striving for the highest level of ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE

Amidst all the cacophony, noise and turmoil, it is a minor feat, and a pleasant surprise, if things function relatively smoothly. That UET Peshawar is on-track in most assigned functions must be God's small mercies!

We are in the middle of Fall Semester, and the new crop of students who joined us are nicely in stride. Preparations are underway to hold convocation in December to award degree, and bid farewell to the freshly minted, outgoing engineers. A smooth run of this education cycle is a great cause for satisfaction!

Like all public sector Universities, UET Peshawar is still financially stressed because of curtailed and untimely payments from HEC. And HEC is continuing to lament inadequate funds it receives. This funding cycle is very disconcerting. Vice Chancellors of public sector Universities are striving to get enhanced grants, commensurate with salary-increase announcement from time to time.

This is a passing phase. With the continued help of the faculty, students and administrative staff, I am confident, we will weather this bad, choppy patch, and soon find smoother and calmer waters. We just need to look a little beyond the horizon!

God bless you all.

Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani

Vice Chancellor’s Message

,Patron: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani Vice Chancellor

University of Engineering &

Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletterOctober, 2012

InsideInside

In Focus: Dr. Akhtar Hussain Khalil

World Space Week 2012

Faculty Research and Development

Seismic Capacity Test at EEC

World Space Week 2012

02

The World Space Week (WSW), 2012 was celebrated in joint collaboration with SUPARCO from 4th–11th October, 2012. The chief guest, Dr. Khalid Khan, Additional Secretary Higher Education Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while addressing the audiences assured support on behalf of HE Department, KP to promote space technology at universities from educational institutions. He appre-ciated the efforts of UET, Peshawar in organizing this international event for last three years successfully.

Ayaz Amir, Member SUPARCO Karachi briefed the audiences about WSW and SUPARCO activities. He said World Space Week is an international celebration of space sciences and technology and their contribution for the betterment of human condition. This week has commenced at UET, Peshawar with seminar on “role of space technology in disaster preparedness mitigation and precaution”, quizzes, model making competition and declamation contest, followed by “space walk”.

Ayaz informed that Pakistan is committed to the peaceful uses of outer space. SUPARCO has focused on developing capability and capacity in the country for better utilization of space technology and its applications for the benefit of society and economy of the coun-try. He said the present government is appreciative of SUPARCO'S contributions in the field of agriculture, satellite communication, water resource management and disaster mitigation to mention a few. The government also supports the Space Vision 2040 which will help Pakistan achieve self reliance in space technology and its applications.

Activities of WSW concluded with the prize distribution ceremony and “space walk” held with a wide spread message of generating space awareness among the general public. Students from colleges and schools participated in the WSW celebrations. Air Commo-dore (R) Arshad Hussain Siraj, Secretary SUPARCO was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony.

In his address, the chief guest said youth were enlightened with scholarly views about space exploration and "Space for human safety and security" which was the theme for this year's theme. “This was evident through enthusiasm and their urge to learn about new tech-nologies thorough debates and various competitions”, he said.

The vice-chancellor in his concluding address, congratulated participants and SUPARCO for taking interest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and making UET, Peshawar part of WSW celebrations. Later, the vice chancellor distributed awards and certificates to the winners of various competitions. In Declamation Contest (Urdu) Dur-e-Shahwar and Madina from Frontier Science Academy won the first and second prize respectively while Asfandyar Khan from Police Public School won third prize. In Declamation Contest (English), Mashal Jameel from UET Peshawar won first prize, while Mohtarim Ali Shah and Rubab Tanveer from UET Peshawar won second and third prize respectively. In Model Making competition, Mohiuddin, Zawar Wali and Saad Aazmi from Frontier Children Academy, Peshawar won the first prize, second prize was secured by Mahnoor Nasir, Dur-e-Shahwar and Sana Meraj from Frontier Science Academy while Shamin Inam and Anum Amin from Jinnah College for Women, Peshawar grabbed third prize. In Poster Competition, Sumbal Babar from Jinnah College for Women got first position, Mashal Khan, Rabbeha Taj and Aheba from UET Peshawar secured second position while Husna Abeer and Bushra Nawaz from UET Peshawar grabbed third position. In Water Rocket competition Mahnoor and Maria from Frontier Science Academy got first position, Rizwan Ullah and Shahzad from UET Peshawar got second position, while

03

NEWS

Core Group of Researchers ConstitutedUET, Peshawar has formulated five core groups of Ph.D faculty members who will be involved in state-of-the-research and writing

grant proposals for international agencies. These groups will work in areas of Information Communication Technologies, Energy,

Nano Sciences, Environment and Transport. This was decided in a preliminary meeting held with Ph.D faculty organized by the Office

of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC). Vice Chancellor chaired the meeting.

Director ORIC, Engr. Asif Ali Shah, briefed the audience about ORIC’s central role on enhancing research culture at University by

exploiting researchers' potential and devising strategies for submitting proposals to international agencies.

Prof. Dr. Inayatullah Babar, Chairman Electrical Engineering Department has been delegated the charge of “Research Facilitator” of

this group. He informed members on launching a dedicated web link to help researchers get first-hand information and follow guide-

lines based on the European Union FP7 grants. He urged the group to prepare proposals for FP7 grants initially.

Dr. Najeeb Ullah, presented guidelines for submitting appreciated the forum and encouraged the researchers to contribute their best

in promoting research work. Director ORIC, Engr. Asif Ali Shah has been nominated to be the “Administrative Facilitator.” Each core

group will have a convener for weekly meetings and the result of weekly meetings of core groups will be discussed in a meeting of all

conveners. The meeting was attended by Dean Faculty of Engineering Dr. Zahid Mehmood and heads of departments. Ayaz Amir, Member SUPARCO Karachi, Air Commodore (R) Arshad Hussain Siraj, Secretary SUPARCO, Dr. Khalid Khan, Additional Secretary Higher Education Department (HED), Khyber Pakhtunkwa and Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar, addressing the audience at World Space Week 2012

Sohaib Hamza and Suleman from Islamia College, Peshawar secured third position. Similarly in Quiz competitions, “Future Astronaut” team from Jinnah College for Women, Peshawar secured first position, “Shaheen-I” team from UET Peshawar grabbed sec-ond position while “Power Elegant” team from UET Peshawar got third position.

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2012 UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2012

World Space Week 2012

02

The World Space Week (WSW), 2012 was celebrated in joint collaboration with SUPARCO from 4th–11th October, 2012. The chief guest, Dr. Khalid Khan, Additional Secretary Higher Education Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while addressing the audiences assured support on behalf of HE Department, KP to promote space technology at universities from educational institutions. He appre-ciated the efforts of UET, Peshawar in organizing this international event for last three years successfully.

Ayaz Amir, Member SUPARCO Karachi briefed the audiences about WSW and SUPARCO activities. He said World Space Week is an international celebration of space sciences and technology and their contribution for the betterment of human condition. This week has commenced at UET, Peshawar with seminar on “role of space technology in disaster preparedness mitigation and precaution”, quizzes, model making competition and declamation contest, followed by “space walk”.

Ayaz informed that Pakistan is committed to the peaceful uses of outer space. SUPARCO has focused on developing capability and capacity in the country for better utilization of space technology and its applications for the benefit of society and economy of the coun-try. He said the present government is appreciative of SUPARCO'S contributions in the field of agriculture, satellite communication, water resource management and disaster mitigation to mention a few. The government also supports the Space Vision 2040 which will help Pakistan achieve self reliance in space technology and its applications.

Activities of WSW concluded with the prize distribution ceremony and “space walk” held with a wide spread message of generating space awareness among the general public. Students from colleges and schools participated in the WSW celebrations. Air Commo-dore (R) Arshad Hussain Siraj, Secretary SUPARCO was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony.

In his address, the chief guest said youth were enlightened with scholarly views about space exploration and "Space for human safety and security" which was the theme for this year's theme. “This was evident through enthusiasm and their urge to learn about new tech-nologies thorough debates and various competitions”, he said.

The vice-chancellor in his concluding address, congratulated participants and SUPARCO for taking interest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and making UET, Peshawar part of WSW celebrations. Later, the vice chancellor distributed awards and certificates to the winners of various competitions. In Declamation Contest (Urdu) Dur-e-Shahwar and Madina from Frontier Science Academy won the first and second prize respectively while Asfandyar Khan from Police Public School won third prize. In Declamation Contest (English), Mashal Jameel from UET Peshawar won first prize, while Mohtarim Ali Shah and Rubab Tanveer from UET Peshawar won second and third prize respectively. In Model Making competition, Mohiuddin, Zawar Wali and Saad Aazmi from Frontier Children Academy, Peshawar won the first prize, second prize was secured by Mahnoor Nasir, Dur-e-Shahwar and Sana Meraj from Frontier Science Academy while Shamin Inam and Anum Amin from Jinnah College for Women, Peshawar grabbed third prize. In Poster Competition, Sumbal Babar from Jinnah College for Women got first position, Mashal Khan, Rabbeha Taj and Aheba from UET Peshawar secured second position while Husna Abeer and Bushra Nawaz from UET Peshawar grabbed third position. In Water Rocket competition Mahnoor and Maria from Frontier Science Academy got first position, Rizwan Ullah and Shahzad from UET Peshawar got second position, while

03

NEWS

Core Group of Researchers ConstitutedUET, Peshawar has formulated five core groups of Ph.D faculty members who will be involved in state-of-the-research and writing

grant proposals for international agencies. These groups will work in areas of Information Communication Technologies, Energy,

Nano Sciences, Environment and Transport. This was decided in a preliminary meeting held with Ph.D faculty organized by the Office

of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC). Vice Chancellor chaired the meeting.

Director ORIC, Engr. Asif Ali Shah, briefed the audience about ORIC’s central role on enhancing research culture at University by

exploiting researchers' potential and devising strategies for submitting proposals to international agencies.

Prof. Dr. Inayatullah Babar, Chairman Electrical Engineering Department has been delegated the charge of “Research Facilitator” of

this group. He informed members on launching a dedicated web link to help researchers get first-hand information and follow guide-

lines based on the European Union FP7 grants. He urged the group to prepare proposals for FP7 grants initially.

Dr. Najeeb Ullah, presented guidelines for submitting appreciated the forum and encouraged the researchers to contribute their best

in promoting research work. Director ORIC, Engr. Asif Ali Shah has been nominated to be the “Administrative Facilitator.” Each core

group will have a convener for weekly meetings and the result of weekly meetings of core groups will be discussed in a meeting of all

conveners. The meeting was attended by Dean Faculty of Engineering Dr. Zahid Mehmood and heads of departments. Ayaz Amir, Member SUPARCO Karachi, Air Commodore (R) Arshad Hussain Siraj, Secretary SUPARCO, Dr. Khalid Khan, Additional Secretary Higher Education Department (HED), Khyber Pakhtunkwa and Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar, addressing the audience at World Space Week 2012

Sohaib Hamza and Suleman from Islamia College, Peshawar secured third position. Similarly in Quiz competitions, “Future Astronaut” team from Jinnah College for Women, Peshawar secured first position, “Shaheen-I” team from UET Peshawar grabbed sec-ond position while “Power Elegant” team from UET Peshawar got third position.

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NEWS

Welcome Aboard

Dr. Muhammad Sadiq Khattak has set

an exceptional academic record at

international level by doing two Ph.D

degrees, two MS and a post-doctorate

from reputed universities of the world

with distinctions within a period of five

years.

Throughout his academic record, he

obtained highest scores and clinched

gold medals in all categories. On completion of his B.Sc.

Engineering in session 2005-06, he joined UET as Lec-

turer. In 2007, he left for France to do MS and Ph.D in

Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lorraine. He

completed his MS in just nine months and got admission in

the same university for Ph.D on, “Energy and Mechanics

of Materials” in 2008. During the same year, he won a

scholarship for MS and Ph.D in the Georgia Institute of

Technology (GIT) in the United States.

After taking his teachers and supervisor at the University

of Lorraine into confidence to continue his Ph.D there

simultaneously with his MS and subsequent Ph.D at the

GIT, he left for the United States where too he completed

his second MS in less than a year and got admission in

Ph.D.

The 29-year old Dr. Khattak completed his Ph.D on “nano-

technology” at the GIT. Completion of Ph.D in less than

three years with distinction in a short span of time is a

record itself. Khattak managed to continue his Ph.D

research work from the University of Lorraine while pursu-

ing Ph.D. at GIT, USA.

After completing his first Ph.D at GIT USA, he returned to

France to submit and defend his second Ph.D in just six

months to set another record. Without wasting time, his

next venture was to pursue post-doctoral fellowship which

he did it in six months. Dr. Khattak returned to Pakistan in

August 2012 and re-joined his Alma Mater as an Assistant

Professor.

Dr. Sadiq Khattak Sets Exceptional Academic Record

Engr. Misbah Ullah, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering has received Ph.D scholarship under HEC/HRD

Faculty Development Program, pursing Ph.D studies in the field of statistical engineering for advanced quality at Department

of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea. He has also presented his first research

paper at conference held on 'Quality Management' at Deajeon, South Korea, organized by the Korea Society of Quality Man-

agement on October 19, 2012.

Regional Cooperation on University-Based Innovation and Entrepreneurship

UET Peshawar Team Topped the list of Researcher Universities

Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), program of the US

Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel arranged a ten-day

study tour to the United States in collaboration with Higher Education Com-

mission (HEC) for representatives and officials from selective Pakistani uni-

versities and key private sector, who are establishing a university-based

innovation and entrepreneurship ecosytem through installation of technol-

ogy transfer offices (TTOs) and technology incubators (TIs) on university

campuses. CLDP is aimed to provide technical assistance in the commer-

cial law arena to the governments and private sectors of transitional coun-

tries in support of their economic development goals. The program was

aimed to expose the participants to best practices in establishing and oper-

ating Technology Transfer Offices and Technology Incubators.

UET Peshawar has recently established its Office of Research Innovation &

Commercialization (ORIC) and its Manager, Research & Developement, Ayesha Rauf represented the University in the delegation.

The members held meetings in Washington, DC with CLDP and the United States Patent and Trademark Office and visited universi-

ties having similar set ups. The program covered areas of IP protection and management strategy, technlogy valuation, technology

commercialization, technology licensing, technology-based entrepreneurship, services to industry and negotiation skills for technol-

ogy commercialization.

UET Peshawar topped the list of leading academic institutions involved in

research and was selected to be amongst the top five out of the 50 teams

that participated in the “Taking the Next Steps - Commercialization and

Going International Program”. This program was arranged by the National

ICT R&D Fund and conducted by Cambridge Advisors Network. As part of

this program the UET team is to visit the United States to present their pro-

ject on smart ways of electricity theft detection and isolation to address the

resultant loss of substantial revenue. The presentations in the US will be to

investors, potential customers and partners in four US cities. The product

was designed and developed at the "Centre of Intelligent Systems and Net-

works Research (CISNR)" by a team that includes Dr. Gul Muhammad

Khan, Miss. Shehla Kiran, Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud and team of

researchers.

The theme of the program was to expose researchers to skills and knowledge that will help them to commercialize their research. Ini-

tially 50 teams funded by the National ICT R&D Fund that included teams from NUST, IBA, LUMS, COMSATS, UET Lahore, UET

Peshawar, IMS Peshawar, NED Karachi and other major universities of the country were invited to participate. UET Peshawar was

among the 20 teams, selected in the first round. In second round, the teams were trained on “High Value Sales Management Training

– Global Sales Strategies for Ambitious Pakistani ICT Entrepreneurs and Managers”. Again through a short-listing process, a total of

five teams were selected from second round-one from industry and four from the academia, with UET Peshawar ranked as the top

amongst the top four research institutions.

FACULTY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

»Dr. Saeed Gul, Assistant Professor, has

joined back the Department of Chemical

Engineering as Chairman after completion

of his Ph.D studies from Institute of Chemi-

cal Engineering, Vienna University of Tech-

nology, Austria. The title of his Ph.D

research was “Application of Membrane

Processes for the Concentration of Clarified

Sugar Juice”.

»Dr. Maudassar Habib has joined as Assis-

tant Professor, Department of Chemical

Engineering, after completing M.Sc. with

distinction in Advanced Process Engineer-

ing (2005) from Loughborough University,

UK and Ph.D in Chemical and Process Engi-

neering (2011) from the Nottingham Univer-

sity, UK. His research experience has

involved investigating multi-phase mixing in

stirred tank reactors and the use of controlled vertical vibra-

tion in dry separation of finely sized particulate mixtures. He

has won two international awards for his higher studies from

the UK government. His research work is published in the

journals of international repute and is also presented at vari-

ous international conferences.

»Engr. Dr. Ishaq Ahmad, has joined back Min-

ing Engineering Department as Assistant

Professor, after the completion of his Ph.D

from the Institute of Solids Process Engi-

neering and Particle Technology (SPE),

from Hamburg University of Technology

(TUHH), Germany in the field of Mineral Pro-

cessing (beneficiation) and its modeling.

The title of his Ph.D research was “Benefici-

ation of Bauxite by Washing Processes”.

»Dr. Naveed Ahmad joined the Earthquake

Engineering Center (EEC) after obtaining

his Ph.D degree in the field of earthquake

engineering & engineering seismology with

major in Earthquake Engineering, from the

European high-valued institution; ROSE

School-IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy. His Ph.D

thesis, title was “Seismic Risk Assessment

and Loss Estimation of Building Stock of

Pakistan” Dr. Naveed is first of ten Ph.D scholars from EEC to

join the Center after successful completion of Ph.D studies.

Previously, he had obtained Master Degree in Earthquake

Engineering & Engineering Seismology from the University of

Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France (Part-I) and ROSE School-

IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy (Part-II&III).

Engr . Misbah Receives HEC Scholarship

UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2012 UET Peshawar Newsletter, October 2012

04 05

NEWS

Welcome Aboard

Dr. Muhammad Sadiq Khattak has set

an exceptional academic record at

international level by doing two Ph.D

degrees, two MS and a post-doctorate

from reputed universities of the world

with distinctions within a period of five

years.

Throughout his academic record, he

obtained highest scores and clinched

gold medals in all categories. On completion of his B.Sc.

Engineering in session 2005-06, he joined UET as Lec-

turer. In 2007, he left for France to do MS and Ph.D in

Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lorraine. He

completed his MS in just nine months and got admission in

the same university for Ph.D on, “Energy and Mechanics

of Materials” in 2008. During the same year, he won a

scholarship for MS and Ph.D in the Georgia Institute of

Technology (GIT) in the United States.

After taking his teachers and supervisor at the University

of Lorraine into confidence to continue his Ph.D there

simultaneously with his MS and subsequent Ph.D at the

GIT, he left for the United States where too he completed

his second MS in less than a year and got admission in

Ph.D.

The 29-year old Dr. Khattak completed his Ph.D on “nano-

technology” at the GIT. Completion of Ph.D in less than

three years with distinction in a short span of time is a

record itself. Khattak managed to continue his Ph.D

research work from the University of Lorraine while pursu-

ing Ph.D. at GIT, USA.

After completing his first Ph.D at GIT USA, he returned to

France to submit and defend his second Ph.D in just six

months to set another record. Without wasting time, his

next venture was to pursue post-doctoral fellowship which

he did it in six months. Dr. Khattak returned to Pakistan in

August 2012 and re-joined his Alma Mater as an Assistant

Professor.

Dr. Sadiq Khattak Sets Exceptional Academic Record

Engr. Misbah Ullah, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering has received Ph.D scholarship under HEC/HRD

Faculty Development Program, pursing Ph.D studies in the field of statistical engineering for advanced quality at Department

of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea. He has also presented his first research

paper at conference held on 'Quality Management' at Deajeon, South Korea, organized by the Korea Society of Quality Man-

agement on October 19, 2012.

Regional Cooperation on University-Based Innovation and Entrepreneurship

UET Peshawar Team Topped the list of Researcher Universities

Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), program of the US

Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel arranged a ten-day

study tour to the United States in collaboration with Higher Education Com-

mission (HEC) for representatives and officials from selective Pakistani uni-

versities and key private sector, who are establishing a university-based

innovation and entrepreneurship ecosytem through installation of technol-

ogy transfer offices (TTOs) and technology incubators (TIs) on university

campuses. CLDP is aimed to provide technical assistance in the commer-

cial law arena to the governments and private sectors of transitional coun-

tries in support of their economic development goals. The program was

aimed to expose the participants to best practices in establishing and oper-

ating Technology Transfer Offices and Technology Incubators.

UET Peshawar has recently established its Office of Research Innovation &

Commercialization (ORIC) and its Manager, Research & Developement, Ayesha Rauf represented the University in the delegation.

The members held meetings in Washington, DC with CLDP and the United States Patent and Trademark Office and visited universi-

ties having similar set ups. The program covered areas of IP protection and management strategy, technlogy valuation, technology

commercialization, technology licensing, technology-based entrepreneurship, services to industry and negotiation skills for technol-

ogy commercialization.

UET Peshawar topped the list of leading academic institutions involved in

research and was selected to be amongst the top five out of the 50 teams

that participated in the “Taking the Next Steps - Commercialization and

Going International Program”. This program was arranged by the National

ICT R&D Fund and conducted by Cambridge Advisors Network. As part of

this program the UET team is to visit the United States to present their pro-

ject on smart ways of electricity theft detection and isolation to address the

resultant loss of substantial revenue. The presentations in the US will be to

investors, potential customers and partners in four US cities. The product

was designed and developed at the "Centre of Intelligent Systems and Net-

works Research (CISNR)" by a team that includes Dr. Gul Muhammad

Khan, Miss. Shehla Kiran, Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud and team of

researchers.

The theme of the program was to expose researchers to skills and knowledge that will help them to commercialize their research. Ini-

tially 50 teams funded by the National ICT R&D Fund that included teams from NUST, IBA, LUMS, COMSATS, UET Lahore, UET

Peshawar, IMS Peshawar, NED Karachi and other major universities of the country were invited to participate. UET Peshawar was

among the 20 teams, selected in the first round. In second round, the teams were trained on “High Value Sales Management Training

– Global Sales Strategies for Ambitious Pakistani ICT Entrepreneurs and Managers”. Again through a short-listing process, a total of

five teams were selected from second round-one from industry and four from the academia, with UET Peshawar ranked as the top

amongst the top four research institutions.

FACULTY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

»Dr. Saeed Gul, Assistant Professor, has

joined back the Department of Chemical

Engineering as Chairman after completion

of his Ph.D studies from Institute of Chemi-

cal Engineering, Vienna University of Tech-

nology, Austria. The title of his Ph.D

research was “Application of Membrane

Processes for the Concentration of Clarified

Sugar Juice”.

»Dr. Maudassar Habib has joined as Assis-

tant Professor, Department of Chemical

Engineering, after completing M.Sc. with

distinction in Advanced Process Engineer-

ing (2005) from Loughborough University,

UK and Ph.D in Chemical and Process Engi-

neering (2011) from the Nottingham Univer-

sity, UK. His research experience has

involved investigating multi-phase mixing in

stirred tank reactors and the use of controlled vertical vibra-

tion in dry separation of finely sized particulate mixtures. He

has won two international awards for his higher studies from

the UK government. His research work is published in the

journals of international repute and is also presented at vari-

ous international conferences.

»Engr. Dr. Ishaq Ahmad, has joined back Min-

ing Engineering Department as Assistant

Professor, after the completion of his Ph.D

from the Institute of Solids Process Engi-

neering and Particle Technology (SPE),

from Hamburg University of Technology

(TUHH), Germany in the field of Mineral Pro-

cessing (beneficiation) and its modeling.

The title of his Ph.D research was “Benefici-

ation of Bauxite by Washing Processes”.

»Dr. Naveed Ahmad joined the Earthquake

Engineering Center (EEC) after obtaining

his Ph.D degree in the field of earthquake

engineering & engineering seismology with

major in Earthquake Engineering, from the

European high-valued institution; ROSE

School-IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy. His Ph.D

thesis, title was “Seismic Risk Assessment

and Loss Estimation of Building Stock of

Pakistan” Dr. Naveed is first of ten Ph.D scholars from EEC to

join the Center after successful completion of Ph.D studies.

Previously, he had obtained Master Degree in Earthquake

Engineering & Engineering Seismology from the University of

Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France (Part-I) and ROSE School-

IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy (Part-II&III).

Engr . Misbah Receives HEC Scholarship

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A one-week vocational training for in service officials (sub engineers) was held in two phases by the IEEE Foundation (KPK Chapter) under the

auspices of Continuing Engineering Education Center (CEEC) UET, Peshawar. The officials of C&W, Irrigation and Public Health Engineering

Departments, of KPK attended this training with the aim to upgrade their knowledge and skills regarding flood management and eradication of

losses caused by floods. This was part of a series of capacity building and skill

development trainings under the humanitarian assistance of IEEE Foundation

for the flood affected areas of KPK.

A certificate distribution ceremony of training was held on October 9, 2012 at

CEEC with vice chancellor, as chief guest. In total, sixty three participants were

awarded completion certificates. In his concluding remarks, the vice chancellor

appreciated IEEE Foundation for their humanitarian assistance and contribution

of CEEC, adding the Center under supervision of Engr. S. Asif Ali Shah, Director

CEEC is moving in right direction. He said engineers are the backbone of econ-

omy and their professional growth is the need of the day to get at par with interna-

tional standards. Therefore, CEEC is playing an effective role with highly quali-

fied resources and state-of-the-art facilities. The ceremony was attended by Prof.

Dr. Azzam-ul-Asar, Chair IEEE KPK Chapter, Engr. Alamzeb, Chief Engineer

(North) Irrigation Department, and resource persons of the training course.

07

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCESFACULTY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

NEWS BRIEF»Dr. M. Shahzad Khattak, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Engineering, participated in a three day International

Workshop on “adaptation to Natural hazards in changing global climate scenario” from September 25-27th, 2012 at COMSTECH, Islamabad. He delivered his lecture on “Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Upper Indus River Basin, Paki-stan”.

»Dr. Zia-ul-Haq, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Engineering, presented his paper titled, “application of Genetic Algorithm to sequential Irrigation/Single Machine Scheduling Problem” at an International Conference on Genetic and Evolution-ary Methods (GEM' 12), 2012” held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from July 16-19, 2012.

»Research papers of Naeem Khan, M. Irfan Khattak and Dewei Gul, “Robust state Estimation and its application to spacecraft con-trol” have been accepted for the Journal of Automatica, DO1:10.1016/j.automatica.201.07.002.

»A dedicated Research & Development (R&D) laboratory has been established at Bannu campus with ten (10) latest personal com-puters and state-of-the-art research facilities. Two new computer laboratories have also been established having twenty five (25) computers each and all basic facilities.

»The Academic council in its 63rd meeting approved the establishment of Electrical Engineering Department at UET Mardan Cam-pus . The Electrical Engineering Department started with an initial intake of 100 candidates (50 in each stream) from Fall-2012 Semester.

»Engr. Muhammad Ajmal, Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, has been awarded PhD Scholarship by HEC under “Faculty Development for UESTPs/UETs”. He has joined the Hanyang University, South Korea to pursue his higher studies.

»Dr. Khan Muhammad Assistant Professor, Mining Engineering Department conducted a two day teaching skill Development Refresher Course at Continuing Engineering Education Center.

»Mining Engineering department conducted the First Aid Training for out going 8th semester Mining engineering students, orga-nized by Pakistan Red Crescent Society KPK Branch, Peshawar.

»Dr. M. Shahzad Khattak, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Engineering, has been appointed as Director Clubs, UET Peshawar.

»Engr. Najvia Khattak, Engr. Atif Jan, Engr. Asim Ghalib and Engr. Fiaz Ahmad have been inducted at the Electrical Engineering Department, while Engr. Sardar Atta-ur-Rahman, Engr. Zia-Ur-Rehman & Engr. Qasim Khan have been inducted at Civil Engi-neering Department, Bannu Campus.

Vocational Training for Sub Engineers

Group photo of participants with Vice Chancellor

EEC Conducts Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Building Model Before and After RetrofittingEarthquake Engineering Center (EEC), at Civil Engineering Depart-ment, performed the first-ever test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale concrete block masonry building, to determine its seismic capacity and risk assessment before and after retrofitting as con-crete blocks are cheaper than bricks and can be made from the local material easily anywhere in Pakistan.

The test was performed by Dr. Khan Shahzada, lecturer Department of Civil Engineering in the research project titled, “Seismic Capacity Assessment Before & After Retrofitting of Infrastructure (Unreinforced Concrete Block Masonry Building)” sponsored by HEC Islamabad through UET Peshawar. After October 8, 2005 Kash-mir earthquake, the use of concrete block in masonry building has been increased tremendously and its seismic capacity assessment is must to be determined experimentally on scientific basis.

Dr. Khan Shahzada, said that testing on a full scale concrete block masonry building was done for the first time in Pakistan, and test of similar nature on brick masonry buildings only have been conducted in Italy in 1995, USA in 2004 and UET Peshawar in 2010. The experi-mental data yield that the lateral/seismic capacity of unreinforced concrete block masonry buildings can be enhanced twice after retro-fitting by using ferrocement overlay. Shahzada said, it would bring socio-economic benefits for the country as most of the building could be retrofitted with minimum cost instead of rebuilding them. Dr.Bora Gencturk, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmen-tal Engineering, University of Houston extended their help and guid-ance as consultant in this project.

»Khan Shahzada, Akhtar Naeem Khan, Amr Elnashai, Mohmmad Ashraf, Muhammad Javed, Amjad Naseer, [2012]"Experimental Seismic Performance Evaluation of Umeinforced Brick Masonry Buildings" Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Volume 28, No.3, Pages 1-22, August 2012, (DOI:10.1193/1.4000073). (Impact factor 3.744)

»Youssef M.A Hashash, Byungmin Kim, Scott M. Olson, Irshad Ahmad, “Seismic Hazard Analysis using discrete faults in North-western Pakistan: Part-1 Methodology and Evaluation”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 16, 2012, 963-994 (impact factor = 0.843)

»Ahmad, N., Ali, Q., Umar, M. [2012] "Simplified engineering tools

Research Papers & Publications

for seismic analysis and design of traditional Dhajji-Dewari struc-tures", Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. ( Impact factor= 1.599)

»Rawaid Khan, Abdul Jabbar, Irshad Ahmad, Wajid Khan, Akhtar Naeem Khan, Jahangir Mirza, "Reduction in environmental prob-lems using Rice-Husk ash in concrete" Construction and Building Materials, 30(2012) 360-365, (impact factor= 1.35)

»Ali, Q., Schacher, T., Ashraf, M., Alam, B., Naeem, A., Ahmad, N. and Umar, M., [2012] "In-plane behavior of Dhajji-Dewari struc-tural system (wooden braced frame with masonry infill)", Earth-quake Spectra, Vol. 28(03), pp. 1-24. (Impact factor 3.744)

»Mohammad Ashraf, Akhtar Naeem Khan, Amjad Naseer, Qaisar Ali and Bashir Alam, “Sesimic Behavior of Unreinforced and Con-fined Brick Masonry Walls before and after Ferrocement Overlay Retrofitting”, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Vol.6 (2012), 665-688. (Impact factor 0.439).

»H. Zafar, L. Hasan, A. Khattak, Z. Mufti and S. Jan, “Implementa-tion of the Dynamic Source Routing Protocol in Network Simula-tor 2 – An Overview”, Sindh University Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 491–496, September 2012.

»L. Hasan, H. Zafar, A. Khattak, T. Ali and I. Din, “An Optimized and Parallel Hardware Design for Dot Plot Algorithm”, Sindh Univer-sity Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 449–452, September 2012.

»T. Ali, L. Hasan, H. Zafar, T. Nawaz, S. Ahmad and Y. Muhammad, “Eye State Recognition based on Machine Learning Techniques”, Sindh University Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 395–398, September 2012.

»H. Zafar, M. Zuhairi, D. Harle and I. Andonovic, “A Survey of Qual-ity of Service-aware Routing Approaches for Mobile Ad Hoc Net-works”, IETE Technical Review, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 188–195, May-June 2012. (ISI Impact Factor: 0.724)

»H. Zafar, M. Zuhairi, D. Harle and I. Andonovic, “A Review of Tech-niques for the Analysis of Simulation Output”, IETE Technical Review, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 223–228, May-June 2012. (ISI Impact Factor: 0.724)

»M. Zuhairi, H. Zafar and D. Harle, “Dynamic Reverse Route for On-Demand Routing Protocol in MANET”, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1354–1372, May 2012. (ISI Impact Factor: 0.372)

»H. Zafar, D. Harle, I. Andonovic, L. Hasan and A. Khattak, “QoS-aware Multipath Routing Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, International Journal of Communication Networks and Informa-tion Security, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1–10, April 2012.

»M. Zuhairi, H. Zafar and D. Harle, “On-Demand Routing with Uni-directional Link Using Path Loss Estimation Technique”, Proc. Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), London, UK, April 2012.

»S. Shahid, N.U. Din, H. Zafar, K. Yahya and L. Hasan, “Perfor-mance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in Vehicular Ad Hoc Net-works”, Pakistan Journal of Science, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 35–38, March 2012.

»Engr. Qurat-ul-Ain and Abdul Hai presented research paper titled, "Efficiency enhancement of solar water heater using tube inserts" at 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference “Towards Better Pakistan 2012” held from 24th - 25th Sep, 2012 at Sarhad Univer-sity, Peshawar.

»Engr. Qurat-ul-Ain and Abdul Hai presented research topic "Effi-ciency enhancement of solar water heater by investigating sur-face properties "at 6th vacuum and surface sciences conference of Asia and Australia from 9th - 13th Oct,2012 at Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad.

Prof. Dr. Sira-ul-Islam, Professor Mathematics at the Department of Basic Sciences has been appointed as an Editor of a highly presti-gious international Journal: "International Journal of Computer Math-ematics” published by Taylor and Francis Group, based in UK and USA. He will contribute in Section B of the Journal titled, Computa-tional Mathematics and Applications.

Prof. Dr. Siraj-ul-Islam appointed asEditor of IJCM

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A one-week vocational training for in service officials (sub engineers) was held in two phases by the IEEE Foundation (KPK Chapter) under the

auspices of Continuing Engineering Education Center (CEEC) UET, Peshawar. The officials of C&W, Irrigation and Public Health Engineering

Departments, of KPK attended this training with the aim to upgrade their knowledge and skills regarding flood management and eradication of

losses caused by floods. This was part of a series of capacity building and skill

development trainings under the humanitarian assistance of IEEE Foundation

for the flood affected areas of KPK.

A certificate distribution ceremony of training was held on October 9, 2012 at

CEEC with vice chancellor, as chief guest. In total, sixty three participants were

awarded completion certificates. In his concluding remarks, the vice chancellor

appreciated IEEE Foundation for their humanitarian assistance and contribution

of CEEC, adding the Center under supervision of Engr. S. Asif Ali Shah, Director

CEEC is moving in right direction. He said engineers are the backbone of econ-

omy and their professional growth is the need of the day to get at par with interna-

tional standards. Therefore, CEEC is playing an effective role with highly quali-

fied resources and state-of-the-art facilities. The ceremony was attended by Prof.

Dr. Azzam-ul-Asar, Chair IEEE KPK Chapter, Engr. Alamzeb, Chief Engineer

(North) Irrigation Department, and resource persons of the training course.

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SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCESFACULTY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

NEWS BRIEF»Dr. M. Shahzad Khattak, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Engineering, participated in a three day International

Workshop on “adaptation to Natural hazards in changing global climate scenario” from September 25-27th, 2012 at COMSTECH, Islamabad. He delivered his lecture on “Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Upper Indus River Basin, Paki-stan”.

»Dr. Zia-ul-Haq, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Engineering, presented his paper titled, “application of Genetic Algorithm to sequential Irrigation/Single Machine Scheduling Problem” at an International Conference on Genetic and Evolution-ary Methods (GEM' 12), 2012” held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from July 16-19, 2012.

»Research papers of Naeem Khan, M. Irfan Khattak and Dewei Gul, “Robust state Estimation and its application to spacecraft con-trol” have been accepted for the Journal of Automatica, DO1:10.1016/j.automatica.201.07.002.

»A dedicated Research & Development (R&D) laboratory has been established at Bannu campus with ten (10) latest personal com-puters and state-of-the-art research facilities. Two new computer laboratories have also been established having twenty five (25) computers each and all basic facilities.

»The Academic council in its 63rd meeting approved the establishment of Electrical Engineering Department at UET Mardan Cam-pus . The Electrical Engineering Department started with an initial intake of 100 candidates (50 in each stream) from Fall-2012 Semester.

»Engr. Muhammad Ajmal, Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, has been awarded PhD Scholarship by HEC under “Faculty Development for UESTPs/UETs”. He has joined the Hanyang University, South Korea to pursue his higher studies.

»Dr. Khan Muhammad Assistant Professor, Mining Engineering Department conducted a two day teaching skill Development Refresher Course at Continuing Engineering Education Center.

»Mining Engineering department conducted the First Aid Training for out going 8th semester Mining engineering students, orga-nized by Pakistan Red Crescent Society KPK Branch, Peshawar.

»Dr. M. Shahzad Khattak, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Engineering, has been appointed as Director Clubs, UET Peshawar.

»Engr. Najvia Khattak, Engr. Atif Jan, Engr. Asim Ghalib and Engr. Fiaz Ahmad have been inducted at the Electrical Engineering Department, while Engr. Sardar Atta-ur-Rahman, Engr. Zia-Ur-Rehman & Engr. Qasim Khan have been inducted at Civil Engi-neering Department, Bannu Campus.

Vocational Training for Sub Engineers

Group photo of participants with Vice Chancellor

EEC Conducts Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Building Model Before and After RetrofittingEarthquake Engineering Center (EEC), at Civil Engineering Depart-ment, performed the first-ever test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale concrete block masonry building, to determine its seismic capacity and risk assessment before and after retrofitting as con-crete blocks are cheaper than bricks and can be made from the local material easily anywhere in Pakistan.

The test was performed by Dr. Khan Shahzada, lecturer Department of Civil Engineering in the research project titled, “Seismic Capacity Assessment Before & After Retrofitting of Infrastructure (Unreinforced Concrete Block Masonry Building)” sponsored by HEC Islamabad through UET Peshawar. After October 8, 2005 Kash-mir earthquake, the use of concrete block in masonry building has been increased tremendously and its seismic capacity assessment is must to be determined experimentally on scientific basis.

Dr. Khan Shahzada, said that testing on a full scale concrete block masonry building was done for the first time in Pakistan, and test of similar nature on brick masonry buildings only have been conducted in Italy in 1995, USA in 2004 and UET Peshawar in 2010. The experi-mental data yield that the lateral/seismic capacity of unreinforced concrete block masonry buildings can be enhanced twice after retro-fitting by using ferrocement overlay. Shahzada said, it would bring socio-economic benefits for the country as most of the building could be retrofitted with minimum cost instead of rebuilding them. Dr.Bora Gencturk, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmen-tal Engineering, University of Houston extended their help and guid-ance as consultant in this project.

»Khan Shahzada, Akhtar Naeem Khan, Amr Elnashai, Mohmmad Ashraf, Muhammad Javed, Amjad Naseer, [2012]"Experimental Seismic Performance Evaluation of Umeinforced Brick Masonry Buildings" Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Volume 28, No.3, Pages 1-22, August 2012, (DOI:10.1193/1.4000073). (Impact factor 3.744)

»Youssef M.A Hashash, Byungmin Kim, Scott M. Olson, Irshad Ahmad, “Seismic Hazard Analysis using discrete faults in North-western Pakistan: Part-1 Methodology and Evaluation”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 16, 2012, 963-994 (impact factor = 0.843)

»Ahmad, N., Ali, Q., Umar, M. [2012] "Simplified engineering tools

Research Papers & Publications

for seismic analysis and design of traditional Dhajji-Dewari struc-tures", Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. ( Impact factor= 1.599)

»Rawaid Khan, Abdul Jabbar, Irshad Ahmad, Wajid Khan, Akhtar Naeem Khan, Jahangir Mirza, "Reduction in environmental prob-lems using Rice-Husk ash in concrete" Construction and Building Materials, 30(2012) 360-365, (impact factor= 1.35)

»Ali, Q., Schacher, T., Ashraf, M., Alam, B., Naeem, A., Ahmad, N. and Umar, M., [2012] "In-plane behavior of Dhajji-Dewari struc-tural system (wooden braced frame with masonry infill)", Earth-quake Spectra, Vol. 28(03), pp. 1-24. (Impact factor 3.744)

»Mohammad Ashraf, Akhtar Naeem Khan, Amjad Naseer, Qaisar Ali and Bashir Alam, “Sesimic Behavior of Unreinforced and Con-fined Brick Masonry Walls before and after Ferrocement Overlay Retrofitting”, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Vol.6 (2012), 665-688. (Impact factor 0.439).

»H. Zafar, L. Hasan, A. Khattak, Z. Mufti and S. Jan, “Implementa-tion of the Dynamic Source Routing Protocol in Network Simula-tor 2 – An Overview”, Sindh University Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 491–496, September 2012.

»L. Hasan, H. Zafar, A. Khattak, T. Ali and I. Din, “An Optimized and Parallel Hardware Design for Dot Plot Algorithm”, Sindh Univer-sity Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 449–452, September 2012.

»T. Ali, L. Hasan, H. Zafar, T. Nawaz, S. Ahmad and Y. Muhammad, “Eye State Recognition based on Machine Learning Techniques”, Sindh University Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 395–398, September 2012.

»H. Zafar, M. Zuhairi, D. Harle and I. Andonovic, “A Survey of Qual-ity of Service-aware Routing Approaches for Mobile Ad Hoc Net-works”, IETE Technical Review, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 188–195, May-June 2012. (ISI Impact Factor: 0.724)

»H. Zafar, M. Zuhairi, D. Harle and I. Andonovic, “A Review of Tech-niques for the Analysis of Simulation Output”, IETE Technical Review, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 223–228, May-June 2012. (ISI Impact Factor: 0.724)

»M. Zuhairi, H. Zafar and D. Harle, “Dynamic Reverse Route for On-Demand Routing Protocol in MANET”, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1354–1372, May 2012. (ISI Impact Factor: 0.372)

»H. Zafar, D. Harle, I. Andonovic, L. Hasan and A. Khattak, “QoS-aware Multipath Routing Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, International Journal of Communication Networks and Informa-tion Security, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1–10, April 2012.

»M. Zuhairi, H. Zafar and D. Harle, “On-Demand Routing with Uni-directional Link Using Path Loss Estimation Technique”, Proc. Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), London, UK, April 2012.

»S. Shahid, N.U. Din, H. Zafar, K. Yahya and L. Hasan, “Perfor-mance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in Vehicular Ad Hoc Net-works”, Pakistan Journal of Science, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 35–38, March 2012.

»Engr. Qurat-ul-Ain and Abdul Hai presented research paper titled, "Efficiency enhancement of solar water heater using tube inserts" at 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference “Towards Better Pakistan 2012” held from 24th - 25th Sep, 2012 at Sarhad Univer-sity, Peshawar.

»Engr. Qurat-ul-Ain and Abdul Hai presented research topic "Effi-ciency enhancement of solar water heater by investigating sur-face properties "at 6th vacuum and surface sciences conference of Asia and Australia from 9th - 13th Oct,2012 at Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad.

Prof. Dr. Sira-ul-Islam, Professor Mathematics at the Department of Basic Sciences has been appointed as an Editor of a highly presti-gious international Journal: "International Journal of Computer Math-ematics” published by Taylor and Francis Group, based in UK and USA. He will contribute in Section B of the Journal titled, Computa-tional Mathematics and Applications.

Prof. Dr. Siraj-ul-Islam appointed asEditor of IJCM

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In Focus: Dr. Akhtar Hussain Khalil

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

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CORRESPONDENTS

Mardan Campus: Lect. Naznina Hakim KhanBannu Campus: Dr. Fayaz Ahmad (Coordinator)Abbottabad Campus: Ar. Shabbirullah Qureshi

Dr. Akhtar Khalil joined the Department of Telecommunication Engineering at UET Mardan

Campus as an Assistant Professor in December 2009. Dr. Akhtar completed his Bachelor in

Electronics Engineering Degree from National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) in

2005 and Ph.D in communication networks from Loughborough University UK in 2009. His

research area was “Preventing Spam Using Access Codes with a Combination of Existing

Antispam Techniques”. During his stay in UK, he attended more than 40 professional

development courses and is a resource person for career guidance and professional

development at UET, Peshawar.

Dr. Akhtar has a vast experience in teaching, research & development and consultancy. He has

worked for various R&D groups in France, Spain, Norway and UK. He has post-doctorate teaching and research

experience in the UK. In Loughborough University, he has also worked as a principal investigator on some research

projects for companies like General Electrics. He is the author of a book and co-author of research papers in the areas

of spam and information security.

Dr. Akhtar is actively involved in creating awareness about the importance of Intellectual Property Rights like patents

and in bridging the gap between academia and industry. He presented papers in conferences and seminars on the

topics of research, commercialization, academia and intellectual property. His areas of interest include mobile

applications development, communication networks, network security, information security and privacy, security

systems, wireless sensor networks and embedded systems.

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