By Anusha Aijaz (Student, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Habib University) Dr. Umair Khan has always been passionate about computer games. His enthusiasm made him explore the domain of computer science and programming which led to his eventual PhD in the field of Planning Graphs and Artificial Intelligence. His PhD thesis was about […]
Modeling reality with mathematics- Syed Shahzad Raza
Syed Shahzad Raza is currently a lecturer of Mathematics at Habib University. Mr. Raza gave a talk which covered important aspects of modeling our perception of reality. In the talk, Mr. Raza explained how basic mathematics can be used to model and solve problems in natural and social sciences. A brief lecture video of Mr. […]
Successful Innovation: Prototyping for Entrepreneurship
Habib University School of Science and Engineering (HU-SSE) kicked-off its Fall 2015 SSE Public Seminar Series with a lecture and discussion by Mr. Raja Sabri Khan. Mr. Khan is an aerospace design engineer from MIT University and a resident of Karachi. He is the founder and owner of Integrated Dynamics, which is considered pioneers in […]
Wind Mill @ Numaish Karachi, April 2015
The Hawai Chakki Project Numaish Karachi was an exhibition of over two dozen installations which aimed to open up public spaces for cultural production. It was organized by the social awareness campaign, ‘I Am Karachi’ to promote science education and cultural activities. The first of four public exhibitions was held at Frere Hall in April, 2015. […]
Seminar on ” National Instruments (NI) Solutions in Teaching Engineering Electronics”
National Instruments (NI) held a workshop in Habib University on “NI instruments Solutions in Teaching Engineering Electronics” in August 2015. Habib University lab staff and faculty members participated in that seminar. This workshop was about the control engineering where control systems were interfaced with LabVIEW software , along with its simulation and interfacing. During this workshop […]
Inspiring women in STEM
Zainab Nagin Cox – NASA JPL1 About Zainab Nagin Cox – NASA JPL1 Nagin graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering and a BA in Psychology and was commissioned as an officer in the US Air Force. As a lieutenant, she was stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in […]
Quantum Computation … and Akbar?
By Jibran Rashid At Habib, our undergraduate students are not only allowed, but also expected, to contribute to cutting edge problems in faculty project. This is exemplified in Dr. Jibran’s informal quantum information and computation discussion group, where students are introduced to fundamental quantum concepts such as non-locality and entanglement. The deal with quantum […]
Protein Engineering; A Rational and Practical Approach in Biotechnology
Protein engineering is one of the most powerful and remarkable developments in biotechnology. It has been used over decades to manipulate amino acid sequence at gene level leading to novel protein with desired functions. Construction of gene at will in order to produce new protein structure is no longer dream due to the advancements in the […]
Habib University Hour of Code
How can you get the squirrel to the acorn? That is a puzzle that luminaries from diverse fields are encouraging you to solve. Habib University is constantly looking for ways to engage constructively with the society. In December 2014, HU hosted an Hour of Code, as part of a global movement aimed at promoting Computer […]