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Dual Degree Programme: Electronics Engineering
Introduction:-
Electronics Engineering is the back bone of almost all technologies today. It is one of the oldest disciplines of Electrical Engineering. Electronics Engineering has a broad spectrum of the knowledge base ranging from maintenance, management, design and reverse engineering. Electronic Engineering is a profession that uses science, technology and problem solving skills to design, construct, and maintain products, services, and information systems. Electronic engineering involves the design and testing of electronic circuits that use the properties of components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes and transistors to achieve a particular functionality.

During the first year, reinforcement in science and mathematics subjects are provided. In the second year, the students will be reinforced with the Electronic Engineering field. In the last two years of this program, emphasis is on the latest specialized electronics courses such as Digital Signal Processing, Digital System Design, FPGA Based Design, Digital Electronics and Power Electronics is made.
The Dual Degrees
A landmark of agreement between COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) and Lancaster University, UK has allowed Pakistani students to earn an international degree from a high ranking UK University in addition to their own degree from CIIT. The most obvious advantage of the Dual Degree program (C-L DDP) would be the benefit of an international degree at an affordable cost without leaving the comfort of home. Dual Degree Program (C-L DDP) carriers a lot of significance, it is a kind of program launched in Pakistan for the very first time and by the two top-ranked institutions: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, ranked among the top 05 institutions of higher education in Pakistan and Lancaster University, which is ranked among the top 10 universities in the UK and top 200 universities in the world.
Degree Accreditation
The B.Eng Electronics and Electrical Engineering will be accredited by Pakistan Engineering Council, whereas the B.Eng. (Hons) degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering is accredited by Institute of Engineering and Technology, UK. So, the students studying at (C-L DDP) will be awarded both degrees.
Vision:
The vision of the program is to produce high quality graduates who can positively contribute to academia, industry, and various domains of research in electronics engineering.
Mission:
Electronics engineering is an enormously vibrant area of study. This program focuses on the design, analysis and application of electrical and electronics systems. Electronics engineering is a practical field intended to solve real world problems by combining ideas from engineering with basic science. The curriculum of Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering is developed in such a way that first a reinforcement in mathematics and basic science subjects is provided. Students are then trained with core electronic engineering subjects and finally they are made competent in electronics engineering with major emphasis on subjects like analog electronics, digital electronics, and advanced digital electronics etc.
Faculty:
In the department of electrical engineering, high quality teaching is ensured with the help of highly qualified faculty members. The faculty members of electrical engineering department have very diverse profiles and their expertise cover all the major areas of different programs that are offered under the banner of electrical engineering department. In electrical engineering department, courses are widely offered in electronics, telecommunication and computer science domain at the under graduate level. In all three domains faculty members of lecturer and above rank hold at least a master degree in the particular domain. Currently, there are a total of 55 faculty members. Among these faculty members, 12 members hold a PhD degree and department is trying to induct new PhDs to add further depth to its faculty. Tables indicating program areas and number of faculty in each area are given below.

Area of Specialization

Courses in the area and average number of sections per year

Number of faculty members in each area

Number of faculty with Ph.D. degree

Electronics

4

22

05

Communication

5

18

06

Computer Science

5

15

01

  

 

 

 

Total

14

55

12

  

Full-Time Faculty Size

Number of faculty members with
PhD  MS

  

Full Professors

  

Associate Professors

  

Assistant Professors

  

Lecturers

  

Lab Engineers/Research Associates

  

Teaching Assistants/Fellows

55

12

16

01

01

17

20

16

0

Labs:
In the EE department of COMSATS Lahore, there are eight main labs. These labs are well equipped and they are used to serve the needs of numerous courses offered under the banner of different programs at EE department of COMSATS Lahore. Detail about each lab’s objective, courses covered, major equipment, number of lab engineers, and lab manual is given below:
Digital Electronics Lab
Objective: To demonstrate and acquire the practical knowledge of the core courses in relation to Telecommunication and Computer Engineering programs.
Courses Covered: Electric Circuit Analysis I, Electronics I.
Major Equipment: Oscilloscope, Signal Generators, Trainers, Digital meters, and electronics components.
FYP Lab
Objective: To provide an environment and equipments in order to complete the Final Year Project (FYP) is basically the main motive of this lab. FYP is the fundamental part of our BS programs and this lab is playing a marvellous role in guiding the students to accomplish their task.
Courses Covered: Final Year Project-I, Final Year Project-II.
Major Equipment:Computers 30, DC Power Supply 05, Digital Meter 10, Oscilloscope 04, Function Generator 04, Superpro Programmer 03.
Analog Electronics Lab
Objective: To build up the fundamental concepts of students in electrical engineering disciplines that would help them in their further courses
Courses Covered: Digital logic designs, Electronics II.
Major Equipment:Analog/Digital Trainers, Audio Frequency Generators.
Communication Lab
Objective: The area of Communications is currently one of the most essential and rapidly evolving disciplines in information and electrical technologies. The worldwide demand for reliable, fast, and convenient exchange of communications is largely responsible for the enormous growth we see today. The information we deal with can take many different forms. It may be the conversation we are having on our cell phone, the web page we have just downloaded, the data stored on our hard-drive, or even the latest motion picture released on DVD. All these types of information have in common the requirement of Communication that they be transferred from one place (or time) to another. Therefore, a Communication Systems Lab has been established at CIIT Lahore to study efficient ways of achieving this task by focusing on both Analog and Digital Communication Systems theories. This Lab helps to embellish and to illustrate the fundamentals of many key communication theory concepts taught in the lectures. The student relates theoretical calculations to measured results by performing different lab experiment tasks.
Courses Covered: Analog Communication Systems, Digital Communication Systems, Principles of Communication Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Signals and Systems
Software Available: Matlab, Code Composer (CCS).
Major Equipment:Emona TIMS Trainer and Modules, DSK TMS320C6713.
RF Lab
Objective: Understanding the concepts of antenna and radio wave propagation in a practical way is the main objective of this lab. Besides, this lab is also conducting the microwave engineering and radar experiments. On the whole this lab has a nominal role in helping our undergraduate students to build up their knowledge in an interesting and dynamic ways of experimentation.
Courses Covered:This lab is used to cover the courses of Antenna and Radio Wave Propagation, Microwave Engineering and Radar & Navigation Aids.
Software Available: HFSS,NEC WIN ++,ADS,CST MATLAB.
Major Equipment:Different types of Antenna assemblies, Lab volt Microwave Module, Radar Trainer, GPS Navigator.
Data Communication & Computer Networks Lab
Objective: The main objective of this lab is to carry out laboratory exercises for different courses offered by the department and provide training to the students in the areas of data communication and computer networks
Courses Covered:This lab is basically used to cover courses like Data Communication and Computer Networks, Introduction to Computer Programming, Object Oriented Programming, System Programming, Network Programming, Compiler Construction, and Algorithms & Data Structures.
Software Available: On Windows XP, we have Microsoft Visual C Compiler, Borland C Compiler, Icc C Compiler, Matlab, Autocad, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Internet Explorer. On Fedora core (linux), we have gcc compiler, Devc development environment, Java development environment, X server and GUI environment, open office, and Mozilla Firefox.
Major Equipment 50 desktop computers, routers, switches.
VLSI/MPI Lab
Objective: The Microprocessor Interfacing and Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits (MPI/VLSI) Lab is a major laboratory in the Electrical Engineering department and caters to the undergraduate students of Computer and Telecommunication Engineering. This laboratory is especially integral to the Computer Engineering program. All of the major Computer Engineering practical exercises are conducted in this lab. This lab also facilitates students of Electrical Engineering department in their Final Year projects.
Courses Covered:Microprocessor Interfacing, Computer Architecture & Organization, Advanced Digital Logic Design, and VLSI Design.
Software Available: XILINX ISE 9.2 design suit, MP Lab IDE V.7.31, Microwind 2, EMU 8086, Keil, Proteus 6 Professional, and MikroC Pro.
Major Equipment Digital Logic Trainer Boards, Microcontroller-based Platforms, Microcontroller Trainers, Microprocessor Application Modules, Universal Programmers, FPGA Platforms etc.
Electric Machine& Control Lab
Objective: The main objective of this lab is to conduct practical exercises of Electric Machines and Control courses.
Courses Covered:Electric Machines, Control Systems.
Software Available: Matlab, TRI logi for PLCs.
Major Equipment Transformer trainer boards, PLC, AC drives, single phase, and three phase motors.
Research at Department of Computer Science:
There are eight different research groups in electrical engineering department working in different fields of electrical engineering and computer science. These fields mainly include Artificial Intelligence, Computer graphics, Computer vision, Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Communication, and Embedded Systems. Senior faculty heads these research groups. These groups have contributed in the research by writing national and international journal and conference papers. Faculty members have been given resources which they utilize optimally for this purpose and remain current in their respective fields. Tables indicating the research productivity of faculty members of electrical engineering department are given below. These tables mainly provide four different types of information. For example, the first table indicates the research projects that have been submitted by electrical engineering department.

Sr. # Title of Project Principle Investigator Funding Agency Amount Status
1 Design and Develop Indigenous Hydropower Electric Generation System Dr S.F Shaukat
HEC 6.5 M Submitted

Three tables given below provide details about the research productivity of faculty of electrical engineering department in terms of journal papers, book chapters, and conference publications.

Sr.# Name of Author`s Title of the Publication/Journal Year , Vol.no & page no. Impact Factor/ ISI indexed
1 RobinaFarooq, S F Shaukat US patent 2011,20110162976 Recovery of nickel from industrial pickling acid solutions 07-07-2011,
http://www.faqs.org/patents/inventor/farooq-6/
US patent 2011,20110162976
US patent 2011,20110162976 As per PCST (JIF+CI Score=14.5
,)
Equivalent to 5 IF Publications as per HEC criteria
2 Maria Siddique,
RobinaFarooq, Saleem F Shaukat et. al.
Enhanced decomposition of Reactive Blue 19dye in ultrasound assisted electrochemical reactor
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science
/article/pii/S1350417710000817
UltrasonicsSonochemistry
18 (1), 190-196 IF:3.199
3 M A Javaid,
S F Shaukat, et.al.,
Estimation of solar power efficiency in day time at different temperatures
http://ijens.org/Vol%2011%20I%2002/116802-9494%20IJECS-IJENS.pdf
International Journal of Electrical & Computer Sciences
2011
11(2),
54 – 58
4 S F Shaukat, et. al., Monte Carlo Analysis of Broadband Passive Optical Networks
http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj12(8)/5.pdf
World Applied Sciences Journal
2011
12 (8), 1156–1164
5 M.S.Sarfraz. A.Shezad,A.Elahi, M.Fraz, I.Zaffar, E.A.Edirisinghi Real Time Automatic License Plate Recognition for CCTV Forensic Applications
International journal of Real Time Image Processing, Springer Verlag
DOI:10.1007/s11554-011-0232-7 IF: 0.962
6 R.N.B. Rais, T. Turletti, K. Obraczka Message delivery in heterogeneous networks prone to episodic connectivity
ACM/Springer Wireless Networks (WINET)
2011,
Vol. 17, Issue 8
1775-1794
IF:0.958
7 A. Krifa, M. Mendonca, R.N.B. Rais, C. Barakat, T. Turletti, K. Obraczka Efficient content dissemination in heterogeneous networks prone to episodic connectivity ACM Computer Communication Review (CCR) 2011,
Vol. 41, Issue 4
480-481
IF:0.61
8 JunaidZafar&HaroonZafar Modal Interaction Formulation- Determination of modal coupling coefficients and frequency/bias planes for gyromagnetic boundary value problems Wireless Engineering & Technology 2011,
Manuscript ID: 6801101
Accepted
(In Press)
IF:0.820
9 JunaidZafar, K. Massod and H. Zafar Design and analysis of a high power electron beam source (>50KW/cm2) confined in a highly uniform magnetic field region IEEE Transactions on Plasma Sciences 2011Manuscript ID: TPS5144
)
IF:1.2
10 M. Shuja Khan, AbidIqbal, Shafaat A. Bazaz and Muhammad Abid Physical Level Simulation of PolyMUMPs Based Monolithic Tri-Axis MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer Using FEM Technique Advanced Materials Research Journal FEB 2012 (in-press) IF:0.483
11 Shafaat A. Bazaz, AbidIqbal, Muhammad S. Khan Monolithic Tri-axes Nickel based MEMS Accelerometer design verified through Finite Element Analysis Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Springer DEC 2011,
Vol.36 (15)
IF:0.224
12 I. Ahmed, M. Ahmed, M. Shuja Khan,K. Imran A Novel Approach for Detection of Shorted Turns Fault in Machine Using Combination of Flux and Instantaneous Power Signal International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering Vol.3 (2)
pp.233-239
13 I. Ahmed, M. Ahmed, K. Imran, M. Shuja Khan, S. JunaidAkhtar Detection of Eccentricity Fault in Electrical Machines Using Current, Flux and Instantaneous Power Signals
International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering
FEB 2011
Vol. 3 (1)
pp.111-119
14 I. Ahmed, Z. Ahmed, F. Patel, M. Shuja Khan A Photo-Cathodic Protection System Utilizing UV Radiations International Journal of Engineering & Technology 2011
Vol.11 (01)
pp.197-202
15 M. ArshadJavaid, PirBukhsh Khan, Mukhtar-ul-Hassan, M Shuja Khan, S F Shaukat Measurement of Solar Electric Power Efficiency of Individual Module in Day Time at Different Temperatures
International Journal of Engineering & Technology
Vol.11(02)
pp.54-58
16 Nazifa Fatima, I. Ahmad, Kashif Imran,M. Shuja Khan Efficient path planning in semi-fault tolerant robotics
International Journal of Engineering & Technology
Vol.11(03)
Department of Electrical Engineering (Books/Book Chapters)

Sr. #

Name

Book Title

Publisher

1 Herbert Schweinzer,
S F Shaukatand HolgerArthaber
Industrial Electronics Handbook
Chapter 2,  Media in IEH hand book on Industrial Communication Systems
CRC Press, USA.
2 Farooq-i-Azam, M., Ayyaz, M. N. Book Chapter :
Cyber Security Standards, Practices and Industrial Applications: Systems and Methodologies,
IGI Global Publishers, USA
3 SobiaBaig, Fasih-Ud-Din Farrukh and M. Junaid Mughal Discrete Wavelet Transforms: Algorithms and Applications (ISBN 978-953-307-482-5) Book chapter: Discrete Wavelet Multitone Modulation For Adsl& Equalization Techniques InTech publisher
Rijeka,
Croatia
4 ZahidRiaz, M. SaquibSarfrazand Michael Beetz Book Chapter: Towards Unconstrained Face Recognition Using 3D Face Mode Biometric Systems, Design and Applications
ISBN 978-953-307-542-6
InTech
5 JunaidZafar Gyromagnetic Phase Control Devices ISBN: 978-3- 8383- 3740-1 Academic Lambert Publishing Press
Department of Electrical Engineering (Conference Publications)

Sr. #

Author(s)

Title of Research Paper

Conference Details

1

M.S.Raheel, H.R.Shaukat, M.R.Asfi, M.Farooq-i-Azam,J.Shafqat

Wireless Authentication System for Barcode Scanning Using Infrared Communication Technique

International Conference on Computer, Control and Automation 2011, Standard: 978-1-4244-9767-6   
Jeju Island, South Korea

2

AtifShehzad, M.Fraz, Adnan Elahi and M. SaquibSarfraz

Real Time Localization, Tracking And  recognition of Vehicle License Plate

Int. Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications VISAPP, Portugal

3

M.Fraz and M. SaquibSarfraz

Text Detection In Still Images and CCTV Videos using Local Energy Based Shape Histogram Features (LESH)

Int. Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications VISAPP, Portugal, March 2011.

4

M. SaquibSarfraz and M.Haris Khan

A Probabilistic Framework for Patch based Vehicle Type Recognition

Int. Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications VISAPP,Portugal, March 2011. (oral).

5

UsmanRafique , Moazzam Ali Sahi ,
SaadAslam, Saqib

A Novel Wireless Data Logging and Retrieving System for Industrial Applications

 

ICET ,Int IEEE Conference , NUST , ISL.
Pakistan

6

JunaidZafar&HaroonZafar

Electron Beam Emitter Characterization & Its Analysis

IEEE International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference,
California, USA

7

JahanzebAnwer, U. Rafique, Ahmad Fayyaz, SaadAslam, UsmanKhalid, N. H. Hamid

Analyzing Thermal and Flicker Noise Fault Tolerance Capability of Markov Random Field Digital Circuits

3rd International Conference on Computer Technology and Development.

8

Muhammad Umer Khan

Inline and radio frequency excitation of optomechanical
Oscillations

Optical Society of America (OSA) student chapter conference
Delhi, India

9

Dr.SobiaBaig

Performance analysis of discrete wavelet multitome transceiver for narrowband PLC in smart grid

International conference on innovative smart Grid Technoloiges Europe, ISGT, 2011
Manchester, UK

10

JahanzebAnwer, SaadAslam ,  UsmanRafique, Ahmad Fayyaz, Usman Khalid and N.H. Hamid

Analyzing Thermal and Flicker Noise Fault-Tolerance Capability of Markov Random Field Digital Circuits

International Conference on Computer Technology and Development (ICCTD)
Chengdu, China

11

SulmanFarrukh, Muhammad Shahzad, Usman Khan, TalhaChughtai, Ali Nawaz Khan

Industrial Automation and Control System to Minimize Food Spoilage and Imports in Pakistan

3rd International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE 2011),
China

12

M.S. Sarfraz, M.H. Khan

A Probabilistic Framework For Patch Based Vehicle Type Recognition

6th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications VISAPP 2011 
Algarve, Portugal

13

SaquibSarfraz, AtifShahzad, M. Adnan Elahi, M. Fraz

Real Time Localization, Tracking And Recognition Of Vehicle License Plate

International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2011)
Algarve, Portugal