Solving Grand
Challenges
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National Instruments – Our Mission
We equip engineers and scientists with tools that
accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery.
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NI in Pakistan
200+
Engineering Projects
1000+
10+
Engineers trained on New SMEs & Companies Created
Latest technology
$20M+
500+
+$30M
Of Local Engineering Development
Job Creation
Foreign Currency Saving
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Over 3 Million Students Learning
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SpaceX: First Orbital Rocket Landing
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Why Engineering?
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The Impact of Great Engineering
Save time, effort,
and money
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Improve
quality of life
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Ensure
safety
What is Engineering?
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Engineering Design Flow
Theory
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Design
Prototype
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Deploy
Who is your best super hero?
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21st Century Challenges
Engineering Grand Challenges, NAE 2010
Advance health
informatics
Engineer the tools of
scientific discovery
Reverse-engineer
the brain
Provide energy
from fusion
Engineer better
medicines
Provide access to
clean water
Enhance virtual
reality
Restore and improve
urban infrastructure
Develop carbon
sequestration methods
Advance personalized
learning
Make solar energy
economical
Prevent nuclear terror
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Secure
cyberspace
Generate Environment
friendly power
System Engineer?
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20th Century Design
Handset, Cradle, Rotary Dial, Passive Electrical
Components only
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21st Century Design
32,000,000,000 Transistors on one chip (A4)
1,000,000+ Apps
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10,000 Song Capacity
(64 GB)
21st Century Design
Phone
BT/WiFi
Navigation
HD Video
Internet
DSP
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Circuits/EDA
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Power Management
Students need to keep up with Moore’s Law
Traditional Student Design
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Early Cancer Detection
Dr. Ohbayashi, Kitasato
University
3D Real Time OCT
320 Ch, 10 MHz/Ch
24 FPGAs, 40 GPU Cores
700,000 512-point FFTs/second
Students need to keep up with Moore’s Law
Graphical System Design
C#/VHDL/Verilog
C/C++
Assembly
Traditional Student Design
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Students can keep up with Moore’s Law with
GSD
GSD-based
Student Design
Traditional Student Design
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Resolving Power Crisis in
Pakistan?
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21st Century Challenges
Engineering Grand Challenges, NAE 2010
Advance health
informatics
Engineer the tools of
scientific discovery
Reverse-engineer
the brain
Provide energy
from fusion
Engineer better
medicines
Provide access to
clean water
Enhance virtual
reality
Restore and improve
urban infrastructure
Develop carbon
sequestration methods
Advance personalized
learning
Make solar energy
economical
Prevent nuclear terror
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Secure
cyberspace
Generate Environment
friendly power
“As long as the lawyers and lobbyist
are part of this…
progress isn’t going to be made.
As soon as both sides of the aisles say
it’s going to happen,
it’s then assigned to the engineers…
and progress is made.”
[ Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy]
But How?
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Centralized Grid to Micro Grid
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Bringing Micro-grid to villages
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Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
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Hybrid Solar-Gas Heater
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Graphical System Design
Musabaka 2016
Do Engineering
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GSD Musabaka 2016
 What?
Graphical System Design Contest
 Who?
Engineering Students all over the Arabia Region
 How?
Using the graphical programming Software LabVIEW
 When?
January 15, 2016: First Submission
May 6, 2016: Finals: NIDays 2016-Beirut, Lebanon
 Where?
In 20 countries
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GSD Musabaka 2016
Why?
To win:
 3 iPhone 6s for the winning team
 An entry to the Global NI Graphical Design Contest
 A trip to the NIDays 2016 - Beirut, Lebanon
 Free access to NIWeek 2016 - Austin, Texas
 Eligibility to take the CLAD exam for free
Note: Use of NI Hardware not mandatory, but
NI will lend for free myDAQ and myRIO
(first comes first serves basis)
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GSD Musabaka 2016
Arabia.ni.com/contest/2016
For more information on your participation,
contact us on ni.arabia@ni.com or +961-1-646 111
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Do Engineering
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Cognitive Ortho-prosthesis
CYBERnetic LowEr-Limb
CoGnitive Ortho-prosthesis
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Blind Driver Challenge
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Tethered Wind Power
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Do Engineering
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