Industrial Linkages
Recognizing the importance of industrial linkages, the department has been continuously striving to connect
to the industry through the participation of industry experts in its various academic bodies. The different
departmental activities for strengthening industrial linkages are summarized in below table.
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Departmental Activities for Strengthening Industrial Linkages
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Sr. No.
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Initiative/Activity
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Details
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Industry involved
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1
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Meetups for industrial linkages
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Electronics department team meeting at NECOP (Islamabad) to discuss collaborative projects in the domain of 3-D IC packaging and MMIC design
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RFICD, NECOP
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2
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Collaborative projects & Joint academia-industry publications
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K. Habib, B. Aslam, I. Nelson, U. H. Khan, M. Kashif, Y. Amin, and H. Tenhunen, “Compact high gain and high isolation AMC-coupled MIMO antenna for wideband 5G millimeter wave applications,” Opt. Quantum Electron., 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s11082-024-07628-5.
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AWC, Wah Cantt.
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T. Gul, B. Aslam, U. H. Khan, M. Kashif, and M. I. Baig, “Design and Analysis of SIW Iris Bandpass Filters for Ku-Band Applications,” Proceedings of ICET, GIKI, Pakistan, 2024
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3
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R&D Activities, Industry-funded projects, and Research grants
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RAC project: Design and Development of MMIC power amplifier for radar applications (Phase-1) [Tentatively starting in June 2025]
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NECOP, Islamabad
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NRPU grant: Applied against the project Design and Development of MMIC power amplifier for radar applications (Under review)
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NECOP, Islamabad
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NRPU grant: Applied against the project titled Biometric Authentication using Physiological Signals and Artificial Intelligence (Under review)
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NADRA
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NRPU grant: Applied against the project titled Revolutionizing the Construction Industry Using AI-Driven Aerial Monitoring System (Under review)
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Johannes Kepler University, Austria
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NRPU grant: Applied against the project titled Implementation of Deep Neural Network Accelerator for Edge Devices: Optimizing Energy Efficiency and Performance (Under review)
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NECOP, Islamabad
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NRPU grant: Applied against the project titled Performance Optimization of Multilevel Converters for Solar PV Applications (Under review)
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EED, UET Lahore
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NRPU grant: Applied against the project titled Intelligent Low Order Approximation for Efficient Deployment and Performance of Indigenous Multi-disciplinary Products in Pakistan (Under review)
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NA
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NRPU grant: Applied against the project, Hybrid EEG-fNIRS BCI system for neurorehabilitation and assistive communication (Under review)
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Rubina Hospital Kuthyala Mandibahudeen
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PC-1 of worth 52.96 million PKR submitted for the upgradation of Biomedical Engineering department labs (In process)
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NA
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Proposal submitted to enhance the University ranking through foreign faculty engagement from the Electronics engineering perspective (In review)
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NA
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4
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Industrial Workshops/Seminars
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GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor-based Low-Noise and Power Amplifier MMICs
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NDC, Islamabad
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Emerging trends in the Semiconductor industry and IC design
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PMO, Taxila
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An interactive session of final-year students with an industrial team
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Advantest, Japan
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5
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Recruitment Drives
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Recruitment test for Fauji Fertilizer Company (FCC), Limited
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FCC, Pakistan
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Recruitment test for Lucky Cement
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Lucky Cement, Karachi
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Recruitment test for Cotton Web, Limited
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Cotton Web, Lahore
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6
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Industrial Visits
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Study/Industrial tour of the ENCD for the students of the 2K22 session (6th semester)
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Mangla Dam Power Plant, AJK
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Study/Industrial tour of the ENCD for the students of the 2k21 session (7th semester)
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NIE, Islamabad
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Students Sponsored Projects with Industry
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Sr. No.
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Faculty Name
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Project Title
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Industry
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1
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Prof. Dr. Yaseer Arafat Durrani
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Design of Generalized DDR SDRAM Memory Controller
Mr. S. Naheel Raza Rizvi (17-ENC-01)
Mr. Abdullah Mazhar (17-ENC-11)
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Public Sector Organization
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2
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Prof. Dr. Yaseer Arafat Durrani
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Thermal Modeling of 3D Multi-Core Digital Systems
M. Usman (19-UET/PhD-ENC-08)
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National Institute of Electronics (NIE), Islamabad
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3
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Prof. Dr. Yaseer Arafat Durrani
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Design and upgradation of gear distribution mechanism test bench
M. Umar Amjad (16-ENC-25)
Mr. Ahmed Mujtaba (16-ENC-26)
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Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), Taxila
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4
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Prof. Dr. Yaseer Arafat Durrani
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Automating the Lathe Machine Student:
M. Umar Amjad (16-ENC-25)
Mr. Ahmed Mujtaba (16-ENC-26)
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Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), Taxila
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5
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Dr. Aamer Rashid
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Design of an RF Receiver
Mr. Rehman Abbas (19-ENC-15)
Mr. Muhammad Maaz (19-ENC-13)
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National Institute of Electronics (NIE), Islamabad
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6
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Dr. Bilal Aslam
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Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Antenna for Universal UHF RF ID Handheld Reader
Ms. Warda Batool (20-ENC-07
Mr. Owais Fayaz (20-ENC-34))
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AWC, Wah Cantt.
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7
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Dr. Bilal Aslam
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Compact High Gain High Isollation Dual Band MIMO Antenna for 5G mm Wave Applications
Mr. Junaid Khalid (20-ENC-09)
Mr. Sikandar S. Abbasi (20-ENC-08)
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NESCOM, Islamabad
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8
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Prof. Dr. Yaseer Arafat Durrani
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Swarm Robotics Lab
Mr. Asim Ali (21-MS-ENC-03)
Mr. M. Adnan (21-MS-ENC-02)
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National Center of Robotics & Automation (NCRA), UET, Taxila
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9
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Dr. Azhar Ali Zaidi
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Energy Efficient Implementation of Object Detection Algorithm for AI on edge applications
Ms. Malika Laraib ul Hudda (20-ENC-3)
Mr. M. Bilal Sajid (20-ENC-6)
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NECOP, Islamabad
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Faculty Sponsored Projects with Industry
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Sr. No.
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Faculty Name
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Project Title
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Industry
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1
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Dr. Adil Usman Kamboh
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Bearings Faults Detection and Load Transfer Switches
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Bestway Cement, Hattar
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2
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Dr. Zohaib H. Naqvi
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Identification of Pulmonary Abnormalities from Lungs Sound Analysis
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PIMS, Islamabad
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3
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Dr. Bilal Aslam
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High Frequency High Power SPDT Switch
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AWC, Wah Cantt. / NECOM, Islamabad
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4
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Dr. Bilal Aslam
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Narrow band Ku-band Microstrip band pass filter for high sensitivity Radar receiver application
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AWC, Wah Cantt. / NECOM, Islamabad
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5
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Dr. Bilal Aslam
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Millimetre (mm) wave antenna design for future 5G communication systems
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AWC, Wah Cantt. / NECOM, Islamabad
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6
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Dr. Aamer Rashid
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Design and Simulation of a High Gain Microstrip Antenna for GPS Applications
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AWC, Wah Cantt. / NECOM, Islamabad
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7
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Dr. Aamer Rashid
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Implementation of a Low-Cost, Short-Range Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System
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AWC, Wah Cantt. / NECOM, Islamabad
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8
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Dr. Aamer Rashid
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Development of a Smart Home Automation System using Wi-Fi
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AWC, Wah Cantt. / NECOM, Islamabad
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List of Industrial Consultancy Projects
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Sr. No.
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Consultancy Projects
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Academics
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Industry
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1
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Motor Bearing Fault Detection
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Dept. of Electronics Engg., UET Taxila
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Bestway Cement, Hattar
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2
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Fast Load Transfer Switch
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Dept. of Electronics Engg., UET Taxila
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Bestway Cement, Hattar
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3
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Development of Marketable Power Electronics Training System
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Dept. of Electronics Engg., UET Taxila
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IBM Tech. Pvt. Ltd.
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