Patron(s): FEECE-MUET

Dr. B. S. Chowdhry
Dr. Aftab Memon
e-NEWSLETTER
Editor: Mehran UET, Jamshoro
Fahim A. Umrani
MUET Organized Mega World-class Event:
Sub-Editor: International Multi-topic Conference
Aakash Makhijani IMTIC2008
(06TL02) Akash Makhijani (06TL02)
Volume 1, Issue 1
to improve the ability to exploit
A two-day International Multi-topic the potential of information and
8th June 2008
Conference IMTIC2008 organized communication technologies
by the Mehran UET, Pakistan in col- effectively and consistently in
laboration with the Aalborg Univer- all fields of human endeavor

IMTIC2008 at MUET – Concluding Ceremony

The Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, the Chief Guest addressing in the concluding ceremony of Inter-
national Multi-Topic Conference IMTIC 2008 at MUET. Other speakers include Prof Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan Rajput, the
Vice chancellor, MUET, Prof Quintin Gee of the University of Southampton, UK , Professor Dr DM Akbar Hussain of
Aalborg University, Prof Dr MR Abro, Dean Faculty of Electrical, Electronics and Computer
Inside this System Engineering, and Prof Dr BS Chowdhry, Chief Organizer IMTIC2008.
issue:
“134 papers were submitted online by authors of more than
International 1 27 countries for this conference”
Multi-Topic
and to develop a profession
Conference sity, Esbjerg, Denmark, and spon- which is respected, trusted and
2008 sored by HEC, Islamabad. The IM- valued.
TIC2008 was inaugurated by re- In the welcome address, Prof Dr
nowned academician Prof Quintin BS Chowdhry, Principal Organ-
Project 2 Gee of the University of Southamp- izer and Co-Chairman IM-
ton, UK, at the university campus in TIC’08, said that Information
proposal
Jamshoro. In his inaugural speech, and communication technology
Prof. Gee appreciated efforts of (ICT) is widely accepted as the
MUET in forming the academic foremost tool with which gov-
2KES- 3 linkage programs with other top ernment, researcher, industry
Scholarship ranking foreign universities of EU and business organizations can
Foundation and USA. In his keynote presenta- meet the demands placed on
tion, Prof Q. Gee highlighted the them thanks to the rapidly
legal and professional issues in IT, emerging global knowledge
News on cam- 4 emphasizing that the aims of the based economy, growing popu-
pus Professionalism in IT program are lation and the recognition of
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the importance of professionalism in IT. The mega international from abroad also presented ideas
conference event IMTIC2008 have brought together researcher, about final year projects that could
industry professionals and academics in a pleasant environment be developed in the country based
to exchange information on advances in IT applications, net- on these technologies. They said
working, databases, mobile & wireless, web services, IT security, such project could help fresh gradu-
Energy Management, Power Quality Improvement etc. ates and final year students to get
Professor Dr DM Akbar Hussain of Aalborg University, Denmark, paid international internship at the
and Chairman IMTIC2008 in his appreciation note thanked MUET leading universities abroad.
for hosting such a mega event in Pakistan. On behalf of Prof. Vote of thanks presented by Prof Dr
Torben Rosenorn, Head of Institute, Aalborg University, Den- MR Abro, Dean FEECE. He pointed
mark, he presented collaboration shield to Vice-Chancellor, Me- that IMTIC2008 has provided excel-
hran UET. He updated that 134 papers were submitted online by lent exposure to our teachers, and
authors of more than 27 countries for this conference, out of researchers who are doing PhD indi-
which after two level blind reviews and International experts genously with international commu-
recommendations only 44 papers were accepted for presenta- nity working in their respective
tion. He further informed that all the accepted papers will be fields.
published in Springer Germany’s Lecture note series (LNCS)
which is a great achievement. The event was well echoed and ac-
knowledged by presentations of
Stressing the importance of ICT in today’s educational pro- Keynote speakers in every technical
gramme, VC MUET and General Chair of the event, highlighted session from country and abroad.
Mehran University’s contribution in organizing various historical
and mega events during the last five years. He said we at MUET
feel honor for organizing IMTIC’08. On
Project proposal
behalf of Mehran University he paid Digital Clock for
“We at Mehran tribute to steering committee members: Visually Impaired
Prof David L. Hicks, Aalborg University
UET feel Denmark, Prof Neil White, University of persons
Southampton, UK, Prof. Dr. Mogens
honor for Pedersen University of Miyazaki, Japan,
Prof. Dr. Gul Agha UIUC, USA, Prof. Dr. To facilitate blind persons in keep-
organizing Mubark Shah UCF, USA, Prof. Dr. MY ing up with time, the idea is to de-
Sial NTU, Singapore, Prof. Dr. Franz sign a digital clock which when di-
International Wotawa, Graz University of Technology, rected through a push button tells
Austria, Prof. Reda Alhajj, University of the time to its user in loud and clear
Multi-Topic Calgary, Canada for their continuous voice. The sound of decimal num-
untiring support in organizing the bers from 1 to 12 separately can be
Conference event. He further said that I can see recorded and stored in EPROM along
success of the event from the participa- with sounds of AM or PM. A micro-
2008” tion of authors from USA, Germany, controller (AT8950) based digital
France, England, Austria, India, China, clock connected through EPROM can
Pakistan, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, serve this purpose.
and Denmark and it has turn around as a truly International
Conference. The expected cost on this project is
just 500 Rs/= and it can be com-
The Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, the Chief pleted within period of 2 months. It
Guest of the concluding ceremony of International Multi-Topic requires good skills with C or As-
Conference (IMTIC2008) said that the conference provided a sembly language, Digital Electronics
great opportunity to the scholars to share views on important and Microcontrollers.
technological developments throughout the world. The confer-
ence was a success story for MUET and also for the HEC he con- This project is suitable for 2nd or
cluded. He also decorated all the guests who have come from 3rd year ES/BM students. Anyone
abroad with traditional Ajark and Sindhi Topi and authors with interested please contact,
shields.
Ms. Kehkashan Memon,
Under the aegis of IMTIC2008, two International workshops Lab-Lecturer, Advanced Computer
were held on 12th and 13th April, 2008 on the emerging topics of Laboratory, Department of Electron-
“Wireless Sensors Networks: from Technology to Reality” and ics, Mehran UET.
“Creating Social Semantics Web 2.0 Information Spaces”. More
then 350 students and researchers from all over the country at- Tel: +92-222-771334 ext (4122)
tended the workshops. Eminent resource persons who came Email: electronics_muet@yahoo.com
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2KES Scholarship Foundation

The idea came from a class of 43
students of 2K ES-batch after suc-
cessfully graduating and managing
themselves to establish a descent
career in their practical life. Every-
body agreed to pay a simple and
humble token of gesture in return to
the wonderful and great contribu-
tions made in our life's by the Elec-
tronics department of Mehran UET,
Jamshoro, by contributing just 100
Rs per month to support at least one
deserving but needy student to
graduate from 2nd best engineering
university of Pakistan. Sur-
prisingly, this idea received
Satellite view of ES Department
plicable)
• Term examination fees Rs. 600/=
A modest contribution towards any projects, equipment and
books that may be payable.
The further details of the scholarship program can be found
by visiting following link:
http://
fahimumrani.googlepages.com/2kesscholarshipfoundation
With the encouraging support from every corner, it did not
took long to raise the required money and we advertise to re-
ceive the applications. In total 22 applications were received,
which were short listed on the pre-described merit criteria

unexpected appreciation
and support especially
from the current faculty
members of Electronics,
Telecom and Biomedical
departments of MUET and
they too pledged to give
their moral and financial
support in this noble cause.

The aim of the scholarship

is to help bright but finan-
cially disadvantaged stu-
dents of the Sindh, who
want to join MUET. Scholar-
ship recipients will follow BE pro-
gram in the department of Electron-
ics, Telecommunication or Biomedi-
cal Engineering at Mehran UET.
The scholarship is provided by “2KES
Scholarship Foundation” for a maxi-
"25 people willing to contribute just 100 Rs. per month can
help graduate a needy bright student to graduate from the 2nd
best engineering university of Pakistan!"
and 10 students were called for interview on 11th March
2008. The interviews were conducted by honorable faculty
members of ES and TL, namely, Ms. Attiya Baqai (ES), Ms.
Kehkashan Memon (ES), Mr. Naveed Umrani (TL) and Mr. Hy-
der Bux (TL). Due to the very tough competition among the
candidates, it was decided by the interview panel to split the
award into two students: Mr. Ghu-
lam Hussain 08ES53 (Rs. 17,000)
“The aim of the
scholarship is to help
bright but financially

disadvantaged
mum of 48 months for B.E candi- and Mr. Ayaz Ahmed 08ES47 (Rs. students of the Mehran
dates in the filed of Electronics, 7,000).
Telecommunication and Biomedical UET, Pakistan.
Engineering. The scholarship sup- We thank all those who helped us
port is partial primarily catering Scholarship recipients
in making this idea into physical
lodging and examination fees. The reality especially the faculty will follow BE program
total amount of scholarship is Rs. members of ES/TL and BM engi-
23,600/=. The necessary tools and neering to support 2KES Batch in in the department of
gadgets required by the candidate this effort and congratulate the Electronics,
such as breadboards, multimeters recipients of award and pray that
etc shall also be a warded as gifts they will work sincerely and hard Telecommunication and
and rewards. It includes: to make best possible use of their Biomedical Engineering
• A monthly stipend of Rs. 1500/= skills and abilities in 4 years of
• Hostel fee of Rs. 4400/= (if ap- under graduation. at Mehran UET”
 Mehran UET, Jamshoro

News on campus
• Telenor at MUET
Electronics Department MUET
Telenor Pakistan is conducting tests at MUET on
Monday 9th June, 2008. The test is for ES, TL, CS
and SW students. It will be conducted in ES department at 10' o clock sharp. Stu-
dents of TL who have scored above 75% are applicable to appear in the test and
for rest of the departments only top 20 student are eligible. For further details plz
contact Mr. Salim Khwaja (P.A to Chairman)

• Summer Vacations
The summer vacations will commence from 10th of June and it will last for about
6 weeks. Students interested in internships are advised to contact Mr. Tayab Din
(ES) and Mr. Irfan Halepota. Or Dr. A. K. Baloch, director Industrial Liasion Pro-
gram.

Please also visit:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sar_muet/database?method=reportRows&tbl=2

• All Pakistan Tour

The students of ES department will head towards all-Pakistan tour in this summer.
The group will be lead by Mr. Irfan Ahmed Halepoto, Lab-Lecturer ES and BM.

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