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,Patron: Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani Vice Chancellor
NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletterOctober, 2014
University of Engineering &
Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
Welcome New Entrants!
Beginning of Fall Semester is always exciting, and full
of hope. Not only are we rid of the stifling hot
weather – made all the more unbearable by long
power-outages, we also start our academic calendar,
and enroll a fresh batch of would-be engineers.
A very warm welcome to the new entrants. You have
chosen well, and we are proud to have you with us.
Student life is full of hope and excitement, and we
shall endeavor to make these the best years of your
life. However, you are now in a new environment in which students from different
institutions, different backgrounds, and different cultural and economic strata will
be sharing your space.
In such a multi-cultural mix, it is imperative to accept others who may appear
different, speak another language or dress differently. We are an equal
opportunity university, and do not recognize any group less –or–more–than
others.
A hallmark of UET Peshawar is the strong commitment of our faculty and staff to
work for the benefit of our students. We pride ourselves in being there for you in
every way so you will have a truly transformational educational experience. We
want your time with us to be a pleasurable success. Welcome aboard!
God bless you all!
striving for the highest level of
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
UET Peshawar Entrance Test 2014
MoU with PDMA
Metro-Cure Launching Ceremony
Project Exhibition, 2014
In Focus: Dr. Abdul Shakoor
INSIDE
Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani
Engr. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani inagurating Jalozai CampusEntrance Test 2014
Vice Chancellor’s Message
UET Peshawar Entrance Test 2014 held, 14782 Candidates Appeared
UET Entrance Test for Academic Ses-
sion 2014 was successfully held on
10th August, simultaneously at
Islamia Collegiate Ground, Cricket
Ground at University of Peshawar,
Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad,
Grassy Ground Saidu Sharif Swat
and University Wensum College,
D.I,Khan. The test was conducted
by the Educational Testing and Eval-
uating Agency (ETEA) of Govern-
ment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Around 14782 candidates from Khy-
ber Pakhtun-khwa, including FATA,
AJK and Gilgit Baltistan sat for the
entrance test.
At Peshawar Centre, a total of 9795 candidates appeared in the test with 9489 candidates for admission in engineering dis-
ciplines, and 306 candidates appeared for Computer Science group. At Abbottabad Centre among 1591 candidates, 1534
candidates appeared for engineering group, whereas 57 candidates for the computer science group, at Swat Centre, 2205
candidates appeared in the test with 2174 candidates for engineering disciplines, and 31 candidates appeared for Com-
puter Science group while at D.I. Khan Center 1191 candidates appeared in the test with 1166 candidates for engineering
disciplines, and 25 candidates appeared for Computer Science in the entrance test. Altogether 530 female candidates and
14252 male candidates appeared in all centers.
Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary Higher Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Additional Secretary Higher Edu-
cation Department KP, Dr. Khalid Khan also expressed satisfaction over the arrangements.
Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ullah, VC KMU, Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad, Director Academics, KMU, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean Fac-
ulty of Engineering (UET) and Prof Javed Tajik Registrar and Director Admissions were present on the occasion.
Candidates during the entrance test
Government, Industry and Academia Together Need to Devise Energy Policy
MOU Inked for the Establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (UoT)
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UET and Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education, Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar, inked a
memorandum of understanding on May 5th 2014. Provincial Secretary Industries, Muhamamd Ali Shahzada and the Vice
Chancellor signed the MoU. The agreement is aimed to provide consultancy services for the satisfactory completion of the
establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (KP UoT).
Mr. Muhamamd Ali Shahzada while addressing on the occasion, said the provincial government has realized the impor-
tance of technical cadre as a crucial factor for the socio – economic development of KP. “With the establishment of KP, UoT
Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary HE, Dr. Khalid Khan, Add. Sect. HE, Engr. Imtiaz H Gilani, VC UET and
Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ullah, VC KMU during the Entrance test of UET Peshawar
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UET and Provincial Disaster Management Authority/ Provincial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority
(PDMA-PaRRSA) signed a memorandum of understanding for a disaster resilient Khyber Pukhtunkhwa on 16th June, 2014.
The Vice Chancellor and Director Gen-
eral PDMA-PaRRSA KPK, Muhammad
Tahir Orakzai signed the MOU in pres-
ence of Dean, Registrar UET Peshawar,
Director Operations PDMA and Head
DRM Strategic Unit PDMA.
The MoU is aimed at collaboration in
areas of academic/knowledge
exchange, capacity building, trainings,
advocacy events and research initia-
tives in the field of Disaster Manage-
ment in KPK. Both the parties agreed to
utilize the technical expertise and
UET Peshawar Inks MoU with Provincial Disaster Management Authority
(PDMA-PaRRSA), Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
VC UET and DG PDMA signing the MoU
public sector and private polytechnic institutions will benefit by sending their students to build up their capacity at post
graduate level and learning advanced and high quality skill development courses, adding, “more than 5000 students will be
graduated from KP UoT as a result there will be tremendous opportunities of employment for skilled people”. The present
government has already started a skill training program for 3600 people by engaging them in vocational trainings in collabo-
ration with a UK based center of training. “The KP UoT will be another milestone for the future for which the provincial Govt.
has laid the foundation”, he remarked.
The Vice chancellor appreciated the Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education and expressed his
thanks to the provincial government in posing confidence in UET Peshawar for the consultancy services and envisaging the
vision plan of a new university. He said, the credit goes to PTI government which shows their commitment for improving sta-
tus of human resources, “there is a huge gap in getting access to Higher Education (HE) while only 3% get the chance to
enter into universities”, thus depriving a huge lot of youngsters to get this opportunity. The government has taken a right
step at right time to engage this untapped potential by not only upgrading their technical skills but opening HE opportuni-
ties for them.
Dr. Sadiq Khattak, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering has been appointed as Project Manager KP UoT. He informed
the meeting, UET Peshawar will offer its consultancy services as similar to the Scope of Work, approved by PDWP. It will also
include the preparation of feasibility report of the project according to the approved scope of work, present and share with
the main stakeholders, submit the final
feasibility report and later on, sub-
mit the final PC-1 to the concerned
quarters. Mr. Salah-ud-Din, Addi-
tional Secretary Industries, Prof.
Shakeel Ahmad, DG Technical Edu-
cation and Manpower Trainings
(TE&MT), Mr. Muhammad Ullah,
Director TE&MT, Prof. Dr. Zahid
Mehmood, Dean of Engineering,
Prof. Saeed Javed Tajik, Registrar,
Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan, Direc-
tor Finance and other senior offi-
cials from UET were also present on
the occasion. Vice Chancellor and Secretary Industries Signing the MoU
UET Peshawar Entrance Test 2014 held, 14782 Candidates Appeared
UET Entrance Test for Academic Ses-
sion 2014 was successfully held on
10th August, simultaneously at
Islamia Collegiate Ground, Cricket
Ground at University of Peshawar,
Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad,
Grassy Ground Saidu Sharif Swat
and University Wensum College,
D.I,Khan. The test was conducted
by the Educational Testing and Eval-
uating Agency (ETEA) of Govern-
ment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Around 14782 candidates from Khy-
ber Pakhtun-khwa, including FATA,
AJK and Gilgit Baltistan sat for the
entrance test.
At Peshawar Centre, a total of 9795 candidates appeared in the test with 9489 candidates for admission in engineering dis-
ciplines, and 306 candidates appeared for Computer Science group. At Abbottabad Centre among 1591 candidates, 1534
candidates appeared for engineering group, whereas 57 candidates for the computer science group, at Swat Centre, 2205
candidates appeared in the test with 2174 candidates for engineering disciplines, and 31 candidates appeared for Com-
puter Science group while at D.I. Khan Center 1191 candidates appeared in the test with 1166 candidates for engineering
disciplines, and 25 candidates appeared for Computer Science in the entrance test. Altogether 530 female candidates and
14252 male candidates appeared in all centers.
Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary Higher Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Additional Secretary Higher Edu-
cation Department KP, Dr. Khalid Khan also expressed satisfaction over the arrangements.
Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ullah, VC KMU, Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad, Director Academics, KMU, Prof. Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Dean Fac-
ulty of Engineering (UET) and Prof Javed Tajik Registrar and Director Admissions were present on the occasion.
Candidates during the entrance test
Government, Industry and Academia Together Need to Devise Energy Policy
MOU Inked for the Establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (UoT)
LEA
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02
NEW
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03
UET and Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education, Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar, inked a
memorandum of understanding on May 5th 2014. Provincial Secretary Industries, Muhamamd Ali Shahzada and the Vice
Chancellor signed the MoU. The agreement is aimed to provide consultancy services for the satisfactory completion of the
establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, University of Technology (KP UoT).
Mr. Muhamamd Ali Shahzada while addressing on the occasion, said the provincial government has realized the impor-
tance of technical cadre as a crucial factor for the socio – economic development of KP. “With the establishment of KP, UoT
Ms. Farah Hamid, Secretary HE, Dr. Khalid Khan, Add. Sect. HE, Engr. Imtiaz H Gilani, VC UET and
Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ullah, VC KMU during the Entrance test of UET Peshawar
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UET and Provincial Disaster Management Authority/ Provincial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority
(PDMA-PaRRSA) signed a memorandum of understanding for a disaster resilient Khyber Pukhtunkhwa on 16th June, 2014.
The Vice Chancellor and Director Gen-
eral PDMA-PaRRSA KPK, Muhammad
Tahir Orakzai signed the MOU in pres-
ence of Dean, Registrar UET Peshawar,
Director Operations PDMA and Head
DRM Strategic Unit PDMA.
The MoU is aimed at collaboration in
areas of academic/knowledge
exchange, capacity building, trainings,
advocacy events and research initia-
tives in the field of Disaster Manage-
ment in KPK. Both the parties agreed to
utilize the technical expertise and
UET Peshawar Inks MoU with Provincial Disaster Management Authority
(PDMA-PaRRSA), Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
VC UET and DG PDMA signing the MoU
public sector and private polytechnic institutions will benefit by sending their students to build up their capacity at post
graduate level and learning advanced and high quality skill development courses, adding, “more than 5000 students will be
graduated from KP UoT as a result there will be tremendous opportunities of employment for skilled people”. The present
government has already started a skill training program for 3600 people by engaging them in vocational trainings in collabo-
ration with a UK based center of training. “The KP UoT will be another milestone for the future for which the provincial Govt.
has laid the foundation”, he remarked.
The Vice chancellor appreciated the Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education and expressed his
thanks to the provincial government in posing confidence in UET Peshawar for the consultancy services and envisaging the
vision plan of a new university. He said, the credit goes to PTI government which shows their commitment for improving sta-
tus of human resources, “there is a huge gap in getting access to Higher Education (HE) while only 3% get the chance to
enter into universities”, thus depriving a huge lot of youngsters to get this opportunity. The government has taken a right
step at right time to engage this untapped potential by not only upgrading their technical skills but opening HE opportuni-
ties for them.
Dr. Sadiq Khattak, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering has been appointed as Project Manager KP UoT. He informed
the meeting, UET Peshawar will offer its consultancy services as similar to the Scope of Work, approved by PDWP. It will also
include the preparation of feasibility report of the project according to the approved scope of work, present and share with
the main stakeholders, submit the final
feasibility report and later on, sub-
mit the final PC-1 to the concerned
quarters. Mr. Salah-ud-Din, Addi-
tional Secretary Industries, Prof.
Shakeel Ahmad, DG Technical Edu-
cation and Manpower Trainings
(TE&MT), Mr. Muhammad Ullah,
Director TE&MT, Prof. Dr. Zahid
Mehmood, Dean of Engineering,
Prof. Saeed Javed Tajik, Registrar,
Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan, Direc-
tor Finance and other senior offi-
cials from UET were also present on
the occasion. Vice Chancellor and Secretary Industries Signing the MoU
The meeting decided to reserve 20 seats each for Agricul-
tural Engineering, Mining Engineering, Computer Sys-
tem Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics
Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering (Mardan
Campus), Computer Software Engineering (Mardan Cam-
pus), Electrical Engineering (Mardan Campus), Electrical
Engineering (Kohat Campus), Electrical Engineering.
(Bannu Campus) where as 10 seats for Civil Engineering
(Bannu Campus) and 10 seats for Chemical Engineering
(Peshawar Campus).
The meeting also decided to reserve 20 seats for Inter-
nally Displaced People (IDP's) due to operation Zarb-e-
Azb for the current academic session 2014-15 on one time
basis. The meeting agreed to reserve two seats each for
Computer System Engg (Peshawar Campus), Chemical
Engg, Mining Engg, Agricultural Engg, Electronics Engg
and five seats each for Computer Software Engineering
and Telecommunication Engineering (Mardan Campus).
Engr. Asif Ahmad, a student of Elec-
trical Engineering Department at
(Main Campus of UET Peshawar)
Managed to publish his research
work from his final year project
under the supervision of Dr.
Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, in one of
the top ranked journals in the
world in the field of Intelligent Trans-
portation Systems. His work was to explore and analyse
the use of earliest deadline based schedulers for reduc-
tion in Urban Road Traffic Congestion. His work was sub-
mitted at the end of his final year project to IEEE Transac-
tions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Impact Fac-
tor: 3.01), which is consistently ranked among the top 3
journals in the world in the field of Intelligent Transporta-
tion Systems. Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud who supervised
his work stated that such tangible outputs from our stu-
dents show the quality of students we get at our under-
graduate level at UET Peshawar and if given the right
direction and resources, they can prove to be second to
none when it comes to carrying out quality research.
“Ahmad A., Arshad, R., Mahmud, S.A., Khan, G.M., Al-
Raweshidy, H.S. “Earliest-Deadline-Based Scheduling to
Reduce Urban Traffic Congestion” Intelligent Transporta-
tion Systems, IEEE Transactions on, Volume 15, Issue. 4,
Aug. 2014, ISSN. 1524-9050, PP. 1510 - 1526”.
The University in its 66th Academic Council meeting
reserved 220 additional seats for Afghan nationals for
admission to B.Sc. Engineering for the academic section
2014-15. This decision was taken in pursuance of the
directives of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, “Award of
3000 seats for Afghan Nationals on non-subsidize scheme
for the academic section 2014-15”.
UET Faculty Conducts Research on Traffic Signal Time and Signal Coordination
The National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning
(NIUIP) conducted a research on red and green timing of
signals at intersection and signal's co-ordination in
Peshawar. The goal of this project was to study the feasibil-
ity of traffic signal timing and its coordination at various
intersections GT Road.
The research was completed under the supervision of Dr.
Rawid Khan and researchers' team at NIUIP. The research-
ers collected traffic data to select red and green time for
traffic from each direction on GT Road. Various trials were
made and finally signal time was fixed such that there was
no effect on traffic flow of vehicles turning at intersections.
The total delay was then determined under present condi-
tion which was much higher than the standard time of
delay at intersections. The total delay time, level of service,
design speed and geometry of the intersection, said
Rawid, was related to green signal and red signal time at
the intersection.
Rawid applied signal coordination technique to reduce the
waiting time at signals and hence reduce the travel / jour-
ney time particularly in urban areas. The signal coordina-
tion technique was applied at Abdara Chowk intersection
and Iqra Chowk intersection for traffic from East Bound
(Saddar) to West Bound (Hayatabad) direction.
Regarding research findings, Rawid explained that signal
timing was very useful for traffic flow and mobility in urban
areas. He suggested the traffic signal coordination mecha-
nism would give multiple socio-economic benefits to the
country. “Not only it reduces traffic delay time, but reduces
the number of stops and manage large traffic flows in effi-
cient manner”, he maintained The research was funded by
UET Peshawar.
In a major step forward towards academia industry linkage,
CISNR and PESCO have put in place two joint research mod-
ules that, synchronizes electricity consumed to billed
amount and have a meter-less regime, in which consumer
Joint Research Modules for PESCO Initiated
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Official Launching Ceremony of Metero-Cure
Through the collaboration of PESCO and the Centre for Intelligent Systems and Networks Research (CISNR), a product
was introduced to detect, curb and eradicate the anomalies of under-billing and over-billing. This was in pursuance of
the idea pitched at the launching ceremony of “Electricity theft solution” by Malik Muhammad Asad Khan, Chairman
Board of Directors PESCO, and approved earlier for implementation at the PESCO BOD meeting held on 4th of April ear-
lier at Wapda House Peshawar. The staff at CISNR, led by Dr. Gul Muhammad Khan and Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, toiled
day and night for two months to come up with a solution to facilitate the end users with an accurate billing system. The
official launching ceremony of Metro-Cure solutions was held at PESCO Khyber Division Hayatabad on 16th May, 2014 fol-
lowing a week training session given by the staff of CISNR to the meter readers of the respective division. The chief guest,
Mr. Anwar-ul-Haq Yousafzai, Director General Finance PESCO, applauded the tireless efforts and extended his full sup-
port to the CISNR staff in imple-
menting this smart phone
based meter reading solution
to curb under and over billing
issues.
The project directors, Dr. Gul
Muhammad Khan and Dr.
Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, also
gave briefings about the pres-
ent meter reading situation and
discussed various solutions to
the problems encountered by
the meter readers during the
training sessions. The executive
e n g i n e e r, A k hta r H a m e e d
(PESCO), was also present at the situation and appreciated the efforts of the staff at CISNR. He also announced that the
Metero-Cure solution will be implemented in Phase-3 of Hayatabad batch in the upcoming months. Meter readers who
have completed the training were awarded with certificates and smart phones by the chief guest.
CISNR team group photo with PESCO Officials
UET Reserves 220 Seats for Afghan Nationals; 20 Seats for IDP's
Electrical Engineering student Sets the Bar High
bills are generated centrally and meter reading is elimi-
nated.
PESCO and CISNR, launched the Metero-Cure project in
Hayatabad subdivision to curb billing anomalies and Elec-
tro-cure on Rahatabad feeder to curb electricity theft. A
meeting of the PESCO Board of Directors was convened the
other day chaired by Mr. Malik Asad. The two solutions by
the titles of Metero-Cure and Electro-cure were proposed
in the previous meeting on 4th and then subsequently
deployed on a pilot scale. The project directors, Dr. Gul
Muhammad Khan and Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud from
CISNR, UET Peshawar presented the results of the pilot
region to the Board of Directors. The committee members
expressed their satisfaction with the progress and perfor-
mance of the two solutions and gave approval for deploy-
ment on a larger scale. In that context, a feeder was
assigned at Rahatabad to CISNR, for implementation of the
Electro-cure solution to detect and curb instances of elec-
tricity theft. To improve the billing efficiency and eliminate
instances of over billing and under billing, the Hayatabad
sub-division was selected for the implementation of
Metero-Cure solution by CISNR. Mr. Malik Asad, Chairman,
Board of Directors PESCO re-iterated his commitment to
make PESCO a profitable company and gave valuable sug-
gestions in integrating certain features to increase the effi-
cacy of the two solutions and make them more potent in
solving the major issues of PESCO.
world class equipment at UET Peshawar to test critical and
vulnerable infrastructure in KPK for disaster resilience.
They further agreed to specifically work for the capacity
building of local community and institutions in the field of
Disaster Management through workshops, trainings and
skill development.
At the end of ceremony, a guided tour of Earthquake Engi-
neering Centre was conducted by Dr. Syed M Ali, Director
Earthquake Engineering Centre, where he showed the
world class equipment, shake table and related testing
and research facilities for earthquake resilience to DG and
members of PDMA. Others present at the event were Man-
ager ORIC and members of National Institute of Urban
Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP), UET Peshawar.
The meeting decided to reserve 20 seats each for Agricul-
tural Engineering, Mining Engineering, Computer Sys-
tem Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics
Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering (Mardan
Campus), Computer Software Engineering (Mardan Cam-
pus), Electrical Engineering (Mardan Campus), Electrical
Engineering (Kohat Campus), Electrical Engineering.
(Bannu Campus) where as 10 seats for Civil Engineering
(Bannu Campus) and 10 seats for Chemical Engineering
(Peshawar Campus).
The meeting also decided to reserve 20 seats for Inter-
nally Displaced People (IDP's) due to operation Zarb-e-
Azb for the current academic session 2014-15 on one time
basis. The meeting agreed to reserve two seats each for
Computer System Engg (Peshawar Campus), Chemical
Engg, Mining Engg, Agricultural Engg, Electronics Engg
and five seats each for Computer Software Engineering
and Telecommunication Engineering (Mardan Campus).
Engr. Asif Ahmad, a student of Elec-
trical Engineering Department at
(Main Campus of UET Peshawar)
Managed to publish his research
work from his final year project
under the supervision of Dr.
Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, in one of
the top ranked journals in the
world in the field of Intelligent Trans-
portation Systems. His work was to explore and analyse
the use of earliest deadline based schedulers for reduc-
tion in Urban Road Traffic Congestion. His work was sub-
mitted at the end of his final year project to IEEE Transac-
tions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Impact Fac-
tor: 3.01), which is consistently ranked among the top 3
journals in the world in the field of Intelligent Transporta-
tion Systems. Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud who supervised
his work stated that such tangible outputs from our stu-
dents show the quality of students we get at our under-
graduate level at UET Peshawar and if given the right
direction and resources, they can prove to be second to
none when it comes to carrying out quality research.
“Ahmad A., Arshad, R., Mahmud, S.A., Khan, G.M., Al-
Raweshidy, H.S. “Earliest-Deadline-Based Scheduling to
Reduce Urban Traffic Congestion” Intelligent Transporta-
tion Systems, IEEE Transactions on, Volume 15, Issue. 4,
Aug. 2014, ISSN. 1524-9050, PP. 1510 - 1526”.
The University in its 66th Academic Council meeting
reserved 220 additional seats for Afghan nationals for
admission to B.Sc. Engineering for the academic section
2014-15. This decision was taken in pursuance of the
directives of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, “Award of
3000 seats for Afghan Nationals on non-subsidize scheme
for the academic section 2014-15”.
UET Faculty Conducts Research on Traffic Signal Time and Signal Coordination
The National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning
(NIUIP) conducted a research on red and green timing of
signals at intersection and signal's co-ordination in
Peshawar. The goal of this project was to study the feasibil-
ity of traffic signal timing and its coordination at various
intersections GT Road.
The research was completed under the supervision of Dr.
Rawid Khan and researchers' team at NIUIP. The research-
ers collected traffic data to select red and green time for
traffic from each direction on GT Road. Various trials were
made and finally signal time was fixed such that there was
no effect on traffic flow of vehicles turning at intersections.
The total delay was then determined under present condi-
tion which was much higher than the standard time of
delay at intersections. The total delay time, level of service,
design speed and geometry of the intersection, said
Rawid, was related to green signal and red signal time at
the intersection.
Rawid applied signal coordination technique to reduce the
waiting time at signals and hence reduce the travel / jour-
ney time particularly in urban areas. The signal coordina-
tion technique was applied at Abdara Chowk intersection
and Iqra Chowk intersection for traffic from East Bound
(Saddar) to West Bound (Hayatabad) direction.
Regarding research findings, Rawid explained that signal
timing was very useful for traffic flow and mobility in urban
areas. He suggested the traffic signal coordination mecha-
nism would give multiple socio-economic benefits to the
country. “Not only it reduces traffic delay time, but reduces
the number of stops and manage large traffic flows in effi-
cient manner”, he maintained The research was funded by
UET Peshawar.
In a major step forward towards academia industry linkage,
CISNR and PESCO have put in place two joint research mod-
ules that, synchronizes electricity consumed to billed
amount and have a meter-less regime, in which consumer
Joint Research Modules for PESCO Initiated
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Official Launching Ceremony of Metero-Cure
Through the collaboration of PESCO and the Centre for Intelligent Systems and Networks Research (CISNR), a product
was introduced to detect, curb and eradicate the anomalies of under-billing and over-billing. This was in pursuance of
the idea pitched at the launching ceremony of “Electricity theft solution” by Malik Muhammad Asad Khan, Chairman
Board of Directors PESCO, and approved earlier for implementation at the PESCO BOD meeting held on 4th of April ear-
lier at Wapda House Peshawar. The staff at CISNR, led by Dr. Gul Muhammad Khan and Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, toiled
day and night for two months to come up with a solution to facilitate the end users with an accurate billing system. The
official launching ceremony of Metro-Cure solutions was held at PESCO Khyber Division Hayatabad on 16th May, 2014 fol-
lowing a week training session given by the staff of CISNR to the meter readers of the respective division. The chief guest,
Mr. Anwar-ul-Haq Yousafzai, Director General Finance PESCO, applauded the tireless efforts and extended his full sup-
port to the CISNR staff in imple-
menting this smart phone
based meter reading solution
to curb under and over billing
issues.
The project directors, Dr. Gul
Muhammad Khan and Dr.
Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, also
gave briefings about the pres-
ent meter reading situation and
discussed various solutions to
the problems encountered by
the meter readers during the
training sessions. The executive
e n g i n e e r, A k hta r H a m e e d
(PESCO), was also present at the situation and appreciated the efforts of the staff at CISNR. He also announced that the
Metero-Cure solution will be implemented in Phase-3 of Hayatabad batch in the upcoming months. Meter readers who
have completed the training were awarded with certificates and smart phones by the chief guest.
CISNR team group photo with PESCO Officials
UET Reserves 220 Seats for Afghan Nationals; 20 Seats for IDP's
Electrical Engineering student Sets the Bar High
bills are generated centrally and meter reading is elimi-
nated.
PESCO and CISNR, launched the Metero-Cure project in
Hayatabad subdivision to curb billing anomalies and Elec-
tro-cure on Rahatabad feeder to curb electricity theft. A
meeting of the PESCO Board of Directors was convened the
other day chaired by Mr. Malik Asad. The two solutions by
the titles of Metero-Cure and Electro-cure were proposed
in the previous meeting on 4th and then subsequently
deployed on a pilot scale. The project directors, Dr. Gul
Muhammad Khan and Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud from
CISNR, UET Peshawar presented the results of the pilot
region to the Board of Directors. The committee members
expressed their satisfaction with the progress and perfor-
mance of the two solutions and gave approval for deploy-
ment on a larger scale. In that context, a feeder was
assigned at Rahatabad to CISNR, for implementation of the
Electro-cure solution to detect and curb instances of elec-
tricity theft. To improve the billing efficiency and eliminate
instances of over billing and under billing, the Hayatabad
sub-division was selected for the implementation of
Metero-Cure solution by CISNR. Mr. Malik Asad, Chairman,
Board of Directors PESCO re-iterated his commitment to
make PESCO a profitable company and gave valuable sug-
gestions in integrating certain features to increase the effi-
cacy of the two solutions and make them more potent in
solving the major issues of PESCO.
world class equipment at UET Peshawar to test critical and
vulnerable infrastructure in KPK for disaster resilience.
They further agreed to specifically work for the capacity
building of local community and institutions in the field of
Disaster Management through workshops, trainings and
skill development.
At the end of ceremony, a guided tour of Earthquake Engi-
neering Centre was conducted by Dr. Syed M Ali, Director
Earthquake Engineering Centre, where he showed the
world class equipment, shake table and related testing
and research facilities for earthquake resilience to DG and
members of PDMA. Others present at the event were Man-
ager ORIC and members of National Institute of Urban
Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP), UET Peshawar.
The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a one-day
conference on “Sustainability in Process Industry” on 29th
May, 2014 in collaboration with Pakistan Scientific and Techno-
logical Information Centre (PASTIC) and National Academy of
Young Scientists (NAYS).
The Vice chancellor was the chief guest on the occasion. In his
inaugural speech, he said, sustainable development has
become an important environmental benchmark for both pro-
cess industries and the service industries. In this context the col-
laboration among all the stake holders from academia, indus-
try and sponsoring agencies becomes inevitable and need of
hour.
Dr. Saeed Gul, Chairman Department of Chemical Engineering
welcomed the guests and elaborated the importance of sus-
tainable development of process industry. He highlighted the
achievements and activities which the Department of Chemi-
cal Engineering is carrying out for sustainability in process
industry.
Dr. Akram Shaikh, Director General PASTIC, reiter-
ated his constant support to the universities for
arranging seminars addressing the issues
related to the society. He said the sustainable
development in the chemical industry, is an
indispensible framework around which not
only chemical but other industries and sectors
of society can also benefit on how to improve
living standards and the environment.
The conference hosted two plenary lectures,
six keynote lectures and 36 presentations by
eminent scientists and engineers from univer-
sities and industries. A large number of partici-
pants from industry like Cherat Cement, Askari
Cement, Attock Oil Refinery, PARCO and OGDCL
also participated into the event. Dr. Mickae
Sustainability in Process Industry
As many as 38 projects of mechanical engineering were showcased at a project exhibition held on June 17, 2014. The exhibition was
aimed to showcase the work that the graduating students have done during their final semester. The exhibition was held in financial col-
laboration of Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC), and Department of Mechanical Engineering and technical support of ASME, mechani-
cal engineering student society.
The vice chancellor while inaugurating the exhibition said, this was a very important experience for engineering students where they
interacted with industry and presented innovative ideas adding, such exhibitions provide platform for academic- industry linkages.
Students created projects mostly related to design and fabrication of industrial level projects having practical uses at local level and
assured their market viability. A panel of judges from Pakistan Tobacco Company and industry experts evaluated the projects, based on
their presentation and work efficiency. Out of 38 projects, the best three projects received “best project awards” and cash prizes of Rs
15000, 8000 and 5000, respectively. The first project included, '”Design and Fabrication of Internal Pipe Inspection Robot”, supervised
by Dr. Alamzeb Khan, Assistant Professor Mechanical engineering, The second price was won by the project: “Design and Development
Mechanical Engineering Project Exhibition 2014 Held
UET Faculty Participates in Horizon 2020 Awareness Seminar
The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) in partnership with European Union organized an awareness seminar on the
Horizon 2020 at Islamabad, with focus on research funding opportunities available to South-Asia candidate countries under EU's
eighth framework of Horizon 2020 programme. The seminar introduced participants on the EU-Pak collaborations on research and
innovation, research opportunities at the EU, preparing a successful project proposal for funding under the Horizon 2020 programme.
Those who attended included Resource person from the EU; Ambassadors from EU countries; Minister for Science & Technology Paki-
stan; Chairman Higher Education Commission, notables from academia, R & D Institutions, INGOs/NGOs from Pakistan. The event was
also broadcasted to academia across Pakistan through video conferencing.
As part of awareness, participants were also introduced to the FP7's CASCADE Project. Experts also provided their suggestions on
effective EU-Pak collaboration that could boost research and innovation at both ends, and in turn help the communities tackle their
common problems hampering socio-economic development. The CASCADE Pakistan partners, Vice chancellor shared their expert
opinions for developing partnerships with EU's project teams.
Harasak from Technical University of Vienna, Austria delivered
his talk on sustainability in process industry through video link.
At the end, a panel discussion was held between participants
from industry and university. After thorough discussion, par-
ticipants recommended for enhancing the University industry-
linkages, improved student exchange/internships and expo-
sure visits to industries, sponsoring research grants to acade-
mia. The participants also recommended that industry should
itself establish Research and Development (R&D) cells to pro-
mote indigenous research while urging that Government
should waive off a certain percentage of taxes. The group also
recommended for including the course of “sustainability” in its
curriculum.
At the end of conference a poster exhibition of final year pro-
jects of Department of Chemical Engineering students was also
held, which presented a wonderful opportunity for engineer-
ing undergraduates to present their research findings to a
panel of judges. The chief guest gave away awards to top three
position holders.
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of Evaporative Cooling System”, supervised by Dr. Ashfaq Khan while “Compressed Air Vehicle” stood third, supervised by Dr. Zohaib Ali
Khan. The competition selected few projects in other categories included, “Nitinol Heat Engine” project for the “Best Design” award;
“Design and Fabrication of Solar Refrigerator” for the “Best Research” award while the project: “Evaluating , comparing and improve-
ment of CDI and EFI system received the “Green Project” title, CFD analysis of a sports car won the “ Best Sessional Marks” and Design
and fabrication of multi functional remote control surveillance vehicle received the “Best Poster” title.
The Registrar, Professor Syed Javed Tajik gave away cash prices and awards to the winners. The exhibition was attended by large num-
ber of students and public. The exhibition attracted a large number of students and public from public and private sector universities.
Students during the exhibition
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The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a one-day
conference on “Sustainability in Process Industry” on 29th
May, 2014 in collaboration with Pakistan Scientific and Techno-
logical Information Centre (PASTIC) and National Academy of
Young Scientists (NAYS).
The Vice chancellor was the chief guest on the occasion. In his
inaugural speech, he said, sustainable development has
become an important environmental benchmark for both pro-
cess industries and the service industries. In this context the col-
laboration among all the stake holders from academia, indus-
try and sponsoring agencies becomes inevitable and need of
hour.
Dr. Saeed Gul, Chairman Department of Chemical Engineering
welcomed the guests and elaborated the importance of sus-
tainable development of process industry. He highlighted the
achievements and activities which the Department of Chemi-
cal Engineering is carrying out for sustainability in process
industry.
Dr. Akram Shaikh, Director General PASTIC, reiter-
ated his constant support to the universities for
arranging seminars addressing the issues
related to the society. He said the sustainable
development in the chemical industry, is an
indispensible framework around which not
only chemical but other industries and sectors
of society can also benefit on how to improve
living standards and the environment.
The conference hosted two plenary lectures,
six keynote lectures and 36 presentations by
eminent scientists and engineers from univer-
sities and industries. A large number of partici-
pants from industry like Cherat Cement, Askari
Cement, Attock Oil Refinery, PARCO and OGDCL
also participated into the event. Dr. Mickae
Sustainability in Process Industry
As many as 38 projects of mechanical engineering were showcased at a project exhibition held on June 17, 2014. The exhibition was
aimed to showcase the work that the graduating students have done during their final semester. The exhibition was held in financial col-
laboration of Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC), and Department of Mechanical Engineering and technical support of ASME, mechani-
cal engineering student society.
The vice chancellor while inaugurating the exhibition said, this was a very important experience for engineering students where they
interacted with industry and presented innovative ideas adding, such exhibitions provide platform for academic- industry linkages.
Students created projects mostly related to design and fabrication of industrial level projects having practical uses at local level and
assured their market viability. A panel of judges from Pakistan Tobacco Company and industry experts evaluated the projects, based on
their presentation and work efficiency. Out of 38 projects, the best three projects received “best project awards” and cash prizes of Rs
15000, 8000 and 5000, respectively. The first project included, '”Design and Fabrication of Internal Pipe Inspection Robot”, supervised
by Dr. Alamzeb Khan, Assistant Professor Mechanical engineering, The second price was won by the project: “Design and Development
Mechanical Engineering Project Exhibition 2014 Held
UET Faculty Participates in Horizon 2020 Awareness Seminar
The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) in partnership with European Union organized an awareness seminar on the
Horizon 2020 at Islamabad, with focus on research funding opportunities available to South-Asia candidate countries under EU's
eighth framework of Horizon 2020 programme. The seminar introduced participants on the EU-Pak collaborations on research and
innovation, research opportunities at the EU, preparing a successful project proposal for funding under the Horizon 2020 programme.
Those who attended included Resource person from the EU; Ambassadors from EU countries; Minister for Science & Technology Paki-
stan; Chairman Higher Education Commission, notables from academia, R & D Institutions, INGOs/NGOs from Pakistan. The event was
also broadcasted to academia across Pakistan through video conferencing.
As part of awareness, participants were also introduced to the FP7's CASCADE Project. Experts also provided their suggestions on
effective EU-Pak collaboration that could boost research and innovation at both ends, and in turn help the communities tackle their
common problems hampering socio-economic development. The CASCADE Pakistan partners, Vice chancellor shared their expert
opinions for developing partnerships with EU's project teams.
Harasak from Technical University of Vienna, Austria delivered
his talk on sustainability in process industry through video link.
At the end, a panel discussion was held between participants
from industry and university. After thorough discussion, par-
ticipants recommended for enhancing the University industry-
linkages, improved student exchange/internships and expo-
sure visits to industries, sponsoring research grants to acade-
mia. The participants also recommended that industry should
itself establish Research and Development (R&D) cells to pro-
mote indigenous research while urging that Government
should waive off a certain percentage of taxes. The group also
recommended for including the course of “sustainability” in its
curriculum.
At the end of conference a poster exhibition of final year pro-
jects of Department of Chemical Engineering students was also
held, which presented a wonderful opportunity for engineer-
ing undergraduates to present their research findings to a
panel of judges. The chief guest gave away awards to top three
position holders.
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Vice Chancellor's group photo with conference organizors and guests
of Evaporative Cooling System”, supervised by Dr. Ashfaq Khan while “Compressed Air Vehicle” stood third, supervised by Dr. Zohaib Ali
Khan. The competition selected few projects in other categories included, “Nitinol Heat Engine” project for the “Best Design” award;
“Design and Fabrication of Solar Refrigerator” for the “Best Research” award while the project: “Evaluating , comparing and improve-
ment of CDI and EFI system received the “Green Project” title, CFD analysis of a sports car won the “ Best Sessional Marks” and Design
and fabrication of multi functional remote control surveillance vehicle received the “Best Poster” title.
The Registrar, Professor Syed Javed Tajik gave away cash prices and awards to the winners. The exhibition was attended by large num-
ber of students and public. The exhibition attracted a large number of students and public from public and private sector universities.
Students during the exhibition
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UET Jalozai Gets Functional for Academic Year 2014-15
With UET commencing its classes at newly constructed Jalozai campus, it is now equipped for a soft start with all the
required facilities for departments of Civil, engineering, Electrical engineering and Mechanical engineering. “With fund-
ing available so far, three departments have become self standing now where upto 120 students are prepared to take
classes, and from Spring 2015 these departments will be in full swing with new intake of another 120 students”. This
was stated by the Vice-Chancellor Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani during his visit to Jalozai Campus, on September 8th, 2014.
The Vice Chancellor inspected development works and met with the third semester students of Mechanical engineer-
ing where they were taking course of “Fluid Mechanics” by Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Dr. Ashfaq Khan, Ph.D. from Manchester University, UK. “Jalozai Campus will be the best tourist resort and the students
would feel that they are in the world's best institute, which would increase their confidence”, he remarked. The Project
Director, Dr. Amjad Naseer informed the vice chancellor that allied facilities such as Boys and Girls Hostels, electricity
and alternate automatic source generator have been installed to cope with load shedding. Director Works, Muhammad
Sadique briefed the vice chancellor about the ongoing and completed development schemes including supply of water,
sewerage system etc. The VC also inspected the under construction building of Industrial engineering department
which will be completed in near future while the construction of four faculties and allied hostels in the campus is under-
way.
Registrar Saeed Javed Tajik, Director Finance, Nek Muhmmad, Prof. Sardar Ali, Resident Engineer NESPAK, Mr. Ihsan
Ullah, faculty members and students were also present on the occasion.
Study Tour of 1st Semester Students of Civil Engineering Department
A field visit of 8th semester Department of
Civil Engineering was arranged to Tarbela
Dam, on 22nd June 2014 spuervised by Dr.
Khan Shahzada Associate Professor, Dr.
Mujahid Khan Assistant Professor and Engr.
Tayyaba Bibi lecturer Department of Civil Engi-
neering.
The objective of this visit was to enable the
students, gain firsthand knowledge of the
applications and developments in their field
of concern. The tour was arranged as part of
the course “Irrigation Engineering” where
the students are introduced with Hydraulic
structures like Dams, Channels, Weir and Bar-
rages etc. In this specific tour they were intro-
duced to the history of Tarbela Dam and the
socio economic impact of Tarbela Dam in the
economy of Pakistan.
Engr. Arsalaan Khan Successfully Defends His M.sc. in Urban Infrastructure Engineering
Engr. Arsalaan Khan, Lecturer Civil
Engineering Department has suc-
cessfully completed his M.Sc. in
Urban Infrastructure Engineering
from the National Institute of
Urban Infrastructure Planning
(NIUIP). The title of his research
was “Development of Technique
for Segregation and Concrete Perme-
ability using Matlab and Image Analysis”. The technique
developed in this study can quantify level of segregation
and orientation pattern of aggregates in hardened con-
crete by feeding a cross-sectional image of the concrete
sample. The technique uses ImageJ software for image
analysis and the same has also been developed in Matlab.
This technique can vitally be used for relating segregation
and orientation of concrete's aggregates with its perfor-
mance. Dr. Rawid Khan, Director NIUIP and Assistant Pro-
fessor at Civil Engineering Department, was the supervi-
sor of his research. A research paper from this project has
also been accepted at 3rd World Conference on Applied
Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Kathmandu Nepal.
Engr. Arsalaan is the fifth graduate of the institute. Main
focus of the institute is to address the persistent urban
decay and research in improvement of urban infrastruc-
ture of Pakistan.
SUPARCO Awarded Five Projects to DCSE Students in Their PNSS-1 Program
SUPARCO is the key coordinator for space related activi-
ties in Pakistan. To promote education and awareness in
space technology, SUPARCO carries out various activities
throughout the year. Recently, they have initiated Paki-
stan National Student Satellite One (PNSS-1) program, the
first one in the series of satellites to be launched by
SUPARCO through the collaboration of engineering and
science universities. Department of Computer Systems
Engineering (DCSE) is actively participating in this pro-
gram by developing the following 5 modules of PNSS-1
Altitude Control System including; GPS Receiver, Sun Sen-
sor, On-Board Computer, Payload Processing Unit, Experi-
mental Payload.
Dr. Laiq Hasan, Chairman DCSE, along with four faculty
members, is supervising these projects where a group of
around 20 talented students have already published 5 con-
ference papers based on their preliminary results.
Vice Chancellor during his visit to Jalozai Campus
Students group photo with Dr. Khan Shahzada during the field visit
Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls
Department of Civil Engineering performed the first-ever
test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale reinforced con-
crete shear walls. The main objective was to determine its
seismic capacity and risk assessment since RC shear walls
has performed very well in the past earthquakes.
The test was performed by Dr. Khan Shahzada Associate
Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Dr.
Muhammad Fahad Assistant Professor Department of
Civil Engineering in the research project titled “Seismic
Capacity Assessment Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls”
sponsored by University of Engineering and Technology
Peshawar. After October 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake the
use of RC shear walls in high rise buildings has been
increased drastically and its seismic capacity assessment
has to be determined experimentally on scientific basis.
Dr. Khan Shahzada, the principal investigator noted that
the testing on a full scale RC shear wall was performed for
the first time in Pakistan. The experimental data yields
that the lateral/seismic capacity of RC shear walls are six
times greater than the unreinforced masonry walls tested
before in the same laboratory in 2010. Shahzada said, it
would bring socio-economic benefits for the country as
most of the buildings could be made safe by using this
technique. Dr. Khan Shahzada appreciated the Universty
of Engineering and Technology Peshawar for their finan-
cial support. He also valued the technical support from his
research group specially Dr. Muhammad Fahad, Engr. Fazli
Ghaffar, Engr. Anwar ul Haq and Engr. Muhammad
Nouman.
The Chairman Department of Civil Engineering Professor
Dr. Akhtar Naeem Khan visited the Structural Engineering
Laboratory and appreciated this research work and
declared it as the international level research.
Engineers during the Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale
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With UET commencing its classes at newly constructed Jalozai campus, it is now equipped for a soft start with all the
required facilities for departments of Civil, engineering, Electrical engineering and Mechanical engineering. “With fund-
ing available so far, three departments have become self standing now where upto 120 students are prepared to take
classes, and from Spring 2015 these departments will be in full swing with new intake of another 120 students”. This
was stated by the Vice-Chancellor Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani during his visit to Jalozai Campus, on September 8th, 2014.
The Vice Chancellor inspected development works and met with the third semester students of Mechanical engineer-
ing where they were taking course of “Fluid Mechanics” by Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Dr. Ashfaq Khan, Ph.D. from Manchester University, UK. “Jalozai Campus will be the best tourist resort and the students
would feel that they are in the world's best institute, which would increase their confidence”, he remarked. The Project
Director, Dr. Amjad Naseer informed the vice chancellor that allied facilities such as Boys and Girls Hostels, electricity
and alternate automatic source generator have been installed to cope with load shedding. Director Works, Muhammad
Sadique briefed the vice chancellor about the ongoing and completed development schemes including supply of water,
sewerage system etc. The VC also inspected the under construction building of Industrial engineering department
which will be completed in near future while the construction of four faculties and allied hostels in the campus is under-
way.
Registrar Saeed Javed Tajik, Director Finance, Nek Muhmmad, Prof. Sardar Ali, Resident Engineer NESPAK, Mr. Ihsan
Ullah, faculty members and students were also present on the occasion.
Study Tour of 1st Semester Students of Civil Engineering Department
A field visit of 8th semester Department of
Civil Engineering was arranged to Tarbela
Dam, on 22nd June 2014 spuervised by Dr.
Khan Shahzada Associate Professor, Dr.
Mujahid Khan Assistant Professor and Engr.
Tayyaba Bibi lecturer Department of Civil Engi-
neering.
The objective of this visit was to enable the
students, gain firsthand knowledge of the
applications and developments in their field
of concern. The tour was arranged as part of
the course “Irrigation Engineering” where
the students are introduced with Hydraulic
structures like Dams, Channels, Weir and Bar-
rages etc. In this specific tour they were intro-
duced to the history of Tarbela Dam and the
socio economic impact of Tarbela Dam in the
economy of Pakistan.
Engr. Arsalaan Khan Successfully Defends His M.sc. in Urban Infrastructure Engineering
Engr. Arsalaan Khan, Lecturer Civil
Engineering Department has suc-
cessfully completed his M.Sc. in
Urban Infrastructure Engineering
from the National Institute of
Urban Infrastructure Planning
(NIUIP). The title of his research
was “Development of Technique
for Segregation and Concrete Perme-
ability using Matlab and Image Analysis”. The technique
developed in this study can quantify level of segregation
and orientation pattern of aggregates in hardened con-
crete by feeding a cross-sectional image of the concrete
sample. The technique uses ImageJ software for image
analysis and the same has also been developed in Matlab.
This technique can vitally be used for relating segregation
and orientation of concrete's aggregates with its perfor-
mance. Dr. Rawid Khan, Director NIUIP and Assistant Pro-
fessor at Civil Engineering Department, was the supervi-
sor of his research. A research paper from this project has
also been accepted at 3rd World Conference on Applied
Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Kathmandu Nepal.
Engr. Arsalaan is the fifth graduate of the institute. Main
focus of the institute is to address the persistent urban
decay and research in improvement of urban infrastruc-
ture of Pakistan.
SUPARCO Awarded Five Projects to DCSE Students in Their PNSS-1 Program
SUPARCO is the key coordinator for space related activi-
ties in Pakistan. To promote education and awareness in
space technology, SUPARCO carries out various activities
throughout the year. Recently, they have initiated Paki-
stan National Student Satellite One (PNSS-1) program, the
first one in the series of satellites to be launched by
SUPARCO through the collaboration of engineering and
science universities. Department of Computer Systems
Engineering (DCSE) is actively participating in this pro-
gram by developing the following 5 modules of PNSS-1
Altitude Control System including; GPS Receiver, Sun Sen-
sor, On-Board Computer, Payload Processing Unit, Experi-
mental Payload.
Dr. Laiq Hasan, Chairman DCSE, along with four faculty
members, is supervising these projects where a group of
around 20 talented students have already published 5 con-
ference papers based on their preliminary results.
Vice Chancellor during his visit to Jalozai Campus
Students group photo with Dr. Khan Shahzada during the field visit
Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls
Department of Civil Engineering performed the first-ever
test conducted in Pakistan on a full scale reinforced con-
crete shear walls. The main objective was to determine its
seismic capacity and risk assessment since RC shear walls
has performed very well in the past earthquakes.
The test was performed by Dr. Khan Shahzada Associate
Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Dr.
Muhammad Fahad Assistant Professor Department of
Civil Engineering in the research project titled “Seismic
Capacity Assessment Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls”
sponsored by University of Engineering and Technology
Peshawar. After October 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake the
use of RC shear walls in high rise buildings has been
increased drastically and its seismic capacity assessment
has to be determined experimentally on scientific basis.
Dr. Khan Shahzada, the principal investigator noted that
the testing on a full scale RC shear wall was performed for
the first time in Pakistan. The experimental data yields
that the lateral/seismic capacity of RC shear walls are six
times greater than the unreinforced masonry walls tested
before in the same laboratory in 2010. Shahzada said, it
would bring socio-economic benefits for the country as
most of the buildings could be made safe by using this
technique. Dr. Khan Shahzada appreciated the Universty
of Engineering and Technology Peshawar for their finan-
cial support. He also valued the technical support from his
research group specially Dr. Muhammad Fahad, Engr. Fazli
Ghaffar, Engr. Anwar ul Haq and Engr. Muhammad
Nouman.
The Chairman Department of Civil Engineering Professor
Dr. Akhtar Naeem Khan visited the Structural Engineering
Laboratory and appreciated this research work and
declared it as the international level research.
Engineers during the Seismic Capacity Test on Full Scale
Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls
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Dr. Naveed Ahmad, being representative of UET Peshawar par-
ticipated in the third project progress meeting of the European
Union's CASCADE Project as its 12th partner. The meeting was
held in Maldives from 21-23 July 2014 to share progress of part-
ner institutions – Dr. Ahmad presented the National Position
Paper (NPP) Draft on “Societal Challenges in Pakistan”, a Project
Deliverable WP2, and learn on the project future deliverables
under WP3& WP4.
UET Peshawar Presents National Position Paper at EU’s CASCADE Progress Meeting
Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant Professor, EEC supervised a M.Sc. student, Ms.
Shama Naveed from UME School – IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy for a six month
mentorship at the Earthquake Engineering Center. The topic of her research
was “seismic risk assessment of communities in Punjab from a holistic assess-
ment”. The EEC under its “Research and Development Section” offered an
opportunity of a vigorous training to Ms. Shama on “disaster risk assessment”
and its territorial mapping targeting earthquake disaster, including social
demography and socio-economic status that may aggravate the disaster
effects. The training helped in mapping and spatial pattern that will help in mak-
ing policy decisions for effective management towards disaster risk reduction.
As part of degree classification, Ms. Shama prepared a master's research the-
sis, which later on, got approved by the UME School. The research produced
under this training programme is also now submitted to an International Jour-
nal for publication.
Earthquake Engineering Center Supervises Student Internship at International Level
Vice Chancellor is presented a souvenir for providing expert opinion on the 6th
Theme of the EU's Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges – Inclusive
Innovative and Reflective Societies.
17 May 2014 UME School Graduation Ceremony
Venue: Auditorium CAR College, Pavia, ITALY.
Malaysian Team Visits UET Peshawar
A two-member team of professors from Malaysian university visited the University on 22-August, 2014. Prof. Dr. Fauziah Ahmad and
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rodzi Ismail of “Universiti Sains Malaysia, P. Pianang” met the Vice-Chancellor who was accompanied by his
senior team of faculty and administration.
The visiting team exchanged their academic and research interests and were
given presentation of UET with specific emphasis on Earthquake Engineer-
ing. During one-hour presentation, detailed discussion between two sides
focused on issue related to codes under legislative framework, highway
infrastructure, landslides, earthquake engineering, structural integrity of
buildings etc. The Vice Chancellor recommended for a joint research initia-
tive from both universities that will benefit both countries and agreed to sign
a memorandum of understanding in near future. Both sides agreed to
develop means to engage in long-term collaboration in area of science and
technology. At the end, the Malaysian professors were given a guided tour
of Earthquake Engineering Center.
Scholarships of PM's Tuition Fee Reimbursement Awarded to the Master's Students
The Vice Chancellor gave away cheques to Master's students under PM's Tuition Fee
Reimbursement Scheme in a ceremony, held on 19th August. In total, 71 students pursu-
ing Masters in different engineering programs at have been selected to receive the
scholarships. The federal government has paid the tuition fee including other academic,
incidental, or mandatory fee for Masters' programme through HEC to the current as well
as future students admitted on merit.
The Vice Chancellor while appreciating the initiative announced by the Prime Minister
said that it would be helpful in providing equitable access to higher education, especially
to from remote areas of khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He advised students to use this scheme
for their academic pursuit, and bring change to the socio-economic status of the country.
Director Finance Nek Muhammad Khan briefed that the scheme was aimed to enhance
the talent of youth especially those who come from remote and underserved areas and
could not bear the costs of higher education studies. Dean Faculty of Engineering Prof.
Dr. Zahid Mehmood, and heads of departments were present on the occasion.
Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan, Director Finance Presenting
University Shield to Malysian Delgation
Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan giving away
cheques to a student
Research Publications» Salman Afzal, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Fahad, Salman
Saeed, Muhammad Ashraf, “Assessment of early-age
autogenous shrinkage strains in concrete using bentonite
clay as internal curing technique” Construction & Building
Materials (Impact factor 2.88) Vol. 66, 2014, pp. 403-409.
DOI: 10.1016/ j.conbuildmat. 2014.05.051.
»Asif Ali Khan, Mazhar Abbas, Zainab Jamil, Salim Ullah, Laiq
Hasan, Naila Rehman, “Design and Development of GPS
Receiver for PNSS-1”, International Conference on Space
2014 (ICS-2014).
»Salim Ullah, Muhammad Jaleed Khan, Abdullah, Laiq Hasan,
Asif Ali Khan, Aqsa Khan, Yahya Bangash, “Design and Devel-
opment of Fault-tolerant and Dynamically Reconfigurable
PPU”, International Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).
»Salim Ullah, Laiq Hasan, Asif Ali Khan, Mohsin Tariq, Zuraiz ud
Din, Muhammad Haroon Baig, “Design and Development of
Fault-tolerant and Dynamically Reconfigurable OBC”, Inter-
national Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).
»Aftab Khan, Laiq Hasan, Naina Said, Umair Asghar, Shehroz
Rashid, “Real-Time Image Compression Subsystem for Paki-
stan National Student Satellite Program (PNSSP)”, Interna-
tional Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).
»Asif Ali Khan, Umair Ahsan, Salim Ullah, Laiq Hasan, Ubaid
Akbar, Anwar Kamal, Salman Ishaq, “Design and Develop-
ment of Sun Sensor”, International Conference on Space
2014 (ICS-2014).
»Ali, Hazrat, Nasir Ahmad, Xianwei Zhou, Khalid Iqbal, and
Sahibzada Muhammad Ali. "DWT features performance anal-
ysis for automatic speech recognition of Urdu." SpringerPlus
3, no. 1 (2014): 204.
»Alauddin, Haseeb Zafar, Tariqullah Jan, Nasir Ahmad, Syed
Riaz-ul-Hassnain (2014) “Efficient Variable Least Significant
Bits Audio Steganography (VLSBAS) Algorithms”, Sindh Uni-
versity Research Journal (Science Series) vol. 46, issue. 1, pp.
53-58, March 2014.
»Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Abdur Rehman Abid,
Nasir Ahmad, Arbab Waseem Abbas and Muhammad
Waqas (2014) “Formant based Pashto Digits and Numbers
Synthesizer”, Sindh University Research Journal (Science
Series) vol. 46, issue. 1, pp. 47-52, March 2014.
On presentation the first draft of NPP Dr. Ahmad's work was
appreciated and graded excellent by the CASCADE Project coor-
dinators and WP2 Leader. Other South-Asia partners were
advised to consider the Pakistan's NPP Draft as a benchmark on
preparing their respective national position papers. Prof. Dr.
Amaratunga Dilanthi, Project Coordinator CASCADE and Profes-
sor, University of Salford, UK was recorded saying .You've done a
fantastic job with the project. We look forward to continue to
collaborate with You in the forthcoming research proposals”.
As part of activity, expert consultation provided a major input to
the analysis of Paper to identify policy improvement and
research priorities in Pakistan. It included 145 semi-structured
interviews and two focus group discussions covering each area
of societal challenges highlighted in the EU's Horizon 2020. The
key experts included for data collection included policy makers,
enforcers and end users from government, academia, research
and development institutions (R&DIs), NGOs & INGOs.
Dr. Khizar Azam Selected for W.H.O Global Mentoring Programme
Dr. KhizarAzam, Assistant Profes-
sor, Mechanical Engineering
Department, University of Engi-
n e e r i n g a n d Te c h n o l o g y,
Peshawar has been selected by
the Core Group of World Health
Organization (WHO) for its MEN-
TOR-VIP - a global mentoring
programme for violence and
injury prevention. This progarmme is aimed to develop
human resource capacity with the technical and financial
coordination of the WHO. A renowned scientist, Prof. Dr.
Ann Williamson, University of New South Wales (UNSW),
Australia has been assigned as a Mentor.
Dr. Azam has done his Ph.D in transportation safety area
and is actively engaged in research in the field of injury
prevention. His involvement in this mentor VIP
programme will be for one year period.
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Dr. Naveed Ahmad, being representative of UET Peshawar par-
ticipated in the third project progress meeting of the European
Union's CASCADE Project as its 12th partner. The meeting was
held in Maldives from 21-23 July 2014 to share progress of part-
ner institutions – Dr. Ahmad presented the National Position
Paper (NPP) Draft on “Societal Challenges in Pakistan”, a Project
Deliverable WP2, and learn on the project future deliverables
under WP3& WP4.
UET Peshawar Presents National Position Paper at EU’s CASCADE Progress Meeting
Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Assistant Professor, EEC supervised a M.Sc. student, Ms.
Shama Naveed from UME School – IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy for a six month
mentorship at the Earthquake Engineering Center. The topic of her research
was “seismic risk assessment of communities in Punjab from a holistic assess-
ment”. The EEC under its “Research and Development Section” offered an
opportunity of a vigorous training to Ms. Shama on “disaster risk assessment”
and its territorial mapping targeting earthquake disaster, including social
demography and socio-economic status that may aggravate the disaster
effects. The training helped in mapping and spatial pattern that will help in mak-
ing policy decisions for effective management towards disaster risk reduction.
As part of degree classification, Ms. Shama prepared a master's research the-
sis, which later on, got approved by the UME School. The research produced
under this training programme is also now submitted to an International Jour-
nal for publication.
Earthquake Engineering Center Supervises Student Internship at International Level
Vice Chancellor is presented a souvenir for providing expert opinion on the 6th
Theme of the EU's Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges – Inclusive
Innovative and Reflective Societies.
17 May 2014 UME School Graduation Ceremony
Venue: Auditorium CAR College, Pavia, ITALY.
Malaysian Team Visits UET Peshawar
A two-member team of professors from Malaysian university visited the University on 22-August, 2014. Prof. Dr. Fauziah Ahmad and
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Rodzi Ismail of “Universiti Sains Malaysia, P. Pianang” met the Vice-Chancellor who was accompanied by his
senior team of faculty and administration.
The visiting team exchanged their academic and research interests and were
given presentation of UET with specific emphasis on Earthquake Engineer-
ing. During one-hour presentation, detailed discussion between two sides
focused on issue related to codes under legislative framework, highway
infrastructure, landslides, earthquake engineering, structural integrity of
buildings etc. The Vice Chancellor recommended for a joint research initia-
tive from both universities that will benefit both countries and agreed to sign
a memorandum of understanding in near future. Both sides agreed to
develop means to engage in long-term collaboration in area of science and
technology. At the end, the Malaysian professors were given a guided tour
of Earthquake Engineering Center.
Scholarships of PM's Tuition Fee Reimbursement Awarded to the Master's Students
The Vice Chancellor gave away cheques to Master's students under PM's Tuition Fee
Reimbursement Scheme in a ceremony, held on 19th August. In total, 71 students pursu-
ing Masters in different engineering programs at have been selected to receive the
scholarships. The federal government has paid the tuition fee including other academic,
incidental, or mandatory fee for Masters' programme through HEC to the current as well
as future students admitted on merit.
The Vice Chancellor while appreciating the initiative announced by the Prime Minister
said that it would be helpful in providing equitable access to higher education, especially
to from remote areas of khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He advised students to use this scheme
for their academic pursuit, and bring change to the socio-economic status of the country.
Director Finance Nek Muhammad Khan briefed that the scheme was aimed to enhance
the talent of youth especially those who come from remote and underserved areas and
could not bear the costs of higher education studies. Dean Faculty of Engineering Prof.
Dr. Zahid Mehmood, and heads of departments were present on the occasion.
Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan, Director Finance Presenting
University Shield to Malysian Delgation
Mr. Nek Muhammad Khan giving away
cheques to a student
Research Publications» Salman Afzal, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Fahad, Salman
Saeed, Muhammad Ashraf, “Assessment of early-age
autogenous shrinkage strains in concrete using bentonite
clay as internal curing technique” Construction & Building
Materials (Impact factor 2.88) Vol. 66, 2014, pp. 403-409.
DOI: 10.1016/ j.conbuildmat. 2014.05.051.
»Asif Ali Khan, Mazhar Abbas, Zainab Jamil, Salim Ullah, Laiq
Hasan, Naila Rehman, “Design and Development of GPS
Receiver for PNSS-1”, International Conference on Space
2014 (ICS-2014).
»Salim Ullah, Muhammad Jaleed Khan, Abdullah, Laiq Hasan,
Asif Ali Khan, Aqsa Khan, Yahya Bangash, “Design and Devel-
opment of Fault-tolerant and Dynamically Reconfigurable
PPU”, International Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).
»Salim Ullah, Laiq Hasan, Asif Ali Khan, Mohsin Tariq, Zuraiz ud
Din, Muhammad Haroon Baig, “Design and Development of
Fault-tolerant and Dynamically Reconfigurable OBC”, Inter-
national Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).
»Aftab Khan, Laiq Hasan, Naina Said, Umair Asghar, Shehroz
Rashid, “Real-Time Image Compression Subsystem for Paki-
stan National Student Satellite Program (PNSSP)”, Interna-
tional Conference on Space 2014 (ICS-2014).
»Asif Ali Khan, Umair Ahsan, Salim Ullah, Laiq Hasan, Ubaid
Akbar, Anwar Kamal, Salman Ishaq, “Design and Develop-
ment of Sun Sensor”, International Conference on Space
2014 (ICS-2014).
»Ali, Hazrat, Nasir Ahmad, Xianwei Zhou, Khalid Iqbal, and
Sahibzada Muhammad Ali. "DWT features performance anal-
ysis for automatic speech recognition of Urdu." SpringerPlus
3, no. 1 (2014): 204.
»Alauddin, Haseeb Zafar, Tariqullah Jan, Nasir Ahmad, Syed
Riaz-ul-Hassnain (2014) “Efficient Variable Least Significant
Bits Audio Steganography (VLSBAS) Algorithms”, Sindh Uni-
versity Research Journal (Science Series) vol. 46, issue. 1, pp.
53-58, March 2014.
»Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Abdur Rehman Abid,
Nasir Ahmad, Arbab Waseem Abbas and Muhammad
Waqas (2014) “Formant based Pashto Digits and Numbers
Synthesizer”, Sindh University Research Journal (Science
Series) vol. 46, issue. 1, pp. 47-52, March 2014.
On presentation the first draft of NPP Dr. Ahmad's work was
appreciated and graded excellent by the CASCADE Project coor-
dinators and WP2 Leader. Other South-Asia partners were
advised to consider the Pakistan's NPP Draft as a benchmark on
preparing their respective national position papers. Prof. Dr.
Amaratunga Dilanthi, Project Coordinator CASCADE and Profes-
sor, University of Salford, UK was recorded saying .You've done a
fantastic job with the project. We look forward to continue to
collaborate with You in the forthcoming research proposals”.
As part of activity, expert consultation provided a major input to
the analysis of Paper to identify policy improvement and
research priorities in Pakistan. It included 145 semi-structured
interviews and two focus group discussions covering each area
of societal challenges highlighted in the EU's Horizon 2020. The
key experts included for data collection included policy makers,
enforcers and end users from government, academia, research
and development institutions (R&DIs), NGOs & INGOs.
Dr. Khizar Azam Selected for W.H.O Global Mentoring Programme
Dr. KhizarAzam, Assistant Profes-
sor, Mechanical Engineering
Department, University of Engi-
n e e r i n g a n d Te c h n o l o g y,
Peshawar has been selected by
the Core Group of World Health
Organization (WHO) for its MEN-
TOR-VIP - a global mentoring
programme for violence and
injury prevention. This progarmme is aimed to develop
human resource capacity with the technical and financial
coordination of the WHO. A renowned scientist, Prof. Dr.
Ann Williamson, University of New South Wales (UNSW),
Australia has been assigned as a Mentor.
Dr. Azam has done his Ph.D in transportation safety area
and is actively engaged in research in the field of injury
prevention. His involvement in this mentor VIP
programme will be for one year period.
With ComplimentsDirectorate of Media and PublicationsUniversity of Engineering & Technology, [email protected]: (92-91) 9216796-8, (92-91) 9216043 P. O. Box: 814
Editor: Shamaila FarooqDirector Media & Publications
Design & Layout:Aurangzeb (Technical Officer)
CORRESPONDENTS
Mardan Campus: Lect. Naznina Hakim KhanBannu Campus: Dr. Fayaz Ahmad (Coordinator)Abbottabad Campus: Ar. Shabbirullah QureshiKohat Campus: Prof. Dr. Amjadullah Khattak (Coordinator)
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Dr. Abdul Shakoor, Assistant Pro-
fessor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering completed his Ph. D in
2013 from the School of Aeronau-
tical, Automotive and Materials
Engineering, Loughborough Uni-
versity UK. He obtained his M.Sc.
degree in Advanced Manufactur-
ing Engineering and Management
in 2005, from the University of
Huddersfield, UK and B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering
in 2001 from UET, Peshawar. Dr. Abdul Shakoor joined UET in
2006 as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Shakoor has worked on development of sustainable com-
posites. The title of his PhD research was “Development of
novel Bio-derived Polymer Composites Reinforced with Natu-
ral Fibres and Mineral Fillers.” He worked on improving the
mechanical and thermal properties of bio-based polymer i.e
Poly (lactic acid) and developed bio-composites reinforced
with wood, flax, and hemp fibres. He also worked on develop-
ment of novel particulate composites reinforced with Talc
with some interesting results. He worked on development of
textile applications of sustainable materials in collaboration
with the School of Art and Textile Design, Loughborough Uni-
versity, UK. Dr. Shakoor also worked on the development of
nickel– polymer coating in Hydrothermal Carbonisation (HTC)
waste water recycling plant for African countries, with Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation.
Dr. Shakoor has received training from Higher Education Acad-
emy (HEA), London UK and has a teaching experience in differ-
ent subjects at the Department of Materials, Loughborough
University, UK. He also holds executive certification in Project
Management and Personal & Professional skills from Leeds
Metropolitan University, UK. His research work has been
appreciated and publishedin different national and interna-
tional journals and conferences including SPE Eurotech '2013,
MS & T '2012, ASME ECTC 2011, IOP D2FAM' 2013 and
Bioneers'2012.
In 2007, Dr. Shakoor established the local chapter of ASME at
UET Peshawar and served as its advisor. Dr. Abdul Shakoor is
now involved in research activities of Mechanical Department
supervising postgraduate students. He is working as incharge
of the Career Resource Centre (CRC) and a focal person for
industrial liaison at the Department.
HE Sector Offers Free Education Facilities to IDP’s
A combined meeting of Steering Committee for sup-
porting IDPs of North Waziristan under the auspices
of Higher Education Commission was held on 18th
July, 2014. The Chairman Steering Committee,
Imtiaz H Gilani Vice chancellor deliberated on the
plan of action on three main areas including educa-
tion, health and rehabilitation. The Higher Educa-
tion Sector is actively supporting the IDP's who have
been displaced due to an ongoing operation, Zarb-
e-Azb in North Waziristan Agency, he said.
The meeting decided to offer free of cost education
to IDP's at all public and some private universities of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Representatives from
Peshawar University, Gomal University D I Khan,
UET, Peshawar, KMU, IM Sciences, Islamia College,
Sarhad University, and Agriculture University,
Peshawar announced seats for IDP's for the session
2014-15 in undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The universities also announced to offer a stipend
of Rs. 5000/month along with free tuition hostel
and mess facility.
Another combined team of Agriculture University,
Peshawar and Gomal University, DI Khan compris-
ing of Veterinary Sciences was constituted to regis-
ter live stock of IDPs while registered animals will be
placed in care centers in which their feed and heath
care needs will be taken care by the HE sector.
The vice chancellor said the all public sector and pri-
vate universities were committed to help their
brothers in times of need. “It is not just humanitar-
ian assistance but we intend to take this challenge
and convert into an opportunity by giving a lifetime
opportunity to our youth” The meeting was
attended by vice chancellors and representatives of
universities, HEC and Higher Education Depart-
ment.