Annual Report 2011

IEEE PNEC ANNUAL REPORT 2011
MISSION STATEMENT
IEEE PNEC Student Branch aims to progress as a comprehensive society, responsive to technological change. We at IEEE PNEC, envisage exploring, initiating and enlightening the knowledge of theory and practice of all aspects of Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering and the allied branches of engineering and related sciences. We promote wholesome interaction of the students with the pioneers and renowned leaders of the field both in academic as well as corporate sector. Our basic paradigm is the professional development of the students in accordance to the Constitution and Branch Bylaws of IEEE and the conventions as defined by Pakistan Navy Engineering College.
Besides fostering a spirit of technological innovation, we help the students of the College in becoming confident, competent, well-rounded individuals brimming with personal and professional talent and well-equipped to make their mark in the world as members of IEEE PNEC and graduates of the College.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2011
LEFT TO RIGHT (BOTTOM ROW) 1. NAEEM ALTAF 2. BILAL ZAKI 3. DR. SAMEER QAZI 4. CAPT IMRAN TI(M) 5. REAR ADMIARAL IMDAD JAFRI SI(M) 6. CAPT SYED M. BABUR TI(M) 7. RABIA KHALID 7. SYED M. ALI 8. HASSAN IDREES
(TOP ROW) 1. ZAIN GILL 2. AZEEM SARWAR 3. SYED ONIB NASIR 4. RABIA JAMAL 5. SUMAYYA ABBAS 6. IQRA SAJID 7. ZENAB ALI 8. KANZA BASIT 9. SAIMA ISHAQ 10. RAMEEZ QASIM 11. UMER YOUNIS 12. HAMMAD KHALID 13. ARIJ RIAZ
DEANs message
Publishing the Annual Report of IEEE is a great event and its role cannot be overestimated especially as this Annual Report is published in a college with such an intellectual and academic potential as any other part of this country. I would like to appreciate this continued initiative of IEEE-PNEC chapter. I have real pleasure to observe that members of IEEE-PNEC have been working together in various areas of PNEC curricular and co-curricular activities from all platforms for many years and have been an important asset. Today, IEEE-PNEC is not just a college society but is a FAMILY in which the management, staff, students, and alumni works in unity to foster this FAMILY SPIRIT. The entire atmosphere of IEEE-PNEC is permeated by this spirit, which promotes collaboration and cooperation leading to peaceful learning and growth. Your ALMA MATER is indeed proud of you! I hope that the Annual Report will further stimulate the growth and development of PNEC students who will learn about this vibrant society and the skill development of its members. It will also allow showing their achievements to the outside world. I wish the Editorial Board and Publications Staff of the Annual Report every success in achieving the highest standards in content and operations.
Syed Muhammad Babur TI(M) Captain Pakistan Navy
Branch Mentors Message

IEEE-PNEC Student Branch has evolved to become the most active and vibrant student society at Pakistan Navy Engineering College, representing undergraduate students of nearly all disciplines. It is indeed a great privilege for me to have served as the faculty mentor of IEEE-PNEC and is a matter of gratification for me to present to you the annual report of all our activities during the Year 2011. To further and supplement both the mission and vision of the college, IEEE-PNEC frequently organizes various academic events which include technical seminars and workshops, career counseling events, engineering design events and competitions, and project exhibitions. The society has also been representing the college at various seminars, expos and exhibitions organized by other universities of repute at national level. It is worthy to mention that through this platform, PNEC students have won several academic and extracurricular competitions held at various national universities earning praise for PNEC. The Executive Committee of 2011 has worked diligently and their performance has remained very much commendable throughout. I am indeed thankful to the Student Chair Ms. Rabia Khalid, Vice-Chair Mr. Bilal Zaki and many other Executive Committee Members for working tirelessly to making it into a successful year with various activities happening throughout the year despite prevailing security situations. Compilation of this annual report is a proof of that and as you would go through it, you would be able to comprehend the amount of hard work put in by these individuals. The Executive Committee of 2012 will have big shoes to fill as they step into their positions and take responsibility to match the standards set by their predecessors. I would like to assure them of my unabated support and wish them all the best for the year ahead. Lets embark on a new journey! Dr. Attaullah Memon Head Postgraduate Program
Branch Counselors message

Whoa! It only seems like yesterday when the new EXCOM11 took charge of the IEEE PNEC affairs and now it is time to bid them farewell. It gives me immense pleasure to say with confidence that the current EXCOM11 worked professionally and delivered the best they had to offer even though the prevailing unfavorable law and order situation in the city through out the year did hamper their activities. Here are the few notable achievements of the IEEE PNEC activities over the last one year. In July 2011, Mr Hassaan Idrees was selected by IEEE to attend the IEEE R10 Student Congress (New Zealand) with his travel expenses partially supported by IEEE and PNEC. The second notable achievement was the introduction of the weekly Sparkle Talk Sessions for IEEE member students and Faculty. Notable speakers addressed students on the various facets of technological advancements. About Ten sessions were held during the Fall 2011 Semester. For the 3rd consecutive year, IEEE PNEC Career Counseling and WiE TechFest competitions were held at PNEC in Nov/Dec 2011; As before these were a major success. Notable industrial entrepreneurs and speakers delivered motivation talks to students on how to groom themselves for a successful career and inter university technical quiz competitions were held with a big participation of students from engineering universities of Karachi.
Dr. Sameer Hahmat Qazi Assistant Professor
RABIA KHALID
CHAIRPERSON
It seems like yesterday when we had our handing/taking over ceremony and Syed Ahmed Fuad, Chairman10 handed over the office to me. Year 2011 has been a wonderful year for IEEE PNEC Student Branch and for me. With a series of accomplishments and achievements within such a short span time, IEEE PNEC has been able to make its position among the top Student Branches of Pakistan. It has indeed been a marvelous experience with the initiation of many excellent events where the weekly SPARKLE Program and the Robotics workshops are worth mentioning. Bidding farewells have always been sad moments, but not this time when Im saying goodbye to my Student Branch. Its because of the satisfying thought that the up-coming executive committee12 and the team of volunteers are more energetic and vibrant than IEEE PNEC Student Branch ever had. I wish the new executive committee all the very best for future endeavors and a spectacular year full of opportunities ahead and I hope that they play their role in raising the standards of IEEE PNEC Student Branch up to great heights.
Thankyou IEEE PNEC for bringing out the best in me!!
BILAL ZAKI
VICE CHAIRMAN
Last one year passed like a flash, but we undoubtedly achieved quite a lot this year Alhamdulillah. The greatest achievement during this year, apart from a number of successful events, was the trust shown by the Administration and Students in IEEE PNEC SB. We were able to achieve all our major targets set forth, and becoming the first and the only student society in PNEC to bring sponsors and the main stream media in College for student organized events was another notable achievement. Id like to pat and thank my ExCom for pulling off such an amazing and sparkling year, without their dedication, hard work and support this would not have been possible. I would like to take this opportunity and thank everyone who was the part of this camping in any capacity and Id specially thank our Commandant, VP, Dean Capt. Babur TI(M), Exo, Dr. Attaullah, Dr. Sameer, Dr. Sajjad, Mr. Ahmed Fuad and Ms. Rabia for their support. My best wishes to Onib Nasir and his ExCom and I am confident that the new committee will take IEEE PNEC unparalleled horizons and will leave a far more established and organized society behind. It has been a great pleasure serving as Vice Chairman IEEE PNEC Student Branch.
It has been a tremendously exciting year serving as the Internal Vice Chairperson at IEEE PNEC Student Branch during the year 2011. The Ex-Com of 2011 has worked extremely hard to make PNEC an exciting place for us all, and should therefore be, a model for the ones to follow. Remarkably, this year also saw the collaboration of various student societies in PNEC, thus marking the beginning of an alliance to put great ideas into action. Finally, I would like to wish the best of luck to the future Ex-Com, and express my hope that they would keep the torch burning and try to continue working tirelessly and selflessly to instil life into an otherwise purely academic routine of students at PNEC.
Syed MuhammadAli Vice Chairman (Internal ) Being a part of IEEE-Ex-Com has itself been a glorious entitlement for me. It has helped me tweak my personality and taught me how to strategize and organize myself. Working as a member of a team and getting to know all these friendly faces has been no less than a pleasure. A really fun-filled and memorable time for me, and all the amiable people I met at IEEEPNEC!! Wishing the best of luck to the future IEEE Ex-Com.
Arij Riaz Treasurer Serving as the General Secretary at IEEE-PNEC Student Branch during the year 2011 was a great privilege. I can proudly say that IEEE PNEC is no longer just a society; it feels like being a part of a family where everyone supports each other. The 2011 EX-Com has worked tirelessly to provide the students with Educational as well as Recreational Events. Due to our efforts this year also proved to be a step forward towards greater mutual co operation between different societies, which is beneficial for the Students and the College on the whole. Muhammad Naeem Altaf General Secretary
It has been a tremendous experience working for IEEE PNEC under the guidance of our respected Dean Capt Babur TI(M), our faculty advisors Dr. Sameer and Dr. Attaullah and Rabia Khalid and Bilal Zaki. I have managed to grow individually as a person, able to tone my management skills and also have managed to find hidden creativity inside me whilst using all my skills to benefit my student branch. The journey through the past one year has been of many highs and a few lows which has made me a more resilient and determined individual, ready to face new challenges everyday and yet not be undeterred by the difficulties faced in my cause. One important lesson that I have learnt is to keep working on your goals despite all the odds and you would attain success, which would be my advice to the new Ex-Com. I would like to thank IEEE PNEC for bringing out the best in me. Syed Onib Nasir Program Officer As a special project officer, I have dedicated my services to IEEE PNEC. I have organized several events in this college, arranged workshops for students, participated in different events. My experience with IEEE was enormous; I have learned a lot working in IEEE, it gives us a lot of benefits. An IEEE member has an access to all IEEE journal articles and conference proceedings, which is really helpful especially when you are working on a project. Also it offers a wide selection of development software of Microsoft to IEEE Student members.
Rameez Qasim Special Projects Officer The year 2011 was an eventful one for me on many counts - personally, academically and professionally. I had some truly wonderful learning experience with IEEE that were both global and local. I worked as the bridge between PNEC and the universities in Karachi and elsewhere, helping arrange the Career Counselling Event, and developing connections with various companies for internships and jobs of PNEC students. I also was involved with the Global Integrated Network of IEEE as the representative from Pakistan and worked with the Student Branch Networking, Industrial Relations and Collaboration Platform wings. Being the Lead Ambassador for Pakistan, I channelled communication with IEEE in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad Sections in India and Bangladesh.
Hassan Idrees Outreach Officer
I served as IEEE PNEC internet officer for the last tenure and my experience has been nothing short of an absolute treat. Over the last year I have had the honour of being a part of a very enthusiastic (and tenacious) team. We have come a long way over the last year and amongst all the effort and hard work put in to achieve that there were many lighter moments that will be remembered fondly. As the Internet officer I was responsible for setting up and maintaining a website and establish an online presence of the society. While I take tremendous pride in the growth IEEE PNEC has made in this department I wish the next ex-com all the best, and hope that they raise the bar further for future ex-com to challenge.
Muhammad Zain Gill Internet Officer Holding various educational contests and social functions, I have grown professionally in a dramatic way. Working with other officers, I have seen that sometimes the team gets along, while other times they do not see eye to eye, but setting aside the differences, I and my colleagues have risen above and taken on the challenges. Serving under the IEEE-PNEC student branch, I got what it takes to grab the bull by the horns and make things happen, therefore each and everyone was well informed about the activities of IEEE in our university, which is the job of a Communication officer. IEEE has given me a platform to interact at an inter -university level, meeting new people at various venues definitely broadens ones mind and helps to grasp the upcoming new and creative ideas.
Umer Younis Communications Officer
My experience in IEEE was my first experience in any society and I enjoyed it a lot. I joined IEEE (PNEC Branch) in sem-III and became the member of EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE as Membership Officer. In IEEE, where we attend and arrange some events like IEEEP Student Seminar, Techfest, IEEE Sparkle etc, I learnt some management skills and made my social life better. Overall my experience was very good and I am very thankful to Bilal Zaki and Rabia Khalid for helping me in my work and supporting me in everything. Azeem Sarwar Memberships Officer
As our tenure comes to an end, so do a lot of fun-filled memories with loads of responsibility also reach a closure. I, Hammad Khalid, an active member of IEEE since three years and The Corporate Liaison Officer for the previous year, takes back with me tonnes of experience, professionalism and a deep insight into the practical world while handing over our titles to the next in line. Organizing events, raising charity for the flood-stricken, participating into various events, visiting industries and being members in technical and social forums have been some of the highlights of the very happening year I have had through IEEE-PNEC. May Allah guide us and make us successful in all our future endeavors and may IEEE-PNEC branch stay strong and keep bringing laurels of success to this university. Hammad Khalid Corporate Liaison Officer I chose engineering as a personal choice to excel in the field. Ive been volunteering for IEEE PNEC since August 2010. I fulfilled my responsibility as the Junior Officer for the Ex-Com 2010-2011. Moreover, Ive been elected as the Vice Chair WIE IEEE PNEC for the year 2011-2012. Apart from the engineering related extra-curricular, Im currently working as a reporter for an online magazine by the name of Youth Correspondent.
Iqra Sajid Junior Officer Extracurricular partaking is although optional but needs to be taken side to side with studies in order to inculcate self confidence, knowledge and enlightenment in oneself. For the same, Ive been volunteering for IEEE ever since I joined PNEC and have handled all sorts of work. As an editor, I was able to enhance my writing skills and it was a great and fun experience to turn every event into text. This helped me polish my creativity and imagination. Moreover, since I was not only handling the editorial but volunteering in general, I also learnt teamwork and management. These are the things you cannot rote learn from any book or abstract from a lecture. It has aided me towards becoming a better and confident individual and hence I wish to continue working for IEEE PNEC with full dedication and commitment.
Sumayya Abbas Editor
Strength of IEEE Members
IEEE Members 25% IEEE Members Non IEEE Members Non IEEE Members 75%
Total No of Students in EPE Dept = 260
Event Reports
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STUDENT SEMINAR 2011
IEEEP ALL PAKISTAN STUDENT RESEARCH SEMINAR 2011

Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC), affiliated with National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in collaboration with IEEEP organized the 26th IEEEP All Pakistan Students Research Seminar, to promote research culture amongst young engineers all over Pakistan. This seminar serves as platform for bridging the gap between the academia and corporate market. The collaborating partner, IEEEP was formed in 1979 to endeavor the promotion of knowledge and for communication between students, employees and professional members. IEEEP encompasses the needs and requirements of present day electrical and electronics engineers, inculcating improvised standards of proficiency and adroitness. This seminar basically aimed to make that endeavor become a reality by providing the students an
MISS JEHAN ARA, PRESIDENT P@SHA AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
opportunity to present their research papers based on their final year projects and to get hands on experience in this fine art of print. The first session of the seminar commenced with the welcome address of Dean EPE (electronics and power engineering) PNEC NUST, followed by the address of the IEEEP chairman, Mr Tahir Saleem,
THE AUDIENCE AT THE RESEARCH PAPERS BEING PRESENTED
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who shared his insight on the economic and the social welfare of the country which can be easily achieved if we take in consideration the key roles in leadership and the opinions of the more involved personnel of our society. Next to grace us with her presence was Ms. Jehan Ara, President of P@SHA, Pakistan Software Houses Association who applauded the people of Pakistan on their skill to adapt to change and encouraged the need for ingenuity and zeal, in our engineering and social sectors.
MISS SHIREEN NAQVI, CEO SOL, GIVING A MOTIVATIONAL TALK
A vote of thanks was shared by the chief guest, commandant PNEC NUST and by Ms Eram Abbasi, the co-convener of IEEEP who left us with a message worth pondering Those who have succeeded to be here are winners, whether accepted or rejected. They are truly the ones who are courageous
The main highlight of the second and the third session were the presentation of research papers based on the final year project by undergraduate students from all over Pakistan. The proceedings began with the presentation of students of Mehran University (MUET), followed by students from Bahria University, Fast University, Usman Institute Of Technology, PNEC, Sir Syed University Institute Of Space Technology, NEDUET,
University of Punjab , traction control for robots designed by students from Sir Syed University, Android WI-FI designed by NEDUET and distribution level automation implemented by MUET. In the words of our fellow peers these were the more convincing presentations. We had services of some exceptional judges who adjudicated the event with extraordinary intellect, including Dr Shehzad and Mohammad Ali Ismail from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Dr Hasnain Mansoor Ali of SZABIST University and Mr Imran Amin, the Managing Director of Siemens. Afterwards, we had an extremely interactive and enjoyable session with Ms Shireen Naqvi who instilled enthusiasm and encouragement in students. She was a source of inspira-
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According to her it is a sad reality that many of our brilliant students in our country fail to use their talents in innovation and research for developing. Mr Asad S Jafar, who took over as the Chairman & CEO of Philips Electrical Industries of Pakistan Ltd. addressed the audience. He continues to enjoy a prosperous professional journey with Philips Electrical Industries of Pakistan Limited since the last thirteen years. During this tenure, he has held various senior positions in Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. First prize was won by Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. The authors for the paper were, Mr. Syed Asad Ali,
THE AUDIENCE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
Manzoor Ali Buladi and Fahad Gul Soomro.
The first runner up was Mr. Affan Shahid, from Usman Institute of Technology. The second runners up were from Pakistan Navy Engineering Collge itself, Ms. Shezana Zuliqar, Ms. Sumayyah Waheed and Ms. Azka Khalil.
Lastly, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our media sponsor DawnNews, radio sponsor CityFM 89 and technology partner CIO Pakistan.
THE SECOND RUNNERS UP BEING AWARDED THEIR PRIZE BY MD PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES OF PAKISTAN LTD. MR. JAFAR
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DISCOVER NBP
DISCOVER NUST BUSINESS PLAN

The NUST Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), in its ongoing quest to promote innovation and entrepreneurship has launched a paradigmchanging, student level Business Plan Competition (BPC) titled DISCOVER-Prosperity through Entrepreneurship aiming to define a path towards creating a self-sustaining eco-system for higher education and wealth generation within the national socio-economic context. Firstly there was an introductory session at NUST-PNEC, highlighting the objectives and advantages of DISCOVER to motivate more and more students to participate. The goals included offering commercialization to the technology developed at universities; research and development activities with market needs, hands on training and creating awareness about the importance of entrepreneurship among the students, faculty and researchers. how to be as convincing as possible and to mark out any loopholes so they could work harder and get to a level where the plan would actually require implementation. Innovative idea isnt the only thing thats important so the students were also taught as to how they could target market needs, translate the ideas into products, prepare elevator pitches and executive summaries in order to convince the market and industry in a much better way. The event was a great success thanks to the exceptional efforts put in by PNEC-NUST. Starting from the meticulous planning to arranging the computer labs to be open on Sundays during the event, assigning various responsibilities to the students and faculty, ensuring security and that all plans were implemented diligently. Furthermore, it couldnt have been possible without the support and guidance of IEEE-PNEC student branch. As gratitude, the DISCOVER team commended the planning and implementation of IEEE and PNEC, to be of A class and said that it was above and beyond the call of duty.
Moreover, being the only program of its kind, the BPC was and is supported by private businesses, public sector organizations, universities and media groups. It acted as a platform through which students from universities across the country comMR. AZHAR RIZVI, VICE CHAIR MIT ENTRERPRISE FORUM AT DISCOVER peted to transform their ideas into This was followed by a two-day workshop held practical business plans and strive to develop prodon 23-24th April 2011 where students from universities ucts as well as services in order to ultimately estaball over the country participated and presented their lish business enterprises. projects and business plans. Mentors and industrialists were present to guide them on their presentation skills,
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SPARKLE
THE IDEA BEHIND SPARKLE

IEEE PNEC Student Branch aims to progress as a comprehensive society, responsive to technological change. We, at IEEE PNEC envisage exploring, initiating and enlightening the knowledge of theory & practice of all aspects of Engineering Sciences. As per our motto to make successful technical & professional engineers, we needed a platform where students would be taught not for the purpose of appearing in an examination but to mark a prominent increase in their knowledge. Hence SPARKLE was introduced to provide wholesome interaction between the students & the instructors outside the realm of mundane syllabi. S P AR KL E stands for System Providing Access to Research, Knowledge, Learning & Education. As the name suggests, it is a platform for students to gather at one place and discuss ideas that would lead to a progressive culture of research. The idea of SPARKLE came from the fact that since the topics that are necessary for an engineer to excel in his field cannot be covered at a go, IEEE PNEC as a society needs to cater to that. In order to bring the innovative minds of the endowed faculty, as well as the students of PNEC-NUST, a weekly program of technology talk has been initiated by IEEE PNEC. This talk is not the same as the banal lectures that we attend as a part of coursework. They are short and concise work. The topics in the tech talk are varied ranging from controls to communications, automation to technical systems, Final Year Projects to Robotics & Exchange Program Scholarships to sustaining ones work life. SPARKLE keeps gaining popularity every week, after successful interactive sessions. The students keep coming with an increasing on a weekly basis. The attendees are served refreshments every week. The details of the u p co min g SPARKLE session are updated regularly on the SPARKLE Facebook page as well as on the notice boards. The presentations of the lectures are readily available for the students. SPARKLE is our leading way to proficient engineers. It fosters technological innovations & spreads knowledge and learning in a different way.
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SPARKLE
IEEE REGION 10 STUDENT CONFERENCE

Engineering students vibrant in IEEE activities get chances to participate in international events as well. One such excellent opportunity was this years recently concluded IEEE Asia Pacific Region Congress (R10SC 2011), held at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, perfectly utilized by Hassaan Idrees, the Outreach Officer IEEE PNEC. Hassaan Idrees gave an exclusive insight to his entire experience at the conference during the IEEE PNEC SPARKLE session held on September 15, 2011 at PNEC. He not only described his experience at the conference but shared the site seeing of the city of sails as well. The overall visit to Auckland, the students participating and the things he learnt related to self-confidence, academics and advices regarding industry. He told the attendees that the conference was well-attended by more than 150 participants from engineering universities, including students and faculty, as well as employed engineers, with sizeable attendance from India, Japan, China, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and of course, New Zealand itself. He encouraged all students to take up every opportunity that comes their way since indeed this world is a beautiful place and is always providing new and creative ideas for learning and life itself. Because we all know that experiential learning is something one never forgets. It allows one to understand and absorb concepts effortlessly. Traditional style education is not the only thing that works up ones mind. Getting up from chairs to explore innovative and resourceful experiences engages one to a more personal level and thus providing us with self-assurance and inspiration. The session ended with a Thank You and encouragement speech by Lt. Cdr. Dr. AttaUllah Memon, the branch mentor of IEEE-PNEC student branch.
HASSAN IDREES SHARING HIS EXPERIENCES AT THE CONFERENCE
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SPARKLE
FUNDAMENTALS OF GSM TECHNOLOGY

The second episode of SPARKLE with IEEE PNEC was conducted by Dr. Sameer Qazi on September 22nd, 2011 where he enlightened the students with the working fundamentals of the GSM technology. He explained that the idea of cell phones is to have long range communication but with the reuse of frequencies in some other set. And that the frequencies of different stations do not overlap or interfere. Hence more number of subscribers can be accommodated. The problems that were encountered in the old system have been countered by GSM, thus its popularity. He also signified the use of hexagonal network of cells in the GSM technology and explained how only the hexagonal shape has the feature of being used here as it covers the largest area out of the basic ones (circle, square etc) and as there shouldnt be any gaps in between and only hexagons can be overlapped/ overplaced. He also explained the requirements of the 2G, 2.5G, 3G and 4G systems and the bandwidth they require to operate. He similarly explained the CDMA, WiMax and EDGE technologies. The event was only a small introductory part of DR SAMEER QAZI EXPLAINING TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT GSM TECHNOOGY the GSM technology to provide a learning experience to the stuThe working of the GSM occurs in such a dents to let them have the knowledge of the techway that we dont have to transmit any high power nologies already employed. So that the young signals because always the nearest station is utilized emerging talents can know whats already there and these base stations are spread all over. and what needs to be created or modified for a betHe explained the differences between the previously ter and luxurious tomorrow. used technology AMPS which is analog and GSM.
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SPARKLE
RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION

The third episode of SPARKLE was conducted by Dr Bilal Khawaja on Recent Advancements in Optical Communication. He started his lecture with the purpose of the communication system and what does a communication system require. The different channels of communication were discussed which were used in the past. The world has since moved to optical communication and that was discussed in detail. The optical communication systems that are being used nowadays were explained and how do they function. He also explained the importance of optical communication in catering the demand for the ever increasing bandwidth today. Optical fiber communications were discussed. He also explained the undersea optical communications link installed globally, due to which we are easily able to communicate all across the world. He also elaborated on the importance of alternate routes for the undersea optical communications. He also told about the emerging markets for optical communication as one might believe it to be used for only internet. The new markets include radio signal transmission, control harness in cars and airplanes, sensors, light detection and ranging and signs and illuminations. It was a very knowledgeable session for the attendees. It was attended by the students and a
DR BILAL KHAWAHA EXPLAINING ABOUT OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
He explained the importance of optical communication in todays world as the need for bandwidth is increasing exponentially due to new applications being made everyday which include internet tv, VoIP, gaming, teleconferencing, emails and P2P sharing.
few members of the faculty including Dr. Pervez, Akhter Dr. Attaullah Memon, Dr. Sameerm Qazi, Mr. Mustaqeem etc.
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SPARKLE
DATA ENCRYPTION AND ITS PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION

The fourth episode of the SPARKLE IEEE PNEC was conducted by Dr Athar Mehboob gave a detailed lecture on DATA ENCRYPTION & CODING. The lecture was divided and covered in two classes. Process of disguising information as ciphertext, or data that will be unintelligible to an unauthorized person is encryption. Dr Athar discussed the importance of data/information security especially nowadays when almost everything works via internet etc. How to maintain PC security through DR ATHAR MEHBOOB EXPLAINING ABOUT DATA ENCRYPTION modern cryptography methods and In the second part of the lecture, Dr Athar how they would work better than those used in the discussed the practical implementation of Data Enpast. cryption and how it can be used for secure transfer He explained the various techniques of crypof data. He discussed largely a device that he had tography used in the past and how they have built himself and had implemented in the Pakistan changed now, like the single key cryptography is Army system for the encrypting and decrypting more efficient than the public key. Major schemes data for the transfer of data. used these days include ECC, PSA, and AES etc. This device having being implemented by The steganography allows users to hide messages Pakistan Army provided them with a secure chanthat are very large. This feature becomes handy nel which was much better than most of the armed when an outsized amount of data has to be sent priforces of the world. It employed using a key for vately. Moreover, he made a comparison between encrypting the data and then sending the data from the encryption algorithms and the encoding algorithms and how they both can be equally difficult. the source to the receiver. This data would only be As an example, he described the Caesar cipher and decrypted using the key which was a 16 byte code. the transposition cipher in detail to explicate the The session was attended by a large number significance of data encryption and decoding. of students and faculty as well including Lt. Cdr. transposition cipher in detail to explicate the sigDr. AttaUllah Memon, Dr Sameer Qazi, Dr. Bilal nificance of data encryption and decoding. Khuwaja, Mr Mustaqeem etc.
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SPARKLE
PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMEN IN THE FIELD

The fifth episode of SPARKLE IEEE PNEC was a special one for Women In Engineering (WIE) as it celebrated its 2nd birthday. To celebrate this special occasion, Miss Mehwish Anwar , who recently completed her MS from PNEC and is a trainee engineer at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was invited to speak about the problems faced by women working in the field. She talked about her on-field experience as a lady engineer. She also shed light on the problems that women have to face in the engineering field and how to overcome them successfully. She illuminated the female engineers especially with methods concerning them and how to tackle them in a professional manner.
MISS MEHWISH ANWAR AT THE SPARKLE SESSION
She explained to the young and buzzing female engineers of PNEC about how to be successful while working in the field as many of the companies are averse in providing jobs to female engineers on field due to the myriad problems associated with it. She made the female engineers realize that it is actually beneficial for their learning and professional growth to work on the field. We hope that it would have proved beneficial for them with the expert advice from somebody who is working on field.
STUDENTS ACTIVELY LISTENING TO THE SPEAKER
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SPARKLE
DOS AND DON'TS OF FINAL YEAR PROJECTS

Final Year Project is one of the most important and the toughest part of an undergrads rite of passage to becoming an engineer. As if the journey isnt hard enough on its own, most students lack proper guidelines and to get a head start. Keeping this in mind IEEE PNEC organized a SPARKLE session, held on 1st of December 2011, in which the final year students Ms. Sugra Mehdi and Mr. Mutsaied Shirazi talked about the dos and donts of working on a final year project. Together they highlighted the prerequisites of selecting a project and emphasized on the importance of teamwork, the command one must have over the project and the versatility to improvise. They reiterated that the group must have all the bases covered before they begin their project while talking about the potential problems if a basic framework is not laid beforehand.
THE SPEAKERS, MR MUTSAIED SHIRAZI AND MISS SUGHRA MEHDI
They also mentioned that one of the most important things to complete the FYP is a good attitude, since complaining will not get anything done; hard work, perseverance and teamwork will. There are bound to be obstacles but with the right attitude there isnt much that cant be done. We would like to thank Ms Sugra Mehdi and Mr. Mutsaied Shirazi for this interactive session.
THE STUDENTS ASKING THEIR QUERRIES DURING THE INTERACTIVE SESSION
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SPARKLE
HOW TO BE IRREPLACEABLE AT WORK

SPARKLE IEEE PNEC presented the most anticipated episode and its seasons finale on 15th December 2011. On this occasion, the Dean EPE, Capt. Syed M. Babur TI(M) gave a detailed & funfilled lecture on How to be Irreplaceable at Work. He gave 5 tips to make ones life easy & happening at work, may it be professional or at a student level. He introduced to us the concept of R.E.A.C.H Results, Enthusiasm, Attitude, Cooperation and Honesty. He accented importance of results at any work relationship. Irrespective of the actual steps taken and the long or short-term plans made, it must give one the desired results. No work is commendable unless it produces a good output. When working with other people from different backgrounds one has to be cooperative and compromising. This marks a positive impression on the colleagues and peers. Everybody likes to work with a person who is co-operative and understanding. This affirms ones position at an organization or a team.
A person cannot produce the desired results or reach a deadline successfully unless one Capt. Syed M. CAPT SYED M. BABUR TI(M) HOLDING AN INTERshows proper enthusiasm ACTIVE SESSION IN SPARKLE Babur TI(M) explained in their work. Let it be a these points vividly and exuberantly and emphaprofessional at work, or a student preparing for final sized that if followed whole-heartedly, they can exams, enthusiasm inculcates ones mind to reach the for sure be the key to make a person Irreplacegoal and stops at nothing less. Lack of enthusiasm can able at Work. The session was attended by many leave a person behind his/her peers. students and a lot of senior faculty members also One of the most basic requirements a working graced the occasion with their presence. person should have in order to be triumphant is the right kind of attitude. Attitude determines a persons ability to be professional and to take his work seriously.
Honesty is the Best Policy-This applies everywhere-be it a multi-national firm or a group of students working on a project. Theres nothing better than being honest and sincere, not with just people around but also with ones work. This is the most important factor in determining ones place because honesty leads to success.
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CAREER COUNSELING III
CAREER COUNSELING MEET III

IEEE-PNEC organized the Career Counseling Meet III on 17th November 2011 in NUST, to create awareness among under graduate students what is expected of them when they go to industry and particularly how to get there.HR managers from SSGC and PPL were there to enlighten the students about what is expected of them when they send C.V and appear for job interviews. Microsoft mangers guided the students on how to become part of the prestigious competitions that Microsoft has initiated for students and Vision-I completed the career counseling event with their training on CV writing and interviewing skills. After the recitation of Quranic verses, Mr. Shahbaz Islam, DGM HR & OD SSGC was the first one on the speakers list. And he didnt disappoint. Amid all the jokes and laughs he cracked at the future engineers, he addressed some really important issues regarding job placement and succeeding in ones profession. He played with the audiences minds all along. Most people knew that opportunities pass by and they miss out due to their negligence but how exactly, that was demonstrated quite clearly when audiences lack of attention and observation was highlighted by the distinguished speaker on couple of occasion. Also Mr. Shahbaz Islam pointed out that the secret to excellence is passion for your work. All in all it was a very interesting and interactive session and left the students with very much to think about. The next speaker to come on stage was the representative from PPL, Mr. Bilal Ahmad Khan and he basically answered questions about the hiring process of PPL. From summer internees to getting a regular job in PPL he answered all questions in detail and satisfied the knowledge thirst of students. He also told about the unpleasant experiences he has when interviewing candidates for jobs. Many students felt joyous and happy when he said that only academic excellence is not required but small things such as personality, dressing, extracurricular activities and oration skills of candidates also matter a lot in securing jobs. He wanted to go on and explain more about these issues
MR. SHAHBAZ ISLAM, DGM HR & OD SSGC ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE
but as always time limit forced him to end the session early. He did end up taking 10 min extra minutes though. Microsoft representatives enlightened the audience on their engineering and technology competitions. They explained Imagine Cup which is a competition held annually and there is participation from all across the world. It is a technology competition where students provide solutions to a problem innovatively. The other competition that they introduced the students to was Biz Spark, an entrepreneurship program where those competing are taught how to start with their business. They are taught the skills required to do so and the problems they would encounter.
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CAREER COUNSELING III
Vision-I was solely dedicated to teach undergraduate students how to write their C.V and fair well in interview. They taught the students on how to write a C.V. that would leave an impression on the employer. One important tip that they gave was that each student is a product and they need to market themselves effectively whenever appearing for a job interview. Vision-I team also focused on the importance of persistence and determination and how it is such an important tool in order to become successful in life. All in all it was another successful event by IEEE-PNEC branch and got applauded by admin and students it deserved. These events are necessary to teach the students that extra skill which we dont learn in classes and also they are very beneficial when you actually apply for jobs and see the competition out there. Thank you to all the sponsors, HUM TV Network as the Gold Sponsor and Blah magazine as the Print Media Partner and all guests who made the event possible.
MR BILAL AHMED KHAN, HR MANAGER, PAKISTAN PETROLEUM LTD (PPL)
THE AUDIENCE AT THE CAREER COUNSELING MEET III
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SCAVENGER HUNT
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IEEE PNEC held the super exciting and mega adventurous Scavenger Hunt on 7th October 2011. in an envelope of the same color as of the teams name. As soon as the hunt started there was a Being one of the most highly anticipated great deal of rush and scoot from all of the teams. events, students of PNEC look forward to the scavEveryone wanted to be the first ones to get hold of enger hunt all year along. This is when we officially their clue. Every team had an idea if the progress of the other team. But with the passage of time, tramp in every street and corner of PNEC without teams started wearing down with fatigue of conbeing interrogated about our presence. This is when stant scurry and thus, the fervor decreased with a we can discover all those passages and rooms where few even our entry is forbidspotted sitting den otherwise. around taking And this is when breaks. we can follow any Though some trail within Jauhar were still gowithout having the ing hard and fear of being not giving-up. busted down by There was some official. some foul Needless to say, play observed setting up this as well. But event required a the organizers great deal of wills, were sharp patience, wit, THE PARTICIPANTS AFTER THE HUNT enough to let strength, hard work, creativity, sportsmanship and the teams get away with it. The three hour hunt exceptional leadership qualities on behalf of the orincluded a lot of sweat and hard work from the ganizers. But the results were fruitful for all as the participants and the organizers. event turned out to be a major success. As the sand was about to run out of the The rules and procedures were laid out to the hourglass for the third time, the Yellow Team conwhole college beforehand. There were a total of quered the scavenger trophy! A great deal of celefourteen teams comprising of sixteen members each. bration and rejoicing was seen from the team as Every team had a unique color as their identifier well as their friends. It was a memorable day for name. The hunt formally took off with the Bilal all of us. The event provided everyone with a Zaki, Vice Chair announcing the rules and the Cdr chance to let his or her hair down. We all enjoyed Farooq, SONA setting off the buzzer. Each team had to our fullest and had a hell lot of fun. Kudos to the to hunt down 6 clues with the last one leading to the Yellow team and organizers! Scavenger Trophy. Each teams clues were hidden
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ALUMNI DINNER
IEEE PNEC ALUMNI DINNER

IEEE is a registered student branch in PNEC since 2005 and there are many alumni members of IEEE who are now working in the industry as recognized professionals or pursuing higher studies. IEEE PNEC organized a reunion of all the alumni on 15th October 2012 in order to foster better relations amongst the current members of IEEE PNEC and the graduated members. The event was attended by 15 alumni members. The event proved to be a good occasion for the alumni to counsel their juniors on job opportunities and studies. They shared their experiences of workTHE CURRENT MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE ALUMNI MEMBERS ing for IEEE PNEC. They also encouraged the current Executive Committee members to keep working diligently for IEEE PNEC as all co-curricular activities are greatly appreciated by the people in the industry as it provides the much needed management exposure to the engineers which they are otherwise unable to get. The alumni members also met with the Dean EPE, Capt. Syed M. Babur TI(M). Capt. Babur appreciated the efforts of the alumni in establishing IEEE PNEC. The event ended with a good and delicious dinner being served followed by the Karaoke Night.
THE IEEE MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE DEAN, CAPT. SYED M. BABUR TI(M)
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ALUMNI REUNION
The current executive committee members met with the founding members of IEEE PNEC and WIE PNEC in order to learn more about the vision with which they started and founded IEEE and WIE. The founding member of IEEE, Mr. Ali Allawala was the first Vice Chair of IEEE PNEC back in 2006 and is now the Supply Chains Manager in Proctor & Gamble, Pakistan. Miss. Nimra Kazmi, the founding member of WIE was the first Chairperson of WIE in 2009 and is now working in General Electric as a Control Field Engineer.
ROBOSPRINT ORIENTATION
In its bid to improve the standards of robotics of PNEC students and promote it as a hobby amongst the students, IEEE PNEC played host to the team from CASE University who presented an orientation about their robotics competition, RoboSprint 12.
STUDENTS LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION ACTIVELY
THE ALUMNI MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE CURRENT EXCOM MEMBERS
The current executive committee members to attend the reunion were Rabia Khalid, Bilal Zaki, Onib Nasir, Hassan Idrees and Zain Gill. It was held at Dunkin Donuts. They shared their experiences of working for IEEE and encouraged the current members to work more diligently.
Two professors from CASE University explained all the details about the competition. They explained the launch of a novel idea in the field of Pakistani education, a National Student Coordination Program (NSCP). The new concept transforms RoboSprint 2012 from merely a robotics competition into a fullfledge national educational campaign. It will ensure that every Pakistani student without any discrimination will have access to the technological skills of the new era. All the participating teams can gain from the expertise of CASE Robotics Group (CRG) by NSCP & Special Robotics Seminars developed exclusively by the Organizing Committee of RoboSprint 2012. IEEE PNEC felt privileged to facilitate the team from CASE University.
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COLLABORATIONS GAMING COMPETITION
IEEE-PNEC organized gaming competition on 13 October 2011; it was part of the freshers week which was organized by coordination of all societies of PNEC.
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INVESTMENT AND STOCK TRADING SEMINAR

In order to further the spirit of collaboration that started in organizing the Freshers Week, IEEE PNEC and MACS PNEC jointly organized a seminar on Investment and Stock Trading. The name of this seminar was Invest Small, Get Big and was delivered by Mr. Ali Abbasi who is the Head of Research and Business Development at Abbasi Securities. Abbasi Securities is one of the biggest firms in Pakistan in the field of stock trading and the stock market and is renowned for making some very accurate predictions.
FIFA11, FIFA10 and CS (Counter Strike) were the games available for competition. FIFA tournament was held in PNEC auditorium on big screen and PC as well as Xbox was available for the gamers to try their skill and prove their mettle against follow gamers.
STUDENTS AT THE GAMING COMPETITION
Teams and participants were registered on the spot and registration was free. CS tournament proved to be more popular than FIFA one though. It was held in computer labs and almost 10 teams participated in it. Winning team was the same one who had won scavenger hunt so it was a memorable day for the students from 3rd ME. All in all it wasnt meant was to be a serious competition and students had fun gaming in lab for once instead of studying.
This seminar was held on 21st December 2011 in the Jahaur Auditorium. Mr. Ali Abbasi explained the basics of stock trading to the interested engineers who otherwise are not aware of this. He explained on how to get the best buy out of the stock market and how a small investment in a company would pay dividends in the future. We are extremely thankful to Mr. Syed Ahmed Fuad who acted as the Event Facilitator.
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INTERACTIVE SESSION
USEFP INTERACTIVE SESSION

On 14th of December 2011 IEEE PNEC arranged an informative session regarding the United States Educational Foundation Program for students of NUST PNEC where we received a number of eager students from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd semester. There to share their expertise over the topic were Mr. Wasay Bin Afaq and Ms.Aliza Maftun, pr ivileged students of PNEC who were accepted for this program in 2010, provided a great deal of valuable information about it. He stressed immensely on the importance of a well written personal statement; one of the chief documents to be submitted with the application form. Later both Wasay and Aliza shared their experiences throughout the session providing first hand info to interested candidates. They explained that the basic purpose of this program was to promote mutual understanding between the western and eastern youth through educational and cultural exchange The e xc ha ng e alumni were sent to different states where they had
the opportunity to get to WASAY BIN AFAQ AND ALIZA MAFTUN EXPLAINING THE know the US ruling poliPROCEDURES cies of a number of states The exchange program focuses on higher through cordial meetings with the states govereducational experiences in the U.S. and Pakistan. nors themselves. This entire program is funded by Another objective of this program is to create awareness among the western society of our existence in the modern world, imparting cultural values and eradicating certain prejudices. USEFP selection criteria (which stands for United States Educational Foundation Program) uses a merit based process to recruit and select applicants. Wasay Bin Afaq, alumni of this program explained the procedure of application. the US government, and all selected candidates are facilitated with free lodging, books, tuition fees, transport, as well as meals. The session turned interactive towards the end where the students exchanged program related queries which were properly acknowledged, and the session ended on a good note.
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ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
IEEE-PNEC organized a series of Robotics workshops for PNEC students conducted by Rameez Qasim (Special Project Officer IEEE-PNEC) and supervised by Dr.Attaullah Memon. Workshop was free of cost and was open to all. It was attended by quite a few enthusiasts in spite of the final exams being just around the corner. In the first workshop Mechanical Assembly of robot was discussed and tips were given about it. The workshop focused on line following and wall detecting theme. Mechanical assembly should be according to specifications and rules of the competition. Also, it should be chosen and fabricated according to the circuit of robot, for example motor drivers and battery have a direct relation with the mechanical assembly of Robot. In 2nd workshop the electronics details of Robot were taught. A line following robot has to detect a line and move accordingly. It detects that line through sensor circuits. Most robots use optical sensors for this purpose. Optical sensors have different types and prices and it is up to the maker to select it. Only the theoretical aspects of sensors were discussed and interested students were asked to buy sensors and brought them in next workshop. Next workshop was about the practical application of optical sensors in robots. Optical sensors are either photo diodes or photo transistors. Both types have different applications and which were demonstrated in workshop.
Optical sensors use a light source to detect or sense the line. Most of the students made their first sensor circuit and were extremely excited. Motor driver circuits have to be built separately for the robot to turn and move in the forward and backward direction. There are many choices available for motors and their circuit components and students were taught the differences and applications of those types. In motors stepper motor, servo motor and simple D.C motor were discussed. Circuit which drives these motors is called Hbridge circuit. The practical application of D.C motor was demonstrated, there are several ways to design a Hbridge circuit for D.C motor. H-bridge can be made by simple or darlington transistors. And if money isnt a problem and simplicity is required H-bridge ICs can be used. One such commonly used IC is L293. Application if this IC was also demonstrated in the workshop.
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ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
AVR is a commonly used microcontroller for robotics. A microcontroller is the brain of any circuit. An introduction was given to the AVR family of microcontroller and the basic circuit of the microcontroller was discussed. The micro controller used for demonstration was AT MEGA 16, a common micro controller used in such robots. Micro controller has to be programmed according to specific needs and thus AT MEGA 16 was discussed briefly, in addition to a few sample programs of input/output, ADC and PWM. In case of a line following robot micro controller takes input from sensor circuits and gives output to motor driver circuit and hence motion of robots takes place. The last workshop on micro controllers was dedicated to problems RAMEEZ QASIM EXPLAINING THE PCB SOFTWARE TO THE PARfaced by students in programming. inTICIPANTS OF THE WORKSHOP put/output programing issues were addressed along with some programs related to LCDs. Overall it was first of its kind workshop in LCDs can be made to display various outputs using PNEC and we are extremely obliged and grateful micro controller through programming and a dot to Rameez Qasim for sharing his knowledge and matrix 16x2 LCD was programmed in class. precious time with amateurs interested in robot building and promoting robotics in PNEC so more PCB is an abbreviation for Printed Circuit students can participate in national and internaBoard. Practical demonstrations usually are done on tional robotics competition such as NERC, a Bread Board so that the designs can be altered. RoboSprint and ABU RoboCon. When circuit design is finalized, it is designed and soldered on to a PCB which itself is quite a process. PCB fabrication is a multi step process and is for a specific circuit only. So circuit has to be designed on some software before fabricating the PCB. Various softwares are available to design PCB. OrCAD and EagleCAD were discussed in workshop and then Toner transfer method was used to fabricate the designed PCB.
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ACTIVITIES FLOOD RELIEF CAMPAIGN
Ever since the earthquake disaster struck our country we have seen how each and every Pakistani can unite for a single cause to help their brethren. When another catastrophe hit our nation, we at IEEEPNEC didnt want to be silent observers and complain but unite our university for a cause and help out the flood-stricken through every means possible. A fund generation campaign was launched by our members who were dealt in three phases. 1. Planting fund boxes at important locations of our university like the caf, photocopy shop, library, cubicles etc so that people have access to us at every nook and corner. 2. Forming small teams and going to individual students in the campus and hostel to convince them to donate for our cause (no pressure, just their free will). 3. Visiting faculty members who had already paid some part of their salaries but were charitable enough to not let us return empty-handed. With the funds we gathered in form of cash, food and clothes we decided to distribute them through three channels. 1. People in our circles we directly know and can ensure that they are in dire need of our assistance. 2. Pakistan Navy Flood Relief camps set up at various locations. 3. An NGO named Pakistan Ka Khuda-Hafiz. Where students of our university are members and can make sure that our funds are circulated to really deserving people. By the grace of Allah, we hope that our efforts are not in vain and our little contribution plays an important part in some lives at least.
NERC ROBOTICS SESSION

In its bid to improve robotics in PNEC, IEEE PNEC played host to the team from NERC of E&ME College. The team comprised of two current students of E&ME College studying Mechatronics. The team visited PNEC on Friday, 3rd February 2012. The team explained the theme for the next NERC. They informed the students of the basic mistakes that we tend to make while making a robot. The team also told that a professor would be conducting a workshop for the participants of NERC to teach them about the basics of a construction of a robot. IEEE PNEC felt privileged to host the team from E&ME College.
NERC TEAM EXPLAINING THE THEME
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WIND ENERGY
WIND ENERGY SESSION

A session by Mr. Waqar Qureshi, a PHD candidate University of Auckland, New Zealand on Wind Energy as an alternate source was conducted on February 3, 2012. Mr. Waqar Qureshi started off with Power Generation with Wind Power Energy, his topic of research. He described the process, feasibility and compared the output and pros and cons of different generators such as induction and synchronous. Also like how large scale wind integration methods can be cheaper and more reliable and that the latest wind turbines can produce up to 5 MW of power. Moreover, protection measures and the concept of smart grid were also discussed. Smart grid are the devices where they can communicate with each other and inform of the energy requirements. He explained the differences between the different renewable energy sources available to us. He told that wind energy is cheaper then solar energy when large scale installation is done. The minimum wind speed required for the turbine is 8 m/s. Mr Qureshi focused on an interactive session, addressed queries side by side and used graphs and figures to explain the functionality and outputs of the various kinds of wind farms. This not only made the students have a better MR WAQAR QURESHI DURING THE SESSION understanding of the idea but also kept them engaged in the discussion throughout. The session was attended by students from all the disciplines including Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing, Electrical and Electronics due to the interest of students in the emerging technologies of renewable energies. Dr. Sameer Qazi, the IEEE-PNEC branch counselor, Dr. AttaUllah, the branch mentor and Dr. Sohail Zaki also attended the session. It ended with presenting a memento to Mr. Waqar Qureshi as a gratitude THE STUDENTS DURING THE SESSION of thanks.
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ELECTIONS
ELECTIONS 12
As the successful year for the 2011 Executive Committee came to an end, the elections for the new Executive Committee were planned. The posters were put up for the for the members to submit their candidature forms and a governing body was formed which comprised of Dr. Sameer Qazi, Lt. Cdr. Dr. Attaullah Memon, Rabia Khalid, Bilal Zaki and Hassan Idrees.
A total of 25 members submitted their forms for elections. The elections took place on 15th December 2011. With DEAN EPE, CAPT. SYED M. BABUR CASTING HIS VOTE 65 members voting and a total of 16 seats Chairman Onib Nasir up for grabs, it was an eventful and a fiercely contested Vice Chair Zain Gill elections. The voting began with the Dean EPE, Capt. Syed M. Babur TI(M) casting his vote. The voting continued till General Secretary Rehma Javed 1600 hours in the day. After the total count of votes being Treasurer Osama Ansari rechecked thrice, the results were announced the following day outside the IEEE PNEC Office. Following are the re- Corporate Liaison Officer Khizer Laghari sults. Membership Officer Faraz Afzal Outreach Officer Communications Officer Web & Media Officer Editor Special Project Officer Program Officer WIE Chair WIE Vice Chair WIE Secretary
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Ahmad Hassan Hamza Zahid Adil Faqah Rabia Jamal Usman Yousuf Fahaad Humayun Kanza Basit Iqra Sajid Sumayya Abbas Ramsha Asim
WIE Treasurer
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THE PAKISTAN DELEGATION AT IEEE REGION 10 CONFERENCE, NEW ZEALAND
INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF FRESHERS WEEK
MR ASAD JAFFAR, CEO PHILLIPS AT STUDENT SEMINAR
EXCOM 2010 AND 2011 AT HANDING OVER CEREMONY
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A GLIMPSE FROM MINUTE TO WIN IT
IEEE ALUMNI MEMBERS ALONG WITH DEAN, CAPT BABUR TI(M)
MEMENTO BEING PRESENTED TO CDRE RAHI AND CAPT IMRAN AT CAREER COUNSELING III
PARTICIPANTS AT SCAVENGER HUNT
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APSS OFFICE NAME PLATE BEING PRESENTED TO DR. JOHAR BY LT CDR DR. ATTAULLAH
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND PROGRAM OFFICER AFTER A SUCCESSFUL EVENT, CAREER COUNSELING III
IEEE PNEC REPRESENTATIVES AT PAKISTAN STUDENT CONGRESS ALONG WITH DIRECTOR GCUL
THE EXCOM LOOKING OVER THE ELECTIONS 2011
Seminars Conducted
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SEMINARS REGION 10 CONFERENCE
Engineering students vibrant in IEEE activities get chances to participate in national and international events. One such excellent opportunity was this years recently concluded IEEE Asia Pacific Region Congress (R10SC 2011), held at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. This event, held once every two years in the Region, is a flagship event of IEEE Region 10 spanning over four days with numerous speaker sessions and workshops by top professionals and academicians. The R10SC 2011 saw eight Pakistani students and graduates; four from Karachi, three from Lahore, and one from Islamabad, and was well-attended by more than 150 participants from engineering universities, including students and faculty, as well as employed engineers, with sizeable attendance from India, Japan, China, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and New Zealand itself. The Congress focused on the personal and professional enrichment of engineering students, the Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) and Women In Engineering (WIE) and the theme of this year was Emerging Technologies, with a number of parallel sessions by international professional speakers on power and energy, medicine and biology, mechatronics, power electronics, software, communications, and on some general issues encompassing environment and ethics in science and engineering. Special emphasis was laid on IEEE Humanitarian Technology initiatives, leadership and project management skills, and innovation in technology. Hassaan Idrees conducted a workshop for the engineering students of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka The Pakistani students also had the opportunity of visiting the University of Aucklands excellent research and academic facilities, meeting with their learned professors, networking with the international students and forging strong links with representatives of different companies including ABB, Google, Microsoft, Inro, Schneider Electric and Mighty River Power.
NED MENTORING SESSION

IEEE-WIE NED student branch arranged a mentoring session WIE GUIDE for the newly elected WIE Executive Committee on March 10, 2010. Ms. Injla, Chairperson WIE NED opened the event by welcoming the speakers, Ms. Rabia Khalid, Chairperson IEEE PNEC Student Branch & Ms. Nimra Kazmi, Karachi Section Representative, GINI IR. Ms. Rabia Khalid, who was the former vice chair of WIE AG PNEC, is also an Executive member of the Pakistan WIE Forum at the post of the Newsletter Editor. She has also served the Pakistan WIE Forum last year, as a member of the Ad-hoc committee. Ms. Nimra Kazmi was the initiator of WIE Affinity Group at PNEC. She held the position of the WIE Chair for the year 200. The speakers jointly
PNEC DELEGATION ALONG WITH ORGANIZERS
presented their ideas for the smooth running of WIE Affinity Group, They discussed the possible hurdles any organizing committees might come across during the planning, management and execution phases of any event and also shared with the WIE NED Ex -Com the reporting procedures within the Section & Region. All in all, the speakers made their point that effective management and efficient execution is the key to a successful event.
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UIT WIE INAUGURAL SESSION

The launching ceremony of IEEE Women In Engineering Affinity Group was a magnanimous event. Many guest speakers were invited to motivate, encourage and guide the newly launched affinity group. The first speaker to address the audience was Dr. Manzoor Ahmed who is the Chairman Usman Institute of Technology. He welcomed the guests for coming to attend the session. The next speaker was Mr. Wasim Akhtar, Director UIT. He encouraged the women of the institute to take part in co-curricular activities. Mr. Sibt-e-Ahmed Jafri, Vice President IEEEP South Region discussed the importance of women in imparting education, their professional ethics, research and improvement in curricular and co-curricular activities. Engr. Tahir Saleem, Chairman IEEEP Karachi Section shared the history of IEEEP and talked about career guidance and counseling for female engineers. The next speaker was Senator Rukhsana Zuberi who is the Chairperson Women in Energy Pakistan. She pointed out the challenges faced by women in social networking, social interaction and sharing of knowledge among societies and communities. She delivered the message of encouragement to the female engineers and told them to be visible, be visionary and be bold to face challenges. Miss Rabia Khalid shared her journey in WIE as newsletter editor. She also appreciated the efforts of UIT in the launching ceremony. She also gave ideas through which we can improve the percentage of female engineers working in the field. Mr. Hassaan Idrees, GINI Pakistan Coordinator, Outreach officer IEEE PNEC, and also WIE member, cherished and encouraged the efforts of WIE UIT Members. He explained the working of the Global Integrated Network of IEEE and shared with them the opportunities offered by GINI for IEEE members relating to networking, collaboration and industrial relations.
MISS RABIA KHALID ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE AT UIT
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SEMINARS DISCOVER WIE II
The second Episode of DISCOVER WIE Membership Drive was conducted at the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore on May 19, 2011, a one hour session conducted by representatives of the Pakistan WIE Forum. The main purpose of the event was to create a better understanding among the female students of UET of the benefits of IEEE and WIE membership. The speaker for the event was Ms. Rabia Khalid, Chairperson IEEE PNEC Student Branch and Executive Member of the Pakistan WIE Forum. . She started off her presentation with the introduction to IEEE and enlightened the attendees for how IEEE can be of use for them at undergraduate level. She highlighted the differences between Google an IEEE and explained them how IEEE holds an upper hand over Google citing 60,000 patents where as Google having no consistent standards of technical excellence displays random info to its users. She also explained the networking of IEEE and how it can prove to you as a platform to realize your dreams and run towards your goals. She emphasized that we should focus on reasons why females in the field of engineering decrease on every step. They lack mentorship, job opportunities, career guidance, contacts and relations and an easy approach to all of them is the network of WIE. WIE offers you online resources for women in computing, scholarships, internships, projects grants, informative publications and much more. She concluded the session by highlighting some examples and facts that showed how the network of WIE helps you add stars to your career and personality.
DISCOVER WIE III

The Third Episode of DISCOVER WIE Membership Drive was conducted at the UIT. It was a two hour session conducted by representatives of the Pakistan WIE Forum. The speakers for the event were Ms. Rabia Khalid, Chairperson IEEE PNEC Student Branch and Executive Member of the Pakistan WIE Forum and Ms. Sana Syed, Website Development Officer, Pakistan WIE Forum. They started off the session by sharing their experiences and giving reasons to why we become IEEE member, what advantages have they been availing from their memberships. Then they moved on to the discussion of how IEEE can serve as the missing piece of puzzle that you need to complete in order to get to your goals. They talked about various IEEE platforms that can help us improve our networking, personal and social skills. The session was concluded by an activity in which each student was asked to write down their fears and failures on a piece of paper, then a paper plane was made out if it and it was thrown away with as much force as possible. This was to make them realize that throwing away your fears is really doable and makes you feel better. Chairman Karachi Section, Engr. Parkash Lohana presided the session and awarded certificates to the speakers and organizers of the event.
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SEMINARS PAKISTAN WIE FORUM SESSION
IEEE members of PNEC represented the IEEE PNEC Student Branch in the Pakistan WIE Forum session at NEDUET along with other members of NED and Usman Institute of Technology. At the gathering, Miss Mehvish Zahoor, Chairperson Pakistan WIE Forum, spoke about the structure of the Pakistan WIE Forum and the vision with which it was initiated. She explained the WIE members of the Karachi Section how can they be a part of the Pakistan WIE Forum and the nationwide opportunities this forum offers for the female engineers of Pakistan. She also discussed the various projects initiated by the Pakistan WIE Forum and their progress. Miss Rabia Khalid continued from where Miss Mehwish Zahoor had left and explained the importance of women participating in such activities and how PWF is playing a vital role in the upbringing of Pakistani female engineers. The event was concluded with small prizes given out to the winners of the activities conducted during the session.
PAKISTAN STUDENT CONGRESS11

A well reputed member of IEEE PNEC and Pakistan Representative of Global Integrated Network of IEEE (GINI), Hassan Idrees, had a teleconference session held at the Pakistan Student Congress 11 on GINI IR on the 21st of December 2011. The session was aimed to promote GINI amongst students and attract more members. The session included a presentation and a questionnaire that was handed out to the audience to get their perspective IEEE and its activities in their respective branch/section.
THE AUDIENCE DURING THE SESSION CONDUCTED BY HASSAN IDREES
The session created a buzz among the audience and a rapid increase in membership was reported. Following the feedback GINI Pakistan has also formalised a team comprising of branch coordinators from student branches across Pakistan. It has also been decided that branch training sessions will be held in every branch.
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RABIA KHALID AT UET WHO CONDUCTED THE DISCOVER WIE SESSION
HASSAN IDREES CONDUCTING A SESSION AT REGION 10 CONFERENCE, NEW ZEALAND
M SAAD, CHAIR SAC KARACHI SECTION AND MEHWISH ZAHOOR, CHAIR PAKISTAN WIE FORUM AT IEEE PNEC OFFICE
HASSAN IDREES AT UIT CONDUCTING A SESSION
Events Attended
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REPRESENTATION ELECTROFAIR
A discussion session was organized by IEEEP on Bridging the gap between the industry and academia. It was held on 28th September 2011 at the Karachi Expo Centre as part of the Electrofair exhibition. The discussion was held between many of the HR managers including from Phillips, IBM etc. and professors from the universities including from NED, NUST, UET, and UIT etc. `The industry representatives identified the lack of practical implementation and communication skills as the main hurdles the engineers are facing in the industry. They also highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship in todays world where job opportunities have become scant. The academia emphasized on providing co-op programs and internships to students to increase their practical knowledge. Both agreed on greater cooperation between themselves in order to promote the interests of the students providing them with projects and also reassessing the curriculum that is being taught to inculcate more on field knowledge. PNEC NUST was duly represented at this seminar by her diligent students including Hassan Idrees, Rabia Khalid, Fuad Ahmad, Bilal Zaki and Onib Nasir.
CONNECT IT
Connect IT 2011 was organized at the Expo Center on 3rd, 4th & 5th May, 2011. Stalls were setup by different companies exhibiting their products and services and promoting their organization. IEEE Karachi Section also setup a stall with the desire of increasing memberships and also creating awareness regarding the benefits of IEEE.
BILAL ZAKI AND ONIB NASIR AT THE CONNECT IT IEEE STALL
For the IEEE Stall, volunteers from all the student branches of Karachi Section were called upon. From IEEE PNEC, Rabia Khalid, Bilal Zaki, Onib Nasir, Syed M. Ali, Naeem Altaf, Zenab Ali and Hassan Idrees participated. Onib Nasir also had the privilege of giving an interview to Tv Pakistan, an online television. He explained the benefits of IEEE and why the number of students who are becoming members are increasing exponentially.
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REPRESENTATION CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Bilal M Zaki and Rabia Khalid of EPE Department attended a session on Customer Experience Management using Information Technology by Mr. Vaqar Khamisani (BE, MS Michigan State University) CPE Lead, Microsoft UK on September 7th, 2011 at Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi. The session started off with a formal and impressive introduction to Microsoft Corporation. Mr. Vaqar enlightened about the partners network of Microsoft, which includes some Universities as well. He explained what role does Microsoft plays to make the Customer Experience so fantastic, for which he highlighted a series of softwares which monitors public opinion about Microsoft and its products from the social media, feedback performers, calls, emails, etc & generates graphs, pie charts and other insights. Along these, he also explained some very useful programs and strategies which Microsoft feels very handy in making Customer Experience magnificent with their products. It was a very informative session for those who attended since as engineers customer experience in not a topic we deliberate upon, yet it is important once we start designing products working in the professional field.
TECH FAST
Fast-Tech 2012 was held at FASTNUCES on 23rd January 2012. In all, there were 10 competitions including speed programming, Software Exhibition, Mobile Application Exhibition, Game Application, Robot War and Line following, Hardware Exhibition, I Quiz, Short Movie and Animation, Circuit Design and Innovative Business Ideas. A total of 5 teams participated from PNEC including: Zain, Maaz and Fahad participated for Circuit Design. Adil Faqah and Bilal Barkati participated for Circuit Design and Speed Programming. Waseem, Waqar and Owais participated for Circuit Design and Programming. Rameez Qasim, Adil Najam and Hammad Zafar participated for Robotics. Some teams were unlucky to have conflicting event timings but all in all it was a decent performance from PNEC with 2 teams qualifying through the elimination stages, and one team securing 3rd position. The team in line following also successfully navigated through the course. It was an interesting experience. Congratulations to FAST for organizing such a wonderful event.
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PAKISTAN STUDENT CONGRESS11

Government College University of Lahore hosted the biggest event of IEEE Pakistan, the Pakistan Student Congress 2011. The aim was to bring together students with different environments, cultures and schools of thought from all over Pakistan and to inculcate leadership qualities to them. The 3 day congress kicked off on 19th December 2011 and continued till 21st December 2011. It started with a lecture of Google Pakistan Head Badur Khusnood on TECHNO-PRENUERSHIP in which he told the students how to earn money online. The most appreciated event of the Congress was Campus Conversation-a career counselling session which was conducted by top management officials of various universities and industries. Students from 40 educational institutions including LUMS, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, NUST Islamabad, Military College of Signals, PNEC Karachi and Karachi Institute of Engineering and Technology took part in the Congress that spread over 31 sessions which included competitions, workshops, seminars, talks and social integration activities. Pakistan Navy Engineering College was duly represented by Bilal Zaki, Onib Nasir and Zain Gill at the Pakistan Student Congress 2011.
THE PNEC DELEGATION ALONG WITH DIRECTOR GCUL
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WIND ENERGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Do I need a masters degree? Should I get it from overseas? Would I have to give GRE? These and many more questions were answered by Waqar Qureshi and Adeel Al, PHD students from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, at NED University of Sciences and Technology on 28 th January 2012. Mr. Waqar Qureshi started off with Power Generation with Wind Power Energy, his topic of research. He described the process, feasibility and compared the output and pros and cons of different generators such as induction and synchronous. Protection measures and the concept of smart grid were also discussed. Mr Qureshi focused on an interactive session and addressed queries side by side. The second speaker, Mr. Adeel Ali continued with the session deliberating about Web services. The speaker then moved on to advising the under graduates of what they should focus on. This included knowing applications of whatever they study, focusing on research, and a four-year overview of engineering. The seminar was conducted, thanks to Hassaan Idrees (Outreach Officer IEEE-PNEC), in collaboration with IEEE NED student branch. It was well attended by students of PNEC including Bilal Zaki, Onib Nasir, Rehma Javed, Sumayya Abbas, Iqra Sajid, Shayan Ahmed, Waqas Uzair and Husnanin Madmdani.
THE PNEC DELEGATION AT NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGYNG
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REPRESENTATION OPEN HOUSE
PNEC NUST holds its Open House Job Fair, twice a year for the fresh graduates. This time of the year, the Open House was conducted on 19th of January 2012. The graduating batch of Mechanical 2011, demonstrated their projects. Amongst all the projects, IEEE PNEC, as an active society, also had a stall to display and promote their work. The IEEE PNEC Ex Com members worked enthusiastically for the set-up of the stall. It was provided with IEEE newsletters and Magazine Spectrum, Communications Society Magazine, WIE magazine, The Institute and a lot of other stuff to promote IEEE. The guests were briefed about IEEE PNEC and its activities in the recent time. It was a good experience to interact with the leaders of corporate sector and to promote the cause of IEEE PNEC.
PROCOM
PROCOM.net 2011 was the 12th All Pakistan and 1st International Computer Science, Engineering and Business Competition organized by FAST-NU Karachi on 30th April -1st march 2011. A total of 7 teams from Pakistan Navy Engineering College, National University of Sciences & Technology attended the event. The competition our teams participated in included Genius Quiz, IQuest, Programming Completion, Circuit Designing and Innovative Business Ideas. Out of these, a team from 4th semester bagged the runners up prize in Genius Quiz and another from 2 nd Semester Electronics won runners up in I-Quest. At the closing ceremony, Imran Khan gave a motivational speech, which was a hit amongst the younger generation.
IEEE PNEC STALL AT THE OPEN HOUSE
Website Analytics
WEBSITE
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WEBSITE LAUNCH
The IEEE PNEC website was launched on September 25 2011. The website serves as a medium of communication for all information that has to be disseminated. The website also serves to represent PNEC and IEEE to the outside world. In the statistics that would follow, we would show you the diversity of the people who are interested in IEEE PNEC and the places from where they visit our website.
OVERVIEW OF THE WEBSITE
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WIE PNEC ANNUAL REPORT 2011
Zenab Ali
Chairperson
I was elected as the chairperson of Women in Engineering WIE affinity group of IEEE from February 2011-2012. Serving as the chairperson of IEEE WIE has been one of the most valuable experiences during my time as an engineering student. During 2011, WIE has organized several events namely The Beach Trip for girls, Bake Sale fundraiser for the flood victims of Pakistan, Minute to Win it, Maximizing the message: Inspiring Next Generation and TechFest '11, which was held for the second time in PNEC and hopefully will continue to give students from other universities an outlook on PNEC as an exciting place. It was a great networking opportunity. I will always cherish the friendships I made during this period. It is not every day that youre able to gain such kind of experiences and get to interact with professionals and students from a huge selection of companies and universities. active student societies at PNEC.
My name is Kanza Basit. I am a student of Mechanical Engineering and Ive been serving IEEE-PNEC since 2010. At first, I volunteered in events like Women Empowerment Seminar and TechFest 10 organized by WIE-IEEE PNEC SB. During elections, 2010-2011, I applied for the post of Vice Chairperson of WIE-IEEE PNEC and was elected as the same after voting procedures. I served as the Vice Chairperson of WIE and managed to organize successful events like All Girls Beach Trip, Maximizing the message(in which WIE-IEEE PNEC Ex-Com went to PN Model School and encouraged the girls to take up engineering as their profession) and TechFest 11 ,along with the WIE Ex-Com. After learning as a volunteer and Vice Chair, I opted for the post of WIE Chairperson and got elected unopposed for the year 2011-2012. I hope I can live up to everyones and most importantly my own expectations in this tenure.
Kanza Basit
Vice Chairperson
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I, Saima Ishaq, student of BE electrical at PNEC became the WIE treasurer after an exciting as well as competitive election in January 2011. My time spent in PNEC verily would have been quite boring and monotonous if absorbed by all those thick curriculum books.However,these last two years may be described as a mixture of excitement, practical experience and relations that we all would relish throughout our lives. I am absolutely sure of not expanding my circle of acquaintances without IEEE.Being part of WIE, we planned and carried out many entertaining as well as knowledgeable events in 2011 like The Beach Trip for girls, Bake Sale fundraiser for the flood victims of Pakistan, Minute to Win it, and techfest.I would therefore make clear that my first year spent as a volunteer at IEEE was though quite enjoyable but being part of excom was a thorough exposure in itself.
Saima Ishaq
Treasurer
I became a member of IEEE in my first semester. The reason for joining in the league pronto was the image of this esteemed society which was portrayed so well by our seniors. As soon as I and my fellow newbies joined in, we experienced a flavor of professional world and what does it require to be a part of it. Since then Ive been an active member and now a part of the Executive Committee too. Its feels like a beginning of a completely new and enjoyable learning trek.
Rabia Jamal
General Secretary
Number of Members
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15 10 9
16
5 0 2009 2010 Number of Members 2011
Event Reports
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BEACH TRIP BEACH TRIP
An all-female students trip to NathiaGali Beach was held on 1st April 2011, Friday. By tremendous efforts made by WIE, the trip was successfully planned and finalized. Around thirty-five female student along with a few faculty members, left for NathiaGali Beach at 1.30 pm. The journey was carried out in a Hino provided by the college. Although the trip was long and the weather sweltering, but the time was spent amiably. We reached our destination by 2.45 pm. The sight
BARBECUE PARTY
WIE PNEC AG arranged an all-girls BBQ night at the NUST Girls Hostel on April 1st, 2011. The BBQ was set up at the hostel lawn. While the girls chatted away and enjoyed theirself in the pleasant ambiance, the stakes sizzled. The food was served after a while which was a scrumptious combo of kebabs, tikka, parthas and side dishes.
THE STUDENTS AT THE BEACH TRIP
THE GIRLS ENJOYING THEMSELVES AT THE BBQ PARTY
was beautiful and the scenery breath-taking. Almost everyone quickly left to enjoy themselves at the water. We had taken up with us plenty of food for everyone. Including Chinese rice for lunch, soft drinks and other snacks. We all enjoyed to our fullest and had a lot of fun. We left Nathia Gali by 6 pm and arrived back at the hostel at 7.30 pm. The full day long party was a remarkable effort by WIE AG PNEC so that our hardworking individuals can get a well-deserved break from hectic life of the university.
Everybody relished on the hearty meal.After the dinner, there was a little variety show organized by a few members of WIE which comprised of a skit and some performances. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the show and appreciated the performances. It was a memorable night for all of us.
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COLLABORATIONS BAKE SALE
WIE came in the view with a noble cause and arranged a fund-raiser for the flood victims of Pakistan. For this purpose they set-up a Bake Sale during the Freshers Week.
MINUTE TO WIN IT
As the Freshers week commenced, we the societies of PNEC put in enormous effort and provided the students with every possible captivating and enlivening event which was imagined. IEEEWIE being one of the key organizers arranged a replica of the much hyped of international TV show called Minute to Win It. It was held on 4th of October 2011. The format was like that it had on the spot participation and involved minute games. Every round had a game designed from the stuff we use in daily life. The contestant each was given a task right there which they were supposed to complete it in one minute.
THE FOOD AVAILABLE AT THE BAKE SALE
The aim was to sale quality food items at a rate little higher than the normal market rates so that profit obtained could be sent to the donation. The in-living girls were the stars and our bake experts. They had put in every effort and the best of their culinary skills in a limited time and sources. And presented us all with scrumptious and savory food. Once the sale started, it didnt take long for the food to vanish. By the end, our society had collected a good deal of money from this sale and it was all donated to the flood victims of Pakistan.
The creditable phase of the event was that the whole thing was set-up in a very jovial milieu. The WIE team made sure that everyone enjoyed to the fullest. The highlight of the event was when the Dean EPE and the Commandant showed-up and participated whole-heartedly. It gave an unspeakable boost to the organizers.
TASK BEING PERFORMED AT THE EVENT THE JOURNEY TO NATHIAGALI IN THE COASTER
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ANNIVERSARY
2ND ANNIVERSARY OF WIE

27th of October was a very special and much-awaited day for WIE at PNEC as it marked the completion of two successful, eventful and full of excitement years for us. Yes ladies and gentlemen, we celebrated our second anniversary on this esteemed day with all the love, cordiality, fervor and the traditional cake-cutting. WIE-EXCOM had arranged a SPARKLE session where a female engineer from Pakistan International Airlines came and shared her experience and how it was like for her at her workplace. She talked about her on-field experience as a lady engineer. She also shed light on the problems that women have to face in the engineering field and how to overcome them successfully. She illuminated the fe-
STUDENTS AT THE SPARKLE SESSION
male engineers especially with methods concerning them and how to tackle them in a professional manner. A little tea party was arranged afterwards so that everyone could be a part of the anniversary celebrations. The Vice Principal and the Dean were our special guests. The Executive committee members cut the cake to the prosperity of their society.
THE CAKE CUTTING CEREMONY OF THE WIE 2ND ANNIVERSARY
THE JOURNEY TO NATHIAGALI IN THE COASTER
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TRIP TO SCHOOL
TRIP TO PN MODEL SCHOOL

The Women in Engineering Affinity Group at Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) at Karachi has been immensely active throughout the year of 2011, but a need was felt to increase awareness regarding the field of engineering among the younger generations. In this regard we decided to arrange a trip to PN Model School Karsaz. Our aim was to hold an interactive session with the students of matriculation and above and brief them about the vast field of engineering, our college and of course, about WIE. Our WIE Volunteers, along with other girls of PNEC, went to the school on 25 November 2011. followed by a brief intro of the life of female students at PNEC, NUST by an Electronics student, Kinza Shafique. She told the attendees about the life of young women engineering students at PNEC, how their needs are catered to and how
We were accorded a warm welthey excel in both THE PNEC DELEGATION TO PN MODEL SCHOOL come by the administration and studies and extrafaculty. Zenab Ali, the IEEE PNEC WIE Chairpercurricular activities at a prestigious college like son began the proceedings with a presentation about ours. Other senior students who went along with the IEEE Women in Engineering Society, what this the WIE team also took the podium and told the society is based upon, what it focuses on, what attendees about PNEC and highlighted some of the events it has organised till present, how women are major aspects of the college. making a difference in Pakistan, and in the world alongside men in the field of engineering, why is it We enquired the girls about their aims of pursuing essential for bright women to choose engineering engineering as a career choice, both at the start and and how those present at the session are living proof end of the session, and we observed a significant THE JOURNEY TO NATHIAGALI IN THE that women in engineering is not a myth originated change in their response which had initially been COASTER during the ancient times. Zenabs presentation was bent towards the medical
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TRIP TO SCHOOL
profession due to lack of awareness regarding women in engineering. But that had to be blamed on the old-school dogma our people carry about engineering, generally. We tried putting all of our efforts into changing some of those young minds, providing a fresh set of thoughts and giving a new dimension to their ideas. We sincerely hope that by the end of the session we were able to increase awareness and eliminate the stereotypes regarding engineering amongst the future generation of professionals. By the end of the session, we believe we were able to inculcate awareness amongst them regarding the RABIA JAMAL GIVING A PRESENTATION TO THE STUDENTS endless possibilities for women in engineering! We hope such events would continue to be organized in the future for what we sow in the young minds at present, our country will reap in the days to come!
THE JOURNEY TO NATHIAGALI IN THE COASTER THE STUDENTS OF PN MODEL SCHOOL ACTIVELY LISTENING
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TECHFEST
TECHFEST 12
WIE PNEC held its second TechFest on 20th December 2011. This is the mega event which is being held by our society now two years in running. TechFest was planned and organizedwith all of the zeal and zest we could muster in it. The preparation for the TechFest had been going on for about a month. Publicity was being done on Facebook, official page shared & being made the organizers display picture and TechFest Posters being put up in universities all over Karachi. We compiled the event with a A PARTICIPANT WITH HIS POSTER DURING THE COMPETITION fun filling Poster Design Competition, an interesting & informative Quiz Competition & an enlightening speaker session. Once the competition took off, the air was The hype of it was brought up a notch when we an- filled with fun and laughter from the audience who nounced that the winners of these competitions were roamed about encouraging the participants. While going to be awarded free high-tea vouchers at Mar- on the other hand, for the participants, it was a riot Hotel. nerve game, with only half an hour at hand. Teams from various colleges and universities participated with great enthusiasm. The event formally commenced at 4pm with a welcome speech from our Chair, Ms Zenab Ali. The attendees were briefed about the proceedings of the whole event. After this, the participants of the Poster Design Competition went ahead to the college Tennis Court where the Poster Designing was to be held. Each team consisted of two members & was provided with the paints, colors and pastels. The thoughts to be depicted on the poster were to be of SAVE ENERGY, SAVE THE WORLD. There was an amalgam of art and faux-pas on the posters that were being made. The artists present there totally nailed it with their professional skills ad natural talent whereas those who had joined in just for the fun sake kept the balance in the competition byprovidingus with some completely wacky ideas of the theme. The results of the competition were to be announced at the closing ceremony.
THE JOURNEY TO NATHIAGALI IN THE COASTER
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TECHFEST
After the Poster Designing, the participants were ushered towards the halls where Quiz Competition was to be held. Two sessions of quiz were to run in parallel. Each team comprised of three members. It had 3 rounds, the 1st being the knock-out round. The quiz was software based and each team had to select its subject from a list of 5. It was sort of like a rapid fire round, giving answers to as many questions as they can in a short time of 2 min. The next round was to be held in the auditorium. It was a pure test REAR ADMIRAL IMDAD JAFRI SI(M) SURVEYING THE POSTERS of all that youve attained at your DRAWN pre-university and university level classes. The results again, were to be announced at The team from Bahria College NORE 1 won the the closing ceremony. Poster Design Competition, while the students of After the qualifying round of the quiz, participants and audience proceeded to the auditorium where the winners of the qualifying round battled for the hi-tea at Marriott. This was followed by the speaker session by Ms Hamna Lodhi, a former graduate of PNEC, who were to enlighten the audience about branding themselves. The session was quite informative with the right amount of humor. The Commandant, Rear Admiral Syed Imdad Imam Jaffri graced the occasion with his presence. In his closing speech, he appreciated the efforts of WIE IEEE PNEC and encouraged the students to regularly take part in such mind freshening activities. Results were announced after much wait and anticipation. 1st semester, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering from PNEC NUST won the Quiztronic. The event was concluded with refreshments for all where the guests discussed their take on our event and we, the organizers took a breath of relief and congratulated ourselves upon being done with another successful event. We thanked all for being present and making our efforts worth it.
THE JOURNEY TO NATHIAGALI IN THE THE ORGANIZING TEAM COASTER
THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE TECHFEST WITH THEIR ART WORK
THE ORGANIZING TEAM OF THE TECHFEST
CELEBRATIONS FOR WIE 2ND ANNIVERSARY
THE WIE EXCOM VISIT TO PN MODEL SCHOOL
END NOTE
End Note
We would like to thank the Commandant, Rear Admiral Imdad Jafri SI(M) for his continued support to the IEEE PNEC Student Branch and also thank the previous Commandant Cdre. Jawwad Hussain SI(M). We would also like to thank Deputy Commandant/ Vice Principal, Executive Officer, Staff Officer NUST Affairs, Registrar, HOPGP, HOUGP, HOD EE, HOD EL, Lt. Cdr. Dr. Zaidi, Lt. Cdr. Dr. Farhan, Cdr. Dr. Junaid, Dr Bilal Khawaja, Cdr. Dr. Faisal Amir, Dean Applied Sciences, Dean Engineering Sciences, Dean Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Regulating Officer, Secretary Ward Room, Secretary Gun Room, PNS Jahaur Staff, CBM and First Lieutenant. We would like to thank HUM TV Network Ltd. who supported us by being the Gold Sponsor in Career Counseling III. We would also like to thank Dawn News and City FM 89 who acted as Media Sponsors in the Student Seminar. We would like to thank all our officers who worker diligently to make this into a successful year. We would like to thank Dr. Sameer Qazi who acted as the Branch Counselor throughout the year and provided us with invaluable advice at all times. We would also like to thank Lt. Cdr. Dr. Attaullah who supported us throughout the year and kept guiding us in every step without which it was not possible for us to execute our plans. In the end we would like to thank Capt. Syed M. Babur TI(M) without whose vision and support, it was not possible for IEEE PNEC to function and to take giant strides of triumph and accomplishment. We are indebted to you for providing us with the direction and supervising us at all times.
Rabia Khalid Chairperson11 IEEE PNEC Student Branch
Bilal Muhammad Zaki Vice Chairman11 IEEE PNEC Student Branch

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