“Career Prospects of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering and CS Students in Petroleum Industry: Skills required to succeed”
Dr. Abid Ghous has done MS and PhD in Petroleum Engineering from University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. The main objective of this seminar was to give knowledge about skills required to excel in career specially in multinational companies. It mainly covered the scope of engineers in the world of petroleum and gas industry and helped the students to learn from it. Students gained knowledge about how a petroleum engineer is involved in nearly all of the stages of oil and gas evaluation, production and development. Students came to know about the scope of petroleum engineering and the seminar fascinated them about the profession of petroleum engineer.
Dr. Abid Ghous (Lead Petroleum Consultant at Woodside Energy Ltd, Australia)
Dr. Imran Cheema (Faculty of LUMS, Lahore)
“How to apply effectively to MS/PhD programme in North American Universities and secure scholarships”
Dr. Imran Cheema has done B.Sc. Electrical Engineering from UET Lahore, MS from Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder USA and PhD in Electrical Engineering from McGrill University, Montreal, Canada in 2014. The main objective of this seminar was to give awareness to students that how can they apply for foreign scholarships and what are the possible ways to obtain grants. Dr. Imran Cheema emphasized on the development of international experience and briefed students about various institutions offering scholarships specifically for studying abroad. He discussed all the requirements and details of selection criteria with our students. Such a kind of seminar opens doors for exercising minds.
“International exposure and institution in research and development”
Dr. Farrukh Arslan Siddique is Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, BZU Multan. He has done PhD in Engineering Science on scholarship from University of Oxford, UK with a major consideration on water filtration through membranes and waste water treatment which has a very bright future worldwide. The main objective of the seminar was to increase awareness about international exposure of students and faculty that may help to enhance and broaden their vision regarding research and development. Dr. Engr. Farrukh Arslan Siddique talked about personal and professional development and said that to be a researcher, a lot of professional development is required and it involves publishing papers, attending conferences and acquiring the skills an individual needs to do research well.
Dr. Farrukh Arslan Siddique (Mechanical Engineering, BZU)
Dr.Tahir Imran Qureshi (HOD Environmental Engineering NFCIET Multan)
“Sustainable Engineering Practices”
Dr.Tahir Imran Qureshi has done his PhD in Environmental Engineering from South Korea. The main aim for this seminar was to enhance the awareness about sustainable engineering practices that is the process of designing or operating systems such that they use energy and resources sustainably, in other words, at a rate that does not compromise the natural environment, or the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
“Magnetic Resonance: The future Technology”
Dr. Sheikh Faisal Ahmad is a principal researcher at Institute of Advance Convergence Technology, Kyungpook National University Daegu, South Korea. Aim of this seminar was to provide students a holistic view of our rapidly changing world through: Magnetic Resonance Dr. Sheikh Faisal Ahmad told the students that how Magnetic resonance scanners rely heavily on a number of topical areas of interest to Electrical Engineers: image processing, high speed computing and radio frequency systems and components.
Dr. Sheikh Faisal Ahmad (Institute of Advance Convergence Technology, South Korea)
Dr. M. Abrar (Faculty of Electrical Engineering , BZU)
“Success Story and Scholarships”
Dr. M. Abrar has done his PhD from Massay Univeristy, New Zealand This seminar was conducted on his own success story and he briefed PIET’s faculty and students about scholarships for Postgraduate studies as well as how to get funding for publications and for international conferences. He motivated students to become eager to find scholarships that match their interests and experience. It was a good experience for students as they learned many beneficial things.
