At the end of seminar Chairman, DME Dr Syed Athar Masood presented souvenirs to the speakers as well as to guest of honors.

Being a start of the art Textile Mill of Pakistan, Kohinoor Textile Mills is one of Pakistan’s largest vertically integrated textile mill operations with over 1800 employees and $110 million in sales. It delivers over 70 million meters of world-class grey, white and dyed fabrics to leading fashion brands and retailers around the globe. The company is involved in three major businesses; Weaving, Dyeing & Finishing with latest state of the art Weaving and Spinning equipment’s. Students of DME have shown great interest and learn the concepts of weaving/spinning process on site as well as improved their technical know-how of machinery being used in textile.

• Traffic rules
• Safety precautions while driving any vehicle (motorcycle, car etc.)
• Showed road accident videos and mention the driver faults while driving
• Guidance about applying for driving license
• Distribution of pamphlets

Workshop was organized for understanding the concepts of Complex Engineering Problems/Open Ended Labs/Problem Based Learning as per the requirements of Outcome Based Education System by Pakistan Engineering Council. Attendance of all faculty members was made mandatory. Workshop was very fruitful in terms of clarifying the concepts on the topic with examples and an interactive discussion.

Being a start of the art heavy manufacturing organization of Pakistan, HIT modern outfit with latest Tank manufacturing facilities which includes seven axis CNC machines for heavy duty flexible machining operations and a complete infrastructure for Hull and Turret manufacturing. Factory has successfully manufactured tanks Armored Personnel Carriers, Al-Khalid Tanks, Al Zarrar Tanks, T85, T69 and Armored Recovery Vehicles. HIT is also designed to rebuild and modernize Tanks / ARVs of Chinese / East European origin. With its vast experience and expertise, HIT has contributed immensely in achieving self-reliance with high quality and cost effective products exceeding productivity beyond its designed capacity.

The purpose of the visit was, to familiarize Mechanical Engineering students to a large automated production line where products are being created on automated assembly plants. In addition to this, students became accustomed to the practices of engineering

UGRAD is a one semester fully funded exchange program by United States(US) in which shortlisted candidates get a chance to study in US. Every year more than 450 to 500 applicants are shortlisted under the UGRAD scholarship program and avail a great opportunity to study in US.

The speaker of the session was Mr. Danish Kumar who is a UGRAD alumnus and is also serving Ministry of Planning Development and Special Initiatives as Young Development Fellow.

The main points highlighted by the speaker were:

• What is UGRAD Scholarship program?
• How much is this advantageous for the students who get shortlisted?
• What procedure should students follow while applying?
• How a student can write an effective statement of purpose (SOP).

The end of webinar was followed by Question and Answer session in which the speaker explained the queries of students related to the scholarship. The session proved to be very beneficial for the students.

These shortlisted startups went through 6 weeks of intensive entrepreneurship training at Bahria Innovation Center. Master trainers from different institute of Pakistan delivered training.

At the end of training program, IBA CED conducted startup competition on 27,28 March 2021. The Engineering Innovation team from Department of Mechanical Engineering, International Islamic University Islamabad won the IBA STARTUP competition held at Bahria Innovation Center Islamabad.

The Engineering Innovation team consisted of three members, out of which two members Muhammad Naveed and Muhammad Muaz Suhaib were from the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DME) IIUI while Sahar Zahid was from the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (SEECS) NUST.

Engineering Innovation presented an idea of Smart Gas Safety System which saves the lives and health of people from Gas leakage and fire explosion.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, student section, Department of Mechanical Engineering, International Islamic University, Islamabad organized an event nationwideon 19^th December, 2020 under the supervision of Chairman DME Dr. Syed Athar Masood as ‘Virtual CAD Challenge’ in which eighteen  teams of various universities including IIUI, NUST H-12,NUST EME, PIEAS, Air University, UET Lahore, IST and NED-UET participated online.

Teams were directed to build a design according as per Rule Book that was provided to them. Designs were analysed by judges. A presentation event was held online in which all the teams presented their CAD project on the Google Meet at https://meet.google.com/riq-ipte-qjm.

Speeches by our honourable chief guests Chairman, DME Dr. Syed Athar Masood, Dean FET, Prof. Dr. Engr. Nadeem A. Sheikh and Engr. Javed A.K. Tipu Engr. Waseem Akram (ASME IIUI Advisor) as well as our guests Engr. Sakhi Jan Khalil, and Engr. M. Muzaffar (Former ASME IIUI President). A Google Feedback form was also circulated among the participants to give their feedback for event.

Chairman DME Dr. Syed Athar Masood and ASME Faculty Advisor Engr.Waseem Akram sign the certificates and announced the winners of the event on the fb page: http://facebook.com/asme.iiui.

First Position Winners: Team IIUI Thunders from IIU, Islamabad

Second Position Winners: Team NED Alpha from NED-UET, Karachi

Third Position Winners: Team NUST from NUST, Islamabad

Dean FET Prof.Dr. Nadeem A. Sheikh Sharing his views in the Presentation Event

Assistant Professor DME Engr. Javed A.K. Tipu sharing his views in the event

Assistant Professor DME Engr. Sakhi Jan Khalil sharing his views in the presentation event

Advisor ASME IIUI/Judge Engr. Waseem Akram sharing his views in the presentation event

ASME IIUI 2020-21 President Mr. Abdullah Khalid Sharing his views in the presentation event

1. How students can explore different opportunities and benefit from them?
2. What are the steps to become a successful engineer?
3. How to conduct a market research?
4. How to align an FYP with market demand so that students can getthe benefit of it?
5. How to develop an entrepreneurial mindset?

The speaker also responded the queries of students in the Question&Answer session. The webinar was very much appreciated by the students by taking keen interest and very helpful for the students.

The webinar focused on the key areas of self-improvement. The speaker told that always learn from your mistakes and avoid developing victim mentality. He also advised to the students to do the following five things on daily basis

1. Keep a journal
2. Maintain a healthy diet
3. Exercise on daily basis
4. Analyze your failures
5. Have more mentors than friends after the age of 20
6. He also responded to thequeries of the students during Questions &Answers sessions.
7. We really thankful to our President MESS Mr. Adil Abbas for arranging such a great Speaker.

The purpose of this sports league is to promote extra-curricular activities in the department and to provide a healthy atmosphere to the students both physically and mentally. The games included were Cricket, Futsal, Badminton and Tug of war. The umpiring standard throughout the league was superb. Mechanical Engineering Student Society (MESS) is thankful to worthy chairman DME, Dr. Athar Masood, faculty members and participants for making this event successful. At the end, congratulations to the organizing team of MESS, who make day and night effort to successfully organize this sports league.

CRICKET

Twelve teams participated in the cricket tournament of DSL. The tournament was ended with a thriller. The final match was played between F19 Warriors and F16 the best two teams of the tournament. After a nail-biting thriller, the team F19 Warriors won the limited over final match under the captainship of Syed Hammad.

FUTSAL

Eight teams from DME participated in the futsal. All teams played well and strived hard to get the trophy but Back Bencher FC from batch 16 ruled out all and won the final thriller under the captainship of Mr. Faizan.

BADMINTON

Twenty teams participated in the badminton tournament of DSL. But unfortunately, the final matches of tournament was canceled due Covid-19. Before Covid-19, only seven to eight matches were played.

TUG OF WAR

This is one of the most interesting game and students show their physical fitness here. Four teams participated in this wonderful game. All teams put their efforts best but F17 Thunder declared the winner. Congratulations to the winners and best wishes for all the teams that participate in this DSL.

Faculty members and MS-PhD scholarsattended this fruitful session in which Dr. AtharMasood shared his valuable knowledge of the topic andengaged the participants fully in the workshop. It was a healthy interactive session in which participants asked different questions from the speaker and discussed various technical aspects of management and leadership to enhance productivity/output.

The following main topics were covered in the workshop.

1. Concept and importance of Management and Leadership
2. Models and principles of management / Leadership
3. People and Productivity
4. Performance Management
5. Career Management

In the end, a shield was presented to Dr. Engr. Syed Athar Masood and certificates were distributed among the participants.

Cabinet MEAA 2019-2020

Hult Prize, IIUI, was held on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Allama Iqbal Auditorium old campus IIUI.

Hult prize is organized every year with the mission of “Building Start-ups that have a positive impact on our planet with every dollar earned”. This year the theme was “Climate Change”. Nine teams participated in this contest. Team ENGINEERING INNOVATION presented their unique model of “Movable smog removing machine” which was appreciated by the judges. Judges panel included Rahim Saeed (CEO Marcoon international Ltd.),Masood Ahmed Khan (Chairman Kashmir Super League), Majid Shabbir (Sec. Gen Islamabad Chamber of Commerce), Taimoor Ahmed (Asst. Director, ORIC), Muhammad Saud Khan (Professor Victoria university New Zealand), Muhammad Atif Khan (Director HR – AKSADS), Zahid Iqbal (Founder British Oxford Schools). Wahaaj us Seraaj CEO Nayatel was the chief guest. Souvenir and wining certificates were presented to Engineering Innovation by the chief guest.

We congratulate team ENGINEERING INNOVATION on winning this contest and many congratulations to Engr. Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Lecturer, Deptt of Mechanical engineering, who supervised them in this project. The students are expected to visit UK to present their innovative idea and IIU, Islamabad, in the international Hult Competition.

Engr. Waseem Akram (Co-supervisor ASME) & Engr. Muhammad Naeem (Co-supervisor MESS) jointly presented the TROPPHY to MESSTHE WINNING CHAMPIONS of the tournament.

Students participated in various segments of the event. A video on the activities of DME was also shown to the students which included seminars, departmental sports league (DSL), tours etc organized by MESS.Engr. Javed Ahmad Khan Tipu amused the students with his poetry and expressed his feelings. Engr. Dr. Saeed Badshah appreciated the efforts of society and encouraged students to take part in these kinds of extracurricular activities in order to excel in life. Chief Guest Engr. Dr. Syed Athar Masood (Chairman, DME) during his address instructed the students to focus on studies with same spirit as they are performing in extra-curricular activities. During his welcome note, he also acknowledged the efforts of society for organizing such a beautiful event. Other faculty members also shared with the students their life experiences. Batch-wise photos were taken at the end with faculty members. Students enjoyed the event and showed a positive response towards these kinds of activities.

MESS CABINET (2019-20)

Being a German company, KSB Pumps has 61 branches worldwide and provides different manufacturing products and services to its customers most notably including waste water management, building services, mining, automation and water treatment solutions. It is well known for its manufacturing process, integrity and reliability of product. They do not only provide standard products butthey also have the capability to manufacture their products according to customer requirements.

The purpose of the visit was, to familiarize Mechanical Engineering students which has a large automated production line where products are being created on automated assembly plants. In addition to this, students became accustomed to the practices of multi-national firms especially with respect to Health & Safety, and Environmental perspective.Students of DME, IIUIvisited their core shop, foundry shop, metallurgical laboratory, machine shop and assembly line.

Faculty members, MS-PhD scholars and participants from different industries attended this fruitful session in which Dr.Nadeem shared his valuable knowledge on the topic &engaged the participants fully in the workshop. It was a healthy interactive session in which participants asked different questions from the guest speaker and discussed various technical aspects regarding Enhanced Energy Recovery.

The following main topics were covered under the proposed seminar.

1. Prime energy resources and their utilization
2. Energy conversion & efficiency
3. Co-generation & CHP
4. Enhanced recovery & its utility
5. Renewable integration & utility
6. EV’s and its mechanism using renewable resources – the next generation

Dean FET, Professor Dr. Muhammad Amir congratulated the resource person for the successful seminar and encouraged the participants especially the young researchers to work on energy related issues which is a major problem across the country but can be sorted if proper resources are utilized as Pakistan is rich in its renewable energy resources.

Chairman DME, Dr.Athar Masoodthanked Dr. Engr. Nadeem Ahmed Sheikhfor sparing his precious time for this workshop &appreciated his worth as a teacher who is willing to give his time and talent to enrich the lives of the young people.

In the end, a shield was presented to Dr. Engr. Nadeem Ahmed Sheikh by Dean FET, Dr. Muhammad Amir and Chairman DME, Dr.Athar Masood.

ASME Student Section IIUI invited an expert from OGDCL Engr Jamshaid Abid who has expertise in ASME Codes and Standards specially for piping industry. He has a vast working experience in Piping and as a Project Engineer in multinational companies.

Engr Jamshaid explained about ASME Codes Pressure Vessel Code – ASME Sec VII Div. 1,Process Piping Code – ASME B31.3, Pipeline Code – AME B31.4 /B31.8. He also explained following Codes

• ASME B31.1 Power Piping
• ASME B31.3 Process Piping
• ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries
• ASME B31.5 Refrigeration Piping and Heat Transfer Components
• ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems
• ASME B31.9 Building Services Piping
• ASME B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems (superseded by ASME B31.4 in 2012)ASME B31.12 Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines.

Mr. Muhammad Ashraf Assistant Director Alumni Office talked to the alumni and assured them that the IIUI Alumni office is striving hard to provide more job opportunities to the students. He assured that Alumni office is displaying job opportunities provided by the Alumni and urged the alumni to share any job vacancies or internships with the university to help students aware of current jobs opening. He also assured them that issuance of alumni ID cards will be arranged soon.

Alumni also participated in motivating the students and share their experiences about how life is after graduation. Mr. Zain ul Abideen working in MNC shared his experience of how the job market is and what to expect from the new market opportunity.

Mr. Ahmad Adnan talked about the hurdles and opportunities and scope of having a PhD and getting a scholarship from abroad. Captain Salaman, an army officer and Alumni shared his knowledge and area of expertise. Mr. Waqar Ahmed discussed the opportunities of HVAC and being an Entrepreneur provides guidelines for more opportunities.

Around 130 DME alumni & guests attended the event. After the event the guests and the Alumni of IIUI visited the DME building and enjoyed alumni dinner at the faculty club.

After the Q-A session, students visited complete overhauling facility of Talons. Students were very keen to observe and inquire about various components of the aircraft. The students were then visited Mirage maintenance facility where components of the state of the art aircraft were also on display.

Students also visited JF-17 Thunder maintenance and manufacturing facility. The students were ecstatic to see the JF-17 Thunder and expressed their gratitude for their kind and heartwarming hospitality to PAC Management. The tour wasthen escorted to PAC gate to good bye to students. The students also enjoyed lunch at KFC.

Cricket tournament is main part of the DSL-2.
12 teams participate from of department of Mechanical Engineering.
Each team consist of 9 players and one faculty member.
Final match of DSL-2 have played between F15 and F16.
And F15 won the cricket tournament.

Futsal:

Futsal is also a part of DSL-2.
In which 10 teams participated and each team consist of 7 players.
Final match of futsal have played between F16 and F15.
F15 won the futsal final.

Badminton:
Badminton is also a part of DSL-2.
In which 12 players participated.
Badminton won the player of F17 batch.

The factory was established in Risalpur in 1993 at a total cost of ₨2284 million (US$22 million).

Its function is to manufacture indigenous diesel electric locomotives and electric locomotives, thus allowing Pakistan Railways to have less dependency on foreign technology.

The factory has manufactured a total of 102 new diesel electric locomotives of 2000-3000 horsepower for Pakistan Railways since 1993. 26 overage locomotive of 2000-2400 horsepower have also been rehabilitated. Different spare parts of locomotives are also being manufactured.

The visit was very beneficial for students to visualize and interlink the concepts studied in books and the real world processes.

According to details, the accreditation has been given for two years under Washington Accord Outcome Based Education System (Level II) i.e. Intake Batches 2014 & 2015. The Washington Accord is an international accreditation agreement for professional engineering academic degrees between the bodies responsible for accreditation in its signatory countries.

It is pertinent to mention that BSME Program of Department of Mechanical Engineering is 1st accredited program under Washington Accord among all public sector universities offering undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Degree and overall on 7th among all others universities in Pakistan. Graduates of accredited programs under Washington Accord in any of the signatory countries are recognized by the other signatory countries as having met the academic requirements for entry to the practice of engineering.

Dr. Saeed Badshah, Chairman Department of Mechanical Engineering commented on the accreditation that it will give international recognition to the degrees of our students not only in Pakistan but also enhancing their employment opportunities across the developed countries like USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and UK etc..

“Moreover, the IIUI graduates will not face any difficulty to get employment/study visa from signatories countries” he furthered.

IIUI leadership has lauded the achievement of DME and felicitated its faculty and, management.

223 passenger coaches have been manufactured and exported to Bangladesh and 20 rehabilitated Meter Gauge coaches were exported to Senegal during 2002. Carriage Factory from start of its production belt has manufactured 2246 new coaches besides rehabilitation of 1809 coaches has also been done. Mr. Umer Assistant Engineer and Mr. Zaryab Assistant Engineer guided the students and explain each processes in detail. Industrial Liaison Office DME IIUI is thankful to the management of carriage factory who give our students an opportunity to visit the factory.

The team MECHSquad consisting of BSME-16 students, supervised by Engr. Sakhi Jan, achieved 2nd position in the competition. This was the first attempt of MECHSquad in any competition.

The other team Team Sirius consisting of BSME-15 student’s clinched 3rd spot in the competition. Team Sirius has already achieved positions at NUST and GIKI. Team Sirius was supervised by Engr. AsadAsgharJanjua, Lecturer and In-Charge DME Student Activities. Team Sirius is the first team of DME that started the trend for Human Powered Vehicles in IIUI.

Worthy President IIUIProf. Dr. Ahmed Yousif Ahmed Al Draiweesh, Dean FET Prof. Engr. Dr. Muhammad Amir, and Chairman DME Engr. Dr. Saeed Badshah took keen interest in the making of Formula Student Car by arranging financial resources, technical and logistical support at every stage of the project.

The event of DICE Automotive 2017 provides a platform for students of the country to showcase their innovative projects related to Automotive Industry. It also provides students and industry a chance to present their ideas and products to professionals and renowned personalities of the country.

The team designed the Formula Student Car as per the specifications of Formula Student UK rules that students are willing to compete in international competition going to be held in Silver Stone Circuit, UK in August 2018 with the support of Worthy President IIUI, Dean FET, and Chairman DME.

The team fabricated the formula student car using available lab facilities in Department of Mechanical Engineering and material purchased from local market. The overall cost of the project was PKR 400,000/-

Panel of Judges consist of experts from academia (NUST Islamabad, NED-UET Karachi, HEC Pakistan), and industry (DICE Foundation UK, Toyota Indus Motors, Atlas Honda, and Yamaha) judged projects of the participant Universities and HEI’s of Pakistan. The jury decided the positions on following criteria which included:

1. Degree of Innovation
2. Potential Impact on local industry and Economy
3. Usage of Modern Tools / software
4. Readiness for commercialization (Prototype & Business Plan)
5. Presentation / Report

Ir. Azlan Bin Abdul Aziz, from the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) was the Resource Person of the workshop, who has been a Mentor to Pakistan towards full signatory status of Washington Accord (WA) of International Engineering Alliance (IEA).

The workshop is one of the series of activities conducted by FET for smooth implementation of OBEsystem. In this workshop course learning outcomes (CLO), Program Learning outcomes (PLO) and Program Educational Objectives (PEO) were discussed in more details. It was a healthy interactive session in which faculty members from otherHEI’s i.e UET Taxila, UET Peshawar, COMSAT Sahiwal Campus, Wah Engineering College, Swedish College of Engineering and Technology, Wah Cantt and University of Sargodha participated.

Dr Saeed Badshah, Chairman DME and focal person of this workshop enlightened the objectives of the workshop and said that implementation of OBE system in engineering education will enhance the quality of educational programs.

Dean FET, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Amir, speaking on this occasion emphasized the faculty members to implement the Outcome Based Education System as per the roadmap towards Washington Accord full signatory status of Pakistan.

Vice president Academics, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Bashir Khan concluded the session and presented Shield to Ir. Azlan bin Abdul Aziz.

During a meeting, Ir. Azlan bin Abdul Aziz briefed Rector IIUI, Prof. Dr. Mohammad MasoomYasinzai about the importance of OBE system in the development of the countryand making universities as the economic engines. Prof. Masoom ensure his full support for such kind of activities in IIUI and said that the successful implementation of OBE system in FET will be a stepping stone for executing OBE system in all faculties of IIUI.

Alumni and the Guests including Chief Guest Vice President (Acad) Dr. Muhammad Bashir Khan, Vice President HS &R Dr Aqdas Naveed Malik , In-charge Alumni Office Hafiz Muhammad Anwar, Chairman DME Dr. Saeed Badshah, Dr Afzal Khan, all the faculty and students of department first gathered formally in the Auditorium where the audience (specially students) were briefed by the guest speakers, mainly graduates of DME, about the challenges in acquiring jobs and encouraged to excel themselves in entrepreneurship by effectively utilizing their current time in study and learning basic technical skills. Final year students were stressed to put their best efforts in FYPs and learn all the pros and cons in the completion of the certain projects. The program also included some of messages in recorded videos from the alumni who couldn’t come. Alumni from different working backgrounds shared their experiences and conveyed some important tips for appearing in interviews. The overall message was to believe in oneself and improve various skills of his interest to excel.

VP HS&R Engr. Dr.Aqdas Naveed Malik underscored the importance of engineers for developing nations and effectively distinguished between the theoretical and practical aspects of engineering. He shared his own experiences and said that he is glad to be there in the ceremony.

The Chief Guest also emphasized the role of engineers in the society and admired the alumni for their efforts to bring IIUI a good name and praised the organizers for their efforts.

Chairman DME, Dr. Saeed Badshah paid his gratitude to all the worthy guestsincluding Alumni for sparing their valuable time and making this event successful and assured arranging more in future. He praised the faculty and MEAA team for their efforts. He also launched a website of his departmental alumni section built by MEAA members.

Other speakers were Dr Afzal Khan, In-Charge MEAA and Current President MEAA (F14 Student) who discussed the certain achievements and future horizon of their association.

After that Chief Guest awarded shields to MEAA team members (present and former) for their efforts and souvenirs were presented to the worthy guests by HOD DME.

Informal session was carried out in which currently enrolled students were given the opportunity to meet their senior fellows and sought any help in studies and internships.

In the evening dinner was served to the guests at Teachers Club IIU.

All the Alumni and guests thanked the organizing team for inviting them and admired their efforts for arranging such a successful event. They assured their support to the department and students in such activities in future.

The event ended on fascinating view of sky lanterns in the air.

The students not only get introduced with the 3D printing technology but they also created their own 3D designs and developed their 3D models on the 3D printer available at the Lincoln’s Corner in IIU, Islamabad.

After the encouraging response from the students of DME, the department is in process to indulge Lincoln’s Corner 3D Printer facility to introduce in Lab Work, and in Final Year Project Work to develop advanced technology skills of students.

Students greatly enjoyed the adventourous route to the location and the serene beauty of the lake. Students were provided ample time to relax on the beautiful banks of lake and most of the students did a hiking-cum-walk around the lake. Students were served lunch at the lake. After sunset, students enjoyed at the lake in the warmth of a bonfire. Students were also provided with light refreshments in the buses on the route back to university.

Engr. AsadAsgharJanjua (In Charge Student Activities, DME), Engr. Sajjad Ahmed (In Charge Industrial Liason, DME), Engr. M. Tayyab( Member Industrial Liason, DME), and Engr. M. Ishfaq Khan (Lecturer, DME) arranged the exhibition stall of DME at the event. The projects made by DME departments were displayed at the stall.

Chief Guests H.E Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan, and Chairman HEC Pakistan visited the stall and appreciated the efforts of the DME students and faculty members.

Main objective of this event is to embark awareness about the importance of trees in masses specifically youngsters.

The students visited the power plants and boiler rooms of the mills and were given detailed technical information about power plants and boilers being installed in the mills. The Mechanical Engineering students took keen interest in the 13MW Power House of the mills which was working at the time of visit. The generators were powered by furnace oil and steam.

The groups also got the chance to see working fire-tube boiler in the mills along with it’s automated control. The engineers at the mills gave detailed answers to the questions of the students. The HR department of the mills gave their consent for continued cooperation between both organizations.

The purpose of the visit was to familiarize the Mechanical Engineering students with the large automated production facility where products are being created on automated assembly plants in bulk. In addition to this, students became accustomed to the practices of multi-national firms especially from the Health, Safety, and Environment perspective.

The group was given detailed presentation by the company representatives from Engineering and HR departments. The group visited the entire manufacturing facility and their queries were satisfied by the group representatives. The group was also served refreshment upon arrival and lunch was also served at the end of the visit. The company representatives and university faculty accompanying the students hoped to continue the cooperation in future.

KSB Pakistan specializes in pumps and valves. KSB Pumps have state of the art manufacturing facility of pumps. KSB pumps manufactures wide range of pumps and are known for their best quality. They not only provide standard products but also have their ability to manufacture according to customer demands. Students of IIUI visited their manufacturing assembly lines, machining shop and Foundry shop. In machining shop CNC Machines were available for different machining process and in foundary shop.

Around 250 students availed the opportunity of exploring Nature and beauty of Pakistan. Transport Section, Student Organizing Committee and Faculty ventured together to facilitate the guests and make their Tour memorable.

The Trip started at 8:00 in the morning from H-10 Campus and matured with 3 hours hiking at Donga Gallo around 4:00 in the evening. Hiking was followed by a Bonfire at Harnoifrom 7:00 till 8:30. The guests and students arrived at H-10 Campus around 12:00 Midnight. Two Times refreshments and lunch was served at regular intervals during the Trip at Haripur, Donga Galli and Bonfire at Harnoi Lake.

Student Organizing Committee headed by Waleed Ahmad Raza, Hassan Bin Nazir and Adrees Ahmad along with Engr. Muhammad Ishfaq Khan expressed their gratitude to Dr. Saeed Badshah, In charge Transport, Director Student Affair and Administration for their full support to make event possible.

Students from across the world including teams from Singapore, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Middle East participated in this international event.

All the teams competed in following two major categories of the competition which were:

1. Design Event, in which team IIUI clinched 1st Position.
2. Race Event, in which team IIUI team got 3rd Position.

The students under the supervision of Engr. Muhammad AbuBakar Munir, Lecturer, DME, FET and with the support of the department manufactured the vehicle within the department using available laboratories and resources.

A nine member team of students from Department of Mechanical Engineering F-15 Batch achieved 4th Position in All-Pakistan ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition (HPVC’ 2017) at NUST-Islamabad. The team was supervised by Engr. Muhammad Tayyab (Lab Engineer).
The team competed in all four categories of the competition which are:

1. Design Event
2. Sprint Test
3. Tour de’ NUST
4. Endurance Test

The students under the supervision of Engr. Muhammad Tayyab and with the support of the department manufactured the vehicle within the department using available laboratories and resources.

1. Design, Fabrication and testing of 5-Axis Desktop CNC vertical milling machine, made by Muhammad Mehboob, Salman Rehman, Adeel Mehmood, Raja Ubaid Ur Rasool, Syed Muhammad Zaryab and Muhammad Ahmed under the supervision of by Engr. Ishfaq Khan
2. Design and Fabrication of Exoskeleton for paraplegic and polio victims, made by Saad Ahmer, Hassan Nawaz and Muzammil Zafar under the supervision of Engr. M. AbuBakar Munir
3. Design & control of automatic bottle inspection machine through PLC, made by Usman Nawaz, Humayon Ahmed and Asif Nawaz under the supervision of Engr. M. AbuBakar Munir

Esteemed guests/visitors from the industries/organizations and academia appreciated the work done by the students. The participants, experts from industries/organizations, scholars from academia interacted with each other & with the students and share their ideas and views. SINA institute also offered free workshop to the winning group as an acknowledgment. This event will help students to seek their carriers in the industry or pursue for the higher studies.

The teams were led by Chairman Dr. Saeed Badshah and were accompanied by Engr. Asif Khan & Engr. Abdur Rafay. Teams from various universities of Pakistan participated in the event and presented their final year projects and posters. After a tough competition with other prominent universities such as UET Peshawar and The University of Faisalabad; the project with the title “5-Axis CNC Milling Machine” supervised by Engr. Muhammad Ishfaq Khan secured 1st Position in Project Competition Category while the project titled “Exoskeleton for Paraplegic and Polio Victims” supervised by Engr. M. AbuBakar Munir got 3rd Position in Poster Competition Category and were awarded with shields and certificates.
A great number of attendants including Dr. Samar Mubarakmand showed ardent interest in the said project’s and appreciated the efforts of the team. The Chairman DME and other faculty members encouraged the teams on their success at winning the competition twice in a row.

1. Modeling and simulation of pressurized systems
2. Welding simulations for pipe flange joints
3. Optimization of bolted joints for optimized performance
4. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding simulation for weld pool optimization
5. Simulation and optimization of Renewable Energy Systems
6. Water and sediment flow simulations through Tunnels and Tarbela Reservoir
7. Simulation of Diesel Engines
8. Spine modeling and analysis

In the end, a shield was presented to Dr Abid by Chairman Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr Saeed Badshah.

1. Effective use of ICT in Teaching
2. Research Methods & Skills
3. Research Grant Proposal

The goal of this workshop is to provide high quality initial teacher training within a Faculty, which prepares trainees to meet the Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher.
Dr. Abdul Rehman Cheema was the resource person of 1st Module (Effective use of ICT in Teaching). He is Assistant Professor in COMSATS Institute of Technology, Islamabad. He is the master trainer of HEC, certified from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Prof. Dr. Salman Iqbal and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abid were the resource persons for the 2nd module (Research Methods and Skills). Prof. Dr. Salman Iqbal is the Dean, Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Computer Sciences and Information Technology (KICSIT), Kahuta. Prof Dr Muhammad Abid is presently Director Interdisciplinary Research and Chairman Mechanical Engineering program at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Dr. Saeed Badshah, Chairman Department of Mechanical Engineering, FET, IIUI was resource person of the 3rd module (Research Grant Proposal). He is also the master trainer of HEC certified from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.
The workshop was organized by Dr. Saeed Badshah, Chairman DME, and on completion of workshop, certificates were distributed among the participants by Vice President Academics IIUI, Dr. Muhammad Bashir Khan.

The conference will help people in Asia, and particularly in Pakistan, to introduce the current techniques and alternate methods to overcome the energy crises and power shortages. The experts, researchers in the field of power generation/renewable energy gave their valuable opinions/solutions for industrial and domestic energy crisis. This conference also gave an opportunity to young engineers, professionals to present their research in the field of power generation and renewable energy. The research papers accepted and presented in PGSRET 2015 will be published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

The goal of this workshop is to provide high quality initial teacher training within a Faculty, which prepares trainees to meet the Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher. This workshop will help trainers to understand learning psychology and its principles and apply psychological principles to make teaching-learning process effective and student-centered.

The workshop was organized by Dr. Saeed Badshah, Chairman DME, and on completion of workshop, certificates were distributed among the participants by Dr. Sheroz Khan.