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INSIDE ISSUE: Article on PSC’12 1-5

Workshop on Antenna design & fabrication 6-7

Life of women in Pakistan 8 Session on WIE 9-11

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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

Volume 2, Issue 11

SEPTEMBER 2012

PATRONS: DR. B.S CHOWDARY; DR. MUKHTIAR UNAR; DR. AFTAB A. MEMON

FEECE TEAM

● Dr. Fahim A. Umrani

● Engr. Kehkashan As-

ma

● Engr. Saadullah Kal-

war

● Mr. Agha Aadil (10TL)

● Mr. Muhammad Ali

Sahar (11EL)

● Ms. Faryal Zaidi

(12TL)

● Mr. Ahsan Memon

● Abdullah Khan (09ES)

Article on PSC’12

Success follows motivation

By Agha Aadil (10TL)

It has been pledge for Mehran University of Engineering & Technology that it al-

ways encourages and motivates the students to participate in various competitions,

events and healthy activities for their studies all around the country

Following the distinctive continuity, MUET this time again acknowledged the team of 26

students from its various departments to participate in a 3 day international event organized

by IEEE GIKI chapter named Pakistan student congress’12 (PSC’12) held from 7th to 9th

September 2012.

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Pakistan Student Congress (PSC) is an all Pakistan 3 day event that takes

place every year in any of the recognized IEEE Student Chapters around

the country. This time, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering &

Technology, Topi, Swabi got the opportunity to host this event.

In this 3 day international conference, multiple sessions were organized

to facilitate a creative environment for promotion of collaboration and

knowledge transfer including project exhibition, theme talks, program-

ming contest, poster competition, race to innovation and several other

sessions. Students from all over the world were invited to bring & share

their ideas and experiences through practical approach and physical ap-

pearance of their research work and projects.

Pakistan Student Congress 2012 (PSC’12) consisted of 6 major parts;

Social innovation contest, Humanitarian Contest, Engineering Project

exhibition, Theme Talk, WIE Pakistan Congressand All Branch Chairs

meetings. Every of these were held in parallel at Faculty of Electronic

Engineering and Auditorium. This mega event was the result of com-

bined efforts of IEEE GIKI Chapter and IEEE Lahore Section.

The first day startedwith the sessions named“Pakistan WIE Fo-

rum”and“Theme Talk”, Race to innovation- session 1 following the

opening ceremony, and ended with “Social networking event” following

other parallel sessions as well.Pakistan WIE forum provided a platform

to women to play their worthy part in the field of engineering (as WIE is

an acronym for Women In Engineering), and share their performance

which they have been showing in the respective engineering institutes.

Theme talk was talking about the major problem of Pakistan nowadays

i.e. “Energy Crisis in Pakistan”. Two teams participated in this event;

both from MUET.

First event of the second day was “Engineering Projects Exhibition”, in

which students had to brief to the attendees about their projects which

they have been working on. Most of the projects were presented by final

year students of various institutions. After Project Exhibition contest, it

was time to talk about entrepreneurship; a session of 1.5 hours was orga-

nized on “Entrepreneurship Talk”. This consisted of motivational talks

about business venture and fundamentals of business, which can be initi-

ated in the field of engineering sciences and can promote job opportuni-

ties in business community for graduates. All IEEE Branch Chairs meet-

ings were also running in three parallel venues on this day. It was“Social

Innovation contest” following the above events of second day. Social

Innovation contest was to bring innovative ideas that could facilitate the

society and can bring positive change for the betterment of common men.

Other events like “Scholarships on Higher Studies”and a seminar on

“Renewable energy resources” were also running in parallel. Last event

of the day was “Humanitarian Contest”.

WATER SUSTAINABIL-ITY

A STEP TOWARDS AN ENVIRON-MENTALLY ECONOMIC PLANET

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Australia launches co-lossal radio telescope to study the ori-gins of our universe

In the remote Australian out-back, scientists launch the world's fastest radio telescope which will expo-nentially in-crease astrono-mers' ability to survey the uni-verse, mapping black holes and shedding new light on the ori-gins of galax-ies.

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Proceedings for day 3 were; a workshop on “Leadership”, “Race to in-

novation- session 2”, “Microsoft Windows 8 and career development”

and finally Closing Ceremony took place in the Auditorium.

Students from Mehran University of Engineering & Technology partici-

pated in many competitions and different sessions, and won around 11

shields and certificates of appreciation. This performance has proved

that Mehranians can show their abilities at every platform.The team

which represented MUET in this mega event was guided by Ms. Sara

Rehman (ambassador for this conference from MUET) along with Mr.

Moiz-Ur-Rehman (Ex-Chair IEEE MUET Student Branch) and Mr. Sa-

rang S.Shaikh (Chair IEEE MUET Student Branch).

It was a great honor for MUET, when the name ofDr. B.S Chowdary

was announced as the best IEEE-section in charge and was given

“Certificate of Honor Award”. MUET has also got an honor of receiv-

ing the “Best Ambassador Performance Award” that was received by

Ms. Sara Rehman. Ms. Sara Rehman was also awarded with “Dr. Ab-

dul Sattar Edhi Award” .

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ENGINEERING PROJECTS EXHIBITION

Ms. Mamta briefing her idea to the judges

Details of the awards received by IEEE-MUET student branch are:

Name Roll No. Position

Mr. Zakir Shaikh Ms. Madiha Shah Mr. Usama Zaid Mr. Muqadar Nawaz

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New Etching Method to Produce 3-D Microstruc-tures in Sili-con for Pro-cessing of Light Sig-nals in Tele-communications

In modern tele-communications, light carries digi-tal information over kilometers within seconds. Adapted optical materials control the light signals. In the journal Advanced Func-tional Materials, researchers from Berlin, Lou-vain, and from Karlsruhe Insti-tute of Technolo-gy present a method to pro-duce photonic crystals. Their optical proper-ties are adjusted by structures of micrometer size. The method is rapid, cheap, and simple and partly uses the self-organization principle.

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EYE ON IT Current In-dustry Trends

A Goal-oriented software engi-neer/Team lead with around 6 years of experi-ence in .NET development and in leading agile develop-ment teams. Visionary and versatile; able to take initia-tives or work as part of a larger team. A willing worker with a keen eye for current trends and technolo-gies in the IT world. One of the first PMI-ACP certifica-tion holders in the world.

HUMANITARIAN CONTEST

THEME TALK

SOCIAL INNOVATION CONTEST

Name Roll No. Position

Mr. Zakir Shaikh Ms. Madiha Shah Mr. Usama Zaid Mr. Muqadar Nawaz

09ES17 09ES32 09ES38 09ES21

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Ms. Pooja Rajput Ms. Kiran Rajput Ms. Afshan Rind

09ES55 10ES41 10ES121

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Mr. Manzoor Mustafa Mr. Faisal Zahid

10ES13 10ES32

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Name Roll No. Position

Mr. Zakir Shaikh Ms. Madiha Shah

09ES17 09ES32

FIRST

Name Roll No. Position

Ms. Mamta Bachani 10CS70 FIRST

Mr. Zakir Shaikh Ms. Madiha Shah

09ES17 09ES32

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A n t E n n A

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F A B R I C A t I O n

Workshop on Antenna Design and Fabrication

The importance of Antenna Design and Fabrication was long felt as this

world shifted to wireless communication systems. Hence, realizing the

importance of Antenna Designing Processes, the students of department of

Telecom Engineering organized a workshop with a motive to create an

interest & to encourage the students to built a research group which can

work in this field of Engineering which is of prime importance.

This event was organized under the banner of MUET, IEEE COMSOC

and IEEE WIE to provide students with the maximum knowledge and a

practical approach towards designing and fabrication of patch antenna,

which has be-

come one of the

major reasons

that this world

has now be-

come a “global

village”.

The research

experience of

students in the

field of patch

antenna led

them towards

the development

of idea to share

it with others.

Sharing the

benefits of an-

tenna design,

they opted for

physical fabri-

cation to make

it clearer, the

easiness in fab-

rication of an-

tenna.

This workshop lasted two days, first of which was for conception and de-

signing of patch antenna on software and second was for its physical fabri-

cation. Participants were promoted to work on those ideas and hence learn

new techniques to construct their custom designed antennas and above all,

produce research papers from their innovative ideas.

NASA's Swift Satellite Dis-covers a New Black Hole in Milky Way Galaxy

NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the cen-ter of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, pro-duced by a rare X-ray nova, an-nounced the presence of a previously un-known stellar-mass black hole.

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By Ahsan Memon (10TL)

The students be-

came highly en-

couraged by the in-

augural speech by

Dr. Faisal K. Shaikh

which provided sol-

id grounds and rea-

soning for the stu-

dents to learn this

process of antenna

design and fabrica-

tion. Following, the

first day was for the

antenna basics and

its designing pro-

cess on software

which was led by

the second day that

led students to un-

derstand and practi-

cally observe an an-

tenna being fabri-

cated before them.

Following on, was

the most motivating

speech and a vote of

thanks by Prof. Dr.

B. S. Chowdhry,

Dean, FEECE, and

a concluding speech

by Prof. Dr. Aftab

A. Memon, Chair-

man, TL that gave

this workshop an

ending note with a

few lines,

“Knowledge for

all”.

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LIFE OF WOMEN IN PAKISTAN

Humans are the only civilized species yet known. And the human

tree, in general, has two parallel branches which have had their

own distinct roles in the evolutionary process. Females got the role

of reproducing and nurturing babies, while males were assigned

the task of hunting, gathering food and protecting. Hence, females

have so far represented tenderness only and males have been a

sign of vigor and dominance.

With the passage of time and the advent of industrialization and

technology, the evolutionary roles of the male (i.e providing

food,protecting,etc.) was substituted with state welfare or by the

woman since she too started working shoulder-to-shoulder with

others; this caused the female's economic dependency on man to

diminish. Today, in most of the developed world, women have

gained as much rights as men and are considered an indispensable

constituent of workforce.

Alas! This development, civilization and the shift in evolutionary

roles has not yet reached Pakistan. Women are still considered

subordinate and are yet treated like commodities. Working women

are severely persecuted; they have to face gender discrimination,

sexual harassment and innumerable other mistreatments.

Illiteracy, Early marriages, domestic violence, weak (almost no)

societal support are the other adversities that they deal with, here,

in Pakistan. Even the state does not provide any consolation or

comfort for the women. Laws like Hudood Ordinance, whereby

female has to provide four male eyewitnesses if she sues some-

body for rape, confirm this fact.

Statistics show that Pakistan is among the leading countries in

terms of death toll of birth-giving women. Each year countless

women are killed in the name of honor and hundreds other are en-

trapped in legal loopholes of laws, like those of the Blasphemy

laws, whereby producing just two witnesses against a person con-

victs them and qualifies them for capital punishment.

In a nutshell, the life of women in Pakistan is sheer hell- no com-

forts, no concessions no nothing!

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IEEE Women In Engineering (WIE)

Mentoring Session

By: Moiz Rahman Memon (08TL06).

Ms. Sara Rahman Memon conducting the session.

IEEE-MUET Student Branch organized IEEE WIE Mentor-

ing Session at the IICT Video Conferencing Hall, MUET on

4thSeptember, 2012.

Ms. Sara Rahman Memon (09ES26), Karachi Section Coor-

dinator for Pakistan Mission To Progress (PMP) Survey be-

ing conducted by IEEE Pakistan WIE Forum was the re-

source person.

Prof. Dr. BS Chowdhry giving concluding remarks.

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Webcam + sunshine + time = 3D model of your world

Using only webcam pictures and season-al sunshine, a new system can create incredibly detailed 3D models of out-door environments

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Prof. Dr. BS Chowdhry presenting shield to the speaker.

Mr. Moiz Rahman Memon, Chair IEEE-MUET Student Branch sharing his experiences regarding IEEE.

Ms. Sara Rahman Memon presenting the certificate to a participant.

Celebrations as Higgs bos-on is finally discovered

Almost 50 years af-ter its existence was first predicted, the breakthrough means that the standard model of particle physics, which ex-plains all known par-ticles and the forces that act upon them, is now complete. A Higgs boson with a mass of around 125 to 126 gigaelec-tronvolts (GeV) Even by particle physicists' strict standards, that's statistically signifi-cant enough to count as a particle discovery.

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Photon reaches

from beyond

the grave in

quantum trick

EINSTEIN mockingly

called it "spooky ac-

tion at a distance": the

finding that quantum

particles can influence

each other regardless

of how far apart they

are. We can only im-

agine his horror at a

new experiment that

extends the idea to

time by entangling a

pair of photons that

never coexisted. As

well as expanding the

reach of quantum the-

ory's baffling implica-

tions, the experiment

could improve long-

distance cryptography.

This session was conducted to inform the female students re-

garding IEEE WIE & the benefits of joining IEEE WIE. This

session was the first step towards the establishment of IEEE

WIE Affinity Group (AG) at MUET and to provide a platform

to the female students to show their talent in Engineering, Sci-

ence & Technology and also to make them active socially.

In the end, the Chief Guest of the event, Prof. Dr. BS Chow-

dhry, Dean, FEECE, MUET & Branch Counselor of IEEE-

MUET Student Branch, praised the efforts of the Executive

Committee of IEEE-MUET Student Branch and the female

student membersfor organizing such an informative session.

He also emphasized that these types of events should be orga-

nized in the future and showed his full support towards the fu-

ture events.

Mr. Moiz Rahman Memon presenting the certificate to a volunteer.

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