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National University of Sciences & Technology September 2013 MONTHLY NUSTNEWS Volume IV / Issue IX 5th World Engineering Congress at NUST Page 03 First Aid Workshop Orientation Sessions Intra-NUST for Freshmen Badminton Championship Page 13 Page 20 Page 23 Soft copy can be downloaded from NUST website: www.nust.edu.pk/downloads NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS With ordinary talent “and extraordinary perseverance, all“ things are attainable. Thomas Fowell Buxton CONTENTS 03-13 HIGHLIGHTS 14-22 UPDATES FROM SCHOOLS 23-25 CO-CURRICULARS CORNER 26-27 ACHIEVEMENTS Editorial Team Editor: Maryam Khalid Assistant Editor: Faheem Khaliqdad Graphics & Layout: Kareem Muhammad Photography: Ghulam Rasool NUSTNEWS is a monthly publication, produced by Student Affairs Directorate, covering various events across the entire Student Reporters: University. It will be appreciated if the focal Zaid Bin Khamis Butt, Anum Yousaf Khan, persons send reports right after the events so Taimoor Ahmad as to give them timely coverage. NUSTNEWS NUSTNEWS / SEPTEMBER 2013 3 01 HIGHLIGHTS Fifth World Engineering Congress-2013 at NUST Against the backdrop of a myriad of challenges and the alarm- Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Zahid Hamid also ing scenario unfolding as a consequence, the engineering pro- dilated upon the greater significance engineering and technol- fession holds the key to reverse the crises that may drag the ogy has assumed as a result of population explosion especially world into a chaotic situation forbidding the human life to exist in the developing countries. He was of the view that the de- at ease. As the world population continues to multiply at a pace liberations made during the Congress would contribute to the much faster than ever, engineering remedies to the ever-grow- overall development of the engineering sector, which serves as ing fundamental problems like nutrition, health and education the backbone of any economy. have to be therefore more futuristic as well as enduring. Chairman PEC and Patron-in-Chief of the 5th World Engineering President Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr Mamnoon Hussain Congress, Engr. Syed Abdul Qadir Shah welcomed all the partici- addressed these remarks to a packed-out audience at the in- pants to the Congress, especially those who had travelled long augural session of 5th World Engineering Congress held at the distances to reach Islamabad. In her address, Secy Gen FEIIC Dr main campus of National University of Sciences and Technology Gulbazar welcomed the conduct of 5th WEC at NUST, Pakistan. on September 23-24. The President was the chief guest for the Earlier, Rector NUST Engineer Muhammad Asghar expressed opening session of WEC that brought together over 150 top en- his gratitude to the esteemed guests for gracing the occasion gineering brains from across the continents. with their kind presence. He also thanked Pakistan Engineer- The President welcomed the conduct of WEC in Pakistan, and ing Council and other stakeholders of the congress for choosing reiterated that the congress recommendations should run on NUST to host the prestigious World Engineering Congress. all cylinders and on a war-footing taking into account their rel- It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Engineering Coun- evance to mitigating issues shoddily implicating the world. He cil, Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology, Insti- hoped that the congress would provide a good opportunity for tution of Engineers Pakistan, Higher Education Commission, gathering and sharing of experiences amongst the national and COMSATS, and National University jointly organized the three- international community of engineers, technologists, academi- day mega event. cians, scientists and other professionals in related fields, as well WEC is an annual activity of Federation of Engineering Institu- as policymakers interested in addressing issues facing the indus- tions in Islamic Countries. This year it was organized with an aim try and R&D organizations. to provide a forum to engineers, researchers, policymakers and He was fully optimistic that the congress would go a long way professionals in related fields of various institutions to share in the scientific, technological and economic development their knowledge and expertise for the benefit of the member through creating synergies between the countries under the countries and to establish these countries’ effective network- umbrella of The Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islam- ing and collaboration with the global leaders in engineering and ic Countries (FEIIC). technology. 4 NUSTNEWS / SEPTEMBER 2013 HIGHLIGHTS President Islamic Republic of Pakistan Federal Minister for Science & Technology Mr Mamnoon Hussain addressing the audience Mr. Zahid Hamid sharing his views at WEC-2013 Rector NUST Engr Muhammad Asghar delivering his talk Chairman PEC Engr Syed Abdul Qadir Shah delivering welcome speech Secy Gen FEIIC Dr Gulbazar speaking on the significance of President of Pakistan Mr Mamnoon Hussain receiving event WEC-2013 souvenir from Chairman PEC Engr Syed Abdul Qadir Shah HIGHLIGHTS NUSTNEWS / SEPTEMBER 2013 5 A view of audience attending inaugural session of WEC-2013 President of Pakistan leaving his comments in the guest book President of Pakistan posing for a group photograph with other dignitaries Dinner hosted in honour of the guests at PNCA Visit to Tarbela Dam 6 NUSTNEWS / SEPTEMBER 2013 HIGHLIGHTS CIE organises workshop on Fundamentals of IP A workshop for education and public awareness on the ‘Funda- mentals of Intellectual Property’ was organized jointly by NUST Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), the US Commer- cial Law Development Program (CLDP) and the Higher Education Commission on September 23. The workshop was held in School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME) and globally re- nowned speakers were invited as panelists to share their experi- ence and ideas on IP. Mr. Hasan Irfan Khan, from Irfan & Irfan Attorneys at Law sup- ported the implementation of IP philosophy in Pakistan, and stressed that these were not just paper concepts but economies such as China, Indonesia and India had implemented them and achieved results. “By ensuring protection of IP rights we will ac- tually be strengthening National Security in Pakistan,” Mr. Khan reiterated. Ms. Jennifer Ness of the United States Patent & Trademark Office pointed out that the founding fathers of US themselves identified IP rights as the key to their country’s growth and they decided to implement it via supporting the growth of arts and sciences. She briefed the audience on types of US patents, steps to apply for one, and stages of application processing among other things. Ms. Bernice B. Donald, a Federal Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit spoke on trademarks and how they protected brands, patent protection idea, geographic marks and copyrights. She highlighted the significance of protect- ing integrity of the market place and investments via trade mark- ing. In the Q&A session, points were raised on academic/published material distribution in universities in reply to which speakers stressed on the importance of adopting a holistic approach to solve problems of privacy infringements by educational insti- tutes. In the end CLDP organizers thanked NUST for its hospital- ity and Director Innovation and Commercialization Engr. Salman Absar presented NUST shields to the guest speakers. Workshop on How Engineering could Transform Pakistan-PDC Professional Development Center (PDC), a constituent of NUST Institute of Leadership in Education (NILE) organized a training workshop on ‘How Engineering Could Transform Pakistan’. The event was held in PDC Executive Center, CIE building on September 4. The training was conducted by Prof. James Trevelyan from the University of Western Australia. Dr. James has been associated with NUST since the year 2000 and has played a vital role in strengthening academia linkages between the two universities. Pro Rector (P&R) Engr Muhammad Shahid was the chief guest on the occasion. The essence of the workshop was to target engineering faculty and instill in them the importance of best engineering practices that transform students to learners and faculty to teachers. Since engineers are the backbone of a country, this workshop worked towards social, economic as well as cultural progression. Prof. James discussed his work on engineering practices, al- lowing the participants to understand how engineering services in the developed countries seem to cost so much more than they should, often much more than industrialized countries. HOD-Department of Engineering Education Research (DEER), Dr. Qaiser Hameed, re-affirmed this by saying, “NUST is an engineering institute and its students are the eventual product. We don’t want to teach math, we want to optimize the solutions. We don’t just teach subjects, but their integration.” HIGHLIGHTS NUSTNEWS / SEPTEMBER 2013 7 IGIS student intern in Switzerland Muhamamad Mateen Mahmood, student at Institute of Geographical Information Systems (IGIS), SCEE was se- lected for a two-month fully funded internship at Swit- zerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Lausanne). EPFL is the 18th top-ranked engineer- ing research and teaching institution that attracts some of the best intellects in the world. The selection process was highly competitive consider- ing that only 50 privileged students were selected from all