DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYTAXILA

Minutes of Meeting of Board of Post-Graduate Studies, held on 20.01.2016at 10:00 a.m at Conference Room, MED

  1. Following were present:
  2. Prof. Dr. Riffat Asim Pasha (In Chair)
  3. Prof. Dr. M. Shahid Khalil
  4. Prof. Dr. Khawaja Sajid Bashir
  5. Dr. Ajaz Bashir Janjua
  6. Dr. Asif Hussain Malik
  7. Engr. Tayyaba Bano
  8. Meeting started with the name of Allah Al-mighty.

Item No.1.Post-graduate research seminar (Final Progress Report)

  1. Following students presented their progress report of M.Sc Research.
  1. Thesis Title:

“Performance assessment of evaporative cooling systems for optimal configurations”

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : Zahida Yaqoob (11-MS-PT-ENE-07)

Supervisor:Dr. Muzaffar Ali

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed her to appear for her final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board.

  1. Thesis Title:

“Optimal design and performance analysis of solar-assisted absorption system”.

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : Haseeb Hafeez( 11-MS-PT-ENE-06)

Supervisor:Dr. Muzaffar Ali

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board.

  1. Thesis Title:

“Numerical simulation and experimental verification of chromium electro-deposited plating on AISI 1045 under redial fretting fatigue behavior”

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : M. Furqan Mukhtar (12-MS-PT-AMD-08)

Supervisor:Dr. Sayyid Masoodur Rehman Shah

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board

  1. Thesis Title:

“Effect of cooling on the performance of photovoltaic modules”.

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : Uzair Sajjad (11-MS-PT-ENE-09)

Supervisor:Dr. Muhammad Shehryar

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board.

  1. Thesis Title:

“Experimental investigation of thermal fatigue on welded & unwelded tool steel H13”

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : M. Ahmed Aqeel (11-MS-PT-TSE-03)

Supervisor:Dr. Sayyid Masoodur Rehman Shah

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board.

  1. Thesis Title:

“Techno-economic analysis if different type of active solar heating systems”

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : Habib Ullah (11-MS-PT-TSE-12)

Supervisor:Dr. Muzaffar Ali

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board.

  1. Thesis Title:

“Performance enhancement of photovoltaic panels by using reflective sheets”

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : Muhammad Asif Fareed (11-MS-PT-TSE-09)

Supervisor:Dr. Muzaffar Ali

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board.

  1. Thesis Title:

“Potential assessment of waste heat recovery from rotary kiln shell”

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : Awais Shaukat (11-MS-PT-ENE-14)

Supervisor:Dr. Muzaffar Ali

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board.

  1. Thesis Title:

“Effect of EDM current on surface morphology, white layer thickness and surface hardness of Aluminum 2024”

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : Faisal Saddat (11-MS-PT-AMD-05)

Supervisor:Dr. Sayyid Masoodur Rehman Shah

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board.

  1. Thesis Title:

“Determination of fatigue crack growth rate of fibre metal laminates”

Scholar Name and Regd. No. : Waqas Asghar (13-MS-PT-AMD-06)

Supervisor:Dr. Muhammad Ali Nasir

Board recommended the above final progress report and allowed him to appear for his final viva. Panel of external examiners is also recommended by the Board

Item No. 2.Transfer of Credit Hours

Board recommended the transfer of following credit hours against the MSc Scholar Mr. Najam ul Hassan Shah, Reg. No. 15-MS-PT-TSE-01.

Sr. No. / Course Code / Course Title / Grade Earned
1 / ME-5102 / Research Methodologies and Design of Experiment / A
2 / ME-5111 / Energy Conversion and Prime Movers / A
3 / ME-6101 / Computational Fluid Dynamics / A
  1. The meeting ended with the vote of thanks to the chair.

Engr. Tayyaba Bano

Director, Board of PGS

Prof. Dr. Riffat Asim Pasha

CHAIRMAN