DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TAXILA
Minutes of Meeting of Board of Post-Graduate Studies, held on 04.08.2014 at 11.00 a.m at
Conference hall, MED
1. Following were present:
I. Prof. Sagheer Ahmed
(In Chair)
II. Prof. Dr. Shahab Khushnood
III. Prof. Dr. M. Shahid Khalil
IV. Prof. Khawaja Sajid Bashir
V. Dr. Ajaz Bashir Janjua
VI. Dr. Kamran Afaq
VII. Engr. Ms Tayyaba Bano
(Secretary/Dir.BPGS)
2. Meeting started with the name of Allah Al-mighty.
Item No.1.
Post-graduate research seminar (Final Progress Report)
3. Following student presented his progress report of M.Sc Research.
i.
Thesis Title:
“Effect of Hardness and Impact on Welded and Non-Welded Tool Steel”
Name and Regd. No.:
Adnan Raza Khan (12-MS-FT-AMD-09)
Supervisor:
Dr. Riffat Asim Pasha
Candidate reappeared to present his final progress report. Board suggested some
changes which are to be incorporated by the student before the final Viva. However the
Board recommended his work for Final Examination along with name of examiners.
Item No.2.
Post-graduate research seminar (Topic Approval)
4. Board recommended the research topic of the following M.Sc student.
Sr.
No.
1
2
Thesis Titles /Scholar Name
Supervisor
CFD Analysis of Fluid-structure interaction Induced Vibration in
Cylinder Array subjected to Cross Flow.
Prof. Dr. Shahab
Khushnood
Scholar: Muhammad Imran Mudassar (10-MS-TSE-11)
Improvement in performance of solar double pass air heater by
experimental investigation on thermal energy storage medium.
Dr. Hafiz
Muhammad Ali
Scholar: Shahzad Mumtaz (10-MS-EnE-06)
Item No.3.
Re-Evaluation of PhD Course
5. The Course on “Modeling and Simulation” was offered to PhD students in Autumn-2013
and taught by Dr. Mirza Jahanzeb. After the declaration of result, some of the students
showed their unsatisfaction on being declared failed. The Board considered the written
requests of the students and constituted the following committee to probe the case.
I. Prof. Khawaja Sajid Bashir
II. Dr. Kamran Afaq
III. Dr. Ajaz Bashir Janjua
IV. Engr. Tayyaba Bano
Item No.4.
Change of Internal Supervisor
6. Board recommended the change of Internal Supervisor of the following MSc Scholar.
Scholar
New Internal Supervisor
Previous External
Malik Noman Yousaf
Engr. Tanzeel ur Rashid
Engr. Waqar Ahmed Qureshi
09-MS-ENE-09
Item No. 5
PhD Admission
7. The Board considered the application of candidates for PhD admissions. The PhD
admission test was conducted on 13.07.2014 and interview was held on 22.07.2014. The
Board recommended the admission of following candidates to PhD program of
Mechanical Engineering.
Sr.
No.
Name
F. Name
Status
Proposed Supervisor
1
Muhammad Shoaib Jarral
Muhammad Tariq
FT
Prof. Dr. Shahab Khushnood
2
Ijaz Hussain Malik
Malik Muhammad Yar
PT
Prof. Dr. Shahab Khushnood
3
Rizwan Latif
Abdul Latif
PT
Dr. Col. Adnan
4
Tariq Mehmood
Said Akbar
PT
Dr. Muzzafar Ali
5
Aneela Anum
Nazar Hussain
PT
Dr. M. Shehryar Manzoor
6
Luqman Ahmad Nizam
Azhar Ahmad Nizam
PT
Prof. Dr. Shahab Khushnood
Muhammad Aslam
PT
Prof. Dr. Shahab Khushnood
Dr. Muzzafar Ali
7
Muhammad Ali
8
Ghulam Qadir Chaudhary
Muhammad Sadiq
FT
9
Khurram Ghazanfar
Ghazanfar Ali Khan
PT
Dr. Col. Adnan
10
Muhammad Naeem Jan
Khattak
Durmar Jan Khattak
PT
Dr. Masoodur Rehman Shah
11
Muhammad Bashir
Muhammad Iqbal
Hussasin
PT
Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali
12
Muhammad Anser Bashir
Tayyaba Bano
PT
Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali
13
Ambreen Tajmmal
Tajammal Hussain
FT
Dr. Masoodur Rehman Shah
14
Athar Hameed
Malik Abdul Hameed
PT
Dr. Riffat Asim Pasha
8. Board also recommended the admission of following candidates in continuing education
program to improve their CGPA upto 3.0 required for PhD admission.
I. Ghulam Mustafa
s/o
Muhammmad Essa
II. Mirza Zohaib
s/o
Mirza Muhammad Tahir
III. Javed Akhtar
s/o
Muhammad Hussain
9. The meeting ended with the vote of thanks to the chairman.
Engr. Miss Tayyaba Bano
Director PGS, MED
Prof. Sagheer Ahmed
Chairman