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ABSTRACTS of the

First International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Engineering, Management and Sciences

(ICETEMS-2014)

“Bridging Gaps thorough Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation”

Dec 29-30, 2014

Islamabad, Pakistan

Chief Editor

Attaullah Shah

Editors Syed M. Ahmed

Sanaullah Aman

Salman Azhar

Samiul Haq

Ali Raza Khalid

Habil Ahmed

Ehtishamul Haq

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Organized by

City University of Science and Information Technology Peshawar Pakistan

CDA Training Academy Islamabad Pakistan

Collaboration

McWhorter School of Building Science

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama, USA

Department on Construction Management

College of Technology & Computer Science, East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina, USA

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First International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering &

Management Sciences (ICETEMS-2014)

Patron in Chief

Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi

Governor KPK

Patrons

Mr. Maroof Afzal

Chairman CDA

Mr. Muhmmad Sabur Sethi

President City University of Science and IT

Conference Chair

Dr Atta Ullah Shah

City University of Science & Information Technology

Conference Co-Chair

Dr S.M. Ahmed

East Carolina University North Carolina USA

Program Chair

Engr SanaUllah Aman

Capital Development Authority

Chair Organizing Committee

Dr Anwar.F.Chishti

City University of Science & Information Technology

Chair Technical Committee

Dr Salman Azhar

Auburn University Alabama USA

Chair Publication Committee

Dr. Jehanzab

City University of Science & Information Technology

Chair Local Arrangements

Col. (R) Faqir Muhammad

City University of Science & Information Technology

Conference Secretaries

Dr Sami Ul Haq

City University of Science & Information Technology

Engr Hafiz Ehsan Qazi (CDA)

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Foreword

Today, the developing world is faced with multitude of challenges, which include modernizing

infrastructures, enhancing technological resources, and developing human assets to attract more

Direct Foreign Investment (DFI). Though the Governments are investing a lot of resources to

cater with these problems, yet sustainable and cost effective solutions are still not explored. This

certainly requires collaborative and integrated efforts of Engineers, Managers, Scientists, Policy

makers, industrialists, business community etc. The ICETEMS -2014, is an endeavor to bring

together all such major stakeholders of the society for exchange of thoughts and experiences

regarding the concepts, trends and practices pertaining to the major areas of Engineering,

Management and Sciences. This is also reflected in the theme of the conference “Bridging Gaps

through Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation”

In this two day conference, about 100 papers relating to Civil Engineering, Electrical

Engineering, Management , Computer Sciences, Mathematics and Education will be presented.

Key note speakers from USA, UK, Germany, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Russia

will share their research and expertise with the audience. Students poster presentation on

computational bio-informatics are also part of the conference. It is intended to organize the

ICETEMS series of conferences worldwide at regular intervals. We sincerely hope that you will

continue to support our this effort.

Thanks and best regards,

Attaullah Shah

S.Mehmood Ahmad

Sanaullah Aman

Salman Azhar

Samiul Haq

Ali Raza Khalid

Habil Ahmad

Ehtishamul H

Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec 29-30, 2014.

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Message from Conference Patron

Mr. Maroof Afzal Chairman Capital Development Authority

It is a matter of immense pleasure that CDA training academy and City University of Science

and IT Peshawar in collaboration with East Carolina University USA, Auburn University USA

are organizing “First International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering,

Management and Sciences (ICETEMS-2014)” at Islamabad Pakistan. While keeping in view

the challenges faced in the related fields and develop a proactive plan to address it through

collaboration, this conference would progress under the theme “Bridging Gaps through Multi –

Disciplinary Research and Innovation”. The major role of the professionals and managers in a

society is to develop cost effective and efficient solutions to the problems faced by us. Through

cross disciplinary, cross border and cross sector discourse in this conference, I am sure that we

are providing a platform to scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and industrialists

to come closer for developing innovative solutions. I am hope that the Engineers and Managers

of Capital Development Authority would particularly take benefits from the expertise of

conference delegates from Pakistan and oversea.

The efforts and exertion of the organizing committee are highly commendable who have been

working hard and day & night to make the conference a real success. I also appreciate the

endeavors of Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Attaullah Shah and Program Chair Engr. Sanaullah

Aman for developing a strong network and hope that this collaboration will continue in future to

capitalize on mutual strengths.

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Message from President City University of Science and IT and Peshawar and

Patron ICETEMS

Mr. Muhammad Sabur Sethi-

Universities and Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) are known by quality and research. To this

end national and international collaboration is essential. Conferences, workshops, seminars and

colloquia play pivotal role in generating this integration amongst the academia, researchers,

industrialists, entrepreneurs and other major stakeholders. It is a matter of great honor for the

students, faculty and staff of City University of Science and IT to host this conference in

partnership with CDA training academy.

When the first branch of Peshawar Model School was established by Mr. Muhammad Zahoor

Sethi in 1979, his vision was very clear as he desired to bring qualitative change in the education

sector of KPK. The mission was further strengthened in 1996, when first Peshawar Model

Degree College was established to provide succession of quality at secondary and higher

secondary levels. Today the Peshawar Model Educational Institutions (PMEI) with 11 schools

and 6 colleges, provide unmatched high quality education to about 26000 students from primary

to secondary and higher secondary levels. The basic pillars of our education system are quality,

merit and discipline. The establishment of City University in 2001 by the provincial assembly of

then N-WFP, as one of the first privately sponsored Universities proved an important

development in the education history of KPK. At City University, we have provided highly

qualified faculty, State of the Art physical infrastructure, labs, libraries and other students’

facilities to bring excellence in higher education. The University with the faculties of

Engineering and Technology, Management Sciences, Computer Science & IT, Education,

Mathematics and English & Applied Linguistics is endeavoring to nurture the quest of thousands

of students for quality knowledge and research. Ranked in W Category as 5th top University in

Computer Science & IT, accredited by Pakistan Engineering Council and National Accreditation

Council for Computer Education (NACEC), we understand the uphill challenge of higher

education for quality and research to grab position in the top 500 best Universities of the world.

I am highly indebted to the better team work between the staff of City University and CDA

Training Academy for this successful mega event and hope that the conference participants will

deliberate on important issues faced by our country. More networking and collaboration will

come forward as result of this interaction of academia, researchers, entrepreneurs and other

major stakeholder involved in higher education and research. I look forward for your convenient

stay with us and hope that you will actively participate in the future events of City University of

Science and IT.

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Message from Conference Chair:

Prof. Dr. Attaullah Shah- City University of Science and IT The idea of this conference was first discussed with the president City University of Science and

Information Technology Mr. Muhammad Sabur Sethi in May 2014, who supported it and

showed his keen desire to host this conference during Nov/Dec 2014. Initially it was planned to

hold the conference at Peshawar but many of the authors particularly coming from abroad,

requested to change the venue to Islamabad for their convenience. The idea of jointly organizing

the conference with CDA training Academy was initiated by Engr. Sanaullah Aman, which was

dully supported by the Chairman CDA. The collaboration from East California University USA

and Auburn University USA with the support of Dr. S.Mehmood Ahmed and Dr. Salman Azhar

added value to the conference.

The main objective of the conference is to provide a platform to major stakeholders for

integration and collaboration towards high quality research and innovation. The conference is

comprised of about 10 keynote speeches and invited talks by renowned researchers from USA,

UK, Russia, Malaysia, France, Qatar, Malaysia, Afghanistan and Pakistan in diversified topics

relating to Management science, Civil Engineering, Telecom Engineering, Computer Science &

IT and Mathematics. Some of the international presenters will share their research online with

the audience. About 100 papers are also presented in these core areas of the conference by

academia, professionals, practitioners and industrialists. The cross disciplinary themes will serve

to broaden the vision of the audience. The conference will also serve as platform for networking

of the participants to exchange and share their research with each other. This will also provide

opportunities for them to collaborate for future joint research projects.

The conference organizing committee, the young faculty and staff of City University of Science

and IT (CUSIT), Peshawar as well as staff of CDA Training Academy really worked hard to

arrange this conference. I am rally grateful to Mr. Sabur Sethi President CUSIT and Chairman

CDA Mr. Maroof Afzal for their whole hearted support. The faculty and staff of CUSIT

including member of Conference organizing committee particularly Col. M. Faqir, Mr. Shakir,

Dr. Samiul Haq, Mr. Amjad Ali, Mr.Ali Raza Khalid , Mr. Habil Ahmad, Mr. Ehtisham and

everyone who supported us. I am also grateful to the sponsors of the conference, who contributed

and supported the conference.

At last but not the least, I am highly indebted to Engr. Sanaullah Aman and his team at CDA

training Academy including hafiz Ehsanul Haq Qazi for their support in arranging a wonderful

event at Islamabad.

I am sure that all the participants will enjoy their stay with us at the serene city of Islamabad and

will continue to support us in our future endeavors as well.

May Allah give us divine wisdom, guidance and vision to play our role in the development of

Pakistan-Amen

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Message from Program Chair Engr: Sanaullah Aman

It is indeed a matter of pride & satisfaction to be part of Management of 1st International

Conference on Modern trends in Management & Engineering being jointly hosted by CDA

Training Academy & City University of Science & Information Technology. This conference

will provide international forum to all those organizations & companies who are involved in

Engineering & Management to share knowledge. The vision of the conference is to promote inter

disciplinary and multidisciplinary research in these case area in order to find out solutions of

problems faced by the management in these fields.

The academic partnership and collaboration amongst the academia and industry is the

need of the day. Professionals from different fields of Engineering, Management and Sciences

are faced with new challenges and I am sure that the conference will provide an opportunity to

recommend some feasible solutions and identify direction for future research. The partnership

between CDA Training Academy and City University of Science and IT is an earnest effort to

integrate the strength of Academia and Industry. We believe that with the synergy of mutual

strengths, we can develop stronger relationships.

The conference program including the plenary and technical sessions has been planned

according the expertise and themes of the session to suit the audience and their convenience. We

expect active and lively participation of the delegates of the conference. The staff at the

Conference Secretariat is available for your assistance and support. Please feel free to contact

them in case of any help.

I am thankful to Mr. Maroof Afzal Chairman CDA, Mr. M.Sabur Sethi President City

University, Dr. Attaullah Shah Conference Chair and his teams as well all staff of CDA training

Academy for their supports in making this event a real success. We look forward for more

collaboration with academia and professionals in the future to make CDA Training Academy as

seat of learning, capacity building and research.

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List of Conference Committees

Committee Nominations

Organizing Committee

Convener: Prof. Dr. Jehanzeb

Prof. Dr. Anwar F. Chisti,

Prof. Engr. Dr. Attaullah Shah

Prof. Engr. Dr. Sahibzada Fayyaz Noor

Dr. Farhad Ali

Mr. Muhammad Saeed Shehzad

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Younes

Dr. Sami Ul Haq

Engr. Rehan Masood

Ghuyur Ahmad

Reception committee

Convener: Col (R) Faqir Muhammad

Mr. Sohail Khalil,

Mr. M. Zunnoorain Khan,

Mr. Muhammad Ali Sethi

Ms. Sidra Kanwal

Ms. Humna Hamid

Technical and Publication committee

Convener: Dr. Salman Azhar (Auburn University)

Prof. Dr. Anwar F. Chisti (CUSIT)

Dr. Farhad Ali (CUSIT)

Dr. Irfanullah Jan (NCEG)

Dr. M. Hanif (NCEG)

Dr. Hassan Raza (AIOU)

Dr. Adam Khan (CUSIT)

Mr. Zeeshan Ahmed Khan (CUSIT)

Mr. Ishaq Khan (CUSIT)

Engr. Ali Raza Khaled

Mr. Zafar Ahmed

Mr. Masood Habib (CUSIT)

Mr. Pir Amad Ali Shah (CUSIT)

Dr. Muhammad Tahir (CUSIT)

Prof. Dr. S. Mehmood Ahmad, East

Carolina University,

Abdul Hameed (CUSIT)

Mr. Ehtesham Ul Haq

Mr. Ahmad Farooq

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Advisory Committee

Convener: Prof. Dr. Attaullah Shah

Prof. Dr. M. Asif Khan, Karakoram

University ,

Dr. Salman Azhar, Auburn University,

USA

Prof. Dr. Constantin Fetecau, Technical

University of Iasi, Romania

Academy of Romanian Scentists,

Bucuresti, Romania

Prof. Dr. Naseer Ali Khan (Haripur

University)

Eng. Hafiz Ehsan Qazi (CDA)

Dr. Irfanullah Jan (NCEG)

International Scientific Committee

Convener: Prof. Dr. S. Mehmood Ahmad

Prof. Dr. Constantin Fetecau, Technical

University of Iasi, Romania

Academy of Romanian Scentists,

Bucuresti, Romania

Dr. Mohamed El Agroudy, MSM, Egypt

Prof. Dr. Dumitru Vieru, Technical

University of Iasi, Romania

Dr. Ilyas Khan, College of Engineering,

Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Dr. Irshad Ahmad, UET Peshawar

Associate Prof. Dr. Sharidan Bin Shafie

(Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)

Prof. Dr. Irtishad Ahmad (Florida Int.

University)

Prof. Dr. Amjad Naseer, UET Peshawar

Dr. Hamimah Adnan, Universiti Teknologi

Mara, Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Ilyas Ahmad, UET Lahore

Dr. Gokhan Arslan, Anadolu University,

Turkey

Prof. Dr. Saeed Ahmad, UET Taxila

Dr. Gazan Bozai, East Carolina University,

USA

Dr. Bashir Alam, UET Peshawar

Dr. Rafiq M. Choudhary, King Abdul Aziz

Univesity, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Dr. Naveed Ahmad, UET Peshawar

Prof. Dr. A. R. Ghumman, UET Taxila

Prof. Dr. M. A. Kamal, UET Taxila

Dr. Naeem Ejaz, UET Taxila

Dr. Malik M. A. Khalfan, RMIT, Australia

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Dr. Fayyaz Tahir, UET Taxila

Dr. Mohan Kumaraswamy, University of

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Prof. Dr. Noor ul Amin, CECOS

University of Engineering & Technology

Asst. Prof. Rehan Masood, University of

Lahore, Pakistan

Dr. Nasir Mehmood Khan (PEC)

Dr. Abid Nadeem, Hong Kong College of

Technology, Hong Kong

Engr. Arjumand Sheikh (IEP)

Dr. Ashfaq A. Sheikh (PEC)

Prof. Stephen Ogunlana, Heriot-Watt

University, UK

Prof. Dr. Tahir Shah, NCEG

Engr. Ghulam Karim, PEC

Dr. S. F. A. Rafeeqi, NED, Pakistan

Engr. M. Sohail, PEC

Dr. M. Jamal (NUST)

Engr. A. Rehman, PEC

Engr. Jehanzeb, PEC

Dr. M. Baber Khan (NUST)

Dr. Ziauddin (NUST)

Registration committee

Convener/Secretary: Dr. Sami Ul Haq

Mrs. Samra Kiran ,

Mr. Sharifullah

Engr. Habil Ahmad

Mr. Wahab Shamshad

Mr. Aqib Aziz

Mr. Asim Raza

Mr. Mohammad Shoaib

Mr. Sami Ullah Khan

Ms. Sheeba Sadaf

Ms. Sonia Sakhawat Hussain

Accommodation and Food committee

Convener: Col (R) Faqir Muhammad

Mr. Muhammad Shakir

Engr. Sheraz

Prof. M. Iqbal

Coordination committee

Convener: Mr. Zafar Ahmad

Mr. Arshad Amin

Mr. Jasir Ilyas,

Mr. Hamza Khwaja,

Ms. Hafsa Sadia,

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Mr. Zulfiqar Ali,

Ms. Sheeba Sadaf,

Ms. Sonia Hussain

Fund raising/Finance

Convener: Mr. Shakeel Sethi

Mr. Amjad Ali

Mr. Hilal Khurshid

Prof. M. Iqbal

Mr. M. Shakir

I.T. resources

Convener: Mr. Sibtain Wahid Qadri

Engr. Aftab Alam

Mr. Syed Farrukh Abbas

Mr. Muhammad Hannan

Mr. Aamir Iqbal

Mr. Hafiz Muhammad Tayyab

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS/INVITED TALKS

1. Emerging Trends in Collaborative Research and Innovation in United

States: (A Case study of Construction Industry of United States)

Prof. S.Mehmood Ahmed PhD, Chair Department of Construction Management- East Carolina University

USA.

Abstract: The problems faced by Engineering and Management Scientists are becoming more

complicated with time. The resource crunch in the world at one hand and challenges of environmental

sustainability at the other hand is forcing us to develop cost effective and sustainable solutions. This is the

real challenge for all of us. Nonetheless research plays a pivotal role in exploring such solution, yet more

innovative solutions are still needed. To this end, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research is the

need of the day. The cross disciplinary, cross functional and cross boarder nature of research in 21st

century, calls for more integration and collaboration of the academia, industry, business community. In

this paper, the merging trends in Research and Innovations with special reference to the Construction

Industry of United States have been explained. The strong academia linkages are used to identify the

problems faced by the industry and develop sustainable cost effective solutions for them.

Keywords: environmental sustainability, challenge, research, industry academia linkage.

Brief Bio Data:

Dr. S.Mehmood Ahmed is Chair and Professor at Department of Construction

Management at East Carolina University USA. He obtained his BSc Civil

Engineering from UET Lahore in 1984. Later he completed his MS and PhD Civil

Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA. He is involved in

teaching and research as full time faculty since 1995, when has was lecturer at Hong

Kong Polytechnic University. Later he joined Florida International University (FIU)

and remained there for about 12 years in capacities Assistant Professor, Associated

Professor and Graduate Program Director. In 2010, he joined ECU as full professor

and head at the Construction Management department. He also worked with various

construction Engineering firm as consultant including McDonald Layton and Company, CRSS-AMC and

CDA. Dr. Ahmad is theauthor of more than 100 research papers, published in refereed journals and

conferences. He is the chair of two series of conferences i.e Intentional Conference on Constructions In

Twenty First Century (CITC) and International Conference on Construction In Development Countries

(ICCIDC). He co-authored 4 books on Construction Management, Lean Construction, Quality

Management and Decsion Making in Constrcution management.

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2. Frugal Innovations to bridge multidisciplinary research and

innovations

Dr. Yasser Bhatti- DPhil in Management Research, Said Business School and Green Templeton

College UK

I explore how frugal innovations bridge multidisciplinary research and innovations to create potentially

disruptive innovations. Frugal innovations are means and ends to do more with less for many. With

relevance to challenges in Pakistan, there is growing uncertainty of the future on availability and use of

scarce resources. I draw from examples to discuss how emerging trends in frugal innovation deal with,

make use of, or overcome resource constraints and institutional voids to create social value as well as

profit generation, the former to improve lives, and the latter to make solutions sustainable. Frugal

innovations for instance tackle local problems that are of global concern in the fields of education,

healthcare, and housing and are both socially beneficial and profitable solutions which are affordable,

adaptable, and accessible. I show how entrepreneurs seek to address varied motivations, means, and

outcomes to do with social, user, efficiency, or challenge concerns and turn to a mix of technological,

social, and institutional innovations to accomplish their economic and social objectives. We discuss what

implications this may have to developmental efforts in Pakistan.

Keywords: Innovation, entrepreneurship, frugal, social, technology, institutions, resources, voids,

constraints, affordability

Brief Bio Data:

Yasser completed his PhD in Innovation and MSc in Entrepreneurship from

University of Oxford's Said Business School and Green Templeton College. His

research interests are in innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategy with focus on

innovation under constraints, the localization and globalization of innovation, and

the role of emerging market economies and situated actors such as social

entrepreneurs in emerging trends in innovation, particularly frugal innovation. He

studies these phenomenon through the lens of institutional theory and resource

theories (RBV and RDT). He also has an interest in regional clusters and scenarios and futures.

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3. New position of employees in the organization

Prof. Dr. Maslov Vladmir, Moscow State University Russia

In the new era, which is often labelled a society of knowledge, the key role virtually in any and all

organizations is assigned to the employees of a new type: intellectual employees. In the era of knowledge,

the efficiency of the company substantially depends on to what extent the management can cope with the

task to attract, manage and keep intellectual employees. Today, material incentives alone are already

insufficient: contemporary employees value social recognition and opportunities for further development

in the organization. In most cases, you can keep contemporary employees in your organization, by having

drastically changed their status. “You may achieve it only by transferring professionals from the lowest

positions to the positions of the top managers, from an average executive position (with the good salary

though) to a position of a business partner”, said Peter Drucker1. This has become a common practice in

Instrum-Rand (Pavlovo, Nizhny Novgorod Region), as well as in a number of the world’s best

companies, whose activities extend far beyond the new sectors only.

Brief Bio Data:

Maslov Vladimir, Ph.D. (profmaslov@gmail.com), is Professor of Human

Resource Management (HRM) at Moscow State University, 119992,

Moscow, Leninskije Gory, block 1, Faculty for Global Studies. In

addition to his writing of numerous scholarly articles, monographs and

chapters in Russia and abroad, he has authored five books in the area of

HRM, Industrial Relations and Corporate Culture. He has also authored a

287-page textbook “Strategic human resource management under the effective corporate culture”

(Moscow, 2004) and the 205-page book "Management in the epoch of Globalization" (Moscow, 2009).

Professor Maslov lectured at the University Regensburg, Bamberg, Osnabrueck, Freie Universitaet

Berlin, University of Bonn, Hamburg, Vienna, Klagenfurt, St.Gallen, Chemnitz, Frankfurt/Main,

Gelsenkirchen, Freiburg, Karlsruhe. In the past years he is Visiting Professor at the Southwestern

University of Finance and Economics (Chengdu, China) and at the Yunan University of Finance and

Economics (Kunming, P.R. China).

He is a consultant for the HRM by “Siemens” (Moscow).

Professor Maslov participated in the organizational and preparatory work and as a speaker in panel,

symposia and conferences at both national and international levels. He is Member of Russian Academy

of cosmonautics after K.E.Tsiolkovsky, Member of the board of International Association for Cross-

Culture Competence and Management (Vienna), member of the editorial Board of "Cross Cultural

studies" (Vienna); Corresponding member of “Journal for East European Management Studies (JEEMS)”

(Germany), member of the editorial Board of "European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and

Management" (ISSN 1758-1508).

Main research areas: Industrial democracy and participation; Cross-cultural management; Human

Resource Management; Management; Corporate Culture in modern Management; Crisis of the modern

civilization; Economic reforms in Russia.

1 Peter F. Drucker Managing in the next society. St.Martin's Press, New York, 2002, p. 37

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4. Cyber-Security– Challenges for Pakistan and Recommendations on

Policy Action

Prof. Dr. Raziq Yaqub, Director of Technical Training, NIKSUN Inc. USA

The Nation, on April 25, 2014, reported that international hackers breached and defaced the websites of

Pakistan Government that includes pakistan.gov.pk, cabinet.gov.pk, pmi.gov.pk, mod.gov.pk,

establishment.gov.pk, railways.gov.pk [http://www.nation.com.pk/national/25-Apr-2014/president-calls-

for-joint-efforts-in-reducing-hiv-aids-risks]. Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2013 stated that the risk level for

local infection faced by users in Pakistan is 54%. Revealed by media, and given the context that cyber

warfare is currently being weighed actively in the region where Pakistan is located, it is imperative that

Pakistan take institutional steps to combat this threat.

Government of Pakistan has already taken some substantial steps, e.g., The Cyber Security Council Bill

2014 was presented by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed with the aim of creating a body to draft policy,

guidelines and strategy on cyber security issues according to international best practices. Focal ministry

was formed to handle exclusively the Cybersecurity issues, and Cybersecurity Task Force was formed

with the affiliation of several Ministries (such as Ministry of Defense, Ministry of IT, Ministry of Foreign

Affairs, Ministry of Information) etc.

Though, Cybersecurity has been recognized as growing challenge by the government of Pakistan, and

short term steps have been taken, but with the launch of 3G & 4G technology in Pakistan (that provides

improved connectivity and promotes internet communities), the national security would be at even greater

risks. Therefore there is an unavoidable need for Pakistan to devise a policy action for Cybersecurity.

The speaker recommends that policy action for Pakistan’s Cybersecurity must include components that

entail (a) technology, (b) national and international strategy, and (c) public awareness. To that end, the

agenda of keynote speech includes the key Cybersecurity challenges and threats specific to Pakistan

because of its location and strategic role. The speaker would also elucidate the long-term Cybersecurity

Requirements, and elaborate the above noted recommendations. The talk will also provide a technical

understanding and vision of Cybersecurity, direction and a sense of what technologies, capabilities, and

services are available and most needed by Pakistan. It will also answer the important technical questions

that often go unanswered in case of Cyber-attack, such as: When and how did the attack occur? What

information was taken? What was the impact on the business/operation? And how do we prevent

recurrence?

The talk will also provide food for thought for university students and researchers on how to explore

innovative techniques and conduct Cybersecurity related research specific to different silos, such as

Government, Defense, Financial Institutions, ICT Infrastructure, and Power Industry’s SCADA system.

Thus, the talk will be beneficial for the students, researchers, government policy makers, industry leaders,

and decision makers from telecom agencies such as Pakistan Telecom regulatory authorities (PTA),

Utility Industry and service providers, and Banks.

In essence, the talk will provide an excellent technical overview of Cybersecurity for audience with

diversified background. Key Cybersecurity challenges specific to Pakistan, Cybersecurity requirements,

Recommendations. Landscape of what technologies, capabilities, and services are available and most

needed by Pakistan. Finally it would point out some technical research venues for the students/professors.

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Brief Bio Data:

Dr. Yaqub earned a Ph.D. in Wireless Communication from Keio University, Japan,

and MBA in Marketing from Fairleigh Dickenson University, USA. He is one of the

pioneers of LTE/4G, and an inventor of numerous technologies of 4th Generation

Wireless Communication, and Smart Grid. He received “Innovators Award” from the

Governor of the State of New Jersey, USA, through Inventors Hall of Fame, for

advancement of knowledge and technology. Recently, he is again selected for the

Inventor of the Year Award, thus will earn the title once held by Albert Einstein and

Thomas Edison.

Dr. Yaqub remained an Executive Director of Toshiba America Research, Inc. from 2001 to 2009, Sr.

Consultant to the State of New Jersey for 700 MHz LTE Public Safety Network/grant writing, and a

spokesperson in 3GPP on behalf of Department of Homeland Security for “Govt. Emergency Telecomm

Service”. Currently, he is working as a Director of Technical Training, for NIKSUN, a global leader in

Cybersecurity, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Dr. Yaqub also remained an Associate Professor at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he

developed and delivered new graduate level courses, such as “Smart Grid”, “4G Networks”, and

“Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Cybersecurity”. He also remained an Adjunct Professor of

Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, and CECOS University Peshawar (online via Skype). He is

an approved Ph.D. supervisor of HEC Pakistan, and is also recurrently invited as a Resource Person.

His research interests address 4G issues, Smart Grid technologies, (including Electric Vehicles, Wind

Generation, Smart Home Energy Management, etc.). He filed several patents (16 already issued),

published numerous papers in international conferences, and submitted 150+ contributions in technical

standards organizations. He remained a working group chairman in Mobile Wireless Internet Forum,

Chairman IEEE Membership Development, Rapporteur in 3GPP, keynote speaker, panelist, and guest

speaker in numerous International conferences.

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5. Ubiquitous Communication System for Rescue and Disaster

Management

Dr. Muhammad Mahtab Alam Qatar Mobility Innovations Center, Qatar Science and Technology Park,

Doha, Qatar E-mail:mahtaba@qmic.com

The growing increase of disasters and accidents, in terms of frequencies and intensities, has a significant

impact on the human's living conditions and the economy. These disasters might be caused by a

combination of natural, man-made or unexpected factors, and their negative impact on the human being is

amplified due to the increased population densities in cities, public areas or buildings. Consequently,

there is currently a growing need for ubiquitous communication and monitoring systems enabling

emergency response to the life-critical operations, rescue and disaster management, public safety and

preparedness. In this context, often existing infrastructure is either damaged or over saturated. It is

envisioned that Wearable Wireless Sensor Networks (W-WSNs) will play an important role in such

circumstances. In this talk, we will discuss how we can use this emerging technology called “wearable” in

rescue and disaster management. At the end, some open research and development challenges will be

discussed.

Key Words: Ubiquitous communication, rescue and critical applications, wearable wireless sensor

networks, cross layer design, Algorithm and protocols.

Brief Bio Data:

Dr. Alam is a research scientist since January 2014 in Qatar Mobility Innovations

Center, Qatar. He is working in National Priority Research Program of Qatar

Foundation in Wearable WSN for rescue and critical applications. In 2013, He

was working as Assistant Professor in Swedish College of Engineering and

Technology in Pakistan. From 2009-2012, he did his PhD from INRIA Research

Center and IRISA Laboratory, France. From 2007 until 2009 he was working on

multi-standard software radio receiver’s projects as research engineer in Center

for Software Defined Radio (CSDR) at AAU, Denmark. Over the past 8 years he

has contributed on number of European projects such as GEODES, GRECO, MS-

SDR, etc., He is a TPC member of WiMob, BSN, VTC, WUPS, IMTEC conferences. He is a member of

IEEE and IET-UK. His research interests are in the fields of self-organized and self-adaptive wireless

sensor and body area networks. In particular towards energy efficient communication protocols and

algorithms, radio-link and mobility modeling, digital signal processing, algorithm-architecture

optimizations and software defined radios.

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6. The application of social network analysis in the construction industry

of Hong Kong

Dr. Arshad Ali Javed, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Building & Real Estate

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

The Hong Kong construction industry is currently facing ageing problem and labour shortage. There are

opportunities for employing ethnic minority construction workers to join this hazardous industry. These

ethnic minority workers are prone to accidents due to communication barriers. Safety communication is

playing an important role for avoiding the accidents on construction sites. However, the ethnic minority

workers are not very fluent in the local language and facing safety communication problems while

working with local workers. Social network analysis (SNA) is an effective tool to identify the safety

communication flow on the construction site. It can be used to attain the measures of safety

communication like centrality, density and betweenness within the ethnic minorities and local workers,

and to generate sociograms that visually represent communication pattern within the effective and

ineffective safety networks. The aim of this paper is to present the application of SNA for improving the

safety communication of ethnic minorities in the construction industry of Hong Kong. The paper provides

the theoretical background of SNA approaches for data collection and analysis using the software

UCINET and Net Draw, to determine the predominant safety communication network structure and

pattern of ethnic minorities on site.

Keywords: Construction safety, communication, ethnic minorities, social network analysis, Hong Kong.

Brief Bio Data:

Dr. Arshad Ali JAVED is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the

Department of Building and Reach Estate, Faculty of Construction and

Environment of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Prior to this, Dr. Javed was a Research Associate at the HK PolyU. He has

obtained his PhD in 2013 at the Department of Building & Real Estate under the

supervision of Dr. Patrick Lam (Associate Professor) and Professor Albert Chan

(Co-supervisor). He has attended three month exchange program at the University

of Canberra, Australia. He graduated from the University of Punjab, Lahore,

Pakistan, where he received his Bachelor of Commerce (B.COM) degree in 2001. He thereafter did his

Master of Business of Administration (MBA) from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,

Lahore, Pakistan in 2004. He has worked as a Manager Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research

(PMER) in a Microfinance and Rural Development Institute of Pakistan for two years. Afterward, he

pursued his Master of Science in Economics degree from the University of Skövde, Sweden in 2008 and

he was awarded a Master of Science in Real Estate Management degree from the Royal Institute of

Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden in 2010. He has co-authored some journals and conference

papers. His research interests are in the area of public-private partnerships (PPPs), construction safety

management, sustainability and value management, contract management and facilities management.

Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/javedarshadali/

Project webpage: http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~sailyu/

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7. Opportunities and Challenges of Big Data

Dr. Ahmed Zoha Research Scientist- Qatar mobility Innovations Centre, Qatar Science and

Technology Park Doha Qatar (www.qmic.com)

The ever-expanding data deluge has already started to transform business, government, science and

everyday life. In this talk, we provide a brief overview of Big data paradigm and how it has been hailed

by particularly telecommunication industry as a new frontier for innovation, competition and productivity.

The rapid advancements in telecommunication systems leads to growing data volume and high customer

expectations in terms of cost and quality of service. The changing dynamics of radio network usage poses

challenges for the operators in terms of optimizing and maximizing network efficiency while reducing

maintenance and operational expenditure. Self-organizing Network (SON) concepts have emerged in the

last years, with an aim to introduce intelligent automation in the network. The availability of huge volume

of information within a mobile network which can be referred to as ``Big Data", obtained through various

network elements including management, control, authentication and customer-centric data records, can

be leveraged to advance the existing SON functionalities to address the prevailing and futuristic

challenges. In this talk, we will present a framework for empowering SON with Big Data to address the

requirements of 5G. We will discuss how to transform the Big Data into right data that provides a readily

useable knowledge base to create end-to-end intelligence of the network. The knowledge extracted from

the right data can essentially transform SON from being a reactive to pro-active paradigm and hence can

act as a key enabler for 5G’s extremely low latency requirements.

Keywords: Big Data, Self-Organizing Networks, 5G, Machine Learning, Data Analytics

Presenter’s Bio:

Dr. Ahmed Zoha has received his doctoral degree from University of Surrey, UK in

year 2014 and currently working as a lead Research Scientist on a $1.045 million

QNRF funded research project titled as Quality Aware Self Organizing Cellular

Networks, QSON (www.qson.org). He is also acting as a co-principal investigator

of the project “Caloric Expenditure Estimation for Healthy lifestyle and Obesity

Management” funded by Qatar University.

Dr. Ahmed has been awarded EPSRC PhD fellowship in 2010, under which he carried out his research on

a multi-disciplinary project “Reshaping Energy Demands uses ICT” at University of Surrey in

collaboration with industrial partners including IBM and Thames Energy UK. He is also a recipient of

two best paper awards at IEEE IS 2012 and IEEE ISSNIP 2013. His research interest includes machine

learning and knowledge discovery, self-organizing networks, smart metering and energy management

systems.

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8. Status of Seismic Hazard Assessment of Pakistan

Dr M.Asif Khan , Karakorum University of Science and Technology Gilgit

Pakistan lies on the western edge of the Indian plate, bordered to the west and north by the Eurasian plate

and to the southwest by the Arabian plate. All these three plates are mutually converging, although the

mechanisms differ from north to southwest. In the Himalayas in the north, the collision is typically south

to north head-on, translating into dip-slip faults. To the west, the collision is oblique-slip transpressional,

as reflected in the Chaman Fault Zone and the western thrust-fold belt. Further to the west, the Arabia-

Eurasia convergence is taking place along the north-dipping active Makran subduction zone. This tectonic

setting renders Pakistan highly hazardous from the point of view of earthquakes.

Faults, together with seismicity record (geological, historical and instrumental) form basis of seismic

hazard analyses. The seismicity data for Pakistan are available through national or international seismic

networks. National seismic networks started functioning with some optimum capabilities only after the

Kashmir earthquake 2005. Likewise, the instrumental data for Pakistan listed by international catalogues

is limited to a few decades in the past. With a poor historical record, this makes seismicity as a less

reliable parameter for computing seismic hazard analysis The existing fault data from Pakistan, also lack

several parameters crucial for seismic hazard analyses. Poor seismicity records together with poor data on

fault parameters renders exiting seismic hazard analyses unreliable.

In order to overcome part of the problem, a new fault map of northern Pakistan is compiled, together with

a database of parameters such as segmentation, sense and direction of movement, dip, rake, slip rate,

activity status (active/dormant/potentially active), and seismogenic upper and lower depths. This

information is crucial for using faults as potential seismic sources in seismic hazard analysis, and will

fulfill a longstanding requirement, hitherto lacking in Pakistan.

This paper reviews results of seismic hazard analysis recently carried out in Pakistan. These are compared

with new results that we have obtained based on our approach of using combined seismicity and faults as

basis of seismic zoning and hazard assessment.

Presenter’s Bio:

Dr. Asif Khan received his Ph.D. from Imperial College, London, UK in 1988;

followed by four post-doctorate fellowships including Fulbright (University of Texas,

Dallas, USA; 1993-94), National Science Foundation-NSF (Penn State, USA, 1994),

Commonwealth Fellowship (Oxford University, UK; 1998-99) and NSF (Lehigh

University, USA; 2004-2005). He started his career from the National Centre of

Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar in 1981 where he progressed to the

position of Tenured Professor and Director. He joined the Karakoram International

University as Vice Chancellor in June 2014. Dr. Khan is PhD in Earth Sciences, with specialization in

Tectonics (study of mountain-building processes) in Himalayas-Karakoram-Hindu Kush, Pakistan. His

research interests include geohazards of earthquakes, floods, landslides and debris flow, climate change

impact studies on cryosphere (glaciers, permafrost), water resources and geohazards in Himalayas-

Karakoram-Hindu Kush of N. Pakistan. His current focus is higher education management and its

relevance to communities. Professor Khan has published over 100 research papers, two coloured

geological maps, three books, including one published by the Geological Society of London. He is

member of the Core Group of Pakistan Engineering Council (and Chairman of the Seismic Hazards

Subcommittee) that is overseeing the development and implementation of Seismic Provisions, Building

Codes of Pakistan. He has recently concluded a regional research project spanning eight countries entitled

“Earthquake Model for Middle East-EMME” as the group leader of the particiapting scientists from

Pakistan.

Based on his research and contributions to Earth Sciences and higher-education sector, Dr. Khan is

recognized through several awards and fellowships including Scientist of Year award by Pakistan Book

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Council (1990), Gold Medal in Earth Sciences, Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2002), Civil Award of

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (2000), Honrary Fellowship of the Geological Society London (2008) and the

fellowship of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2009). Dr. Asif Khan is selected as Distinguished

National Professor by Higher Education in 2012. He is on the Executive Council of the Pakistan

Academy of Sciences since 2010.

9. Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) for

Development in Pakistan

Mr Ammar Hussain Jafferi CEO Pakistan Institute of IT for Development (PIID)

Pakistan Institute of ICT in Development (PIID) is an Initiative of Centre of Information Technology

(CIT) taken in coordination with E-Village Foundation which is trying to take the power of ICTs to rural

Part of Pakistan. The concept behind PIID is to bring all relevant Public-Private Organizations and NGOs

for developing ICT enabled products and services to support initiatives targeted for building the Capacity

of rural population to join the national and International efforts in the area of ICTs for development. The

team managing the PIID fully understands the responsibility of Pakistan to contribute and respond to the

Global commitments like MDGs & WSIS.

The PIID has started the pilot project of E-Peshawar in collaboration with Local Administration, City

University of Science and IT, Agriculture University , Sarhad University of Science and IT and Islamic

College University Peshawar. Initially the project has started work in four Union Council of Peshawar

city have been selected for implementation of the IT based solution in the four sectors of Healthcare,

Agriculture, Education and Agriculture. The four Universities have volunteered to participate in the

project. City University of Science and IT has been allocated the Union Council of Wadpaga, where it is

located. The various CIT equipment for the project have been sponsored by respective Universities.

In this paper, the speaker will highlight the role of CIT in development with special reference to

Healthcare, Agriculture, Education and Agriculture and the associated benefits to the social sector of

Pakistan. The Case study of E-Peshawar will also be explained in the talk.

Presenter’s Bio: Mr. Ammar Jaffri has over 40 years of experience in Governance,

Digital Forensics, Information Technology, Security, Education and Philanthropy. He

has served and led different departments in the Federal Government of Pakistan, and

has been recognized with some of the highest industry honors in Pakistan as well as

internationally. He serves as the Pakistan point of contact for a number of

international initiatives on Cyber Security like the Microsoft Law Enforcement

Forum, G-8 24/7 High Tech Crime Network, the OIC-CERT, SAARC CERT,

APCERT, Council of the European Union, and with INTERPOL.

He retired as the Additional Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan in 2010,

and in pioneering head of National Response Center for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) & Integrated Boarder

Management System at Pakistan Airport in FIA.

He is currently engaged as:-

a) Head of Cyber Security Task Force of Senate Defense Committee

b) President Pakistan Information Security Association (PISA).

c) Chief Executive Pakistan Institute of ICTs for Development.

d) President ISACA Chapter Islamabad.

e) Chief Executive SecurityExperts Private Limited ( www.securityexperts.com.pk ).

Mr. Jaffri’s special interest is to improve the lives in the rural areas of Pakistan by leveraging information

and communication technologies. ( www.PIID.org.pk )

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10. Unsteady Mhd boundary layer flow of Casson fluid past an oscillating

Fluid Plate

Asma Khalid ( PhD Scholar University Technlogie Malaysia)

This article investigates the unsteady MHD boundary layer flow over an oscillating vertical

plate. The non-Newtonian Casson fluid is taken as electrically conducting and passing through a

porous medium. The flow is induced due to buoyancy force causes free convection and because

of oscillating boundary. The magnetic field is applied in perpendicular direction to the flow. The

magnetic Reynolds number is taken small so that the induced magnetic field is neglected. This

physical phenomenon is modelled in terms of momentum and energy equations together with

physical conditions. The system of equations is first written in dimensionless form and then

Laplace transform method is used for its solution. It is found that the obtained solution satisfy all

the imposed initial and boundary conditions. The correctness of the present results is verified by

reducing them as a special case to similar solutions for Newtonian fluids. Expressions for skin-

friction and Nusselt number are also evaluated. Numerical results of velocity and temperature

profiles for various values of embedded flow parameters are shown graphically and their effects

are discussed in detail.

Keywords: Casson fluid, MHD flow, Porous medium, Exact solutions.

Presenter’s Bio:

Ms. Asma Khalid

PhD Scholar,

Area of Specialization : Viscous Fluid

UTM, Johor Bahru Malaysia

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Contents Civil Engineering ....................................................................................................32

The Application of Social Network Analysis in the Construction Industry of Hong Kong ................... 33

(Ref No. HK-CE-10) .................................................................................................................................. 33

Assessing performance of a Geo Probe .................................................................................................. 33

(Ref No. PK-CE-40) ............................................................................................................................................ 33

Partnering, a Potential Prospect for Pakistani Construction Industry ..................................................... 33

(Ref No. KSA-CE-33) .......................................................................................................................................... 33

Experimental Investigation to determine the Influence of cyclic loading on the Compressive strength

and Modulus of Elasticity of Brick masonry constructed in cement, sand and khaka mortar ................ 34

(Ref No. PK-CE-05) ............................................................................................................................................ 34

Steel Piped Pile Foundation for Emergent Construction ........................................................................ 34

(Ref No. PK-CE-06) ............................................................................................................................................ 34

Sustainable Use of Paper Industry Waste (Hypo Sludge) In Design Mix Concrete ............................... 35

(Ref No. PK-CE-12) ............................................................................................................................................ 35

Assessment of Sulfuric Acid attack on Locally -Manufactured Concrete .............................................. 35

(Ref No. PK-CE-15) ............................................................................................................................................ 35

Assessment of Effect of Land Use Change on Hydrological Response and Sediment Yield for

Catchment Area of Simly Lake, Pakistan ............................................................................................... 35

(Ref No. PK-CE-51) ............................................................................................................................................ 35

Establishment of Flood Plain Map in Urban Area of Swat ..................................................................... 36

(Ref No. PK-CE-74) ............................................................................................................................................ 36

Performance Evaluation of Recycled Aggregate Concrete ..................................................................... 36

(Ref No. PK-CE-75) ............................................................................................................................................ 36

Strengthening and Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Beams for Flexure by Using External Steel

Reinforcements ....................................................................................................................................... 37

(Ref No. PK-CE-76) ............................................................................................................................................ 37

Geotechnical and mineralogical diagnostics of soil of residential settlements in Bannu ....................... 37

(Ref No. PK-CE-77) ............................................................................................................................................ 37

Bacteriological Assessment of the Potable Water Quality in the Urban Informal Settlement Centers of

District Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .................................................................................................... 38

(Ref No. PK-CE-81) ............................................................................................................................................ 38

Effect of Air And Oven Drying Methods on Soil Plasticity ................................................................... 38

(Ref No. PK-CE-89) ............................................................................................................................................ 38

Modification of Asphalt By Rubber Crumbs .......................................................................................... 38

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(Ref No. PK-CE-90) ............................................................................................................................................ 38

Effect of Binder Content on Volumetric Properties of Asphalt Mix ...................................................... 39

(Ref No. PK-CE-91) ............................................................................................................................................ 39

Assessment of Mechanical Properties of Bagasse Ash Incorporated Concrete ...................................... 39

(Ref No. PK-CE-92) ................................................................................................................................... 39

Vehicle Spacing for Notional Load Development for Pakistan .............................................................. 39

(Ref No. PK-CE-98) ................................................................................................................................... 39

Small and large scale direct shear tests on sand-concrete Interface ........................................................ 40

(Ref No. PK-CE-99) ................................................................................................................................... 40

An FEM-BEM Interactive Coupling for Modeling Smart Structural Health .......................................... 40

Monitoring Systems ................................................................................................................................ 40

(Ref No. PK-CE-109) ................................................................................................................................. 40

An Earthquake Risk Assessment Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan ............................ 40

(Ref No. PK-CE-117) ................................................................................................................................. 40

Use of Silica Fume and Marble Dust as Partial Binding Material in Concrete ...................................... 41

(Ref No. PK-CE-118) ................................................................................................................................. 41

Analysis of Cost Effective Construction of Reinforced Concrete Slabs ................................................. 41

(A Step towards Economical Construction) ............................................................................................ 41

(Ref No. PK-CE-119) ................................................................................................................................. 41

Doze Optimization of Class-F Fly Ash Incorporated in Green Concrete ............................................... 41

(Ref No. PK-CE-120) ................................................................................................................................. 41

Investigation of Compressive Strength of Concrete using Bagasse Ash as Partial Replacement of

Cement .................................................................................................................................................... 42

(Ref No. PK-CE-121) ................................................................................................................................. 42

Study of Traffic Problems and Suggested Solutions of Thokar Niaz Baig Intersection ......................... 42

(Ref No. PK-CE-122) ................................................................................................................................. 42

Cost of Poor Quality in Municipal Water Supply System, a Case Study of Public Sector Organization.

................................................................................................................................................................ 43

(Ref No. PK-CE-128) ................................................................................................................................. 43

Experiemental Study on Strength of Concrete using Silica Fumes as Supplementary Cementitious

Material ................................................................................................................................................... 43

(Ref No. PK-CE-129) ................................................................................................................................. 43

Exploring the Hydro Power Potential through Existing Water Supply Lines from Simly Dam to

Islamabad City under Gravity Flow ........................................................................................................ 43

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(Ref No. PK-CE-133) ................................................................................................................................. 43

An Analysis of Pedestrian Safety on Taxila-Wah Section G.T Road (N-5) Pakistan ............................ 44

(Ref No. PK-CE-139) ................................................................................................................................. 44

The ethical dimensions of Engineering Experimentation ....................................................................... 44

(Mega Projects in Islamabad as a Case Study) ....................................................................................... 44

(Ref No. PK-CE-140) ................................................................................................................................. 44

Electrical Engineering ...........................................................................................46

Improved Efficient Class B Power Amplifier using Negative feedback ................................................ 47

(Ref No. PK-EE-23) ................................................................................................................................... 47

Detail Survey of Cognitive Radio Communication System ................................................................... 47

(Ref No. PK-EE-29) ................................................................................................................................... 47

Performance Evaluation/Analysis of 132kV Transmission System in on the Basis of Voltage

Regulation, Voltage and Power Deviation Index and Voltage Stability Indices .................................... 47

(Ref No. PK-EE-42) ................................................................................................................................... 47

Sinusoidal Symmetrical & Asymmetrical PWM Based Three Phase Inverter Design ........................... 48

(Ref No. PK-EE-47) ................................................................................................................................... 48

Optimal Longitudinal Controller Design for Rotorcraft under Different ............................................... 48

Flight Conditions .................................................................................................................................... 48

(Ref No. PK-EE-49) ................................................................................................................................... 48

Miniaturization of Multiband H-Shaped Patch Antenna Using Stack Configuration ............................. 48

(Ref No. PK-EE-68) ................................................................................................................................... 48

A Novel Approach of LV Micro Grid Protection Shifted from Grid Connected Mode to Stand Alone

Mode ....................................................................................................................................................... 49

(Ref No. PK-EE-70) ................................................................................................................................... 49

Cluster based Routing for Special Events in Wireless Sensor Networks ............................................... 49

(Ref No. PK-EE-83) ................................................................................................................................... 49

Compact UWB Bandnotch Antenna for UWB Applications .................................................................. 50

(Ref No. PK-EE-88) ................................................................................................................................... 50

Measurement Of Partial Discharge (PD) In High Voltage Power Equipments ...................................... 50

(Ref No. PK-EE-94) ................................................................................................................................... 50

Towards Accurate Energy Modeling of WSN Nodes ............................................................................. 50

(Ref No. QTR-EE-85) ................................................................................................................................. 50

Analysis Of Trend Of Installing Solar Street Lights In Peshawar Cantonment Areas .......................... 51

(Ref No. PK-CE-97) ................................................................................................................................... 51

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Design and Comparison of cross coupled log periodic symmetric and asymmetric feed line diplexer .. 51

(Ref No. PK-EE-100) ................................................................................................................................. 51

Design Solar Charger for Lead-Acid Battery with Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) .............. 51

(Ref No. PK-EE-101) ................................................................................................................................. 51

Power Factor Correction of AC-to-DC Boost Rectifier using Sliding Mode Control ............................ 52

(Ref No. PK-EE-114) ................................................................................................................................. 52

Rate Distortion Theory ........................................................................................................................... 52

(Ref No. PK-EE-115) ................................................................................................................................. 52

Multi pulse Voltage Source Rectifier- Tool for THD reduction in input current of Switched Reluctance

Motor drives ............................................................................................................................................ 52

(Ref No. PK-EE-116) ................................................................................................................................. 52

Miniaturization of Multiband Patch Antenna Using Stack Configuration and Slots on Patch and Ground

................................................................................................................................................................ 53

(Ref No. PK-EE-131) ................................................................................................................................. 53

Performance Evaluation of 132kV grid Stations and Transmission lines in Peshawar Division. A Case

Study ....................................................................................................................................................... 53

(Ref No. PK-EE-131) ................................................................................................................................. 53

Mathematics ...........................................................................................................54

Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis due to Mixed Convection in a Rotating Fluid ................................... 55

(Ref No. PK-MATH-26) .............................................................................................................................. 55

MHD Free Convection Flow Past a Vertical Plate that Applies Arbitrary Shear Stress to the Fluid with

Ramped Wall Temperature ..................................................................................................................... 55

(Ref No. PK-MATH-28) .............................................................................................................................. 55

Radiation Effects on Unsteady Heat Transfer Flow of a Casson ............................................................ 55

Fluid Past an Oscillating Plate with Newtonian Heating ........................................................................ 55

(Ref No. PK-MAL-14) ................................................................................................................................ 55

Analysis of unsteady oldroyd-b fluid on oscillating ............................................................................... 56

Inclined belt ............................................................................................................................................ 56

(Ref No. PK-MATH-12) .............................................................................................................................. 56

Double-layer Optical Fiber Coating Using Ellis Fluid ........................................................................... 56

(Ref No. PK-MATH-11) .............................................................................................................................. 56

Mathematical Analysis of an SEIR epidemic model .............................................................................. 56

(Ref No. PK-MATH-84) .............................................................................................................................. 56

Computer Sciences .................................................................................................57

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Information with the Blink of an Eye: Making Smart Cars more Intelligent and User Friendly ............ 58

(Ref No. PK-CS-02) ................................................................................................................................... 58

Adapting Agility in Offshore Software Development ............................................................................ 58

(Ref No. PK-CS-20) ................................................................................................................................... 58

Making Vehicles Driverless for Special People using AT89c51 ............................................................ 58

(Ref No. PK-CS-21) ................................................................................................................................... 58

Hiding Information Using Techniques of Polybius Square and Steganography to ensure Security ....... 58

(Ref No. PK-CS-32) ................................................................................................................................... 58

Two Phase Cascading (TPC) Technique for Solving Curriculum Based Course Timetabling Problem 59

(Ref No. PK-CS-39) ................................................................................................................................... 59

Developing the best scheduling algorithm from Existing algorithms for real time operating systems .. 59

(Ref No. PK-CS-63/56) ............................................................................................................................... 59

Power Management Techniques in Smartphones Operating Systems .................................................... 59

(Ref No. PK-CS-64) ................................................................................................................................... 59

Comparative Study of Various MANET Protocols using Different Mobility Models ........................... 60

(Ref No. PK-CS-93) ................................................................................................................................... 60

Challenges Faced by E-Government Projects in Developing Countries ................................................. 60

(Ref No. PK-CS-138).................................................................................................................................. 60

Mechanical Engineering ........................................................................................61

Assessing the Performance of Diesel Engine Using Bio-diesel Produced from Mustard Oil Locally

Available in Pakistan .............................................................................................................................. 62

(Ref No. PK-ME-41) .................................................................................................................................. 62

Characterizing SAC305 Inter-metallic Layer and Inter-metallic Compounds Growth Model Fitting ... 62

(Ref No. PK-ME-136)................................................................................................................................. 62

Management Sciences ............................................................................................63

The impact of privatization on the financial performance of banking industry: a comparison of

privatized and public banks in Pakistan .................................................................................................. 64

(Ref No. PK-MS-03) ................................................................................................................................... 64

Do Islamic banks financially perform better than Conventional banks? ................................................ 64

A comparative study of Pakistani banks ................................................................................................. 64

(Ref No. PK-MS-04) ................................................................................................................................... 64

Management of issues regarding psychological constraints of women working in non-government

organizations ........................................................................................................................................... 64

(Ref No. PK-MS-65) ................................................................................................................................... 64

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Comparison between Depression and Life Satisfaction among Love Marriage and Arranged Marriage

Couples ................................................................................................................................................... 65

(Ref No. PK-MS-16) ................................................................................................................................... 65

Does Packaging influence Consumer Buying Behavior? A Measure from Cosmetic Products of

Peshawar Region Pakistan ...................................................................................................................... 65

(Ref No. PK-MS-71) ................................................................................................................................... 65

Determining the outcomes of compassionate management: A case study of private banks in Peshawar

City .......................................................................................................................................................... 66

(Ref No. PK-MS-111) ................................................................................................................................. 66

Existing State of the Farm Management and Its Impact on Farm Productivity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

................................................................................................................................................................ 66

(Ref No. PK-MS-72) ................................................................................................................................... 66

Micro financing in Islamic Bank: (A Practical Approach) ..................................................................... 67

(Ref No. PK-MS-124) ................................................................................................................................. 67

Mufti Asad Gul ....................................................................................................................................... 67

Corporate social responsibility and firm profitability: A case of Oil and Gas sector of Pakistan .......... 67

(Ref No. PK-MS-129) ................................................................................................................................. 67

Impact of Job Overload on On-the-job Behavior and the mediating role of Person-organization-fit ..... 67

(Ref No. PK-MS-127) ................................................................................................................................. 67

Impact of Organizational Justice on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Case Study of PTCL,

Pakistan ................................................................................................................................................... 68

(Ref No. PK-MS-130) ................................................................................................................................. 68

Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Special Students: A Case of Peshawar District ............... 68

(Ref No. PK-MS-132) ................................................................................................................................. 68

Factors Influencing Individual Investors and Stock Prices Variation, (A Case of KSE) ........................ 69

(Ref No. PK-MS-134) ................................................................................................................................. 69

Measuring Moderating Effect of Power Distance between Facets of Job Satisfaction And Overall Job

Satisfaction: A Comparision Of Public And Private Sector Pakistani Organizations ............................ 69

(Ref No. PK-MS-137) ................................................................................................................................. 69

Education ................................................................................................................70

Parents’ Perceptions of Excellent Schools .............................................................................................. 71

(Ref No. PK-ED-17) ................................................................................................................................... 71

Role of Regional Campus Attock, Allama Iqbal Open University in imparting teacher education

through BEd / MEd workshops: A Survey based investigation .............................................................. 71

(Ref No. PK-ED-80) ................................................................................................................................... 71

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Effects of Accented Voiced Instructions on School Students’ Learning Achievements ........................ 72

(Ref No. PK-ED-30) ................................................................................................................................... 72

Power Learning for ‘ES’ Managers ........................................................................................................ 72

(Ref No. PK-ED-95) ................................................................................................................................... 72

Social Sciences ........................................................................................................73

Analysis of Job Stresses of Workwomen in the Khyber Pukhun Khwa Province - District Mardan as

Case Study .............................................................................................................................................. 74

(Ref No. PK-SS-01) .................................................................................................................................... 74

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics ........................................................75

1. Constructing a protein interaction network of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and human proteins . 76

2. Constructing a comprehensive protein interaction network for Hepatitis B Virus and Human

proteins by using data from the IntAct and VirusMint .......................................................................... 76

3. Construction and Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus Protein Interaction Network using Cytoscape .... 76

4. The network biology of malaria: integrating host-pathogen protein-protein interactions .............. 77

5. Tackling Dengue through Systems Biology: Analysis of the dengue protein interaction network

with its vector Aedes aegypti and its host Homo sapeins ....................................................................... 77

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Civil Engineering

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The Application of Social Network Analysis in the Construction Industry of

Hong Kong

(Ref No. HK-CE-10)

Albert P.C. CHAN, Arshad Ali JAVED, Francis K.W. WONG, Carol K.H. HON, Hafiz ZAHOOR and

Sainan LYU

The Hong Kong construction industry is currently facing ageing problem and labour shortage. There are

opportunities for employing ethnic minority construction workers to join this hazardous industry. These

ethnic minority workers are prone to accidents due to communication barriers. Safety communication is

playing an important role for avoiding accidents on construction sites. However, the ethnic minority

workers are not very fluent in the local language and facing safety communication problems when

working with local workers. Social network analysis (SNA) is a tool which can help to identify the safety

communication flow on construction site. It can be used to obtain measures of safety communication such

as centrality, density, and betweenness within ethnic minorities and local workers and to generate

sociograms that visually depict communication pattern within effective and ineffective safety networks.

The aim of this paper is to present the application of SNA for improving the safety communication of

ethnic minority in the construction industry of Hong Kong. The paper provides the theoretical background

of SNA approaches for data collection and analysis using the software UCINET and NetDraw, to

determine the predominant safety communication network structure and pattern of ethnic minority on site.

Assessing performance of a Geo Probe

(Ref No. PK-CE-40)

Lee Yeel Loon, Aftab Hameed Memon, Chai Teck Jung, Sam Toong Hai

This study is carried out for assessing the performance of a geo probe for determining ultimate bearing

capacity and shear strength of soft soils. Experimental work was carried out on 4 different types of soft

soils with two trials for each sample. The tests were conducted at UTHM RECSESSS research centre.

Geo Probe comprised of a cylindrical hollow PVC pipe of 50mm for internal diameter and 100mm for the

external diameter in filled with foamed concrete of 1200kg/m3 density. The performance of the probe was

assessed based on ratio of ultimate bearing capacity over undrained shear strength in particular study of

soil. Commonly, ultimate bearing capacity by five times the undrained shear strength is accepted in case

of soft soils. The tests conducted for the geo probe showed that the ratio of ultimate bearing capacity over

undrained shear strength for the tested samples varies from 1.0 to 6.0 for different loading which shows

the performance of the geo probe is acceptable and useful for determining the ratio of ultimate bearing

capacity, qu and the undrained shear strength, Su.

Partnering, a Potential Prospect for Pakistani Construction Industry

(Ref No. KSA-CE-33) Waleed Umer

Although the contract documents in detail delineate the responsibilities, duties and authorities among the

parties of the project but they does not describe the interacting behaviors and relationships of the parties.

These behaviors play immensely with the success of the projects. Construction disputes are inevitable and

happen regularly. The traditional relationship among the parties of the construction project is known to all

where the parties are at arm`s length and disputes happen quite often. Claims and disputes in the

construction industry mean extra cost and time for their resolution. In addition construction claims and

disputes are difficult to be resolved because of inherited intricacy of construction projects. This

paper presents an alternate approach of Partnering as a model to adopt for the projects to be

successful. It’s a new alternative technique of dispute prevention. The new concept introduced is of

dispute prevention instead of dispute resolution. Partnering has proved its self a vital approach to

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revolutionize the relationships and attitudes over a period of time in western parts of the world. But this

model is untested in Pakistan. Partnering is not a new form of a contract rather a methodology to

change the traditional adversarial behaviors towards friendly and trust based relationship. The

wrong understanding of the concept of partnering, the process of implementing partnering, its benefits

and implementation barriers may hinder the process of successful partnering. This paper explains the

concept of partnering, the right the course of action for its successful implementation and potential

barriers in the process.

Experimental Investigation to determine the Influence of cyclic loading on the

Compressive strength and Modulus of Elasticity of Brick masonry

constructed in cement, sand and khaka mortar

(Ref No. PK-CE-05)

Engr.Sheraz Abbas, Ali Raza Khalid, Atta Ullah Shah

This paper presents the study of Brick masonry that behaves differently under various patterns of static

loading applied. It is a common practice to determine the compressive strength of brick masonry under

gradually increasing axial loading (known as monotonic loading) thus by ignoring the effect of cyclic

loading which the real masonry structures experience during earthquakes. Experimental work carried out

by researchers on masonry walls indicate that brick masonry is very sensitive to cyclic loading and

undergoes relatively more damages under the action of cyclic loading compared to monotonically

increasing static loading. Behavior of brick masonry will change and there will be a definite effect on its

compressive properties. Due to contrast behavior of brick masonry under monotonic loading and static

cyclic loading, it becomes a matter of concern to investigate the influence of loading types on mechanical

properties of masonry. To investigate this, 12 masonry prisms were cast. Six prisms each were tested

under monotonic and cyclic load. Compressive strength and modulus of elasticity were determined for

each loading type and their value are compared.

Steel Piped Pile Foundation for Emergent Construction

(Ref No. PK-CE-06)

Engr. Aftab Alam, Engr. Ali Raza Khalid, Engr. Dr. Attaullah Shah, Engr. Dr. Noor ul Amin

Loading tests on short steel pipe piles were conducted in the steel drum filled with clayey soil. The aim of

this study was to find the ultimate load carrying capacity of these piles for emergent construction of

shelters in calamity hit areas. The pile was three feet long and three inches outside diameter. The steel

drum was fabricated for this purpose. It had depth of four feet, diameter of three feet. A reaction beam

was welded to the diametrically opposite columns on the top open end of the drum. The reaction beam

had a clearance of 1 foot above the top open end of the drum. The basic, index and engineering properties

of both disturbed and undisturbed clay were determined in the Soil Mechanics laboratory. Four different

densities having a water content of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% were used to find the ultimate load carrying

capacity of these piles. The ultimate load carrying capacities were found in three conditions of pile both

ends open, lower end closed and upper end closed. When the above data were plotted, the conclusion of

the study was that ultimate load carrying capacity of the short pipe pile in soft clay could be estimated

from the field moisture content or density of the clayey soil. Moreover, the 3rd condition of the pile

foundation was recommended as the pile could easily be penetrated to the closed top end in which case it

would derive ultimate end bearing capacity at the bottom of pile because the enclosed clay in the pipe

would act as a solid piped pile.

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Sustainable Use of Paper Industry Waste (Hypo Sludge) In Design Mix

Concrete

(Ref No. PK-CE-12)

Yousuf Ali, Bilal Ahmad Adil, Ahmed Rafique

For a greener and sustainable future we have to develop innovative ways to save fuel and mitigate carbon

footprints therefore develop alternative ways by which building materials can be modified. In this study

waste paper sludge ash (hypo sludge) was partially replaced as 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% in place of

cement in concrete for M-15 mix (i.e. concrete design mix of 1:2:4 cement, sand and aggregate as per IS

456: 2000) and tested for its compressive strength, tensile strength, water absorption and weight up to 28

days of age and compared with conventional concrete. This work examines the possibility of using hypo

sludge as partial replacement of cement for new concrete. From the results, it is found that hypo sludge

can be used as cement replacement up to 15% by weight and particle size less than 90μm to prevent

decrease in workability. It is found that compressive strength of concrete is increased up to 17%

compared to ordinary concrete for 15% replacement for cube and splitting strength of cylinder increases

up to 15% for 15% replacement. The %age water absorption is increased with the addition of hypo

sludge. Additionally, the addition of hypo sludge results in lighter concrete material i.e. weight reduced in

replacement of cement with hypo sludge.

Assessment of Sulfuric Acid attack on Locally -Manufactured Concrete

(Ref No. PK-CE-15)

Anwar Khitab, Waqas Anwar, Muhammad Tausif Arshad

This research paper emphasizes on the resistance of locally manufactured concrete against sulfuric acid

which is one of the four most aggressive acids against concrete. Acid rains, atmosphere, industrial

effluents and sewerage waste are the main sources of sulfuric acid attack on concrete. Choosing the right

concrete composition to make it as impermeable as possible can significantly improve the acid resistant

properties of concrete. So, following ACI and ASTM standards, ordinary concrete samples with and

without varying composition of silica fumes were prepared and exposed to 5% dilute solution of sulfuric

acid for the duration of one month. After specified duration, tensile strength, compressive strength and the

variation of mass in samples were assessed. This work was performed due to high concerns of concrete

deterioration in industrial areas and sewage systems as a result of acid attack.

Assessment of Effect of Land Use Change on Hydrological Response and

Sediment Yield for Catchment Area of Simly Lake, Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-CE-51)

Muhammad Shahid, Dr. Hamza Farooq Gabriel, Dr. Amjad Nabi, Dr. Muhammad Salik Javaid

The aim of this research is to identify the effects of land use changes on the rainfall-runoff and runoff-

sediment relations in Simly watershed, Islamabad. In this study Double Mass Curve was used to identify

the change in rainfall-runoff and runoff-sedimentation relationship of Simly catchment. The rainfall -

runoff data of Simly catchment for the period 1983-2012 were drawn, for two periods that is from 1983

till 1994 and 1995 to 2012 and were selected for analysis by using Double Mass Curve. Double Mass

Curve s were plotted for annual and monsoon month’s rainfall-runoff and runoff-sediment. From the

slope trend lines it was observed that more runoff and sedimentation occurred during 1995-2012. Satellite

images of 1992, 2000 and 2010 were classified to get land use information of the Simly catchment and it

was observed that more land use changes occurred during 1995-2012. The significant result showed that

water bodies reduced by 46 %, forest reduced by 26%, vegetation and agriculture reduced by 16%,

Rangeland increased by 15%, built up area increased by 271%, bare land increased by 129 %. In order to

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reduce Soil erosion Deforestation and loss of water bodies, developmental activities should be reduced in

catchment area of Simly dam.

Establishment of Flood Plain Map in Urban Area of Swat

(Ref No. PK-CE-74)

Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Tahir, Mahmood Ahmad, Waheed ur Rehman, Shah Room

Floods are the nation’s greatest natural disaster. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Floods cause

an average of $6 billion of property damage, claim 140 lives and prompt more Presidential disaster

declarations per year than any other hazard. Similarly, the severe floods, resulting from heavy monsoon

rains and freak weather systems commenced in July, 2010, in the high altitude, northern parts of Pakistan.

The rains, which broke a long standing,100 years record flood in early 1900s, rapidly became devastating

for the provinces of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. They

also inflicted heavy damage in some districts of Sindh and Baluchistan. Keeping in view the damages, it

is required to have a proper alarming and management system to minimize the chances of destruction. In

this perspective, accurate estimates of probable future floods should be worked out as planning, design

and construction of engineering infrastructure projects often requires consideration of the potential flood

risks. Similarly the estimation of different engineering parameters like shear, flow graphs, top width of

water plots, water surface profiles at cross section of rivers are required in many civil engineering projects

such as design of bridge openings and culverts, drainage networks, flood relief protection schemes and

the determination of flood risk. This research work is mainly focused to find these parameters at every

cross section in tabular and graphical form to locate the line of hazards at every point in the study area.

The research is carried out on three tributaries of river swat that run through urban area of main Swat city

of KPK Pakistan. The devastating Flood of 2010 is taken as the peak discharge for analysis. It was aimed

to collect geometric data and flow rates of 2010 flood on these tributaries using HEC-RAS (Hydrologic

Engineering Center-River Analysis System) and GIS (Geographic Information System) software as the

basic tools to find hydraulic parameters and the probable boundaries up to which the flood can reach in

future.

Performance Evaluation of Recycled Aggregate Concrete

(Ref No. PK-CE-75)

Sajjad Ali, Zia Ur Rahman, Qasim khan, Shah Room, Ziad Khan

Recycled aggregates are comprised of crushed, graded inorganic particles processed from the materials

that have been used in the constructions and demolition debris. The aim for this research was to determine

the performance of recycled aggregate in the structural concrete giving a better understanding on the

properties of concrete with recycled aggregates, as an alternative material to coarse aggregate in structural

concrete. The investigation was carried out using workability test, compressive test and indirect tensile

Test. Test Samples were prepared from the virgin aggregate and workability test, compressive test and

indirect tensile test were performed. After testing, samples were recycled to obtain recycled aggregate, a

replica of demolished concrete structure in real life. The recycled aggregate samples were prepared in two

batches. In the first batch the water cement ratio was kept same (0.55) as that in case of virgin concrete. In

the second stage the water cement ratio was increased up to 0.60 to check the variation of concretes

specimen in strength and workability. It was found that at the same water / cement ratios, the workability

of virgin concrete is higher than that of recycled concrete. Similarly at water / cement ratio of 0.55, the

compressive strength and Tensile strength of recycled concrete is appreciably lower than that of virgin

concrete. However, at higher w/c ratio of 0.60, the compressive and tensile strength of recycled concrete

is very close to that of virgin concrete. Unlike virgin concrete in which compressive strength decreases as

water / cement ratio increases, in recycled concrete the contrary is the case, i.e. strength increases with

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increase in water / cement ratios. Recycled aggregated can be used with confidence in construction works

with increased water cement ratio. The environmental issue can be effectively addressed by avoiding the

dumping of the demolished materials associated with the elimination costs pertaining to the disposing

operations.

Strengthening and Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Beams for Flexure by

Using External Steel Reinforcements

(Ref No. PK-CE-76)

Akhtar Gul, Bashir Alam, Fayaz A Khan, Yasir Irfan, Khan Shezada

The most implementable and favorable technique, used for the flexural strengthening of reinforced

concrete (RC) beams is the attachment of external steel members. Attachment of external steel sections or

fiber reinforced polymers is considered as a common technique used for the enhancement of flexural

capacity of the existing structural elements. To investigate and evaluate the flexural capacity of

reinforced concrete beams, strengthened with external steel bars, a research study was carried out and is

presented in this paper. Three reinforced concrete beams reinforced with minimum reinforcement ratio

were constructed and tested. Two beams were strengthened by attaching external steel bars with bottom

layer of shear reinforcement and one specimen without external steel bars was tested as control sample.

The area of reinforcement to be provided as external steel bars was calculated on the basis of maximum

steel ratio as per the ACI-(318-08) 10.3.5. Welding was used for the attachment of the external steel bars

to the existing shear reinforcement. All the three beams were tested in positive bending under third point

loading as per the ASTM C78/C78M-10. Test result shows that great enhancement in strength capacity

and better distribution of cracks may be achieved by using this technique of flexural strengthening of

beam.

Geotechnical and mineralogical diagnostics of soil of residential settlements in

Bannu

(Ref No. PK-CE-77)

Zia ur Rahman, Dr-Irshad Ahmad

This study aims to disclose the potential problems pertaining to soil mass of District Bannu in the form of

geotechnical and mineralogical details, obtained by performing various kinds of tests on soil samples

collected from selected spots, where the unusual cracks were observed to have been appeared in the

pavements, boundary walls and some other parts of the buildings. Similar cracks were observed in most

parts of the world where the soil was found to be expansive which depends on clay mineralogy, binding

agents, migration of water beneath the surface and the ability of soil to absorb water. X-Ray diffraction

analysis was used to study the minerals present in the soil and its fabric was studied with the help of

Scanning electron microscopy and those minerals were explored which are not involved in the swelling

phenomenon such as quartz and poligorskite Geotechnical investigation was performed by digging the

trial pits and collecting soil samples in polythene bags for determining its atterberg,s limits and studying

different geotechnical reports prepared by soil mechanics lab, UET Peshawar. The soil was found to lie

within the range termed as low plasticity clay which is not that much vulnerable to swelling.

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Bacteriological Assessment of the Potable Water Quality in the Urban

Informal Settlement Centers of District Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(Ref No. PK-CE-81)

Mahmood Ahmad, Naseem Ahmad, Zia Ur Rahman, Sajjad Ali

This research work aims at facilitating access to the safe drinking water for urban communities of

informal settlement centers by analyzing the water samples in District Bannu Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -

Pakistan. Particular emphasis is placed on the poor urban community where major constrains are already

insufficient and unsafe water quality. Safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation are prerequisites for

health, but these associations achieved greater importance when large numbers of displaced people from

North Waziristan Agency (NWA) seek shelter in overcrowded settlement centers in Bannu where there

are no established facilities to encourage hygiene and other barriers to prevent the transmission of disease.

In this study, total one hundred water samples were collected from the Tube Wells, Water Storage Tanks,

Consumer Taps and Household Utensils. The results revealed that 67% water samples were found unsafe

for potable use owing to the bacteriological contamination either at Water Storage Tanks or at Consumer

Taps or at Household utensils. The conclusions drawn from the study are the lack of drinking-water

quality monitoring and surveillance programs in the under study area, weak institutional arrangements

and the absence of a legal framework for drinking-water quality issues have aggravated the situation.

Above all the public awareness of the issue of water quality is dismally low. This research work is

focused to highlight the prevailing situation regarding potable water quality.

Effect of Air And Oven Drying Methods on Soil Plasticity

(Ref No. PK-CE-89)

Aashan Ijaz, Shah Room, Muhammad Ahmad Rana, Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Aleem

Atterberg Limits were initially defined in 1911, by Albert Atterberg, a Swedish scientist. Their purposes

are to classifying cohesive soils and determine engineering properties of soils. Atterberg limits include

liquid limits, plastic limits, and shrinkage limits. The standard method of determination of Atterberg

limits are stated in ASTM Standards. According to ASTM, all the soils tested by Atterberg limits should

be oven dried, it is because drying the soils in different degree will alter their properties significantly.

Some of the physical properties of soils will undergo changes that appear to be permanent. Therefore, the

soil samples should be in natural or air-dried form. However, in reality, due to time constraint and other

factors, many will run the tests by using soil samples that are prepared by oven drying method. They

assumed there is no difference between the results of two types of drying method. However, the truth is,

the properties of soil will be affected and thus give a misleading result. The objective of this study is to

determine the effect of two drying methods, air-drying method and oven drying method, on the soil

plasticity. Six soil samples from different cities were tested. These tests include sieve analysis, specific

gravity test, hydrometer analysis, Plastic limit and liquid limit test. Conclusively, the oven drying method

could not replace the air-drying method in soil preparation for both Atterberg limits tests.

Modification of Asphalt By Rubber Crumbs

(Ref No. PK-CE-90)

Shah Room, Muhammad Aleem, Umair Anwar Awan, Muhammad Ahmad Rana, Yusra Akram

Health aspects enforced to ponder a study on asphalt which incorporate rubber crumbs to increase

strength and flexibility of asphalt. Disposal of waste tires is a menace and it’s a serious problem globally

because it is not easily biodegradable as these tires consume large spaces, open burning cause serious

problems. By the use of rubber tires, this scrap is utilized efficiently and reduces the cost of asphalt to

produce economical system. The asphalt is absorbed by the rubber particles which swells at high

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temperature allowing greater concentration of liquid asphalt. The partial replacement of crumb rubber in

asphalt is 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% (D05, D10, D15, D20). The analysis of incorporated asphalt was done in

hot mix asphalt. The generated results showed that the value for resilient modulus and creep stiffness is

more as compared to the conventional asphalt and in the accumulated strain the values are much lesser

which is a positive approach.

Effect of Binder Content on Volumetric Properties of Asphalt Mix

(Ref No. PK-CE-91)

Shah Room, Zohaib Ali, Muhammad Aleem, Umair Anwar Awan, Muhammad Ahmad Rana

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of changing the binder content on the volumetric properties

of asphalt mix. The manners of bituminous mixture depends upon various factors, one of them is the

percentage of binder content. Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) covers bitumen and aggregate even though the

percentage of bitumen is small but it’s consequence on the bituminous mixture must not be ignored. If the

binder content in the mixture is more it leads to bleeding of pavement and early deformation but if the

binder content is below the optimum it will not provide adequate coating of aggregate particles and this

will ends in the loss of bond which eventually results in the potholes formation. Marshall stability test and

some other tests were performed for the collection of related data needed for study. Samples preparation

was done using marshall moulds with a varying percentage of binder content 3.5-5.5% with the increment

of 0.5% and varying compaction efforts of 25, 35, 50 and 75 blows. From experimental analysis it can be

concluded that volumetric propertied of HMA mix are very sensitive to change in binder content and

stability is maximum at optimum binder content.

Assessment of Mechanical Properties of Bagasse Ash Incorporated Concrete

(Ref No. PK-CE-92) Shah Room, Muhammad Ahmad Rana, Yusra Akram, Rafia Firdous, Muhammad Aleem.

Scarcity of resources and abundance of recyclable materials enforced engineers to incorporate different

types of waste materials in concrete yielding green construction. Sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) is one of

the waste materials that is abundantly available in Pakistan and is obtained from burning of sugarcane

bagasse. SCBA was obtained from Pattoki sugar mill, Punjab province, Pakistan and was burnt at 500oC

for one hour in controlled environment kiln. This report evaluates the effect of SCBA as partial

replacement of cement on fresh properties as well as on flexural strength of concrete. Cement replacement

of 5, 10 and 20% by weight with SCBA was done, 36 prisms (4”×4”×24”) were casted and tested for

flexural strength at 14, 28 and 90 days. Test results concluded that with the inclusion of SCBA

workability decreases and flexural strength increases up to 5% at 90 days. Gain of strength at later on

ages is more as compared to strength at earlier ages which is due to the pozzolanic nature of SCBA.

Additionally SCBA incorporation yields environment friendly and economic concrete production.

Vehicle Spacing for Notional Load Development for Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-CE-98)

Irshad Ahmad, Shiraz Shahid

This research paper discusses spacing of notional loads in perspective of local industry and practice in

Pakistan which is one of the important parameters within the vehicular live load model. The indigenous

research in this paper does comparative analysis for different approaches to model traffic on a bridge.

The task called out for moving load analyses of a notional truck with a lane load compared to notional

trucks following each other with a defined spacing. The analyses for done for various span lengths from

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6m to 50m in increments of 5m. Results were tabulated by comparing the maximum effects of moments

and shears. Visual observations on truck spacing were also recorded and analysed.

The research results recommended spacing for trucks and comparisons concluded that these are

reasonable and can be used for development of a notional load model for Pakistan.

Small and large scale direct shear tests on sand-concrete Interface

(Ref No. PK-CE-99)

Engr Kamran Khan, Irshad Ahmad, Asmat Ullah, Waqas Ahmad, Bilal Ahmad

Interface direct shear tests (small & large scale) were performed on sand & concrete interface using

different normal stresses, constant shear rate and different sand densities. Small scale Interface direct

shear tests were performed on sand & concrete interface in the conventional direct shear test apparatus

under 5 different normal stresses. Similar procedure was adopted for large scale direct shear test. Shear

stress verses shear strain data was plotted for each test. Mohr’s circle was plotted for small and large scale

interface direct shear test. An increase in the peak of Shear stress verses shear displacement curves was

observed with the increase of normal stress and sand density. Interface friction angle ( ) was also

increased with the rise in sand density but showed a decrease with the increase of scale of direct shear

test.

An FEM-BEM Interactive Coupling for Modeling Smart Structural Health

Monitoring Systems

(Ref No. PK-CE-109)

A. A. Shah, O. Tariq, U. Amjad, H. Afridi

In this research modeling of piezo-electric smart structural health monitoring systems is presented. The

work is aimed at determining the actuation effects being transferred from the actuators to the host and the

resulting overall structural response. To obtain the amount of these actuations, the system of the host

structure and an actuator has been modeled by using coupled finite element boundary element method in

frequency domain. The host structure, which is assumed as an isotropic elastic solid region is modeled as

a half space. The piezoelectric ceramic region is modeled by the 3-D finite element method, while the

elastic half space with boundary element method. Finite element model of piezoelectric ceramic and

boundary element model of the elastic half space are coupled together at their interface such that the

vibrations of the piezo-actuator induce vibrations in the elastic half space. The numerical results show that

high jump in magnitude of horizontal displacements at the corners of the actuator attached to the structure

occurs, which is an indication of high stress concentration, of the shear stress type at the corners. The

presented work is a step towards modeling of structural health monitoring systems.

An Earthquake Risk Assessment Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-CE-117)

Muhammad Abbas Quershi, Habil Ahmad, Shaukat Ali Khan, Atta Ullah Shah,

Earthquake risk assessment is esseantial for pre-disaster ad post-disaster mitigation strtagies. Wide

research is carried out on the assessmet of risk on small regions only, but no research on the assessment of

earthquake is carried out at large scale. The objective of this research is assessment of risk asscoiated with

earthquake hazard at Provoincial level of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan. Earthquake hazard is

calculated as Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA), being calculated by ERA framework developed by Khan

(2011) for risk assessment. Ground Motion Prediction Equation (GMPE) of Ambarasy’s is used for

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hazard Assessment while buiding inventory is developed projecting census data with minimal field

sampling. Maximin value of PGA of 0.39g was find out in region of district Mansehra, battagram and

shangla. Average Risk per $1000 ranges between ($5 to $145) depends on location and class of building.

Pre-earthquake and post-earthquake mitigation strategies are recommended based on results.

Use of Silica Fume and Marble Dust as Partial Binding Material in Concrete

(Ref No. PK-CE-118)

Hazrat Amin, Dr Atta Ullah Shah, Aftab Alam

The aim of this research work was to determine the characteristics of silica fume and marble dust for

application in structural concrete. Silica Fume is a byproduct from the electrostatic extraction of iron

silicate. Marble Dust is a grounded marble fine particles also another byproduct during process of marble

cutting and finishing in marble industry. The scope of this project work is to determine the combined

effect of silica fume and marble dust on concrete and comparing it by using various percentage

replacements of silica fume and marble dust with cement in concrete. The research work was carried out

by doing Abrasion Test, Slump Test, Compression Test and Flexure Test. The samples were divided into

four groups based on partial replacement of cement. The workability of concrete was reduced

comparatively with increase in the replacement with cement. The control sample were casted of concrete

with 0% replacement, the marble dust replacement was kept constant to 30% of the cement for partially

replaced samples and silica fume was replaced as 0%, 5% and 10% of cement of the partially replaced

samples. The compressive strength and flexure strength of the samples was reduced with increase in

partial replacement of cement.

Analysis of Cost Effective Construction of Reinforced Concrete Slabs

(A Step towards Economical Construction)

(Ref No. PK-CE-119)

Shah Room, Mohsin Azam, Sajjad Ali, Akhtar Gul, Muhammad Ahmad Rana

Different Slab systems are used in construction having different structural characteristics. These all

systems have different Architectural appearance and strength. Selecting appropriate type of slab for a

particular building is based on loads, spans and on the choice of owner. In the project our goal was to

select slab system which is more economical, serviceable, and having more strength for particular

building and particular conditions. For this purpose Proposed Hostel of UET Bannu Campus was

selected. Beam supported slab, flat plate slab or plate slab, waffle or joist slab were design for the

proposed hostel by long hand calculations. The estimated cost of flat plate slab system was much less

than those of beams supported and waffle or joist slabs for average spans not more than 20ft. Waffle slab

is the most uneconomical slab system for shorter spans.

Doze Optimization of Class-F Fly Ash Incorporated in Green Concrete

(Ref No. PK-CE-120)

Shah Room, Muhammad Ahmad Rana, Sajjad Ali, Akhtar Gul, Muhammad Aleem

Power plants incinerates a billion of tons of coal every annum, discharging enormous amount of fly ash as

a residue. Instead of dumping it to the landfills why not recycle it for beneficial uses. The formula for

preparing concrete is very simple: a blend of water, Portland cement, fine aggregates and coarse

aggregates cured for specified time period. However, one of the most exclusive change to concrete

manufacturing formula is the incorporation of fly ash, a by-product incurred from pulverized coal

combusted power plants in place of Portland cement. Same contemporary formula is adopted for this

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research. Four incorporations designated as M-5, M-10, M-15 and M-20 was adopted equivalent to

quantity which is to be replaced by Portland cement was done and kept under constant surveillance for 90

days’ time period. The garnered results showed favorable conditions for concrete’s strength and most

significantly for the sustainability of global environment.

Investigation of Compressive Strength of Concrete using Bagasse Ash as

Partial Replacement of Cement

(Ref No. PK-CE-121)

Shah Room, Mohsin Azam, Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Ahmad Rana, Muhammad Aleem

Sugarcane bagasse ash is a byproduct of sugar industries found after burning sugarcane bagasse which is

found after the withdrawal of all economical sugar from sugarcane. Disposing this material causes

environmental troubles. This research paper will inspect the use of bagasse ash as partial substitute of the

cement by providing pozzolanic properties. Ordinary Portland cement was replaced with local bagasse

ash at different percentage ratios. Concrete containing Ordinary Portland cement with constant water to

cement ratio but with the variation of bagasse ash quantity were prepared. Properties of fresh concrete

like consistency, workability of the pastes containing Ordinary Portland cement and bagasse ash at 5%,

10% and 20% replacement were inspect. For harden concrete compressive strength according to ASTM

standard of pastes containing Ordinary Portland cement and bagasse ash at 5%, 10% and 20%

replacement at 7, 28 and 90 days were also inspect. The test results indicated that environmental and

economic compensation can be liberated by using bagasse ash as a partial cement replacement material up

to 10% substitution of cement by bagasse ash results in superior or parallel concrete properties.

Study of Traffic Problems and Suggested Solutions of Thokar Niaz Baig

Intersection

(Ref No. PK-CE-122)

Nadeem Ullah, Shah Room, Muhammad Ahmad Rana, Umair Anwar Awan, Muhammad Aleem

The Thokar Niaz Baig intersection is a very busy junction in the South-West side of Lahore. It connects

Johar town, Raiwind, Campus, Chuburji, and Lahore-Islamabad Motorway through Shahpur interchange.

Vehicular jam, long queues, long delays, and sometime accidents during peak hours are frequent at this

junction. The rise in the average temperature of atmospheric and noise pollution was observed at this

junction due to heavy traffic. For smooth and rapid flow of traffic through this junction, geometric and

traffic improvements are of savior importance. To come up with an appropriate solution for the junction, a

methodology was devised which includes traffic studies, topographic survey & development of practical

alternatives. Traffic studies included a manual classified count, delay, travel time, congestion, and queues.

Topographic survey involves establishment of horizontal and vertical control and pulling in the junction

in AutoCAD. Two practical alternatives are presented, out of which Option No.1 is recommended to take

away. The study revealed that only the grade-separated arrangement at the junction is feasible. Entirely

the same, if a link road between Mohlnwal road and Multan road is provided to decrease the number of

intersecting legs, the effect would be more feasible. Other traffic engineering solutions like proper bus

stops, road signs, and pavement marking can also be implemented to increase the efficiency of the

junction.

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Cost of Poor Quality in Municipal Water Supply System, a Case Study of

Public Sector Organization.

(Ref No. PK-CE-128)

SanaUllah Aman

Water supply system of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan is being managed by a public sector

organization, Capital Development Authority (CDA. Water obtained from multiple sources is treated and

supplied to consumers through a pipe network. A quality audit of its water supply system has been carried

out by exploring historic data, visiting sites, quality testing and unstructured interviews. Historic hospital

data of water borne diseases has revealed problems in the water quality. Main problems are 55% water

wastage and water borne diseases due to contaminated water. Water is being supplied on subsidized rates,

whereas, a very high cost is being paid for water treatment and supply by CDA. Cost of Poor Quality to

the extent of US $ 25.719 million was borne by the general society and national economy in one year as a

result of internal and external failures of water supply system. Consumer confidence is very low (27%) on

the drinking water quality being supplied to them through pipe network. Some preventive measures have

been suggested to reduce the Cost of Poor Quality.

Experimental Study on Strength of Concrete using Silica Fumes as

Supplementary Cementitious Material

(Ref No. PK-CE-129)

H.M.Umar, Sohaib Naseer, Muahmmas Rameez Sohail

Concrete is the most extensively used in large-scale constructions where strength, workability, and

durability are main requirements. Engineers are continually pushing the limits upward to improve its

performance with the help of innovative chemical admixtures and supplementary cementitious

materials. Nowadays, most concrete mixtures contain supplementary cementitious material which

forms part of the cementitious component. The main benefits of SCMs are their ability to replace

certain amount of cement and still able to display cementitious property, thus reducing the cost of using

Portland cement. This paper investigated the properties of concrete by partial replacement of cement

with 5, 10, 15% and 20% of silica fume by weight. Compressive strength of concrete specimens, were

compared with concrete specimens, with no silica fume, at 7, 14, 28, 56 and 90 day’s age. A constant

water cement ratio of 0.35 was maintained and to compensate its workability, super-plasticizer was

used. Specimens which included both 6 inches diameter cylinders and 4 inches cubes were casted

and tested in accordance to ASTM standards. Test results indicated improvement, in the compressive

strength properties of cube samples by the inclusion of silica fume as a partial replacement of cement at

a replacement level of 10% but showed totally opposite behavior in case of cylinders.

Exploring the Hydro Power Potential through Existing Water Supply Lines

from Simly Dam to Islamabad City under Gravity Flow

(Ref No. PK-CE-133)

Engr.Joher Ali, Atta Ullah Shah

Renewable energy is the most popular subject nowadays, particularly utilizing multiple options to generate

alternate energy through various options. Hydropower is one of the best sources and can play a major role

among available renewable energy sources. Pakistan possesses considerable hydropower potential in its

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existing Indus basin water resources systems. Nevertheless, one of the paramount and appropriate locations

are the water supply systems, which can be explored for hydropower generation either located before or

after the water treatment plant or distribution network. In the water supply lines, the excess water pressure is

dissipated in sedimentation/coagulation tanks and ultimately sending them in the main conduction lines.

Nonetheless, this superfluous water pressure potential can be tapped by installing a hydro-turbine system for

converting potential energy into electrical energy.

For current case study, the existing water supply lines from Simly dam runs on gravity to Islamabad city

through 3 No’s main conduction line having diameter of 48”, 36” & 36” as main water supply conduction

lines. It has been estimated that flow under gravity flow has been analyzed and hydropower potential has

been explored to generate an electric energy potential of @ 2.046 Mega Watt (MW). Hydropower through

this process can about PKR 310 Million/year contributing huge economic benefits in cutting power bills

of CDA.

An Analysis of Pedestrian Safety on Taxila-Wah Section G.T Road (N-5)

Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-CE-139)

Engr. Muhammad Hussain, Dr. Sharif Bhatti

Highway safety plays an enormous role in the history of a country. Annually almost two-thirds

of the 1.2 million people killed in road traffic crashes worldwide are pedestrians. Pakistan is a

developing country and spent a lot of money on different transportation projects. In this research,

we study the pedestrian crossings of G.T road Taxila-Wah section at different places, their

construction materials, the accidents and the factors which causes the accidents. Different fatal

injuries and deaths were examined during last five years and this accident rate is increasing with

the increase in population. In N-5 G.T road, Taxila-Wah section plays an important role

commercially as well as monetary due to the Industrial Zone Hattar. Taxila-Wah section is

approximately 12km in length. Approximately 113 accidents were noticed in this 12Km section

last five years from April 2008-2013.In above 113 accidents, 56 peoples were dead, 41 seriously

injured and remaining were slightly injured. About 80-85% of total accidents are happened with

pedestrian. There is approximately 1 overpass and 5 underpasses constructed in above mentioned

section but no fruitful achievements against pedestrian safety obtained till to date. The most

critical overpass for pedestrian is Nawababad overpass which contains maximum content of

accidents. In this research, we discuss different factors that why pedestrian not use these

underpasses and overpasses. These factors are robbery at night time, time consumption due to

crossing a road by overpasses or underpasses, and sanitary problems in underpasses.

The ethical dimensions of Engineering Experimentation

(Mega Projects in Islamabad as a Case Study)

(Ref No. PK-CE-140)

Attaullah Shah, M.Sharif Bhatti, Abdul Sattar Naeem

Engineering Experimentation is most commonly used to develop new processes, procedures and

products. These experiments are based on some assumed designs and models but are carried out

in partial ignorance as Engineers cannot wait for availability of full information before

commencement of the projects. Hence these design are based on some basic assumptions. On the

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other hand the final products of Engineering projects are uncertain. For instance a reservoir may

damage the entire ecosystem of the areas. Thirdly greater part of the knowledge is created after

the completion and implantation of the final projects and products. It is professional and ethical

responsibility of Engineers to protect the human safety, by forecasting the possible side effects

and accepting accountability for the results of the projects during experimentation of such

projects. In Pakistan, the personal safety and security has been neglected in many mega projects.

This has led to many health and security related issues in the project areas. The lack of proper

awareness programs, non-availability of proper traffic alternate routes and air pollutions are

some of the major problems faced by the general public. In this paper, the ethical dilemma.

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Electrical Engineering

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Improved Efficient Class B Power Amplifier using Negative feedback

(Ref No. PK-EE-23)

Taifoor zarin, Engr. Muhammad Asif, Yasar Abbas Ur Rehman, Mubashar Javed

Effectiveness and linearity of the audio and power amplifiers are critical elements of communication

systems. For critical low power, the active part in amplifiers should be class-B biased, i.e., zero bias. To

preserve the level of distortion conventional, negative feedback is applied. Consequently, a nonlinear

dynamic feedback loop is obtained. This paper emphasis on the design of the amplifier and establishing

stability measures via newly developed techniques. This paper shows the improved efficiency of 87 % of

class B power amplifier using negative feedback

Detail Survey of Cognitive Radio Communication System

(Ref No. PK-EE-29)

Khalid Rehman, Ibrar Ullah, Mansoor Habib

Wireless systems facing some fundamental problems in service regarding some suitable spectrum bands

so that to meet with the demand in future. Though, essentially all the radio spectrum is allocated to

different services, applications and users, observation provide evidence that usage of the spectrum is

actually quite low. In order to overcome this problem and improve spectrum utilization, cognitive radio

concept has been proposed. This paper provides an overview of cognitive radio for opportunistic

spectrum access and related research topics. Cognitive radio objective is to use inadequate and limited

natural resources efficiently without causing excessive interference to the primary licensed users.

Consequently, cognitive radio has to sense and understand its spectrum environment, identify temporarily

vacant spectrum, transmit adaptively and learn from its behavior. A number of promising concepts for

cognitive radio were briefly presented and discussed in this paper in the area of passive and active

spectrum awareness, spectrum management and transmit power control.

Performance Evaluation/Analysis of 132kV Transmission System in on the

Basis of Voltage Regulation, Voltage and Power Deviation Index and Voltage

Stability Indices

(Ref No. PK-EE-42)

Anis Ur Rehman, Muhammad Jehangir khan, Muhammad iftikhar Khan

In today modern interconnected power system, High Voltage Transmission lines carries bulk power from

generating Stations to Grid stations and also from Transmission grids to distribution Substations.

Performance of these lines is considered better if the line losses and voltage drops are in limits. There is

also less variation in Power delivered in some specific duration and low Voltage deviation index and

system instability. Voltage drops and %regulation of Transmission line depends upon resistance and

inductive reactance. Power delivered in MW varies due to load variation or then power availability on

grid. Transmission system is imbalanced if there are unequal voltages on receiving side and currents of

different magnitudes in three phase system. Peshawar Grids are interconnected to make them reliable and

more efficient. This paper presents performance comparison of more than fifteen transmission lines on the

basis of line % Regulation, Voltage drops, Voltage deviation and stability indices. Transmission lines

with poor performance should be upgraded. Statistical data of all Transmission lines were simulated in

commercially available MAT Lab environment to achieve results.

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Sinusoidal Symmetrical & Asymmetrical PWM Based Three Phase Inverter

Design

(Ref No. PK-EE-47)

Tanveer Ahmad, Zia Ullah, Mishkat Ullah Jan

Power Inverters have a high range of applications not only in domestic appliances but also in industries

for performing variety of operations regarding switching and conversion of electrical energy. The purpose

of this research paper is to analyze a three phase inverter using PWM topology to obtain a smooth and

pure sinusoidal wave form of good quality which ensures better operation for sensitive electronic

appliances.

A pulse width modulated voltage wave forms are generated using an efficient inverter design to minimize

the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). A three phase inverter was evaluated first for symmetric PWM

modulation and then for asymmetric modulation. In symmetric PWM modulation the reference is sampled

at the positive peak of the carrier and is held constant till the next positive peak of the carrier appears. In

asymmetric modulation technique the reference signal is sampled at positive as well as at negative peak of

the carrier and held constant between two sampled points. An analysis has been performed to evaluate the

effectiveness of the two techniques using simulation models in Matlab/Simulink. The THD analysis as

well as Fourier analysis of the designed symmetric and asymmetric inverter is performed using Simulink.

The results for different cut-off frequencies have been shown. With optimal modulation index value and

number of levels for lower harmonics, it is shown that sinusoidal PWM based inverters not only provide

good quality voltage but also reduces voltage stresses on the switches. Furthermore THD is effectively

decreased by optimizing cut off frequency of filters.

Optimal Longitudinal Controller Design for Rotorcraft under Different

Flight Conditions

(Ref No. PK-EE-49)

Zia Ullah, Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Hilal Khan

The problem of aerodynamic properties of rotorcraft especially harmonic blade oscillations and

rotor vibration transmitted to fuselage are very important with particular reference to rotor. In this paper

the longitudinal cyclic pitch, lateral cyclic pitch, main rotor collective pitch angle and tail rotor

collective pitch angle are used as control inputs to develop a nonlinear 6 DOF model of a longitudinal

rotorcraft. In this research translational/rotational dynamics and rotational kinematic equations of motion

are derived for 6 DOF rotorcraft motion about possible equilibrium position. On the basis of these

linearized equations, an optimal controller is designed for different flight conditions under different

rotor speeds with relevant blade oscillations and rotor vibration effect. Wind tunnel data of an existing

rotorcraft is used for simulation purposes. A closed loop feedback controller is designed using MATLAB/

Simulink software. The simulation results obtained by varying control inputs indicate that this approach is

well suited to reduce/eliminate the harmonics blade oscillation and rotor vibration.

Miniaturization of Multiband H-Shaped Patch Antenna Using Stack

Configuration

(Ref No. PK-EE-68)

Mehre-e-Munir, Shehrayar Mehmood, Imran Hussain

A novel technique for miniaturization of microstrip patch antenna is proposed for portable and

multifunctional communication systems. The proposed design consist of double fractal patch, H-shaped

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slot on fractal patch with first iteration and combination of L-shape and U-shape slots on the ground

plane. In this way we get smaller size antenna which is 69.29% smaller than the conventional antenna.

The most interesting feature of the proposed design is that we are getting multiband response in the

frequency range of 1-8 GHZ having directivity in the range of 4.32 dBi - 7.33 dBi, gain in the range of

2.47 dB - 6.34 dB and good impedance bandwidth for desired bands. In the proposed design, double

fractal patch is made by employing double substrate in which 1st substrate is FR4 and 2nd substrate is

AIR. Co-axial cable is used as a feeding method whereas shorting pin is used between fractal patch and

ground plane. By the combination of all these proposed technique size of antenna is reduced and it

produces multiband response while the impedance bandwidth and gain are satisfactory for each band .We

can adjust different bands by changing position of shorting pin. This type of smaller size antenna has

applications in mobile phone for Wi-Fi, WALAN, Wi-Max, ISM band, Bluetooth, C-band, S-band and

also in satellite communication.

A Novel Approach of LV Micro Grid Protection Shifted from Grid Connected

Mode to Stand Alone Mode

(Ref No. PK-EE-70)

Noman Alam, Dr.Amjad Ullah

Due to penetration of many Distributed Generators (DGs) in the existing network make the whole system

very complex. To handle this issue, segregate it into small manageable groups, each group is called a

Micro Grid (MG). However due to their unrivalled arrangement not only the control and proper dispatch

of power face problems, the MG experience austere issues regarding protection. In this paper a technique

is considered, when low voltage (MG) operating in grid connected mode and shifted to standalone mode

due to any transient or common abnormality such as over and under voltage as well as over and under

current faults etc., its protection set point should be changed accompanied by switching of grounding

breaker and excitation system of DG. For this a numerical relay algorithm will be developed having two

groups of protection set points, one protection set point will be used when MG operating in Grid

connected mode and other is used when operating in islanding mode and this algorithm will be

implemented through auxiliary Relays.

Cluster based Routing for Special Events in Wireless Sensor Networks

(Ref No. PK-EE-83)

Adnan Ayub, Arjumand Yar Khan

Wireless sensor network has been observed conceded to a large volume of data traffic and it is consist of

hundred of thousand of sensor nodes. Such a large volume of data requires integration in order to bring it

back to the base station or designated sink. The wireless sensor network is to observe the routine data

measurement in some particular conditions like military or wars, usual information or in other major

application areas where certain real time data is routed through in larger extent and where quick response

is necessary. In meanwhile if non real time event also called unusual event occurred in realistic way such

as legitimate arrival of intruder or other certain information which is new and to handle urgently too. For

this critical scenario, the best way is to use such scheme, like Clustering based rather than the flat routing

in existing work. In this paper the Clustering based Routing is specially design for event detection in

Wireless Sensor Network where unusual and special events occur. This technique is an advance

improvement over existing work with managed data travelling and energy efficient. The data then

transmitted on Quality of Service shortest path to the base station.

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Compact UWB Bandnotch Antenna for UWB Applications

(Ref No. PK-EE-88)

Muhib Ur Rahman

In this paper, a compact UWB band notch antenna is proposed. Band notching is achieved by inserting a

slot in the radiating patch. The antenna is analyzed for single band notch. The proposed antenna is

operating in the frequency range of 3.4 to 10.6 GHz while its performance is not good in the WLAN band

(5/6 GHz). The VSWR plot also shows that antenna has one stop band (5/6 GHz). The proposed antenna

is simulated using Ansoft HFSS while its results is verified using CST Microwave studio suite. This

miniature size has best matching in the UWB band because of low VSWR and advantageous radiation

pattern. The ripples present in higher frequencies of the previous designed antenna has been removed by

increasing the length of the ground plane. Moreover the antenna has a very compact size of (18×23 mm2)

and could be easily fabricated into portable UWB devices.

Measurement Of Partial Discharge (PD) In High Voltage Power Equipments

(Ref No. PK-EE-94)

Engr.Manzoor Ahmad Khan, Dr. Amjadullah

In high voltage (HV) power equipment the quality of insulator plays vital role in power systems. For

insulation purpose various type of materials are used in different states like solid, liquid and gaseous

form. Due to the application of high voltages, aging factor and cumulative effect of electrical, chemical

and mechanical stresses, the quality of these materials degrades with the passage of time [1-4]. These

insulators are not in pure form and having some impurities, due to which small air bubbles are created

inside the insulator which are called voids. Due to these voids the strength of insulators weakens and

become the cause of Partial Discharge (PDs).Due to the presence of PDs originated at voids in insulators,

the quality of such insulation degrades which results in the insulation failure in HV power equipment. In

this work the PD activity of an equivalent electric model circuit having void inside solid insulator has

studied. A small (air bubble) cylindrical void inside the solid insulator is placed under uniform electric

field using parallel plane arrangement. In this study the maximum amplitude of PDs, the frequency of

PDs, The duration of PDs and the number of PDs generated in a cycle is measured. In addition,

relationship between void parameter and induced charge for cylindrical void is discussed.

Towards Accurate Energy Modeling of WSN Nodes

(Ref No. QTR-EE-85)

Muhammad Mahtab Alam

In this paper an accurate real-time energy consumption evaluation of contention based MAC protocol for

wireless sensor network (WSN) is presented. The model takes into account all possible scenarios that can

occur during the communication between sensor nodes, and we calculate their software and hardware

consumptions. The amount of collision between nodes depends on actual traffic and wake-up-interval.

There are two types of collisions that can occur in typical asynchronous wireless sensor network

application, which are control and data packets collisions. The result shows that the increment on the

energy consumption due to 15% of wake-up beacon collisions and 4.6% of data collisions can be more

than 100% in comparison to without collision transmission.

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Analysis Of Trend Of Installing Solar Street Lights In Peshawar Cantonment

Areas

(Ref No. PK-CE-97)

Shaheer Shaida Durrani, Muhammad Hilal Khan, Muhammad Imran Khan

A stand alone solar photovoltaic (SPV) street lighting system (SLS) is an outdoor lighting unit used for

illuminating a street or an open area. The equipment and maintenance costs associated with a stand-alone

solar-powered system are compared with the cost of using electricity to run grid connected street lights.

The project focused on the viability of using solar energy to power the lights in the area surrounding

Peshawar Cantt, Peshawar. An economic analysis is performed to determine if the project is cost

effective or not.This paper focuses about the feasibility to replace grid-powered street lamps with a

stand-alone system street .The renewable energy source selected for this project is a solar photovoltaic

panel. The study was undertaken to determine the capabilities of a stand-alone systems and to analyze the

decision to replace the grid connected street lights.The viability of solar energy in Peshawar is determined

by weather conditions and the amount of solar insolation that the area received throughout the year. A

comparison will be made between commercially stand-alone systems against grid tied system for street

lights.

Design and Comparison of cross coupled log periodic symmetric and

asymmetric feed line diplexer

(Ref No. PK-EE-100)

Hisham Khalil, Usman Gul, Daud Mustafa Minhas

Design and comparison of log periodic asymmetric diplexer with symmetric and asymmetric feed line is

presented in this paper. The individual channel filter has asymmetric frequency response. The doubly

terminated low pass prototype is selected. Common transformer is used to feed for both channel filters.

Cross coupled open loop ring resonator type microstrip filter is selected for diplexer. A direct formula is

presented for dimension of nth channel log periodic multiplexer. The design is simulated in ADS with

0.9GHz and 1.45GHz channel filter. The in band performance of channel filters and inter channel

isolation is improved by compensating the resonant lengths. A comparison of symmetric and asymmetric

feed line diplexer is also demonstrated.

Design Solar Charger for Lead-Acid Battery with Maximum Power Point

Tracking (MPPT)

(Ref No. PK-EE-101)

Muhammad Usman Gul, Hisham Khalil

This paper is develop a solar photovoltic sys-tem simulation with Maximum Power Point Tracking

(MPPT) function using matlab-simulink software and ob-tain the behaviours of the real photovoltic

systems. A model of the most important component i the photovoltic system, the solar module, is the first

to have been established. the characteristics of designed solar module simulate and com-pared with those

of original field test data under different weather & insolation conditions. after that impelement the model

of photovoltic system with maximum power point tracker, which was developed by DC-DC buck0boost

con-verter. The accuracy and practicability of the proposed photovoltic simulation system are, therefore,

validated.

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Power Factor Correction of AC-to-DC Boost Rectifier using Sliding Mode

Control

(Ref No. PK-EE-114)

Daud Mustafa Minhas, Taifoor Zarin, Muhammad Rashad

Most of the domestic and industrial equipment’s in recent days use AC-DC converter as first stage of

their electronic circuits. The converters introduce undesirable high power harmonics in the power system

leading to reduces efficiency, low power factor and many other adverse effects. Power Factor Correction

(PFC) circuits are used to make the input currents, sinusoidal and in phase with the input supply voltages.

This paper presents the sliding mode control of AC to DC boost power factor correction. The proposed

controller using sliding mode ensures the input current is sinusoidal and in-phase with the input supply

voltage to raise the power factor. Comprehensive results of simulation in Matlab/Simulink are presented

which shows the performance of the proposed controller.

Rate Distortion Theory

(Ref No. PK-EE-115)

M.Rashad and D.M.Minhas

It is natural to see distortion as something which is unavoidable, but minimum expected distortion is

achievable at a particular rate. The rate-distortion theory shows that the minimum coding rate R to

achieve a given distortion D in lossy data compression coding is given by the rate-distortion function R

(D). In this report we have discussed the entropy (information) for the continuous and discrete stationary

sources and how to calculate rate distortion function R (D) for these sources. We have also discussed the

rate distortion function of a memoryless Gaussian random variable N (0, 1) and Bernoulli random

variable.

Multi pulse Voltage Source Rectifier- Tool for THD reduction in input

current of Switched Reluctance Motor drives

(Ref No. PK-EE-116)

Haider Ali Hamadani, Abraiz Khattak

The application of a multi pulse Voltage Source Rectifier (VSR) using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)

as the modulation technique is implemented at the input of a Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drive.

Multi pulsed application of the Voltage Source Rectifier (VSR) at the input leads to a reduction in Total

Harmonic Distortion (THD) of the input current. The results of the application of this PWM Multi pulse

Voltage Source Rectifier is demonstrated through simulation in MATLAB/SIMULINK. The

demonstration is started by employing a three level (12 pulse) VSR at the SRM input which is increased

till five sets of three level VSRs connected in parallel. A three phase 6/4 pole 6kW SRM model is used

for demonstration. A maximum THD of 1.38% and a minimum THD of 1.29% is achieved in the input

current.

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Miniaturization of Multiband Patch Antenna Using Stack Configuration and

Slots on Patch and Ground

(Ref No. PK-EE-131)

Ahsan Altaf, Mehr E Munir

A novel technique for miniaturization of microstrip patch antenna is proposed for Portable and

multifunctional Communication systems. Our proposed design consists of fractal patch, PI-Shaped slot on

fractal patch with first iteration and combination of L-Shape and U-Shape slots on the Ground plane. . In

this way we get smaller size antenna which is 79.12% smaller than the conventional antenna. The most

interesting feature of our proposed design is that we are getting multiband response in the frequency range

of 1-8GHZ having Directivity in the range of 3.72dBi-5.16dBi and good impedance bandwidth for

desired bands. As we have used the fractal patch with substrate in which substrate is FR4.Co-axial cable

is used as a feeding method. We have design the PI-shape on both fractal patch. We also employed

shorting pin between fractal patch and ground plane. By the combination of all these proposed technique

size of antenna is reduced 79.12%s and it produces multiband response while the impedance bandwidth

and gain are satisfactory for each band .We can adjust different bands by changing position of shorting

pin. This type of smaller size antenna has applications in mobile phone for DCS/DPS, ISM band, C-band,

L-band, S-band and also in Radar application.

Performance Evaluation of 132kV grid Stations and Transmission lines in

Peshawar Division. A Case Study

(Ref No. PK-EE-131)

Muhammad Jehangir khan, Anis Ur Rehman, Sheharyar Mehmood

This paper presents a comparative performance evaluation of all 132 kV grid stations and 132kV short

transmission lines in Peshawar division. The performance of grids and transmission lines were estimated

by statistical data analysis for summer season with peak loads. Line losses, efficiency, transformers

loading index (TLI) and transmission line loading index (LLI) parameters were considered for the

evaluation of poor and high performance 132kV grid stations and transmission lines connecting these

grids in a large inter connected system. The power transformers and transmission lines with more than

50% TLI and LLI values were declared over loaded according to N-1 international standard security

system for power system. Graphical presentations for clear comparison was provided, hence the over

loaded lines should be reassured and transformers should be up graded with their loading capacities,

wherever it is required. The results and analysis will be helpful for local power utilities in power system

enhancements forecasting and up gradations in near future.

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Mathematics

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Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis due to Mixed Convection in a Rotating

Fluid

(Ref No. PK-MATH-26)

Farhad Ali, Samiulhaq, Ilyas Khan, Arshad Khan, Asma Khalid This article studies the free convection flow of viscous fluid in a rotating frame. Both heat and mass

transfer phenomenon are considered. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fluid over an infinite disk is set into

impulsive motion in the presence of thermal radiation and thermal diffusion effects. Exact solutions are

obtained using the Laplace transform technique; satisfy all imposed initial and boundary conditions.

These solutions are plotted graphically for velocity, temperature and concentration profiles in order to see

the effects of the various parameters entering into the problem. The results show that with increasing

rotation parameter primary velocity decreases whereas the absolute value of the secondary velocity

increases.

MHD Free Convection Flow Past a Vertical Plate that Applies Arbitrary Shear

Stress to the Fluid with Ramped Wall Temperature

(Ref No. PK-MATH-28)

Arshad Khan, Ilyas Khan, Farhad Ali, Samiul Haq, Sharidan Shafie

This article concentrates on the exact analysis of free convection flow of viscous fluid past a vertical plate

with arbitrary shear stress and ramped wall temperature. The fluid is considered to be electrically

conducting and passing through a porous medium. The equations governing the problem are first written

in dimensionless form and then solved for the exact solutions using Laplace transform method. The

graphs of velocity, temperature are plotted for various parameters of interest. It is found that velocity

decrease with increasing wall shear stress in both cases of ramped and constant wall temperature.

Radiation Effects on Unsteady Heat Transfer Flow of a Casson

Fluid Past an Oscillating Plate with Newtonian Heating

(Ref No. PK-MAL-14)

Abid Hussanan, Mohd Zuki Salleh, Razman Mat Tahar, Ilyas Khan, Farhad Ali

A boundary layer analysis is presented to study the unsteady heat transfer flow of a Casson fluid over an

infinite oscillating vertical plate with Newtonian heating in the presence of radiation effects. With the

help of non-dimensional variables, governing equations are written into dimensionless form and then

Laplace transform method is applied to obtain the expressions for the velocity and temperature fields. The

corresponding solutions for the skin friction and Nusselt number are also calculated. The solution in the

case of Newtonian fluid is recovered as a limiting case of this work. The effects of the pertinent

parameters on velocity and temperature fields are presented graphically and discussed details in this

paper.

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Analysis of unsteady oldroyd-b fluid on oscillating

Inclined belt

(Ref No. PK-MATH-12)

Zahir Shah, Taza Gul, Saeed Islam, Inayat Ali Shah, Muradullah

In this paper we study the unsteady thin film flow of Oldroyd-B fluid on an oscillating inclined belt. The

problems arising from the module were solved by using OHAM and HPM methods. The result obtained

from using both methods are compared and presented graphically. From the result we observed that both

solutions are closed to each other. The effects of different physical parameters on velocity have also been

studied graphically.

Double-layer Optical Fiber Coating Using Ellis Fluid

(Ref No. PK-MATH-11)

Taza Gul, Muhammad.Ayaz, Tahir Mehmood, Haji Muhammad, Wakeel Khan

In this article, theoretical study is carried out on wet-on-wet (WOW) process for an Ellis fluid applying

double layer coating on the glass fiber. The Coutte flow of two immiscible fluid layers has been modeled.

The coating phenomena in the secondary coating die are a simple geometry of capillary annulus, where

the surface of the glass fiber moves at high fiber drawing speed. Exact solution of the differential equation

has been obtained. This paper present an analytical study on the behavior of an incompressible Ellis fluid

in the double layer coating fluid flow inside a secondary coating die of the optical fiber coating applicator.

Exact analytical expression for the axial velocity, shear stress, volume flux, thickness of the coated fiber

optics and temperature distribution are obtained and discussed graphically for both the layers.

Mathematical Analysis of an SEIR epidemic model

(Ref No. PK-MATH-84)

Muhammad Altaf Khan and Sehra Khan

In this paper, we consider a mathematical of the type SEIR (Suseptible-Exposed-Infected-

Recovered) to study their dynamical behavior. The model has two equilibria namely, disease free

and endemic equilibrium. The disease free equilibrium is both stable locally and globally at 𝐸0

when the basic reproduction number less than unity. If the basic reproduction number exceed

than unity then the endemic equilibrium exists, which is stable locally and globally. The

numerical results are carried to demonstrate the analytical results.

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Computer Sciences

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Information with the Blink of an Eye: Making Smart Cars more Intelligent

and User Friendly

(Ref No. PK-CS-02)

Mansoor Habib, Sarmad Ullah Khan, Khawaja Muhammad Yahya

The advancement in vehicular networks using global positioning system, wireless sensor networks and

image processing technologies plays an important role in developing attractive applications for the

betterment and ease of every individual. More specifically, to get the information of any surrounding

object or place while driving is the main objective of this paper. To achieve the desired objective, we use

the integration of global positioning system, inertial tracking, eye gaze technology, computer vision and

augmented reality. We have practically implemented the proposed system to check its accuracy by

comparing the obtained results of an object or place with its actual position and information.

Adapting Agility in Offshore Software Development

(Ref No. PK-CS-20)

Muhammad Sajid Rehman

Software developers are trying to optimize their processes to better support the business in a way to

reduce cost, improve quality, quick deliveries, gain credibility and improve time to market. In order to

achieve these goals, many of the organizations moved to offshore outsourcing. Some of them moved to

agile application development and a very few use both of them. At first look, offshore software

development with agile practices seems to be a mismatch. Most of the people think that the blend of these

two extremes is like inviting a disaster. On the other side, a few people after experiencing, now believe

that blend of these two extremes methodologies can bring remarkable benefit to both ends.

Making Vehicles Driverless for Special People using AT89c51

(Ref No. PK-CS-21)

Mansoor Habib, Khawaja Muhammad Yahya, Khalid Rehman

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel technique to implement remote controlled driving option in

to existing cars whether they are new cars equipped with the state of the art electronic control units or the

good old fashioned cars relying solely on mechanical inputs and outputs. The technique used is devised in

such a way that people with disabilities will benefit completely from it while the normal people will also

enjoy great benefits from it. In addition to support for both new and old cars the proposed system is very

cheap and anyone can afford it. The main purpose of this work is to provide a cheap and reliable system

for people with disabilities to drive car on their own without any aid from anyone else.

Hiding Information Using Techniques of Polybius Square and Steganography

to ensure Security

(Ref No. PK-CS-32)

Muhammad Ismail, Taifoor zarin, Najam Us Saqib

Nowadays it is very difficult to confidentially transferring of message or important data on any network

because hackers and crackers always there in the wake of it. They always want to harm the person and in

this case the sender or the receiver has to pay the price for it. Polybius checkerboard and steganography

are the most effective methods to protect our network from attacker. So for this reason this research paper

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is proposed that we can make our work more secure by the techniques of Polybius checkerboard

(Polybius square table) by applying Fibonacci sequence in it and steganography.

Two Phase Cascading (TPC) Technique for Solving Curriculum Based Course

Timetabling Problem

(Ref No. PK-CS-39)

Muhammad Hannan, Muhammad Saeed, Shehzad

The Curriculum-Based Course Timetabling (CB-CTT) problem is a weekly based problem where set of

courses are scheduled in lectures, and every lecture have room and timeslot. This schedule must satisfy all

the hard constraints and minimize the soft constraint as much as possible. This research proposed a Two

Phase Cascading (TPC) technique for solving CB-CTT problem. Phase I creates a course wise cluster

with the help of hierarchical clustering technique and assigns priority to each cluster and courses in a

cluster. Phase II generates the timetable by selecting the higher priority cluster and course recursively. We

have tested our proposed TPC technique on different datasets of International Timetabling Competition

(ITC-2007). Experimental results show that proposed TPC technique perform better in terms of time and

constraints for simple as well as complex datasets as compared to existing technique.

Developing the best scheduling algorithm from Existing algorithms for real

time operating systems

(Ref No. PK-CS-63/56)

Abdul Salam, Sohail Abbas, Yousaf Khan, Sanaul Haq, Saeed Ullah Jan

This paper is about the selection of scheduling algorithm for real time system. In this paper we compared

different scheduling algorithms and from these comparison we get another algorithm which is good in

performance as compared to the existing one. First we compare ACO and EDF but both have some merits

and demerits. ACO is not good when system is under loaded, preemptive and single processor while the

result of ACO is good in overloaded condition with a lot of execution time. From the comparison of ACO

and EDF another algorithm is developed called adaptive algorithm which is best in both overloaded and

under loaded condition. [8]

Then we compared EDF and GA based scheduling algorithm. EDF is used in under loaded condition and

when the system become overloaded it changes to GA based algorithm. From the comparison of these

two algorithms we get another algorithm which is also called adaptive algorithm. Performance of both

algorithms is measured by using success rate, effective CPU utilization and execution time

Power Management Techniques in Smartphones Operating Systems

(Ref No. PK-CS-64)

Abdul Salam, Sohail Abbas,Muhammad Younas, Muhammad Habib, Jamil Ahmad, Sultan Zeb

A lot of research is going on how to minimize the energy consumption of Smartphone without

compromising on the performance. Many researchers have suggested different method and techniques to

be applied to achieve the goal of having a more reliable measurement in designing energy

optimization.Up till now, battery discharge cycle is measured by the software based techniques.

Although, just to know the battery level says not much for understanding how the energy is

utilized.Problem with the software-based approach is that there is no alternate method of getting a sample

for the electric current, apart from measuring it with hardware. As a result, there is no direct, software-

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related method to measure the power. So the aim is to draw a solution to characterize the energy

utilization that how the battery is used.

Comparative Study of Various MANET Protocols using Different Mobility

Models

(Ref No. PK-CS-93)

Muhammad Bakhtiar Khan, Masood Habib, Dr. M Tahir

A Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of wireless mobile nodes that dynamically forms a

network without any existing infrastructure or any kind of fixed station [3][6]. This research compares the

performance of different MANET routing protocols like Ad-hoc On Demand Vector (AODV),

Destination Source Routing (DSR), and Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV) using Random

Walk, Gauss Markov, Manhattan Grid as different mobility models and a new mobility model such as

Random Direction proposed to be used for the enhanced comparative performance. We investigate the

performance metrics namely Routing overhead, Packet Delivery Fraction, and end-to-end delay of the

network by changing different network parameters; like pause time and network size (or scalability) using

ns-2[9], a network simulation tool.

Challenges Faced by E-Government Projects in Developing Countries

(Ref No. PK-CS-138)

Brekhna, Dr Muhammad Asim Noor, Ghassan Husnain

E-Government is the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in order to take

provision of the processes of the public sector organization and as well as for the delivery of

service/facilities to the citizen. These services will not only facilitate the individuals but will develop a

strong relationship between the state and its citizens. Developed, developing and under developing

countries pursue the information technologies in order to provide better services to the citizens. For this

purpose these countries devise e-government projects in public sector. But most of these projects fail to

achieve desired results either fully or partially in the developing countries. The main purpose of this paper

is to identify all those challenges that are faced by E-government projects in the developing countries.

Furthermore this paper will also categorize these challenges.

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Mechanical Engineering

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Assessing the Performance of Diesel Engine Using Bio-diesel Produced from

Mustard Oil Locally Available in Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-ME-41)

Abdul Hameed Memon, Asif Ali, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Junaid, Awais

Ahmed

Continuous depletion of conventional fuels has emphasized to find the alternate energy resources. For

this, biodiesel is being considered as one of the potential alternative for future. Previous studies have

highlighted various sources for production of bio-diesel. This study investigated the potential of using

mustard oil cultivated in Pakistan as a source for bio-diesel production to cope with ever increasing

problem of energy crises. Mustard seed is an indigenous crop cultivated in Pakistan. Presently mustard oil

is used for both edible and non-edible purposes. Reactive distillation technique was used for preparation

of Bio-diesel from Mustard oil. A lab scale Sieve –Tray reactive distillation reactor system was designed

and fabricated locally. Bio-diesel so produced from mustard oil available locally was used for assessing

the performance of diesel engine. Bio-Diesel was produced using Methanol to oil ratio of 4:1 (Molar) and

column temperature of 650C. It was then mixed with petro-diesel in different proportions and used as fuel

for diesel engine. The practical results showed that the biodiesel can be blended with diesel and used for

running diesel engines without any modification in the engine. It was found that the ratio as high as 80%

Bio-Diesel with 20% Petro-Diesel gave better performance of diesel engine.

Characterizing SAC305 Inter-metallic Layer and Inter-metallic Compounds

Growth Model Fitting

(Ref No. PK-ME-136)

Hina Zeb, Muhammad Sadiq Khattak

Lead-free solders have got extensive attention in Electronic industry, after restrictions imposed by Waste

from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). Tin-Silver-Copper (Sn-Ag-Cu, or simply ‘SAC’)

solders hold a strong position in replacing conventional lead solders, with improved mechanical, electrical

and thermal properties. This paper focuses on study of micro-structure of Sn-3.0%Ag-0.5%Cu (SAC305)

solder joint Inter-metallic Layer (IML). SAC305 solder samples are prepared using standard

metallographic techniques and images are obtained using Scanning Electron Microscope. The cross-

sections of the samples are examined and their Inter-Metallic-Layer (IML) growth is calculated by

thermally aging the samples at elevated temperature. The IML growth is then compared to the established

theoretical model. The results show the increasing thickness of IML on elevated temperature of 200ᵒC

with increasing aging time.

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Management Sciences

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The impact of privatization on the financial performance of banking industry:

a comparison of privatized and public banks in Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-MS-03)

Rashid Mehmood Khan, Faid Gul, Ayesha Kausar, Maryam Iqbal

This study makes an attempt to compare the financial performance of privatized and public sector banks

of Pakistan during the time period of 2005-2012. Using the sample size of 4 privatized banks and 4 public

sector banks and implementing the methodology of Kader, Asarpota and Al-Maghaireh (2007), this study

measures financial performance by calculating different categories’ of ratios and compared the mean

differences of privatized banks with public sector banks. The findings of the study indicate that privatized

banks are more profitable than the banks which are still in public sector. Secondly privatized banks are

better in operating efficiency as all three ratios of operating efficiency provide a significant positive

means for privatized banks. Privatized banks provide significantly more advances, have low cash & cash

equivalents (liquidity) and have higher debt to assets, debt to equity and equity multiplier ratios than the

public sector banks. The findings of this study are consistent with the notion that privatization improves

the efficiency of firms.

Do Islamic banks financially perform better than Conventional banks?

A comparative study of Pakistani banks

(Ref No. PK-MS-04)

Faid Gul, Mohammad Burhan Awan, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Rashid Mehmood Khan

Pakistan has a majority of Muslims population, but the general public is not well aware of the culture of

Islamic banking. Not only the non-Muslims but among Muslims, separate groups have different

attitudes, opinions, views and understanding toward Islamic banking activities e.g. risk management in

Islamic banks, profitability, liquidity, and solvency. In this study, financial ratios are used to compare the

performance of Islamic and Conventional banks. This study finds that Pakistani Islamic banks are

significantly less profitable and less efficient while Islamic bank are more solvent (less risky) as

compared to the Conventional banks. But there is no significant difference in the liquidity position of

Islamic and Conventional banks.

Management of issues regarding psychological constraints of women working

in non-government organizations

(Ref No. PK-MS-65)

Farman Elahi, Akhtar Ali

Keep balance in working and social life is a major challenge to women since decades. But it is a

matter of fact that balanced pattern of occupation and lifestyle factors contribute to working

women psychological wellbeing. This study examined the psychological and behavioral patterns

of working women while keeping both responsibilities e.g domestic chores and workplace. The

study indicated that women executives are more sensitive and softer than male. Women

executives should be encouraged to be stronger and powerful, the ability to care for others,

power to look at and judge themselves, dress sense helps women to establish themselves, bosses,

peers and superiors expect women at workplace to be well dressed and pretty, supposed to be

attractive to men, look after themselves at workplace/outside without any protection, never feel

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afraid of indecent behavior from the opposite sex, executive don’t consider the women as weaker

sex, creating an organization for women only, all the ways that women mistreat other women

were found significant (P <0.05) with undertaking family role. The study concluded that

although women have accepted the working environment with certain agonies, confidence to

women with specific goal definition and physical protection were remained in high in the study

finding.

Comparison between Depression and Life Satisfaction among Love Marriage

and Arranged Marriage Couples

(Ref No. PK-MS-16)

Ayesha Falak, Sumaira Rashid

The present study aimed to examine the level of depression and life satisfaction in love marriage

and arranged marriage couples. The research was based on two variables that are depression and

life satisfaction in married couples. Moreover the aim of the study is to find out whether love

marriages are more successful or arranged marriages and also explored the gender difference in

depression and life satisfaction among love marriage and arranged marriage couples. The sample

of the study consisted of 200 subjects (love marriage couples =50; arranged marriage couples

=50) through convenient sampling technique for arranged marriage couples and purposive

sampling technique for love marriage couples was selected. Comparative research design was

used to discover the difference in the level of depression and life satisfaction. The research tools

included Beck depression inventory II and Satisfaction with life scale. Independent sample t-test

was used to compute the results. Results revealed that the level of depression is high among love

marriage couples whereas the level of life satisfaction is high among arranged marriage couples.

However investigating the gender difference revealed that level of depression is high in women

both in love marriage and arranged marriage couples and level of life satisfaction is high in men

both in love marriage and arranged marriage couples.

Does Packaging influence Consumer Buying Behavior? A Measure from

Cosmetic Products of Peshawar Region Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-MS-71)

Shahzad khan, Tausef ullah

The purpose of this study is to find the impact of packaging on consumer buying behavior in Peshawar

city Pakistan. The study includes eight independent variables and one dependent variable. the

questionnaire were filled from student, teachers, and many business man in Peshawar region the study is

based on packaging impact on consumer buying behavior on cosmetics product includes (shampoo,

beauty cream, toothpaste, hair oil, perfume, body spray). There are 30 question in questionnaire about the

nine variables which are measured on five point likert scale. The population is unknown and non-

probability sampling technique were used so convenient sampling was used for data collection. Many

tests are applied. The first test is the validity and reliability test, the validity test find out that the data is

valid or not. The data are valid when there is not any ambiguity in the research instrument especially in

questionnaire while the reliability test shows that the data is clear from random error. The regression test

is also applied to measure the relationship between dependent and independent variables, the first table is

model summary which describe how much independent variables explained the dependent variable. The

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Anova or analysis of variance table shows the significance of the overall model the standard for sig is less

than .05. The coefficient table shows the significance of individual variables and also the contribution of

individual independent variable on dependent variable. The correlation test is also applied to measure the

strength of association between variables. Study shows that packaging strongly influence the consumer

purchasing decision and the importance of packaging increase frequently and now the packaging is

important p of the marketing mix because there are a lot of advantages of packaging. The packaging not

only gives advantage or benefits to the product but it also give benefits to the maker of the product in

shape of its role in consumer buying.

Determining the outcomes of compassionate management: A case study of

private banks in Peshawar City

(Ref No. PK-MS-111)

Saqib Shahzad, Saima Bano

The aim of the study was to find out the impact of compassionate management facets on organizational

commitment, employee’s effectiveness and employee’s happiness. Compassionate management has been

considered as the lifeline by the research scholars and personnel from the corporate sector. 500

questionnaires were distributed in various branches of private bank operating in Peshawar. 327 filled

questionnaires were received back forming a response rate of 65.4%. Data was collected from the

respondents using simple random sampling technique. Results of the study showed that all independent

variables (employee engagement, job satisfaction, supervisor’s behavior, compassionate time and

effective communication) were found to have positive and significant values for the β with the exception

of pressure handler that showed negative but significant β value towards the three dependent variables i.e.

employee’s effectiveness, employee’s happiness and employee’s commitment.

Existing State of the Farm Management and Its Impact on Farm Productivity

in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(Ref No. PK-MS-72)

Dr. Jehanzeb

Pakistan is basically an agrarian economy. The greater proportion of GDP is contributed by agricultural

sector. Basically the overall development of the economy is based on the proper management of farm

land and improvement of agro-based industries. This study seeks answer to the question, “How farm land

should be managed, which is conducive to enhance the farm productivity?”

The Pakistan Agriculture Council has divided the province into four different climatic regions. It is

proposed that one district (say stratum) selected randomly from each region would fairly represent the

province. A complete list of villages in the sampled districts has been prepared, which serves as a

sampling frame. It is assumed that the basic agrarian features within the same climatic zone are

homogenous, thus ten villages from each district have been randomly chosen. The total sample size of

200 farmers has been interviewed and data on tenure statue, operational holdings, irrigation status

fragmentation, water logging/salinity and land management etc. are collected.

It has been evidenced from the results and discussion below that the farm land has not been properly

managed. Smallness of small farms, inappropriate tenure status uneconomic land utilization, the problems

of fragmentation, water logging and salinity indicate that the overall agrarian structure has not been

appropriately managed and is not conducive to increase the rate of economic growth. Due to this reason

the overall development of the economy has been stagnant.

For appropriate farm management, it has been suggested that new policy for land reforms is required in

such a way that ownership of the farm land should not be changed, but the size of operational holdings

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should be equalized. There is sufficient room to improve the farm management by proper land utilization,

better cropping pattern and enhancing the intensity of cropping.

The potential size of operational holdings has been decreased, because of water logging and salinity.

Farmers have to be educated and guided to use gypsum and green manures or to cultivate such variety of

seeds which are salt tolerant. This will reduce salinity in the soil of farm land. They may also be

motivated to launch the drainage system in the water logged area. A small financial support by the state

may help to rehabilitate the saline and water logged farm lands.

Micro financing in Islamic Bank: (A Practical Approach)

(Ref No. PK-MS-124)

Mufti Asad Gul

The Requirements of our Society were pointed out in the 20th Century by some financial innovations.

Among these innovations, most of the financial products were launched for the interests of the

economically developed countries. In the same way, the need of an Islamic Society were also addressed

and Serious steps has been taken for solving those problems. The concept of micro financing and Islamic

banking emerged almost at the same time in 1970’s from its modest beginning. Islamic Banking and

Microfinance both are independently studied; however the correlation between them is not so familiar and

need a lot of research. The purpose of this study is to find out the importance of Islamic financial

institutions, in view of their prospects and feasibility, to merge with the Microfinance activities, in their

operations. The proposed co-integrated structure would be practicable, since the objectives of Islamic

banking and Microfinance are consistent with each other, i.e. equitable distribution of wealth in the

society and social justice. This study will examine the products and services, offered by Islamic financial

institutions, for example Murabaha, which may be applied in the small business of farm animals, Ijarah

may be applied in the Car wash and Diminishing Musharakah for small vehicles.

Corporate social responsibility and firm profitability: A case of Oil and Gas

sector of Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-MS-129)

Shahid Jan kakakhel

The purpose of this study was to find the impact of CSR practices on the financial performance

of the Pakistani firms. The sample data includes 10 companies of Oil & Gas sector, listed on the

Karachi stock exchange for the period 2006-13. The data was collected from annual reports of

these companies. Variables include, CSR spending of the company, net profits, net profit margin

and total assets. The correlation test was conducted in MS-Excel. The results suggest a positive

correlation between CSR and net profit and net profit margin on the other hand negative

correlation was found between CSR and total assets. CSR is actually responsibility of business to

play their part by sharing their profits with society as without them they could not survive.

Impact of Job Overload on On-the-job Behavior and the mediating role of

Person-organization-fit

(Ref No. PK-MS-127)

Muhammad Nauman Habib, Muhammad Kamran

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This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship of job overload and On-the-job behavior

and to find out if person-organization-fit can mediate the relationship between job overload and

on-the-job behavior. To test hypothesis, teaching profession was selected and private sector

higher education institutes in Peshawar were selected. Responses were collected via

questionnaires from 232 respondents. Regression was used as a statistical tool and found positive

relation between JO and OJB whereas POF had played significant but negative mediating role

between JO and OJB.

Impact of Organizational Justice on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A

Case Study of PTCL, Pakistan

(Ref No. PK-MS-130)

Sania Zaheer Ali, Dr. Humera Manzoor, Dr. Mehboobur Rashid, Dr. Wisal Ahmad

Organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior plays a significant role in

functioning of an organization, as it influences our work related attitude and behaviors. Though

numerous studies on organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior can be found

in the western societies, not much is known about their relationship in the context of developing

and third world countries. This paper is an empirical research that tests the

relationship/association between organizational justice and organization citizenship behavior

based on equity theory and social exchange theory in the largest telecommunication company of

Pakistan, that is, Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL). A cross sectional study was

conducted and data was collected through a survey from 200 employees working in various

positions in PTCL. Results indicate that there is a meaningful positive relationship between

organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior. The relationship between

interactional justice and organizational citizenship behavior was found to be stronger as

compared to the relationship between procedural justice and organizational citizenship behavior,

and distributive justice and organizational citizenship behavior. Findings show that employees’

perception of distributive justice is endorsed when supervisors communicate with their

subordinates about the way decisions were reached, and provide a justification when desirable

outcomes are not met.

Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Special Students: A Case of

Peshawar District

(Ref No. PK-MS-132)

Sahib Kamal, Professor Muhammad Asrar, Professor Muhammad Younes, Professor Dr. Anwar Fazil

Chishti

This study of the academic performance of special children found that majority (58.34%) of them has bad

academic results. For the basic reasons determining academic performance, special-children depression

(DC), teachers’ contribution (TC), parents’ contribution (PC), school facilitation contribution (SFC) and

contribution of poverty (CP) were tried as explanatory variables. Results indicated that almost all

explanatory variables were found statistically significant at α < 0.01. As far as the signs of explanatory

variables were concerned, variables TC, PC, and SFC had positive signs, suggesting that these variables

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were contributing positively towards academic performance (API) while the signs of variables (DC) and

(CP) were negative, suggesting that these variables were adversely contributing.

Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that special counselors be made available in each

of the institutions of special students who are specially assigned the duty of lowering special students

anxiety and depression. It was also recommended that special care be given to appoint administrative and

teaching staff who give particular care to teaching and also provide due respect to the special students.

Parents of the handicapped students should be aware to educate their children without discrimination of

male and female and normal/abnormal. A good learning environment at school should be provided to

special students, and teachers should be aware to teach according to the needs of special students’

psychology.

Factors Influencing Individual Investors and Stock Prices Variation, (A Case

of KSE)

(Ref No. PK-MS-134)

Zainullah, Muhammad Tariq Yousafzai

The current research examine the factors that influence investor’s behavior and stock prices in Karachi

Stock Exchange (KSE). It focuses on those factors identified by common investors investment assessment

i.e. Gross domestic Products rate, Dividend Yield, Earning per share and Foreign Direct Investment.

Sample for study was taken 35 Dividend paying firms listed in Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) for a

period of 8 years from 2006 to 2013. To understand the relationship among independent variables i.e.

Gross domestic Products rate, Dividend Yield, Earning per share and Foreign Direct Investment and

dependent variable stock prices, the multiple regression was used. The empirical results denote that there

is a significant impact on KSE stock price.

Measuring Moderating Effect of Power Distance between Facets of Job

Satisfaction And Overall Job Satisfaction: A Comparision Of Public And

Private Sector Pakistani Organizations

(Ref No. PK-MS-137)

Saqib Yaqoob Malik, Professor Dr. Anwar Fazil Chishti, Saqib Shahzad

This study aims to find out the satisfaction of employee with regards to various facets (pay, promotion,

supervision, benefits, contingent rewards, operating procedures, coworkers, nature of work,

communication) of job satisfaction in public and private sector organizations located in twin cities

Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The study uses the Spector’s (1985) Job Satisfaction Survey for the purpose.

Furthermore the moderating role of power distance has been investigated between facets of job

satisfaction and overall job satisfaction. In addition to using the Spector’s own methodology of evaluating

employees responses by adding scores obtained through a 6-items Likert scale and evaluating those at

three levels (Dissatisfaction, Ambivalence/Neutral and Satisfaction), this study extends the evaluation

methodology by generating variables of interest, through statistical way of taking means of the employees

responses and comparing it with the mid-points (One-Sample t-test). The results indicated that the

interaction terms in all nine job satisfaction facets cases have turned out statistically insignificant (p >

0.10), suggesting that ‘Power distance’ does not moderate between job satisfaction facets and overall job

satisfaction for the study area.

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Education

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Parents’ Perceptions of Excellent Schools

(Ref No. PK-ED-17)

Dr.Wasal Khan, Dr. Perveen Khan, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Iqbal

The education system of Pakistan, in general, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in particular, suffers from

deterioration. Most of the schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa direly need improvement. Turning schools into

centers of Excellence requires exploration of factors that could lead them to the apex of excellence. The

study was carried out in Boys’ Secondary Schools both in Public and Private Sectors located in Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. The population of the study included all the parents whose children

were studying in those schools. Their inclusion in the study was based on the consideration that they are

important stakeholders in schooling of their children. The sample comprised 120 parents purposively

selected proportionately from 30 sampled Boys’ High Schools (26 in private sector and 04 in public

sector). The data were collected through interviews with purposively selected parents, whose children

were in 10th class of each sampled school. The interview items were of multi-dimensional nature. The

data were given both quantitative and qualitative treatment. The outcome of the study revealed a number

of factors based on parents’ responses and expectations that could help convert a school into a center of

excellence.

Parents suggested various factors that could lead the schools to the apex of excellence. According to them

teachers should be well trained with up-dated knowledge. There should be curricular and co-curricular

activities, community involvement, committed teachers and competent principals’, up to-date and relevant

curricula. Based on parents’ suggestions, the study recommended that merit should be strictly followed in

teachers’ appointments, teachers’ training should be up-dated, healthy competitions and co-curricular

activities should be given due importance; home school relation should be strengthened and principals

and teachers should treat students like their children.

Role of Regional Campus Attock, Allama Iqbal Open University in imparting

teacher education through BEd / MEd workshops: A Survey based

investigation

(Ref No. PK-ED-80)

Dr. Tauqir Ahmad Khan, Atta Ullah Shah

The article investigates the level of satisfaction of B.Ed and M.Ed workshop participants (students) using

structured questionnaire method. The postgraduate workshops are held bi-annually (M.Ed) and annually

(B.Ed.) all across Pakistan and are an integral part of Allama Iqbal Open University’s distant learning

programs. The present study is delimited to the data collected from students of tehsil Attock of regional

campus Attock and further to the students of M.Ed and B.Ed. In order to avoid ‘confirmatory

predicament’ the questionnaire was structured using five point Likert scale. The data was converted into

percentage and each response was analysed separately and the findings were tabulated on the basis of

accept/reject ratio. The questionnaire sought information ranging from academic nurturing to physical

environment and further to management issues. The objective of the study was to investigate not only the

utility of workshops but also to judge the performance of newly established Attock regional campus. The

findings indicate a higher level of satisfaction among the students regarding all three assessed aspects i.e.

academic, administrative and environmental.

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Effects of Accented Voiced Instructions on School Students’ Learning

Achievements

(Ref No. PK-ED-30)

Muhammad Saeed, Jameel Belader

The aim of the study is to investigate whether accent of a teacher affects the students’ learning

achievements. Mayer, Sobko, & Mautone (2003) believe that accented voices are not natural to native

speakers of a language and which requires more cognitive resources to process the information and hence

reduces the quality of students’ learning experience. To test the validity of the assumption an

experimental study was conducted in a private school in Mingawara, Swat. A fluent non-native Romanian

Pashtu speaker who has already taught the subject of mathematics for four months to three different

classes and at the end a comprehensive examination is conducted. The same classes were then taught by a

native Pashtu speaker for the next term and a comprehensive examination was conducted at the end of the

term. The results of both the terms were correlated and paired sample t-test was applied on the data.

Based on the value of t-test which is – 7.068 the result is significant at the level of 0.05 to confirm the

hypothesis that accent of the teacher affects learning achievements of the schools’ students.

Power Learning for ‘ES’ Managers

(Ref No. PK-ED-95)

Muhammad Saqib, Shariq Ali Khan

In the informative and technological 21st century, the crux of any academia has become students focused

approach to teaching and learning. In this changing context of higher education the need for a more

systematic and logical approaches to supporting student learning becomes ever more important. Using

different tools and techniques in a classroom for the purpose of achieving academic goals has been widely

researched and suggested throughout the teaching and learning literature. According to Quality Audit

manuals, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Oman are required to focus mainly on students’

learning. This requirement necessitates HEI attitudinal shift. As an innovative practice in teaching and

learning, we developed a power learning e-tutorials for Post Graduate and Undergraduate students based

on a newly constructed power learning model. The specific aim of the development of the innovative idea

is to facilitate students’ acquisition of skills necessary for the successful completion of tasks and the

development of academic skills in general. The practice has been implemented in different post-graduate

and under-graduate classes. Students and instructors in their feedback mentioned that the power learning

concept enhances collaboration, interaction and conversation with teacher and other fellow students

without the repetition of sessions like face-to-face tutorials or workshops.

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Social Sciences

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Analysis of Job Stresses of Workwomen in the Khyber Pukhun Khwa

Province - District Mardan as Case Study

(Ref No. PK-SS-01)

Farman Elahi, Akhtar Ali, Atta Ullah Shah

A Work life balance is always a challenge for employed people in all organizations due to increasing job

demands. This becomes even more difficult for female work force due to number of psychological and

social issues. The share of the female work human resource is marginal not because of mainly low

literacy rates but also difficult job environment, lack of security and leisure time and other social issues.

This has resulted to very low contribution of the female workers.

In this research, questionnaire survey was conducted to 100 female workers in various organizations to

explore the major problems faced by them leading to less participation of the females in jobs. The results

have shown that working women are faced with many psychological, social and physiological issues. The

discrimination at the workplaces to the female workers, less or no leisure time and no additional

incentives make them frustrated and most of them leave the jobs.

It has been recommended that awareness and motivation is required amongst the female workers as well

as employers so that the discrimination against female workers is avoided and more female workers are

encouraged for employment to play their role in socio-economic development of the country.

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Computational Biology and `

Bioinformatics

( Students’ Poster Presentations)

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1. Constructing a protein interaction network of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

and human proteins Nafeesa Ishaq and Faisal Khan

Averos Life Sciences and Institute of Integrative Biosciences, CECOS University

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the infectious diseases. In this study, a comprehensive host-pathogen protein

interaction network for TB in humans was constructed.

We obtained protein-protein interaction data from two main studies, i.e. Raman and Chandra (2008) and

Wang (2010). The aim of our research was to construct an annotated protein interaction network for TB

by utilizing all available data in that is publicly available and to analyse to for network-inspired smart

drug discovery.

The Raman and Chandra (2008) study analyzed MTB interactome and the potential pathway to drug

resistance. We gathered 616 unique protein interactions and 2750 binary interactions from their dataset.

From the Wang (2010) paper, 93 unique protein interactions and 143 binary interactions from the datatset

were gathered. The data was mapped into the same format using Perl and combined into a single file.

Visualization was done using Cytoscape through an organic layout.

2. Constructing a comprehensive protein interaction network for Hepatitis B

Virus and Human proteins by using data from the IntAct and VirusMint Rabail Khan and Faisal Khan

Averos Life Sciences and Institute of Integrative Biosciences, CECOS University

Protein interaction networks are increasingly becoming a handy tool for biologist to study the interaction

of different disease related proteins at a systems level. There have been several databases which store and

curate HBV protein-protein interaction data including VirusMint and IntAct. The aim of this study is to

construct a comprehensive pathogen-host (HBV-Human) protein interaction network that brings together

all existing interaction data that is available. We compiled all available interaction datasets for Hepatitis B

Virus proteins and mapped unique interactions into a single format. We used both binary interaction data

from Yeast-2-hybrid studies and co-complex data from affinity purification studies. The network was then

constructed using Cytoscape using an organic layout. Currently, we are analysing the Hepatitis B Virus-

Human interactome using several approaches to understand the pathway from a systems-perspective.

3. Construction and Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus Protein Interaction

Network using Cytoscape Khadija Salim and Faisal Khan

Averos Life Sciences and Institute of Integrative Biosciences, CECOS University

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a worldwide chronic viral health problem. Numerous research studies has

been conducted to study the proteins involved in the cause and development of HCV. Protein Interaction

Networks (PINs) are great means of studying proteins that play different roles in the spread of HCV and

helps in the development of antiviral drugs that targets the host cellular proteins.

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To study the HCV protein interaction network of the existing discovered proteins in Human and

Hepacivirus, the literature was studied and the protein interaction data was collected from three databases;

HCV Pro, BioGRID and VirusMint. A total of 154 Viral-Human Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs) were

obtained from BioGRID, 390 Viral-Human binary PPIs were obtained from VirusMint and 553 Protein-

Protein Interactions were obtained from HCVPro in which 29 PPIs were non-redundant Virus-VIrus PPIs

and 524 were non-redundant Virus-Human PPIs.

This data collected mapped into same format using custom Perl scripts and combined into a single file.

Visualization of protein network data was then conducted using the software tool, Cytoscape, through an

organic layout. Currently the analysis of the HCV protein network is being carried out by various

methods to predict the protein interactions which can be more rational targets for disrupting the viral

infection pathway which causes Hepatitis C.

4. The network biology of malaria: integrating host-pathogen protein-protein

interactions Sarah Farooq and Faisal Khan

Averos Life Sciences and Institute of Integrative Biosciences, CECOS University

Malaria is one of the most significant tropical disease we face today. It has infected about 200 million

people and killed half a million in 2013 alone. It has an equally significant vector, the Anopheles

mosquito, which has been the greatest killer of man. To understand why and how malaria is one of the

greatest threats to the global health and economy we use protein-protein interaction data from different

experimental sources and datasets to draw an integrated protein-level picture of the interactions of host,

pathogen and vector protein interaction.

BioGRID and IntAct were used as the primary databases for collecting binary interaction data. 2846

unique interactions from BioGRID and 2823 unique interactions from IntAct were gathered, parsed and

mapped using custom Perl scripts. The data was stored as a single text file for network visualization using

different layouts in Cytoscape.

Further analyses are being carried out to gather insights on the network toplogy and modularity. Using

these inferences, we hope to be able to add to our systems-level understanding of the proteins involved in

this deadly disease.

5. Tackling Dengue through Systems Biology: Analysis of the dengue protein

interaction network with its vector Aedes aegypti and its host Homo

sapeins Muhammad Adil Salim and Faisal Khan

Averos Life Sciences, Institute of Integrative Biosciences, CECOS University &

Centre of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Peshawar

With almost 50 % of the world’s population living in the dengue epidemic regions, about 350 million

people suffer from Dengue Fever annually. Protein-protein interaction network of dengue with its vector

and host, Aedes aegypti and Homo sapiens which can give us significant systems-level insights. Although

research has been done to decipher the interaction between dengue and its host proteins, the reliability of

these interaction are still questioned. In this study we gathered protein interaction data from four research

studies (Doolitle et al, Mairiang et al , Guo et al, Khadka et al). This include data from Y2H, Co-IP and

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computational prediction methods. We got only seven human proteins shared by the three data sets which

we consider responsible for high confidence protein interactions. We further analyse the gene ontology

annotations, KEGG pathway memberships and Pfam domain compositions of these seven proteins. In

addition to that, we construct two combined networks of Dengue proteins, each with Aedes and human

proteins.