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COMSATS Institute of Information TechnologyLahore Campus

NEWSLETTER 2009

Inside This Issue

PM briefed about COMSATS activities

Inauguration of IRCBM by CM Punjab

Annual Report SEG I and II Submission

Report

Report on MATLAB Workshop

Brief News of COMSATS

Visits & Tours

Faculty Development

Research & Publications

DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM

InBS Business

Administration

BS Computer Science

BS Telecom Engineering

About Lancaster

University

Lancaster University continues

to be an internationally highly

ranked leader in the provision

of excellent teaching and

research. Their performance in

successive research assessment

exercises has placed them in

the top 10 universities in UK

Salient Features:

?Lancaster is consistently rated as one

of the top UK universities for research

and teaching

?COMSATS is ranked 7th among

Pakistani universities for research and

teaching

?The students will study at CIIT, Lahore

as external students of Lancaster

University

?On successful completion both

Lancaster university and CIIT Lahore will

award the degree to the students

?The students will be the alumni of

Lancaster University and CIIT, Lahore.

Quality assurance would be measured

by Lancaster University

?Mutually agreed courses dually

validated by Lancaster University in

addition to validation of HEC and other

accreditation bodies in Pakistan

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On 23rd Feb., 2009, The Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr. Syed

Yousaf Raza Gilani, in his capacity as the Chairperson of COMSATS, received a briefing

in the P.M. House on the programmes of this organization in Pakistan and abroad. The

Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, highlighted the contributions

of COMSATS as a think-tank addressing the role of S&T in national and regional

development plans; as an advocacy forum for strengthening R&D institutions in the

developing countries and making them responsive to national needs; and as a

facilitator of South-South cooperation in S&T through exchange visits and training

programmes.

The organization has an impressive record of institution-building, since two of its

flagship projects, the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) and

COMSATS Internet Services (CIS) are well-known all over Pakistan. The Rector CIIT, Dr.

S.M. Junaid Zaidi apprised the P.M. about the phenomenal growth of this Institution

from one campus with 300 students in 2000 to 6 campuses with 14000 students at

present, while maintaining high standards of education.

The Prime Minister appreciated that the organization has the capacity to build international scientific collaborations

among developing countries. He pledged the support of his Government to enhance the role and effectiveness of this

important platform. The P.M. directed the relevant departments and ministries of Pakistan to extend help to COMSATS in

fulfilling its international obligations and implementing national initiatives.

The meeting was attended by: Mr. Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, Minister for Science and Technology; Begum Shahnaz

Wazir Ali, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Sector; Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, Member (Science &

Technology), Planning Commission; and other high officials of the Ministries of Science & Technology, Foreign Affairs, and

Finance.

The Inauguration Function of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in

Biomedical Materials (IRCBM) was held on 28th October 2008 at the

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Lahore. At the

function, IRCBM was inaugurated through the hands of Mian

Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Punjab; Government of

Pakistan.

Chief Minister was greeted by senior faculty of IRCBM. Rector of CIIT, Dr.

S.I Junaid Zaidi began the proceedings by introducing the CIIT, Lahore to

the worthy chief guest.

Dr. Shahzad Mufti, former advisor and incharge of IRCBM, elaborated

the mission and objectives of IRCBM.

Chief Minister appreciated the efforts and objectives behind the establishment of IRCBM and also spoke of plans for the

continuing support that would be provided by the federal and provincial government for research in Pakistan. He

departed with best wishes. The function was graced by senior faculty members of CIIT Lahore.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Briefed About COMSATS Activities

Inauguration of IRCBM by Chief Minister of Punjab

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participation in our

workplace and move us

towards a knowledge-

based economy.

The Chief Guest was

Bryan D. Hunt, Principal

Officer, US Consulate,

Lahore. The Special Guest

of Honor was Mr. Tahir

Javed Malik, Senior Vice

P r e s i d e n t , L a h o r e

Chamber of Commerce

and Industries. There

w e r e m e m b e r s o f

Faisalabad Chamber of

C o m m e r c e a n d

I n d u s t r i e s , a n d

Engineering Consultants for trade with

China and Middle East, present at the

event. The other attendees were Dr.

Shaukat A. Hayat, Director, COMSATS,

Lahore, Dr. Salman Ahmad, Head of

Department, MS Department, Lahore,

Mr. Rashid Najeeb, In-Charge, Student

Affairs Cell, COMSATS, Lahore, and Mr.

Sheikh Hanif, Advisor Administration,

COMSATS, Lahore. The Heads of

Departments of Chemical Engineering,

Architecture, Telecommunications and

E n g i n e e r i n g , P h y s i c s ,

Mathematics, and Computer

Science, were all present at

this occasion.

There were 70 Project

entries in the Exhibition and

Competition, in which

University of Central Punjab,

P a k T u r k I n t e r n a t i o n a l

Schools and Colleges, and

School of International

Studies for Sciences and

Arts, competed head-to-

head with COMSATS students

The Department of Management

Sciences, COMSATS Inst itute of

Information Technology, Lahore,

hosted “STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP:

Key to Globalization” [SEG] symposium,

exhibition and an All-Pakistan 1-Day

competition, on January 27, 2009, at the

premises of COMSATS, Lahore. This grand

event was a first big event of its nature

ever in the history of COMSATS Lahore. It

was organized and implemented by Mr.

Kamran Hashmi, In-Charge SEG, and

Assistant Professor, Department of

Management Sciences. This symposium

and exhibition provided the perfect

platform to showcase the innovation

and value-addition ideas of the young

and raw talent of our nation from

various institutions of excellence. These

ideas exemplif ied discrete and

quantifiable gains or held substantial

promise in its approach and scope,

which needed to harness the global

demand and landscape. These ideas

took the form of approaches that

attempt ed to bridge the global

innovative and economic divide. The

goal was to promote a culture of

i n n o v a t i o n a n d c o n s t r u c t i v e

for the coveted prize positions. The

Project Competition in the University

category was won by the Hand Relics

team, followed by Euro Bridals, and

Euro-Asia Jewelry in second and third

places respectively. The School category

was won by PakTurk. More than one

thousand visitors came from all over

Pakistan, to attend this symposium and

show their support in this exercise of

extreme national and global pertinence.

Please visit the SEG website at

www.ciitlahore.edu.pk/seg/index.html

for the latest and the upcoming events.

“Strategic Entrepreneurship: Key to Globalization” SEG 2009 Symposium, Exhibition and All-Pakistan Competition

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By the grace of Allah Almighty, the

Department of Chemical Engineering

CIIT Lahore got accredited by PEC th(Pakistan Engineering Council) on 25

March 2009. It is indeed an achievement

for any educational institution on

national level. The entire team of the

department including HoD, Dean

Engineering, advisors, faculty members

and laboratory staff was determined to

get the accreditation so it was set as a

priority resolution in the very start of

this year. It was made possible by the

dedicated efforts of faculty members

who worked day and night specially to

improve the state of the art laboratories

by giving special input in the design and

fabrication of equipment. It could not

be possible without the in-depth

supervision of team leader Dr.

Moinuddin Ghauri, who took special

interest in the accomplishment of the

accreditation process. Director CIIT Dr.

Shaukat Ali Hayat was also very keen

about it and contributed as much as he

could in achieving the goal.

PEC Engineering accreditation and

Quality Evaluation Committee (EA & QEC)

has been specially formed to carry out

assessment of various engineering

programmes through a systematic and

well documented process. It works while

a l igned with Higher Educat ion

Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

Because of PEC's stringent and high

standards, it takes unflinching efforts to

meet the criteria. PEC is the only

government body in Pakistan which

recognizes the engineering degree

PEC Accreditation A Giant Leap PEC Visit to Chemical Engineering Department awarding educational institutions on

the basis of tough criteria including

faculty profile, lab standards, financial

resources, human resources, pay scales,

facilities available in the department

and many other factors. PEC gives

membership to only those engineers

who have been awarded degrees from

the accredited institutions after passing

through a long and competitive process.

It is worth mentioning here that

chemical engineering department has a

u n i q u e s t a t u s o f g e t t i n g t h e

accreditation before even the first

batch has passed out.

This is just the beginning and there are

miles to cover. The whole team of

Chemical Engineering Department is

committed to grow rapidly and to

maintain the title of PEC Accreditation.

thThe Workshop on MatLab, arranged by the Department of Mathematics, was held on 26 th– 30 January 2009 at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) – Lahore. The

workshop was opened for CIIT faculty members. Nineteen registered faculty members

including professors, lecturers and lab engineers have been attended. Its purpose was

to introduce technical computing and enhance programming skills. The resource

person was Mr. Muhammad Rafiullah who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of

Mathematics.

In the opening remarks, the campus director, Dr Shaukat Ali Hayat said that “the

workshop is an opportunity to learn and understand the technical computing. There is a

lot of use of computing software in research, especially in engineering”. While emphasizing the importance of Mathematics, he

said “Mathematics is a great tool to explore new ways. Without it, it is difficult to understand natural phenomena”. He hoped that

“after completion of this workshop all participants should try to work on some projects and apply this learning in their teaching”.

The following topics were successfully covered with real life examples in five days: Introduction to MatLab, matrices and arrays,

plotting (graphics) 2D & 3D, linear algebra, polynomials, differential equations, data analysis, fundamentals of programming, script

writing and writing the user defined functions.

On the last day, the invited guests were Dr. Ghulam Qanber Abbasi, Dr. Malik Muhammad Arif Rafiq, Dr Shahadat Ali Taj, and Dr.

Saman Shahbaz.

In feedback the participants appreciated the resource person for his efforts and

dedication to the workshop. They have demanded more training and lecture

programs on MatLab Tool Boxes, Simulink, Mathematica and Maple.

In closing remarks the chairman, Dr. Ghulam Qanber Abbasi congratulated all the

participants on their successful completion of this training program. He also thanked

the Director, Dr Shaukat Ali Hayat for his permission to organize workshop on MatLab.

He appreciated the sincere effort of the resource person and organizer Mr. Muhammad

Rafiullah for putting together such a splendid program.

Report on MatLab Workshop:

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CISCO Academy

Department of Chemical

Engineering

The department of CS has been

successfully running CISCO academy

courses for the last two years under the

able supervision of Mr Naeem Akhtar

who is also the in charge of Network

Operation Centre (NOC) of CIIT Lahore. He

has passed the test to become a CISCO

Academy teacher.

A second track of CISCO academy was

begun in the spring semester of 2009 at

the Electrical Department of CIIT. This

track carries changes which will be more

suitable to EE students. The director

took acute interest in understanding

the difference between the two tracks

and gave his go-ahead.

Worldwide, most of the recent research

work is being carried out employing the

most recent research methodologies

including mathematical modeling and

simulation. The department of chemical

engineering has always focused on

research activities and in order to keep

pace with the current international

trends, Mathematical Modeling &

Simulation Research Group (MMSRG) has

been founded at CIIT, Lahore. The main

objective and mission is to locally

develop the infrastructure where by a

platform may be provided for future

research work in the field of modeling

and simulation.

Initially, MMSRG shall be focusing on

training the respected faculty by

conducting workshops and symposia.

Once the roots are firmly grounded,

further work or application of

knowledge gained may be carried out.

Finally, student projects in the various

fields may be initiated. Another

offshoot that may be possible is the

postgraduate program of COMSATS in

the field of Chemical Engineering where

this research group shall provide ample

room of international research

collaboration and interdisciplinary

research.

Embarking on the vision laid by HEC, the

department of chemical engineering is

all set to launch the postgraduate

program. The concept paper was

drafted by Engr. Aqeel Ahmad Bazmi

and was put up in the 6th Board of

studies (BoS) meeting. The program was

unanimously approved and forwarded

to Board of Faculties. The department

envisions starting the program from

the next semester and already has some

potential candidates from industry and

academia.

Realizing the importance of chemical

engineering, the Masters program (MS

Leading to PhD) in chemical engineering

will provide knowledge in subjects

which are of importance both for

further developing today’s and

tomorrow’s process industry. The

graduate program is designed to

a c c o m m o d a t e e n g i n e e r i n g

professionals who are seeking to

broaden their knowledge and deepen

their technical skills to solve problems

of local chemical and processing

industry with greater responsibility.

The PhD part consists of three major

parts: the first year is devoted to

coursework and the next two years are

devoted to research while the third part

consists of successive seminars to be

given by scholars during the research

period. In addition, an integrative

project combines the research and

management portions of the program.

CIIT, Lahore suffered a great loss in the

Post graduate Program

Department of Mathematics

shape of sad demise of its Associate

Professor, Dr. Abdul Jabbar. He was an

active member of the Department as

well as of the campus. He was the

member of the Board of Studies of

Mathematics, Convener Transport

Committee and Convener Mosque Com-

mittee of the Campus. He always

brought light in the Departmental

decisions with his enlightening ideas

and wisdom. The Qura'an Khawani was

arranged for his soul. May ALLAH rest his

soul in peace.

The Department of Architecture &

Design CIIT has launched a Degree

program B.Des: Bachelor of Design. The

B.Des course is a four year full time

course of 138 credits. Students will be

encouraged to experiment and think

creatively and critically. The approach is

analytical and diagnostic with emphasis

on solving Design problems through the

development of original and often

surprising solutions, rather than simply

focusing on technical methods or

applying formulaic solutions. The

students will define their goals,

experiment with ideas and challenge

current practices to produce work that

is outside the commercial constraints.

After a first common foundation year,

the students will be offered a choice of

specializing in Advertising Design,

Illustration, Moving image ( Video) or

Product Design ( Furniture). The

s t u d e n t s w i l l h a v e v a s t j o b

opportunities as Graphic Designers,

Advertising Designers, Art Directors,

Package designers, Web and multimedia

Designers, Furniture Designers, Set

Designers, Interior Designers, Freelance

Designers or Design Teachers. The

degree program will be run under the

umbrella of the Department of

Architecture & Design.

Degree program in Bachelor

of Design:

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Physics Department


Engineering

Dr. Andreas Kastner of LD-Systeme AG &

Co. KG delivered a talk titled,

“Importance of training equipment in

educational institutes” on April 1, 2009,

at 12.30 P.M, in the seminar room of

Block A.

Mr. Abdul Qayyum Kashmiri from

University Silicon Integrated Solutions

delivered a talk titled, “Essential

Ingredients of ASCI Solution ” on April 03,

2009 at 2.30 PM in the seminar room of

Block A

Dr. Aqeel Ahsan Khurram Manager

(Tech.), National Centre for Physics,

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

delivered a talk titled, “5MV tandem

(pelletron) accelerator and its uses” on

April 09, 2009 at 1.30 PM in the seminar

room of Block A.

Dr . Samina Tazayyen, Ass istant

Professor, Education Department

Government of Balochistan Quetta

delivered a talk titled, “Chromotherapy

and its Scientific Evolution” on June 12,

2009, at 12.10 P.M, in the seminar room

of Block A.

2 lectures were delivered on

Mathematical modeling and simulation

by Dr. Asad to group members of

MMSRG.

Dr. Anwar prepared Novel dyes and

soap.

Locally Activated Charcoal were

prepared by Engr. M. Tahir (j) and Dr.

Moinud-din Ghauri.

Energy conservation using room

heaters, geysers and DRA research work

is carried by Engr. A.A. Bazmi, Engr.

Aamir Ala udin., Engr. Fahad Rehman

under the supervision of Dr. A.H.

Dilawari.

Dr. Anwar ul Haq Introducing new area

o f r e s e a r c h : P o r p h y r i n a n d

phthalocynine synthesis and their

application in Photodynamic Therapy

and in nonlinear optics.

The faculty of the Department of

Architecture and Design has initiated

“WAVE – Weekly Audio Visual Event”, a

series of Audio Visual presentations

conducted every week. Students will be

given exposure to classical art movies,

documentaries, music, performing arts

training sessions, arts exhibitions, etc.

The purpose of this event is to develop

the intellectual sense of the students

through better understanding of world

issues, every day life issues,

d e v e l o p m e n t o f t o l e r a n c e ,

appreciation of various forms of art and

learning about the diverse cultures

across the globe.

Department of Architecture

and Design

WAVE

Seminars Events& Activities

NEWSPhysics Department:

Dr. Javed Iqbal has joined the Physics

Department as professor on July 23,

2009. He is also the new HOD of the

Physics Department. We wish him a

warm welcome and all the best for his

new assignment.

This year CIIT Lahore has announced

admissions in the MS leading to PhD

Physics program for the fall semester

2009. The inception of graduate

program is another hallmark for the

Physics Department.

Dr. Muhammad Asif, Assistant Professor

has been appointed as Deputy Director

General for Asia , International

Biographical Centre, Cambridge,

England.

The bibliography of Dr. Ashsaq Ahmad,

HOD, Associate professor and Dr.

Muhammad Asif, Assistant Professor has

been accepted for publication in the

forth coming issues of:

a) 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals

of the 21st Century -2009/2010

(International Biographical Centre,

Cambridge, England)

b) Marquis Who's Who in the

World, 2010 Edition (New Providence

USA)

The bibliography of Dr. Muhammad Asif,

Assistant Professor, has been published

in “Who's Who in America” - 63rd Edition,

2008.

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Department of Physics

?A research paper by Dr. Muhammad

Asif titled, “Relationship between

viscosity and conductivity for tokamak

plasmas” has been published in “Brazilian

journal of Physics”, Vol.39 No.1 P.59-69,

2009.

?A research paper by Dr. Muhammad

Asif titled,” Large aspect ratio MHD

equation for torodial“ has been

published in “ International Journal of

modern Physics B”, 23, (2009) 2463.


?A paper on “Impact on female

employee's job performance” by Irfan

Y o u s a f ( A s s t . P r o f e s s o r ) , S y e d

Muhammad Irfan (Asst. Professor) &

Tajammal Hussain (Asst. Professor) has

been accepted in Journal of Quality

Management, Punjab University .

?Sarfraz Ahmad, Imran Anwar,

'Stanley Decomposition and Partition of

Simplicial complexes', accepted for the

publication in the proceeding of LUMS

2nd International Conference on

Mathematics and its Applications in

Information Technology, Lahore.

?Kashif Ali, Edy Tri Baskoro, Ioan

Tomescu (2008), On Path-sunflower

Ramsey numbers, submitted in the

journal of Discrete Mathematics

?Dr. G. Q. Abbassi, M.Iqbal Bhatti and

N. A. Chauhdry, “Order properties of

Quotient Spaces of Ordered Normed

Spaces” accepted in Pakistan journal of

Science.

?Sarfraz Ahmad, Imran Anwar,

'Regularity on Borel Type ideals',

accepted for the publication in the

proceeding of LUMS 2nd International

Conference on Mathematics and its

Applications in Information Technology,

Lahore.

?Hani Shaker, “ Ogy and Factorization

o f P o l y n o m i a l s ” a c c e p t e d i n

“Mathematica Scandinavica”.

?Dr. Kashif Ali (Asst. Prof) presented his ndpaper in 22 British Combinatorial

conference held on July 5 — July 10 ,

2009 at University of St. Andrews,

Scotland.

?A paper “Concomitants of Lower

Records for Bivariate Pseudo-Inverse

Rayleigh Distribution” published by

Saman Shahbaz , Muhammad Qaiser

Shahbaz, Muhammad Mohsin Munir

Ahmed in Sci.Int.(Lahore).21(1).21-

23,2009,ISSN 1013-5316;CODEN:SINTE8.

?Imran Siddique, Dumitru Vieru, “New

solutions for Stoke's second problem of

Newtonian Fluids”, accepted for

publ icat ion in Bu l let in of the

Polytechnic Institute of Jassy. ROMANIA.

IRCBM

Research

Project Title: Calcium Phosphates with

Tailor able Dissolution Rates

Researchers: Dr. Rafaqat Hussain, Aqsa

Bano Raja, Rabia Ayub

Project Title: Nano-bioceramics with

Enhanced Bioactivity

Researchers: Dr. Aqif Anwar Chaudhry,

Nida Iqbal Khan

Project Title: Polymer Composites for

Articular Cartilage Repair

Researchers: Dr. Anila Asif, Nageen

Fatima, Nafisa Ashraf

Project Title: Porous Ceramic Scaffolds

for Guided Bone Regeneration

Researchers: Dr.Aqif Anwar Chaudhry,

Dr. Rafaqat Hussain

Publications

Anila Asif, “Photopolymerization and

P r o p e r t i e s o f W a t e r b o r n e

Polyurethane Acrylate Dispersions

based on Hyperbranched Aliphatic stPolyesters” "Frontiers of Chemistry "1

Chemistry Alumni Meeting & Seminar at

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

(May15-16,2009).

Anila Asif, "Synthesis, Rheological and

Thermal Properties of Water borne

Hyperbranched Polyurethane Acrylate

Dispersions for UV Curable Coatings”

Accepted in Colloid and Polymer

Science DOI:10.1007/s00396-009-2062-8.


Engineering

?Dr. Anwar prepared Novel dyes and

soap.

?Locally Activated Charcoal were

prepared by Engr. M. Tahir (j) and Dr.

Moinud-din Ghauri.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS(List of Publications and Accepted Research Papers)

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“Preparation of Activated Carbon from

Acacia Arabica (Kikar) Wood Sawdust for

Treatment of Textile Effluents”

M. Tahir, M. Ghauri, A. U. Khan, A.

Chughtai

Submitted to Chemical Engineering

Journal.

“Direct Comparison Between Rotational

and Extrusion Rheometers”

A. U. Khan, N. Mahmood and A.A. Bazmi

Submitted to Mat. Sci. Poland.

“Diffusion Aided Joint Healing in

Polymers at Interfaces”

N. Mahmood, A. U. Khan and J. Kressler

Submitted to J. Adhesion.

Department of Computer

Science

?Imran Raza, Hassan Raza, “Assessment

of Node Density in Cartesian Ad Hoc

Routing Protocols (CARP)” at IEEE

I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n

Information and Communication

Technologies, IBA, Karachi

?A research paper of Kash i f

Muhammad and Rizwan Jameel Qureshi

entitled “Seamless Long Term Learning

in Agi le Teams for Sustainable

Leadership”, has been accepted in 5th

IEEE ICET’09 conference to be held at

National University of Computer &

Engineering Sciences, Islamabad this

year.

?Dr. J. S. Mirza, “Characterizing Urdu

Vowels for Urdu Recognition”, published

in Science International, Vol 20, No. 3,

2008, pp 185-188.

?Mr. Rizwan Jameel Qureshi and Mr.

Sandhu, “A Validation of the Proposed

Component Based Development

P r o c e s s ”

published in

S c i e n c e

International,

A p r i l 2 0 0 9 ,

I S S N : 1 0 1 3 -

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Engineering

The faculty development program at

COMSATS provides an opportunity to the

young faculty members to improve

their qualification and enhance

professional expertise comparable to

international arena. Development of

chemical engineering was honoured last

year when three of her faculty members

were awarded fully funded scholarship

under FDP scheme of COMSATS.

? Engineer Fahad Rehman completed

his Msc. in Environmental and Energy

Engineering with distinction both in

theory course as well as in his research

project from University of Sheffield, UK

and recently joined the department.

? Ms. Maryam Irshad completed her Msc.

in Polymers and Material Sciences with

distinction from University of Sheffield,

UK and rejoined the department.

? Engr. Muhammad Tahir successfully

completed his Msc. Advance Process and

Plant Design with distinction from

Manchester University UK and recently

rejoined the department.

T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f C h e m i c a l

Engineering is proud to have one of the

best faculties in town; always ready to

sharpen their tools and prove their

individuality, versatility and abilities.

Petronas is one of the leading

petrochemical firm of the world and has

done some great developmental works

in the academic and research fields. It is

quite customary of her to offer research

projects to faculty of university

technology, Petronas in varying

capacities and areas. Recently five of her

faculty members have been awarded

fully funded PhD scholarships by

University of Technology, Petronas,

Malaysia. The details are:

Engr. Abrar Inayat and Engr. Zakir Khan

shall be working in the areas of Bio

gasification and Bio diesel formation,

Engr. Ghulam Murshid, Engr. Faizan

Ahmad, Engr. Sikander Rafiq.

The scholarship shall also be focusing on

developing ties between the two

industries.


Mr. Tariq Javed zia joined the

department after completing his PhD in

Numerical analysis from Graduate

School of the Chinese Academy of

sciences (GUCAS), Beijing, China.

Mr. Tajamal Hussain has completed his

PhD in the subject of Total Quality

Management from University of the

Punjab, Lahore.

Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad (Asst. Prof.) left Italy

to attend the “ Summer school and

advanced workshop on trends and

development in Linear Algebra” held at

Abdus Salam International Centre for

theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy.

The following faculty members of Maths

Department attended the training

workshop of E-library on 24th June 2009

arranged by incharge l ibrary :

Mr. Rafi Ullah (Asst. Prof.), Mr. Yasin (Asst.

Prof.), Ms. Madiha Khalid (Lecturer), Mr.

Kashif Nazar (Lecturer), Ms. Shehla

Aslam.

The Following members have been

awarded certificates on 10th April 2009

for attending “Faculty Development

Workshop” held on 1st August to 13th

August 2008.

1. Ayesha Sohail

2. Atique Ahmed

3. Shehla Aslam

4. Kashif Nazar

Faculty Development

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Department of Architecture and DesignVisit of International Delegation:

Mr.Marco Pasagrande, Architect, and

Ms.Nikita Wu, Artist, visited the

Department of Architecture of

Architecture & Design CIIT Lahore on

Monday, April 13, 2009. It was their first

visit to Pakistan. Ar. Pasagrande, being a

citizen of Netherlands, was greatly

impressed by the richness of natural

resources of Pakistan They offered CIIT

Lahore to be their co-ordination office

in Pakistan to hold the First International

Biennale for promotion of Arts and

Culture at Lahore in 2010. They also

discussed the possibilities of joint

research ventures in the area of

'Development of towns along rivers'.


Prof. Dr Mr Aslam Noor and Prof.Dr

Khalida Inayat Noor, Department of

Mathematics CIIT, Islamabad visited

Mathematics Department CIIT, Lahore

campus along with their MS (Maths)

students on March 24-25,2009. Dr Khalida

Inayat Noor held a meeting with faculty

members & Ms (Maths) students. She

introduced her MS (Maths) students with

the audience & talked about their

respective fields of research. She also “delivered a lecture on General use of

Mathematics” on March 24,2009.

Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM)

H.E. Dr. M. Azam Khan Swati, Federal

Minister for Science and Technology,

Government of Pakistan, paid a visit to

IRCBM, HoD Dr. Rafaqat welcomed him,

Ceramics and polymers labs were shown

to him by Dr. Aqif, he briefed him about

aims and objectives and future goals of

IRCBM, Federal minister appreciated the

struggle and efforts, and assured his full

support and back for the development

of the department.


Dr. Sohail Murad, Head Department of

Chemical Engineering, University of

Illinois, Chicago, USA (UIC) visited

COMSATS, Lahore on a special invitation

of honorable Rector. The main objective

of the visit was to develop collateral

Research & Development relationships

between the two universities, who have

already signed a MoU in this regard.

Dr. Murad also delivered a series of

lectures to faculty and students and

envisioned about the latest technical

methodologies being followed in USA.

He briefed about mathemical modeling

and encouraged the faculty to focus this

emerging technology for future

research work. The students and faculty

discussed possible higher education

opportunities on offer in USA especially

in UIC and the prospects of Pakistani

students.

The faculty demonstrated the current

research activities and seekd Dr. Sohail’s

guidance to explore new horizons.

IRCBM

A meeting with Prof. Dr. Saeed Ahmed

Nagra Director, Institute of Chemistry

Punjab University was held at IRCBM. All

the faculty members along with Dr.

Ihtesham-ur-Rehman welcomed the

honorable guest. During the meeting

different avenues and collaborative

projects were discussed. Dr. Nagra

assured that he will provide full support

and access to all the equipments

available at his Department.

Prof. Dr. Saadat Anwar Siddiqui from

Solid State Physics, University of the

Punjab, Lahore visited IRCBM. He was

warmly welcomed by all the staff

members. Director CIIT Lahore, Director

IRCBM and faculty members briefed the

guest about their activities at the

Centre. Dr. Anwar showed keen interest

in collaborative projects of mutual

interest. He offered to help IRCBM

regarding characterization of their

samples and in preparation of joint

proposals. He also offered projection of

IRCBM from the platform of Khwarzmic

society and encouraged everyone to

participate actively.

H.E. M. Azam Khan Swati, Federal

Minister for Science and Technology,

Government of Pakistan, paid a visit to

IRCBM, Incharge Dr. Rafaqat warmly

welcomed him. Ceramics and polymers

labs were shown to him by Dr. Aqif. He

briefed the maboutaims, objectives and

future goals of IRCBM. Federal minister

appreciated the struggle, efforts and

assured his full support and backing for

the development of the department.

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The connection between 23 April and

books was first made in 1923 by

booksellers in Catalonia, Spain as a way

to honour the author Miguel de

Cervantes who died on that day. In 1995,

UNESCO decided that the World Book

and Copyright Day would be celebrated

on this date because of the Catalonian

festival and because the date is also the

anniversary of the birth and death of

William Shakespeare, the death of Inca

Garcilaso de la Vega and Josep Pla, the

birth of Maurice Druon, Vladimir

Nabokov, Manuel Mejía Vallejo and

Halldór Laxness.

The start of 2009 saw the launch of the

first ‘World Book Day’ in Comsats. The

main aim of World Book Day (WBD) is to

encourage people to explore the

pleasures of books and reading by

providing them with the opportunity to

have a book of their own. Resultantly,

COMSATS believes that it is a great idea

supporting and celebrating WBD by

encouraging students to read and

promoting reading-related activities.

Comsats focuses not only on improving

students reading ability but also on

developing a love of reading.

COMSATS Institute of Information and

Technology celebrated ‘World Book Day’

on 29th of April, Thursday at 10 pm . WBD

was organ ized by the L ibrary

Information Services, with the

supervision of worthy Director Dr

Shaukat Ali Hayat and convener library

affairs Dr Talat Afza and incharge library

information services Tariq Najmi. There

is a organizing committee for the

celebrations of ‘World Book Day’ and the

members in this committee are

Tariq Najmi

Muhammad Rafi Ullah

Sadaf Ehsan

Umar Safdar Kiani

Rehan Shaukat

Three activities were held on the

occasion:

• Walk

• Poster Competition

• Book Stalls of every department

The book day was started by the Walk

from the mosque to the library. Dr Tallat

Afza started the walk by cutting the

Ribbon along with Respected HOD’s of

all the departments, faculty members,

staff members and students. Then the

participants visited the book installs in

the l ibrary. L ibrary and every

department had its book stall there.

These installs include the books,

projects and publications of different

faculty members.

Poster competition was one of the most

exciting parts of this occasion. Sadaf

Ehsan coordinated of this competition.

All the students participated with their

full excitement and interest. Miss Sadia

Farooq from the Architecture

department selected the posters

for first, second and third position.

Speaking as chief guest at the occasion,

Dean of management sciences Madam

Tallat Afza acknowledged that she had

achieved her status and responsible

position because of books. “Books

paved the way for my ascent to

success,” she admitted. She also

expressed the opinion that books are

not only a source of information, but

also provide an inalienable sense of joy

and companionship.

WORLD BOOK DAY

The book day was started by a walk from the mosque to the library. Dr Tallat Afza started the walk by cutting the ribbon along with respected HOD’s of all the departments, faculty members, staff members and students.

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An educational trip was arranged by the thphysics department on May 14 , 2009 to

Pakistan Radiation Services (PARAS). Dr.

Ashfaq Ahmad (HOD) and the faculty also

accompanied the students on the trip.

Mr. Malik Ghazanfar Sadiq, General

Manager PARAS, gave a briefing to

students on the increasing demand of

t h e G a m m a s t e r i l i z a t i o n f o r

pharmaceuticals and food item. Overall,

this was an extra ordinary event which

opened new horizons for both students

and faculty members.

Physics Department

ndThe students of 2 Yr. have been

given a class project to design a

restaurant at M.M.Alam road,

Gulberg. In this regard, they

visited the Shezan Restaurant at

Defense, The Village, Freddy's,

Golden Lotus and Xin Hua at

Gulberg. They studied the interiors

and Kitchen design details during their

visits.

Department of Architecture & Design

Dr. Aqif, Dr. Rafaqat, Mr. Usman and Ms.

Nageen Fatima were the personnel from

IRCBM who visited the industry. The

purpose of the visit was to establish

col laboration with ESMICO, the

manufacturers of orthopedic implants

from 36 L stainless steel. The products

meet the ISO 13485 and CE mark

specifications. Various hurdles that the

industry was confronting regarding the

sale

of products due

to the ignorance of the buyers

and the monopoly of the orthopedic

surgeons were discussed. The possibility

of potential collaboratory links between

ESMICO and IRCBM were also highlighted

during the discussion. The visit was

quite fruit full and Mr. Nazir of ESMICO

industry was kind enough to give a free

reference sample of a hip implant, dHS

plate and screw manufactured at their

facility.

Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM)On 22nd April 2009, a visit to ESMICO

orthopedic industry was arranged on

22nd April 2009


Students of the 5th semester (Batch-III)

visited Rawalpindi and Hattar regions’

industrial zones under the supervision

and guidance of Engr. Imran Aslam and

Engr. Muhammad Ahmad. They

were briefed by the

personnel at Attock

Refinery Limited, Wah

Ordinance factory ,

Dewan Salman Fibers,

H a z a r a P h o s p h a t e ,

Bestway Cement, Heavy

Mechanical Complex, KSB

Pumps to name a few.

Students of the 6th

semester (Batch-II) visited Karachi

industrial area. Engr. Aqeel Ahmad

B a z m i a n d E n g r . A m j a d R i a z

accompanied the students. The

personnel at the Pakistan Refinery

Limited, Engro Polymers Pvt. Ltd., Bin

Qasim Thermal Power Plant, Korangi

Thermal Power Station, Pakistan Steel

Mill showed different parts of the

factories, and discussed situations.

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This is tradition of CIIT, Girls Hostel that

whenever a batch completes their

degree requirements, their immediate

juniors arrange a farewell party. This

year the girls decided to do something

different in the form of a bonfire cum

farewell party arranged with the help of

Madame Saima Saleem (Assistant

Superintendent) on November 29, 2008.

Inspite of the piercing cold, the girls

were very excited attending the

function which was arranged in a lawn,

in front of the girls' hostel. The stage

was traditionally decorated. In the

centre of the lawn, there was a large

heap of burning logs. Mrs. Dr. Shaukat

Ali Hayat and Dr. Saima Farooq were

invited as chief guest and guest of

honor, respectively for the function.

Many other honorable ladies from CIIT,

Officers Colony attended the event to

encourage and support the girls. The

function began with the name of ALLAH.

This was followed by the girls presenting

different skits and dances they had

specially prepared for their seniors. The

seniors were granted by titles and gifts

while sharing their experiences in the

hostel.. At the end of the ceremony a

video made by juniors in honor of their

seniors was shown on a multimedia

screen for those attending. It was filled

with memorable pictures of their life at

different occasions in COMSATS and the

hostel. The event concluded with a

delicious dinner comprising of Malwari

Paratha, Kabab, and Chiken Botti which

was served with green tea and Kheer.

MBA Batch 10 hosted a great welcome

party for the Batch 11 in the

Department of Management Sciences. It

was attended by Dr. Shaukat Ali Hayat,

Director, and various MS faculty

members. Many cultural and University

skits were played out, including that of

President Musharraf addressing the

nation about all the developments of

the country with a comical twist.

Everyone simply had a ball of a time.

A student - faculty get together and

welcome party was arranged on March th27 , 2009 at The Village restaurant M.M.

Alam road Lahore in the honor of new

comers. The department of physics is

grateful to Advisor Admin Sheikh Hanif,

incharge COMSATS student's services

Prof. Rashid Najeeb and Admin officer

Miss Nazish Bakhat for gracing the

occasion with their esteemed presence.

Department of Chemical Engineering Extra curricular activities provide

students with an opportunity to socially

groom themselves and be able to learn

other things besides academics. So

such welcome parties are not unique.

Once again, this semester, Ms. Kanwal

Rashid (Incharge extra curricular wing),

Engr. Ghulam Murshid (Departmental

Student Advisor, DSA) and Abrar Inayat

(Event Coordinator) helped the 2nd

semester students (Batch VI) to organize

welcome party of the young COMSIANS

( B a t c h V I I ) . T h e r e w e r e s o m e

entertaining and hilarious skits and

vocal and acrobatic performances by

the students. The program ended with

welcome and thankful speeches from

both classes and the formal speech of

Dr. Moinuddin Ghauri (Incharge / HoD).

Refreshment was served at the end.

STUDENTS� ACTIVITIES

Welcome Parties MBA Batch 10

Department of Physics

50 Years of IAP, 2009Students of architecture performed

on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of stIAP, 2009 and won the 1 prize. The

faculty also participated and played a

key role in organizing the exhibition

on 50 years of Architecture in

Pakistan.

Architect Saba

S a m e e ,

presented the

paper on the

topic of Green

Architecture.

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Physics Department

We are delighted to share the great news that the department of physics has won the

final of basket ball of “the girl's sports gala May 2009” which was played between the

department of physics and the electrical engineering. The team played

enthusiastically under the captaincy of Inum Arshad scoring a total of six goals. The

cricket team of the department of physics and chemical engineering led by Muniba

Shahid secured second position in the final cricket match of the same event. The final

was played between physics and management sciences. We congratulate all the

players for their commendable performance and wish them best of luck for future

ventures.

Sports & Competitions

Department of

Management Sciences

“Strategic Entrepreneurship: Key to

Globalization”

Doosra Symposium and Exhibition [SEG II]

The second edition of “Strategic

Entrepreneurship: Key to Globalization”

Symposium and Exhibition of Projects,

was held on June 17, 2009, at COMSATS

Institute of Information Technology. It

was again put together by Mr. Kamran

H a s h m i , A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r ,

Department of Management Sciences,

COMSATS. There was a new group of

students and winners in this round of

SEG II. SEG II winners were the

“Handiworks” with First position,

“Soulmates” with the Second position

and “Riwayet” with the Third position.

The Chief Guest was Mr. Abdullah Sheikh,

CEO, CitiBread, Pakistan. The special

guest of honor was Mr. Ali Sheikh, CEO,

Excel Motorcycles, Pakistan.

Sport Galas I & II

Sport Galas provided an occasion for all students and faculty to participate in non-

conventional sports to have fun and enjoyment. The events ranged from Musical

chairs to Sack and spoon races. These events were organized by Ms. Faiza Rehman,

Lecturer, Department of Management Sciences.

COMSATS Inter-Departmental Sports Milestones

MBA teams participated in all Sports events of Inter-Departmental variety, under the

guidance of Mr. Kamran Hashmi, Sports In-Charge, Department of Management

Sciences. They played in Football, Hockey, Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball, Table

Tennis, Athletics, and Cricket. MBA won the Cricket, and Badminton Championships,

three times in a row, while finishing runners-up in the Football and Hockey

tournaments. Khurram Shehzad was adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the

Department.

Department of

Management Sciences

The honorable Director CIIT Sahiwal

campus has requested the Faculty of

Architecture and Design to design two

Landmarks / monuments to be erected

at each end of the Sahiwal By-pass.

These monuments will be gifts from the

CIIT to the city of Sahiwal. A design

competition has been declared in this

regard at CIIT Islamabad and Lahore

Campuses. The dead line for submission

is April 30, 2009. The jury consists of

Prof.Pervaiz Vandal, Prof.Shahnawaz

Zaidi and Prof. Dr. Rafiq Malik.

Department of

Architect and Design

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New Faculty

Depart of Management

Sciences

Dr. Hina Abbasi

Advisor

Ph.D (Western Political Philosophy)

Moscow State University, Russia

Imran Ali

Assistant Professor

M.Phil (Business Administration)

FUUAST, Islamabad

Muhammad Rehan Shaukat

Lecturer

MBA (Marketing)

COMSATS Wah Cantt.

Mr. Fraz Shafique

Lecturer

MBA (Strategic Management)

University of Alabama, USA

Muhammad Shahryar Shahid

Lecturer

MPhil (Public Policy and

Entrepreneurship)

University of Sheffield, UK

Alia Malik

Program Officer

MBA (Banking)

Punjab University, Lahore

Sardar M. Zahid

Program Officer

Master in Finance (MBA)

COMSATS, Abbotabad

Jawaria Fatima Ali

Program Officer

Master in Marketing

BSc (Hons) Management Sciences


Maryam Jahangir

Program Officer

Masters in English Literature


Ms. Nafisa Ashraf

Research Associate

BSc, MSc

(PU, Pak)

Mr. Awais Sharjeel Butt

Research Associate

BS

(PU, Pak)

Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials

(IRCBM)

Ms. Nageen Fatima

Research Associate

B.Eng

(PU, Pak)

Ms. Nida Iqbal Khan

Research Associate

MS

(PU, Pak)

Ms. Rabia Ayub

Research Associate

Mphil (PU, Pak)

New Head of The Computer Science Department

Dr. Syed Asad Hussain

Dr. Syed Asad Hussain was recently elevated to the position of head department of

computer science COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore on August 07,

2008. Prior to obtaining this respectable position he was acting as associate professor

in the same dept.

Dr Asad completed his schooling from Divisional Public School Model Town Lahore in

1984. He did his intermediate in pre engineering and further education in Pakistan

from Government College Lahore and Punjab University in 1992. Driven by

unquenchable thirst to learn more this time about computer science and ambitious

urging of his father who himself had been Professor and dean at Government College

Lahore he wasted no time to proceed to UK to do MS in Computer science from

University of Wales, Cardiff in 1993, and then PhD in computer networks at Queens

University Belfast of UK. His PhD was funded by Nortel Networks UK. Dr. Asad Hussain

has worked at Paktel, LUMS, Queen's University Belfast UK, Nortel Networks and

Punjab University.

He has been active reviewer of International Journals and conferences including IEEE.

He has published a book “Active and Programmable Networks for Adaptive

Architectures and Services. This book has been published in USA. Around 40

publications are also to his credit.

New Faculty Joining Physics Department

Dr. Javaid Iqbal has joined the Physics Department as Professor on

July 23, 2009. He is also the new HOD of the Physics Department. We

wish him warm welcome and all the best wishes for his new

assignment

He was born in Lahore near UET. Then he studied in Govt.

Baghbahanpura high school and Govt. College Baghbahanpura lahore. He did his BS.c

from Govt. Islamia College civil lines Lahore and MS.c from Government College

Lahore. After that he continued for his MS studies at Western Michigan University

USA. Finally, he did his Ph.D from University Malay in the field of Fiber Optic

communication. He worked for few years in Saudi Arabia. He was teaching assistant

during his stay at USA. He worked for one year in Aitcheson College. After that, he

worked in Malaysia for 24 years. Before coming to Pakistan, he was working in

University Putra Malaysia. Last year he came back to Pakistan and joined UET as

Professor in the Physics Department. Recently, he joined the Physics Department CIIT

Lahore as Professor on July 23, 2009.

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