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CONTENTS

How……………………………………….Pg3 Science Behind The Vision …….Pg4 Tech Update…………………………..Pg5 Gaming Updates..…………………..Pg6 Inside Projects………………………..Pg7 Teachers’ Viva………………………..Pg8 Achievers……………………………….Pg9 Tech View……………..……………..Pg10 Societies Activities………………..Pg11 Students Interview………...Pg13-14

White clothes usually glow under black light for the reason that modern detergents have phos-phors which convert UV light into white light. That is why whites look "whiter than white" in normal sunlight. What you see in sunlight is the usual reflection of visible white light from the cloth, in addition to the emis-sion of white light that phosphors create from UV light. The clothes are really whiter than white!

How My

Shirt

Glows

HOW...?

The first actual documen-tation relating to fire-works comes out of 1040 AD, where the Chinese showed how to wrap gun-powder in paper, add a few chemicals and make a "Fire Pill." For small fireworks and ones that are on the ground such as firecrack-ers, there is gun powder used. Gun powder ex-plodes and when this happens, gives off a con-siderable amount of oxy-gen. This oxygen then mixes with the metal pieces in the firecracker which, in turn, results in light. For small fireworks and ones that are on the ground such as firecrack-ers, there is gun powder used. Gun powder ex-plodes and when this happens, gives off a con-siderable amount of oxy-

Gold – Incandescence

of iron, charcoal

Yellow – Sodium

Electric White – Mag-

nesium or aluminum

Green – Barium plus a

chlorine producer

Blue – Copper plus a

chlorine producer

Purple – Strontium

plus copper

Silver – Aluminum,

titanium or magnesium

powder or flakes

How

Fireworks

Work

gen. This oxygen then mixes with the metal pieces in the firecracker which, in turn, results in light. How Fireworks Work What makes fireworks explode is simple pres-sure. Much like shaking a can of soda will cause the liquid to spew from the can when opened; fire-works operate on the same theory. Once the firework is lit, pressure builds and the fire burns through the wick and reaches the bottom of the firework, where the chemicals are stored. The black gun powder at the end of the firework ex-plodes out (and some-times upwards, depend-ing on where it's packed) only because of a simple pressure buildup.

The big question is how

do all of the different

colors appear?

That's caused by different

metals. Depending on

what type of metal you

use determines what

color the light will be

when it appears. Below is

a list of the metals and

the subsequent color that

is creates.

Red – Strontium and

lithium

Orange – Calcium

How

Black Light

Works

UVA light rather than UVB light, which is more dangerous. The matter sparkling un-der a black light, whether on a fluorescent poster or new white T-shirt, is phosphor. A phosphor converts the UV radiation energy from black light to visible light.

You might have seen black lights at amusement parks and science museums. Black lights may appear normal fluorescent lamps or incan-descent light bulbs, but their function is completely different. Turn black light on, and white clothes, teeth and many other things shine in the dark. There are some pieces of paper that appear blank in normal light but spell out a gleaming mes-sage under black light. The question is why black lights make some items glow but not others? When you switch on a black light bulb in a dark room, you can see a purplish glow from the bulb, but you can-not see the ultraviolet light produced by the bulb. Our eyes can see visible light in a spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet). Above violet is ultraviolet light, which we cannot see. A black light bulb produces

tate in there presentations so you can just sit in a room alone and then put these glasses on and see hundreds of people sitting in front of you and even controlled by you

What is Our REAL-ITY about Virtual Reality

There are more then 60,000 industries in the world pro-ducing the devices using this technology and all the ad-vanced countries are using this for different purposes. Many educational institutes all over the world are using this technology to make there study lectures more practical and make the students under-stand things more properly and then produce better re-sults.

I am not very glad to tell you that no institute in Pakistan is using this technology and see our students are having many problems understanding higher level concepts and

Amongst the most beneficial technologies and products the man has achieved until now I have a very unique and comprehensive technology

named virtual reality (VR). It is a term that applies to com-puter simulated environment that can simulate places in real world, as well as in imaginary world. In general words it’s augmented reality. You can see things and learn things with help of this. It is computer generated multi sensory program that tracks the user in real time. We implement this technology with the help of a device and devices using virtual reality have a wide range.

A common example is that there are cinemas in Euro-pean countries where people put glasses on and a situation

is created inside the cinema hall that the audience feel like traveling in the air simi-larly the organizers create a situation and make audi-ence feel like they are walk-ing on the surface of moon. They have the data of many sights so we can visit many countries just sitting in a room but see its just aug-mented tour.

A more common example is that we can learn driving a car or motor bike with the help of the devices using VR technology. Like a complete front side body structure of a car is made with all the parts used in driving. The person put the glasses on and sits over the structure. Program starts running and we can start it normally with the key provided. Then all the parts work and we can see a virtual road and virtual traffic. So a good driver can be created with-out damaging a car or put-ting your life in danger.

American commandos are using this technology to learn hang gliding which is normally a difficult and dan-gerous task but this tech-nology has made it very easy for them. To be more close to you I will suggest you to use it for your pres-entation preparations as many of the students hesi-

Virtual

Reality

Science

Behind The

Vision

then working at professional level. You can take example of yourself if you are a stu-dent of electrical engineering then how much you are fa-miliar with the subject “EMF” and other subjects using three dimensional tech-niques.

I Think...

As all of us know that our university could not arrange study tours due to financial and security problems and we are unable to see practi-cal level work and gain better

concepts. If we use this tech-nology we can see things just sitting in our class and it makes things more practical then a normal video. It will be expensive to introduce it first but then it will be bene-ficial for years to come.

This technology in short is going to be very common in future all the video games are going to be more exciting with VR. Each and every edu-cational institutes and re-search laboratories will be using this technology like computer and internet are used now days. A fair use of this technology may bring a revolutionary change in our country because we have got talent and all we need is to make the students see reality and study in a practical envi-ronment, VR is the most ap-propriate technology to be adopted for this purpose.

By

Chaudary Atiq

displaying up to 65k colors at a resolution of 1280×1024 pixels.

Illusion device can change the appearance of the ob-jects, and is being developed by the scientists in Hong Kong. The device belongs to the family of metamaterial-structures designed to turn light along the curved path. The metamaterial can turn the appearance of one object into that of another. The device consists of 11 concentric rings of circuit boards imprinted with small metal lined channel that pre-vent electromagnetic waves reflecting away. Instead, they

guide the waves in a direc-tion that the researchers choose specifically to make the hidden object appear to have different electrical properties. When the device was placed around the cop-per cylinder, the illusion cre-ated the illusion that the cylinder is composed of the dielectric material. The technology could be

used to hide military aircraft

and for stealth technology:

for example, to "convert the

radar image of an aircraft

into a flying bird”. The device

is still fairly bulky relative to

the original object, so further

work needs to be done be-

fore a real device can be de-

ployed.

Nico robot is called a humanoid robot be-cause it has ap-pearance and a few facial fea-tures of human. Nico has newly turned out to be the first robot that can identify itself in the mirror. Just a few other animals (e.g. Dolphins, chimps, and elephants) in addition to humans have the capability to recognize them-selves in mirror. The selected few animals that identify themselves in mirror also utilize the mirror for inspect-ing their teeth and other body parts. Though Nico is not at that level so far Design: When Nico raises his arm while looking in a mirror, his software system is able to recognize himself as "self." The scientists have pro-grammed him to categorize things as ‘self’, ‘other’, or ‘neither’ based on the infor-mation acquired from a cam-era behind one of his eyes. Motion sensors in Nico's arms convey information when his arm is moving to-wards his software system. The software then compares the images received by cam-era eye with the arm move-ment, and when they are aligned then there is a high possibility of the image being Nico haimself. If not, the software concludes that there is more probability that the image is something else. One possible application is

that the capability to identify

their own limbs would be

useful for robots to adapt

their gait to a varying envi-

ronment while walking plus

in handling objects.

It is named as the Space Cube and is thought to be the smallest personal com-puter in the world. This CPU is Only 2×2x2.2 inch having a built-in 300 MHz processor equipped with 6 4 M B o f S D R A M

(Synchronous dynamic ran-dom access memory) There are number of other

ports such as USB, Flash memory, Ethernet, serial connection, a monitor output port, and even a microphone slot. The monitor is capable of

NICO Robot

World Smallest CPU

TECH UPDATES

Illusion Cloak

TOP MOBILE PHONES

TOP LAPTOPS

Apple iPhone4

32GB

black (AT&T)

GPRS/EDGE

The Motorola MILESTONE2 Geo-tagging, face detection

touch focus, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

The LG Vortex

GPS

Wi-Fi 3G

Mobile

Android 2.2

Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM,

500GB HDD, 15-inch

Toshiba Portege R705-P35

and display technology and you can connect to a remote system that does the entire number-crunching/ file sav-ing for you. This technology is going to revolutionize gam-ing. Besides all these couch-based gaming, a new tech-nology in gaming has been

i n t r o d u c e d called “kinect”, which is giving a new dimension to the gaming t e c h n o l o g y . Kinect are the activity games

which combine gaming with motions such as faux-sports, dancing and fitness. We are in the midst of a

hugely important time for

gaming industry, one that

will soon be of major histori-

cal significance. Here’s to a

bright gaming futute!

Gaming is one of the most exciting pass times; once you start playing a game you be-come addicted to it. This craze and indulgence of youth in gaming has prompted the companies to bring new technological in-novations that will revolu-tionize the entire gaming structure. The new ground-breaking innovations in gam-ing include; PC and consoles are bringing increasingly sophisticated audio and visuals to ever-increasingly sophisticated games. These games help people in playing together as a team, overcoming ex-tremely complex challenges in supremely complex envi-ronments. Mobile gaming is another huge growth area that is driving some serious innovation in a way that we play and consume games.

Smart phones such as An-droids and iphones of this world, and emerging ipad-style tablets, are the real mobile gaming platforms of the future. Another area where we see improvements and innova-tions is the 3D gaming. Nin-tendo’s 3Ds show us that 3D can work without special glasses. PC tech is showing us how it works with them. We saw in the movie Avatar the semi-transparent tablets which were used by military as personal computers which, very soon, will not be a fantasy anymore thanks to the cloud technology. This technology removes the need of processors in your computer. All you need is a high-speed Wi-Fi connection

LATEST GAMES

TOP GAMES

TOP CARS

in real 3D. The company showcases a selection of 3D-enabled products, such as 3DTVs, cameras, camcorders and games that support the technology. Sales on several home theater solutions launch in tandem with the release of the game as well. Call of Duty: Black Ops gives the player the option to play the game in stereoscopic 3D on the PlayStation 3, Win-dows, and Xbox 360. To do so, consumers need to own compatible 3D-ready HD TV and active shutter glasses.

The new game, battlefield Play4Free, developed by the makers of Battlefield heroes at EA DICE, features photo-realistic characters, environ-ments, weapons, and maps. The game also features sig-nature Battlefield game play such as large-scale team bat-tles for up to 32 players, ve-hicular warfare, and sandbox-style game play. EA further promises "the best maps" from Battlefield 2, a combat skills system that lets players improve their characters

over time, the ability to earn in-game currency to buy weapons and armor, and 16 vehicles such as the Mil Mi-28 attack helicopter, F35 VTOL jet fighter, the Russian T-90 main battle tank, and the LSV light strike vehicle. Expect the final game to fea-ture some type of micro-transaction system as well.

BLACK OPS Best Buy announces plans to host Call of Duty: Black Ops midnight launches events soon, with a particular focus on the game's stereoscopic 3D capabilities. Best Buy stores plan to highlight a variety of products that allow consumers to play the game

3D Call For Duty:

Battlefield

Mafia II - Joe's Adven-

tures

Aliens v/s

Predator

(2010)

Gran Tur-ismo 5 (PS3) (the real driving simulator)

2010 Lincoln MKS

Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid

2010 Audi S4

Group Members:

Arsalan Ahmad

Asma Sejal

Hassan Mahmood

Supervisor

Sir Asif and Sir Amir

GPS

Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System

(GPS) is a satellite-based navi-

gation system made up of net-

work of 24 satellites placed

into orbit by the U.S. Depart-

ment of Defense.

GPS receiver

When WE talk about "a GPS,"

we usually mean a GPS re-

ceiver. A GPS receiver uses

satellites to pinpoint locations.

GSM

Global system for mobile com-

munication (GSM) is a globally

accepted standard for digital

cellular communication

GSM Modem

Is a wireless modem that

works with a GSM wireless

network?

Can be an external device or a

PC Card / PCMCIA Card

Google Earth

Google Earth is a virtual

globe, map and geo-

graphic information program.

We can obtain image of a loca-

tion by providing its coordi-

nates.

Objective

Is to make a lock system using

GPS, GSM modem (cell phone),

microcontroller, Google earth.

The system would work like if a

car goes out of a certain range

the car would automatically

turn its self off.

Car can also be locked using

the program from the com-

puter, even it is not out of

range.

We will also try to develop our

own program which would

show the map and position of

the car, but initially Google

Earth would be used.

In addition we will also try to

GPS LOCK SYSTEM

P R O J E C T R E V I E W

CAR PART COMPUTER PART

send co ordinates using GPRS

instead of SMS.

HOW

There are basically two parts of

the system

Computer part

Car part

Shown in the figure below

Main Task

GPS module interfacing with

microcontroller

GSM modem interfacing with

microcontroller

Showing position on basis of

coordinates

Locking the car

Questions Asked

Total cost of your project?

Project’s total cost was about

25000Rs, but the cost is directly

proportional to its quality, you can

even make it cheaper by introduc-

ing less expensive components,

or you can improve its quality by

using good quality components.

The hardware we used its mini-

mum-maximum price can range

from 18K-35K.

How and why you choose this

project?

Well it's kind of a long-funny story,

but in short my friend Hassan

Mahmood suggested that we can

use the idea of tracking and de-

velop such a system so that the

user can access it's features di-

rectly, without the help of com-

pany providing such systems. We

just wanted car tracker to be user

friendly and introduced security

features in it.

What were the difficulties you

people faced during the project?

We faced alot of difficulties dur-

ing the project, especially when

we were trying to interface the

hardware with the computer. As

uc8051 has just a single serial

line, but we needed two. One for

taking coordinates from GPS

module the other one to send

coordinates through GSM mod-

ule. So we had to mux it, but

debugging this step we totally

different and difficult. So deriv-

ing a new method for its de-

bugging and then removing

errors from this particular step

took us about 3-4weeks. But in

the end we got our reward :)

Teachers Interviews Sir.Zahir Khan

Lecturer Electrical Engineering

Department UET Peshawar

How would you describe yourself? Well it is a bit difficult to describe your-

self, I guess I am a simple teacher.

What is your earliest childhood mem-

ory?

My school was three miles away from my

village and on my way there was a cave

that was famous as a haunted place. Once

when I was coming back from my school,

I met a heavy storm. I had to take shelter

in that very cave I was so afraid but I re-

mained there till the storm ended. It was

most probably the most frightening as well as exciting thing that happened to

me.

What are you most afraid of?

My biggest fear is darkness and I am also

afraid of snakes.

What super power do

you wish to posses?

I wish I could have a

power through which I

could get more under-standing about my sub-

ject.

Which thing is worst

failing or never try-

ing?

Well definitely the

worse is not to even try.

What is the one thing

you want to change about the world?

Our world is currently facing power

crises, my dream is that we could find

out some solution that power become very cheap or literally free.

One thing you know you do differ-

ently than most of the people?

My thinking, the way I think is differ-

ent from most people.

Do you consider yourself suc-

cessful?

One should never consider that

he has achieved everything as

Satisfaction is death.

What do coworkers says

about you?

My coworkers can give better

answer regarding this. Well,

friends say good things about

me.

Which thing irritates you

most about coworker,

students or children?

Liars and hypocrites irritate me the most.

Who is your inspiration?

Hazrat Umer (R.A), after I have read AL-Farooq, a book on Hazrat Umer’s life

by Shibli Nomani.

What are your hobbies?

I like reading books.

Dr. Mohammad Younis

Professor Chemical Engineering

Department UET Peshawar

How would you describe yourself? An adjusting, Friendly and fun loving

person.

Enthusiastic about taking up new chal-

lenges in life.

Believe in Hard work and Sincerity which

should be backed by good character and

discipline.

Always strive towards individual better-

ment in whichever form it may be.

I am never tired of ”beginning” where

others ”end”. It confers me the zeal and

impetus to work towards excellence.

What is your earliest childhood mem-

ory?

First life-day at school,,, remember going

into to the classroom and sitting on the

floor

When I lost my way to home while com-

ing alone to home from

agricultural land outside

village,,,,

Fighting with street guys

and knocking out front tooth of one.

What are you most afraid

of?

I am afraid of failing life

and not finding my goals or

targets for which I me here

for..

Loosing my loved ones,,,

What super power do you wish to

posses?

To read the mind of others why they

act differently contrary to what they speak.

What is the one thing you want to

change about the world?

First I would change myself and be an

example. Be an example to change our

perception of our differences and shift

to an understanding of our common

present and future so that we all know

and understand and value of the human

and humanity as a whole in the world. I

consider it useful to change "evry"

thing not just one thing in world...

One thing you know you do differ-

ently than most of the people?

To plead own’s case

Do you consider yourself successful?

Yes. I achieved, in the end, all that I

have ventured despite having weak-

nesses and doing mis-

takes. I hold the skills

and life experiences to

overcome bewilder-

ments and accomplish targets. I am confident

of proving success in

all the responsibilities

entitled to me.

What do coworkers

says about you?

A team player,

humorous, organ-

ized, trusted indi-

vidual, helpful and

understanding per-son.

I pride myself on

my ability to form

relationships with

co-workers.

Which thing irri-

tates you most

about coworker, students or children?

Rude and inconsiderate people in general.

Talkative and take too long to get their

point across,

Ones who interrupt others.

Who is your inspiration?

Religion. Prophet Muhammad PBUH,

Leader. Quaid e Azam, M Ali Jinnah

Profession. My Master and PhD supervi-

sor, Dr Jose Sanchez (France)

Administration, S. Imtiaz H Gilani (VC

UET Pesh)

What are your hobbies?

Reading about any interesting topic or sim-

ply connects on ‘Facebook’ and / or

‘linkedIn’. Walking in nature and taking long distance journey.

Share a few words for your students.

Be punctual, patient, organized, disciplined

with pre defined targets. Behave with a

smiling face and keep in mind to serve the

human and humanity.

Pakistan in Guinness Book of World Records

"Most people who succeed in the face of

seemingly impossible conditions are people

who simply don't know how to quit."

Robert Schuler

English for specialist engi-neering

Americans for software engineering

Swiss for precision manu-facturing

French and Japanese for consumer engineering

But overall the best engineers are Germans. Previously the British led the charge, but in the 20th Century the Germans established their dominance. They are now the world's top export nation due to their engineering skills and no other nation can compete with their depth of engineering knowledge and practice. Sie-mens, BMW and Mercedes are just the name of three popular brands of quality engineering products under Germans. During the competition, the

French and Italians went

through economic mismanage-

ment while the Germans kept

steaming on producing out-

standing engineering and Two

World Wars and a huge exodus

of talent and knowledge

from Germany to USA has

not suppressed them.

In Focus

Professor Dr. Yaseen Iqbal Yousafzai The Institute of Physics, Lon-don, awarded rank of the Chartered Engineer to Pro-fessor Dr. Yaseen Iqbal Yousufzai in 2007. Dr. Yaseen Iqbal Yousufzai is the first Pakistani Scientist who has been honored with this ex-alted position from this in-stitute. He is now working as a foreign professor at the Department of Physics, Uni-versity of Peshawar. Dr. Yaseen did his Masters in Physics from Gomal Univer-sity, Dera Ismail Khan, in 1987 and PhD in Engineering Materials from the Univer-sity of Sheffield, England. He has published a number of articles in international hard for the progress of Sci-ence and Technology based culture in Pakistan by arjour-

The Best Engineers In The World

Largest Volunteer Ambu-l a n c e O r g a n i z a t i o n In 1948, Abdul Sattar Edhi (Pakistan) began his ambulance service, carrying wounded peo-ple to hospital. His radio-linked network includes about 500 ambulances all over Pakistan, and attracts funds of US$5 mil-lion yearly.

Largest Football (Soccer) It is a football made from artifi-cial leather PV-PVC and hand-

sewn by staff at Ihsan Sports of Hajipura, Sialkot, Pakistan. It had a diameter of 4m (13ft 1in) when measured on 30 June 2002. The super-sized soccer ball.

Widest Gauge Railway The widest gauge in standard use is 1.676 m (5 ft 6 in). This wide gauge is used in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Argen-tina, Sri Lanka, Spain, Portugal and Chile.

Largest Appendix Re-m o v e d An appendix measured 23.5 cm in length, removed from a 55-year-old Pakistani man on June 11, 2003, at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan. The op-eration was carried out by Dr. Riaz Ahmed Khokhar.

Pakistani student Ali Moin Nawazish The 18 year-old boy master-

mind took the long list of exams within 12-months netting himself 22 A grades, one B and one C grade. Bravo!

S m a l l e s t Q u r ’ a n The smallest published Quran book measures 1.7 cm x 1.28 cm x 0.72 cm(0.66 in x 0.50 in x 0.28 in) . Dr Mu-hammad Karim Beebani at

October 15, 2004 in Pakistan.

nals of material and applied sciences. During his service at the Sheffield University, Prof Iqbal worked as joint consultant with Professor W.E. Lee and carried out re-search in numerous areas of Materials Engineering includ-ing low loss soft magnetic alloys, glass ceramics, electro-ceramics and vitreous ce-ramics. Aside from teaching different courses in Physics, he has struggled ranging a number of events in the University.

Dr. Naeem Arbab Professor at UET Peshawar, Electrical dept. was born on Dec.18, 1959 in Peshawar. He belongs to Arbab family of Tehkal Bala. His father is also an engineer. He married his first cousin who is cur-rently working as an assistant professor in KMC and he has a son. He did his early schooling from Islamabad model school and then joined Abbottabad Public School where he

topped in SSc and FSc pre-engineering group. He then got admission in UET Pesha-war and was awarded Uni-versity gold medal in BSc electrical engineering. He was not only excellent in studies but also a part of university first eleven foot-ball and athletics team. In 1982, Dr. Naeem Arbab joined WAPDA. In 1983, he went to England and did his masters and PhD from Uni-versity of Manchester and then joined UET Peshawar on June 28, 1988 as a lecturer. In 1997-1998 he did his post doctorate from University of Manchester. Dr. Naeem Arbab is the youngest Professor in the history and is one of the most favorite teachers in UET Peshawar. He is known for his personality, courageous attitude, punctuality, hon-esty and dedication towards his work. It a great honor to have him as a part of our faculty.

TECH VIEW Energy Crisis in Pakistan By

Beenish Electrical 8Th Semester

Pakistan is facing serious

energy crisis that is affecting

all sectors of the economy

and the various segments of

the society. Presently, the

demand-supply gap in the

energy sector has reached

one of its highest peaks in

the country. This gap has

subsequently produced

huge shortage of power

that has adversely affected

the economy. Conse-

quently, this ongoing chain

of energy crises is accelerat-

ing inflation. The govern-

ment has intended to

counter it with Rental

Power Plants (RPPs). How-

ever, the constant trust

shortfall on the part of loads

is not only due to the trans-

parency issue of RPPs, it is

majorly due to a constant

increase in power failures

and shortage, revealing an

increase in the crisis instead

of signs of recovery.

ELECTRICITY SECTOR IN PAKISTAN

At present total power pro-duction capacity in the country is about 19,500 W. The different way for the production of power used in Pakistan is hydro, thermal, Nuclear and renewable. Of all, hydroelectric comprises major part of the produc-tion. Ghazi barotha, mangla, warsak dams are generating up to 6500 MW of the total power.

Thermal power plants con-tributes up to two third of the total power. Main ther-mal power plants are KAPCO, jamshoro, Gaduu, and bin Qasim.

Nuclear power plants gener-ates up to 500MW of the total required power. Chashma Nuclear Power Complex 1 is in working con-dition and generates up to 300 MW. New projects of the nuclear power are under development.

Projects have been ap-proved on wind and solar power plants. Jhimpir Wind Power Plant is the Pakistan first wind power plant and is generating up to 6MW.

REASON OF ENERGY CRISES

• Unrealistic plans and im-proper implementation

• Failure of introducing new p r o j e c t s • Underutilization of re-s o u r c e s • C i r c u l a r d e b t • International oil prices • Provincial prejudices • Water sh ortage • Transmission losses • P o w e r w a st a g e • Theft of electric power • Accelerating demand • Minimal research/exploration.

SOLUTION TO OVERCOME ENERGY CRISES

At present, thermal plants are averaging about 50 per-cent plant factor, which means that they are not being used to their potential level, 70 to 80 percent plant factor is quite feasible; this would require better main-tenance of such plants. A higher plant factor on these power stations can provide 20 to 30 percent more en-ergy, which will avoid the present shortages to a cer-tain extent. Improving the plant factor of the existing plants is far more economi-cal then setting up new plants, although new plants will still be needed.

One of the reasons for low plant factor is that the funds are not made available for the purchase of oil; solution for this factor will help in short term increase in en-ergy production. The gov-ernment has announced that immediately 1200 MW of additional plants will be

set-up. At present the coun-try has about 28 Trillion cft of recoverable gas available, the yearly consumption is about 1.2 Trillion cft, which means that even if gas con-sumption is increased, the existing recoverable gas will be sufficient for the next 15 years. Therefore the addi-tional thermal generation should be based on gas, but in order to make additional gas available, the gas pres-sure and its transmission system will have to be en-hanced.

The key points which might be helpful in avoiding en-ergy crises in Pakistan are thus

• Rental power plants

• Stabilizing industrial sector

• Limiting commercial sup-

p l y h o u r s

Short te rm goals

• Refreshing non functional

p o w e r p l a n t s

• Revamping transmission

s y s t e m

• Thar coal project

• Alternate/renewable en-

e r g y s o u r c e s

L o n g t e r m g o a l s

• Conforming foreign policy

and energy needs

• N e w d a m s

• T r a n s p a r e n c y

• Efficient techniques and

u s a g e

• Measures against power

theft.

Code your Logic: Code your logic was the pro-gramming competition on 26th

of Oct. This competition at-tracted students of various departments and provided an opportunity to test their skills of programming with their counter department fellows. The prize winners for the Pro-gramming Competition in-cluded, Winners: Muhammad Irfan and Asif Ahmad (Electrical Engineering). Run-ners-up: Shah Faisal and Saif-ur-Rehman (Electrical Engi-neering).

Career Development Work-shop: A workshop on Career Devel-opment was arranged on 27th Oct. In this Workshop Engr .Aziz from Career Devel-opment Center presented a speech on Effective guidelines for proper CV writing and how to present oneself in the job market. The very workshop also in-cluded a mock interview ses-sion which gave a brief over-view to attendants to show how to effectively perform in real job interviews. Also the Students of the workshop par-

IEEE Science and Engineer-ing Festival 2010 (25th - 29th of October 2010) This Event was arranged and organized by the IEEE Create team of NWFP UET Pesha-war. The aim was to cater both the academic and co-curricular assistance and upbringing of the Engineer-ing Students of all the De-partments by providing a wide platform of events and activities. Different events were held to enhance the extra capa-bilities of the UET students. Seminar on Final Year Pro-ject: The inauguration ceremony was held on 25th Oct which was followed by a Seminar on Final Year Project by Dr .Iftikhar for the final year students of all departments. This seminar helped a lot in deciding the final year pro-ject and provided awareness them by giving proper guide-lines for making a successful and innovative project.

Second Prize: Atif Sardar Khan (Electrical Engineering), Third Prize: Gussan Maaz Mufti (Electrical Engineering) and Onaira Khattak (Civil Engineering). The Closing ceremony was held on 1st Nov. Winners, runners-up and participants were given certificates. The chief guest was Dean Faculty of Engineering Dr.Azzam-ul-Asar. He appreciated the participation of the students and also the team of IEEE Create for arranging such a successful event. Video Sermon Video Sermon by Abdd-ur-Raheem green was also ar-ranged in that very month under the umbrella of IEEE for the religious awareness of the university students. Road show Another attention grabbing is held under the umbrella of IEEE. That was the first ever road show conducted in the UET Peshawar by the stu-dents. It was the show to get remarks and ideas about different aspects of univer-sity life. It was very much appreciated by the students.

Which was hosted by Myda Khan (Electrical Batch 04) and Umer Khayyam (Electrical Batch 05). Video edited by Sidrah Yousaf (DCSE Batch 09)

ticipated in different activities which were planned for them. Word War: Group debate named as Word War were also included in the IEEE Science and Engineering Festival 2010, held on 28th Oct. Students of all departments participated in a large number in this event. Group of Students came and presented their ideas before opponent team in a limited given time. The Prize winners for the Group Debates included, Win-ners: Haider Shahid, Shafiqul-lah and Mazhar (Mechanical Engineering). Runners-up: Numrah Rafi, Ayesha Feroz and Arsalan Baber (Electrical Engineering).

Tech Talk: A presentation competition also took place on 29th Oct. Students of different depart-ments gave presentations on different Technical topics. This event was quite successful in attracting students and provid-ing them opportunity for pol-ishing their presentation skills. The Prize winners for the Pres-entation Competition in-cluded: First Prize: M.Usman Khan (Electrical Engineering),

WORLD SPACE WEEK 2010 (4th Oct to 7th Oct) This event was Sponsored by SUPARCO and organized by Career Development Center and American Society of Me-chanical Engineers, University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar. This event was comprised of following differ-ent contests and seminars:

Seminars: On Satellites, Material in space, Robots in space , GIS and GPS, Speakers from Insti-tute of Space Technology and SUPARCO delivered their lec-tures on different topics which were: Space Satellites, GIS and GPS, Material in Space, Robots in Space. The seminar witnessed a large audience who declared the seminar as an immense learn-ing experience and thanked UET for providing them with this opportunity of learning the latest practices from the world of technology. Space Quiz Contest Teams from all Departments of UET participated and tested their space knowledge. The quiz contest was totally re-lated to space science. A total of 30 teams participated, each team having two members.

Zohaib Alam and Osama from mechatronics and industrial department respectively got first position in the contest. Space Model Making Contest Mashal Riaz, Arshad Ali, M. Nazeer and Asghar iqbal from mining department got first position in space model mak-ing contest.

Space Poster Design Contest It was held on the same Day with the Model Making Con-test. Judges judged the post-ers with the criteria of Crea-tivity, clarity, relevance to the respective department, inno-vation, and presenting the poster. Faizan Basheer from com-puter system department, Myda Khan from electrical department and Anosh Ali and Sadia bakhtiar from Mechatronics department got first, second and third posi-tion respectively.

Declamation Contest The topic of the debate was “The role of my engineering technology in space”. Stu-dents had to fight for their department and to prove that which department is most effective in space science.

Space Walk

LDS

(Literary And Debating So-ciety) Debating Competition In the month of October, LDS

organized a Debating compe-

tition sponsored by HEC. This event aimed at improving the

communication skills and con-

fidence building in students.

Judges of the event were

Ahmad Jamal and Dr. Obaida.

The winner departments were chemical department obtain-ing 1st position, mechanical department obtained 2nd posi-tion, industrial department and civil department obtained 3rd position. In English de-bates, civil department stood 1st and electrical department obtained 2nd position. Kaavish Another event organized by LDS in January was a 2 days arts event named KAAVISH. It

was held on Peshawar level and students from different institutes participated in this event. 3 Judges were invited from IQRA University, fine arts department and Home Eco-nomics College. The institutes that won the competition were fine arts department, IMS, UET Peshawar, Islamia college Peshawar, IQRA Uni-versity, Home Economics Col-lege and Jinnah college Pesha-war.

CS (Computer Society)

SOFTMED GALA was a Pe-

shawar level software compe-

tition held on 28th December

2010. Five institutes including

UET Peshawar, Sarhad Uni-

versity, CECOS, Peshawar

University, and Agricultural

University took part.

The competition was judged

by Dr. Haseeb Zafar (DCSE), Dr. Inayatullah Baber

(Electrical), and Engr. Reh-

matullah Kundi (FAST Uni).

A total of 15 different projects

were displayed and the three

top spots were grabbed by

UET Peshawar teams.

Cash prize for winner: 2500/-

Cash prize for runner up:

2000/-

Cash prize for 2nd runner up:

1500/-

Rabiya Abbasi, Topper Mechatronics Department(2007-2011) Have you ever done cheating in exams? Yup I did cheating for the very 1st time in

last semester final term exam in robotics paper. I forgot how to take inverse of a

2*2 matrix. One thing you strived for but failed. I always wanted to join PAF as an aeronau-

tical engr. But couldn't make up to the

final merit list. Your favorite movie? Avatar If someone suddenly slaps you, what would be your reaction? No 1 have guts

to do so but if anyone do that I’ll never

ever talk to that person.

What you cook best? Rice of all type Define friendship. To hear what is unspo-

ken, to see what is invisible, to feel with-

out even touching is the miracle called "friendship" Three things you can’t live without? i) Cell phone ii) Toll boxiii) laptop What is your biggest achievement? My

biggest achievement is getting first dis-

tinction in NERC 2009 in lego mindstrom

category One word that describes you best. Hardworking. What do you do when you get angry? When I get angry, I keep quiet and locked

myself in room What would you do if you become invisible for one day?I’ll puncher

the tires of all vehicles

parked near transport

office.

Your most embarrass-

ing moment. My most

embarrassing moment is

when in second semes-

ter my calculus teacher

asked me to stand up

and get out of the class

as I was laughing in his

class.

Which character from

movie/reality you

would like to be? I’ll

like to be courageous

and strong like my

mother.

Have you ever done

any mischief in your

life? Infinite times.

Eitezaz, Topper Electrical Depart-ment(2007-2011) Have you ever done cheating in ex-ams? Yes, in FSc part II. Whom do you find your best competi-tor and why? Usman from section A because of his consistent grades. One thing you strived for but failed. Excellence. What do you prefer to do in free time except studies? I play sports cricket, badminton etc. Your favorite sport and player? My favorite sport is football and Beckham is my favorite player. Your favorite movie? A walk to remember. If someone suddenly slaps you, what would be your reaction? I will ignore. What you cook best? Not so good cooking. I can only fry an egg. Define in one word: UET: place of opportunities VC: punctual Competition: a good experience Failure: from which you can learn Three things you can’t live without? i) Studies ii) sports iii) laptop

What is your biggest achievement? My 4gpa. One word that describes you best. Hardworking. What do you do when you get angry? I go to bed and sleep or go for a walk. What is the best thing that happened in your life? My admission in UET. What would you do if you become invisi-ble for one day? I will sleep.

Qasim Rauf, Topper Electronics De-partment(2007-2011) Three things you cannot live without?

My computer, Books, My soldering sta-

tion.

Have you ever done cheating in your

study career? At numerous occasions, but

as I got matured and, I learnt the difference

between STEALING and EARNING.

What if you wake up in a morning and

you became a girl what would you do? I

would bawl and bawl and bawl, till my

vocal cords begin to sound me like a boy

again.

What is the thing that irritates you the

most?

Three lectures on the same day.

Which is your favorite movie and why?

Castaway. The fortitude for staying alive is

a fairly rare asset of human race, and this

movie was a fabulous display of this fea-

ture.

Which character of a movie/reality you

would like to be? Woody from the movie

Toy story.

What would you do if you are

invisible for one day? I

would spy on various

people.

Do you think

you could have

done better than

what you have done? I

have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best (Oscar

Wilde)

One thing u strived for but failed?

I strived for getting admitted in

NUST, to do mechatronics engineer-

ing, but my efforts were perhaps

not good enough to get me there.

Or perhaps I was destined to be in a

much better place.

What animal would you like to be

and why? A honey bee who works

day in and day out for improvising

coordinated efforts in order to

achieve a common goal; sur-

vival.

Define in one word:

Friendship: Benevolence

UET: Laughing-academy

Competition: Strife

Failure: A Milestone

Yourself: Tenacity

Muhammad Ayman, President IEEE(2010-2011) Three major qualities a president must

have?

Leadership, Cool minded, Organizer.

Do you think you posses these qualities? I’m not a cool minded person.

Who do you think is the next best com-

petitor of your position in IEEE?

Usman (Elect batch 5)

Describe these in one word:

M.Aymen: fun loving guy

Atif Rasheed: good person

Wattanyar: great buddy

If someone suddenly slaps you, what

would be your reaction?

I’ll also slap him. What you cook best? Biryani

Which thing irritates you most? Lie.

Which character from movie/reality

you would like to be?

My dad, because he is my ideal.

Three things you can’t live without.

i) My family ii) my mobile iii) my PC.

What is your biggest achievement?

Getting admission in U.E.T.

What do you do when you get angry?

When I’m angry with friends I start yell-

ing but when I’ angry with my family I just go to my room.

In your opinion you are best as an engi-

neer, society president or a friend?

I am best as a friend.

What is the best thing that happened in

your life?

When I went to Saudi Arab for perform-

ing Umrah.

What would you do if

you become invisible

for one day? I will kill President

Zardari.

How many times a

day you see yourself

in a mirror?

Just once, in the morn-

ing.

Have you ever done

cheating in exams?

Yes, a lot.

Your favorite sport.

My favorite sport is football.

Your favorite movie.

Inception.

Define in one word:

Friendship: no space

for lies.

UET: my second

home.

Competition: striving

for best

Watanyar, President ASME(2010-2011) Three major qualities a president must have? He must be a team player, flexi-ble and brave enough to take deci-sions. Describe these in one word: M.Aymen: good leader Atif Rasheed: good person If someone suddenly slaps you, what would be your reaction? First I will ask why he has slapped me and if he says for no reason, he is going to receive the same. What you cook best? Chicken karahi. If you are allowed to kill one person, who would that be? No one Which thing irritates you most? Lie. Which character from movie/reality you would like to be? I would like to be “Gladiator” . Three things you can’t live without. i) Relationships ii) food iii) money. What is your biggest achievement? Once I helped a person, he needed some equipment. When you make peo-ple happy that is the biggest achieve-ment of your life. What do you do when you get angry? I am very stable and calm person and don’t get angry that easily but if I get angry I usually punch the nearby wall. In your opinion you are best as an en-gineer society president or a friend?

I am best as a friend. How many times a day you see your-self in a mirror? Four to five times. One thing you strived for but failed. I strived for going into LUMS but I did not get it. Your favorite sport and player. My favorite sport is swimming and fa-vorite player is Mi-chael Phelps. Your favorite movie. Illusionist. Define: Friendship: give off yourself completely Competition: give your best Failure: never loose hope.

Atif Rashid, President LDS(2010-2011) Three things you cannot live without? Tea, English Literature and Computers. Have you ever done cheating in your study career? Yes I have. I wont say I'm

proud of it, but the fact remains. One thing u strived for but failed? A car-

rier in the Air force. What if you wake up in a morning and you became a girl what would you do? I would probably go back to sleep in hopes

that this is a bad bad dream. What is the thing that irritates you the most? The constant reminder that every-

thing in life is a race. What you think you would have been doing other then engineering? A traveling

Journailst Which is your favorite movie and why? There are a lot of movies, picking one is

hard but id say "A Good Year" What is the best thing happen in your life? Waking up every morning knowing

that i am Atif Rashid What you do when you are angry? I vent

out my anger by playing tennis. Who do you think is the next best com What would you do if you are invisible for one day? ill spend half the day in shear

amazement as to how did this happen, and the rest in having free meals at chief and

Pizza hut.

Would you cheat in any exam if you get a chance?

I Would cheat if I get a

chance, everything in

life is an opportunity. Do you think you could have done better than what you have done? I do-not. I am content with

what I have accom-

plished, given a chance

to re-do even a single

day of my life, I would

decline. What you cook best? I make excellent Tea and

Pancakes

Define in one word: Friendship: Overrated UET: Home Competition: Necessity Failure: Opportunity Yourself: Eccentric Your Favorite hangout?

The university canteen. Your secret of success? I would say believing in

myself and the confi-

dence God's graced me

with.