to billed

amount and have a meter-less regime, in which consumer

Joint Research Modules for PESCO Initiated

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Official Launching Ceremony of Metero-Cure

Through the collaboration of PESCO and the Centre for Intelligent 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 ear-

lier at Wapda House Peshawar. The staff at CISNR, led by Dr. Gul Muhammad Khan and Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, toiled

day and night for two months to come up with a solution to facilitate the end users with an accurate billing system. The

official launching ceremony of Metro-Cure solutions was held at PESCO Khyber Division Hayatabad on 16th May, 2014 fol-

lowing a week training session given by the staff of CISNR to the meter readers of the respective division. The chief guest,

Mr. Anwar-ul-Haq Yousafzai, Director General Finance PESCO, applauded the tireless efforts and extended his full sup-

port to the CISNR staff in imple-

menting this smart phone

based meter reading solution

to curb under and over billing

issues.

The project directors, Dr. Gul

Muhammad Khan and Dr.

Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, also

gave briefings about the pres-

ent meter reading situation and

discussed various solutions to

the problems encountered by

the meter readers during the

training sessions. The executive

e n g i n e e r, A k hta r H a m e e d

(PESCO), was also present at the situation and appreciated the efforts of the staff at CISNR. He also announced that the

Metero-Cure solution will be implemented in Phase-3 of Hayatabad batch in the upcoming months. Meter readers who

have completed the training were awarded with certificates and smart phones by the chief guest.

CISNR team group photo with PESCO Officials

UET Reserves 220 Seats for Afghan Nationals; 20 Seats for IDP's

Electrical Engineering student Sets the Bar High

bills are generated centrally and meter reading is elimi-

nated.

PESCO and CISNR, launched the Metero-Cure project in

Hayatabad subdivision to curb billing anomalies and Elec-

tro-cure on Rahatabad feeder to curb electricity theft. A

meeting of the PESCO Board of Directors was convened the

other day chaired by Mr. Malik Asad. The two solutions by

the titles of Metero-Cure and Electro-cure were proposed

in the previous meeting on 4th and then subsequently

deployed on a pilot scale. The project directors, Dr. Gul

Muhammad Khan and Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud from

CISNR, UET Peshawar presented the results of the pilot

region to the Board of Directors. The committee members

expressed their satisfaction with the progress and perfor-

mance of the two solutions and gave approval for deploy-

ment on a larger scale. In that context, a feeder was

assigned at Rahatabad to CISNR, for implementation of the

Electro-cure solution to detect and curb instances of elec-

tricity theft. To improve the billing efficiency and eliminate

instances of over billing and under billing, the Hayatabad

sub-division was selected for the implementation of

Metero-Cure solution by CISNR. Mr. Malik Asad, Chairman,

Board of Directors PESCO re-iterated his commitment to

make PESCO a profitable company and gave valuable sug-

gestions in integrating certain features to increase the effi-

cacy of the two solutions and make them more potent in

solving the major issues of PESCO.

world class equipment at UET Peshawar to test critical and

vulnerable infrastructure in KPK for disaster resilience.

They further agreed to specifically work for the capacity

building of local community and institutions in the field of

Disaster Management through workshops, trainings and

skill development.

At the end of ceremony, a guided tour of Earthquake Engi-

neering Centre was conducted by Dr. Syed M Ali, Director

Earthquake Engineering Centre, where he showed the

world class equipment, shake table and related testing

and research facilities for earthquake resilience to DG and

members of PDMA. Others present at the event were Man-

ager ORIC and members of National Institute of Urban

Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP), UET Peshawar.

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 Techno-

logical Information Centre (PASTIC) and National Academy of

Young Scientists (NAYS).

The Vice chancellor was the chief guest on the occasion. In his

inaugural speech, he said, sustainable development has

become an important environmental benchmark for both pro-

cess industries and the service industries. In this context the col-

laboration among all the stake holders from academia, indus-

try and sponsoring agencies becomes inevitable and need of

hour.

Dr. Saeed Gul, Chairman Department of Chemical Engineering

welcomed the guests and elaborated the importance of sus-

tainable development of process industry. He highlighted the

achievements and activities which the Department of Chemi-

cal Engineering is carrying out for sustainability in process

industry.

Dr. Akram Shaikh, Director General PASTIC, reiter-

ated his constant support to the universities for

arranging seminars addressing the issues

related to the society. He said the sustainable

development in the chemical industry, is an

indispensible framework around which not

only chemical but other industries and sectors

of society can also benefit on how to improve

living standards and the environment.

The conference hosted two plenary lectures,

six keynote lectures and 36 presentations by

eminent scientists and engineers from univer-

sities and industries. A large number of partici-

pants from industry like Cherat Cement, Askari

Cement, Attock Oil Refinery, PARCO and OGDCL

also participated into the event. Dr. Mickae

Sustainability in Process Industry

As many as 38 projects of mechanical engineering were showcased at a project exhibition held on June 17, 2014. The exhibition was

aimed to showcase the work that the graduating students have done during their final semester. The exhibition was held in financial col-

laboration of Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC), and Department of Mechanical Engineering and technical support of ASME, mechani-

cal engineering student society.

The vice chancellor while inaugurating the exhibition said, this was a very important experience for engineering students where they

interacted with industry and presented innovative ideas adding, such exhibitions provide platform for academic- industry linkages.

Students created projects mostly related to design and fabrication of industrial level projects having practical uses at local level and

assured their market viability. A panel of judges from Pakistan Tobacco Company and industry experts evaluated the projects, based on

their presentation and work efficiency. Out of 38 projects, the best three projects received “best project awards” and cash prizes of Rs

15000, 8000 and 5000, respectively. The first project included, '”Design and Fabrication of Internal Pipe Inspection Robot”, supervised

by Dr. Alamzeb Khan, Assistant Professor Mechanical engineering, The second price was won by the project: “Design and Development

Mechanical Engineering Project Exhibition 2014 Held

UET Faculty Participates in Horizon 2020 Awareness Seminar

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 candidate 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 project 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 Paki-

stan; 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.

As part of awareness, participants were also introduced to the FP7's CASCADE Project. Experts also provided their suggestions on

effective EU-Pak collaboration that could boost research and innovation at both ends, and in turn help the communities tackle their

common problems hampering socio-economic development. The CASCADE Pakistan partners, Vice chancellor shared their expert

opinions for developing partnerships with EU's project teams.

Harasak from Technical University of Vienna, Austria delivered

his talk on sustainability in process industry through video link.

At the end, a panel discussion was held between participants

from industry and university. After thorough discussion, par-

ticipants recommended for enhancing the University industry-

linkages, improved student exchange/internships and expo-

sure visits to industries, sponsoring research grants to acade-

mia. The participants also recommended that industry should

itself establish Research and Development (R&D) cells to pro-

mote indigenous research while urging that Government

should waive off a certain percentage of taxes. The group also

recommended for including the course of “sustainability” in its

curriculum.

At the end of conference a poster exhibition of final year pro-

jects of Department of Chemical Engineering students was also

held, which presented a wonderful opportunity for engineer-

ing undergraduates to present their research findings to a

panel of judges. The chief guest gave away awards to top three

position holders.

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Vice Chancellor's group photo with conference organizors and guests

of Evaporative Cooling System”, supervised by Dr. Ashfaq Khan while “Compressed Air Vehicle” stood third, supervised by Dr. Zohaib Ali

Khan. The competition selected few projects in other categories included, “Nitinol Heat Engine” project for the “Best Design” award;

“Design and Fabrication of Solar Refrigerator” for the “Best Research” award while the project: “Evaluating , comparing and improve-

ment of CDI and EFI system received the “Green Project” title, CFD analysis of a sports car won the “ Best Sessional Marks” and Design

and fabrication of multi functional remote control surveillance vehicle received the “Best Poster” title.

The Registrar, Professor Syed Javed Tajik gave away cash prices and awards to the winners. The exhibition was attended by large num-

ber of students and public. The exhibition attracted a large number of students and public from public and private sector universities.

Students during the exhibition

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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 Techno-

logical Information Centre (PASTIC) and National Academy of

Young Scientists (NAYS).

The Vice chancellor was the chief guest on the occasion. In his

inaugural speech, he said, sustainable development has

become an important environmental benchmark for both pro-

cess industries and the service industries. In this context the col-

laboration among all the stake holders from academia, indus-

try and sponsoring agencies becomes inevitable and need of

hour.

Dr. Saeed Gul, Chairman Department of Chemical Engineering

welcomed the guests and elaborated the importance of sus-

tainable development of process industry. He highlighted the

achievements and activities which the Department of Chemi-

cal Engineering is carrying out for sustainability in process

industry.

Dr. Akram Shaikh, Director General PASTIC, reiter-

ated his constant support to the universities for

arranging seminars addressing the issues

related to the society. He said the sustainable

development in the chemical industry, is an

indispensible framework around which not

only chemical but other industries and sectors

of society can also benefit on how to improve

living standards and the environment.

The conference hosted two plenary lectures,

six keynote lectures and 36 presentations by

eminent scientists and engineers from univer-

sities and industries. A large number of partici-

pants from industry like Cherat Cement, Askari

Cement, Attock Oil Refinery, PARCO and OGDCL

also participated into the event. Dr. Mickae

Sustainability in Process Industry

As many as 38 projects of mechanical engineering were showcased at a project exhibition held on June 17, 2014. The exhibition was

aimed to showcase the work that the graduating students have done during their final semester. The exhibition was held in financial col-

laboration of Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC), and Department of Mechanical Engineering and technical support of ASME, mechani-

cal engineering student society.

The vice chancellor while inaugurating the exhibition said, this was a very important experience for engineering students where they

interacted with industry and presented innovative ideas adding, such exhibitions provide platform for academic- industry linkages.

Students created projects mostly related to design and fabrication of industrial level projects having practical uses at local level and

assured their market viability. A panel of judges from Pakistan Tobacco Company and industry experts evaluated the projects, based on

their presentation and work efficiency. Out of 38 projects, the best three projects received “best project awards” and cash prizes of Rs

15000, 8000 and 5000, respectively. The first project included, '”Design and Fabrication of Internal Pipe Inspection Robot”, supervised

by Dr. Alamzeb Khan, Assistant Professor Mechanical engineering, The second price was won by the project: “Design and Development

Mechanical Engineering Project Exhibition 2014 Held

UET Faculty Participates in Horizon 2020 Awareness Seminar

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 candidate 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 project 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 Paki-

stan; 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.

As part of awareness, participants were also introduced to the FP7's CASCADE Project. Experts also provided their suggestions on

effective EU-Pak collaboration that could boost research and innovation at both ends, and in turn help the communities tackle their

common problems hampering socio-economic development. The CASCADE Pakistan partners, Vice chancellor shared their expert

opinions for developing partnerships with EU's project teams.

Harasak from Technical University of Vienna, Austria delivered

his talk on sustainability in process industry through video link.

At the end, a panel discussion was held between participants

from industry and university. After thorough discussion, par-

ticipants recommended for enhancing the University industry-

linkages, improved student exchange/internships and expo-

sure visits to industries, sponsoring research grants to acade-

mia. The participants also recommended that industry should

itself establish Research and Development (R&D) cells to pro-

mote indigenous research while urging that Government

should waive off a certain percentage of taxes. The group also

recommended for including the course of “sustainability” in its

curriculum.

At the end of conference a poster exhibition of final year pro-

jects of Department of Chemical Engineering students was also

held, which presented a wonderful opportunity for engineer-

ing undergraduates to present their research findings to a

panel of judges. The chief guest gave away awards to top three

position holders.

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Vice Chancellor's group photo with conference organizors and guests

of Evaporative Cooling System”, supervised by Dr. Ashfaq Khan while “Compressed Air Vehicle” stood third, supervised by Dr. Zohaib Ali

Khan. The competition selected few projects in other categories included, “Nitinol Heat Engine” project for the “Best Design” award;

“Design and Fabrication of Solar Refrigerator” for the “Best Research” award while the project: “Evaluating , comparing and improve-

ment of CDI and EFI system received the “Green Project” title, CFD analysis of a sports car won the “ Best Sessional Marks” and Design

and fabrication of multi functional remote control surveillance vehicle received the “Best Poster” title.

The Registrar, Professor Syed Javed Tajik gave away cash prices and awards to the winners. The exhibition was attended by large num-

ber of students and public. The exhibition attracted a large number of students and public from public and private sector universities.

Students during the exhibition

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UET Jalozai Gets Functional for Academic Year 2014-15

With UET commencing its classes at newly constructed Jalozai campus, it is now equipped for a soft start with all the

required facilities for departments of Civil, engineering, Electrical engineering and Mechanical engineering. “With fund-

ing available so far, three departments have become self standing now where upto 120 students are prepared to take

classes, and from Spring 2015 these departments will be in full swing with new intake of another 120 students”. This

was stated by the Vice-Chancellor Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani during his visit to Jalozai Campus, on September 8th, 2014.

The Vice Chancellor inspected development works and met with the third semester students of Mechanical engineer-

ing where they were taking course of “Fluid Mechanics” by Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Dr. Ashfaq Khan, Ph.D. from Manchester University, UK. “Jalozai Campus will be the best tourist resort and the students

would feel that they are in the world's best institute, which would increase their confidence”, he remarked. The Project

Director, Dr. Amjad Naseer informed the vice chancellor that allied facilities such as Boys and Girls Hostels, electricity

and alternate automatic source generator have been installed to cope with load shedding. Director Works, Muhammad

Sadique briefed the vice chancellor about the ongoing and completed development schemes including supply of water,

sewerage system etc. The VC also inspected the under construction building of Industrial engineering department

which will be completed in near future while the construction of four faculties and allied hostels in the campus is under-

way.

Registrar Saeed Javed Tajik, Director Finance, Nek Muhmmad, Prof. Sardar Ali, Resident Engineer NESPAK, Mr. Ihsan

Ullah, faculty members and students were also present on the occasion.

Study Tour of 1st Semester Students of Civil Engineering Department

A field visit of 8th semester Department of

Civil Engineering was arranged to Tarbela

Dam, on 22nd June 2014 spuervised by Dr.

Khan Shahzada Associate Professor, Dr.

Mujahid Khan Assistant Professor and Engr.

Tayyaba Bibi lecturer Department of Civil Engi-

neering.

The objective of this visit was to enable the

students, gain firsthand knowledge of the

applications and developments in their field

of concern. The tour was arranged as part of

the course “Irrigation Engineering” where

the students are introduced with Hydraulic

structures like Dams, Channels, Weir and Bar-

rages etc. In this specific tour they were intro-

duced to the history of Tarbela Dam and the

socio economic impact of Tarbela Dam in the

economy of Pakistan.

Engr. Arsalaan Khan Successfully Defends His M.sc. in Urban Infrastructure Engineering

Engr. Arsalaan Khan, Lecturer Civil

Engineering Department has suc-

cessfully completed his M.Sc. in

Urban Infrastructure Engineering

from the National Institute of

Urban Infrastructure Planning

(NIUIP). The title of his research

was “Development of Technique

for Segregation and Concrete Perme-

ability using Matlab and Image Analysis”. The technique

developed in this study can quantify level of segregation

and orientation pattern of aggregates in hardened con-

crete by feeding a cross-sectional image of the concrete

sample. The technique uses ImageJ software for image

analysis and the same has also been developed in Matlab.

This technique can vitally be used for relating segregation

and orientation of concrete's aggregates with its perfor-

mance. Dr. Rawid Khan, Director NIUIP and Assistant Pro-

fessor at Civil Engineering Department, was the supervi-

sor of his research. A research paper from this project has

also been accepted at 3rd World Conference on Applied

Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Kathmandu Nepal.

Engr. Arsalaan is the fifth graduate of the institute. Main

focus of the institute is to address the persistent urban

decay and research in improvement of urban infrastruc-

ture of Pakistan.

SUPARCO Awarded Five Projects to DCSE Students in Their PNSS-1 Program

SUPARCO is the key coordinator for space related activi-

ties in Pakistan. To promote education and awareness in

space technology, SUPARCO carries out various activities

throughout the year. Recently, they have initiated Paki-

stan National Student Satellite One (PNSS-1) program, the

first one in the series of satellites to be launched by

SUPARCO through the collaboration of engineering and

science universities. Department of Computer Systems

Engineering (DCSE) is actively participating in this pro-

gram by developing the following 5 modules of PNSS-1

Altitude Control System including; GPS Receiver, Sun Sen-

sor, On-Board Computer, Payload Processing Unit, Experi-

mental Payload.

Dr. Laiq Hasan, Chairman DCSE, along with four faculty

members, is supervising these projects where a group of

around 20 talented students have already published 5 con-

ference papers based on their preliminary results.

Vice Chancellor during his visit to Jalozai Campus

Students group photo with Dr. Khan Shahzada during the field visit

Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls

Department of Civil Engineering performed the first-ever

test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale reinforced con-

crete shear walls. The main objective was to determine its

seismic capacity and risk assessment since RC shear walls

has performed very well in the past earthquakes.

The test was performed by Dr. Khan Shahzada Associate

Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Dr.

Muhammad Fahad Assistant Professor Department of

Civil Engineering in the research project titled “Seismic

Capacity Assessment Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls”

sponsored by University of Engineering and Technology

Peshawar. After October 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake the

use of RC shear walls in high rise buildings has been

increased drastically and its seismic capacity assessment

has to be determined experimentally on scientific basis.

Dr. Khan Shahzada, the principal investigator noted that

the testing on a full scale RC shear wall was performed for

the first time in Pakistan. The experimental data yields

that the lateral/seismic capacity of RC shear walls are six

times greater than the unreinforced masonry walls tested

before in the same laboratory in 2010. Shahzada said, it

would bring socio-economic benefits for the country as

most of the buildings could be made safe by using this

technique. Dr. Khan Shahzada appreciated the Universty

of Engineering and Technology Peshawar for their finan-

cial support. He also valued the technical support from his

research group specially Dr. Muhammad Fahad, Engr. Fazli

Ghaffar, Engr. Anwar ul Haq and Engr. Muhammad

Nouman.

The Chairman Department of Civil Engineering Professor

Dr. Akhtar Naeem Khan visited the Structural Engineering

Laboratory and appreciated this research work and

declared it as the international level research.

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UET Jalozai Gets Functional for Academic Year 2014-15

With UET commencing its classes at newly constructed Jalozai campus, it is now equipped for a soft start with all the

required facilities for departments of Civil, engineering, Electrical engineering and Mechanical engineering. “With fund-

ing available so far, three departments have become self standing now where upto 120 students are prepared to take

classes, and from Spring 2015 these departments will be in full swing with new intake of another 120 students”. This

was stated by the Vice-Chancellor Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani during his visit to Jalozai Campus, on September 8th, 2014.

The Vice Chancellor inspected development works and met with the third semester students of Mechanical engineer-

ing where they were taking course of “Fluid Mechanics” by Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Dr. Ashfaq Khan, Ph.D. from Manchester University, UK. “Jalozai Campus will be the best tourist resort and the students

would feel that they are in the world's best institute, which would increase their confidence”, he remarked. The Project

Director, Dr. Amjad Naseer informed the vice chancellor that allied facilities such as Boys and Girls Hostels, electricity

and alternate automatic source generator have been installed to cope with load shedding. Director Works, Muhammad

Sadique briefed the vice chancellor about the ongoing and completed development schemes including supply of water,

sewerage system etc. The VC also inspected the under construction building of Industrial engineering department

which will be completed in near future while the construction of four faculties and allied hostels in the campus is under-

way.

Registrar Saeed Javed Tajik, Director Finance, Nek Muhmmad, Prof. Sardar Ali, Resident Engineer NESPAK, Mr. Ihsan

Ullah, faculty members and students were also present on the occasion.

Study Tour of 1st Semester Students of Civil Engineering Department

A field visit of 8th semester Department of

Civil Engineering was arranged to Tarbela

Dam, on 22nd June 2014 spuervised by Dr.

Khan Shahzada Associate Professor, Dr.

Mujahid Khan Assistant Professor and Engr.

Tayyaba Bibi lecturer Department of Civil Engi-

neering.

The objective of this visit was to enable the

students, gain firsthand knowledge of the

applications and developments in their field

of concern. The tour was arranged as part of

the course “Irrigation Engineering” where

the students are introduced with Hydraulic

structures like Dams, Channels, Weir and Bar-

rages etc. In this specific tour they were intro-

duced to the history of Tarbela Dam and the

socio economic impact of Tarbela Dam in the

economy of Pakistan.

Engr. Arsalaan Khan Successfully Defends His M.sc. in Urban Infrastructure Engineering

Engr. Arsalaan Khan, Lecturer Civil

Engineering Department has suc-

cessfully completed his M.Sc. in

Urban Infrastructure Engineering

from the National Institute of

Urban Infrastructure Planning

(NIUIP). The title of his research

was “Development of Technique

for Segregation and Concrete Perme-

ability using Matlab and Image Analysis”. The technique

developed in this study can quantify level of segregation

and orientation pattern of aggregates in hardened con-

crete by feeding a cross-sectional image of the concrete

sample. The technique uses ImageJ software for image

analysis and the same has also been developed in Matlab.

This technique can vitally be used for relating segregation

and orientation of concrete's aggregates with its perfor-

mance. Dr. Rawid Khan, Director NIUIP and Assistant Pro-

fessor at Civil Engineering Department, was the supervi-

sor of his research. A research paper from this project has

also been accepted at 3rd World Conference on Applied

Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Kathmandu Nepal.

Engr. Arsalaan is the fifth graduate of the institute. Main

focus of the institute is to address the persistent urban

decay and research in improvement of urban infrastruc-

ture of Pakistan.

SUPARCO Awarded Five Projects to DCSE Students in Their PNSS-1 Program

SUPARCO is the key coordinator for space related activi-

ties in Pakistan. To promote education and awareness in

space technology, SUPARCO carries out various activities

throughout the year. Recently, they have initiated Paki-

stan National Student Satellite One (PNSS-1) program, the

first one in the series of satellites to be launched by

SUPARCO through the collaboration of engineering and

science universities. Department of Computer Systems

Engineering (DCSE) is actively participating in this pro-

gram by developing the following 5 modules of PNSS-1

Altitude Control System including; GPS Receiver, Sun Sen-

sor, On-Board Computer, Payload Processing Unit, Experi-

mental Payload.

Dr. Laiq Hasan, Chairman DCSE, along with four faculty

members, is supervising these projects where a group of

around 20 talented students have already published 5 con-

ference papers based on their preliminary results.

Vice Chancellor during his visit to Jalozai Campus

Students group photo with Dr. Khan Shahzada during the field visit

Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls

Department of Civil Engineering performed the first-ever

test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale reinforced con-

crete shear walls. The main objective was to determine its

seismic capacity and risk assessment since RC shear walls

has performed very well in the past earthquakes.

The test was performed by Dr. Khan Shahzada Associate

Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Dr.

Muhammad Fahad Assistant Professor Department of

Civil Engineering in the research project titled “Seismic

Capacity Assessment Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls”

sponsored by University of Engineering and Technology

Peshawar. After October 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake the

use of RC shear walls in high rise buildings has been

increased drastically and its seismic capacity assessment

has to be determined experimentally on scientific basis.

Dr. Khan Shahzada, the principal investigator noted that

the testing on a full scale RC shear wall was performed for

the first time in Pakistan. The experimental data yields

that the lateral/seismic capacity of RC shear walls are six

times greater than the unreinforced masonry walls tested

before in the same laboratory in 2010. Shahzada said, it

would bring socio-economic benefits for the country as

most of the buildings could be made safe by using this

technique. Dr. Khan Shahzada appreciated the Universty

of Engineering and Technology Peshawar for their finan-

cial support. He also valued the technical support from his

research group specially Dr. Muhammad Fahad, Engr. Fazli

Ghaffar, Engr. Anwar ul Haq and Engr. Muhammad

Nouman.

The Chairman Department of Civil Engineering Professor

Dr. Akhtar Naeem Khan visited the Structural Engineering

Laboratory and appreciated this research work and

declared it as the international level research.

Engineers during the Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale

Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls

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Dr. Naveed Ahmad, being representative of UET Peshawar par-

ticipated in the third project progress meeting of the European

Union's CASCADE Project as its 12th partner. The meeting was

held in Maldives from 21-23 July 2014 to share progress of part-

ner institutions – Dr. Ahmad presented the National Position

Paper (NPP) Draft on “Societal Challenges in Pakistan”, a Project

Deliverable WP2, and learn on the project future deliverables

under WP3& WP4.

UET Peshawar Presents National Position Paper at EU’s CASCADE Progress Meeting

Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant Professor, EEC supervised a M.Sc. student, Ms.

Shama Naveed from UME School – IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy for a six month

mentorship at the Earthquake Engineering Center. The topic of her research

was “seismic risk assessment of communities in Punjab from a holistic assess-

ment”. The EEC under its “Research and Development Section” offered an

opportunity of a vigorous training to Ms. Shama on “disaster risk assessment”

and its territorial mapping targeting earthquake disaster, including social

demography and socio-economic status that may aggravate the disaster

effects. The training helped in mapping and spatial pattern that will help in mak-

ing policy decisions for effective management towards disaster risk reduction.

As part of degree classification, Ms. Shama prepared a master's research the-

sis, which later on, got approved by the UME School. The research produced

under this training programme is also now submitted to an International Jour-

nal for publication.

Earthquake Engineering Center Supervises Student Internship at International Level

Vice Chancellor is presented a souvenir for providing expert opinion on the 6th

Theme of the EU's Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges – Inclusive

Innovative and Reflective Societies.

17 May 2014 UME School Graduation Ceremony

Venue: Auditorium CAR College, Pavia, ITALY.

Malaysian Team Visits UET Peshawar

A two-member team of professors from Malaysian university visited the University on 22-August, 2014. Prof. Dr. Fauziah Ahmad and

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rodzi Ismail of “Universiti Sains Malaysia, P. Pianang” met the Vice-Chancellor who was accompanied by his

senior team of faculty and administration.

The visiting team exchanged their academic and research interests and were

given presentation of UET with specific emphasis on Earthquake Engineer-

ing. During one-hour presentation, detailed discussion between two sides

focused on issue related to codes under legislative framework, highway

infrastructure, landslides, earthquake engineering, structural integrity of

buildings etc. The Vice Chancellor recommended for a joint research initia-

tive from both universities that will benefit both countries and agreed to sign

a memorandum of understanding in near future. Both sides agreed to

develop means to engage in long-term collaboration in area of science and

technology. At the end, the Malaysian professors were given a guided tour

of Earthquake Engineering Center.

Scholarships of PM's Tuition Fee Reimbursement Awarded to the Master's Students

The Vice Chancellor gave away cheques to Master's students under PM's Tuition Fee

Reimbursement Scheme in a ceremony, held on 19th August. In total, 71 students pursu-

ing Masters in different engineering programs at have been selected to receive the

scholarships. The federal government has paid the tuition fee including other academic,

incidental, or mandatory fee for Masters' programme through HEC to the current as well

as future students admitted on merit.

The Vice Chancellor while appreciating the initiative announced by the Prime Minister

said that it would be helpful in providing equitable access to higher education, especially

to from remote areas of khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He advised students to use this scheme

for their academic pursuit, and bring change to the socio-economic status of the country.

Director Finance Nek Muhammad Khan briefed that the scheme was aimed to enhance

the talent of youth especially those who come from remote and underserved areas and

could not bear the costs of higher education studies. Dean Faculty of Engineering Prof.

Dr. Zahid Mehmood, and heads of departments were present on the occasion.

Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan, Director Finance Presenting

University Shield to Malysian Delgation

Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan giving away

cheques to a student

Research Publications» Salman Afzal, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Fahad, Salman

Saeed, Muhammad Ashraf, “Assessment of early-age

autogenous shrinkage strains in concrete using bentonite

clay as internal curing technique” Construction & Building

Materials (Impact factor 2.88) Vol. 66, 2014, pp. 403-409.

DOI: 10.1016/ j.conbuildmat. 2014.05.051.

»Asif Ali Khan, Mazhar Abbas, Zainab Jamil, Salim Ullah, Laiq

Hasan, Naila Rehman, “Design and Development of GPS

Receiver for PNSS-1”, International Conference on Space

2014 (ICS-2014).

»Salim Ullah, Muhammad Jaleed Khan, Abdullah, Laiq Hasan,

Asif Ali Khan, Aqsa Khan, Yahya Bangash, “Design and Devel-

opment of Fault-tolerant and Dynamically Reconfigurable

PPU”, International Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).

»Salim Ullah, Laiq Hasan, Asif Ali Khan, Mohsin Tariq, Zuraiz ud

Din, Muhammad Haroon Baig, “Design and Development of

Fault-tolerant and Dynamically Reconfigurable OBC”, Inter-

national Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).

»Aftab Khan, Laiq Hasan, Naina Said, Umair Asghar, Shehroz

Rashid, “Real-Time Image Compression Subsystem for Paki-

stan National Student Satellite Program (PNSSP)”, Interna-

tional Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).

»Asif Ali Khan, Umair Ahsan, Salim Ullah, Laiq Hasan, Ubaid

Akbar, Anwar Kamal, Salman Ishaq, “Design and Develop-

ment of Sun Sensor”, International Conference on Space

2014 (ICS-2014).

»Ali, Hazrat, Nasir Ahmad, Xianwei Zhou, Khalid Iqbal, and

Sahibzada Muhammad Ali. "DWT features performance anal-

ysis for automatic speech recognition of Urdu." SpringerPlus

3, no. 1 (2014): 204.

»Alauddin, Haseeb Zafar, Tariqullah Jan, Nasir Ahmad, Syed

Riaz-ul-Hassnain (2014) “Efficient Variable Least Significant

Bits Audio Steganography (VLSBAS) Algorithms”, Sindh Uni-

versity Research Journal (Science Series) vol. 46, issue. 1, pp.

53-58, March 2014.

»Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Abdur Rehman Abid,

Nasir Ahmad, Arbab Waseem Abbas and Muhammad

Waqas (2014) “Formant based Pashto Digits and Numbers

Synthesizer”, Sindh University Research Journal (Science

Series) vol. 46, issue. 1, pp. 47-52, March 2014.

On presentation the first draft of NPP Dr. Ahmad's work was

appreciated and graded excellent by the CASCADE Project coor-

dinators and WP2 Leader. Other South-Asia partners were

advised to consider the Pakistan's NPP Draft as a benchmark on

preparing their respective national position papers. Prof. Dr.

Amaratunga Dilanthi, Project Coordinator CASCADE and Profes-

sor, University of Salford, UK was recorded saying .You've done a

fantastic job with the project. We look forward to continue to

collaborate with You in the forthcoming research proposals”.

As part of activity, expert consultation provided a major input to

the analysis of Paper to identify policy improvement and

research priorities in Pakistan. It included 145 semi-structured

interviews and two focus group discussions covering each area

of societal challenges highlighted in the EU's Horizon 2020. The

key experts included for data collection included policy makers,

enforcers and end users from government, academia, research

and development institutions (R&DIs), NGOs & INGOs.

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

Dr. KhizarAzam, Assistant Profes-

sor, Mechanical Engineering

Department, University of Engi-

n e e r i n g a n d Te c h n o l o g y,

Peshawar has been selected by

the Core Group of World Health

Organization (WHO) for its MEN-

TOR-VIP - a global mentoring

programme for violence and

injury prevention. This progarmme is aimed to develop

human resource capacity with the technical and financial

coordination of the WHO. A renowned scientist, Prof. Dr.

Ann Williamson, University of New South Wales (UNSW),

Australia has been assigned as a Mentor.

Dr. Azam has done his Ph.D in transportation safety area

and is actively engaged in research in the field of injury

prevention. His involvement in this mentor VIP

programme will be for one year period.

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Dr. Naveed Ahmad, being representative of UET Peshawar par-

ticipated in the third project progress meeting of the European

Union's CASCADE Project as its 12th partner. The meeting was

held in Maldives from 21-23 July 2014 to share progress of part-

ner institutions – Dr. Ahmad presented the National Position

Paper (NPP) Draft on “Societal Challenges in Pakistan”, a Project

Deliverable WP2, and learn on the project future deliverables

under WP3& WP4.

UET Peshawar Presents National Position Paper at EU’s CASCADE Progress Meeting

Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant Professor, EEC supervised a M.Sc. student, Ms.

Shama Naveed from UME School – IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy for a six month

mentorship at the Earthquake Engineering Center. The topic of her research

was “seismic risk assessment of communities in Punjab from a holistic assess-

ment”. The EEC under its “Research and Development Section” offered an

opportunity of a vigorous training to Ms. Shama on “disaster risk assessment”

and its territorial mapping targeting earthquake disaster, including social

demography and socio-economic status that may aggravate the disaster

effects. The training helped in mapping and spatial pattern that will help in mak-

ing policy decisions for effective management towards disaster risk reduction.

As part of degree classification, Ms. Shama prepared a master's research the-

sis, which later on, got approved by the UME School. The research produced

under this training programme is also now submitted to an International Jour-

nal for publication.

Earthquake Engineering Center Supervises Student Internship at International Level

Vice Chancellor is presented a souvenir for providing expert opinion on the 6th

Theme of the EU's Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges – Inclusive

Innovative and Reflective Societies.

17 May 2014 UME School Graduation Ceremony

Venue: Auditorium CAR College, Pavia, ITALY.

Malaysian Team Visits UET Peshawar

A two-member team of professors from Malaysian university visited the University on 22-August, 2014. Prof. Dr. Fauziah Ahmad and

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rodzi Ismail of “Universiti Sains Malaysia, P. Pianang” met the Vice-Chancellor who was accompanied by his

senior team of faculty and administration.

The visiting team exchanged their academic and research interests and were

given presentation of UET with specific emphasis on Earthquake Engineer-

ing. During one-hour presentation, detailed discussion between two sides

focused on issue related to codes under legislative framework, highway

infrastructure, landslides, earthquake engineering, structural integrity of

buildings etc. The Vice Chancellor recommended for a joint research initia-

tive from both universities that will benefit both countries and agreed to sign

a memorandum of understanding in near future. Both sides agreed to

develop means to engage in long-term collaboration in area of science and

technology. At the end, the Malaysian professors were given a guided tour

of Earthquake Engineering Center.

Scholarships of PM's Tuition Fee Reimbursement Awarded to the Master's Students

The Vice Chancellor gave away cheques to Master's students under PM's Tuition Fee

Reimbursement Scheme in a ceremony, held on 19th August. In total, 71 students pursu-

ing Masters in different engineering programs at have been selected to receive the

scholarships. The federal government has paid the tuition fee including other academic,

incidental, or mandatory fee for Masters' programme through HEC to the current as well

as future students admitted on merit.

The Vice Chancellor while appreciating the initiative announced by the Prime Minister

said that it would be helpful in providing equitable access to higher education, especially

to from remote areas of khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He advised students to use this scheme

for their academic pursuit, and bring change to the socio-economic status of the country.

Director Finance Nek Muhammad Khan briefed that the scheme was aimed to enhance

the talent of youth especially those who come from remote and underserved areas and

could not bear the costs of higher education studies. Dean Faculty of Engineering Prof.

Dr. Zahid Mehmood, and heads of departments were present on the occasion.

Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan, Director Finance Presenting

University Shield to Malysian Delgation

Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan giving away

cheques to a student

Research Publications» Salman Afzal, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Fahad, Salman

Saeed, Muhammad Ashraf, “Assessment of early-age

autogenous shrinkage strains in concrete using bentonite

clay as internal curing technique” Construction & Building

Materials (Impact factor 2.88) Vol. 66, 2014, pp. 403-409.

DOI: 10.1016/ j.conbuildmat. 2014.05.051.

»Asif Ali Khan, Mazhar Abbas, Zainab Jamil, Salim Ullah, Laiq

Hasan, Naila Rehman, “Design and Development of GPS

Receiver for PNSS-1”, International Conference on Space

2014 (ICS-2014).

»Salim Ullah, Muhammad Jaleed Khan, Abdullah, Laiq Hasan,

Asif Ali Khan, Aqsa Khan, Yahya Bangash, “Design and Devel-

opment of Fault-tolerant and Dynamically Reconfigurable

PPU”, International Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).

»Salim Ullah, Laiq Hasan, Asif Ali Khan, Mohsin Tariq, Zuraiz ud

Din, Muhammad Haroon Baig, “Design and Development of

Fault-tolerant and Dynamically Reconfigurable OBC”, Inter-

national Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).

»Aftab Khan, Laiq Hasan, Naina Said, Umair Asghar, Shehroz

Rashid, “Real-Time Image Compression Subsystem for Paki-

stan National Student Satellite Program (PNSSP)”, Interna-

tional Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).

»Asif Ali Khan, Umair Ahsan, Salim Ullah, Laiq Hasan, Ubaid

Akbar, Anwar Kamal, Salman Ishaq, “Design and Develop-

ment of Sun Sensor”, International Conference on Space

2014 (ICS-2014).

»Ali, Hazrat, Nasir Ahmad, Xianwei Zhou, Khalid Iqbal, and

Sahibzada Muhammad Ali. "DWT features performance anal-

ysis for automatic speech recognition of Urdu." SpringerPlus

3, no. 1 (2014): 204.

»Alauddin, Haseeb Zafar, Tariqullah Jan, Nasir Ahmad, Syed

Riaz-ul-Hassnain (2014) “Efficient Variable Least Significant

Bits Audio Steganography (VLSBAS) Algorithms”, Sindh Uni-

versity Research Journal (Science Series) vol. 46, issue. 1, pp.

53-58, March 2014.

»Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Abdur Rehman Abid,

Nasir Ahmad, Arbab Waseem Abbas and Muhammad

Waqas (2014) “Formant based Pashto Digits and Numbers

Synthesizer”, Sindh University Research Journal (Science

Series) vol. 46, issue. 1, pp. 47-52, March 2014.

On presentation the first draft of NPP Dr. Ahmad's work was

appreciated and graded excellent by the CASCADE Project coor-

dinators and WP2 Leader. Other South-Asia partners were

advised to consider the Pakistan's NPP Draft as a benchmark on

preparing their respective national position papers. Prof. Dr.

Amaratunga Dilanthi, Project Coordinator CASCADE and Profes-

sor, University of Salford, UK was recorded saying .You've done a

fantastic job with the project. We look forward to continue to

collaborate with You in the forthcoming research proposals”.

As part of activity, expert consultation provided a major input to

the analysis of Paper to identify policy improvement and

research priorities in Pakistan. It included 145 semi-structured

interviews and two focus group discussions covering each area

of societal challenges highlighted in the EU's Horizon 2020. The

key experts included for data collection included policy makers,

enforcers and end users from government, academia, research

and development institutions (R&DIs), NGOs & INGOs.

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

Dr. KhizarAzam, Assistant Profes-

sor, Mechanical Engineering

Department, University of Engi-

n e e r i n g a n d Te c h n o l o g y,

Peshawar has been selected by

the Core Group of World Health

Organization (WHO) for its MEN-

TOR-VIP - a global mentoring

programme for violence and

injury prevention. This progarmme is aimed to develop

human resource capacity with the technical and financial

coordination of the WHO. A renowned scientist, Prof. Dr.

Ann Williamson, University of New South Wales (UNSW),

Australia has been assigned as a Mentor.

Dr. Azam has done his Ph.D in transportation safety area

and is actively engaged in research in the field of injury

prevention. His involvement in this mentor VIP

programme will be for one year period.

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

Editor: Shamaila FarooqDirector Media & Publications

Design & Layout:Aurangzeb (Technical Officer)

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. Abdul Shakoor, Assistant Pro-

fessor, Department of Mechanical

Engineering completed his Ph. D in

2013 from the School of Aeronau-

tical, Automotive and Materials

Engineering, Loughborough Uni-

versity UK. He obtained his M.Sc.

degree in Advanced Manufactur-

ing Engineering and Management

in 2005, from the University of

Huddersfield, UK and B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering

in 2001 from UET, Peshawar. Dr. Abdul Shakoor joined UET in

2006 as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Shakoor has worked on development of sustainable com-

posites. The title of his PhD research was “Development of

novel Bio-derived Polymer Composites Reinforced with Natu-

ral Fibres and Mineral Fillers.” He worked on improving the

mechanical and thermal properties of bio-based polymer i.e

Poly (lactic acid) and developed bio-composites reinforced

with wood, flax, and hemp fibres. He also worked on develop-

ment of novel particulate composites reinforced with Talc

with some interesting results. He worked on development of

textile applications of sustainable materials in collaboration

with the School of Art and Textile Design, Loughborough Uni-

versity, UK. Dr. Shakoor also worked on the development of

nickel– polymer coating in Hydrothermal Carbonisation (HTC)

waste water recycling plant for African countries, with Bill and

Melinda Gates Foundation.

Dr. Shakoor has received training from Higher Education Acad-

emy (HEA), London UK and has a teaching experience in differ-

ent subjects at the Department of Materials, Loughborough

University, UK. He also holds executive certification in Project

Management and Personal & Professional skills from Leeds

Metropolitan University, UK. His research work has been

appreciated and publishedin different national and interna-

tional journals and conferences including SPE Eurotech '2013,

MS & T '2012, ASME ECTC 2011, IOP D2FAM' 2013 and

Bioneers'2012.

In 2007, Dr. Shakoor established the local chapter of ASME at

UET Peshawar and served as its advisor. Dr. Abdul Shakoor is

now involved in research activities of Mechanical Department

supervising postgraduate students. He is working as incharge

of the Career Resource Centre (CRC) and a focal person for

industrial liaison at the Department.

HE Sector Offers Free Education Facilities to IDP’s

A combined meeting of Steering Committee for sup-

porting IDPs of North Waziristan under the auspices

of Higher Education Commission was held on 18th

July, 2014. The Chairman Steering Committee,

Imtiaz H Gilani Vice chancellor deliberated on the

plan of action on three main areas including educa-

tion, health and rehabilitation. The Higher Educa-

tion Sector is actively supporting the IDP's who have

been displaced due to an ongoing operation, Zarb-

e-Azb in North Waziristan Agency, he said.

The meeting decided to offer free of cost education

to IDP's at all public and some private universities of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Representatives from

Peshawar University, Gomal University D I Khan,

UET, Peshawar, KMU, IM Sciences, Islamia College,

Sarhad University, and Agriculture University,

Peshawar announced seats for IDP's for the session

2014-15 in undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The universities also announced to offer a stipend

of Rs. 5000/month along with free tuition hostel

and mess facility.

Another combined team of Agriculture University,

Peshawar and Gomal University, DI Khan compris-

ing of Veterinary Sciences was constituted to regis-

ter live stock of IDPs while registered animals will be

placed in care centers in which their feed and heath

care needs will be taken care by the HE sector.

The vice chancellor said the all public sector and pri-

vate universities were committed to help their

brothers in times of need. “It is not just humanitar-

ian assistance but we intend to take this challenge

and convert into an opportunity by giving a lifetime

opportunity to our youth” The meeting was

attended by vice chancellors and representatives of

universities, HEC and Higher Education Depart-

ment.