IEEE PNEC Perspective Summer 2012

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Contributors

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3 In the News

Explore through the news and

events organized by IEEE PNEC

during February and March

5 Approaching Zero Gravity

Learn about magnetic levitation

and its techniques

By Hassan Idrees

7 Segway meets PNEC

Learn about the design and fabri-

cation of a self balancing vehicle

By Abdullah bin Azhar

9 Neonatal Incubator

A low cost neonatal incubator be-

ing developed in PNEC which can

be used in third world countries

By Wajahat Ali and Zaigham

Khalid

10 CNC Milling Machine

A computer numeric control ma-

chine that would perform your

tasks of milling

By Hammad Zafar Usmani

Note from Editor-InChief

I am really pleased to continue the traditionof publishing Perspective on a quarterly basis.

This tech magazine is serving as platform for

students in PNEC to promote their research

across the world. This edition focuses on a

theme on controls engineering. Hope you

find it a good read.

11 Catching Up

Read the exclusive interview of the

first chairman of IEEE PNEC who

is now a research assistant at Im-

perial College, London

12 Misc News

The upcoming IEEE conferences,

news from Pakistan WIE Forum,

IEEE PNEC across the virtual world

and member news as they repre-

sent PNEC at various places


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Following is the account of all the happenings and occasions at IEEE PNEC since February 2012.

An Interactive Session On Wind Energy

Mr. Waqar Qureshi, a PhD student from the University of Auckland, New Zealand conducted a

session on Wind Energy as an alternate source on February 3, 2012.

Mr. Waqar Qureshi talked about Power Generation with Wind Power Energy. He described the

process, feasibility and compared the output and pros and cons of different generators such as

induction and synchronous. Moreover, protection measures and the concept of smart grid and

the differences between the different renewable energy sources available to us were also dis-

cussed.

Mr Qureshi focused on an interactive session, addressed queries side by side and used graphsand figures to explain the functionality and outputs of the various kinds of wind farms. The ses-sion was attended by students from all the disciplines due to the interest of students in theemerging technologies of renewable energies.

Annual General Meeting17th February 2012, was marked as one of the most memorable days in the history of IEEE PNEC Student Branch. The AnnualGeneral Meeting of IEEE PNEC was held this day.The occasion was graced by the presence of IEEE members, prestigious faculty members, Dean EPE- Capt. Syed M. Babur TI

(M), the Commandant-Rear Admiral Syed Imdad Imam Jafri SI

(M) and the Vice Chair IEEE Karachi Section- Mr. Prakash Lo-

hana.

The highlights of the event include a recollection of the year 2011

and the activities of IEEE PNEC in it, the oath taking by the offi-

cers of the Executive Committee 2012, distribution of awards tovolunteers of IEEE PNEC in recognition of their abiding efforts a

promise by the new chair to take the society to a new height by

constant effort and determination.

You are wrong for this job! An Interactive session

IEEE PNEC held a session on You know you are wrong for this job by Mr Ali Asad, Ex. Chair of

IEEE PNEC, on 17th Feb. 2012.

The speakers elaborated on DOs and DONTs of writing a CV. All-important points such as onesCGPA and outstanding achievements should always be written in bold. On the other hand, one

should avoid wasting space on ones CV with achievements from before bachelorettes degree.

The audience was told to give a good portion of their CV to elaborate on projects they have

worked on. A CV is to be taken as an extract and a reflection of personality to differentiate one

from 100 million other in the world.

Ali Asad is currently an Instrumentation Engineer at Engro Pvt. Ltd.

Robotics Workshop

IEEE PNEC conducted a comprehensive robotics workshop, conducted by Mr. Rameez Qasim, student of semester 8 Electron-

ics. The workshop covered sensors, motor drivers, AVR micro-controller, ADC and PWM in AVR and PCB designing and fabri-cation. It was attended by a large number of students from all across Karachi including PNEC, NED, IIEE, UIT, Bahria Univer-

sity and University of Sindh, Jamshoro. A special thanks to Mr. Rameez Qasim for conducting such an enlightening workshop.


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Articles


HIGH-SPEED rail has proven to be a very practical source of long-distance transportation. The first high-speed

train line opened in Japan in 1964, connecting Tokyo and Osaka, travelling at speeds up to 200 km/h [2].

Current high speed rail technology can achieve speeds of about 270-350 km/h [1,3], making it comparable to

air travel in terms of speed over short distances of about 700 km [1]. In fact, trips on high-speed rail are often shorter

than trips by plane, because rail trips are not delayed by weather. More importantly, high-speed rail is an environmen-

tally friendly mode of transportation, using only a fraction of the energy planes and cars use, and using clean electricity

instead of fossil fuels as its source of energy [1]. Even in conveyor belt mechanisms used in industries, maglev technol-

ogy has potential to challenge the present wide-spread role of PLC-based motor-belts. Yet despite the huge success

high-speed trains have achieved throughout the world, researchers are still trying to develop new technologies that

would make rail travel even faster and more efficient.

Maglev trains have been the technology of interest that researchers have been looking into. They were first proposed in

the 1960s by two physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory, whose vision led to huge research projects in Japan and

Germany [1]. Since then, maglev test tracks have been built in countries all around the world, and the first commer-

cially operating maglev train opened in Shanghai in 2004 [4].

Magnetic levitation (also called maglev) is the process of levitating an object by exploiting magnetic fields. It is the

process of suspending a body in free space by counteracting the force of gravity acting on it. Maglev is defined as a

family of technologies in which a vehicle is suspended, guided, and propelled by means of magnetic forces [1]. In sim-

pler words it may be termed as the stable suspension of an object against gravity.

Generally, magnets and electromagnets are oriented so that the train levitates off the track just enough to avoid fric-

tion contact. This same magnetic system or another one is also used to propel and guide the train. The major advan-

tage of maglev trains is speed (up to 580 km/h [3]), which increases the range in which rail travel is comparable to air

travel. Other advantages include incredible efficiency, since levitation eliminates all friction that is normally created by

rails; reduced noise pollution, again due to reduced friction; and faster acceleration, which further improves the travel

time. The major disadvantage, which has been the primary reason for a lack of maglev projects throughout the world,

is cost, because unlike with conventional high-speed rail, completely new infrastructure must be built. The cost for this

can total up to $100 billion [3].

This project was chosen to develop a novel magnetically levitated lin-

ear motion system for position control applications. Unlike passenger

transportation systems, the linear motion system is comparativelysmaller in size with a small carrier load. The motion system is targeted

for industrial automation machines. Basically, there are three types of

magnetic levitation. In electromagnetic suspension (EMS), electro-

magnets on the train produce repulsion to repel the train from the

track, in electro-dynamic suspension (EDS), the electromagnets

mounted on both train and track pushes the train away from the

track. The third is the hybrid electromagnet suspension (HEM),

where magnetic repulsion is obtained using permanent magnets, which also incorporates inductrack, a means where

Neodymium (Nd-Fe-B) rare earth magnets are used in Halbach arrays to create magnetic field and the passive track

system allows the lifting force to be located on the train, and once the transition velocity is reached magnetic drag re-

Approaching Zero Gravity

Written byHassaan Idrees (VIII Electrical)

[1]Neodymium is present in its natural form as Neodymium-Iron-Alloy


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Articlesduces exponentially.

Our proposed system employs a Brush-

less DC linear machine structure which

uses four coils for levitation and threecoils for propulsion. The picture on the

right shows our design layout.

And below is a side view of the set-up of

magnetic levitation by attraction.

Over the passage of time, we have devel-

oped structure diagrams on Pro-E the

software, perfected our electromagnets

by trial and error in the absence of precise equipment, and used various control system schemes including analogue

and digital PID controllers. At this stage, our circuits incorporate the magnetic Hall Effect sensors A-1301, Darlingtonpair transistors TIP 122, microcontrollers, H-bridges, which uses

MOSFET transistors IRF 640N which are driven by MOSFET

driver ICs IR 2110.

However, currently, we are encountering a few obstacles. Firstly,

the magnetic cores of the electromagnets available in the market

have high magnetic retentivity, and are not the best choice for

magnetic levitation and propulsion. Secondly, magnetic propul-

sion is possible only with Neodymium magnets: carbon magnets

do not produce enough horizontal forces to overcome the static

friction of the cart. Moreover, Neodymium magnets of requiredstrength and shape are unavailable in Pakistan, for which we need

at least 80 (0.5) square Nd-Fe-B magnets costing more than $16

each, making our finances shoot up like anything!

These problems notwithstanding, we hope to achieve a workable version of maglev by the end of May and this will

serve as an excellent prototype and also be used for demonstration purposes in teaching control systems.

References:[1] Tony R. Eastham, High Speed Rail: Another Golden Age? Scientific American, September 1995, Scientific American Archives,

http://search.ebscohost.com/ (accessed 25 January 2009)

[2] Encyclopedia Britannia Online, s.v. Sinkansen, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/540806/Shinkansen (accessed 29

January 2009)

[3] Japanese Maglev, 581km/h, online video, (2006), Youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuSrLvCVoVk&feature=related

(accessed 30 January 2009)

[4] Maglev Monorails of the World - Shanghai, China, The Monorail Society, http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/MagShang.html

(accessed 29 January 2009)

[5] David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Kennieth S. Krane, Physics (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2002)



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THE future of human transportation might be flying carpets and we would probably drive them by our

thoughts, but not yet. The scientific community is continuously striving for environment friendly alternatives

to our everyday vehicles. A vehicle, energy efficient, and pollution free which takes up no more space than a

pedestrian, can change the way we think about human transportation. Another challenge is to follow the user's natural

means of expressing and feeling movement rather than cumbersome user interfaces.

Are we there yet?

We are moving towards personalization of every device as technology progresses further and this fashion is now in the

field of vehicles too. In 2001, a US inventor and entrepreneur, Dean Kamen founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and

Recognition of Science & Technology), invented a scooter that eventually became what is known today as the Segway.

It has a top speed of 20 km/h and was codenamed Ginger and Rein-

venting the wheel.

Segway created a lot of hype and speculations as many notable ex-

perts envisioned it as a society-revolutionizing product. Although it

did not have as much of an impact as expected, it remains to be an

engineering marvel. In 2008, Toyota Motors showed off a new stand-

up scooter - the Winglet - that could one day be seen zipping along-

side the Segway on the personal-transporter superhighway. Honda

took a step forward in 2010 and unveiled its U3-X where U stands

for unicycle and universal. Elektor also has an Open Source People

Vehicle project.

The common attribute in all of them Self Balancing.

Control systems aim for one enormous goal: Stability. An inverted pendulum is a classic control systems problem

which is inherently unstable, and must be actively balanced in order to remain upright. A simple demonstration is that

of balancing an upturned broomstick on the end of one's finger. Put this concept in a dynamic environment and you

have a balancing platform that moves around carrying a person.

About Self Balancing Vehicles

They normally have two parallel wheels on the sides and controlled by moving body weight. The rider stands on a plat-

form between the two wheels holding on to a handlebar. To move forward/backward the rider will simply lean and thevehicle will sense and start moving in that direction. When weight is

equal in both directions, it will remain static. Similarly, a left or right tilt

will turn the vehicle.

Standing on the platform, the rider feels completely in control of their

movements, using it is totally intuitive. It is the combined effort of hu-

man mind and the vehicle controller that makes it stay in balance.

How it works

It balances by detecting the tilt, then moving forward or backwards

automatically to regain balance. The tilt, is the main control variable

Segway Meets PNEC

Written by Abdullah Bin Azhar(VIII Electronics)


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Articleshere. It is the angle difference from the balanced condition. The corrective action the vehicle takes will depend on how

far it is from balanced, how quickly it is changing and how long its been that much unbalanced. This, in effect is a Pro-

portional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Controller.

How its done

Measuring tilt used to be a difficult task and state-of-the

-art technology was used in aircrafts and ships until Mi-

cro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) got cheap. This

paved the way for hobbyists to make DIY Segways and

soon enough, we followed their elegantly simple meth-

ods. An accelerometer which is commonly used in mo-

bile phones these days (but you cant ride an iPhone)

and a gyroscope are needed for this purpose.

The accelerometer measures acceleration and continu-ally determines the direction and magnitude of gravity it

is sensing. With that and a little trigonometry, we can

use our microcontroller to estimate the angle of our

platform.

But once our vehicle starts moving, there are new accel-

erations involved and estimated angle becomes inaccu-

rate. Now, a gyroscope, which measures the rate of

change of angular displacement (d/dt) gives us read-

ings which we can numerically integrate to get the plat-

form angle while moving. Gyros, however, are not reli-able when static and their integrals are likely to drift

over time.

Since none of them alone can be trusted to give a precise

angle always, a simple sensor fusion technique known as

the complementary filter is employed.

Once we have calculated the angle, a PID controller generates and sends a Pulse Width Modulated Signal to the MOS-

FET driver circuit which adjusts the speed of the DC Motors by switching them at a high frequency.

Steering commands are translated into equal magnitudes being added and subtracted from speed of each motor re-

spectively. This way, the vehicle can even spin around on its axis like a tank.

What good it will do

Technology is expensive and these vehicles will not be zooming around overnight. Such kind of vehicles can be used to

travel indoors within airports, shopping malls, offices etc. Dean Kamen imagines them everywhere: in parks and at Dis-

neyland, on battlefields and factory floors, but especially on downtown sidewalks from Seattle to Shanghai.

Andits fun.

Such vehicles will ultimately make way to our country as well. How our society and cities will react to it, we dont

know. The engineering community, however, encouraged and appreciated this one small step we took in this direction.

For details on the project, visit http://subukraftar.blogspot.com



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SOME people might argue that there is no point whatsoever in re-inventing the wheel. Well, their claims might be

justifiable to some extent but what if you are not only just making a wheel but are also concerned about its smooth

movement, its ability to sustain itself in rough conditions, the cost involved in making it and suddenly it is its

whole new dynamics you are talking about. The point which I am trying to make is that there is nothing new about this

project. Neonatal Incubators have been available in the market, both local and international, which range from Rs 40,000

to a few Million Rupees. Besides, it has been attempted by number of students in Pakistan and all around the world, in-

cluding Students from PNEC.

So what exactly was the reason behind us opting for this project? Well, the impetus behind choosing this project as our

senior design project was the necessity of Incubators having advanced features at reasonable prices in Pakistan. The whole

idea was to develop a prototype which could be used by local vendors in Pakistan. Most incubators in Pakistan which are

available at a price of 40K are only incorporated with two features and those are Temperature Control and Humidity Con-trol. Adding a single feature means adding another 40k to the expenditure. That is why it is often seen that most hospitals

in Pakistan are not at all equipped with this facility and as result hundreds of infants die on a yearly basis. With that in

mind, we have set out to achieve something that hasnt been done before. And as we now stand mid-way through our

journey, we can give a pat on our back on what we have achieved so far. Enough with the background let us now delve

inside the project to know what it is all about. To begin with, the approach we adopted for making this incubator was a

modular one. It was a very unique idea in various ways. Firstly, not even a single vendor on earth makes Incubator using

this approach. But that was just the commercial side of it. The reason why it stood out immediately in our Supervisors

eyes and among others was the fact that each module could be plugged or unplugged at any time. Amazing! Isnt it?

This also means that each individual module could function as a stand-alone unit. This also led us to think in yet another

dimension, i.e., the patenting of individual modules, but more on that later.

Features which we intend to incorporate in our incubator are as follows air temperature control and measurement, weight

measurement, humidity control and measurement, skin temperature measurement and oxygen concentration control.

As of now, Air Temperature Module and Weight Module have been implemented. Remaining features in the list are in the

process. The measurement of resolution achieved in those implemented modules is enough to leave a PNEC-ian in awe.

The precision for Air Temperature Module is 0.1C and that for Weight Module is 4g. Were still not done yet on Weight

Module as we aspire to make it 1g. Sensor used for measuring temperature is PT-100. For measurement of weight, a decent

sensor was giving a sharp hike in our budget so we decided to hack an existing weighing scale, which we bought in Rs 700.

Admittedly, thats a colon and a capital p moment but engineering is all about having your thinking cap on and being

creative. To validate our designed electronics, we bought an out-of-order incubator so that we may be able to meet thecommercial standards. Its dissection was a tedious task and although it took a little time to get acclimated but boy! That

was some experience. On the safety front, extra emphasis has been laid down. The whole thing has been divided into

three layers; dual hardware and a software layer. This was just to ensure that we have covered all our basis and are erring

on the side of extreme caution. The protocol used for communication is SPI. When all of the control parameters will be

implemented, we also wish to add wireless based data acquisition on-the-base-station functionality which means that In-

cubator will be transmitting all its data wirelessly to a central computer on which a person will be able to monitor it. All of

this might seem exaggeration but these are real things, some of which have already been implemented while some are still

in the process. Besides, we have quoted these things in front of a PNEC-Panel in our defense proposal so you can under-

stand that its everything but hyperbole. Coming back to that patenting, we wish to make each of our module patents as

all of the designed electronics is original and no plagiarism had taken place from any kind of source. Take this as an ad-vice too, i.e., to get your work patented. Trust me! It adds huge value to your CV.

Design and Fabrication of a Neonatal Incubator

Written by Zaigham Khalid, Syed Wajahat Ali (VIII Electronics)


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USUALLY when one hears the word Computer Numerical Control, it is assumed that it is implemented on a

large scale. But we, as final year students, took up the project, CNC Machine, on a small scale with an objec-

tive to do similar job as a normal CNC Miller.

Today, we see everything around us evolving from manual towards automatic. So this is what CNC does, i.e. Computer

Numeric Control. It is the automation of

an old-school milling machine that one

sees in workshops. These manually oper-

ated Millers not only require peace of

mind but also complete concentration to

work with. Slight carelessness, for in-stance slipping of the hand around the

drill machine, could lead to the design

being ruined and result in severe injury to

the operator.

Our project consists of the automation of

the milling machine using computer based software, Mach3, and translating it for our end machine. Hence the task in

hand was to automate a machine so that after a few settings and the final click of a button, one can conveniently play

Counter-Strike on the PC, while an obedient machine processes the work piece very accurately.

Firstly, Mach3 is provided with a CAD (Computer Aided Design)

drawing after converting it into CAM. This is done by the soft-

ware and a G-code is produced. This G-code is an easy and a user

friendly language that directly corresponds to the tool path. Tool

is the end effector that moves on the work piece. In our case it is

a drill machine that would be used for accurate drilling and mill-

ing/engraving.

We as Electronic engineers basically made a translator interface

between the computer and the stepper motors that are coupled

with the 3 axes of the machine. We have an interface board con-

sisting of a Microcontroller, and a bridge circuit designed for the

end operation of the motors. Usually we have an exposure to 4-

phase uni-polar or bi-polar steppers that have a very simple cir-

cuit, feeding power levels to it. But for our project we have some

special 5-phase pentagon connection steppers installed that have quite a complicated design but at the same time a

good torque and a more superior step-size in its rotation. To run them we need a setup of half-bridges that feed 3 logic

states to it; high, low and impedence states.

We have gone through a lot of learning on the 5-phase steppers due to the complexity of the circuit and programming

logics delivered by the Microcontroller. We also found that only a few people try to design the driver themselves, and

almost all reside by the branded drivers available in the market at high prices, in order to save the hassle.

This project in particular as well as automation in general has a high demand in the market/industry outside, andtherefore quite beneficial for us in terms of hands-on experience in the field of automation. We hope to see it serve our

University in the near future, as we try our best to make it robust and reliable.

CNC Milling Machine

Written by Hammad Zafar Usmani (VIII Electronics)

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Catching UpMr. Anas Imtiaz is a graduate in Elec-

tronics Engineering from National

University of Sciences and Technology

(NUST). He was the 2nd Chairman ofIEEE PNEC in 2006. Completing his

MSc in Analog & Digital Integrated

Circuit Design and currently pursuing

his PhD in Electrical Engineering-both

from Imperial College London, Anas

Imtiaz is currently working as a Re-

search Assistant at Imperial College

London. He is also the proud devel-

oper of Islamicity Quran Search, a

software where one can search the

Quranic verses and phonetics with

voice recognition.

Q. How has IEEE helped you reach

where you are today?

AI: IEEE is the driving force behind

my research interests. It has helped

me by opening my eyes towards the

application areas of engineering gen-

erally not taught in classrooms. I use

its extensive cache of top-notch re-

search publications almost everyday

to learn what others are doing. In a

way IEEE has motivated me to become

a researcher.

Q. How was your experience as the

IEEE PNEC SB Chairperson and how

important do you think are extracurricular activities in the develop-

ment of an individual?

AI: Extra curricular activities are ex-

tremely important and they shouldnt

be regulated by the College/University

but must be left at the hands of stu-

dents. This allows them to develop a

sense of balance and responsibility

while participating in both classroom

and extra curricular activities. My ex-

perience as the IEEE PNEC SB chair-

person has been more of learning ex-

perience. I failed to resurrect the SB

during my stint at the top but thatmade me realise what skills were lack-

ing in me hence giving me an oppor-

tunity to work on those as I moved

forward. We tried our best to do many

things and the only success was the

first issue of Perspective, all thanks to

Ali Allawala from whom I learned a lot

during that time.

Q. How does it feel to representNUST in the foreign land?

AI: NUST is a well-known name in top

universities worldwide, thanks to the

number of brilliant students who have

been already there. It feels great to be

part of the same family.

Q. How did the idea of Quranic

Verse Identification System spring

up and what should be our criteriato select the Final Year Project?

AI: Quranic Verse Identification Sys-

tem is one of the three side projects

that I am keen to work on. It is an ap-

plication of speech recognition (digital

signal processing in a broad sense)

and one of my secondary research in-

terests. There is a common myth that

research confines you to a very spe-

cific field. On the contrary I have

found that given the right environ-

ment and exposure to technologies

broadens the horizon and differentideas begin to pop up in the head. Se-

lecting the FYP should be based the

learning ability provided by the pro-

ject and (strictly) not by the possibil-

ity of getting good grades or easy-

going supervisors.

Q. In your opinion, how significant

is research for an under-grad stu-

dent?

AI: For an undergrad student, expo-

sure to research is very important to

learn what is happening in his/her

field. IEEE caters nicely to undergrads

by publishing easy-to-comprehend

articles in magazines such as Pulse,

Circuits and Systems Magazine, Signal

Processing Magazine and many more.

This knowledge allows the undergrad

to understand why exactly they are

studying the complex theorems whichmay seem futile at first glance and

equips them with the right kind of

information to decide on their future

field of work.

Q. What would be your advice to

the young engineers on how to bal-

ance academics and extra-

curricular activities?

It is certainly not easy to strike a bal-

ance between these two. Having said

that every student should strive to

take part in whatever activities they

can after giving sufficient time to their

studies. This helps to demonstrate

desirable skills such as confidence,

networking and time management to

prospective employers. Academics and

extra curriculars supplement each

other and one should aim to graduate

with a good show in both.

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Conferences


IEEE PNEC across the virtual world

IEEE PNEC webpage is all set to compete in the IEEE Global Website Competition and there have been several devel-

opments and up gradations in the last quarter. With day-to-day happening of the student branch updated, it is un-

doubtedly one of the most active student branch sites out there.

WIE IEEE PNEC celebrated Womens day, 8th March 2012, by paying a tribute to Arifa Karim, the youngest Microsoft

Certified Professional and conducting a general survey of women from different fields.

On 14thmarch, known as Pi Day in the Geek-world, IEEE WORLD was launched where links to all IEEE Sections, Stu-

dent Branches and Societies were made available.

IEEE PNEC launched a new initiative by the name, Ambassadors of Progress with the aim of recognizing those indi-

viduals who contributed significantly to the world of science and technology but were never given the recognition and

credit they deserved for their work and an everlasting impact on our lives. We started with a tribute on Nikola Tesla.

The tribute can be found at http://ieee.pnec.edu.pk/nikola-tesla.

Pakistan Women in Engineering Forum - PWF

As IEEE Pakistan WIE Forum enters into its second year, the Executive Committee PWF for 2012 is announced. We

wish the new Ex-Com, and Chairperson, Rabia Khalid, a rewarding year ahead!

With its objective of Gender Equality and Awareness, PWF committee visited Government Kindergarten School for a

motivational session on 2nd December 2011.

PWF continued with its Discover WIE sessions with the 3rd one being held at UIT and 4th at Bahria University, Is-

lamabad. Its main goal was to create awareness about benefits of IEEE Membership.

Topic Date Location Paper Submission Date

2012 IEEE Control and System GraduateResearch Colloquium

16-17 July 2012 Malaysia 12 May, 2012

2012 International Conference on Emerg-ng Techologies

8-9 Oct 2012 Pakistan 15 May, 2012

nternational Conference on Robotics andArtificial Intelligence

22-23 Oct 2012EME College,

Pakistan25 May, 2012

TENCON2012 19-22 Nov 2012 Phillipines 1 May, 2012

nternational Conference on Control Engi-

neering and Communication Technology 7-9 Dec 2012 China 1 June, 2012

2012 International Conference on FuzzyTheory and it's Applications (iFUZZY)

16-18 Nov 2012 Taiwan 15th Aug, 2012


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Our members make us proud!Rabia Khalid, IEEE PNEC Consultant, becomes Pakistan WIE Forum Chairperson. Congratulations Rabia!

Bilal Muhammad Zaki, currently the IEEE PNEC Consultant, presented his research paper in 27th IEEEP Student

Seminar.

Kanza Basit, Chair WIE PNEC, is all set to represent Pakistan Navy Engineering College - NUST in Shell Eco Mara-

thon, to be held in Malaysia in July 2012 as she is leading her team.We wish her all the luck!

Iqra Sajid, Vice Chair-WIE PNEC, becomes the WIE Mission to Progress PNEC Coordinator.

Rameez Qasim grabs the first Prize in a Robotics Competition ROBONIVAL in EME Olympiad.

Muaaz Bin Sarfaraaz annihilates the opposition and becomes the Chess Champion at EME Olypiad.

phd comics

"Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham

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