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MISSION STATEMENT
IEEE PNEC Student Branch aims to progress as a comprehensive society,
responsive to technological change. We at IEEE PNEC, envisage exploring, initiat-
ing and enlightening the knowledge of theory and practice of all aspects of Electrical
Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering and the allied branches
of engineering and related sciences. We promote wholesome interaction of the stu-
dents with the pioneers and renowned leaders of the field both in academic as well as
corporate sector. Our basic paradigm is the professional development of the students
in accordance to the Constitution and Branch Bylaws of IEEE and the conventions as
defined by Pakistan Navy Engineering College.
Besides fostering a spirit of technological innovation, we help the students of
the College in becoming confident, competent, well-rounded individuals brimming
with personal and professional talent and well-equipped to make their mark in the
world as members of IEEE PNEC and graduates of the College.
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EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE 2011
IEEE PNEC ANNUAL REPORT 2011
DEAN‟s message
Publishing the Annual Report of IEEE is a great event and its role cannot be over-
estimated especially as this Annual Report is published in a college with such an intellec-
tual and academic potential as any other part of this country. I would like to appreciate this
continued initiative of IEEE-PNEC chapter.
I have real pleasure to observe that members of IEEE-PNEC have been working
together in various areas of PNEC curricular and co-curricular activities from all platforms
for many years and have been an important asset. Today, IEEE-PNEC is not just a college
society but is a FAMILY in which the management, staff, students, and alumni works in
unity to foster this FAMILY SPIRIT. The entire atmosphere of IEEE-PNEC is permeated
by this spirit, which promotes collaboration and cooperation leading to peaceful learning
and growth. Your ALMA MATER is indeed proud of you!
I hope that the Annual Report will further stimulate the growth and development of
PNEC students who will learn about this vibrant society and the skill development of its
members. It will also allow showing their achievements to the outside world. I wish the
Editorial Board and Publications Staff of the Annual Report every success in achieving the
highest standards in content and operations.
Syed Muhammad Babur TI(M)
Captain Pakistan Navy
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Branch Mentor‟s Message
IEEE-PNEC Student Branch has evolved to become the most active and vibrant stu-
dent society at Pakistan Navy Engineering College, representing undergraduate students of
nearly all disciplines. It is indeed a great privilege for me to have served as the faculty men-
tor of IEEE-PNEC and is a matter of gratification for me to present to you the annual report
of all our activities during the Year 2011.
To further and supplement both the mission and vision of the college, IEEE-PNEC
frequently organizes various academic events which include technical seminars and work-
shops, career counseling events, engineering design events and competitions, and project
exhibitions. The society has also been representing the college at various seminars, expos
and exhibitions organized by other universities of repute at national level. It is worthy to
mention that through this platform, PNEC students have won several academic and extra-
curricular competitions held at various national universities earning praise for PNEC.
The Executive Committee of 2011 has worked diligently and their performance has
remained very much commendable throughout. I am indeed thankful to the Student Chair
Ms. Rabia Khalid, Vice-Chair Mr. Bilal Zaki and many other Executive Committee Mem-
bers for working tirelessly to making it into a successful year with various activities happen-
ing throughout the year despite prevailing security situations. Compilation of this annual
report is a proof of that and as you would go through it, you would be able to comprehend
the amount of hard work put in by these individuals.
The Executive Committee of 2012 will have big shoes to fill as they step into their
positions and take responsibility to match the standards set by their predecessors. I would
like to assure them of my unabated support and wish them all the best for the year ahead.
Let´s embark on a new journey!
Dr. Attaullah Memon
Head Postgraduate Program
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Branch Counselor‟s message
Whoa! It only seems like yesterday when the new EXCOM‟11 took charge of
the IEEE PNEC affairs and now it is time to bid them farewell. It gives me immense
pleasure to say with confidence that the current EXCOM‟11 worked professionally and
delivered the best they had to offer even though the prevailing unfavorable law and or-
der situation in the city through out the year did hamper their activities.
Here are the few notable achievements of the IEEE PNEC activities over the last
one year. In July 2011, Mr Hassaan Idrees was selected by IEEE to attend the IEEE R10
Student Congress (New Zealand) with his travel expenses partially supported by IEEE
and PNEC. The second notable achievement was the introduction of the weekly Sparkle
Talk Sessions for IEEE member students and Faculty. Notable speakers addressed stu-
dents on the various facets of technological advancements. About Ten sessions were
held during the Fall 2011 Semester. For the 3rd consecutive year, IEEE PNEC Career
Counseling and WiE TechFest competitions were held at PNEC in Nov/Dec 2011; As
before these were a major success. Notable industrial entrepreneurs and speakers deliv-
ered motivation talks to students on how to groom themselves for a successful career
and inter university technical quiz competitions were held with a big participation of
students from engineering universities of Karachi.
Dr. Sameer Hahmat Qazi
Assistant Professor
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EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE 2011
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It seems like yesterday when we had our
handing/taking over ceremony and Syed Ahmed
Fuad, Chairman‟10 handed over the office to me.
Year 2011 has been a wonderful year for IEEE
PNEC Student Branch and for me. With a series
of accomplishments and achievements within such
a short span time, IEEE PNEC has been able to
make its position among the top Student Branches
of Pakistan. It has indeed been a marvelous ex-
perience with the initiation of many excellent
events where the weekly SPARKLE Program and
the Robotics workshops are worth mentioning.
Bidding farewells have always been sad moments, but not this time when I‟m saying
goodbye to my Student Branch. It‟s because of the satisfying thought that the up-coming ex-
ecutive committee‟12 and the team of volunteers are more energetic and vibrant than IEEE
PNEC Student Branch ever had. I wish the new executive committee all the very best for fu-
ture endeavors and a spectacular year full of opportunities ahead and I hope that they play
their role in raising the standards of IEEE PNEC Student Branch up to great heights.
Thankyou IEEE PNEC for bringing out the best in me!!
RABIA KHALID
CHAIRPERSON
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Last one year passed like a flash, but we undoubt-
edly achieved quite a lot this year Alhamdulil-
lah. The greatest achievement during this year,
apart from a number of successful events, was the
trust shown by the Administration and Students in
IEEE PNEC SB. We were able to achieve all our
major targets set forth, and becoming the first and
the only student society in PNEC to bring spon-
sors and the main stream media in College for
student organized events was another notable
achievement. I‟d like to pat and thank my ExCom
for pulling off such an amazing and sparkling
year, without their dedication, hard work and sup-
port this would not have been possible.
I would like to take this opportunity and thank everyone who was the part of this camping
in any capacity and I‟d specially thank our Commandant, VP, Dean Capt. Babur TI(M),
Exo, Dr. Attaullah, Dr. Sameer, Dr. Sajjad, Mr. Ahmed Fuad and Ms. Rabia for their sup-
port. My best wishes to Onib Nasir and his ExCom and I am confident that the new com-
mittee will take IEEE PNEC unparalleled horizons and will leave a far more established
and organized society behind.
It has been a great pleasure serving as Vice Chairman IEEE PNEC Student Branch.
BILAL ZAKI
VICE CHAIRMAN
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It has been a tremendously exciting year serving as the Internal Vice Chair-
person at IEEE PNEC Student Branch during the year 2011. The Ex-Com of
2011 has worked extremely hard to make PNEC an exciting place for us all,
and should therefore be, a model for the ones to follow. Remarkably, this
year also saw the collaboration of various student societies in PNEC, thus
marking the beginning of an alliance to put great ideas into action. Finally, I
would like to wish the best of luck to the future Ex-Com, and express my
hope that they would keep the torch burning and try to continue working tire-
lessly and selflessly to instil life into an otherwise purely academic routine of
students at PNEC.
Syed MuhammadAli
Vice Chairman (Internal )
Arij Riaz
Treasurer
Being a part of IEEE-Ex-Com has itself been a glorious entitlement for me.
It has helped me tweak my personality and taught me how to strategize and
organize myself. Working as a member of a team and getting to know all
these friendly faces has been no less than a pleasure. A really fun-filled and
memorable time for me, and all the amiable people I met at IEEE-
PNEC!! Wishing the best of luck to the future IEEE Ex-Com.
Muhammad Naeem Altaf
General Secretary
Serving as the General Secretary at IEEE-PNEC Student Branch during the year
2011 was a great privilege. I can proudly say that IEEE PNEC is no longer just a
society; it feels like being a part of a family where everyone supports each other.
The 2011 EX-Com has worked tirelessly to provide the students with Educa-
tional as well as Recreational Events. Due to our efforts this year also proved to
be a step forward towards greater mutual co operation between different socie-
ties, which is beneficial for the Students and the College on the whole.
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It has been a tremendous experience working for IEEE PNEC under the
guidance of our respected Dean Capt Babur TI(M), our faculty advisors Dr.
Sameer and Dr. Attaullah and Rabia Khalid and Bilal Zaki. I have managed
to grow individually as a person, able to tone my management skills and also
have managed to find hidden creativity inside me whilst using all my skills
to benefit my student branch. The journey through the past one year has been
of many highs and a few lows which has made me a more resilient and deter-
mined individual, ready to face new challenges everyday and yet not be un-
deterred by the difficulties faced in my cause. One important lesson that I
have learnt is to keep working on your goals despite all the odds and you
would attain success, which would be my advice to the new Ex-Com. I
would like to thank IEEE PNEC for bringing out the best in me.
As a special project officer, I have dedicated my services to IEEE PNEC. I
have organized several events in this college, arranged workshops for students,
participated in different events. My experience with IEEE was enormous; I
have learned a lot working in IEEE, it gives us a lot of benefits. An IEEE
member has an access to all IEEE journal articles and conference proceedings,
which is really helpful especially when you are working on a project. Also it
offers a wide selection of development software of Microsoft to IEEE Student
members.
The year 2011 was an eventful one for me on many counts - personally, academi-
cally and professionally. I had some truly wonderful learning experience with
IEEE that were both global and local. I worked as the bridge between PNEC and
the universities in Karachi and elsewhere, helping arrange the Career Counselling
Event, and developing connections with various companies for internships and
jobs of PNEC students. I also was involved with the Global Integrated Network of
IEEE as the representative from Pakistan and worked with the Student Branch
Networking, Industrial Relations and Collaboration Platform wings. Being the
Lead Ambassador for Pakistan, I channelled communication with IEEE in Banga-
lore, Delhi, Hyderabad Sections in India and Bangladesh.
Syed Onib Nasir
Program Officer
Rameez Qasim
Special Projects Officer
Hassan Idrees
Outreach Officer
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I served as IEEE PNEC internet officer for the last tenure and my experience
has been nothing short of an absolute treat. Over the last year I have had the
honour of being a part of a very enthusiastic (and tenacious) team. We have
come a long way over the last year and amongst all the effort and hard work
put in to achieve that there were many lighter moments that will be remem-
bered fondly. As the Internet officer I was responsible for setting up and main-
taining a website and establish an online presence of the society. While I take
tremendous pride in the growth IEEE PNEC has made in this department I
wish the next ex-com all the best, and hope that they raise the bar further for
future ex-com to challenge.
Holding various educational contests and social functions, I have grown profes-
sionally in a dramatic way. Working with other officers, I have seen that some-
times the team gets along, while other times they do not see eye to eye, but set-
ting aside the differences, I and my colleagues have risen above and taken on the
challenges. Serving under the IEEE-PNEC student branch, I got what it takes to
grab the bull by the horns and make things happen, therefore each and everyone
was well informed about the activities of IEEE in our university, which is the job
of a Communication officer. IEEE has given me a platform to interact at an inter
-university level, meeting new people at various venues definitely broadens ones
mind and helps to grasp the upcoming new and creative ideas.
My experience in IEEE was my first experience in any society and I enjoyed it
a lot. I joined IEEE (PNEC Branch) in sem-III and became the member of EX-
ECUTIVE COMMITTEE as Membership Officer. In IEEE, where we attend
and arrange some events like IEEEP Student Seminar, Techfest, IEEE Sparkle
etc, I learnt some management skills and made my social life better. Overall
my experience was very good and I am very thankful to Bilal Zaki and Rabia
Khalid for helping me in my work and supporting me in everything.
Muhammad Zain Gill
Internet Officer
Umer Younis
Communications Officer
Azeem Sarwar
Memberships Officer
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COMMITTEE 2011
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As our tenure comes to an end, so do a lot of fun-filled memories with loads
of responsibility also reach a closure. I, Hammad Khalid, an active member of
IEEE since three years and The Corporate Liaison Officer for the previous
year, takes back with me tonnes of experience, professionalism and a deep
insight into the practical world while handing over our titles to the next in
line. Organizing events, raising charity for the flood-stricken, participating
into various events, visiting industries and being members in technical and
social forums have been some of the highlights of the very happening year I
have had through IEEE-PNEC. May Allah guide us and make us successful in
all our future endeavors and may IEEE-PNEC branch stay strong and keep
bringing laurels of success to this university.
I chose engineering as a personal choice to excel in the field. I‟ve been volun-
teering for IEEE PNEC since August 2010. I fulfilled my responsibility as the
Junior Officer for the Ex-Com 2010-2011. Moreover, I‟ve been elected as the
Vice Chair WIE IEEE PNEC for the year 2011-2012. Apart from the engineer-
ing related extra-curricular, I‟m currently working as a reporter for an online
magazine by the name of „Youth Correspondent‟.
Extracurricular partaking is although optional but needs to be taken side to side
with studies in order to inculcate self confidence, knowledge and enlightenment in
oneself. For the same, I‟ve been volunteering for IEEE ever since I joined PNEC
and have handled all sorts of work. As an editor, I was able to enhance my writing
skills and it was a great and fun experience to turn every event into text. This
helped me polish my creativity and imagination. Moreover, since I was not only
handling the editorial but volunteering in general, I also learnt teamwork and
management. These are the things you cannot rote learn from any book or abstract
from a lecture. It has aided me towards becoming a better and confident individ-
ual and hence I wish to continue working for IEEE PNEC with full dedication and
commitment.
Hammad Khalid
Corporate Liaison Officer
Sumayya Abbas
Editor
Iqra Sajid
Junior Officer
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IEEE Members25%
Non IEEE Members75%
Strength of IEEE Members
IEEE Members
Non IEEE Members
Total No of Students in EPE Dept = 260
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Event
Reports
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STUDENT SEMINAR 2011
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Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC), af-
filiated with National University of Sciences and Tech-
nology (NUST) in collaboration with IEEEP organized
the 26th IEEEP All Pakistan Students’ Research
Seminar, to promote research culture amongst young
engineers all over Pakistan. This seminar serves as plat-
form for bridging the gap between the academia and cor-
porate market.
The collaborating partner, IEEEP was formed in
1979 to endeavor the promotion of knowledge and for
communication between students, employees and pro-
fessional members. IEEEP encompasses the needs and
requirements of present day electrical and electronics
engineers, inculcating improvised standards of profi-
ciency and adroitness.
This seminar basically aimed to make that en-
deavor become a reality by providing the students an
opportunity to present their research papers based
on their final year projects and to get hands on ex-
perience in this fine art of print.
The first session of the seminar commenced with
the welcome address of Dean EPE (electronics and
power engineering) PNEC NUST, followed by the
address of the IEEEP chairman, Mr Tahir Saleem,
THE AUDIENCE AT THE RESEARCH PAPERS BEING
PRESENTED
MISS JEHAN ARA, PRESIDENT P@SHA AS THE KEY-NOTE SPEAKER
IEEEP ALL PAKISTAN STUDENT RESEARCH
SEMINAR 2011
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who shared his insight on the economic
and the social welfare of the country
which can be easily achieved if we take
in consideration the key roles in leader-
ship and the opinions of the more in-
volved personnel of our society.
Next to grace us with her pres-
ence was Ms. Jehan Ara, President of
P@SHA, Pakistan Software Houses As-
sociation who applauded the people of
Pakistan on their skill to adapt to change
and encouraged the need for ingenuity
and zeal, in our engineering and social
sectors.
A vote of thanks was shared by
the chief guest, commandant PNEC NUST and
by Ms Eram Abbasi, the co-convener of
IEEEP who left us with a message worth pon-
dering “Those who have succeeded to be here
are winners, whether accepted or rejected.
They are truly the ones who are courageous “
The main highlight of the second and
the third session were the presentation of re-
search papers based on the final year project
by undergraduate students from all over Paki-
stan. The proceedings began with the presenta-
tion of students of Mehran University
(MUET), followed by students from Bahria
University, Fast University, Usman Institute
Of Technology, PNEC, Sir Syed University
Institute Of Space Technology, NEDUET,
MISS SHIREEN NAQVI, CEO SOL, GIVING A MOTIVATIONAL TALK
University of Punjab , traction control for ro-
bots designed by students from Sir Syed Uni-
versity, Android WI-FI designed by NEDUET
and distribution level automation implemented
by MUET. In the words of our fellow peers”
these were the more convincing presenta-
tions”. We had services of some exceptional
judges who adjudicated the event with extraor-
dinary intellect, including Dr Shehzad and
Mohammad Ali Ismail from NED University
of Engineering and Technology, Dr Hasnain
Mansoor Ali of SZABIST University and Mr
Imran Amin, the Managing Director of Sie-
mens.
Afterwards, we had an extremely inter-
active and enjoyable session with Ms Shireen
Naqvi who instilled enthusiasm and encourage-
ment in students. She was a source of inspira-
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According to her it is a sad reality that many of
our brilliant students in our country fail to use
their talents in innovation and research for de-
veloping.
Mr Asad S Jafar, who took over as the
Chairman & CEO of Philips Electrical Indus-
tries of Pakistan Ltd. addressed the audience.
He continues to enjoy a prosperous professional
journey with Philips Electrical Industries of
Pakistan Limited since the last thirteen years.
During this tenure, he has held various senior
positions in Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand and
Singapore.
First prize was won by Mehran Univer-
sity of Engineering and Technology. The au-
thors for the paper were, Mr. Syed Asad Ali,
Manzoor Ali Buladi and Fahad
Gul Soomro.
The first runner up was
Mr. Affan Shahid, from Usman
Institute of Technology.
The second runners up
were from Pakistan Navy Engi-
neering Collge itself, Ms. Shezana
Zuliqar, Ms. Sumayyah Waheed
and Ms. Azka Khalil.
Lastly, we would like to
extend our heartfelt gratitude to
our media sponsor DawnNews,
radio sponsor CityFM 89 and tech-
nology partner CIO Pakistan.
THE AUDIENCE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
THE SECOND RUNNERS UP BEING AWARDED THEIR PRIZE BY MD PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES OF PAKISTAN LTD. MR. JAFAR
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DISCOVER NBP
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DISCOVER NUST BUSINESS PLAN The NUST Centre for Innovation and Entrepre-
neurship (CIE), in its ongoing quest to promote inno-
vation and entrepreneurship has launched a paradigm-
changing, student level Business Plan Competition
(BPC) titled “DISCOVER-Prosperity through Entre-
preneurship” aiming to define a path towards creating
a self-sustaining eco-system for higher education and
wealth generation within the national socio-economic
context.
Firstly there was an introductory session at
NUST-PNEC, highlighting the objectives and advan-
tages of DISCOVER to motivate more and more stu-
dents to participate. The goals included offering com-
mercialization to the technology developed at universi-
ties; research and development activities with market
needs, hands on training and creating awareness about
the importance of entrepreneurship among the stu-
dents, faculty and researchers.
This was followed by a two-day workshop held
on 23-24th April 2011 where students from universities
all over the country participated and presented their
projects and business plans. Mentors and industrialists
were present to guide them on their presentation skills,
how to be as convincing as possible and to mark out
any loopholes so they could work harder and get to a
level where the plan would actually require imple-
mentation. Innovative idea isn‟t the only thing that‟s
important so the students were also taught as to how
they could target market needs, translate the ideas
into products, prepare elevator pitches and executive
summaries in order to convince the market and in-
dustry in a much better way.
The event was a great success thanks to the excep-
tional efforts put in by PNEC-NUST. Starting from
the meticulous planning to arranging the computer
labs to be open on Sundays during the event, assign-
ing various responsibilities to the students and fac-
ulty, ensuring security and that all plans were imple-
mented diligently. Furthermore, it couldn‟t have
been possible without the support and guidance of
IEEE-PNEC student branch. As gratitude, the DIS-
COVER team commended the
planning and implementation of
IEEE and PNEC, to be of “A class”
and said that it was „above and be-
yond the call of duty‟.
Moreover, being the only program
of its kind, the BPC was and is sup-
ported by private businesses, public
sector organizations, universities
and media groups. It acted as a plat-
form through which students from
universities across the country com-
peted to transform their ideas into
practical business plans and strive to develop prod-
ucts as well as services in order to ultimately estab-
lish business enterprises.
MR. AZHAR RIZVI, VICE CHAIR MIT ENTRERPRISE FORUM AT DISCOVER
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SPARKLE
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THE IDEA BEHIND SPARKLE
IEEE PNEC Student Branch aims to progress
as a comprehensive society, responsive to techno-
logical change. We, at IEEE PNEC envisage explor-
ing, initiating and enlightening the knowledge of
theory & practice of all aspects of Engineering Sci-
ences.
As per our motto to make successful techni-
cal & professional engineers, we needed a platform
where students would be taught not for the purpose
of appearing in an
examination but to
mark a prominent
increase in their
knowledge. Hence
SPARKLE was in-
troduced to provide
wholesome interac-
tion between the
students & the in-
structors outside the
realm of mundane
syllabi.
SPARKLE
stands for System
Providing Access to
Research, Knowl-
edge, Learning &
Education. As the name suggests, it is a platform for
students to gather at one place and discuss ideas that
would lead to a progressive culture of research.
The idea of SPARKLE came from the fact
that since the topics that are necessary for an engi-
neer to excel in his field cannot be covered at a go,
IEEE PNEC as a society needs to cater to that. In
order to bring the innovative minds of the endowed
faculty, as well as the students of PNEC-NUST, a
weekly program of technology talk has been initi-
ated by IEEE PNEC. This talk is not the same as the
banal lectures that we attend as a part of course-
work. They are short and concise work. The topics
in the tech talk are varied ranging from controls to
communications, automation to technical systems,
Final Year Projects to Robotics & Exchange Pro-
gram Scholarships to sustaining one‟s work life.
S P A R -
KLE keep s
gaining popular-
ity every week,
after successful
interactive ses-
sions. The stu-
dents keep com-
ing with an in-
creasing on a
weekly basis.
The attendees
are served re-
f r e s h m e n t s
every week. The
details of the
u p c o m i n g
SPARKLE ses-
sion are updated regularly on the SPARKLE Face-
book page as well as on the notice boards. The pres-
entations of the lectures are readily available for the
students.
SPARKLE is our leading way to proficient
engineers. It fosters technological innovations &
spreads knowledge and learning in a different way.
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IEEE REGION 10 STUDENT CONFERENCE
Engineering students vibrant in IEEE activi-
ties get chances to participate in international events
as well. One such excellent opportunity was this
year„s recently concluded IEEE Asia Pacific Region
Congress (R10SC 2011), held at the University of
Auckland, New Zealand, perfectly utilized by Has-
saan Idrees, the Outreach Officer IEEE PNEC.
Hassaan Idrees gave an exclusive insight to
his entire experience at the conference during the
IEEE PNEC SPARKLE session held on September
15, 2011 at PNEC. He not only described his experi-
ence at the conference but shared the site seeing of
the “city of sails” as well. The overall visit to Auck-
land, the students participating and the things he
learnt related to self-confidence, academics and ad-
vices regarding industry.
He told the attendees that the conference was
well-attended by more than 150 participants from
engineering universities, including students and fac-
ulty, as well as employed engineers, with sizeable
attendance from India, Japan, China, Australia,
Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Malaysia and of course, New Zealand
itself.
He encouraged all students to take up every oppor-
tunity that comes their way since indeed this world
is a beautiful place and is always providing new
and creative ideas for learning and life itself. Be-
cause we all know that experiential learning is
something one never forgets. It allows one to un-
derstand and absorb concepts effortlessly. Tradi-
tional style education is not the only thing that
works up one‟s mind. Getting up from chairs to
explore innovative and resourceful experiences
engages one to a more personal level and thus pro-
viding us with self-assurance and inspiration.
The session ended with a Thank You and encour-
agement speech by Lt. Cdr. Dr. AttaUllah Memon,
the branch mentor of IEEE-PNEC student branch.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF GSM TECHNOLOGY
The second episode of SPARKLE with IEEE
PNEC was conducted by Dr. Sameer Qazi on Sep-
tember 22nd, 2011 where he enlightened the stu-
dents with the working fundamentals of the GSM
technology. He explained that the idea of cell phones
is to have long range communication but with the
reuse of frequencies in some other set. And that the
frequencies of different stations do not overlap or
interfere. Hence more number of subscribers can be
accommodated.
The working of the GSM occurs in such a
way that we don‟t have to transmit any high power
signals because always the nearest station is utilized
and these base stations are spread all over.
He explained the differences between the previously
used technology AMPS which is analog and GSM.
The problems that were encountered in the old sys-
tem have been countered by GSM, thus its popular-
ity.
He also signified the use of hexagonal net-
work of cells in the GSM technology and ex-
plained how only the hexagonal shape has the fea-
ture of being used here as it covers the largest area
out of the basic ones (circle, square etc) and as
there shouldn‟t be any gaps in between and only
hexagons can be
overlapped/
overplaced.
He also ex-
plained the require-
ments of the 2G,
2.5G, 3G and 4G
systems and the
bandwidth they re-
quire to operate. He
similarly explained
the CDMA, WiMax
and EDGE tech-
nologies.
The event
was only a small
introductory part of
the GSM technol-
ogy to provide a learning experience to the stu-
dents to let them have the knowledge of the tech-
nologies already employed. So that the young
emerging talents can know what‟s already there
and what needs to be created or modified for a bet-
ter and luxurious tomorrow.
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RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN OPTICAL
COMMUNICATION
The third episode of SPARKLE was con-
ducted by Dr Bilal Khawaja on „Recent Advance-
ments in Optical Communication.‟ He started his
lecture with the purpose of the communication sys-
tem and what does a communication system require.
The different channels of communication
were discussed which were used in the past. The
world has since moved to optical communication
and that was discussed in detail.
The optical communication systems
that are being used nowadays were
explained and how do they func-
tion. He also explained the impor-
tance of optical communication in
catering the demand for the ever
increasing bandwidth today.
Optical fiber communica-
tions were discussed. He also ex-
plained the undersea optical com-
munications link installed globally,
due to which we are easily able to
communicate all across the world.
He also elaborated on the impor-
tance of alternate routes for the un-
dersea optical communications.
He explained the importance of optical com-
munication in today‟s world as the need for band-
width is increasing exponentially due to new appli-
cations being made everyday which include internet
tv, VoIP, gaming, teleconferencing, emails and P2P
sharing.
He also told about the emerging markets
for optical communication as one might believe it
to be used for only internet. The new markets in-
clude radio signal transmission, control harness in
cars and airplanes, sensors, light detection and
ranging and signs and illuminations.
It was a very knowledgeable session for the
attendees. It was attended by the students and a
few members of the faculty including Dr. Pervez,
Akhter Dr. Attaullah Memon, Dr. Sameerm Qazi,
Mr. Mustaqeem etc.
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DATA ENCRYPTION AND ITS PRACTICAL
IMPLEMENTATION The fourth episode of the
SPARKLE IEEE PNEC was con-
ducted by Dr Athar Mehboob gave a
detailed lecture on „DATA ENCRYP-
TION & CODING‟. The lecture was
divided and covered in two classes.
Process of disguising informa-
tion as „ciphertext‟, or data that will be
unintelligible to an unauthorized per-
son is encryption. Dr Athar discussed
the importance of data/information se-
curity especially nowadays when al-
most everything works via internet etc.
How to maintain PC security through
modern cryptography methods and
how they would work better than those used in the
past.
He explained the various techniques of cryp-
tography used in the past and how they have
changed now, like the single key cryptography is
more efficient than the public key. Major schemes
used these days include ECC, PSA, and AES etc.
The „steganography‟ allows users to hide messages
that are very large. This feature becomes handy
when an outsized amount of data has to be sent pri-
vately. Moreover, he made a comparison between
the „encryption‟ algorithms and the „encoding‟ algo-
rithms and how they both can be equally difficult.
As an example, he described the „Caesar cipher‟ and
the „transposition cipher‟ in detail to explicate the
significance of data encryption and decoding.
„transposition cipher‟ in detail to explicate the sig-
nificance of data encryption and decoding.
In the second part of the lecture, Dr Athar
discussed the practical implementation of Data En-
cryption and how it can be used for secure transfer
of data. He discussed largely a device that he had
built himself and had implemented in the Pakistan
Army system for the encrypting and decrypting
data for the transfer of data.
This device having being implemented by
Pakistan Army provided them with a secure chan-
nel which was much better than most of the armed
forces of the world. It employed using a key for
encrypting the data and then sending the data from
the source to the receiver. This data would only be
decrypted using the key which was a 16 byte code.
The session was attended by a large number
of students and faculty as well including Lt. Cdr.
Dr. AttaUllah Memon, Dr Sameer Qazi, Dr. Bilal
Khuwaja, Mr Mustaqeem etc.
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PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMEN IN THE FIELD The fifth episode of SPARKLE IEEE PNEC was a special one for Women In Engineering (WIE) as
it celebrated its 2nd birthday. To celebrate this special occasion, Miss Mehwish Anwar , who recently com-
pleted her MS from PNEC
and is a trainee engineer at
Pakistan International Air-
lines (PIA) was invited to
speak about the problems
faced by women working in
the field.
She talked about her
on-field experience as a lady
engineer. She also shed light
on the problems that women
have to face in the engineer-
ing field and how to over-
come them successfully.
She illuminated the female
engineers especially with
methods concerning them
and how to tackle them in a
professional manner.
She explained to the young and buzzing
female engineers of PNEC about how to be suc-
cessful while working in the field as many of the
companies are averse in providing jobs to female
engineers on field due to the myriad problems as-
sociated with it. She made the female engineers
realize that it is actually beneficial for their learn-
ing and professional growth to work on the field.
We hope that it would have proved beneficial for
them with the expert advice from somebody who
is working on field.
MISS MEHWISH ANWAR AT THE SPARKLE SESSION
STUDENTS ACTIVELY LISTENING TO THE SPEAKER
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DO‟S AND DON'T‟S OF FINAL YEAR PROJECTS Final Year Project is one of the most
important and the toughest part of an under-
grad‟s rite of passage to becoming an engineer.
As if the journey isn‟t hard enough on its own,
most students lack proper guidelines and to get
a head start. Keeping this in mind IEEE PNEC
organized a SPARKLE session, held on 1st of
December 2011, in which the final year students
Ms. Sugra Mehdi and Mr. Mutsaied Shi-
razi talked about the do‟s and don‟ts of working
on a final year project.
Together they highlighted the prerequi-
sites of selecting a project and emphasized on
the importance of teamwork, the command one
must have over the project and the versatility to
improvise. They reiterated that the group must have
all the bases covered before they begin their project
while talking about the potential problems if a basic
framework is not laid beforehand.
They also mentioned that one
of the most important things
to complete the FYP is a good atti-
tude, since complaining will not get
anything done; hard work, persever-
ance and teamwork will. There are
bound to be obstacles but with the
right attitude there isn‟t much that
can‟t be done.
We would like to thank Ms
Sugra Mehdi and Mr. Mutsaied Shi-
razi for this interactive session.
THE SPEAKERS, MR MUTSAIED SHIRAZI AND MISS
SUGHRA MEHDI
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HOW TO BE IRREPLACEABLE AT WORK SPARKLE IEEE PNEC presented the most
anticipated episode and its season‟s finale on
15th December 2011. On this occasion, the Dean EPE,
Capt. Syed M. Babur TI(M) gave a detailed & fun-
filled lecture on „How to be Irreplaceable at Work.‟
He gave 5 tips to make
one‟s life easy & happening at
work, may it be professional or at a
student level. He introduced to us
the concept of R.E.A.C.H – Re-
sults, Enthusiasm, Attitude, Co-
operation and Honesty.
He accented importance of
results at any work relationship.
Irrespective of the actual steps
taken and the long or short-term
plans made, it must give one the
desired results. No work is com-
mendable unless it produces a good
output.
A person cannot produce the
desired results or reach a deadline
successfully unless one
shows proper enthusiasm
in their work. Let it be a
professional at work, or a student preparing for final
exams, enthusiasm inculcates one‟s mind to reach the
goal and stops at nothing less. Lack of enthusiasm can
leave a person behind his/her peers.
One of the most basic requirements a working
person should have in order to be triumphant is the
right kind of attitude. Attitude determines a person‟s
ability to be professional and to take his work seri-
ously.
When working with other people from different
backgrounds one has to be cooperative and com-
promising. This marks a positive impression on
the colleagues and peers. Everybody likes to
work with a person who is co-operative and un-
derstanding. This affirms one‟s
position at an organization or a
team.
„Honesty is the Best
Policy‟-This applies every-
where-be it a multi-national
firm or a group of students
working on a project. There‟s
nothing better than being hon-
est and sincere, not with just
people around but also with
one‟s work. This is the most
important factor in determining
one‟s place because honesty
leads to success.
Capt. Syed M.
Babur TI(M) explained
these points vividly and exuberantly and empha-
sized that if followed whole-heartedly, they can
for sure be the key to make a person Irreplace-
able at Work. The session was attended by many
students and a lot of senior faculty members also
graced the occasion with their presence.
CAPT SYED M. BABUR TI(M) HOLDING AN INTER-
ACTIVE SESSION IN SPARKLE
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CAREER COUNSELING MEET III IEEE-PNEC organized the Career Counseling
Meet III on 17th November 2011 in NUST, to create
awareness among under graduate students what is ex-
pected of them when they go to industry and particu-
larly how to get there.HR managers from SSGC and
PPL were there to enlighten the students about what is
expected of them when they send C.V and appear for
job interviews. Microsoft mangers guided the students
on how to become part of the prestigious competitions
that Microsoft has initiated for students and Vision-I
completed the career counseling event with their train-
ing on CV writing and interviewing skills.
After the recitation of Quranic verses, Mr. Sha-
hbaz Islam, DGM HR & OD SSGC was the first one
on the speaker‟s list. And he didn‟t disappoint. Amid
all the jokes and laughs he cracked at the future engi-
neers, he addressed some really important issues re-
garding job placement and succeeding in one‟s profes-
sion. He played with the audience‟s minds all along.
Most people knew that opportunities pass by and they
miss out due to their negligence but how exactly, that
was demonstrated quite clearly when audience‟s lack
of attention and observation was highlighted by the
distinguished speaker on couple of occasion. Also Mr.
Shahbaz Islam pointed out that the secret to excellence
is passion for your work. All in all it was a very inter-
esting and interactive session and left the students with
very much to think about.
The next speaker to come on stage was the rep-
resentative from PPL, Mr. Bilal Ahmad Khan and he
basically answered questions about the hiring process
of PPL. From summer internees to getting a regular
job in PPL he answered all questions in detail and sat-
isfied the knowledge thirst of students. He also told
about the unpleasant experiences he has when inter-
viewing candidates for jobs. Many students felt joyous
and happy when he said that only academic excellence
is not required but small things such as personality,
dressing, extracurricular activities and oration skills of
candidates also matter a lot in securing jobs. He
wanted to go on and explain more about these issues
MR. SHAHBAZ ISLAM, DGM HR & OD SSGC
ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE
but as always time limit forced him to end the ses-
sion early. He did end up taking 10 min extra min-
utes though.
Microsoft representatives enlightened the
audience on their engineering and technology
competitions. They explained Imagine Cup which
is a competition held annually and there is partici-
pation from all across the world. It is a technology
competition where students provide solutions to a
problem innovatively. The other competition that
they introduced the students to was Biz Spark, an
entrepreneurship program where those competing
are taught how to start with their business. They
are taught the skills required to do so and the
problems they would encounter.
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Vision-I was solely dedicated to teach under-
graduate students how to write their C.V and fair well
in interview. They taught the students on how to write
a C.V. that would leave an impression on the em-
ployer. One important tip that they gave was that each
student is a product and they need to market them-
selves effectively whenever appearing for a job inter-
view. Vision-I team also focused on the importance
of persistence and determination and how it is such
an important tool in order to become successful in
life.
All in all it was another successful event by
IEEE-PNEC branch and got applauded by admin and
students it deserved. These events are necessary to
teach the students that extra skill which we don‟t
learn in classes and also they are very beneficial
when you actually apply for jobs and see the competi-
tion out there. Thank you to all the sponsors, HUM
TV Network as the Gold Sponsor and Blah magazine
as the Print Media Partner and all guests who made
the event possible.
MR BILAL AHMED KHAN, HR MANAGER, PAKI-
STAN PETROLEUM LTD (PPL)
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SCAVENGER HUNT
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SCAVENGER HUNT’11 IEEE PNEC held the super exciting and
mega adventurous Scavenger Hunt on 7th October
2011.
Being one of the most highly anticipated
events, students of PNEC look forward to the scav-
enger hunt all year along. This is when we officially
tramp in every street and corner of PNEC without
being interrogated about our presence. This is when
we can discover all those passages and rooms where
our entry is forbid-
den otherwise.
And this is when
we can follow any
trail within Jauhar
without having the
fear of being
busted down by
some official.
Needless to say,
setting up this
event required a
great deal of wills,
patience, wit,
strength, hard work, creativity, sportsmanship and
exceptional leadership qualities on behalf of the or-
ganizers. But the results were fruitful for all as the
event turned out to be a major success.
The rules and procedures were laid out to the
whole college beforehand. There were a total of
fourteen teams comprising of sixteen members each.
Every team had a unique color as their identifier
name. The hunt formally took off with the Bilal
Zaki, Vice Chair announcing the rules and the Cdr
Farooq, SONA setting off the buzzer. Each team had
to hunt down 6 clues with the last one leading to the
Scavenger Trophy. Each team‟s clues were hidden
in an envelope of the same color as of the team‟s
name.
As soon as the hunt started there was a
great deal of rush and scoot from all of the teams.
Everyone wanted to be the first ones to get hold of
their clue. Every team had an idea if the progress
of the other team. But with the passage of time,
teams started wearing down with fatigue of con-
stant scurry and thus, the fervor decreased with a
few even
spotted sitting
around taking
breaks.
Though some
were still go-
ing hard and
not giving-up.
There was
some foul
play observed
as well. But
the organizers
were sharp
enough to let
the teams get away with it. The three hour hunt
included a lot of sweat and hard work from the
participants and the organizers.
As the sand was about to run out of the
hourglass for the third time, the Yellow Team con-
quered the scavenger trophy! A great deal of cele-
bration and rejoicing was seen from the team as
well as their friends. It was a memorable day for
all of us. The event provided everyone with a
chance to let his or her hair down. We all enjoyed
to our fullest and had a hell lot of fun. Kudos to the
Yellow team and organizers!
THE PARTICIPANTS AFTER THE HUNT
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IEEE PNEC ALUMNI DINNER IEEE is a registered student branch
in PNEC since 2005 and there are many
alumni members of IEEE who are now
working in the industry as recognized pro-
fessionals or pursuing higher studies. IEEE
PNEC organized a reunion of all the
alumni on 15th October 2012 in order to
foster better relations amongst the current
members of IEEE PNEC and the graduated
members.
The event was attended by 15
alumni members. The event proved to be a
good occasion for the alumni to counsel
their juniors on job opportunities and stud-
ies. They shared their experiences of work-
ing for IEEE PNEC. They also encouraged
the current Executive Committee members
to keep working diligently for IEEE PNEC as all co-curricular activities are greatly appreciated by the peo-
ple in the industry as it provides
the much needed management
exposure to the engineers which
they are otherwise unable to get.
The alumni members
also met with the Dean EPE,
Capt. Syed M. Babur TI(M).
Capt. Babur appreciated the ef-
forts of the alumni in establish-
ing IEEE PNEC.
The event ended with a
good and delicious dinner being
served followed by the Karaoke
Night.
THE IEEE MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE DEAN,
CAPT. SYED M. BABUR TI(M)
THE CURRENT MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE ALUMNI
MEMBERS
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ALUMNI REUNION
The current executive committee members
met with the founding members of IEEE PNEC and
WIE PNEC in order to learn more about the vision
with which they started and founded IEEE and WIE.
The founding member of IEEE, Mr. Ali Alla-
wala was the first Vice Chair of IEEE PNEC back in
2006 and is now the Supply Chains Manager in Proc-
tor & Gamble, Pakistan. Miss. Nimra Kazmi, the
founding member of WIE was the first Chairperson
of WIE in 2009 and is now working in General Elec-
tric as a Control Field Engineer.
The current executive committee members to
attend the reunion were Rabia Khalid, Bilal Zaki,
Onib Nasir, Hassan Idrees and Zain Gill. It was held
at Dunkin Donuts.
They shared their experiences of working for
IEEE and encouraged the current members to work
more diligently.
ROBOSPRINT ORIENTATION
In its bid to improve the standards of robot-
ics of PNEC students and promote it as a hobby
amongst the students, IEEE PNEC played host to
the team from CASE University who presented an
orientation about their robotics competition, RoboS-
print „12.
Two professors from CASE University ex-
plained all the details about the competition. They
explained the launch of a novel idea in the field of
Pakistani education, a National Student Coordina-
tion Program (NSCP). The new concept transforms
RoboSprint 2012 from merely a robotics competi-
tion into a full‐fledge national educational cam-
paign. It will ensure that every Pakistani student
without any discrimination will have access to the
technological skills of the new era. All the partici-
pating teams can gain from the expertise of CASE
Robotics Group (CRG) by NSCP & Special Robot-
ics Seminars developed exclusively by the Organiz-
ing Committee of RoboSprint 2012.
IEEE PNEC felt privileged to facilitate the
team from CASE University.
THE ALUMNI MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE
CURRENT EXCOM MEMBERS
STUDENTS LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION
ACTIVELY
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GAMING COMPETITION
IEEE-PNEC organized gaming competition
on 13th October 2011; it was part of the fresher‟s
week which was organized by coordination of all so-
cieties of PNEC.
FIFA‟11, FIFA‟10 and CS (Counter Strike)
were the games available for competition. FIFA tour-
nament was held in PNEC auditorium on big screen
and PC as well as Xbox was available for the gamers
to try their skill and prove their mettle against follow
gamers.
Teams and participants were registered on the
spot and registration was free. CS tournament proved
to be more popular than FIFA one though. It was held
in computer labs and almost 10 teams participated in
it.
Winning team was the same one who had won
scavenger hunt so it was a memorable day for the stu-
dents from 3rd ME.
All in all it wasn‟t meant was to be a serious
competition and students had fun gaming in lab for
once instead of studying.
INVESTMENT AND STOCK
TRADING SEMINAR
In order to further the spirit of collabora-
tion that started in organizing the Fresher‟s Week,
IEEE PNEC and MACS PNEC jointly organized
a seminar on Investment and Stock Trading.
The name of this seminar was „Invest
Small, Get Big‟ and was delivered by Mr. Ali
Abbasi who is the Head of Research and Business
Development at Abbasi Securities. Abbasi Securi-
ties is one of the biggest firms in Pakistan in the
field of stock trading and the stock market and is
renowned for making some very accurate predic-
tions.
This seminar was held on 21st December
2011 in the Jahaur Auditorium. Mr. Ali Abbasi
explained the basics of stock trading to the inter-
ested engineers who otherwise are not aware of
this. He explained on how to get the best buy out
of the stock market and how a small investment in
a company would pay dividends in the future. We
are extremely thankful to Mr. Syed Ahmed Fuad
who acted as the Event Facilitator.
STUDENTS AT THE GAMING COMPETITION
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USEFP INTERACTIVE SESSION On 14th of December 2011 IEEE PNEC ar-
ranged an informative session regarding the United
States Educational Foundation Program for students
of NUST PNEC where we received a number of ea-
ger students from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd semester.
There to share their expertise over the topic
were Mr. Wasay Bin Afaq and Ms.Aliza Maftun,
pr ivileged
students of
PNEC who
were ac-
cepted for
this pro-
gram in
2010, pro-
vided a
great deal
of valuable
information
about it.
The exchange program focuses on higher
educational experiences in the U.S. and Pakistan.
Another objective of this program is to create aware-
ness among the western society of our existence in
the modern world, imparting cultural values and
eradicating certain prejudices. USEFP selection cri-
teria (which stands for United States Educational
Foundation Program) uses a merit based process to
recruit and select applicants.
Wasay Bin Afaq, alumni of this program ex-
plained the procedure of application.
He stressed immensely on the importance
of a well written personal statement; one of the
chief documents to be submitted with the applica-
tion form.
Later both Wasay and Aliza shared their
experiences throughout the session providing first
hand info to interested candidates. They explained
that the basic purpose of
this program was to pro-
mote mutual understanding
between the western and
eastern youth through edu-
cational and cultural ex-
change
T he e xc ha ng e
alumni were sent to differ-
ent states where they had
the opportunity to get to
know the US ruling poli-
cies of a number of states
through cordial meetings with the states‟ gover-
nors‟ themselves. This entire program is funded by
the US government, and all selected candidates are
facilitated with free lodging, books, tuition fees,
transport, as well as meals.
The session turned interactive towards the
end where the students exchanged program related
queries which were properly acknowledged, and
the session ended on a good note.
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PROCEDURES
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ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
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ROBOTICS WORKSHOP IEEE-PNEC organized a series
of Robotics workshops for PNEC stu-
dents conducted by Rameez Qasim
(Special Project Officer IEEE-PNEC)
and supervised by Dr.Attaullah Memon.
Workshop was free of cost and was
open to all. It was attended by quite a
few enthusiasts in spite of the final ex-
ams being just around the corner.
In the first workshop Mechanical
Assembly of robot was discussed and
tips were given about it. The workshop
focused on “line following” and “wall
detecting” theme. Mechanical assembly
should be according to specifications and rules of
the competition. Also, it should be chosen and fabri-
cated according to the circuit of robot, for example
motor drivers and battery have a direct relation with
the mechanical assembly of Robot.
In 2nd workshop the electronics details of Ro-
bot were taught. A line following robot has to detect
a line and move accordingly. It detects that line
through sensor circuits. Most robots use optical sen-
sors for this purpose. Optical sensors have different
types and prices and it is up to the maker to select it.
Only the theoretical aspects of sensors were
discussed and interested students were asked to buy
sensors and brought them in next workshop.
Next workshop was about the practical appli-
cation of optical sensors in robots. Optical sensors
are either photo diodes or photo transistors. Both
types have different applications and which were
demonstrated in workshop.
Optical sensors use a light source to detect or sense
the line. Most of the students made their first sen-
sor circuit and were extremely excited.
Motor driver circuits have to be built sepa-
rately for the robot to turn and move in the forward
and backward direction. There are many choices
available for motors and their circuit components
and students were taught the differences and appli-
cations of those types. In motors stepper motor,
servo motor and simple D.C motor were discussed.
Circuit which drives these motors is called H-
bridge circuit.
The practical application of D.C motor was
demonstrated, there are several ways to design a H-
bridge circuit for D.C motor. H-bridge can be made
by simple or darlington transistors. And if money
isn‟t a problem and simplicity is required H-bridge
IC‟s can be used. One such commonly used IC is
L293. Application if this IC was also demonstrated
in the workshop.
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AVR is a commonly used microcontroller
for robotics. A microcontroller is the brain of any
circuit. An introduction was given to the AVR fam-
ily of microcontroller and the basic circuit of the
microcontroller was discussed.
The micro controller used for
demonstration was AT MEGA 16, a
common micro controller used in
such robots. Micro controller has to
be programmed according to specific
needs and thus AT MEGA 16 was
discussed briefly, in addition to a few
sample programs of input/output,
ADC and PWM. In case of a line fol-
lowing robot micro controller takes
input from sensor circuits and gives
output to motor driver circuit and
hence motion of robots takes place.
The last workshop on micro
controllers was dedicated to problems
faced by students in programming. in-
put/output programing issues were ad-
dressed along with some programs related to LCDs.
LCDs can be made to display various outputs using
micro controller through programming and a dot
matrix 16x2 LCD was programmed in class.
PCB is an abbreviation for Printed Circuit
Board. Practical demonstrations usually are done on
a Bread Board so that the designs can be altered.
When circuit design is finalized, it is designed and
soldered on to a PCB which itself is quite a process.
PCB fabrication is a multi step process and is for a
specific circuit only. So circuit has to be designed on
some software before fabricating the PCB.
Various softwares are available to design
PCB. OrCAD and EagleCAD were discussed in
workshop and then Toner transfer method was
used to fabricate the designed PCB.
Overall it was first of its kind workshop in
PNEC and we are extremely obliged and grateful
to Rameez Qasim for sharing his knowledge and
precious time with amateurs interested in robot
building and promoting robotics in PNEC so more
students can participate in national and interna-
tional robotics competition such as NERC,
RoboSprint and ABU RoboCon.
ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
RAMEEZ QASIM EXPLAINING THE PCB SOFTWARE TO THE PAR-
TICIPANTS OF THE WORKSHOP
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FLOOD RELIEF CAMPAIGN
Ever since the earthquake disaster struck our
country we have seen how each and every Pakistani
can unite for a single cause to help their brethren.
When another catastrophe hit our nation, we at IEEE-
PNEC didn‟t want to be silent observers and com-
plain but unite our university for a cause and help out
the flood-stricken through every means possible. A
fund generation campaign was launched by our
members who were dealt in three phases.
1. Planting fund boxes at important locations of our
university like the café, photocopy shop, library, cu-
bicles etc so that people have access to us at every
nook and corner.
2. Forming small teams and going to individual stu-
dents in the campus and hostel to convince them to
donate for our cause (no pressure, just their free
will).
3. Visiting faculty members who had already paid
some part of their salaries but were charitable enough
to not let us return empty-handed.
With the funds we gathered in form of cash, food and
clothes we decided to distribute them through three
channels.
1. People in our circles we directly know and can
ensure that they are in dire need of our assistance.
2. Pakistan Navy Flood Relief camps set up at vari-
ous locations.
3. An NGO named Pakistan Ka Khuda-Hafiz. Where
students of our university are members and can make
sure that our funds are circulated to really deserving
people.
By the grace of Allah, we hope that our ef-
forts are not in vain and our little contribution plays
an important part in some lives at least.
NERC ROBOTICS SESSION
In its bid to improve robotics in PNEC,
IEEE PNEC played host to the team from NERC
of E&ME College. The team comprised of two
current students of E&ME College studying
Mechatronics. The team visited PNEC on Friday,
3rd February 2012.
The team explained the theme for the next
NERC. They informed the students of the basic
mistakes that we tend to make while making a ro-
bot. The team also told that a professor would be
conducting a workshop for the participants of
NERC to teach them about the basics of a con-
struction of a robot.
IEEE PNEC felt privileged to host the
team from E&ME College.
NERC TEAM EXPLAINING THE THEME
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WIND ENERGY SESSION A session by Mr. Waqar Qureshi, a PHD candidate University of Auckland, New Zealand on Wind
Energy as an alternate source was conducted on February 3, 2012.
Mr. Waqar Qureshi started off with Power Generation
with Wind Power Energy, his topic of research. He described
the process, feasibility and compared the output and pros and
cons of different generators such as induction and synchro-
nous. Also like how large scale wind integration methods can
be cheaper and more reliable and that the latest wind turbines
can produce up to 5 MW of power. Moreover, protection
measures and the concept of smart grid were also discussed.
Smart grid are the devices where they can communicate with
each other and inform of the energy requirements. He ex-
plained the differences between the different renewable en-
ergy sources available to us. He told that wind energy is
cheaper then solar energy when large scale installation is
done. The minimum wind speed required for the turbine is 8
m/s.
Mr Qureshi focused on an interactive session, ad-
dressed queries side by side and used graphs and figures to
explain the functionality and outputs of the various kinds of
wind farms. This not only made the students have a better
understanding of the idea but also kept them engaged in the discussion throughout. The session was at-
tended by students from all the
disciplines including Mechani-
cal, Industrial & Manufacturing,
Electrical and Electronics due to
the interest of students in the
emerging technologies of renew-
able energies. Dr. Sameer Qazi,
the IEEE-PNEC branch coun-
selor, Dr. AttaUllah, the branch
mentor and Dr. Sohail Zaki also
attended the session. It ended
with presenting a memento to
Mr. Waqar Qureshi as a gratitude
of thanks.
MR WAQAR QURESHI DURING THE SESSION
THE STUDENTS DURING THE SESSION
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ELECTIONS ‘12 As the successful year for the 2011
Executive Committee came to an end, the
elections for the new Executive Committee
were planned. The posters were put up for
the for the members to submit their candi-
dature forms and a governing body was
formed which comprised of Dr. Sameer
Qazi, Lt. Cdr. Dr. Attaullah Memon, Rabia
Khalid, Bilal Zaki and Hassan Idrees.
A total of 25 members submitted
their forms for elections. The elections
took place on 15th December 2011. With
65 members voting and a total of 16 seats
up for grabs, it was an eventful and a fiercely contested
elections. The voting began with the Dean EPE, Capt. Syed
M. Babur TI(M) casting his vote. The voting continued till
1600 hours in the day. After the total count of votes being
rechecked thrice, the results were announced the following
day outside the IEEE PNEC Office. Following are the re-
sults.
DEAN EPE, CAPT. SYED M. BABUR CASTING HIS VOTE
THE OFFICIAL VOTE COUNT OF THE ELECTIONS
Chairman
Vice Chair
General Secretary
Treasurer
Corporate Liaison Officer
Membership Officer
Outreach Officer
Communications Officer
Web & Media Officer
Editor
Special Project Officer
Program Officer
WIE Chair
WIE Vice Chair
WIE Secretary
WIE Treasurer
Onib Nasir
Zain Gill
Rehma Javed
Osama Ansari
Khizer Laghari
Faraz Afzal
Ahmad Hassan
Hamza Zahid
Adil Faqah
Rabia Jamal
Usman Yousuf
Fahaad Humayun
Kanza Basit
Iqra Sajid
Sumayya Abbas
Ramsha Asim
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THE PAKISTAN DELEGATION AT IEEE RE-
GION 10 CONFERENCE, NEW ZEALAND
INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF FRESHER‟S WEEK
MR ASAD JAFFAR, CEO
PHILLIPS AT STUDENT
SEMINAR
EXCOM 2010 AND 2011 AT HANDING OVER CERE-
MONY
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BABUR TI(M)
MEMENTO BEING PRESENTED TO CDRE RAHI AND
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TAULLAH
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND PROGRAM OFFICER AFTER A
SUCCESSFUL EVENT, CAREER COUNSELING III
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CONGRESS ALONG WITH DIRECTOR GCUL
THE EXCOM LOOKING OVER THE ELECTIONS
2011
Seminars
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REGION 10 CONFERENCE Engineering students vibrant in IEEE activities
get chances to participate in national and international
events. One such excellent opportunity was this year„s
recently concluded IEEE Asia Pacific Region Congress
(R10SC 2011), held at the University of Auckland,
New Zealand. This event, held once every two years in
the Region, is a flagship event of IEEE Region 10
spanning over four days with numerous speaker ses-
sions and workshops by top professionals and academi-
cians. The R10SC 2011 saw eight Pakistani students
and graduates; four from Karachi, three from Lahore,
and one from Islamabad, and was well-attended by
more than 150 participants from engineering universi-
ties, including students and faculty, as well as em-
ployed engineers, with sizeable attendance from India,
Japan, China, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and New Zea-
land itself.
The Congress focused on the personal and professional
enrichment of engineering students, the Graduates Of
the Last Decade (GOLD) and Women In Engineering
(WIE) and the theme of this year was Emerging Tech-
nologies, with a number of parallel sessions by interna-
tional professional speakers on power and energy,
medicine and biology, mechatronics, power electron-
ics, software, communications, and on some general
issues encompassing environment and ethics in science
and engineering. Special emphasis was laid on IEEE
Humanitarian Technology initiatives, leadership and
project management skills, and innovation in technol-
ogy.
Hassaan Idrees conducted a workshop for the engineer-
ing students of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka The Pakistani students also had the opportunity
of visiting the University of Auckland„s excellent re-
search and academic facilities, meeting with their
learned professors, networking with the international
students and forging strong links with representatives
of different companies including ABB, Google, Micro-
soft, Inro, Schneider Electric and Mighty River Power.
NED MENTORING SESSION IEEE-WIE NED student branch arranged a men-
toring session “WIE GUIDE” for the newly
elected WIE Executive Committee on March 10,
2010. Ms. Injla, Chairperson WIE NED opened
the event by welcoming the speakers, Ms. Rabia
Khalid, Chairperson IEEE PNEC Student
Branch & Ms. Nimra Kazmi, Karachi Section
Representative, GINI IR. Ms. Rabia Khalid, who
was the former vice chair of WIE AG PNEC, is
also an Executive member of the Pakistan WIE
Forum at the post of the Newsletter Editor. She
has also served the Pakistan WIE Forum last
year, as a member of the Ad-hoc committee. Ms.
Nimra Kazmi was the initiator of WIE Affinity
Group at PNEC. She held the position of the
WIE Chair for the year 200. The speakers jointly
presented their ideas for the smooth running of
WIE Affinity Group, They discussed the possi-
ble hurdles any organizing committees might
come across during the planning, management
and execution phases of any event and also
shared with the WIE NED Ex -Com the report-
ing procedures within the Section & Region. All
in all, the speakers made their point that effective
management and efficient execution is the key to
a successful event.
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UIT WIE INAUGURAL SESSION
The launching ceremony of IEEE Women In Engineering Affinity Group was a magnanimous
event. Many guest speakers were invited to motivate, encourage and guide the newly launched affinity
group.
The first speaker to address the audience was Dr. Manzoor Ahmed who is the Chairman Usman
Institute of Technology. He welcomed the guests for coming to attend the session.
The next speaker was Mr. Wasim Akhtar, Director UIT. He encouraged the women of the institute
to take part in co-curricular activities.
Mr. Sibt-e-Ahmed Jafri, Vice President IEEEP South Region discussed the importance of women
in imparting education, their professional ethics, research and improvement in curricular and co-curricular
activities.
Engr. Tahir Saleem, Chairman IEEEP Karachi Section shared the history of IEEEP and talked
about career guidance and counseling for female engineers.
The next speaker was Senator Rukhsana Zuberi who is the Chairperson Women in Energy Pakistan.
She pointed out the challenges faced by women in social networking, social interaction and sharing of
knowledge among societies and communities. She delivered the message of encouragement to the female
engineers and told them to be visible, be visionary and be bold to face challenges.
Miss Rabia Khalid shared her journey in WIE as newsletter editor. She also appreciated the efforts
of UIT in the launching ceremony.
She also gave ideas through which we
can improve the percentage of female
engineers working in the field.
Mr. Hassaan Idrees, GINI
Pakistan Coordinator, Outreach offi-
cer IEEE PNEC, and also WIE mem-
ber, cherished and encouraged the
efforts of WIE UIT Members. He ex-
plained the working of the Global In-
tegrated Network of IEEE and shared
with them the opportunities offered
by GINI for IEEE members relating
to networking, collaboration and in-
dustrial relations. MISS RABIA KHALID ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE AT UIT
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DISCOVER WIE II
The second Episode of DISCOVER WIE –
Membership Drive was conducted at the University
of Engineering and Technology Lahore on May 19,
2011, a one hour session conducted by representa-
tives of the Pakistan WIE Forum. The main purpose
of the event was to create a better understanding
among the female students of UET of the benefits of
IEEE and WIE membership.
The speaker for the event was Ms. Rabia
Khalid, Chairperson IEEE PNEC Student Branch
and Executive Member of the Pakistan WIE Forum.
. She started off her presentation with the introduc-
tion to IEEE and enlightened the attendees for how
IEEE can be of use for them at undergraduate level.
She highlighted the differences between Google an
IEEE and explained them how IEEE holds an upper
hand over Google citing 60,000 patents where as
Google having no consistent standards of technical
excellence displays random info to its users. She
also explained the networking of IEEE and how it
can prove to you as a platform to realize your
dreams and run towards your goals.
She emphasized that we should focus on rea-
sons why females in the field of engineering de-
crease on every step. They lack mentorship, job op-
portunities, career guidance, contacts and relations
and an easy approach to all of them is the network of
WIE. WIE offers you online resources for women in
computing, scholarships, internships, projects grants,
informative publications and much more.
She concluded the session by highlighting
some examples and facts that showed how the net-
work of WIE helps you add stars to your career and
personality.
DISCOVER WIE III
The Third Episode of DISCOVER WIE –
Membership Drive was conducted at the UIT. It was a
two hour session conducted by representatives of the
Pakistan WIE Forum. The speakers for the event were
Ms. Rabia Khalid, Chairperson IEEE PNEC Student
Branch and Executive Member of the Pakistan WIE
Forum and Ms. Sana Syed, Website Development Of-
ficer, Pakistan WIE Forum.
They started off the session by sharing their
experiences and giving reasons to why we become
IEEE member, what advantages have they been avail-
ing from their memberships. Then they moved on to
the discussion of how IEEE can serve as the missing
piece of puzzle that you need to complete in order to
get to your goals.
They talked about various IEEE platforms that
can help us improve our networking, personal and so-
cial skills. The session was concluded by an activity in
which each student was asked to write down their
fears and failures on a piece of paper, then a paper
plane was made out if it and it was thrown away with
as much force as possible.
This was to make them realize that throwing
away your fears is really doable and makes you feel
better. Chairman Karachi Section, Engr. Parkash Lo-
hana presided the session and awarded certificates to
the speakers and organizers of the event.
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SESSION
IEEE members of PNEC represented the
IEEE PNEC Student Branch in the Pakistan WIE
Forum session at NEDUET along with other mem-
bers of NED and Usman Institute of Technology. At
the gathering, Miss Mehvish Zahoor, Chairperson
Pakistan WIE Forum, spoke about the structure of
the Pakistan WIE Forum and the vision with which
it was initiated. She explained the WIE members of
the Karachi Section how can they be a part of the
Pakistan WIE Forum and the nationwide opportuni-
ties this forum offers for the female engineers of
Pakistan. She also discussed the various projects ini-
tiated by the Pakistan WIE Forum and their pro-
gress.
Miss Rabia Khalid continued from where
Miss Mehwish Zahoor had left and explained the
importance of women participating in such activities
and how PWF is playing a vital role in the upbring-
ing of Pakistani female engineers. The event was
concluded with small prizes given out to the winners
of the activities conducted during the session.
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PAKISTAN STUDENT
CONGRESS’11
A well reputed member of IEEE PNEC and
Pakistan Representative of Global Integrated Net-
work of IEEE (GINI), Hassan Idrees, had a telecon-
ference session held at the Pakistan Student Con-
gress „11 on GINI IR on the 21st of December
2011. The session was aimed to promote GINI
amongst students and attract more members. The
session included a presentation and a questionnaire
that was handed out to the audience to get their per-
spective IEEE and its activities in their respective
branch/section.
The session created a buzz among the audi-
ence and a rapid increase in membership was re-
ported. Following the feedback GINI Pakistan has
also formalised a team comprising of branch coor-
dinators from student branches across Pakistan. It
has also been decided that branch training sessions
will be held in every branch.
THE AUDIENCE DURING THE SESSION CON-
DUCTED BY HASSAN IDREES
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M SAAD, CHAIR SAC KARACHI SECTION AND
MEHWISH ZAHOOR, CHAIR PAKISTAN WIE FORUM
AT IEEE PNEC OFFICE
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ELECTROFAIR
A discussion session was organized by IEEEP
on „Bridging the gap between the industry and acade-
mia‟. It was held on 28th September 2011 at the Kara-
chi Expo Centre as part of the Electrofair exhibition.
The discussion was held between many of the
HR managers including from Phillips, IBM etc. and
professors from the universities including from NED,
NUST, UET, and UIT etc.
`The industry representatives identified the
lack of practical implementation and communication
skills as the main hurdles the engineers are facing in
the industry. They also highlighted the importance of
entrepreneurship in today‟s world where job opportu-
nities have become scant. The academia emphasized
on providing co-op programs and internships to stu-
dents to increase their practical knowledge. Both
agreed on greater cooperation between themselves in
order to promote the interests of the students provid-
ing them with projects and also reassessing the cur-
riculum that is being taught to inculcate more on field
knowledge.
PNEC NUST was duly represented at this
seminar by her diligent students including Hassan
Idrees, Rabia Khalid, Fuad Ahmad, Bilal Zaki and
Onib Nasir.
CONNECT IT
Connect IT 2011 was organized at the
Expo Center on 3rd, 4th & 5th May, 2011. Stalls
were setup by different companies exhibiting their
products and services and promoting their organi-
zation. IEEE Karachi Section also setup a stall
with the desire of increasing memberships and
also creating awareness regarding the benefits of
IEEE.
For the IEEE Stall, volunteers from all the
student branches of Karachi Section were called
upon. From IEEE PNEC, Rabia Khalid, Bilal
Zaki, Onib Nasir, Syed M. Ali, Naeem Altaf,
Zenab Ali and Hassan Idrees participated.
Onib Nasir also had the privilege of giving
an interview to Tv Pakistan, an online television.
He explained the benefits of IEEE and why the
number of students who are becoming members
are increasing exponentially.
BILAL ZAKI AND ONIB NASIR AT THE CONNECT
IT IEEE STALL
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CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Bilal M Zaki and Rabia Khalid of EPE De-
partment attended a session on “Customer Experi-
ence Management using Information Technol-
ogy” by Mr. Vaqar Khamisani (BE, MS Michigan
State University) CPE Lead, Microsoft UK on Sep-
tember 7th, 2011 at Usman Institute of Technology,
Karachi.
The session started off with a formal and im-
pressive introduction to Microsoft Corporation. Mr.
Vaqar enlightened about the partner‟s network of
Microsoft, which includes some Universities as well.
He explained what role does Microsoft plays
to make the Customer Experience so fantastic, for
which he highlighted a series of softwares which
monitors public opinion about Microsoft and its
products from the social media, feedback perform-
ers, calls, emails, etc & generates graphs, pie charts
and other insights.
Along these, he also explained some very
useful programs and strategies which Microsoft feels
very handy in making Customer Experience mag-
nificent with their products.
It was a very informative session for those
who attended since as engineers customer experi-
ence in not a topic we deliberate upon, yet it is im-
portant once we start designing products working in
the professional field.
TECH FAST
Fast-Tech 2012 was held at FAST-
NUCES on 23rd January 2012.
In all, there were 10 competitions in-
cluding speed programming, Software Exhibi-
tion, Mobile Application Exhibition, Game
Application, Robot War and Line following,
Hardware Exhibition, I Quiz, Short Movie and
Animation, Circuit Design and Innovative
Business Ideas.
A total of 5 teams participated from
PNEC including:
Zain, Maaz and Fahad participated for
Circuit Design.
Adil Faqah and Bilal Barkati partici-
pated for Circuit Design and Speed Program-
ming.
Waseem, Waqar and Owais partici-
pated for Circuit Design and Programming.
Rameez Qasim, Adil Najam and Ham-
mad Zafar participated for Robotics.
Some teams were unlucky to have con-
flicting event timings but all in all it was a de-
cent performance from PNEC with 2 teams
qualifying through the elimination stages, and
one team securing 3rd position. The team in
line following also successfully navigated
through the course.
It was an interesting experience. Con-
gratulations to FAST for organizing such a
wonderful event.
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PAKISTAN STUDENT CONGRESS’11 Government College University of Lahore hosted the biggest event of IEEE Pakistan, the Pakistan
Student Congress 2011. The aim was to bring together students with different environments, cultures and
schools of thought from all over Pakistan and to inculcate leadership qualities to them.
The 3 day congress kicked off on 19th December 2011 and continued till 21st December 2011. It
started with a lecture of Google Pakistan Head Badur Khusnood on “TECHNO-PRENUERSHIP” in which
he told the students how to earn money online. The most appreciated event of the Congress was “Campus
Conversation-a career counselling session” which was conducted by top management officials of various
universities and industries.
Students from 40 educational institutions including LUMS, University of Engineering and Technol-
ogy Lahore, NUST Islamabad, Military College of Signals, PNEC Karachi and Karachi Institute of Engi-
neering and Technology took part in the Congress that spread over 31 sessions which included competitions,
workshops, seminars, talks and social integration activities.
Pakistan Navy Engineering College was duly represented by Bilal Zaki, Onib Nasir and Zain Gill at
the Pakistan Student Congress 2011.
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WIND ENERGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Do I need a master‟s degree? Should I get it from overseas? Would I have to give GRE? These and
many more questions were answered by Waqar Qureshi and Adeel Al, PHD students from the University of
Auckland, New Zealand, at NED University of Sciences and Technology on 28th January 2012.
Mr. Waqar Qureshi started off with Power Generation with Wind Power Energy, his topic of re-
search. He described the process, feasibility and compared the output and pros and cons of different genera-
tors such as induction and synchronous. Protection measures and the concept of smart grid were also dis-
cussed. Mr Qureshi focused on an interactive session and addressed queries side by side.
The second speaker, Mr. Adeel Ali continued with the session deliberating about Web services. The
speaker then moved on to advising the under graduates of what they should focus on. This included knowing
applications of whatever they study, focusing on research, and a four-year overview of engineering.
The seminar was conducted, thanks to Hassaan Idrees (Outreach Officer IEEE-PNEC), in collabora-
tion with IEEE NED student branch. It was well attended by students of PNEC including Bilal Zaki, Onib
Nasir, Rehma Javed, Sumayya Abbas, Iqra Sajid, Shayan Ahmed, Waqas Uzair and Husnanin Madmdani.
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PROCOM
PROCOM.net 2011 was the 12th All Pakistan and
1st International Computer Science, Engineering
and Business Competition organized by FAST-NU
Karachi on 30th April -1st march 2011.
A total of 7 teams from Pakistan Navy En-
gineering College, National University of Sciences
& Technology attended the event. The competition
our teams participated in included Genius Quiz, I-
Quest, Programming Completion, Circuit Design-
ing and Innovative Business Ideas. Out of these, a
team from 4th semester bagged the runners up prize
in Genius Quiz and another from 2nd Semester
Electronics won runners up in I-Quest.
At the closing ceremony, Imran Khan gave
a motivational speech, which was a hit amongst
the younger generation.
OPEN HOUSE
PNEC NUST holds its Open House Job Fair,
twice a year for the fresh graduates. This time of the
year, the Open House was conducted on 19th of
January 2012. The graduating batch of Mechanical
2011, demonstrated their projects.
Amongst all the projects, IEEE PNEC, as an
active society, also had a stall to display and pro-
mote their work. The IEEE PNEC Ex Com members
worked enthusiastically for the set-up of the stall.
It was provided with IEEE newsletters and
Magazine „Spectrum‟, Communications Society
Magazine, WIE magazine, The Institute and a lot of
other stuff to promote IEEE. The guests were briefed
about IEEE PNEC and its activities in the recent
time.
It was a good experience to interact with the
leaders of corporate sector and to promote the cause
of IEEE PNEC.
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Analytics
WEBSITE
LAUNCH
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The IEEE PNEC website was launched on September 25 2011. The website serves as a medium
of communication for all information that has to be disseminated. The website also serves to represent
PNEC and IEEE to the outside world. In the statistics that would follow, we would show you the diver-
sity of the people who are interested in IEEE PNEC and the places from where they visit our website.
WEBSITE LAUNCH
OVERVIEW OF THE WEBSITE
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PROFILES
I was elected as the chairperson of Women in Engineering WIE affinity
group of IEEE from February 2011-2012. Serving as the chairperson of
IEEE WIE has been one of the most valuable experiences during my time as
an engineering student. During 2011, WIE has organized several events
namely The Beach Trip for girls, Bake Sale fundraiser for the flood victims
of Pakistan, Minute to Win it, Maximizing the message: Inspiring Next Gen-
eration and TechFest '11, which was held for the second time in PNEC and
hopefully will continue to give students from other universities an outlook on
PNEC as an exciting place. It was a great networking opportunity. I will al-
ways cherish the friendships I made during this period. It is not every day
that you‟re able to gain such kind of experiences and get to interact with pro-
fessionals and students from a huge selection of companies and universities.
active student societies at PNEC. Zenab Ali
Chairperson
Kanza Basit
Vice Chairperson
My name is Kanza Basit. I am a student of Mechanical Engineering and
I‟ve been serving IEEE-PNEC since 2010. At first, I volunteered in
events like Women Empowerment Seminar and TechFest „10 organized
by WIE-IEEE PNEC SB. During elections, 2010-2011, I applied for the
post of Vice Chairperson of WIE-IEEE PNEC and was elected as the
same after voting procedures. I served as the Vice Chairperson of WIE
and managed to organize successful events like All Girls Beach Trip,
Maximizing the message(in which WIE-IEEE PNEC Ex-Com went to
PN Model School and encouraged the girls to take up engineering as
their profession) and TechFest ‟11 ,along with the WIE Ex-Com. After
learning as a volunteer and Vice Chair, I opted for the post of WIE Chair-
person and got elected unopposed for the year 2011-2012. I hope I can
live up to everyone‟s and most importantly my own expectations in this
tenure.
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PROFILES
I, Saima Ishaq, student of BE electrical at PNEC became the WIE
treasurer after an exciting as well as competitive election in January
2011. My time spent in PNEC verily would have been quite boring and
monotonous if absorbed by all those thick curriculum
books.However,these last two years may be described as a mixture of
excitement, practical experience and relations that we all would relish
throughout our lives. I am absolutely sure of not expanding my circle
of acquaintances without IEEE.Being part of WIE, we planned and car-
ried out many entertaining as well as knowledgeable events in 2011
like The Beach Trip for girls, Bake Sale fundraiser for the flood victims
of Pakistan, Minute to Win it, and techfest.I would therefore make clear
that my first year spent as a volunteer at IEEE was though quite enjoy-
able but being part of excom was a thorough exposure in itself. Saima Ishaq
Treasurer
Rabia Jamal
General Secretary
I became a member of IEEE in my first semester. The reason for join-
ing in the league pronto was the image of this esteemed society which
was portrayed so well by our seniors. As soon as I and my fellow
newbies joined in, we experienced a flavor of professional world and
what does it require to be a part of it. Since then I‟ve been an active
member and now a part of the Executive Committee too. Its feels like
a beginning of a completely new and enjoyable learning trek.
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BEACH TRIP
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BEACH TRIP
An all-female student‟s trip to NathiaGali
Beach was held on 1st April 2011, Friday. By tremen-
dous efforts made by WIE, the trip was successfully
planned and finalized. Around thirty-five female stu-
dent along with a few faculty members, left for
NathiaGali Beach at 1.30 pm.
The journey was carried out in a Hino pro-
vided by the college. Although the trip was long and
the weather sweltering, but the time was spent amia-
bly. We reached our destination by 2.45 pm. The sight
was beautiful and the scenery breath-taking. Almost
everyone quickly left to enjoy themselves at the wa-
ter. We had taken up with us plenty of food for every-
one. Including Chinese rice for lunch, soft drinks and
other snacks.
We all enjoyed to our fullest and had a lot of
fun. We left Nathia Gali by 6 pm and arrived back at
the hostel at 7.30 pm. The full day long party was a
remarkable effort by WIE AG PNEC so that our hard-
working individuals can get a well-deserved break
from hectic life of the university.
THE STUDENTS AT THE BEACH TRIP
BARBECUE PARTY
WIE – PNEC AG arranged an all-girls
BBQ night at the NUST Girls‟ Hostel on April
1st, 2011.
The BBQ was set up at the hostel lawn.
While the girls chatted away and enjoyed their-
self in the pleasant ambiance, the stakes sizzled.
The food was served after a while which was a
scrumptious combo of kebabs, tikka, parthas and
side dishes.
Everybody relished on the hearty
meal.After the dinner, there was a little variety
show organized by a few members of WIE
which comprised of a skit and some perform-
ances.
The audience thoroughly enjoyed the
show and appreciated the performances. It was a
memorable night for all of us.
THE GIRLS ENJOYING THEMSELVES AT THE
BBQ PARTY
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BAKE SALE
WIE came in the view with a noble cause and
arranged a fund-raiser for the flood victims of Paki-
stan. For this purpose they set-up a “Bake Sale” dur-
ing the Fresher‟s Week.
The aim was to sale quality food items at a
rate little higher than the normal market rates so that
profit obtained could be sent to the donation.
The in-living girls were the stars and our
bake experts. They had put in every effort and the
best of their culinary skills in a limited time and
sources. And presented us all with scrumptious and
savory food. Once the sale started, it didn‟t take long
for the food to vanish.
By the end, our society had collected a good
deal of money from this sale and it was all donated
to the flood victims of Pakistan.
THE FOOD AVAILABLE AT THE BAKE SALE
MINUTE TO WIN IT
As the Fresher‟s week commenced, we the
societies of PNEC put in enormous effort and pro-
vided the students with every possible captivating
and enlivening event which was imagined. IEEE-
WIE being one of the key organizers arranged a
replica of the much hyped of international TV
show called “Minute to Win It”. It was held on
4th of October 2011. The format was like that it
had on the spot participation and involved minute
games. Every round had a game designed from
the stuff we use in daily life. The contestant each
was given a task right there which they were sup-
posed to complete it in one minute.
The creditable phase of the event was that
the whole thing was set-up in a very jovial milieu.
The WIE team made sure that everyone enjoyed
to the fullest. The highlight of the event was when
the Dean EPE and the Commandant showed-up
and participated whole-heartedly. It gave an un-
speakable boost to the organizers.
TASK BEING PERFORMED AT THE EVENT
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2ND ANNIVERSARY OF WIE 27th of October was a very special and much-awaited day for WIE at PNEC as it marked the com-
pletion of two successful, eventful
and full of excitement years for us.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, we cele-
brated our second anniversary on
this esteemed day with all the love,
cordiality, fervor and the traditional
cake-cutting. WIE-EXCOM had ar-
ranged a SPARKLE session where a
female engineer from Pakistan Inter-
national Airlines came and shared
her experience and how it was like
for her at her workplace.
She talked about her on-field
experience as a lady engineer. She
also shed light on the problems that
women have to face in the engineer-
ing field and how to overcome them
successfully. She illuminated the fe-
male engineers especially with
methods concerning them and how
to tackle them in a professional
manner.
A little tea party was ar-
ranged afterwards so that everyone
could be a part of the anniversary
celebrations. The Vice Principal
and the Dean were our special
guests. The Executive committee
members cut the cake to the pros-
perity of their society.
STUDENTS AT THE SPARKLE SESSION
THE CAKE CUTTING CEREMONY OF THE WIE
2ND ANNIVERSARY
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TRIP TO PN MODEL SCHOOL The Women in Engineering Affinity Group
at Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) at
Karachi has been immensely active throughout the
year of 2011, but a need was felt to increase aware-
ness regarding the field of engineering among the
younger generations.
In this regard we de-
cided to arrange a trip
to PN Model School
Karsaz. Our aim was
to hold an interactive
session with the stu-
dents of matriculation
and above and brief
them about the vast
field of engineering,
our college and of
course, about WIE.
Our WIE Volunteers,
along with other girls
of PNEC, went to the
school on 25 Novem-
ber 2011.
We were ac-
corded a warm wel-
come by the administration and
faculty. Zenab Ali, the IEEE PNEC WIE Chairper-
son began the proceedings with a presentation about
the IEEE Women in Engineering Society, what this
society is based upon, what it focuses on, what
events it has organised till present, how women are
making a difference in Pakistan, and in the world
alongside men in the field of engineering, why is it
essential for bright women to choose engineering
and how those present at the session are living proof
that women in engineering is not a myth originated
during the ancient times. Zenab‟s presentation was
followed by a brief intro of the life of female stu-
dents at PNEC, NUST by an Electronics student,
Kinza Shafique. She told the attendees about the
life of young women engineering students at
PNEC, how their needs are catered to and how
they excel in both
studies and extra-
curricular activities at a prestigious college like
ours. Other senior students who went along with
the WIE team also took the podium and told the
attendees about PNEC and highlighted some of the
major aspects of the college.
We enquired the girls about their aims of pursuing
engineering as a career choice, both at the start and
end of the session, and we observed a significant
change in their response which had initially been
bent towards the medical
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profession due to lack of awareness regarding women in engineering.
But that had to be blamed on
the old-school dogma our people
carry about engineering, generally.
We tried putting all of our efforts into
changing some of those young minds,
providing a fresh set of thoughts and
giving a new dimension to their ideas.
We sincerely hope that by the end of
the session we were able to increase
awareness and eliminate the stereo-
types regarding engineering amongst
the future generation of professionals.
By the end of the session, we
believe we were able to inculcate
awareness amongst them regarding the
endless possibilities for women in engi-
neering! We hope such events would
continue to be organized in the future for what we sow in the young minds at present, our country will reap
in the days to come!
RABIA JAMAL GIVING A PRESENTATION TO THE STUDENTS
THE STUDENTS OF PN MODEL SCHOOL ACTIVELY LISTENING
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WIE PNEC held its second
TechFest on 20th December 2011.
This is the mega event which is being
held by our society now two years in
running. TechFest was planned and
organizedwith all of the zeal and zest
we could muster in it. The prepara-
tion for the TechFest had been going
on for about a month. Publicity was
being done on Facebook, official
page shared & being made the organ-
izer‟s display picture and TechFest
Posters being put up in universities
all over Karachi.
We compiled the event with a
fun filling Poster Design Competi-
tion, an interesting & informative
Quiz Competition & an enlightening speaker session.
The hype of it was brought up a notch when we an-
nounced that the winners of these competitions were
going to be awarded free high-tea vouchers at Mar-
riot Hotel.
Teams from various colleges and universities
participated with great enthusiasm. The event for-
mally commenced at 4pm with a welcome speech
from our Chair, Ms Zenab Ali. The attendees were
briefed about the proceedings of the whole event.
After this, the participants of the Poster Design Com-
petition went ahead to the college Tennis Court
where the Poster Designing was to be held. Each
team consisted of two members & was provided with
the paints, colors and pastels. The thoughts to be de-
picted on the poster were to be of SAVE ENERGY,
SAVE THE WORLD.
TECHFEST ‘12
Once the competition took off, the air was
filled with fun and laughter from the audience who
roamed about encouraging the participants. While
on the other hand, for the participants, it was a
nerve game, with only half an hour at hand.
There was an amalgam of art and faux-pas
on the posters that were being made. The artists
present there totally nailed it with their profes-
sional skills ad natural talent whereas those who
had joined in just for the fun sake kept the balance
in the competition byprovidingus with some com-
pletely wacky ideas of the theme. The results of
the competition were to be announced at the clos-
ing ceremony.
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After the Poster Designing,
the participants were ushered to-
wards the halls where Quiz Compe-
tition was to be held. Two sessions
of quiz were to run in parallel. Each
team comprised of three members.
It had 3 rounds, the 1st being the
knock-out round. The quiz was
software based and each team had
to select its subject from a list of 5.
It was sort of like a rapid fire round,
giving answers to as many ques-
tions as they can in a short time of 2
min. The next round was to be held
in the auditorium. It was a pure test
of all that you‟ve attained at your
pre-university and university level
classes. The results again, were to be announced at
the closing ceremony.
After the qualifying round of the quiz, partici-
pants and audience proceeded to the auditorium
where the winners of the qualifying round battled for
the hi-tea at Marriott. This was followed by the
speaker session by Ms Hamna Lodhi, a former gradu-
ate of PNEC, who were to enlighten the audience
about branding themselves. The session was quite
informative with the right amount of humor.
The Commandant, Rear Admiral Syed Imdad
Imam Jaffri graced the occasion with his presence. In
his closing speech, he appreciated the efforts of WIE
IEEE PNEC and encouraged the students to regularly
take part in such mind freshening activities. Results
were announced after much wait and anticipation.
The team from Bahria College NORE 1 won the
Poster Design Competition, while the students of
1st semester, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineer-
ing from PNEC NUST won the Quiztronic. The
event was concluded with refreshments for all
where the guests discussed their take on our event
and we, the organizers took a breath of relief and
congratulated ourselves upon being done with an-
other successful event. We thanked all for being
present and making our efforts worth it.
THE ORGANIZING TEAM
REAR ADMIRAL IMDAD JAFRI SI(M) SURVEYING THE POSTERS
DRAWN
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ART WORK
THE ORGANIZING TEAM OF THE TECHFEST
CELEBRATIONS FOR WIE 2ND ANNIVERSARY THE WIE EXCOM VISIT TO PN MODEL SCHOOL
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End Note
Bilal Muhammad Zaki
Vice Chairman‟11
IEEE PNEC Student Branch
Rabia Khalid
Chairperson‟11
IEEE PNEC Student Branch
We would like to thank the Commandant, Rear Admiral Imdad Jafri SI(M) for
his continued support to the IEEE PNEC Student Branch and also thank the
previous Commandant Cdre. Jawwad Hussain SI(M). We would also like to
thank Deputy Commandant/ Vice Principal, Executive Officer, Staff Officer
NUST Affairs, Registrar, HOPGP, HOUGP, HOD EE, HOD EL, Lt. Cdr. Dr.
Zaidi, Lt. Cdr. Dr. Farhan, Cdr. Dr. Junaid, Dr Bilal Khawaja, Cdr. Dr. Faisal
Amir, Dean Applied Sciences, Dean Engineering Sciences, Dean Industrial &
Manufacturing Engineering, Regulating Officer, Secretary Ward Room, Secre-
tary Gun Room, PNS Jahaur Staff, CBM and First Lieutenant.
We would like to thank HUM TV Network Ltd. who supported us by being the
Gold Sponsor in Career Counseling III. We would also like to thank Dawn
News and City FM 89 who acted as Media Sponsors in the Student Seminar.
We would like to thank all our officers who worker diligently to make this into
a successful year.
We would like to thank Dr. Sameer Qazi who acted as the Branch Counselor
throughout the year and provided us with invaluable advice at all times.
We would also like to thank Lt. Cdr. Dr. Attaullah who supported us through-
out the year and kept guiding us in every step without which it was not possi-
ble for us to execute our plans.
In the end we would like to thank Capt. Syed M. Babur TI(M) without whose
vision and support, it was not possible for IEEE PNEC to function and to take
giant strides of triumph and accomplishment. We are indebted to you for pro-
viding us with the direction and supervising us at all times.