PNS Visiting Faculty
Courses:
1. Writing An Excellent Research Paper and Getting It Published. 6 hours (2 hours per day)
2. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). 4-5 hours
3. How To Groom Yourself Into An Excellent Leader. 9 hours
Dr. Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz
Highest Qualification: Post-Doc in 2015 from TU Dresden, Germany on Marie Curie Fellowship
Qualification and Experience: Dr. Nawaz was working as facility head at Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlnagen, Germany. He did his post-doc at TU Dresden, Germany as a Marie-Curie fellow in 2015. His most notable work “Intelligent image-based deformation-assisted cell sorting with molecular specificity” was published in Nature Methods.
Earlier he was awarded Fulbright scholarship in 2009 to pursue Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University in the United States. During his Ph.D. His thesis was focused on the development of a miniature on-chip microfluidic flow cytometer and acoustofluidic fluorescence activated cell sorter. To date he has published more than 28 research articles in international journals, 9 conference proceedings and 2 U.S. patents. His research has highlighted in U.S. News, local US newspapers and Penn. State News. His research articles are cited more than 1950 times in reputed international research articles.
Before that, he was awarded European Union’s Erasmus Mundus scholarship to continue double degree masters program (2007-09) with first year at Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), France and second year at Augsburg University, Germany. During his masters he worked on development and electrical characterization of Gallium Nitride (GaN) based biosensors under Prof. Achim Wixforth.
Nawaz earned his bachelors in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI) of Engineering Science and Technology with gold medal conferred by the president of Pakistan for highest academic achievement in 2006.
Courses:
1. Fundamentals of MATLAB
2. Fundamentals of Python
Dr. Zaka Ullah
Highest Qualification: PhD, Linkoping University, Sweden.
Specialization: Digital Signal Processing
Qualification and Experience:
– B.Sc Engineering from UET Lahore. M.Sc Nuclear Engineering from CNS (Now PIEAS). PhD from Linkoping University, Sweden.
– Worked in various assignments of national importance. Involved in various instrumentation and control related assignments.
– Worked in Vibration Analysis and Vibration based machine diagnostics.
Course:
1. Career Counselling
Ms. Ruqiyah Shahid Altaf
Highest Qualification: Advance Postgraduate Diploma in Career Counselling and Advisory from NUST
Specialization: Career Counselling and Advisory
Qualification and Experience: She is one of the few certified Career Counselors in Pakistan. She provides guidance and support to help students and professionals make informed decisions about their careers, and also help them develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in their chosen fields. She is passionate about guiding and paving fulfilling careers that align with their values, interests, capabilities, and skills. I can offer all kinds of career-related course activities and tests. A few of the topics are the following:
1 Importance for career decision
2 Lifelong effect of career decision
3 How to secure a job?
4 CV/Resume
5 Techniques of job searching
6 How to ensure presence on social media?
Courses:
1. Explainable AI
2. Object Oriented Programming
Ms. Nabia Khalid
Highest Qualification: MS(IT) 2015, SEECS, NUST
Specialization: Software Engineering, Requirements Engineering, Self Adaptive Systems, Explainable AI
Qualification and Experience:
Ms. Nabia Khalid, serving as Lecturer(CS) at Bahria University Islamabad since February 2022. The courses that she taught so far are Computer Programming theory plus lab, Object Oriented programming theory plus lab, Human Computer Interaction, SE and related courses. Her research interests are Explainable AI and runtime requirements engineering,
Courses:
1. Distributed Control Systems
2. Programmable Logic Controllers
Mr. Muhammad Nadeem Khan
Highest Qualification: M. Sc. (Nuclear Power Engineering)
Specialization: Instrumentation and Control
Experience:
– 23 years Experience of in Commissioning, Operation & Maintenance of Instrumentation & Control of Nuclear Power Plants.
– Nuclear Instrumentation, Process Instrumentation including Level, Pressure, Flow. Distributed Control Systems,
– Programmable Logic Controllers etc.
Course:
1. Introduction to LINUX
Mr. Abdul Malik
Highest Qualification: MS (Nuclear Power Engineering)
Specialization: Nuclear Power
Experience:
– Simulation and modeling
– Fast Computing
– Cluster designing and configuration
– Density functional theory
– Practical use of data science
Courses:
1. Fundamentals of AutoCAD
2. Advanced AutoCAD (3D)
Mr. Muhammad Rafi
Highest Qualification: M. Sc. (Electronics)
Specialization: Electronics
Experience:
– 30+ years experience of using CAD software for designing and producing mechanical, electrical and civil engineering drawings.
– 3D CAD Modeling, Rendering and Animation of mechanical parts & assemblies and architectural design of buildings.
– Development of software module fot AutoCAD, using AutoLISP language.
Course:
1. Effective Communication Skills
Mr. Muhammad Abbas Qamar
Highest Qualification: M. Phil (Physics)
Specialization: Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection
Qualification and Experience:
M.Phil (Physics), AIO University, Islamabad
M.Sc (Physics), University of Agri. Faisalabad, with distinction (1st Position)
01 Year PGD in Health Physics from PIEAS (then CNS)
09 months training from ENEA, Rome, Italy in the area of Reliability Engineering
06 months Certificate in “Computer Applications” from QAU Islamabad
01 year Diploma in “Executive Manager in Business Administration” from Pakistan Skill Development Council (SDC)
01 week Course in “Integrated Management System ISO 9001/14001” from NPO Pakistan and APO Japan
03 months “Senior Officers Management Course” from PIAES
Organized more than 10 Courses and also delivered lectures in these courses
Supervised 20 projects of participants of “Senior Officers Management Course” at PIEAS in the areas of Social Sciences, Islam, and History etc.
Represented Pakistan in various seminars, conferences, workshops in France, Belgium, Austria, Italy, China and South Korea.
Delivered lectures about Safety Management, Communication and safety culture at various Private and Government sector Institutes in Pakistan.
