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NUST School Of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME) Equipped with Latest Lab Testing Facilities for Material Characterization

School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME) commenced its programs in 2006 and is currently offering undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in the twin disciplines of Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering. In line with the futuristic vision of NUST imparting quality education, maiden undergraduate programs in the fields of Chemical and Materials Engineering were launched…

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NUST Researchers Develop Indigenous Transmit-Receive Modules for Phased-Array Radars

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Imagine an electronic system that could transmit and receive radio frequency signals from all directions while remaining in a fixed position. Phased array technology of today has made this possible in contrast to older systems that instead relied on mechanical rotation. Phased Arrays Systems are widely required in current and upcoming applications such as 5G…

Health & Life Sciences Innovation Technology

Combatting the Covid-19 Pandemic with Ventilator Designed & Developed by NUST

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Coronavirus disease the COVID-19 is a newly discovered infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus. As the Covid-19 pandemic spread in the world, the public were introduced to the new living behaviors that previously unheard of, at least to the general populace. A collective, global effort was started in 2020 to combat, mitigate and control…

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N-OVATIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES – A Center for Affordable High-Risk Medical Devices

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Within the heart of NUST lies a state-of-the-art facility, devoted for the research, development and manufacturing of medical devices, where a dedicated team of biomedical scientists and engineers led by Dr. Murtaza Najabat Ali (Fig. 1) is striving for the betterment of healthcare facilities for the deprived population of Pakistan. Dr. Murtaza Najabat Ali, who…

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Underwater Object Tracking & Extraction using Image Matting

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Image matting is a segmentation technique that is used to extract foreground objects from images and videos. Matting considers the alpha α values of pixels to classify them as foreground, background, or mixed pixels. The mixed pixels commonly lie at the boundary of the object that are part of both foreground and background region. The…

Sustainability Technology

Digital Technology: An enabler for economic development

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History of nations has always shown a deep correlation of technology and economic development, with nations investing in technical infrastructure outperforming in the key macro-economic indicators and holding a competitive edge over the rest. The three major industrial revolutions the world has so far witnessed, have always leveraged upon technology, followed by exponential economic growth,…