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IEEE UET Newsletter

HIGHLIGHTS & EVENTS

TECHNOFEST 2012

ENGLISH AND GERMAN

CLASSES

PAKISTAN STUDENT

CONGRESS 2012

ORIENTATION WEEK

IEEE DAY 2012

WEB DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOP

IEEE Xtreme 6.0

WIE DAY 2012

WIE AWARENESS

PROJECT

QUAD COPTER

PRESENTATION

AVANCEON SEMINAR

FOR FYP FUNDING

WIRELESS

COMMUNICATION

WORKSHOP

ANDROID APPLICATION

DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOP

SEMINAR ON EMBEDDED

SYSTEMS

WEBINAR ON GRE

IEEE UET Student Branch Celebrates 30

Years of Existence

IN THIS ISSUE IEEE UET Executives’ Message

The Tragedy of Aaron Swartz

WiE UET Events

IEEE UET Events

AP RIL 2013

IEEE UET NEWSLETTER

April 2013

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Table of Contents Message from IEEE UET Branch Counselor 3 IEEE UET Executive Committee 4 WiE UET Executive Committee 6 Aaron Swartz - A Tragedy 13 HAARP Technology 14 Resume Writing - Do’s and Don’ts 15 Wireless Power Transmission 16 Event Coverage 18

TECHNOFEST 2012

ENGLISH AND GERMAN CLASSES

PAKISTAN STUDENT CONGRESS 2012

ORIENTATION WEEK

IEEE DAY 2012

WEB DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

IEEE Xtreme 6.0

WIE DAY 2012

WIE AWARENESS PROJECT

QUAD COPTER PRESENTATION

AVANCEON SEMINAR FOR FYP FUNDING

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP

ANDROID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

SEMINAR ON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

WEBINAR ON GRE

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IEEE UET Branch Counsellor: Dr. Khalid Mehmood-ul-Hassan Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore As far as I remember being the branch counsellor for IEEE UET, I can only remember good things coming about as a result of supporting this society. There is an immense need for societies like IEEE UET Student Branch, which inculcate in the students of this university a sense of confidence, leadership, responsibility and last but not least volunteerism. I see a clear difference in the communication skills of those students who choose to focus on the academics only and those who try to maintain balance between the two, both very important, fields that are academics and extra-curricular activities. IEEE is different from other societies in the sense that anyone regardless of their background can join it and they can be exposed to the technology as it discovered along the timeline, keeping members‘ minds full of news about the latest technologies and breakthroughs. This exposure is very important in this day and age.

Another reason why IEEE is a great organization to join, especially in the form of joining a student branch is the number of professionals and students you meet and as a result you get to expand your professional network as you broaden your skill set through university studies. Students get a chance to develop their personalities professionally and increase and furnish their organizational skills and communication skills. By organizing technical events they learn how to manage time and people at the same time so when they go in the industries and companies or even universities, they can apply whatever they have learnt through being a part of the student branch.

Students are able to apply whatever knowledge they have gained through out their years of education and experience. Engineering is a field of applications where knowledge alone has no power and IEEE provides students a hub from where they can organize and conduct events like workshops, technical and non-technical events, conferences, meetings, seminars by local industries and organizations and tours to industries.

This year‘s highlights include the event-packed Technofest 2012 and the IEEE Lahore Section‘s Annual General Meeting, where IEEE UET was awarded the Student Branch of the Year Award. It was great to see that the students who had put in extra effort into organizing events and holding meetings to come up with new ideas had been recognised and awarded with this precious and prestigious award. IEEE UET student branch, now having been present in UET for the past 30 years, continues to be one of the most active societies in University of Engineering and Technology. Its been a pleasure being the branch counsellor and seeing students work for the betterment of this community. Keep up the good work team!

Did you Know?

Computer engineers, in

conjunction with animators,

have created special ef-

fects in movies such as

"Jurassic Park," "Forrest

Gump," and "Interview with

the Vampire"? Through

"morphing" technology,

images are digitally mas-

tered to appear realistic.

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Science Facts!

There are 62,000 miles of

blood vessels in the human

body – laid end to end they

would circle the earth 2.5

times.

At over 2000 kilometers

long, The Great Barrier

Reef is the largest living

structure on Earth.

The risk of being struck by a

falling meteorite for a hu-

man is one occurrence eve-

ry 9,300 years

The highest speed ever

achieved on a bicycle is

166.94 mph, by Fred

Rompelberg.

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Editor: Amna Ejaz Chaudhry Did you Know? Snippets by Aneeqa Zehra Pictures Courtesy of IEEE UET Student Branch Members

IEEE UET Student Branch Executive Committee 2012-2013

W e are living in an era where communal efforts personify brilliance, breakthroughs and innovation. The days when individuality could climb the pinnacle of success have long gone. Today, all the success and advancement that we see around us are majorly contributed by the efforts of a community. This idea of having a community which can serve as the repository to the masterpieces ever written from all the brilliant minds revolutionized the world in the last century. Foundation of societies like IEEE perhaps is the most novel idea that ever occurred to the human mind. The motto of IEEE is to make the material of most advanced form available to every human – member they say – on the planet.

IEEE UET was constructed on the same grounds in 1981 and it is fulfilling its sole purpose ever since. Today our members‘ list is enumerated well above 130, making us one of the largest IEEE student branches in Pakistan. Every

engineer wants some extra toppings over their regular pie of courses and our purpose is just to add this extra layer in the form of seminars, workshops, industrial tours, technical lectures and professional conferences.

I‘ve been a part of this prestigious organization since the last three years and have gained more than what the word ‗experience‘ usually describes. It has been a joyous journey for me and for the most part, the reason for this comfort is My Team. You guys have been brilliant in every sense of

the word. Today when I look back at our last year‘s performance the only things that strike my mind are holding the trophy of the best student branch of the year, seeing all of you smile on IEEE day, reading students‘ feedback after web development workshop, presenting IEEE UET at PGWSC and AGM. We did face some setbacks but like Dumbledore, we all have removed that thread from our memories and trust me this is the right way to move forward. I think I‘ve taken more than my due

share on this newsletter, so I‘ll quit typing any further strokes here.

Muhammad Arslan Ch. - Chair

―Today our members list has

enumerated well above 140,

making us one of the largest

IEEE student branches in

Pakistan.‖

Did you Know? If you are struck by

lightning, your skin will

be heated to 28,000

degrees Centigrade,

hotter than the surface of

the Sun.

―It has been a

joyous journey

for me and for

the most part ,

the reason for

this comfort is

My Team.‖

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organization which

provides a series of

engineering courses

which are offered at

Stanford University.

Currently it is offering 20

active courses which

consist of online videos,

assignments, online

based tests and

homework.

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Sohail Zafar - Vice Chair

I have been a part of this society since the last 3 years. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is actually an international platform especially for Electrical and Electronics Engineers providing educational programs to ensure growth of skills and knowledge in technical professions. I, myself, have learned a lot from it. One of the many benefits I gained while being a part of IEEE is the increased individual commitment among IEEE members, engineering communities and general public. I really enjoy being a part of this society as it has always been keen in organizing special events that helped me in nourishing technical and managerial skills in the form of extra-curricular activities. Actual purpose of these events is the application of theoretical knowledge we gain from our studies. I would definitely recommend others to join this society because IEEE is dedicated to advancing technical innovation and excellence that results in great help to us in our upcoming professional lives.

Shahwar Saleem - General Secretary IEEE is one of the most active organisations where you learn beyond learning. My point of emphasis is regarding the management problems you face as you learn. Working here as General Secretary has not only improved my instincts but I have known a better way to handle people. This is what we learn when we work in an hierarchical model of organisation like IEEE. You just have got to put in what you have. Contribute and you will see a gem out of you.

Mohsin Ejaz - Treasurer I have been a student member of IEEE UET for the past three years. I‘ve also served as Treasurer at the IEEE‘s student branch in UET. Through its workshops, conferences, seminars and publications like the 'The Spectrum' it has exposed me to a lot of emerging technologies in the field of communications. I also have the credit of organizing mega events like TechnoFest‘11, Brainiac‘11, ICOST‘11, and TechnoFest‘12 at my university.

I opted for IEEE which is one of the premier societies of UET and it proved to be an excellent platform to nurture my talents and abilities. The innovative field of electrical engineering has really embellished our lives and has given us cognizance of many clandestine aspects. IEEE being the pioneer society for electrical engineering students has proved its worth in these aspects.

Ever since in UET, my inclination towards IEEE was because of the fact that I was in search of something related to extra-curricular rather than academics because soon I got bored of the mundane problems of regular coursework until I came across IEEE. This along with the fascination for the ever-growing world of technology motivated me to bolster my confidence .By dint of my hard work, I served for IEEE and proved my worth as far as I can.

Hafsa Muqaddas - Secretary Working for IEEE is an honour. I performed the duty of secretary of IEEE WIE UET and had a very memorable and good time with all other members. IEEE has helped me to groom my personality and enhance my social and communication skills. It is a perfect platform for highly ambitious, eager and hardworking students. IEEE has helped me to co-ordinate and communicate with the best minds. I organized various events and provided awareness to young girls about the benefits of engineering and encouraged them to adopt it as their field and I feel proud of this effort while working for the ―Why Engineering?‖ project in the year of 2012 .

Batool Zahra - Treasurer While working as an IEEE UET member, I have organized events under Technofest 2012. It was a nice experience for me, working as a team member. I was in the organizing team of the "Minute to Win it" competition and the IEEE Chair and other members admired the efforts of the organizing team, decoration and overall turn out of the event and feedback which we collected from the participating teams and audience. I was also in the organizing team of "Dodge the Snake" which also proved to be a great learning experience for me. Other activities that I contributed towards included the introductory WiE session for juniors 2012. I have also worked and helped in "Why Women in Engineering project" initiated and conducted in the year 2012.

Sahar Idrees - WiE UET Branch Couselor It has been a great pleasure working as the branch counsellor for WiE UET. During this time, we have been able to accomplish a lot as a team from winning the Best Affinity WiE Branch at Pakistan Student Congress held last year in GIKI, Swabi, KPK to organising visits to secondary high schools in Lahore region with professional female engineers. Working for WIE has always been a way for to express my enthusiasm for my profession, engineering and to be able to inculcate that in young girls‘ lives through the ―Why Engineering?‖ project, in which we visited three different schools in Lahore and asked professional female engineers to interact with the young girls to help spread awareness amongst them about engineering as a profession. Around the world, the ratio of men to women engineers has always been high and to be able to influence girls. I hope to continue this effort in the future to affect and reach the female youth of Pakistan.

Mahwish Nazir Zafar - Vice Chair Years at my university provided me the opportunity to broaden my vision and ameliorate my technical acumen. My journey in IEEE UET Lahore from a student member to a Vice Chairperson WIE has enriched me with self-confidence of accepting new challenges, and sharpened my leadership and communication skills. Being the event head of ―WiE Day‖, that was first time ever being celebrated in Pakistan, has motivated me a lot. I have worked as an event organizer of Orientation Week, Technofest 2012, participated at various events at local and national level, and attended seminars and conferences. I have represented my university on behalf of my team at different occasions . Research and development plays a vital role for the progress of a successful nation. Each new discovery starts with an idea. That idea is further polished throughout proper research on it. I can think of the great future of Pakistan, because I have seen and met with

many people who are determined to work for the development and progress of this country. They just need the plat form and true guidance; that is what IEEE is here for. It can provide both.

WiE UET Student Branch Executive Committee

WiE Corner This year WiE hosted and

conducted a number of

events included the very

successful workshop Web

Development Workshop and

WiE Day, celebrated for the

first time in Pakistan. WiE

provides women engineers

to spread awareness about

engineering focusing on

female youth. This year WiE

UET started a project in

which professional female

engineers went to elemen-

tary schools across Lahore

and told them about engi-

neering and developed their

interest in technology.

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Bushra Nayab - Chair The two years spent in association with IEEE and WiE, it wouldn‘t be wrong to say, were the most significant and memorable in my life. It is much more than a mere organization to me. It made me what I always wanted to be; confident, creative and cooperative. It provided a chance to the leadership skills inside me to pop to the surface and prove to the world that there is more to me than academics. It opened me to a variety of audience, introduced me to new people and broadened the spectra of my mind. The journey wasn‘t simple though. It taught me how to tackle challenges, divert problems and find my way through a maze of issues. Working for days tirelessly to assure the success of the event, even staying late to get the work completed and then expecting the wrath of my parents to land on me but still. Seriously, it gave me a glimpse how my professional life is going to be

like. So yeah, I would say I am already experienced. There are no words with which I can describe the extent of internal satisfaction I would get on receiving appreciations from unknown people. I would say, they were the best moments of my life, and those expressions of gratification paid back all the efforts I had put in. I would say WIE is great platform for the women to come up, to portray their talent, and to reveal their skills because there no reason I see for the feminine gender to stay aback in such activities in this male dominated world. Show up, there‘s a whole world of opportunities waiting for you. IEEE, I owe you BIG time.

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Did you know? One Google search pro-

duces about 0.2g of Car-

bon Dioxide. But since

you hardly get an an-

swer from one search, a

typical search session

produces about the

same amount of carbon

dioxide as does boiling a

tea kettle full of water.

Waqar Hussain - Chief Information Officer IEEE has always been a remarkable addition to my academic career. It has had worthy influences on the phases of my life. IEEE always gave me a chance to boost my abilities, enhance my exposure, to bolster my skills and learn the best way to deliver everything right on the spot. As far as my services are concerned, I worked for IEEE as a volunteer, as co-chair finance and then as a CIO. I want to share that there are tragedies at every moment in your life regarding acadmics, circumstances where you have to wait for the right thing to happen and to bear the fruit of your hardship; IEEE always provided me a platform where one can show the abilities you have been granted with. You can judge and compare yourself even better when you are confronting a person from HR, and they are bombarding you with questions you never

expected; its a difficult situation but it proves worthy when you come to know what you gain from it basically. Apart from that, the ongoing research projects, the conferences which you are likely to attend are a great source to get a clear image of the new world. In short, do whatever you have to make yourself a good student, a better presenter, a preferable person and in my opinion IEEE is the organization that can give you a chance to excel in every bivouac of life.

Usman Khalid - Chair PES It has been an honor and an enriching experience to serve, for the last year, as Chair for IEEE PES. During my term, I was fortunate to interact on a regular basis with many people (including our IEEE staff) who all make signal processing such an exciting, dynamically advancing field. I enjoyed this interaction. Currently we are witnessing a rapidly growing interest of students demonstrated through an increased number of memberships in IEEE. In 2011, I joined IEEE and worked as a member of the program committee in BRAINIAC‘10. Here I learned how to coordinate with your group members and how to obey your seniors. In 2012, I worked as the event manager of a very successful seminar ―SPAC‖. Most of these achievements would not have been possible without the coherent efforts of many different people. I wish to thank all our members

for their efforts and hard work. I was very fortunate to work with the dedicated and hard-working team of IEEE. Thank you all! I enjoyed working with all of you.

Hassan Siddiqui - Chair ComSoc IEEE gave me a chance to polish my management, communication, technical, as well as professional skills. In short, it gave me a capacious opportunity to improve my whole personality. After my three years in IEEE, first as a volunteer, then as a member of the documentation committee, then as an Additional Secretory of Communication Society and then as the Chair of Communication Society, I feel a lot of difference in my confidence level my skills. As a member of the Documentation Committee I learnt a lot about writing documents for special needs. Managing different events improved my managerial skills. IEEE Spectrum increased my knowledge about new technology and the scope of my field. I feel honor to be a member of IEEE.

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Hussain Mohsen Awan - Vice Chair Program Committee I joined IEEE UET Lahore in the summer of 2011 and since then I have been an active member. IEEE has provided me the perfect platform to polish my skills; skills that involve management, exploring creativity, both technical and non-technical, and how to cater people of different mindsets. One of the best things about being a part of IEEE UET has been that it remains active all year round, the weekly meetings develop a sense of responsibility and punctuality between members which I am sure would help me in my professional career. The experience has been great and I wish I could pay back IEEE UET for entrusting me with some key responsibilities. In the coming years I hope to be a good example for my juniors. Thank you IEEE!

Dawood Sajjad - Publicity (Design) It‘s been more than 2 and a half years since I joined IEEE UET Student Branch as a volunteer. It did not take too long for me to realize how good it feels to be a part of a society that so actively serves the students by polishing their technical skills. Not only did I feel good to help people learn new things or provide them the platform to prove their skills and talent but I learned how to deal with others, to manage things, working as a team, to be strong at difficult times and find solutions to the problems. It also gave me confidence and refined my skills. IEEE UET has made me stronger and a better person than before.

Urvah Shabbir - Publicity (Marketing)

Being part of IEEE UET has been one of my most enjoyable experiences here at UET. IEEE UET branch offers one of the best technical platforms for undergraduates to learn, nourish and contribute something to the world around them. Through the society I came across the best lot electrical department has to offer. Motivated and dedicated people who are actually concerned about the society, institute and the country they belong to. Studies at EE department can often lead to boredom but societies like IEEE help you to enjoy electrical engineering. If you are someone who feels learning goes beyond course books and exams, well then IEEE UET branch is the right place for you.

Interested in Developing iPhone Apps In this web-oriented era, the

number of online tutorials

are increasing every year

along with online courses.

Now you can learn about

developing iPhone

applications and launch

them at the iTunes store.

Stanford University and MIT

both have provided online

courseware for the area,

that too, free.

Did you Know? Writing down your worries before your exam can im-prove your test scores. Vol De Mort means ‗Flight From Death‘ in French, a phrase used to describe the quest for immortality. Golf balls have dimples because they help reduce drag, this allows the ball to fly further than a smooth ball would.

Amna Ejaz Chaudhry - Chair Documentation While visiting the IEEE UET office early in 2012, I did not realize that I would be compiling and editing a magazine for it exactly a year later as the Chair of Documentation. To see a wonderful set of people who are hard-working and committed to their roles in the society immediately had an effect on me which made me realize what a great community we have, especially for those engineers and students who love contributing their voluntary efforts towards the common goal of providing students and teachers at the university a place to develop their professional networks through events of different nature. What IEEE has given me cannot simply be put into words but to give an idea, it gave me the chance to work with different people and accept social responsibility on my part, thinking about the team instead of individual development. It has been a great ride working with all of you and I wish you all the best for next year!

Anum Klair - Vice Chair Documentation I joined IEEE in my freshman year and now am the Vice Chair of Documentation Committee. During the three years, I have learnt a lot of stuff from the very beginning and exciting act of "Volunteering" to writing reports, letters and applications. While working in a student branch and coordinating with so many people, one goes through the golden experience of working as a team. Being part of the Documentation Committee, I have learned how to write standard documents, ethics for documentation and most importantly "listening" to others and writing according to their requirements. Thanks IEEE! :)

Raheel Javed - Chair Scholastic Committee When I joined IEEE I was unaware of the experience and opportunities it was going to provide but now I can‘t deny the transition I have been through both in my technical and managerial skills. IEEE is one of the largest and the best technical societies around the world known for providing a platform to the engineers and students for their growth so that they can reach the peak of their career. I am proud to be a part of this prestigious organization as the Chair of Scholastic Committee at IEEE UET, Lahore student branch. I have found myself quite involved in the branch activities like lectures, conferences, technical and non-technical events at first as a volunteer, an organizer and then as an event head. All the activities planned are beneficial not only for the participants but also for the organizers. The kind of environment they are provided with is very positive, encouraging and grooming. One truly observes

cooperation and the application of team work to tackle the issues and barriers to progress. The Branch Executive Committee is always working hard to meet the expectations. They are always looking for new ideas and their implementations to provide their services in the grooming of students by providing learning and competitive programs. It is the image that has attracted a lot of new volunteers who are ready to do whatever they are good at for the society.

Syed Qasim Sarfaraz - Vice Chair Scholastic Committee I joined IEEE in my first semester and still feel very satisfied with my decision. IEEE helped me in staying updated with the cutting edge technology as it came. Representing my branch in PSG 2012 and IEEE Xtreme 6.0 are among the best experiences of my life. Apart from the technical side, it helped the juniors interact with the seniors which is rare to find in our department. I would like to thank the whole executive body for making it feel more like a family than a just a mere society.

Sumbal Gardezi - Chair Membership By volunteering for a small task like setting a table and chair with a poster of Technofest 2012, I got associated with IEEE. Since then, this society has given me the opportunity to develop and polish those skills which I never worked on before and which I will be needing a lot in my career. Simple to explain, a society is formed by its members and that is what I am for ―inviting members‖. My role comes into play as soon as a student ponders on the idea whether he should join IEEE or not. Whether the task would be of promoting international membership, carrying out publicity campaigns, conducting interviews or working with the members in a team to organize events, it had always been filled with the thirst of going from better to best. Now I can promptly raise my hand to offer myself at service for management and organizing events. The charge of responsibilities, given to me by IEEE, has always acted like a spark plug for the engine of my mind, prompting me to seek new contrivances for the solution and in turn coloring my hands with experience and practice. The end of all is always with an encouraging answer ―Yes, I have learnt something new‖ and it is then you get the true essence of what IEEE is spreading around you; a cooperation that brings together the engineers to work for the betterment of future.

Usman Tung - Vice Chair Membership I always wanted to create a balance in life so I carry my family, studies and extra-curricular activities well synchronized. I am a social person and I love to be with all types of people. I aim for gaining experience for working with all types of people which perfectly matches my nature. After arriving at UET and with the passage of time, I came to know about the various technical and non-technical societies on campus. The first name was IEEE i.e. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. I actively participated in many events arranged by IEEE. Then came the most Inspiring event TechnoFest 2011 which inspired me to join this society. As a Co-chair Membership IEEE I worked to gain some new memberships and potential for the Society. The efforts became fruitful and we managed to get more than 60 memberships this year! There were 13 International Memberships as well and still plenty more to come!

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IEEE Wins IEEE Lahore Section‘s Student Branch of the Year Award In December 2012, at the

IEEE Lahore Section‘s

Annual General Meeting,

IEEE UET was awarded

the Student Branch of the

Year Award by Dr. Khavar

Zia, a senior IEEE member

and also the Lahore

Section Chair. 2012 has

been the most active year

by far for IEEE UET, with

Technofest 2012 among

the highlights with a total of

ten events.

Science Facts! Blood sucking hookworms

inhabit 700 million people

worldwide.

The highest speed ever

achieved on a bicycle is

166.94 mph, by Fred

Rompelberg.

We can produce laser light a

million times brighter than

sunshine.

65% of those with autism are

left handed.

The combined length of the

roots of a Finnish pine tree is

over 30 miles.

Farhan Jamil - Chair Liaison Committee I have been serving IEEE UET since the past three years during my life at UET, first as a voluntary member and later as a member of the Documentation Committee, Co-Chair Web Designing Committee and Chair Industry and Liaison Committee. At each step and in every role, IEEE UET provided me with capacious opportunity to groom my technical as well as professional skills while making a difference around me. It has been an honor for me to be associated with IEEE and "Advancing Technology for Humanity". I would suggest my juniors to utilize the platform that IEEE UET has provided to them!

Syed Muhammad Tariq Shah - Vice Chair Liaison Committee Like most of us after consulting a lot of seniors and hearing the statement, ―Joining a society brings your GPA down,― again and again, my reply was ―How much worse can it get?― Joined IEEE back in 2011 Brainiac. My job has been to lead the sponsorship team, hosting different events and event management. IEEE UET has taught me how to manage my time and plan, speaking in public to convince people, and, last but not least, the essence of team work. Most students say that if you want some reward from the society, you have to wait for the last year but I completely disagree with this statement. What IEEE have given me so far is so immense that it contradicts the above statement. So my message for all the juniors is this: do join some society with your academic

activities it will be a great experience for you guys as it was for me. Thank you IEEE!

Omar Ashraf Chaudhry - Vice Chair Finance Committee My time with IEEE UET Chapter has been the best part of my life at UET. I have learnt a lot by being a part of this society. IEEE UET has provided me a platform to groom my personality and technical skills which otherwise would not have been a part of my character if I had not joined this community. I have loved and will continue to love to work for this society.

Khawar Rehman - Chair Web Development Committee It has been a pleasure to be a part of such a big network like IEEE. My reason for joining IEEE UET Chapter was its organized teamwork which differentiates it from other societies at the university. It provokes each member to explore his abilities and take participation in co-curricular activities. Being the Chair of Web Development Committee is an honour for me and I am really thankful to IEEE for this. My best wishes are with IEEE UET Chapter to continue its splendid journey in UET and keep playing its role in making students well-aware of modern technology and innovation in their field.

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THE TRAGEDY OF AARON SWARTZ Written by: Urvah Shabbir 11th January 2013, the day I came across the news that Aaron Swartz has committed suicide in his apartment in Brooklyn at just the age of 26. I didn‘t know him before his death because this is the way we remember people after they are gone and after they can‘t be saved. He was a programmer, writer and an internet activist. At the age of 14, he co-authored the first specification of RSS that is still widely used by internet users. As a teenager he played a vital part in creation of popular social news site Reddit. In 2010 he became a research fellow at Harvard University. He is more commonly known for his dedication to cause of internet freedom, making information and knowledge available for free and for everyone. He founded the online group Demand Progress, known for its campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and later worked with the activist groups Rootstrikers and Avaaz. He was also a contributing editor to The Baffler.

He went too far in his struggle for internet freedom and in 2008; he downloaded 2.7 million federal court documents from PACER, an online service that provides access to court documents for a per-page fee. He was investigated by FBI but not arrested until July 2011, when he was arrested for systematic downloading scholarly articles from JSTOR, an online publishing company that digitizes and distributes scholarly articles written by academics and then sells them, often at a high price, to subscribers. He was charged with $1 million fine and 35 years in jail by federal prosecutor. Later JSTOR dropped the charges (and has since said it "regretted being drawn into" the case). But federal prosecutors didn‘t let go of the issue and went at full length with the trial which was expected to start later in the year. Before that, various places and technology‘s greatest minds paid tribute to him. There are things that bother me about his death. He was definitely among the

great minds of our generation. It is saddening to think how much it will cost us to keep them alive. People among us who are concerned about the world and believe in making it a better place are struggling like him and this system in which we live is making sure no one stands out of line for improving it. And anyone who dares becomes a target of elimination. It‘s surprising that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984 under which Aaron was charged was formulated in the age when internet wasn‘t as widely used and misused as it is now and its provisions are written in a very general context, it‘s language being very universal. The more depressing fact is that the prison sentence he would have been convicted for his alleged crime was more than that for serious crimes including manslaughter, bank robbery, and even threatening the president of US and assaulting a Supreme Court justice. Lately it has been announced he is to be honoured with freedom of information award and the James Madison Freedom of Information Award for his efforts for open access rights to documents on the Internet. The time of honour for someone is while he is living and not after he has already became a victim of unjust political system of the world.

―Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. I think a lot of what people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.‖ Aaron Swartz (1986-2013)

“Our governments are driving the rare gems of geni-us and those with the skill to act as leaders within our generation into hiding, into exile, and to suicide.”

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HAARP Technology Written by: Muhammad Umar Tahir

About ten years ago I and my cousin were planning to pull a plane through a large magnetic field and control the atmospheric conditions for our purpose and become a su-perpower. To rule the world anyone wants to get control on those things which are in the control of nature. For example, to change the weather conditions of any country, this is called HAARP technology. HAARP is actually ―High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program‖. Let us try to understand what this technology is! This is an American program in which they try to control the weather of earth for their own interest. With the help of this tech-nology, air at miles of height can be stopped or its direction can be altered. When this hap-pens, the atmospheric conditions of that par-ticular area change. HAARP technology con-sists of a lot of radios, antennas and transmit-ters. These antennas are nearly a 100 feet high from where millions of megawatts of electrical energy can be emitted in the form of radio waves towards the protective layer of the Earth. This layer is called the ionosphere. It is at a height of 40-1000 miles around the earth‘s surface which protects us from the ultra-violet radiations from the sun. This layer is heated up via electromagnetic waves which are thousand times hotter than lightning strikes. It highly excites Ionosphere by in-creasing its temperature. Then these electric waves come back towards the Earth in the form of extra low frequency (ELF) waves. These ELF waves penetrate into earth or oceans.

We can target the earth‘s surface through the uppermost atmospheric layer of earth with huge energy and can bring water storms, heavy rain which may cause floods, fires in forests by increasing the area‘s tem-perature. By increasing or decreasing the pressure of air in any region we can converge or diverge the clouds. ELF antenna can emit waves penetrating as deeply as several kilo-meters into the ground, depending on the geological makeup and subsurface water conditions in a targeted area. HAARP uses a ground penetrating radar (GPR) to beam pulses of polarized high-frequency radio waves into the ionosphere. These pulses can be finely tuned and adjusted so that the bounced ground penetrating beam can target a very specific area and for a specific length of time. Beaming a very large energy beam into the ground for an extended period can cause an earthquake. After all, an earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in

the Earth‘s crust that creates seismic wave resonances. The same array of antennas that is used by HAARP for ground penetrating tomography can also be used to penetrate deep into the ground and cause an earth-quake and volcanic eruptions anywhere around the World. Other than the missiles of enemy that they can destroy with ELF, they can also make the people of a particular region blind, can destroy all the electronics equipment of any city. When these waves transmits from earth towards ionosphere, reflects back to-wards the earth after striking and this phe-nomenon can see as a rainbow from the earth surface. On the basis of HAARP tech-nology, five centers on the earth are working where the research is being carried out re-garding this technology which include Alaska (USA), Tromso (North Norway), Russia, Alas-ka (USA) II and Tokyo (Japan). In the case of a possible third world war, these radio waves can become a dan-gerous weapon which can cause more de-struction and deaths than atomic bombs. How do these ELF waves cause so much destruc-tion? Well, in classical music, there are 7 tones and 36 chords. In the court of Mughal emperor Akbar, Taan Seen's song caused fire. And the chord of Milhar caused rainfall. How was this possible? Actually these chords were a series of particular frequencies which caused these effects.

Work on the HAARP Station began in 1993 but Nikola Tesla, a Serbian scientist, had worked on creating artificial earthquakes in 1940. He also once built and tested a seis-mic experimental device which created an artificial earthquake that wreaked havoc in his neighborhood city (New York). He had to smash the device with an axe to stop the earthquake. In the near future, the visual ef-fects seen in many Hollywood movies will no more remain a fiction and will be turned into reality.

HAARP Technology has some useful aspects as well. Deserts can be turned into living areas by inducing heavy rainfall in them. In this way, the fertile land and the for-ests can be saved which are now being cut-down to be transformed into residential colo-nies. Consequently, the Green House Effect can be prevented and a clean atmosphere can be preserved which in turn can save us from cancer and respiratory diseases. The rainfall can be induced in famine struck areas and hundreds of lives can be saved. Similar-ly, the climate of intense cold areas can be made moderate by increasing the tempera-ture of these areas through radiations. The developed countries are spending millions of dollars to carry out research on HAARP Technology. The stress should be on using this technology for the benefit of mankind and not for the devastation of humanity.

Resume Writing: Dos and Don‘ts Written by: Qurat-ul-Ain Zafar Whether you are just entering the job market or looking for greener pastures and better jobs, a resume is a tool that you should always use to your advantage. The basic aim of a resume is to get you an interview call. In this day of recession and lack of suitable jobs, it is imperative that your resume not only enlists your capabilities but make you stand out in a good way. So what are the things that you can do to ensure your potential employers dial your number. Here is a concise list of DOs: i. Everybody knows that there are easy to

edit templates online. The employers have seen them and they are what most of the other applicants are using. So try not to use these generic templates and go for something that is creative while still easy to edit.

ii. There are a lot of jobs that now require you to submit your resumes via email. You need to keep in mind that in order to preserve the formatting, it is best to save your resume as a PDF file.

iii. The right format will help you get the job. The main aim is demonstrate exactly how capable you are. If you are a beginner, go for functional resume formatting which

will enable you to highlight your skills. iv. The dates are important. If there are any

significant gaps between jobs , it is a good idea to insert a brief explanation.

v. Consider this: you are one among a thousand candidates. Why should they pick you? Give them a good reason to! Any awards you have won, scholarships and important positions you have held could go on to back up your application. Don‘t forget to include them in the right section.

While the above points will help you make sure your resume comprises of the right elements, make sure you are aware of these DON’Ts when you are preparing one: i. Remember thing like your birth date,

marital status and hobbies are not exactly relevant to your employers. Do not enlist any extra details unless you thing they will be of importance in the job you are applying for.

ii. Do not use “I” even though you are required to write in first person. You can simply state your objective.

iii. Do not exaggerate your titles. A job title at your current workplace may not exactly be generic. Companies run background checks and if it is found out that you have exaggerated details regarding your level of responsibility at your previous work place, you could do a serious damage to your credibility.

iv. Do not enlist any reasons for leaving your previous jobs.

Remember these tips when you are preparing your resume and we have you get a great job soon!

IEEE UET Sub-societies and Committees Corner

IEEE UET has a set of sub-societies and committees which are specialised for differ-ent field of operations. These committees interact closely with one another when or-ganizing events and arranging meet-ings. Some of these include: Women in Engineering Power and Energy Society Communications Society Program Committee Finance Committee Membership Committee Scholastic Committee Liaison Committee Web Development Committee Documentation Committee Publicity Committee

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Wireless Power Transmission Compiled by: Sumbal Gardezi Claimed to never have slept for more than two hours, Nikola Tesla, was born on 10th July, 1856 to Serb parents. The boy was able to perform integral calculus in his head, which prompted his teachers to believe that he was cheating. He finished a four-year term in three years, graduating in 1873 After his father's death in 1879, Tesla found a package of letters from his professors to his father, warning that unless he were removed from the school, Tesla would be killed. At the end of his second year, Tesla lost his scholarship and became addicted to gambling. He left the habit afterwards but later continued to play billiards in the US .When the time of exams came, Tesla was unprepared and asked for an extension to study, which was denied. He never graduated from the university and did not receive grades for the last semester. In 1882, Tesla began working for the Continental Edison Company in France, designing and making improvements to electrical equipment. At his lab, Tesla proved that the earth was a conductor. He produced artificial lightning (with discharges consisting of millions of volts and up to 135 feet long) Thunder from the released energy was heard 15 miles away in Cripple Creek, Colorado. People walking along the street observed sparks jumping between their feet and the ground. Electricity sprang from taps when turned on. Light bulbs within 100 feet of the lab glowed even when turned off. Horses in a livery stable bolted from their stalls after receiving shocks through their metal shoes. Butterflies were electrified, swirling in circles with blue halos of St. Elmo's fire around their wing. Tesla had set up a laboratory in the midst of potato fields and erected behind it a tower almost 60 meters (200 feet) tall. Tesla said he intended to use it to communicate wirelessly around the world and to be able to send the energy Tesla wrote in a 1906 letter to George Westinghouse ―The transmission of power without wires will very soon create an industrial revolution and such as the world has never seen before,‖ The idea was ambitious but not unreasonable, Long Islanders living next to the huge tower would have been more shocked—perhaps literally—if Tesla had carried out his second plan, which was so

audacious he hid it initially even from J.P. Morgan, the financier who was bankrolling the operation. Tesla wanted to use the tower for wirelessly transmitting not just signals but also useful amounts of electrical power. Tesla never did quite finish the enormous tower, according to Jane Alhorne, President of Tesla Science centre at Wordencliff. He told Morgan that he needed more money and was doing more than just sending messages. ―I am also going to be able to send energy‖ and when Morgan inquired where would he put the seeders and how much would they charge for this energy Tesla said ―This is going to be free for anyone who would tap on it.‖ That was something that Morgan had nothing to do with for he wanted to be able get something that he could charge for so he cut off funds and pulled the plug. Tesla had the tower almost to completion before he had to abandon it. But he did fire it up and sent very large sparks flying up in the air which startled people. This was supposed to be his crowning story, the big thing he was working on. While the world was setting transmission lines he was going far beyond it. The radio city was supposed to be the major achievement of his life. In 2006, exactly 100 years after Tesla laid off his employees on Long Island, another immigrant from Croatia surprised America with a proposal for sending power through the air. Physicist Marin Soljacic, along with several of his colleagues at MIT, performed a theoretical analysis of a system for projecting useful amounts of power wirelessly using electromagnetic induction.

In 2007, Soljacic‘s team went further and published an article describing hardware that could light up a 60-watt incandescent lamp using power transferred between two coils separated by a little more than 2 meters. ―Resonance enables efficient energy transfer,‖ says Soljacic. It‘s not a new idea: Tesla‘s eponymous coils use that very same principle. This action of an electrical transformer is the simplest form of wireless power transmission. The primary and secondary circuits of a transformer are not directly connected. Energy transfer takes place through a process known as mutual induction. Principal functions are stepping the primary voltage either up or down and electrical isolation. Mobile phones and electric toothbrush battery chargers, and electrical power distribution transformers are examples of how this principle is used. The main drawback to this basic form of wireless transmission is short range. The receiver must be directly adjacent to the transmitter or induction unit in order to efficiently couple with it. The application of resonance increases the transmission range somewhat. When resonant coupling is used, the transmitter and receiver inductors are tuned to the same natural frequency. Performance can be further improved by modifying the drive current from a sinusoidal to a non-sinusoidal transient waveform. In this way significant power may be transmitted between two mutually-attuned LC circuits having a relatively low coefficient of coupling. Transmitting and receiving coils are usually single layer solenoids or flat spirals with series capacitors, which, in combination, allow the receiving element to be tuned to the transmitter frequency. "It is not hard to imagine that in the next few years, you go to a coffee shop, sit down in a chair, sign into a power zone, and charge your phone or laptop," said Richard Martin, editorial director for Pike. Strangely enough, even before Soljacic‘s work appeared in print, others at MIT had been looking into the problem of how to send power wirelessly over short distances. Jeff Lieberman, then a graduate student in MIT‘s Media Lab. wanted to create an intriguing piece of art—a levitating light bulb that lit up. Recently in 2008, Intel reproduced the MIT group's experiment by wirelessly powering a light bulb with 75% efficiency at a shorter distance. Power transmission via radio waves can be made more directional, allowing longer distance power beaming, with shorter wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, typically in the microwave range. A rectenna may be used to convert the microwave energy back into electricity. Rectenna conversion efficiencies exceeding 95% have

been realized. Power beaming using microwaves has been proposed for the transmission of energy from orbiting Generating power by placing satellites with giant solar arrays in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit and transmitting the power as microwaves to the earth, known as Solar Power Satellites (SPS), is the largest application of Wireless Power Transmission. Another application of WPT is moving targets such as fuel free airplanes, fuel free electric vehicles, moving robots and fuel free rockets. The concept of Wireless Power Transmission system also offers greater possibilities for transmitting power with negligible losses and ease of transmission than any invention or discovery heretofore made. Dr. Neville of NASA states ―You don‘t need cables, pipes, or copper wires to receive power. We can send it to you like a cell phone call – where you want it, when you want it, in real time‖.

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TechnoFest 2012 Technofest has made its name as one of the biggest technical events in Pakistan‘s academic arena. No other technical event in Pakistan has received the kind of attraction and allurement that Technofest has. Season 1 has really been a revelation, in which UET academia achieved something which it had been attempting to for decades. It was probably the only occasion when academic crux from all over Pakistan mustered beneath one roof. All the major universities of Pakistan were on the guest list of the event. After the successful conclusion of season 1, commencement of Technofest season 2 was a tough ask. It had to contain the legacy of season 1 not to mention the pride that UET already had achieved during the first season. This job, being a major one, called for all veterans to sit together and organize this mega event. IEEE and other societies of UET namely IET, ASME, ACM, ASHRE were assigned the responsibilities to manage this gigantic task. Under the patronage of KICS these societies worked day in and out to make this event as successful as one can imagine an event to be. Initial phase was difficult, as expected, but dedication and will power of the organizers nullified all the difficulties and problems. Owing to excellent management and exceptional team work, Technofest season 2 organizing body managed to pull off an event that was even a bigger success than Technofest season 1. The following are some of the statistics of Technofest season 2. The participating universities included UET Faisalabad, University of Faisalabad, GCU Faisalabad, NFC Faisalabad, UET Taxila, BZU, COMSTAS, Air university, NED Karachi, IST Islamabad, Punjab university, IUB , UET Peshawar, University of Lahore, University of South Asia and UMT Lahore, Number of Participants: 1500 Number of Competitions: 32 Number of Technical Competitions: 10 Number of Non-Technical Competitions: 15 Number of Business Competitions: 2 Number of Conferences and Seminars: 5 The events organized by IEEE UET included: Break the Logician‘s Code Conceptualize the Notion Control the Controller Dodge the Snake Engineering Marathon Install the Stall Minute to Win it Snap the Idea

Student Professional Awareness Conference IEEE UET organized three technical events, five non–technical events and one conference.

English and German Classes Written by: Amna Ejaz Chaudhry VENUE: E3, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore TIME: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time DATE: 1st September, 2012 - 20th September, 2012 (Session 1) 15th October, 2012 - 15th November, 2012 (Session 2) One of the toughest periods of a student's life who is applying to different countries for further education is the encountering of the English proficiency tests like those of IELTS and TOEFL. This year at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, IEEE student branch arranged for a series of classes for English and German language improvement in order to present the students with an opportunity to improve and

expand their lingual skills. Mr. Muhammad Talha, an electrical engineering graduate of UET and working as a blogger for "The News", one of the leading newspapers of Pakistan, offered his valuable set of time and knowledge for this sole purpose. Mr. Muhammad Talha intended to hold only the first session, which was held from 1st September, 2012 till 20th September, 2012 during the summer vacations but because of the great success of the program, the classes were held again to facilitate the students who had missed out on them earlier. The number of students attending the sessions tallied to twenty five. Mr. Talha ensured that each student was given individual help and helped students practice pronunciation exercises to get a hold of the British and American accents and differentiate between them. The session concluded with two written tests, one for the English syllabus and the other for the German syllabus. The students who passed both of the tests were rewarded with certificates and were encouraged to give the IELTS and TOEFL soon. The students attended the classes regularly and punctually, providing a positive feedback at the end of the session and appreciating Mr. Muhammad Talha for his continued effort to teach them.

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Pakistan Student Congress 2012 Date: 7

th September, 2012 – 9

th

September, 2012 Venue: Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Swabi, KPK, Pakistan

Written by: Amna Ejaz Chaudhry

The Pakistan Student Congress is the annual general meeting of all the student branches of IEEE working inside Pakistan. This event gives all branches a platform to sit together and discuss the activities of IEEE Chapters that were done throughout the year. Moreover the theme of congress this year, "Practical Solutions to Power Crisis of Pakistan through Green Electronics" also gave young minds a chance to interact with each other and share their researches on the topic. This year Pakistan Student Congress was held at GIKI, Swabi and IEEE UET Student Branch actively participated in all the programs held under it. The events that IEEE UET Student Branch participated in included Race to Innovation, Programming Competition, WIE Video Contest and Social Innovation Contest. Along with these events, many conferences, workshops and recreational activities were held. A total of 12 students represented IEEE UET at the congress. They were provided with arrangements for transport and lounging by the university. Four teams, each comprising of two participants each, represented IEEE UET in

"Race to Innovation". These teams were: Muhammad Arslan Chaudhry and Sharjeel Qureshi (Team 1); Syed Muhammad Qasim Sarfraz and Hussain Mohsin Awan (Team 2); Dawood Sajjad and Omar Ashraf Chaudhry (Team 3) and Basim Bin Naseem and Ghyour Danish (Team 4). This competition was a special module arranged by IEEE GIKI, consisting of two rounds. A total of 60 participants showed up for this event. The first round presented the participants with some IQ, Logical and Digital Logic Design questions. In the first round, Team 1 got the highest score and the other teams from UET also did well. In the

second round, the participants were provided with an electronics circuit and a set of detailed logic question about the working and the connections of the circuit. Team 1 was the only team to get through the second round, making them the winners of the competition. All participants were given a total time of two hours to get through both rounds. A recreational activity that IEEE UET actively participated in was the Scavenger Hunt, in which teams were assigned with 25 tasks ranging from finding certain things to accomplishing and performing certain tasks around

the campus. The teams had a great time participating in the Scavenger Hunt, which moved them to explore the campus located near Tarbela's beautiful landscape. Another event that the student branch got the chance of participating in was the Programming Competition, in which students were provided with problem statements each of which they had to solve using the popular programming languages of C or C++. The teams, comprising of two participants each, put up a good competition for each other. IEEE WIE UET also sent its representatives to Pakistan Student Congress 2012 for the annually held IEEE WIE Congress. Hafsa Muqaddus and Mahwish Nazir Zafar participated actively in the congress by attending all the meetings and participating in the WIE Video Contest. In this contest, different WIE Student branches all over Pakistan were required to make and present a video about the accomplishments and achievements of their respective student branches as well as how they had made a difference through their existence. IEEE WIE UET's video was appreciated but did not win the competition due to crossing the time limit for the video. Nevertheless, it represented the growth of IEEE WIE UET very well, earning the student

branch the Most Active WIE Affinity Group. Mah-wish Nazir Zafar, IEEE WIE Vice-Chair UET stu-dent branch, and Hafsa Muqaddus, IEEE WIE Secretary for UET student branch, participated in the popular Social Innovation Contest, which was about encouraging and boosting students to come up with a product or information or a strategy to help social entrepreneurs around the country to help advance-ment towards a better future. The contestants were required to present their idea in the form of a presentation or a video. Both Mahwish and Hafsa did an amazing job with Mahwish securing the fourth position in ranking. Mahwish appreciated and commended the idea of this contest and said it was a great learning ex-perience for her, as she was exposed to many new ideas from which the organization could benefit from. Participants also enjoyed the hiking trip arranged by the hosts. A closing ceremony was held towards the end and the winners were presented with their awards and partici-pation certificates by the chief guest, Dr. Shaukat Hameed Khan, a renowned Paki-stani scientist. The ceremony was followed by dinner for everyone.

Orientation Week 2012 Event Name: Orientation Week 2012 Date: 16

th Oct, 2012-20

th Oct,2012

Venue: E3, Department of Electri-cal Engineering, University of En-gineering and Technology, Lahore Written By: Shahwar Saleem Life has its phases and each one of us gets perplexed by the thought of some-thing new which is going to occur. Anticipa-tions prevail and composure disobeys even the most focused person. A similar situation awaits you as soon as you are selected in an undergraduate program at any university.

Moreover traditions of fooling and ragging by seniors make more sense to dissolve the person into disorientation. There is a huge gap between university life and the life in high school. Taking all these problems into consideration, IEEE UET Student Branch initiated an event named Electrical Orienta-tion (also known as ‗Orientation Day‘). This Orientation Day was organized and de-signed by diligent team of 2010 session IEEE members. The structure of this event was divided into four days to begin with, each day for one section in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engi-neering and Technology, Lahore. A detailed presentation was contrived after a steam-lined brainstorm amongst seniors. This presentation covered all the problems and difficulties that seniors had to grabble on their own when they were freshmen. Starting with basic knowledge like the purpose of this orientation to the acute guidance by fresh graduates, this event covered majority of the thoughts that muster one‘s mind when intro-duced to totally new and challenging environ-ment. Now the details of the proceedings will follow, every section was provided with the same presentation and discussion.

The presentation started with an introduction by Urwa Shabir, an IEEE student member and lead organizer of the event. Students were asked to feel at home and share their thoughts and questions. Mehwish Nazir Zafar (IEEE student EED, ‗10) came up with a complete description of the GPA System. Freshmen were briefed with the details of GPA and CGPA equation and how it works. Introduction to relative grading system and general trends in GPA variation was also given by Mehwish. Urwa explained concisely, the subjects being taught in 1

st Semester and the purpose

behind these subjects being in very first semester. Utilization of these subjects and true importance of these subjects was explained quite meaningfully. Introduction to different technical and non-technical societies was presented by Faizan Anjum (IEEE Student member EED, ‗10). He raised the level of awareness by describing the purpose of societies and their affiliations. Societies like IEEE, IET, ASM, BDS etc were introduced to the students. Later on, Syed Muhammad Qasim Sarfaraz (IEEE Student member EED, ‗10) came up with the inspirations and role models these entrants could follow. They were told that graduates from EED, UET Lahore have gone to numerous places around the world. Brief academic records of some of these graduates were brought up to instill some sense of dedication among these students. Huge names like Dr. Shahid Bukhari, Muhammad Sabieh Anwar (Rhodes Scholar), Dr. Asim Loan, Zuhaib Mehmood were coined to stir the thoughts of the future.

Later, Faizan came up with an electrical engineering student‘s immediate needs like notice board awareness, bookstores and book banks on campus. All these things were followed by additional details like Library card initiation procedures etc. Various scholarships offered with time were also briefed to these students.

Each one of the seniors told them about how to basically balance their social life and study hours, which is the requirement of university life. These all were

the survival guidelines which came to seniors as a crux after spending a part of their lives in this environment. Newcomers were made aware to all of them so they can see each problem coming their way and can definitely handle them.

At the end, Hassan Tariq, a fresh graduate from EED (Session ‗08), UET Lahore came to enlighten the students with some practical points which can be definitely useful for an EE student. He advised students about the selection of final year projects and the basic purpose of being an electrical engineer.

Overall, Orientation Day was appreciated by freshman. They enjoyed the friendly experience with their seniors. IEEE

UET Student Branch provided newcomers a platform where they can communicate with seniors and effectively remove their hesitation.

IEEE Day 2012 Date: 13th October, 2012 Venue: National Library of Engineering Sciences, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Written by: Amna Ejaz Chaudhry The IEEE UET student branch started off their academic year by celebrating one of the most widely celebrated events by all student branches all around the world. The day was hosted by the branch members, Sumbal Gardezi and Syed Muhammad Shah. Filled with informative presentations and interaction amongst the students and the former students and now successful engineers, some professors and some CEOs

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of leading companies, everyone en-joyed theevent and was thrilled to be a part of IEEE. The event started off with the recitation of a few Quranic verses by Ahmad Hassan, an active member of IEEE UET, followed by an introduction about IEEE, its history and why it is so widely spread and represented by its members across the globe. The hosts emphasized on how IEEE is open to all professionals and students around the globe and that no such ground exists for its members on which they are evaluated with political, reli-gious, racial or social influences. The large number of conferences organized by IEEE along with other educational interfaces for students, professionals and entrepreneurs all over the world is one of the many reasons of its continued growth throughout the century. This introduction, much appreciated, was followed by a presentation by Ali Ayyaz, former Chair Documentation Team, IEEE UET student branch, on how students can prepare themselves for the professional world that awaits them after graduation. This presentation gave a great insight to students about the difficulties that lie ahead after grad-uation during job hunting and further educa-tion. He accentuated how important commu-nication skills are for each and every person who is to be successful in the real world and the ground provided by IEEE to pro-mote communication and interaction amongst its professionals and students does a great deal in preparing its mem-bers in facing the many challenges that are to come. Dr. Khavar Zia, the Director Academics at Beaconhouse-Informatics Computer Institute, Lahore and one of the honorary guests who joined us on IEEE day, spoke a few words about the prestigious organiza-tion, widely acknowledged around the world. He pointed out the reasons for IEEE‘s success in maintaining its en-tirety and bringing professionals together for the advancement of technology for the better of humankind; IEEE is a neutral body, free of all political, social and religious influences and it does a great job in looking after its pro-fessionals. He mentioned that there are nu-merous branches of IEEE around the world and congratulated IEEE UET Student Branch on being the first branch in Pakistan and con-tinuing to be one of the most active branches in the region. Next, the CEO of Vahazay Technolo-gies Limited, Mr. Imran Zia, presented the members with awareness about being atten-tive and alert about internships and job be-fore graduation, which enable students to familiarize themselves with the professional

world and the conduct of a workplace. He emphasized on making the right career choic-es early in life so that whichever field one goes into, one always feels the tendency to learn more about it by gaining interest and insight. He also highlighted the necessity for students to experiment and doing hands on work in the field that they plan on going into. ―In order to get work done, the teams must communicate with each other in an effective manner, and that is what companies look for in its employees when they are hiring,‖ Mr. Imran Zia added. The student members of IEEE day felt strong and confident after these presenta-tions and found them to be very informative and encouraging to remain a part of IEEE. A group of students performed a comedic act on the happenings in the student branch at

UET. A branch presentation outlining the achievements of IEEE UET Student Branch the previous year and the goals that commu-nity plans to accomplish in the coming year. The achievements included the successful multi-event extravaganzas, Technofest 2011, Technofest 2012, Brainiac 2011 and the re-cent Web Development Workshop, and many more. The goals for the future consisted of increasing and improving the quality and number of technical events organized by the branch. The commemoration ended with the cake cutting ceremony and a delicious BBQ feast, which all the attendees enjoyed. The audi-ence gave a great applause to the organizers of the event for bringing all members together

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and helping everyone to develop a co-

operative relationship with each other as well

as the senior members of IEEE.

Web

Development

Workshop Date: 9th - 11th October, 2012 Venue: SUPCON Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Univeristy of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Written and edited by: Amna Ejaz

Chaudhry One of the most well organized and

highly praised events was held in fall of 2012

by IEEE UET WIE Student Branch. The

workshop aimed at providing its attendees

with an introduction to developing a basic

website for example, displaying text on a

website, creating and displaying tables,

inserting images and hyperlinks, etc. A lot of

people registered for the event and even

when the maximum limit of 60 participants

was crossed, some students begged to just

attend the workshop to learn.

The well-known instructor, Ms. Hina Khalid, possessed great presentation skills and moved the audience from the very first day till the last. She made sure that each and every participant was up to pace and was

following the concepts and would be able to implement them. The event was held for 2 hours everyday for three days, starting at 3 pm and ending at 5 pm each day. Students interacted with different tools used for web development and attended all three days puntually. The attendees, consisting of fast learners, asked many questions as they worked their way through the tasks assigned to help clear their confusions. Most students were from University of Engineering and Technology while a few who came were from other universities in Lahore. Even graduates came to attend this workshop. Assignments were given for the first two days to sudents to help them exercise the skills they had learnt. Refreshments were provided to the attendees along with WIE Magazines to spread awareness amongst the students. The feedback from students was taken in written forms, asking them how they rated the workshop overall in its quality and organization, what could be done in the future to help improve the workshop next time and any suggestions on what kind of workshops should be held in the future. The feedback was positive in majority and students praised the teacher and her communication skills and rated the workshop at an average of 9 out of 10. The organizer, Bushra Nayab, Chair IEEE UET WIE Student Branch, was pleased with the results and the smooth flow of the workshop sessions. Ms. Hina Khalid, was appreciated by all and presented with a shield and certificate of excellent conduction by the IEEE UET student branch. She said she would gladly participate as an instructor for another workshop in the future.

IEEE Xtreme 6.0 Date: October 20th, 2012 - October 21st, 2012 Time: 5:00 AM October 20th, 2012 - 5:00 AM Oc-tober 21st, 2012

Venue: Seminar Hall, Al-

Khwarizmi Institute of

Computer Sciences, Uni-

versity of Engineering

and Technology, Lahore,

Pakistan IEEEXtreme is an inter-national 24-hour programming competition, held and run by IEEE, which consists of partici-pants being provided with a suf-ficient set of problems which are to be solved in the form of C, C++, Python, Java and other languages and submitted within the 24-hour time span. The problems vary from solutions to everyday practical implementa-tion of systems and techniques to industrial applications and the winners of the competition are awarded with the oppor-tunity to attend an international conference of their choice arranged by IEEE and other gadgets. This year, IEEE UET Student Branch participated actively in the international com-petition with a total of 10 teams under the proctorship of Dr. K M Hassan, one the old-est and well-known professors of the Depart-ment of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. He is also a senior member of IEEE. The teams came prepared with laptops, portable WiFi routers and food to the Seminar Hall and started programming as soon as the first three problems were released. Teams worked together in co-operation with each other, discussing and distributing problems amongst themselves.

Webinar on GRE Date: 12

th October 2012

Venue: SUPCON Laboratory, De-partment of Engineering and Tech-nology, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

Timing: 11 a.m. PKT via SKYPE Written by: Anam Klair

The webinar was presented by Mr. Shahid Bashir, an alumnus and electrical en-gineering graduate of ‘91 session of Universi-ty of Engineering and Technology. He started his professional career at INTECH Automa-tion Industries, later moving towards Techlo-gix and Descon. He holds a Masters degree from University of Toronto, Canada. Current-ly, he is working with Alstom Power Solutions USA, where he is designing electrical and I&C systems for new power generation plants.

The webinar was arranged to provide an introduction towards GRE for students intending to pursue higher studies. First, a brief introduction was presented by Mr Bashir regarding his career and pursuit of higher studies that eventually landed him into one of best institutions. He mentioned his excellent fellows like Ghazali Majeed, Kewan Khwaja, and Ihsan Majid, all of whom had also attend-ed UET Lahore for their Bachelors and scored very well in GRE thus entering pres-tigious engineering institutes all around the world.

―GRE is the first step to get into

good universities. Everybody who

did has been successful in their

careers‖

explanation of how the quad copter operates using its propellers and balances itself during flight. Students listened attentively and showed great interest in the project. Dr. Muhammad Tahir explained the concepts involved in a very understandable and well comprehended way so students would develop an interest in working on the same projects, such as tri-copter, in the future. They enthusiastically watched the demonstration and asked many questions. The quad copter presentation was a source of insight and inspiration for the students of Department of Electrical Engineering as it provided them with a platform for the practical implementation of the concepts obtained over the span of four years which engineering students spend in undergraduate programs in universities. Students appreciated the event and were intrigued by the quad copter. The quad copter, which is going to be further enhanced by a group of students from UET of session 2009, is present on university premises, is a victim of interest for many students now. The presentation given provided students with a real life example of a control system, corresponding to which the 3rd year electrical engineering students are currently studying a course, called "Control Systems". The students attending the event were impressed by the understandable language and jargon used by Dr. Muhammad Tahir and left the hall with contentment that they had indeed learnt something of value to their career.

WIE‘s ―Why Engineering?‖ Project SESSION 1 Date: 28th November, 2012 Time: 08:30 am – 09:30 am Pakistan Standard Time Venue: Crescent Model Higher Secondary School, Lahore Wriiten by: Samia Shafique Khan

The swift pace of this technological world has characteristically caused the increased requisition of technical minds; the

field of engineering is inevitably one of the primary sources of technical advancements. So, as to create this indispensable awareness amongst the students of Pakistan, IEEE-UET Lahore branch made an excellent move through its sub-committee, Women in Engineering (WIE), and met a great success. A session of one hour was conducted for this purpose. Miss Bushra Nayab, Chairperson WIE, hosted the event and Miss Ghazal Javaid Farooqi, Manager Electronics and Communication SUPARCO (also a UET Electrical Engineering graduate), was the chief guest of the session. She addressed the youngsters; throwing light upon how engineering is a dynamic field to opt for and explained the details of its importance in present and in the future.

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The importance of GRE was em-phasized and demonstrated through exam-ples like that of Shahid Bashir himself. Most of the students are unaware of the opportunities scattered all around the world for them. GRE is one such blessing for people who have excellent academic pro-file and want to go abroad for further stud-ies. Most of all students get a chance to stop relying too much on external factors and start helping themselves. According to Jahan Ali, another UET alumnus (‘91 ses-sion) and good scorer of GRE.

Much emphasis was put onto the hard work students should put in during their undergraduate studies, preparation of GRE and continuation of their passion for excellence. Time they spend studying rig-orously pays back in much better terms. Students should help each other and spend their time in a beneficial manner. One must devote himself towards a better and better engineering rather than adopting such habits like complaining and whining about things. Mr. Shahid Bashir also announced scholarships for competitive GRE scorers from 1

st January, 2012 to 31

st December,

2012. He announced Rs. 50, 000 for the top scorer from UET; Rs. 30, 000 for the se-cond highest scorer and Rs. 10, 000 each for the third and fourth highest scorer. Students were requested to send copies of scores at bicsol@gmat.com by Feb 15

th, 2013.

Undergraduates of University of En-gineering and Technology, Lahore were en-couraged to take GRE exam, get into a good university and be a role model for the society and family. Further, Mr. Shahid advised that students should setup a forum for GRE dis-cussions and if they are competent enough they should help others prepare for GRE, support IEEE‘s GRE efforts and further ar-rangement of such activities to expose stu-dents towards a better engineering future.

At the end a question and answer session was held and students participated actively in it. Questions about where to pre-pare GRE test from, how to apply, the mini-mum score required to get into a good uni-versity and many more were asked by the students who attended the webinar and the issues were discussed to the satisfaction of the students. The whole session lasted approxi-mately an hour, and students took back a much better understanding of GRE and pro-cedure of applying for admissions in foreign universities. All in all, the webinar was of much practical benefit and importance for the young ―to be‖ engineers hoping to seek the best possible education.

Quad Copter Presentation Date: September 29th, 2012 Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm (Pakistan Standard Time-Islamabad) Venue: E3, Department of Electri-cal Engineering, University of En-gineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Written by: Amna Ejaz Chaudhry Dr. Muhammad Tahir, one of the best faculty members at University of Engi-neering and Technology, Lahore, contributed a valuable and educational presentation about the "Quad copter", for which he was an advisor and supervisor to a group of students of UET session 2008 and session 2009. The group of students from started working on this project in the beginning of 2011 as their final year project. Dr. Muhammad Tahir pre-sented the students with an introduction to the project which was followed by a demon-stration and analysis of the structure of quad copter. The programming within the micro-controller and interface of the microcontroller with the mechanical structure and their theory was explained thoroughly through diagrams and descriptions of the different components and their interfaces. This was followed by an

The event started with recitation of a few verses from the Holy Quran followed by WIE Training session by WIE Lahore Section, in which all branches shared their upcoming ideas and activities and problems they faced in running their respective WIE branches. Miss Javeria, treasurer WIE Lahore Region and Miss Adila Shaukat ,Secretary WIE Lahore Region answered all questions and removed any ambiguities that may have made the exercising of the branch operations difficult.

After this discussion every branch gave a summarizing presentation about their branch activities and inspired everyone. Miss Farhat-ul-ain gave a lecture on CV-writing and research paper writing which turned out to be very helpful to attendees. The event ended with a cake cutting ceremony and an appreciative feedback by the attendees.

Avanceon Seminar for FYP Funding Venue: Seminar Hall, National Library of Engineering Sciences, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Time: 11:45 am - 01:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time Date: 9th December, 2012

Written by: Amna Ejaz Chaudhry Since 1984, Avanceon has been a leader in the design, development, and implementation of manufacturing technology solutions that result in reliable control automation and information management systems. Avanceon specializes in the development of real-time performance management systems for the process and discrete manufacturing industries. IEEE UET organized and brought together the students of UET for an interactive session with the representatives of the well known company. The purpose of the session was to introduce the students of electrical engineering to the company, Avanceon and its HR department, make them aware of what it is like working in the company and how it wants to give the students already working or planning to work on their final year project in the following year. A big crowd showed up for the seminar, most of them students of 3rd

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The number of students attending the seminar was about 300, all heading towards the very critical point of their lives, choosing their career paths. They were gratified for the career counseling by WIE and this effort tapped their minds and widened their paradigm about making the right career choices and how and why engineering should be preferred, especially for the women. A fulfilling ―Question and Answer‖ session was held at the end. Thus, the day ended with eminence of developing new thoughts and a good understanding about the field of engineering in young minds.

SESSION 2 Date: 4

th December, 2012

Time: 08:30 am – 09:30 am Pakistan Standard Time Venue: Victoria Girls Higher Secondary School, Lahore

Another one hour session was conducted by Miss Bushra Nayab, Chairperson WIE UET, and Hafsa Muqaddas, Secretary WIE UET, in Victoria Girls Higher Secondary School. They explained to the female students the need of engineering in the present and its ever growing importance in a promising future. And also that engineering involves a versatile type of working environment and is the foundation of technology. There was a ―Question and Answer‖ session conducted at the end as well which gave the students a chance to clear their confusions. The number of students attending the seminar was about 50. The whole dynamic session provided a streamline to the unclear minds of young pupils about their career choices.

SESSION 3 Date: 10th November, 2012 Time: 01:30 pm – 02:30 pm Pakistan Standard Time Venue: Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Lahore

A session of approximately an hour was also conducted in Government Girls Higher Secondary School. WIE members first gave the introduction of WIE to the young girls present there and then told them about the different fields of engineering in the world and how engineering is a growing arena of education and opportunities and how girls can play their part in the progress of their country through engineering. Miss Ghazal Javaid Farooqi gave her valuable time to the young aspiring girls and inspired them to follow her example of an independent driven woman who dedicates

her life to the ever expanding field of engineering.

WIE Day 2012 Venue: Seminar Hall, Transportation Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Date: 1st December, 2012 Time: 12:00 noon – 03:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time

This year WIE UET came up with the exciting idea of celebrating "WIE Day" for the first time in Pakistan, where all WIE branches were invited and provided with the chance to interact with one another for a better and secure future. The event was a huge success in bringing all branches under WIE Lahore section together and gave them a chance to join hands and participate in the creative activities organized by the teams. Many professionals were invited as guests to share their working experience as female engineers. Their addresses motivated the audience and they were encouraged to participate in future WIE activities. Miss Mehwish Zahoor, Vice Chairperson WIE UET Lahore student branch, Miss Farhat-ul-ain working at a renowned software house and Miss Sahar Idrees, counselor of WIE UET were the chief guests of the ceremony.

Students attending the workshop felt that that Dr. Imran did a wonderful job at creating an interactive environment amongst the attendees and presenting the concepts with clarity unparalleled. Overall students left with a mind full of renewed and simplified concepts about the diverse and ever-growing field of wireless communications.

Android Application Development Workshop Date: Thursday, 14th February, 2013 - Saturday, 16th February, 2013 Venue: SUPCON Laboratory, EE Department, University Of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Time: 03:30 – 06:00 pm Written by: Anam Klair

IEEE Student Branch of University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore organized the 3-day Android Application Development Workshop in the winter season of 2013 at UET, Lahore. It was a workshop much anticipated and appreciated due to the increasing demand of apps on smartphones and tablets. Android is one big and useful platform for making apps especially because it‘s open source and thus easily accessible.

Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Android is an open source operating system and Google releases the code under the Apache License. Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of devices, written primarily in a customized version of Java programming language. Android's primary app store, is equipped with over 25 billion apps which can be downloaded and installed on to mobile phones.

The workshop lasted for three days and following are the highlights of all three days. On the first day, Mr. Ali Ayyaz from Vahazay Ltd. And Mr. Nauman Naseer, a senior engineer from Veriqual, covered the basics about Android architecture, projects, the software used for developing applications along with the added plugins, Eclipse and

Android SDK and major components of the program. The attendees were helped out with creating a basic app which would display buttons and take input from them and were introduced to the libraries used in developing applications. The attendees were also taught how to deploy the android project they had developed on the emulator and later on the device.

The instructor, Mr. Nauman Naseer continued to add features on the second day to the applications that attendees developed on the first day and were taught how to integrate keypads in application and take inputs consisting of strings or words, thus adding interaction between the user and the applet. On the third day, Mr. Syed Basit Ali, the CEO of Eccentrica Technologies, was the instructor and introduced the attendees to the components of an API which include activity, intent, widgets and service, resources and user interface elements including widgets, containers, XML based layouts and programmatic UI elements.

The workshop session was closed

with Mr. Basit Ali encouraging the students to

take part in a small level competition in which

the students who attended the workshop

could participate and would be required to

come up with an idea for an app, develop

that app and submit it to Eccentrica

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and 4th year of B.E. from the Department of Electrical Engineering. Mr. Muhammad Rafay Chugtai, from Engineering Operations in Avanceon gave an introductory presentation. The presentation included the vision statement of the company and its motives. They described Avanceon as a friendly company which gave its employees a strong platform to bring forward new ideas and projects which may be good for the company. In other words, the employees were "well socialized with." Forms were provided to the students which required students to fill out the details about their final year project including what their project's function will be, the components required and the expected expenditures. The seminar ended with a question and answer session, where students were allowed to ask the representatives of the company any questions they had. Overall the seminar was a very informative and interactive session.

Wireless Communication Workshop Venue: Video Conferencing Room, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Day 1 and Day 2) Date: Friday, 28 December, 2012 - Saturday, 29th December, 2012 Written by: Amna Ejaz Chaudhry A workshop centered on wireless communication, its basic concepts and applications was organized by IEEE UET at end of 2012. The two day workshop was conducted by Dr. Muhammad Ali Imran and centered on the topics: wireless channel physical modeling; multi-input multi-output communication; diversity and multiplexing trade-offs and cooperative cellular communication. Dr. Muhammad Ali Imran is an esteemed researcher from the University Of Surrey, United Kingdom, who is currently working as a lecturer and an active researcher at the Centre for Communication Systems Research (CCSR) at the university.

His areas of research are energy efficiency of wireless communication systems, physical layer communication techniques and fundamental limits of communication systems and channels. He has published numerous research papers in prestigious journals about the field of communications and has secured the funding of 3.2 million GBP in the last three years. The first session held on 28th December consisted of the basic concepts of wireless communication, in which Dr. Imran focussed on different channels and mediums of communications and their characteristics. Many professors including senior IEEE members, Dr. Muhammad Noor Sheikh and Dr. Muhammad Tahir joined the audience and participated actively in discussions with Dr. Imran and the students. Other professors including Dr. Asim Lone and Dr. Imran Sheikh also joined the session. The session for the first day ended with a discussion amongst students and the professors about the topics covered. The second day Dr. Imran covered the areas of MIMO OFDM, diversity and multiplexing trade-offs and cooperative cellular communication. Once again, Dr. Noor and Dr. Imran along with Dr. Tahir indulged in an intense discussion with them trying to clear out vague concepts and ideas with the students witnessing with awe. Other topics included antenna sizes, types of modulations, advantages of OFDM over other types of modulation techniques and challenges in the communication field.

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Technologies for a chance to win an Android phone, which can be used for developing apps and testing them. He said they would get the credit for the app they would submit and their app would be launched with the label of his company, Eccentrica Technologies.

At the end of the workshop, participants were introduced to the e-DirAP Challenge. The exercise is aimed at gathering contributions to e-DirAP, which is a crowd-sourced resource on ICT practices and policies in Asia. It is a four-week online forum to update the content of the Pakistan chapter on the site and to hold a forum discussion about ―Smart, new ways in using the Internet to make higher education in Pakistan a more interesting and worthwhile learning experience.‖

Seminar on Embedded Systems Venue: Room E3, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time Date: 20

th February, 2013

Written by: Amna Ejaz Chaudhry Mr. Zeeshan Altaf, Senior

Operations Manager of Mentor Graphics, joined the students of University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore as per request by the IEEE UET student branch and gave a basic presentation about embedded systems and their applications. He started off with an introduction to embedded systems, describing the components which constitute it and where in the industry embedded systems are employed. He then gave examples of the most commonly used embedded systems and described the differences between various commonly employed systems such as x86, ARM, etc.

Later, Mr. Zeeshan kept the students engaged by asking them tricky questions about the uses of embedded systems in commonly used smart devices and the programming languages and techniques that programmers apply to optimise the code. Other topics of discussion included the embedded systems‘ market of Pakistan, the skill set that an embedded system

developer must have, projects based on embedded systems and the internship program for students at Mentor‘s Graphics. Students were told about the importance of their programming skills and in which areas they are required to be experts in so they can pursue a career in the quickly expanding field of embedded systems.

The lecture provided the audience of 40 students with valuable knowledge and opened their minds about what they must expertise themselves in to be able to find a job in the embedded system industry. The session ended with Mr. Zeeshan asking the students for any questions regarding the field and whether they were interested in applying for internships at Mentor Graphics, a leading software company in Pakistan.

The Almost Tangible Written by: Samia Shafique Khan In ancient times it was believed that only magicians could conjure up anything out of thin air anywhere anytime, but the evolution of technology has manifested that futuristic advancement sees no limits! To merge the difference of time and space, technology promises us the concept of holographic display which holds tremendous potential for being one of the hottest research topics. Which is self-evident from the keen interest, in this somehow untapped area of research, taken by some of the world's most renowned and nonpareil companies in their respective businesses like Apple and Nintendo. So what is holographic display? Holography was invented in 1947, inherently it is a step delved deeper into laser technology. The word hologram, originates from the Greek roots ―holos‖ meaning whole and ―gramma‖ which means message. Holographic display can be mainly categorized in two ways; reflection hologram and transmission hologram. When light is shone on the front it is reflection holography and transmission holography occurs when light is thrown upon the object from the rear end. It is a photographic process which does not capture an image of the object being photographed, as is the case with the conventional technique, but rather records the phases and amplitudes of light waves reflected from the object. The working of holograms can be described as encoding the information necessary to reproduce an N -dimensional view on an N−1 -dimensional surface. It appears in a complete three-dimensional form with highly realistic perspective effects. In fact, the reconstructed picture has all the visual properties of the original object. So we can conveniently say that holographic display has the ability to provide all four mechanisms that nature has befitted the eye with. That is it can work out the difference between the image locations of the same object seen by both the eyes individually due to their horizontal separation. It can detect parallax created due to multi-lines of sight. It can focus on objects according to the distance variations to get a clearer view. Also it possesses the most amazing quality of the eye; it maintains convergence which is the simultaneous inward movement of both eyes toward each other, usually in an effort to maintain single binocular vision when viewing an object.

All these features are self-explanatory that how holograms are way more different and advanced than traditional photographs. Holograms provide complete 3D view of the object as already mentioned. Another very alluring quality that holograms possess is that they can retain the optical properties of glass materials like optical lens; so if an object is placed in front of a lens it will appear larger like it does in front of a real lens. Now if we visualize everything on a macroscopic level it will actually be possible to see somebody sitting thousands of miles away in front of us, their image projected supposedly on some surface we would like to see them on! Imagine an actual sized image of your friend standing right in front of you in their non-tangible form. Not only will you be able to communicate verbally but also be interactive physically like playing games using this awesome feature. Probably boxing with your big brother or racing with a friend! Holograms hold a very bright future prospect but it doesn't mean they cannot be seen in action today. In some form or other, holograms are being used, like in medical records for teaching and documentation, security applications like credit cards and identification cards and display of artifacts in Museums all use holography. So let's anticipate the day when we shake hands with a friend sitting two continents away. Teaching complex molecular models won't be a pain anymore and watching movies will be like experiencing everything hands-on!