STICKS – Strategic Talks on Innovation & Commercialization for Knowledge Sharing – Fall 2021

First series of STICKS – Strategic Talks on Innovation & Commercialization for Knowledge Sharing – Fall 2021, was held at National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) on Thursday. The theme and scope of the event was to discuss and highlight the barriers between academia and industry, innovation, commercialization & entrepreneurship, and thereby devise strategies….

ESTABLISHMENT OF ANECHOIC CHAMBER, NFT & RCS TESTING FACILITY FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PURPOSES AT CAE, NUST

Background. Let’s imagine a scenario to characterize a flashlight. In other words, we are required to develop a diagram describing radiation characteristics of flashlight. We would be interested in measuring the direction and amount of light traveling from flashlight to the surrounding. Investigating the flashlight in a dark room will be a wise choice and…

Team Falcon, CAE Winner of “Design, build and fly competition PROPELLAIR’21 hosted by IMechE”

NED University of Engineering and Technology, PropellAir’21 was hosted by IMechE NEDUET Student Chapter. In the event, the participants had to design, fabricate and ultimately fly an unmanned aircraft. The event comprised of workshops, oral exam and e-test of participants, and actual flight demonstrations of handmade aircraft. The final contest was held on Saturday, July…

Aerodynamic analysis of hummingbird-like hovering flight

Flapping wing micro aerial vehicles are studied as the substitute for fixed and rotary wing micro aerial vehicles because of the advantages such as agility, maneuverability, and employability in confined environments. Hummingbird’s sustainable hovering capability inspires many researchers to develop micro aerial vehicles with similar dynamics. In this research, a wing of a ruby-throated hummingbird…

NUST Wins Runner Up Award at U.K’s IMechE UAS Challenge 2021

Pakistan’s foremost internationally competing drone team has made the country proud once again by winning the Runner Up Award at U.K’s IMechE UAS Challenge 2021. Team NUST Airworks is an undergraduate team based in the National University of Sciences & Technology – Pakistan Navy Engineering College, Karachi. NUST Airworks has been designing, manufacturing and testing…