1st International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET-2018)

from Monday, 2 April 2018 (09:00) to Tuesday, 3 April 2018 (17:20)
BUITEMS, Quetta, Pakistan

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
2 Apr 2018
3 Apr 2018
AM
09:00 --- Registration ---
10:20 --- Inauguration Ceremony ---
11:50 --- Tea Break ---
10:00
Architecture and Town Planning (until 12:00) (Green Hall)
10:00 Deterioration Morphologies of Historic Brick Imitation Ornamented facades of Mughal Architecture - Prof. Dr. SAIMA GULZAR (UMT Lahore)   (Green Hall)
10:20 Architecture becoming a global cliche' - Mr Umer Ahmed Mengal (BUITEMS)   (Green Hall)
10:40 Material Archives; Understanding Urban Geographies Built from Material Circulation - Ms palwasha amanullah (buitems)   (Green Hall)
11:00 Disaster Mitigation Strategies for Adobe Houses: A Case Study of District Awaran, Balochistran - Mr Mamoon-Ur-Rashid Mengal (BUITEMS)   (Green Hall)
11:20 Common Ground in a Liquid City (Urban Entertainment Destination: A Tool against Classism) - Ms Iqra Abbasi (Buitems)   (Green Hall)
11:40 Interactive Bus Stops: Enhancing user experience to encourage the use of Public Transportation - Ms Sabeen Mehmood Durrani (BUITEMS)   (Green Hall)
10:00
Environmental Engineering and Management (until 12:00) (Pink Hall)
10:00 Cost Reduction Strategies for Engineering and Technology Organizations in Knowledge Markets - Prof. Suleman Aziz Lodhi (UoS)   (Pink Hall)
10:20 SCARCITY OF WATER RESOURCES IN RURAL AREA OF QUETTA DISTRICT: CHALLENGES AND PREPAREDNESS - Dr zainuddin kakar   (Pink Hall)
10:40 Mitigating Freshwater Needs by Reuse of Greywater for Residential Apartments in Islamabad - Mr Hamza Ahmad (Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan) Mr Arsalan Mazhar (Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan) Mr Shehryar Ahmed (Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan)   (Pink Hall)
11:00 Rainwater Harvesting, an important measure to meet water requirement in arid areas of Pakistan. - Mr Furqan Manzoor Awan (Capital University of Science and Technology) Mr Osama Rashid (Capital University of Science and Technology) Mr Zakir Ullah (Capital University of Science and Technology) Dr Ishtiaq Hassan (Capital University of Science and Technology)   (Pink Hall)
11:20 Air Pollution Deterministic Index Modeling (APDIM) for Pakistan: Application in Quetta City - Dr Faiza Akhtar (BUITEMS)   (Pink Hall)
11:40 ASSESSMENT ON QUANTITY MEASUREMENTS OF HEALTHCARE WASTE AND IT’S MANAGEMENT APPROACHES IN BOLAN MEDICAL COMPLEX QUETTA - Ms TAHIRA ISHTIAQ (Environmental Science Department, SBK, Women’s University, Quetta.)   (Pink Hall)
10:00
Geological Engineering and Geosciences (until 12:00) (Purple Hall)
10:00 CPEC and Balochistan-Prospects and Challenges - Prof. Muhammad Ahmad Farooqui (COMSATS Lahore)   (Purple Hall)
10:20 Enzymatic Stabilization of Expansive Soil - Mr Nabeel Liaqat (Swedish college of enginering and technology wah cantt)   (Purple Hall)
10:40 Effect of Silica Fume and Lime on Compressibility of Baleli Soil - Mr Siraj Hussain (Department of Geological Engineering) Mr Shabir Ahmed (Geological Engineering Department) Dr Zafar Baloch (Department of Civil Engineering) Dr Ali Nawaz Mengal (Department of Mechanical Engineering)   (Purple Hall)
11:00 Comparison of Flooding Irrigation System and Raised Bed Irrigation System for Wheat Crop at Samoo District Jaffarabad Balochistan - Mr Mustansar Hussain Jamali (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro Pakistan)   (Purple Hall)
11:20 EXTRACTION OF OIL FROM ALGAE FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION - Ms Abeera Malik (Department of Chemical Engineering, Balochistan university of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences Quetta, Pakistan)   (Purple Hall)
10:00
Textile Engineering and Technology (until 12:00) (Orange Hall)
10:00 Mechanical Characterization of Economical Waste Based Hybrid Composites for Automotive Application - Dr Yasir Nawab (National Textile University)   (Orange Hall)
10:20 Fabrication of Organic Nanofibers via Electrospinning - Dr Shamshad Ali (Department of Textile Engineering, MUET Jamshoro Pakistan-76060)   (Orange Hall)
10:40 Development of nanofibers based neuropathic patch loaded with Lidocaine to deal with nerve pain in burn patients - Mr Sharjeel Abid (National Textile University)   (Orange Hall)
11:00 Development of antibacterial fibers and study on effect of guar-gum addition on properties of carboxymethylcellulose/alginate fibers - Mrs Shagufta Riaz (National Textile University)   (Orange Hall)
11:20 Isocoumarins: Compounds having unique applications - Dr Muhammad Tahir Hussain (National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan)   (Orange Hall)
11:40 Enhancement of anti-microbial activity by natural finishes prepared from herbal spices and wastage peel of fruits applied on textile substrate. - Mr Syed Qutaba Bin tariq (BUITEMS Quetta, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Textile Engineering,)   (Orange Hall)
PM
12:20
Chemical Engineering (until 14:00) (Purple Hall)
12:20 Thermal Processing of Biosources and Biodiesel Using Microwave Heating - Prof. Farid Bin Ani (UTM Malaysia)   (Purple Hall)
12:40 Production of Alternative Energy from Microalgae - Dr Pakamas Chetpattananondh (Prince of Songla University Thailand)   (Purple Hall)
13:00 Promoting Modern Applications of Biomass Energy for Cooking and Heating in household Sector in Pakistan - Prof. Abdul Waheed Bhutto (DUET Karachi)   (Purple Hall)
13:20 Catalytic Pyrolysis of microalgae (Chlorella sp.) Using Zeolite as Catalysts in a Fixed Bed Reactor - Sukritthira Ratanawilai   (Purple Hall)
13:40 Study the effects of epoxy/tri functional mercaptan resins structure based PDLC films - Dr Mujtaba Ellahi (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts & Basic Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS). Quetta 87100 Pakistan)   (Purple Hall)
12:20
Civil Engineering (until 14:00) (Green Hall)
12:20 Development of a Geotechnical Information Database. - Dr Amanullah Mari (NEDUET Karachi)   (Green Hall)
12:40 Role of masonry infill wall on the seismic behavior of typical four-storey building in Pakistan - awais ali muhammad   (Green Hall)
13:00 A study of effect of tempered glass fines in concrete at elevated temperature - Mr Husnain Faisal (UET, Lahore)   (Green Hall)
13:20 Numerical Evaluation of Slope Stability measures: A Case Study of Birham Landslide - Dr Saeed Ullah Jan Mandokhail (BUITEMS) Mr Urwa Khan (Graduate Student" Nagoya University Japan)   (Green Hall)
13:40 Emprical SPT-CPT correlation for soils from Lahore, Pakistan - Mr Nawaz Ali Kakar   (Green Hall)
12:20
Interdisciplinary (until 14:00) (Training Hall)
12:20 Development and Characterization of Textile Strain Sensors Using Different Weave Designs - Mr Abdul Salam (National Textile University Faisalabad )   (Training Hall)
12:40 Engineered Silica Nanoparticles and SiNps containing Controlled Release Fertilizer for drought and saline areas - Mrs Ayesha Mushtaq (Department of Chemistry, SBK Women’s University, Quetta, Pakistan.)   (Training Hall)
13:00 SWOT Analysis of Institutional Framework for Engineering Diplomas in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) System in Pakistan - Mr Aziz Ahmed (Quaid-i-Azam University and BUITEMS)   (Training Hall)
13:20 9-Level Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter - Mr Owais Athar Syed (Lecturer )   (Training Hall)
13:40 Power Production Dynamics of China Pakistan Economic Corridor in Pakistan - Mr Fazal Muhammad (BUITEMS)   (Training Hall)
12:20
Mechanical and Material Engineering (until 14:00) (Pink Hall)
12:20 In-plane shear strength analysis of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Laminates with Biowaste Catalyst Free Carbon - Dr Ali Nawaz Mengal   (Pink Hall)
12:40 Hydrodynamic and combustion behavior of low grade coals in a circulating fluidized bed combustor - Prof. Ahmad Hussain (Faculty of Engineering Sciences & Technology (FEST))   (Pink Hall)
13:00 Investigation of carbon based adsorbents for the development of thermally-driven adsorption cooling systems - Mr Faizan Shabir (Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan)   (Pink Hall)
13:20 Thermodynamic investigation of M-cycle assisted open-cycle desiccant air conditioning systems - Mr Hassan Niaz (Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan)   (Pink Hall)
13:40 Modeling and Simulation of a 100 MW Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plant Using Parabolic Trough Collectors in Pakistan - Mr Kashif Liaqat (Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta, Pakistan)   (Pink Hall)
12:20
Textile Engineering and Technology (until 14:00) (Orange Hall)
12:20 Fibrous Structure for EMI shielding - Prof. Jiri Militky (Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic)   (Orange Hall)
12:40 Manufacturing of high performance multilayer stitched fabric on a hand loom - Dr Mumtaz Hasan Malik (University of Management and Technology)   (Orange Hall)
13:00 An Overview of Different Microencapsulation Techniques for Smart Textiles - Dr Kashif Iqbal (National Textile University Faisalabad Pakistan)   (Orange Hall)
13:20 Fabrication of copper oxide nanoparticles and their application on textiles to make it multi-functional - Sairish Malik   (Orange Hall)
13:40 EFFECT OF MATERIAL AND STITCHING ON TENSILE PROPERTIES OF WOVEN FABRICS - Dr Muhammad Salman Naeem (NTU, Fsd)   (Orange Hall)
12:30
Poster (until 14:00) ()
14:05 --- Lunch and Prayer ---
15:00
Chemical Engineering (until 17:00) (Purple Hall)
15:00 Photocatalytical Degradation of Congo Red dye by Nano Titanium Dioxide coated glass Bead under UV light - Dr Asadullah Khan (COMSATS)   (Purple Hall)
15:20 Carbon Dioxide Capture from Natural Gas and Flue Gases Using Membrane Technology - Dr Arshad Hussain (NUST Islamabad)   (Purple Hall)
15:40 Simulation of PEMFC by Using ANSYS Fluent for Isothermal and Non-isothermal Models - Dr Mehmood Saleem (ICET University of the Punjab Lahore)   (Purple Hall)
16:00 Features of Convective Heat Transfer on MHD Peristaltic Movement of Williamson Fluid with the Presence of Joule Heating - Mrs Naheeda Iftikhar (BUITEMS)   (Purple Hall)
16:20 Upscale fermentation of Bacillus licheniformis to produce probiotic for poultry, using cheap media (molasses) - Dr Zia-ud- din (CASVAB University of Balochistan Quetta)   (Purple Hall)
16:40 Reorientation of Pakistan’s Energy policy - Mrs Sadia Karim (Department of Chemical Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan)   (Purple Hall)
15:00
Civil Engineering (until 17:00) (Green Hall)
15:00 Site Specific Ground Response Analysis of Peshawar, Pakistan - Dr Khalid Mehmood (Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar)   (Green Hall)
15:25 Effect of the confining method on the cyclic undrained behaviors of sand - Saeed Mandokhail (BUITEMS)   (Green Hall)
15:50 Partial Replacement of Cement in Plain Cement Concrete with Bentonite Clay and Quarry Dust - Mr Muhammad Nasir Ayaz Khan (Swedish college of engineering and technology wah cantt)   (Green Hall)
16:10 Development of Mobile Ecosystem for Smart Sharing of Domestic Water Efficient Collection and Supply Management, for Quetta City - Dr Zafar Baloch (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, BUITEMS, Quetta )   (Green Hall)
16:35 STRUCTURAL DEFECTS IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS: A STUDY OF QUETTA, PAKISTAN - Mr Jalal Faisal Khan (BUITEMS)   (Green Hall)
15:00
Interdisciplinary (until 17:00) (Training Hall)
15:00 EFFICIENCY AND COST ANALYSIS OF POWER SOURCES IN IMPRESSED CURRENT CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR CORROSION PREVENTION IN BURIED PIPELINES - Mr Syed Awais Athar (BUITEMS)   (Training Hall)
15:20 Synthesis of Magnetic Nano-rods of Cobalt using Templet from the Anodization of Aluminum as Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) - Mr Moizuddin Moiz (University of Balochistan, Quetta)   (Training Hall)
15:40 Synchrotron radiation for research in Engineering Sciences : Prospects at SESAME - Dr Intikhab Ulfat (Department of Physics, University of Karachi)   (Training Hall)
16:00 Extraction and quantification of chlorophyll from microalgae Chlorella sp. - Muhammad Amin   (Training Hall)
16:20 Trend analysis in precipitation and accessing the influence of climate indices in Baluchistan - Ms Erum Aamir (Capital University of Sciences and Technology)   (Training Hall)
16:40 EFFECTIVE USE OF ENZYME ZYMASE FOR ENHANCEMENT OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION COUPLE WITH PARAMETRIC EFFECT - Siddique Nasar (BUITEMS)   (Training Hall)
15:00
Mechanical and Material Engineering (until 17:00) (Pink Hall)
15:00 Renewable Energy Resources in Pakistan - Dr Saeed Badshah (IIU Islamabad)   (Pink Hall)
15:20 Comparative analysis of heat transfer coefficient for wood and non-wood pulp fiber suspension - Dr Ghulamullah Kakar (BUITEMS)   (Pink Hall)
15:40 Electrical conductivity and EMI shielding application of high loft non- woven web from acrylic fibrous waste - Dr Muhammad Salman Naeem (NTU, FSD)   (Pink Hall)
15:00
Mining Engineering (until 17:00) (Orange Hall)
15:00 Advances in Petroleum Engineering current Industry Situation - Mr Muhammad Owais Naseem (NEDUET Karachi)   (Orange Hall)
15:20 Numerical modeling of main/tail gate of a long wall mining operation - Dr Muhammad Zaka Emad (UET)   (Orange Hall)
15:40 Stability Analysis of flood bunds, A study on Geotechnical Health evaluation of embankments - Ms sumayya noshin (irrigation)   (Orange Hall)
16:00 Investigation of optimum fluidization velocity of CaCO3 and Coal mixture using fluidized bed - Mr Mujahid Hussain Chijjan (MUET, SZAB Campus Khairpur Mir's , Sindh Pakistan)   (Orange Hall)
16:20 Investigation of raw materials for cement industry of Upper Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan - Mr Zahid Hussain (Dept. of Mining Engineering, Karakoram International University Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.)   (Orange Hall)
15:05
Poster (until 17:00) ()
17:00
Tea Break (until 17:20) (SSA)
12:00 --- Tea Break ---
12:20
Architecture and Town Planning (until 14:20) (Green Hall)
12:20 Making City Planning Regional in 21st Century Pakistan: Towards a National Charter for Climate Change Survival - Sameeta Ahmed (Architect and Coordinator at EarthWaterNetwork, Pakistan. )   (Green Hall)
12:40 THERE AND BACK AGAIN (Identifying the unidentified) - Ms Aqsa Khan (BUITEMS)   (Green Hall)
13:00 Panel Discussion   (Green Hall)
12:20
Environmental Engineering and Management (until 14:20) (Pink Hall)
12:20 Land use changes impact on groundwater quality using remote sensing and GIS in Quetta Valley - Jamal inthestars   (Pink Hall)
12:40 Study of the Fluoride assessment in correlation with different physicochemical parameters in drinking water of some areas of Quetta, Pakistan - Ms Noornama Panezai (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts & Basic Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS). Quetta 87100 Pakistan)   (Pink Hall)
13:00 Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nano Particle and their application for removal of E-Coli from waste water. - Fouzia Yousafzai (SBKWU Quetta)   (Pink Hall)
13:20 DOMESTIC THREE STAGE TREATMENT OPTION FOR WATER STRESSED COMMUNITIES - Ms Mehwish Mehwish Haq Nawaz (National University of Sciences and Technology)   (Pink Hall)
13:40 Particle size of Acacia Modesta gum powder changes the properties of self-compacting paste ssytems - Mr Muhammad Waqas Malik (National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad)   (Pink Hall)
14:00 Solar Based Smart Irrigation System Using PID Controller - Ms Abeera Javed (BUITEMS, Quetta) Mr Shehzar Shahzad Sheikh (U.S Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy, NUST)   (Pink Hall)
12:20
Geological Engineering and Geosciences (until 14:20) (Purple Hall)
12:20 Identification of Brittle and Ductile Zones of Reservoir by Using Well Log Analysis - Mr ibraheem khan   (Purple Hall)
12:40 Strategies to Manage Aquifer Recharge in Balochistan, Pakistan; an Overview - Dr Syed Mobasher Aftab (Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan)   (Purple Hall)
13:00 Future Climatological Drought Projections Over Quetta Valley, Balochistan, Pakistan - Shahzada Adnan (PMDC) Dr Syed Mobasher Aftab (BUITEMS) Mr Imran Hameed Durrani (B-WASA) Dr Iftikhar Ahmad (University of Balochistan)   (Purple Hall)
13:20 Human Machine Interface Glove Using Piezoresistive Textile Based Sensors - Mr Surjeet Kumar (Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences.)   (Purple Hall)
13:40 Improvement of Bearing Capacity of Soft Clayey Soil by Inclusion of Sand Columns - Mr Saddar Gul   (Purple Hall)
14:20 --- Lunch and Prayer ---
15:45
Closing Ceremony (until 17:00) (Orange Hall)
17:00 --- Tea Break ---