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Editorial Board

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Maj. M. Salman Rashed, EME

EDITOR

Malik Basharat Alamgirian,

DME

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Rabia Maqbool, DEE

Jawwad Ahmed, DME

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Overture
Letter from the Editor CONTENTS
Events
4-5

Tech-Talk
6-7

Cover
IEEE, NUST Olympiad

8-9

Expressions
10-11

In memory of those who left us

13

People
Interview with Brig Dr Younus Javed
14

P a r e n t - Te a c h e r
Meeting
On 12th June 2009, a Parent-
Teacher Meeting was held at
the College of E&ME.

While the idea made sense at

school level, we were not com-
pletely sure if it did at the col-
lege and university level, so we
sought your opinion on the mat-
ter.

Should there be Parent-

Teacher Meetings?

The results on the left are based

Your articles, news and reviews for the
next publication as well as ideas for im-
provement in Campbuzz, are welcome
at campbuzz@ceme.edu.pk
on the replies of students from
the College to whom we posed
the question.
Should there be Parent-Teacher Meetings?

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The Buzz...
"EARTH DAY" AND OUR
INITIATIVE
On 22nd April 2009, the world celebrated "Earth Day". The Environ-
ment Club, which is an initiative by the students to work for the bet-
terment of the environment, sought to make use of this landmark day
to start an effort for paper recycling. Trees are vital to life, and the
more paper we use, the more trees are cut down every day, which is
why it makes sense to recycle and use the paper that is to be dis-
carded anyway. From 2.30 pm onwards, students gathered to make
special bins just for paper to be thrown in; paper to be recycled
would be collected in this way. We toiled in the ASG lawn, using for
our purpose simple cardboard boxes, some green crepe paper and a
few scissors. Although the response of the students in general was
poor, the few who were involved in the affair worked with high spir-
its, they knew they were doing something good, and even if their
work would not garner any acclaim, at least their consciences would
be clear, because they did their bit. It is hoped that this humble effort
goes some way towards making our college more environmentally
friendly.
FUND RAISING FOR
IDP’S
Recognizing the need for action students of our
college started the collection of fund s for the
Internally Displaced Persons of Swat. As in the
case when our brethren in Quetta needed our help
on account of the Earthquake, everyone stepped
up to help in whatever little way they could. Sev-
eral collection points were set up around the col-
lege to collect the funds which would later be
transferred to those in need of them. So far funds
in excess of 150,000 have been collected in under
ten days. This is a remarkable figure and one can
only laud the response of the college community,
students and teachers alike, for donating so much,
so generously. All the volunteers involved also

Plantation Drive at EME

June 29: Trees are the nature’s greatest gift to mankind, their depletion
has caused changes causing global consequences. To ensure the sustain-
ability of the ecosystem more and more plantations are required particu-
larly in Pakistan. First time ever in history of EME the students partici-
pated in the tree plantation activity arranged by Environment Club. The
college was given a gift of 400 saplings by the president Pakistan Horti-
culture Society, Maj. General Islamullah (R) out of which the college
handed over almost
150 saplings at the
role of Environment
for Plantations by
students.

The plantation drive

was inaugurated
through the planta-
tion by the comman-
dant EME College,
Maj. Gen. Muham-
mad Shahid (SI) fol-
lowed by the plantations by Dean Brig. Abdul Ghafoor and the
HODs. These saplings were planted around all departments and
hostels including the girls’ hostel. It is hoped that in coming years
more and more students will get involved in the plantation activi-
ties, recognizing the blessings of them, in near future.

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In issue 28, Head of Mechanical Engineering
Department, Dr Afzaal Malik’s demand as a
mentor for students seeking to carry out re-
search was mentioned. Only recently, another
student from IIT, Kanpur also expressed inter-
est in carrying out research under Dr Malik.
Dr. Malik was kind enough to share the con-
tents of the e-mail with us, and we reproduce it
below for our readers.
TWIN CITY BASKETBALL
AND FOOTBALL
TOURNAMENT
Another opportunity for the Football and Basketball in the field of Mechanical Engineering and right now I am look-
lovers, TWIN CITIES GALA EME College, a Mega ing forward to gain abetter insight into the research aspects of
Event in which all most all the universities of the
Twin Cities participated including Bahria University, I have a three month summer vacations coming up starting from
International Islamic University, Al Shifa Medical
College and all the Constituent Colleges of NUST
based in Twin Cities. The EME College Teams of
scored ranks in their respective games. Both the Foot-
ball and Basketball Teams of EME College got to the
Finals while Final match of Football was dominated
by Islamic International University and Bahria Uni-
versity Reigned Supreme in Basketball. SAS (Sports
And Adventure Society) deserves our applause for
hosting such a Prestigious Event.
Football Winners - IIU Islamabad
YOUNG TALENT OF EME
EME College has found an energetic youth, an asset
of Jauhar company, Omar Siddique , a renowned
striker of Degree 30 , has proved his worth in recent
football competition of TWIN CITIES FOOTBALL
GALA. His skills and unwavering spirit lead the foot-
ball team of E.M.E College to the final round. He re-
mained the top scorer of the tournament .A marvelous
hat rick by him would be remembered for a long time.
Well Done!
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Live from IIT, India
Respected Prof. Malik ,
I am a third year(Btech-Mtech Dual Degree) undergraduate en-
gineering student in Mechanical Engineering Department from
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur(India). I am very much
interested in the following areas:
1. Advanced Manufacturing Processes
2. Nuclear technology
3. Design and Graphics
4. Multiphase flow
As for now, I would like to pursue my further studies(PhD)after
my M.tech.
the field.
the first week of May and I am looking forward for an intern-
ship (from May to July 2009) so as to gain a better understand-
ing of the field.
I am writing this mail to inquire about the possible internship
opportunities under you.I would like to convey that I have gone
through your publication Analysis of circumferentially arc
welded thin-walled cylinders to investigate the residual
stress fields and it left me fascinated.I am convinced that given
a chance to work under you as an intern, I would learn a lot.
I am attaching my curriculum vitae along with this application.
Kindly have a look at my academics, project and professional
courses undertaken and let me know of the chances of getting
an internship under you. In case you are unable to take an intern
this year, I request you to please forward my application or di-
rect me to some of your colleague who would be interested in
taking an intern this summer in the fields mentioned.I would be
glad to provide more information about my background or
skills.
Thank you for your time and patience.
Looking forward to hearing from you
Yours Sincerely,
VIKASH KUMAR
3rd Year Undergraduate
Mechanical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur-India
Tech-talk
Performance Efficiency and Security Enhancement
Techniques for Wireless Networks.
AAQIF AFZAAL ABBASI
Faculty Member
Department of Mechatronics Engineering

Mr. Aaqif Afzaal Abbasi joined NUST in 2008 and is performing duties at Mechatronics Engineering Department as Faculty
member. He holds Masters Degree in IT with focus on Telecommunication and Networks.

Wireless Networks are being widely used by fixed and mobile
users such as cellular networks for mobile phones and Wireless
Local Area Networks (WLANs) etc. Wireless network services
involve video downloading, streaming, and conferencing etc.
Users in a wireless network communicate each other through the
open air that unauthorized users can intercept content transmis-
sions or attackers can inject malicious content or penetrate the
network and impersonate legitimate users. This intrinsic nature of
wireless networks has several specific security implications. Sen-
sitive and valuable video content must be encrypted to safeguard
confidentiality and integrity of the content and prevent unauthor-
ized consumption. Therefore a wireless data channel or path is
prone to dangers. For this purpose, several ways have been
adopted to lessen the security loopholes in wireless networks.
Some of these techniques are mentioned;
1. Frequently Changing the Administrator Account Password
All wireless router manufacturers supply a simple way of access-
ing web pages to access the router and make changes to its set-
tings. For this purpose, a username and password are required for
entry. By frequently changing the username and the password,
makes it more difficult for a hacker to gain access to your router
and to change its settings. So, Administrator password should be
changed frequently.
less LAN (or WLAN). Most routers come with a default SSID.
Changing the SSID doesn't actually prevent anyone from access-
ing your network, but a default SSID indicates a poorly config-
ured network, and it is much more likely to be attacked. Hence
the SSID must be changed during router configuration.
4. Blocking Service Set Identifier (SSID)
Routers broadcast the SSID so that devices on the network may
know about the WLAN they are trying to access. Broadcasting
SSID gives an intruder the name of your router and therefore
possible access to your connection. For this purpose, the avail-
able option of allowing the router to not accept the "any" SSID
should be turned off. This means a network is in closed environ-
ment and perfect for usage.
5. MAC Address Filtering
Media Access Control (MAC) address is also called unique/
physical or hardware address of a computing device. Addressing
a computer on a network should be done on MAC or fixed ad-
dresses basis as it would reduce any intruder or nomad computer
trying to gain network access.

2. Using Encryption Keys

Wireless routers have the ability to encrypt data packets that are
transmitted and received across it. This requires the devices on
the wireless network to have encryption option turned on. A good
wireless router usually allows up to 128-bit encryption. The lar-
ger the encryption bit, the difficult is to break it. The encryption
is changed to lower levels if one or more devices on the network
do not support 128-bit encryption. So sometimes we sacrifice
because of low encryption capability in certain devices. The
router and all devices have to be set to what the lowest device
supports. One should opt for minimum 128-bit encryption and
find a way to upgrade the equipments as to avoid any problems.

3. Change the Service Set Identifier (SSID)

The Service Set Identifier (SSID) is used for identifying the wire-
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6. Avoiding Dynamic IP Addresses

In most of the routers, IP addresses are assigned through the built

in Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). This feature
allows IP addresses to be assigned to the devices by the router.
This functionality in a wireless network can be dangerous. If eve-
rything else fails such as MAC address filtering and encryption,
an attacker can gain an IP address from which he/she can initiate
an attack. One should disable this feature. There are several ad-
dress ranges that can be used for private networks such as
192.168.0.x or 10.0.0.x. So one can pick a range and then assign
an address for each device.

7. Wireless Router Installation Position

A normal good capacity wireless router may provide you a range
of up to 1,000 feet. One should direct antennas towards network
Integrity without knowledge is weak and use-
utilization area. The suitable area of placing wireless router may less, while knowledge without integrity is dan-
be any place that is open and with out obstacles. One must protect
the Wireless Router from Electricity Fluctuations and Electro- gerous and dreadful. Samuel Jackson
magnetic radiations.

BLOGGING 101 NS Zain Mustafa

Blogging 101 was an initiative by ICTEC (Information Commu-
nication Technology and Entrepreneurship club) to expose eme-
nents to the fast expanding web culture. The main attraction of
the event was the guest speaker, Badar Kushnood, currently the
country advisor to Google for Pakistan. So powerful were his
words that by the time the event ended, every attendee had his
mind set to open his own blog as soon as possible, myself in-
cluded.
DE 29-CE
media on web. The other guest for case study, Faheem was a pro-
fessional in Search Engine Optimization from Islamabad. His
Blog, www.paperpk.com, is a simple yet successful implemen-
tation of the idea of uploading paper Ads onto the web.
Blogging 101 was a Red Bull sponsored event. Halfway though
the event, the Red Bull team served the addressees with a can
each, stirring up more energy in an already enthusiastic audience.

Badar started off with some videos and statistics on slides. As the event approached its end, all three guests positioned them-
Amongst the many statistics displayed, Pakistan was shown as selves onto the stage and invited queries from the audience,
the world’s 3rd largest country in terms of broadband usage, just which battered them with questions ranging all over Badar’s talk.
above India and the 4rth largest in term of mobile phone usage, The event ended in an atmosphere of high energy and enthusi-
just below India. Badar then continued on to introduce ways for asm.
programmers to get projects off the web and earn money through
them. He was very interactive with the audience, and involved
them throughout the event. Continuing on, he departed various
invaluable tips and tricks for bloggers to boost their popularity on
the web. He comprehensively discussed how to use services such
as Insight, Google Alerts and SCO to your Blog’s advantage, but
perhaps his most meticulous discussion was pertained to the
Google Ad sense service and the Pay per Click (PPC) concept.
This was the focal point of the event, as Badar showed the audi-
ence how easy and simple it was to earn money off the web.
Along Badar, guests to the event were Haris Nadeem and Faheem
Mumtaz. These two were invited by Badar as success stories for
blogging in Pakistan for the event. Haris, a 1st year FSC student
from Lahore is a blogger who owns www.sizzledcore.com, left
the audience in awe just by revealing that he earns an average
$4000 a month, and has worked for CNN as a reporter, all cour-
tesy of his Blog. A minor as yet, Haris was a standing example of
the outstanding potential within Pakistan towards development of Group photo of attendees with guests
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IEEE and IEEE-CEME Highlights
Time of Celebration for IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the
world’s leading technical professional
organisation with around 375,000 mem-
bers in 160 countries, largest than any
other technical professional organisa-
tion, celebrated its 125th anniversary this
May 13. Yet this wasn’t the end but a
beginning to the jubilation as IEEE
branches all over the world will be cele-
brating these ‘125 Years of Engineering
the Future’ through out the year ‘09.
Although primarily formed as a
technical platform for electrical, elec-
tronics, computer engineers and com-
puter scientists, IEEE, because of its
IEEE CEME Student Branch Activities
The pioneer student branch of
Islamabad section formed in year 2000,
IEEE CEME student branch revibrated
in late 2007 and since then it has hosted
a number of seminars, career counsel-
ling sessions and workshops by note-
worthy professionals such as Mr. Veqar
ul Islam, Nokia Siemens Country Direc-
tor of Pakistan and M Zubair Shafiq, an
EME alumnus and project manager at
NUCES with more than 20 peer-review
conference/journal publications to date
time and again. The branch also con-
ducted the EME’S first ever intra-
QUICK FACTS
 IEEE’s current president is Dr
John R Vig
 It has more than 375,000 mem-
bers in more than 160 countries
 It has more than 80,000 student
members
 There are ten IEEE geographic
regions worldwide, R1-10
 IEEE in Pakistan falls into R10
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wide scope and interests over the years,
has attracted members from disciplines
as diverse as biology, physics, mathe-
matics, mechanical and civil engineer-
ing. The organisation offers various
membership levels some of which are
IEEE student/graduate student, IEEE
member and IEEE senior member. At
college and university level, IEEE stu-
dent branches through out the world
provide its members several educational,
technical, and professional benefits via
projects, activities, meetings, tours and
field trips.
college speed programming and speed
wiring competition and received im-
mense participation. It was the prize
distribution ceremony of these competi-
tions that IEEE-CEME officially
Mr. Aamir Jillani, Chairperson Electronic Communi-
launched its membership drive, offering cation, IEEE Islamabad Section, highlighting IEEE
Emenents a 50% discount on the IEEE membership benefits during the membership drive
seminar at EME
student membership fee of $25. In addi-
tion to such regular activities, this year
the branch invited students to take active NSEECS, offering participants another
part in IEEE 125th anniversary celebra- IEEE membership benefit in the form of
tions such as the official celebration on college funding half of their registration
May 13 as well as NUST Olympiad and fees in the latter case.
Pakistan Student Congress by IEEE-
 There are a total of 329 sec-  There are as many as 1,789
tions in R1-10 student branches in 80 coun-
 Pakistan has got 3 IEEE sec- tries
tions, Islamabad Lahore and  IEEE-CEME office bearers are
Karachi section Dr. Mojeeb bin Ihsan as Coun-
 Each section has many student sellor, Sidrah Liaqat as Advi-
branches sor, Malik Kamran Iqbal as
 IEEE CEME student branch
Chairperson, S Matih Abbas as
falls under Islamabad Section
General Secretary.

Emenents mark the NUST Olympiad — Successes in a Row
Child labor — the sketch by Razi Ullah that won him
the title ‘NUST Gulgee’
PSC ‘09 and IEEE-
CEME Representation
May 29-31, Emenents repre-
sented IEEE-CEME in Pakistan Student
Congress (PSC) ‘09, IEEE-Pakistan’s
biggest event of the year, held at
NSEECS. The three day congress con-
sisting of motivational seminars, leader-
ship workshop, group discussions as
well as fun activities was host to around
hundred participants representing several
IEEE student branches from all across
Pakistan. Furthermore, the Chairperson
IEEE-CEME enlightened the partici-
pants of the branch’s major activities
over the last year besides giving them
highlights on upcoming events, particu-
larly those concerning the IEEE 125th
anniversary celebrations at EME. On the
whole, Pakistan Student Congress was a
good illustration of the strong and di-
verse network that all IEEE members are
part of as it provided a platform to par-
ticipants to share their experiences and
extend friendship to others with similar
interests beyond regional boundaries.
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NUST Olympiad, May 29-31,
conducted as part of IEEE 125th anniver-
sary celebrations by the IEEE NSEECS
student branch also turned out to be a
time of jubilation for Emenents as they
kept hitting the honor roll in nearly all
of the competitions the Olympiad ex-
tended.
At the technical front, Wasif
Adnan 28 EE and Mirza Ahsan Jalil 28
EE won the speed programming compe-
tition with Mohsin Mukhtar 29 EE and
Hasaan Saadat 29 EE as runner ups of
the same competition. The best circuit
designing award went to Razi Ullah 28
EE and Saad Bin Nasir 28 EE while Ali
Salahuddin 29 EE and Sohaib Afzal 29
EE secured second place in speed wir-
ing. Likewise, the idea by Anis Ud Din
IEEE Jubilations — The Emenents’ Manner
The IEEE CEME student
branch has organised an introductory
workshop on Linux by Mr. Rao Nazar
Iqbal, a Red Hat and CISCO certified IT
specialist, on June 13 as part of its IEEE
125th anniversary celebrations. The
workshop with its 6-hrs lab session will
familiarize the participants, mostly from
IEEE-CEME’s Logo Design Competition
IEEE-CEME representatives at Pakistan Student
Congress ‘09
Cover story
By Rabia Maqbool
28 CE and Saad Shakeel 28 CE was
held third best in Technology idea for
Pakistan competition.
The artist who was declared
NUST Gulgee was yet another Emenent
Razi Ullah 28 EE, this being Razi’s sec-
ond achievement after his wire sculpture
was awarded second best in GIKI’s All
Pakistan NAQSH Arts Gala '09 this
April. The Olympiad closed with yet
another victory for EME, this time in E-
gaming, falling in the hands of a team of
M. Hammad 27EE, Abdur Rafay 27EE,
Salman Malik 27EE, Awais Jillani
27ME, Adeel Shaukat 27EE, Faraz Ah-
med 27EE and Omer Abdullah 30EE.
a Windows OS background, with Linux
which is a Unix based OS. A talk on
emerging technologies by eminent pro-
fessionals like Prof Dr Aamer Iqbal
Bhatti (MAJU), Assoc Prof Dr Shoab A
Khan (NUST EME) and Asst Prof Dr
Kanwar Faraz (NUST EME) will follow
the workshop.
Offering a certificate and a
prize of Rs. 1000 to the winner, the
IEEE CEME student branch logo design
competition is open to all Emenents.
The winning design will be announced
at the closing of the Linux workshop on
June 13 and thereafter it will be used on
all of branch’s publications.
Designs can be mailed at competi-
tions@ieee.ceme.edu.pk before 12th
June 2009.
Expressions
Let Love in GC Rhimmel Azeem
DE 29-MTS
I didn’t know how to worship; God, if you don’t love Him, you are just hitting your head on the
Until I knew how to love. floor. It shouldn’t be the fear but the love that should take you to
the prayer mat, it should be the love that should help you raise
I wonder how can people say that they don’t believe in love when your hands for asking, the love of having more to love the people
it was the love that helped their mothers to carry them in their around you, the God above you, to work like you are going to
bellies for nine months, our leaders spend sleepless nights work- live a hundred years, the time you decide to spend with your
ing, lead our soldiers sacrifice their lives for the freedom of our friends and capture all those memories, the compromise for each
country, when millions cried on Pakistani team losing the world other when you overlook the flaws and bear them for all the good
cup and it is the love that’s making the world go round and round things and still live together, to show that this life matters to you
or it would have collapsed long ago. so you can have more and another chance to make it right and do
it better than the previous day; the hope when you look forward
Why cant some people see it… when it’s all around us and they for the next day to come and when you stand on the battle field; it
still say that they don’t believe in it. It’s always the love when should not be for the money or that its your job but the love for
one friend compromises something for a friend. your country, the respect for the blood of millions who shed it for
its freedom .
Love has many disguises, but it’s us who have to recognize it. Its
in the shape of a friend when he cant enjoy without you, a teacher So open your heart, remove the armor that you are wearing,
when he gets worried if you are not doing well, a brother to stand throw that veil off your face and let love in… let it in… let it
for you if you are in trouble, a worried mother if you're not feel- wash all over your body and just go with the flow. You wouldn’t
ing well, a providing father when you need something, a helping regret on a single mistake made while you are in love. Because
sister when you're feeling hungry or a husband or a wife when he its only one life you get, one chance to make it all happen
or she waits to see your face again.
Because we die only once;
If it was not the love of God for his beloved Prophet (P.B.U.H) And for such a long time.
… this world wouldn’t be in existence in the first place.
I'm not Saying "BYE BYE" to Thee
It’s the love for ourselves that we study, work and try to survive
PC Arsalam Amer Qazi
for we are addicted to keep feeling the life around us. It’s the love
DE 30-EE
that makes two complete strangers turn into a bond of relation-
ship. It was the love that led to the biggest war in history, "The Now that you're going from here,
Trojan War"… if it was not love then why the taj mahal was But, in fact, you'll still remain here,
built…??? But that would be just for me to see,
Coz in my heart there's just room for thee.
"It’s not always that we find someone to love so we can
complete ourselves; I wished for fun, that I had, some,
But all was fun, when you had come.
But it's to share our incompleteness…"
So that I could live the time,
Love may be cruel, it may make your heart bleed, your soul Without you, I’ll become a lime!!!
weep, your body a living wreck, your conscience doomed, your
mind insane but once you have tasted it, you'll be ready for your Will you look just once at me?
heart to be ripped apart a thousand times, your soul shatter a mil- Smile, and say "GOOD BYE" to me?
lion times and your eyes weep rivers of tears… for the ecstasy of You had always ignored me,
love is so far beyond measure…so high that your words fall silent But this time don’t do this to me,
in front of them and you just become numb in the pleasure of it. Coz I want to live the rest,
The part of life, that is left.
So what I ask of you is that if its not love… what are you living
for, why are you wasting your energy in all the work, who are But help me O! My life is you!
I'm not saying "BYE BYE" to you!
you earning it all for, why are you still friends, why do you still
live together, why do you play or enjoy your time, why do you Coz I will die if I would see,
wait for the next day, why do you look forward for the things and You, ever, going away from me.
events that lay ahead, why do you stand on the borders and are You are going from this town,
ready to take the next bullet right on your chest??? May you get a beautiful crown
But you'll always stay in me,
If you can’t love then I wonder how you bow down in front of Coz I'm not saying "BYE BYE" to thee!
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 MY SCIENCE OF SELF CONFIDENCE
GC SAQIB AHMED
DE 28-MTS

“The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self confi-
dence, bravery and tenacity.”

(Mahatma Gandhi)

Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of can be learned and built on. And, whether you’re working on
our lives, yet so many people struggle to find it. Sadly, this can your own self-confidence or building the confidence of people
be a vicious circle: People who lack self-confidence can find it around you, it’s well-worth the effort! All other things being
difficult to become successful. equal, self-confidence is often the single ingredient that distin-
guishes a successful person from someone less successful.
After all, most people are reluctant to back a project that's being
pitched by someone who was nervous, fumbling and overly Your level of self-confidence can show in many ways: Your be-
apologetic. havior, your body language, how you speak, what you say, and so
on. Look at the following comparisons of common confident
On the other hand, you might be persuaded by someone who behavior with behavior associated with low self-confidence.
spoke clearly, who held his or her head high, who answered ques- Which thoughts or ac-
tions assuredly, and tions do you recognize
who readily admitted Self-Confidence Low Self-Confidence in yourself and people
when he/she did not around you? SOME
know something. Doing what you believe to be right, Governing your behavior based on
even if others mock or criticize you VERY IMPORTANT
what other people think.
for it. COMPARISONS:
Self-confident people
inspire confidence in
Being willing to take risks and go the Staying in your comfort zone, fearing As you can see from
others: Their audience, these examples, low
extra mile to achieve better things. failure and so avoid taking risks.
their peers, their self-confidence can be
bosses, their customers, Admitting your mistakes and vowing Working hard to "COVER UP" mis- self-destructive, and it
and their friends. Gain- to learn from them. takes and praying that you can fix the often manifests itself as
ing the confidence of problem before anyone is the wiser. negativity. Self-
others is one of the key confident people are
Waiting for others to congratulate you Extolling your own virtues as often as
ways in which a self-
on your accomplishments. possible to as many people as possible. generally more positive
confident person finds – they believe in
success. Accepting compliments graciously. Dismissing compliments offhandedly. themselves and their
“Thanks, I really worked hard on “Oh that prospectus was nothing abilities, and they also
The good news is that that prospectus. I’m pleased you rec- really, anyone could have done it.”
believe in the wonders
self-confidence really ognize my efforts.”

The Adorned Rose

GC M.Saeed Raja
DE28 MTS
While in heaven,birds and flowers paramour; With brightest sunshine round thee spread;
Winter in the garland wears; Of spring's unclouded weather;
The frost of subdued snow on thy face;
The Eglantine with dew showers How bright that heaven-directed forehead,
Her tuneful adoration,her smile:
Proud as rainbow spanning half the vale; Like a jubilant wave on her petals;
Its "FRAGRANCE" has been,a fountain at my fond's heart O! her Eminence of beauty, I submit:
door;
Whose only passion was to flow; With cold beads of morning dew;
Of its own bounty,or my need; Sprinkled like diamonds on her face;
And the winter snow surrounds her;
Beneath these fruit-tree boughs that shed; Like the crimson-hue of clouds by the evening sun;
Their snow white blossoms on thy head;

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Seminar on
“GREEN TECHNOLOGIES”
presented by
Society of Automotive Engineers SAE 

The hype about “Going Green” and all analogous things is around In his address,
us every time. We can no longer expect the return of the pristine Dr. Mirza Jamil
environment that existed in the early history of mankind. The im- Yusaf encom-
portant question is whether or not the benefits of modern technolo-
passed various
gies outweigh their adverse effects. The need for reducing all sorts
of emissions and contamination has become indispensible. Keep- green technolo-
ing this in mind, Society of Automotive Engineers – SAE NUST gies including
Student Chapter under the supervision of Faculty Advisor, SAE hydrogen fuel
Col. Ikhlaq Khattak arranged a seminar on “Green Technologies” cells, PV cells,
on May 12, 2009. Dr. Mirza Jamil Yusaf, MD, Green Technolo- ethanol fuel and
gies, Islamabad was invited to deliver a succinct lecture emphasiz- all other alterna-
ing the need to use alternate fuels.
tive fuels. He
gave a brief description of all the technologies, how they are
produced, the pros and cons of every method and how they can
be molded to suit the needs of Pakistan in particular and that of
our globe in general. Q&A session took place after the lecture
was over.

The ASG lecture hall was choke-a-block with students

from all Degrees and Departments. The whole faculty of DME
and a number of master students also attended the seminar. The
ceremony was formally opened by President SAE, Salman Mah-
mood Khawaja (DE-27 ME) with a welcome speech highlighting
salient features of SAE Student Chapter, intended events and brief
introduction about honorable guest speaker.
In the end, Vice President SAE, Mian Hashaam Sadiq (DE-27
MTS) gave concluding words. He then invited HOD, Depart-
ment of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Afzaal Malik on stage to
present souvenir to the guest. Dr. Afzaal Malik also addressed
the gathering and appreciated SAE, Student Chapter of NUST,
for organizing the event. Then the faculty, master students and
appointments of SAE were ushered to ANTE Room for hi- tea.

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Those who left us...
The dawn of the 26th of May, 2009 brought extremely shocking is stable and recovering at a fast pace.
news to the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering as
two of its brilliant students, Hassan Ishtiaq and Waqas Chaudhry, The funeral prayers of Hassan Ishtiaq and Waqas Chaudhry were
both of them from the Mechanical Engineering Department, left offered in Lahore. A bus from EME College carrying a number
this world after a tragic traffic accident in Islamabad. of students and faculty members went to Lahore to attend the
funeral prayers.
Hassan Ishtiaq was a final
year student at the College. A wreath on behalf of the
He died on the spot. Commandant, EME Col-
lege was also laid at their
Waqas Chaudhry was seri- graves.
ously injured in the accident,
and was rushed to the Paki- All the students and the
stan Institute of Medical Sci- faculty members who
ences (PIMS) where he knew the two held them in
fought courageously for life, high esteem, and that they
but lost this battle with death. are no longer with us
leaves us in a cloud of
Accompanying them was gloom.
another student of final year
from the Mechanical Engi- We pray that their souls
neering Department, Rehan rest in eternal peace and
Zahid, who also suffered se- their families have the pa-
vere injuries, but by the tience to bear this irrepara-
Grace of Allah Almighty, he ble loss.

Hassan Ishtiaq (left) and Waqas Chaudhry (right) pictured together

during their trip to Shinkiari

Zameen Kha Gaye Naujawan Kaisay Kaisay

By Hasan Javed Goreja
DE-27 ME

It was the attendace time again but somehow I didn't really
look forward to that. Perhaps because I was afraid to accept
the reality or perhaps I was being unrealistic. But then, I had
to admit it. The name which preceded mine won't be called
and it happened so. The teacher suddenly called my name and
I souted 'yes sir' like a pre-programmed robot. The name
which the teacher skipped was that of Hasan Ishtiaq.
Hassan Ishtiaq and Waqas Chaudhary were the two young
boys which lost their lives in a car accident in Islamabad in
the wee hours of morning of 26th May - two days before
Youm-e-Taqbeer. Both were from Lahore and What a fine
breed of men they both belonged to. Hassan was a very intel-
ligent and studious boy having a CGPA of 3.5+ unlike the
usual high scorers who locked themselves in their rooms in
exam season. He would help everyone and anyone
in exam season even when he himself was only satisfactorily
prepared. A night before exams, I asked him for his selfless
attitude. He rose his head, gave me a tiny smile and went back
to teaching some of his class mates. There are plenty of peo-
ple in DE 27 Mechanical who claimed that they wouldn't have
cleared their second year if Hassan wouldn't have helped
them. This doesn't meas that he was a partypooper. Whether it
was the funfair, or some get-together, he made the most of it
and was prominenetly involved.
On the other, Waqas Chaudhry did not have studies at the top
of his priority list - just like most of EMEnents and even this
scribe. He was more of a happy-go-lucky sort of a person and
I don't feel any hesitation in calling him a typical Lahorite. In
a group, it was the jovial attitude and an air of indiffernce in
his attitude which made his presence felt. He never left any of
the function or gathering without adding his colour to it. He
would narrate his mischievious incidents for hours at stretch,
without
letting our imagination drift away. He was indeed one of a
kind.
But now as both of them lay beneath the sod, we can only
pray that may Allah fogive their sins, bring solace to their
families and loved ones and provide comfort to them in the
life here after. Amen.

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PEOPLE
Brig Dr M Younus Javed
HOD Computer Department

Dr Younus Javed receiving the Best University

Teacher Award for the year 2008, from Chairman
HEC, Dr Atta-ur-Rehman
Brig Dr M Younus Javed, HOD Computer Engineering, is
one of the first officers of corps of EME to do PhD, and is
among the pioneers of NUST. He is also the recipient of
HEC Best University Teacher Award. The Editor Camp-
buzz had a brief chit-chat with the learned figure.

Born on 3rd November 1958 in Bhimber,
Azad Kashmir, Dr Younus Javed remained
a student from 1st to 10th class in Gov-
ernment High School Dhandar Kalan,
Bhimber. Right from the beginning, Dr
Younus Javed was a brilliant student. In
his matriculation in 1974, he secured 2nd
position in Mirpur Board; his score was
731/850, the most in the history of the
school. He continued to work hard, and in
FSc he stood tallest in the Mirpur Board in
1976.
Javed also took the test, and was selected
for MS and PhD abroad. He joined the
University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. Dur-
ing his PhD, he was twice honored for
outstanding research by being awarded the
Overseas Research Student Award in 1989
and 1990. Each year, he collected 6,400
pounds. It is noteworthy that students from
44 UK universities competed for the
award. He completed his PhD in 1991, and
his research was focused on Adaptive and
Predictive Modeling for Comm Systems.
in designing curriculum, policies, NUST
statutes and even PC-1 for the creation of
NUST. Dr Muhammad Ali Maud, previous
HOD Electrical, also played a very impor-
tant role in this regard.
Dr Younus Javed is a world-known re-
searcher and has produced a massive 151
research papers, among which are 72 inter-
national conference papers, 21 interna-
tional journal papers, 12 home journal pa-
pers and 46 home conference papers.

He found his way to UET Lahore, the
stand-out Engineering institution in Paki-
stan at that time, on open merit in 1977. He
went on to complete his degree in Electri-
cal Engineering in 1982, a year later than
expected due to the Bhutto Hanging case
and the political turmoil at the time. He
secured a magnificent 82.11% score.
During his 3rd year of engineering, he was
selected as E-Cadet after going through
ISSB in February 1979. In 1983, he joined
OTS Mangla for six months military train-
ing, and was commissioned on 10th June
1983. His first posting was to 51 EME
Battalion, Peshawar as a Captain. He re-
mained Workshop Officer there from June
1983 to March 1984. He did his YO from
March 1985 to June 1985, and then as-
sumed the charge of 125 Infantry Work-
shop Company, EME Nowshera.
All Pakistan Open Merit Ministry of Sci-
ence and Technology Scholarship was
announced by the Government of Pakistan Dr Younus Javed is also one of the pio-
for Higher Education in 1987. Dr. Younus neers of NUST, and has been instrumental
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Interestingly, after his PhD, he was asked
to take Captain to Major Promotion Exam
in 1992, which was quite trivial for him,
and he was crowned as Major on 9th Feb-
ruary 1992. He remained in the faculty of
Electrical Engineering Department till
1995. His efforts for the establishment of
Department of Computer Engineering
started in 1993, and finally in 1996, BE
Computer Engineering was launched to
cater for new technologies and the ever-
increasing impact of computers in our
daily life. The Department took a very
humble start in Block 5 with only two of-
fices and a lab, but it has come a long way,
and today stands as a full-fledge depart-
ment with every facility, by the efforts of
Dr Younus Javed and his dedicated team.
He took over as the Head of the Depart-
ment in 1997, and the same year, he was
promoted to the rank of Lt Colonel. He
was later promoted to the rank of Colonel
in July 2004, and Brigadier in July 2006.
The Computer Department has produced
two PhDs so far, and a third has almost
completed, and their research work carries
on under the supervision of Dr Younus
Javed. At present, 7 PhD students are
working under his supervision.
Dr Younus Javed got married in 1983, and
is blessed with two sons and two daugh-
ters. His elder son, Kashif Javed, is getting
almost over with his MS in Computer En-
gineering from KTH Sweden. His young-
est son, Qaiser Javed who stood second in
NUST entry test, is a student of Army
Medical College, and his pursuing MBBS.
One of his daughters is a Lecturer at
Bahria University, and has done MS in
Telecom and Network Engineering, while
his other daughter did MA English from
NUML, and is currently working with
Zong Telecom.
In his message to the students, he wants
them to work with full energy and dedica-
tion so that they earn a good name for
themselves, their families and the country.
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Newly Wed
Lab Technician Faiz Alam from the Department of Computer Rabia Maqbool Aneeqa Ishaq Uzair Sukhaira
Engineering has got married. The impressive marriage ceremony Co-Editor Assoc Editor Correspondent
took place on 24th May 2009, in Gilgit.
The Campbuzz Editorial team bids farewell to the DE-27 Edito-
The Campbuzz Editorial Board congratulates Mr. Faiz Alam on rial team members, which include NS Rabia Maqbool, Co-
his marriage, and wish him all the best. Editor Campbuzz, NS Aneeqa Ishaq, Associate Editor Camp-
buzz and NS Uzair Sukhera, Senior Correspondent Campbuzz.
Dutiful The graduating seniors completed their work on this issue,
which is the last issue which is being published under their guid-
Muhammad Mushtaq generally ance. Being the senior half of the Editorial team, they have
helped us a lot and put in great effort for improving the quality
known as Mushtaq Baba joined
and content of the college newsletter. It was in their tenure
EME College way back in Campbuzz was upgraded from a fortnightly grey scaled newslet-
1985.His dedicated services are ter to a monthly colored official college newsletter and maga-
spread over twenty four years. zine, which is now also being sent to other universities all across
Pakistan. Other great improvements include various content
He is a Mess Waiter and is run-
improvements and induction of student polls and other regular
ning the Tea Bar of Mechanical features which include more student interaction.
Engineering Department. The existing Campbuzz Editorial board is pleased to congratu-
Throughout his service, honesty late the graduating Editorial team members, and wishes them the
best of luck for all the future endeavors they may embark upon.
remained his principal and that
Good luck!

TRAINING SESSIONS FOR ALL FACULTY AND STAFF ON ISO

9001:2008 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARD
Quality Management representative of the College, Professor and leading defense organization in the country to get certifica-
Brigadier Dr Nawar Khan conducted training sessions for all fac- tion on ISO 9001:2008 QMS. It may also be noted that this time,
ulty and staff members of the College on the following aspects of the complete College of E&ME, including both its academics and
ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) is the Aca- the military group are going to get the certification.
demic Studies Group Lecture Hall as under:
 Introduction to ISO 9001:2008, its clauses and documenta-
tion requirements on 18th February 2009
 Audits and its techniques on 25th February 2009
 Also, a special training session for only the top management
of the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineerging on
ISO 9001:2008 QMS was conducted at the Conference Hall
of the College on the same topics on 17th April 2009. Pro-
fessor Brigadier Dr Nawar Khan delivered the talk and car-
ried out a detailed discussion on each clause of the Quality
Management System standard. This interactive session was
most beneficial as a practical approach, and was adopted for
better understanding, implementation, documentation and
record-keeping.

College of E&ME is going to prove once again that it is the first

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 Educational Trip
As further testimony to the fact that EME College’s Mechanical
Engineering stands supreme in Pakistan, the Department recently
organized a couple of educational trips for the students of the de-
partment in its bid to link practice with theory.
On the 5th of June, an educational trip was organized in collabora-
tion with the Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) to Military
Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, Rawalpindi.
The students benefitted greatly by the experience during which
they were given an insight about the development of military vehi-
cles in Pakistan, and the research and design activities underway.
Especially enthralling for the participants was a vehicle simulator
that simulated with remarkable detail the workings of battle tanks
and gunship helicopters.
The next day, students of DE 29 (ME) were taken to the Heavy
Mechanical Complex, Taxilla. It was a fantastic learning opportu-
nity for them as they were able to relate the processes used in the
heavy industries with the things they had learnt from text-books
and course work. The students especially took note of the casting
and forging processes that were instrumental in making large gears
and shafts for use in sugar and cement plants, and the assembly
techniques vital for boilers and pressure vessels.
The students were overjoyed to find out that real manufacturing
activities were underway in the country to boost our reliance on
locally developed technologies, and that the HMC, a public sector
organization, stands a stalwart in this regard.
Best Drill Instructor
Havaldar Tazir, EME, is one of the best drill instructors of Paki-
stan Army. Under his training, the Nishter Company won the
Drill Competition for the year 2009. In fact, due to the profes-
sionalism and commitment that Havaldar Tazir imparts, the
Nishter Company has won this title so many times.
He was declared the Best Drill Instructor for 2009, and was hon-
ored on the occasion by Major General Muhammad Shahid,
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military), Commandant College of Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering, Rawalpindi.
The Editorial Board congratulates him on his achievement.
New at Campus
Lecturer Junaid Arshad has recently
joined the Department of Engineering
Management.
Mr. Arshad did his Bachelors in Me-
chanical Engineering from UET Tax-
ila in 2005, and Masters in Quality
and Operations Management from
Chalmers University of Technology,
Sweden in 2008.
The Editorial Board of Campbuzz welcomes Mr. Junaid Arshad
to the College.

BREAKTHROUGH INITIATIVE BY NUST

NS Muhammad Talha Aftab

People in all parts of the world are facing the brunt of the energy could be fulfilled by using solar collectors, installed at the roof.
crises. Fossil Fuels, once abundant, are now scarce and their de-
mand is ever rising. This has compelled us to venture into alter- Project Execution Team
native, renewable sources of energy, because the exponential Principal Investigator : Mr. Ahmed Sohail, CEME
depletion of fossil fuels has raised concerns about the availability Project Engineer : Mr Khurram Shahzad from NC
of viable sources of energy for generations to come. Lab Assistants : Mr Noor Muhammad
: Mr Muhammad Afzal
The most heavily used fuels for the purpose of obtaining energy Project Management/Adminstration: NUST Consulting (NC),
in Pakistan are oil and gas. We import 80% of our oil, which NUST
causes problems for us due to the fluctuating nature of its price in
the world market. The gas used is obtained from reserves in Paki- Performance Evaluation :Mr. Zia Ud Din, Faculty
stan but they are being fast depleted. For these reasons there is a & Commercialization Member, School of Mechanical
dire need to explore renewable sources of energy, such as solar & Manufacturing Engineering
energy. There have not been any significant initiatives taken in
this direction overall, so we can be proud of the fact that our very
own college, under the auspices of NUST, was involved in a Pakistan is a country blessed with sunlight round the year. Such
break-through of sorts, as far as using solar energy as an alterna- enterprises of making solar energy useful can be used in indus-
tive to fossil fuels is concerned. tries throughout Pakistan to curtail the consumption of our natu-
ral gas resources. The natural gas saved can be utilized in house-
holds instead. Conserving the little fuel we have and exploring
Siddiq Leather Works (SLW) located at Sheikhupura Road, La- new sources of energy is the way forward in this fast progressing
hore was selected for implementation of this project. The leather world. The job of engineers is perhaps to find solutions for all
factory used gas boilers to heat a certain amount of water for its problems existing and impending. It should be a source of pride
daily requirements. The NUST team with the help of funding for us that our university, and especially our college, the college
through the HEC, and the industry in question, successfully of E&ME, is taking a lead in crossing new thresholds in this
showed that about 40-50% of the total heating requirements regard.

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