Newsletter

APRIL, 2013

University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan

Patron: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, Vice Chancellor

INSIDE
Jalozai Campus Ground Breaking Ceremony held at Jalozai Campus Seismic Capacity Test held at EEC Shell Eco-Marathon EventUET Peshawar to participate Infocus: Dr. Muhammad Hamad Alizai

Now walk the talk

By: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani
Originally published in The Express Tribune, April 27, 2013.

Spring is in the air; new life is sprouting green and birds are singing melodious songs. Add to this the euphoric expectation of a new political dispensation taking shape naturally and one can easily become heady. Cynics say that when all is said and done, nothing will change; romantic optimists think this political spring will be different something good will happen, something that puts Pakistan back on track. The truth will be in-between. Parties are putting out manifestos full of promises, with timelines to fulfill them. Some are readily doable, many hard to believe, and some are, well, political jargon for lies. In all this election rhetoric, one issue that is getting more mention this time across all parties is education. Astute as they are, they are even putting a price tag on the investments they will make, knowing well that this will add wind to their political sails. Be that as it may, these are God's small mercies that I wish and pray convert to public policy. Of course, we are accustomed to the vacuous promises politicians make. But things change. Who would have thought the innocuous Article 62 would sting those who let it stay in the Constitution with such malice? Or, that a little fib about academic qualifications five years back would knock them out of the elections? While some of it appears sadly comical, suffice it to say that a new paradigm is

at play. We may yet find a path for Pakistan. But we are inured with empty words. Politicians have talked the talk on education long enough; let's nudge them to now walk that talk. What is obvious is that education is the only panacea for us, and the path to national salvation cannot be found without educating Pakistan. We know this, our parents knew this, and their parents and on and on because we strive to educate our children well, just as our parents did. And we the power brokers and policymakers have created perfect little niches where our scions get a good, credible education. It's only when we formulate policies for the poor and downtrodden, i.e., the vast majority, that our eyes become hazy and we get entangled in cliches and empty rhetoric. Let us keep it simple. Let us try to do unto others as we do unto our own. Let us try to give children in the public sector school system some fighting chance against the children of the elite. God creates all men equal; we are unjustly creating an educational apartheid. When you cut to the bone through the technical, administrative and a myriad other reasons afflicting public sector schools, a stark reality staring us in the face is the woefully inadequate investment we make in education. At this point, many will argue that even the current investment is not properly utilised,

and even with all the restraints, some schools perform better than others. This only obfuscates the fundamental argument. Some schools may be performing better, but none is even close to where we want them because of inadequate funding. If one researches public sector investment in education, one will find Pakistan near the bottom. Cuba invests around 17 per cent of its GDP on education; the US over five per cent. India, Bangladesh and Nepal are also ahead of us as we are painfully feeling the blowback from a flawed policy in pitiful educational statistics. This is now starkly manifested in the breakdown of institutions and society, where an out-of-school kid has no qualms blowing people up for a pittance because of hopeless despair. My eminent colleagues, vice chancellors of public sector universities, have deliberated over the malaise in the education sector and are of the unanimous view that the singular important reason is inadequate funding. Unless education is better funded, we will continue to plummet in a dizzying spiral. Once the policymakers decide that empty words are not enough and serious money needs to go into education, modalities of how it can be efficiently achieved can be readily worked out. Let us chastise the political elite into making education their top priority no ifs, no buts, no hows.

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Naway Sahar Laptop Distribution For Students

In total 1761 laptops were handed over to the UET, Peshawar for distribution to the students. A ceremony titled, Naway Sahar Laptops Distribution Program was held for the toppers of UET, Peshawar in which upto 34 laptops were distributed to students while 4 laptops were given to the students of KP Technical Board. The rest of laptops were distributed phase wise to students who scored 70 pc marks in their examinations. Secretary Higher Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ms. Farah Hamid distributed laptops among students. In her address to the students, she said the Naway Sahar laptop scheme was planned and implemented smoothly and transparently, adding that the Government was planning to establish monitoring and maintenance system so that students could report in case of trouble shoot, adding, students should use these laptops for education purpose and healthy entertainment, the Higher Education Department will strictly check off abusers. The Vice Chancellor, Dean of Engineering, Registrar, Heads of Departments, senior faculty members and Project Director Naway Sahar, Adeel Shah were also present on the occasion. The vice chancellor urged the students to make better use of laptops and be thankful to the Provincial Government for their contribution to their studies.

Secretary Higher Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ms. Farah Hamid distributing laptops amongst the students

South Asia Expert Meeting at Katmandu, Nepal

A delegation from Pakistan participated in South-Asia Experts Meeting and Training Workshop (1-3 March 2013) organized by National Society of Earthquake Technology (NSET)-Nepal at Katmandu in collaboration with the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation, headquartered at Italy. The event was sponsored by the USAID. This event was attended by the GEM Foundation Secretary, GEM Model Facility Experts and Consultants, Experts and Participants from South-Asia Region (e.g. India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal besides Pakistan). The purpose of the workshop was to introduce state-of-the-art GEM's tools, methods, and metrics for measuring seismic risk of communities holistically; to have detailed discussions related to the technological and methodological needs within the South Asia region pertaining to the assessment of socioeconomic vulnerability and resilience of communities; with a subsequent goal to better understand regionally specific drivers of seismic risk and resilience and to be able to suggest pertinent factors for integrated seismic risk assessments, accounting for both physical and social parameters of the exposure (structures and infrastructures and population) contributing to the total seismic risk. The delegation from Pakistan included Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant Professor, at The Earthquake Engineering Center (EEC) , who led the delegation presenting Pakistan at the Platform as an ambassador of Earthquake Engineering Research; Mr. Adeel Arshad and Miss. Tayyaba Bibi, Lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, UET Peshawar; and Mr. Syed Tallataf Hussain, Lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences (Abbottabad Campus). All the participants were introduced to the state-of-the-art tools for modelling and assessing seismic risk of communities around the globe; with hands-on practice for seismic hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment of communities in the Katmandu state of Nepal.

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In his recommendation, Dr. Naveed said, There is a strong need GEM feels for modelling seismic hazard and seismic vulnerability of structures and infrastructures in the South Asian region, including Pakistan, in order for the GEM's tools to be efficiently used for earthquake risk management in this region, added Dr. Naveed Ahmad that an utmost important activity essential for countries with high seismic risk like Pakistan. Furthermore, Dr. Naveed Ahmad observed, after meeting with the counterpart experts from South Asia region, that despite our tremendous development in earthquake engineering research, our key strengths and research products are not fully defined in the South Asia region, which is demanded since this region is sharing almost similar culture and societies. There is a need for the development of a communication channel to disseminate knowledge and strength in earthquake engineering research. In this regards, an idea is coined by Dr. Naveed Ahmad, with the advice of Prof. Dr. Akhtar Naeem Khan and Prof. Qaisar Ali, to establish Seismic Risk Section at the EEC that can help support the EEC in achieving its goal of making seismic resilient societies in Pakistan and neighboring countries sharing similar cultures like the South Asia Group Photo of the Workshop participants countries.

Jalozai Ground Breaking

The Vice Chancellor performed the groundbreaking ceremony of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Departments at Jalozai Campus in the presence of faculty members and the administrative staff. The Jalozai Campus of UET, Peshawar approved at the cost of Rs. 6.56 b will be a fully residential campus constructed at 400-acre land. Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice chancellor said the occasion was the realization of a dream that would continue improving high-quality education to the local people. He added that, standard of the University was based on its quality of education and Jalozai Campus must follow the chain. On completion of Jalozai campus, the total student enrollment, including Peshawar and satellite campuses will be doubled upto 8000, the faculty to 200 and introduction of state-of-the-art laboratories would definitely make a huge difference in delivering quality education. The Vice chancellor said the University was doing considerable work, as eight academic blocks would be constructed Vice Chancellor inagurating the new departments phase wise, adding, the Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering Departments are almost near completion while civil work on Industrial engineering and Mechanical engineering had started with the groundbreaking of these departments at the cost of Rs. 310 m. He added that the development of human resources was a central tenet of the University policy, and the initiative would considerably add to the human resource development of Jalozai Campus as more than 100 scholars were currently pursuing Ph.Ds' at world known universities. Among others, Former Registrar Prof. Abdul Jabbar, Advisor Finance Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Heads of Teaching Departments and senior University officials were present on the occasion. Later on, the delegation walked through the Civil and Electrical Engineering departments who appreciated the quality of work.

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EEC Conducts Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Confined Brick Masonry Building
The EEC at the Civil Engineering Department performed the firstever test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale confined brick masonry building to determine its seismic capacity and risk assessment for future construction in the country since confined brick masonry buildings performed well in the October 8, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake. Dr. Khan Shahzada, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering performed the test under the research project titled, Seismic Capacity Assessment of Confined Brick Masonry Buildings funded by the Directorate of Science and Technology (DOST) Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. After October 8, 2005's Kashmir earthquake the use of confined brick masonry buildings though increased drastically, its seismic capacity assessment has to be determined experimentally on scientific basis. There was no scientific date available, which could inform the industry whether it was safe to use brick masonry for construction or not. Thus, Dr. Shahzada, the Principal Investigator performed the full scale firstever test on a full scale confined brick masonry building which could offer actual results. The results of test yielded that the lateral/seismic capacity of confined brick masonry buildings was three times greater than the unreinforced masonry buildings which was also tested earlier at EEC in 2010. Dr. Shahzada said, it would not only bring socio-economic benefits for the country, as most of the buildings could be made safe by using this technique but help in reducing Earthquake losses. He appreciated the support of DOST in promoting indigenous research in the Province.

Full scale confined brick masonry building model after test

Asme Holds Professional Development Course

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at Mechanical Engineering Department held a mega event of Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) from 22nd 24th February 2013. SPSC is the biggest event organized each year in different engineering universities of Pakistan. Representatives from engineering universities across Pakistan had gathered at this three-day prestigious event, which featured many contests including Student Design Competition and Technical Paper Presentation etc. This year ASME UET, Peshawar hosted the event in which 18 engineering universities from Pakistan will participate in different competitions including student leadership seminar, video, technical presentation, and Poster competition and vice chair competition. The winners of these competitions ate expected to attend the SPSC to be held in Malaysia in near future.

President EUTA, Dr. Sahar Noor expressed full confidence in the leadership of vice chancellor and said that EUTA having no political affiliation would only work for the welfare of teaching community and betterment of University as they believed in together we can do it, theme chosen by EUTA for this tenure.

EUTA Takes Oath

The oath taking ceremony of Engineering University Teachers Association (EUTA) was held on February 21st. The Vice chancellor administered oath from Dr. Sahar Noor as President; Dr. Riaz Akbar as Vice President; Dr. Afzal as General Secretary and Dr. Nasir as Joint Secretary. The Executive Body also took oath on the occasion. The vice chancellor said he was ready to accept any task which would help the cause of higher education in the University and appreciated the role of teachers for standing by University administration in all times.

Vice Chancellor with EUTA cabinet

All Pakistan Optics Olympiad

All Pakistan Optics Olympiad was held at GIKI, arranged by the Society of Photo-optical Intrumentation Engineers(SPIE). A group of 38 students participated from UET Peshawar, headed by Hashim khan, student of mechanical engineering 5th semester who was the SPIE Ambassador from UET Peshawar. Participating teams attended different modules. Benazir Shahid , Maimona Zahid, Hashim Khan and Tayyab Khan were amongst the winners in different slots in the Olympiad.

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International Travelling Expo
The International Traveling expo titled, Energies, for a Sustainable World conducted by the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) in collaboration with Embassy of France was held at University. At the concluding ceremony, Dr. Frederic Bessat, Counsel Development and Cooperation, Embassy of France, while speaking on the occasion appreciated the work of PSF for the promotion of Science, and expressed the hope to continue its support to the people of Pakistan in coping with the current energy crisis and promotion of Research and Development in the country. Addressing the students, the delegate cited his personal experience, that his father advised, if you are in Pakistan, you have to like people of Pakistan and understand them well. On behalf of the Government of France, he said, I want to assure you that we like you, and the France Government is with the people of Pakistan in putting this country in right direction. He said, the Embassy of France directly and through the European Union is helping the Government of Pakistan in building dams, schools and offering Ph.D. scholarships to scholars and need-based scholarships to Pakistani students, particularly from KPK. Addressing the closing ceremony, Member Science PSF Dr. Khalil Ahmad said this year, keeping in view the importance of Energy Issues, PSF decided to give theme to the Expo titled Energies, for a Sustainable World for showcasing in Pakistan during March-April, 2013, he added. He thanked the Embassy of France for collaboration with PSF in different science education programmes over the years. Director General, Dr. Khalid Islam, Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Science (PCRET) briefed the audience about different projects offered by PICRET. Dean University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Dr. Zahid Mehmood earlier welcomed the guests while Dr. Najeeb Ullah also shared his thoughts about his Ph.D. work with Cambridge University, UK. The expo attracted students from educational institutions of KPK the opening ceremony of which was performed by the Vice chancellor-an impressive forum to create awareness on importance of energy resources and their sustainable use.

PSF Officials, Dean of Engineering UET Peshawar, Dr. Frederic Bessat, Counsel Development and Cooperation, Embassy of France,

Mini Olympics at UET Mardan Campus held

The mini Olympics was held from March 6th19th at Mardan Campus, aimed to deliver the extra ordinary enthusiasm of young players and to materialize the ecstatic event. The MINI Olympics Mardan campus is a flagship event organised by Mardan campus by setting up a sporting legacy for the last three years. The event featured various sporting events in which different teams from the Departments of Computer Software and Telecommunications Engineering competed against each other. The chief guest, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean UET Peshawar along with coordinator Mardan campus, Dr. Imran khan and the faculty members opened the event. The Dean, in his address received the participating teams with warm note. Later on, the chief guest lit the torch and declared the MINI Olympics 2013 Open. The closing ceremony marked with distribution of trophies and awards of the Mini Olympics was held on March 19th, 2013. The Vice chancellor was the chief guest on the occasion.

Vice Chancellors group photo with participating team

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SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES

Energy Management System and Renewable Energy
One day Seminar on Energy Management system and Renewable energy arranged by the SMEDA (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority) was held on 8th March 2013 at UET Bannu Campus. Dr.Irfan Khattak ,The Chairman Electrical Engineering Department, started the event with a welcome address to Engr Hidayat Ullah Khattak. Later on, Engr HidayatUllah Khattak addressed the achievements and importance of SMEDA and narrated some practical applications regarding Energy Management System and Renewablew energy.

UET Peshawar's Octa Machina makes up to compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon, Malaysia
As many as 13 Pakistani teams will be up against 137 others in Malaysia at the Sepang F-1 track in Kaula Lumpur to be held in July at the Shell Eco-Marathon 2013 event. Haider Khan and his fellows, the final year students of Department of Mechanical Engineering designed a car a 184 kilogram , 7 8cc grey four-wheeler named, Octa Machina, which does around 65 kilometres per litre (km /l) passed most of the tests, with a few suggestions from the specialists. Haider and his seven team members are set to show up in Malaysia at the event. Haider's team modified a 125 cc bike's engine. They used an aerodynamic, fibre glass body to increase mileage and are also trying to attach an Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) system for more improvements. This is the first time two teams from UET Peshawar are competing at international forum. A panel of judges from academia, media industry and government sector inspected the vehicles at the launch ceremony held at NUST, Rawalpindi on 17th May, which will be followed with a grand event where Pakistani teams will get the opportunity to showcase their prototype cars and compete with 130 teams from 16 countries of Asia. At the launch event, UET Peshawar's team won the award for safety while innovation prize was also awarded to UET's Urban Concept vehicle. Besides UET Peshawar, NUST, UET Jamshoro, NED, Air University, GIK, PNEC and Fast are participating in the event. The Shell Eco-Marathon is an educational project that encourages and fosters innovation in exploring potential solutions to both current and future transport and energy challenges. This year in addition to prizes for vehicles which can go furthest using the least amount of energy, there will also be awards for off-track performance, including innovation, design and others. Shell Pakistan has also awarded six cash prizes to the teams worth Rs 0.9 million altogether UET Peshawar team and NUSTs team won separate award worth Rs.2 00,000 for the most innovative car.

Research Publications
Gul, Rizwan M., Oral, Ebru, and Muratoglu, Orhun K., A New I. Aziz. and Siraj-ul-Islam, New algorithms for the numerical

Technique for Surface Cross-linked UHMWPE by Diffusion of Peroxides, 2013 Annual Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, Paper No. 0269 (2013).
Gul, Rizwan M., Oral, Ebru, and Muratoglu, Orhun K., Oxida-

solution of nonlinear Fredholm and Volterra integral equations using Haar wavelets, Journal of Computational and Applied Math. 239 (2013) 333-345 (Impact factor =1.112).
I. Aziz, Siraj-ul-Islam and B. Sarler Wavelets collocation meth-

tion Resistant Peroxide Crosslinked UHMWPE, 2013 Annual Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, Paper No. 1819 (2013).
Subhanuddin, M. Ramzan, T.A. Khan et al. (2013), Impact of Till-

age and Mulching Practices on Weed Biomass and Yield Components of Maize under Rainfed Conditions, Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research, Vol: 19(2) 2013.
Mahmood, M.A., Bora, T., Dutta, J., Studies on hydrothermally

synthesized zinc oxide nanorod arrays for their enhanced visible light photocatalysis, Int. J. Environmental Technology and Management, 16(1/2) 146-159 (2013).
Siraj-ul-Islam and I. Aziz., A new approach for the numerical

solution of integro-differential equations via Haar wavelets, International Journal of Computer Mathematics 239 (2013) 333-345 (Impact factor =0.6).

ods for the numerical solution of elliptic BV problems, Applied Math. Modeling 37 (2013) 676-694 (Impact factor =1.375). Siraj-ul-Islam, B. Sarler and R. Vertnik Local Radial Basis Function Collocation Method Along With Explicit Time Stepping For Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations, Applied Numerical. Mathematics, 67 (2013) 136-151 (Impact factor =0.99). Sahib Khan, Implementation of variable least significant bits stegnography using modular distance technique, IACISSE, LNEE Vol. 152, 2013 Sahib Khan, Bit position based qualitative and quantitative analysis of DCT and spatial domain stegnography, IJCSI, 2013. Usman Khan, Speech Enhancement with Geometric Advent of Spectral Subtraction using Connected Time-Frequency Regions Noise Estimation, Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Jan., 2013.

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M. Ali, M. T. Rahim, U. Ali and G. Ali On Metric dimension of Dr.Naeem Khan, Engr Faheem Khan, Dr.M.I Khattak, Engr Latif

some rotationally symmetric graphs," Hindawi Publishing Corporation ISRN Combinatorics,Vol, 2013, Article ID 724049,5pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/724049. K. Habib, R.F. Javed, I. Hussain (2013), Canonical Correlation Analysis of Manufacturing Efficiency Enablers for SMEs in Pakistan. ISSN 2251-1571. Kashif Ahmad, Nasir Ahmad, Kamal Haider and M. Jawad Ikram (2012), Effect of Salient Features in Object Recognition, International Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI), vol. 61, issue. 13, January 2013. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Hanno Wirtz, Bernhard Kirchen, Klaus Wehrle: Portable Wireless-Networking Protocol Evaluation, Elsevier Journal of Computer and Network Applications (JNCA), Volume 36, doi:10.1016/j.jnca.2013.02.022, 2013. Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. Financially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure development of a system dynamics model. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. Impact Factor: 0.727 Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. Financially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure implementation of a system dynamics model. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. Impact Factor: 0.727 Naeem Khan, M. Irfan Khattak, M. Naeem Khan, Faheem Khan, LatifUllah Khan and S. Abdus Salam, Implementation of Linear Prediction Techniques, 10th IEEE International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST 13) Pakistan 2013. Faheem Khan, Naeem Khan, LatifUllah Khan, M. Naeem Khan and Bilal Pirzada, On the Optimal Frame Size of Linear Prediction Techniques, In the proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT 13) India, 2013. LatifUllah Khan, Naeem Khan, Faheem Khan, M. Naeem Khan and Bilal Pirzada, Effect of Network Density on Performance of MANET Routing Protocol, In the proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT 13) India, March 2013. Saeed, T. A, K. Daulat, H. Attaullah, T.A. Khan and M.A. Khan, (2013), Urban Solid Waste Management in Peshawar, Mardan and Nowshera Districts, 1st International Conference on Global Environmental Changes (January 15-16, 2013), Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan. Mustaba Hassan, Hand Structure Analysis for Finger Identification and Joints Localization, Information'2013, International Conference May 8-11 in Tokyo, Japan. Murtaza. Ali, M. T. Rahim, G. Ali, Resolvability in planner graph and metric dimension of planner graph.( 6th World Conference on 21st Century Mathematics 2013, ASSMS, Lahore (6-9 March 2013). Usman, T.; L. Fu; L. F. Miranda-Moreno (2013). Analysis of factors affecting winter collision severity. Paper No. 13 1669, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.

Ullah Khan, Engr.Syed.Abdul Salam, Engr Muhammad. Naeem Khan and D-W Gu Implementation of Linear Prediction Techniques in State estimation, In the proceedings of 10th IEEE International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST-2013) Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan 15-19, 2013 Latif Ullah Khan, G. M Khan, S.A Mahmud, Zeeshan Sabir Comparison of Three Interpolation Techniques In Comb-Type PilotAssisted Channel Coded OFDM System In the proceedings of The 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2013) Barcelona, Spain, March 25-28, 2013. Latif Ullah Khan, Faheem Khan, N khan, M.N Khan, Bilal Pirzada Effect of network density on the performance of MANET routing protocols In the proceedings of International Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies(ICCPCT-2013), March 21-22, 2013 Latif Ullah Khan, M. Inayatullah Babar, Zeeshan Sabir. Robust Modified MMSE Estimator for Comb-Type Channel Estimation in OFDM Systems In the proceedings of 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communications technology (ICACT2013), Phoenix Park, Korea, Jan 27-30, 2013 (Nominated Best Paper) Faheem Khan, Naeem Khan, Latif Ullah Khan, M. N Khan, Bilal Pirzada On the Optimal Frame Size of Linear Prediction Techniques In the proceedings of International Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT-2013), March 21-22, 2013 Junaid Akbar, Bashir Alam, Muhammad Ashraf, Salman Afzal, Asfandyar Ahmad, Khan Shahzada, Evaluating the Effect of Bentonite on Strength and Durability of High Performance Concrete International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 2319-5347, Vol. 02, No. 02, January 2013, pp 1-5. Bashir Alam, Salman Afzal, Junaid Akbar, Muhammad Ashraf, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Ejaz Shabab, Mitigating Sulphate Attack in High Performance Concrete International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 23195347, Vol. 02, No. 02, January 2013, pp 11-15. Bashir Alam, M. I. Haque, Qaisar Ali, Khan Shahzada, Syed Mohammad Ali, Afzal Khan, Muhammad Ibrahim Optimal Geometry of Pin-Jointed Plane frames using a Hybrid Complex Method International journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering, ISSN 2319-5347, Vol. 02, No. 02, January 2013, pp 24-30. Hanno Wirtz, Muhammad HamadAlizai, Klaus Wehrle: Fuzzy Logical Coordinates and Location Services for Scalable Addressing in Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference on Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services (WONS), Banff (Alberta), Canada, March, 2013. Asmat Ullah. et al., Filtration of suspensions using slit pore membranes, Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 103, 15 January 2013, Pages 180186.

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In Focus: Dr. Muhammad Hamad Alizai
Dr. Muhammad Hamad Alizai recently completed his Ph.D in Engineering Sciences from RWTH Aachen University, Germany with the thesis titled, Exploiting Wireless Link Dynamics. After completing his Ph.D, he has joined the Department of Computer Systems Engineering as an Assistant Professor. He received the summa cum laude accolade for his research, granted to only top 10 percent of researchers in Europe. Previously he obtained the DAAD-Siemens scholarship for MS at the same institute through a careful scrutiny process in which only two students from South-East Asia were selected. During his research at RWTH Aachen, Dr. Alizai won a grant of PKR 26 Million to support his research. He has also participated in several European Union research projects such as MOMENTUM and UMIC. One of his papers won the Best Abstract award at ACM Sensys 2010, the top ranked conference in the field of sensor networks. Furthermore he has more than 30 publications in ISI indexed journals and conferences. His research interests include networking technologies as the Internet of things, sensornets, delay tolerant networking and cloud computing. He is particularly interested in applications, protocols, architectures and evaluation tools for the networks of the future where computers will be embedded everywhere and in everything. He has conducted extensive research in one such class of networks (i.e.,sensornets) and developed algorithms, protocols and architectures for energy-efficient, reliable and opportunistic communications.

NEWS BRIEF
Research & Development Laboratory has been renovated, and is fully equipped with 10 units Core i-3 systems with 4MB dedi-

cated DSL connection for the academic & research purposes of the faculty members of Bannu Campus.
The World Health Organization Country office, Islamabad, handed over 3-Units Wagtech-Water testing kits having worth 2.0

Million to UET Bannu Campus in order to strengthen the Environmental Engineering Laboratory.
A team comprising Muhammad Umair, Umar Farooq, Jaleed Khan, Ehtisham Siddiqui, Umair Asghar, Zuraiz-ud-din, Syed

Shah Asad, Shehroz Rashid and Hassan Mehmood from Department of Computer Systems Engineering (DCSE) won judges Special Appreciation Award at the All Pakistan Drama Festival at University of South Asia, Lahore.
Mr. Ehtisham Siddiqui and Mr. Mohsin Tariq of DCSE won the Technical Quiz Competition at the SoftCom event arranged by

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI).

Mohsin Tariq, Shehroz Rashid, Asfandyar, Jaleed Khan, Behroz Rashid, Umair Asghar, Zuraiz-ud-din, Umar Farooq, Muham-

mad Umair and Ehtisham Siddiqui of DCSE achieved second position in All Peshawar Inter-institutional Drama Competition held at IMSciences.
Seminar on Applications of Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition: Rejection of Intentionally Invalidated Speed Limit

Signs was held at DCSE on 14th May 2013; Engr. Muhammad Tariq Afridi was the key speaker.
Seminar on Exploiting Wireless Link Dynamics at the DCSE on January 29, 2013. Dr. Hamad Ali Zai, Assistant Professor, DCSE

was the speaker.

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