Department Report
The auto industry is changing as a result of global disruption, technology advancements, sustainability, and shifting consumer habits. The changing automotive industry is strongly affecting economic development, requiring the restructuring of existing business models.
In this regard, the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MED) at the University of Lahore (UOL) in collaboration with the Mechanical Engineering Society (MES) arranged a seminar on “Emerging and Advanced Automotive Technology” for technology students, faculty, professionals, and engineering faculty. The seminar was attended by a large number of students and professionals, especially from the Engineering Department.
This 0.5 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for registered and professional engineers, bridges knowledge gaps, and enables continuing students, new graduates, and experienced engineers to lead the modern automotive industry in the production of intelligent, zero, and ultra-low emission vehicles. This session also opened pathways for engineering students and professionals to pursue careers in automotive technologies.
The speakers of the event were Dr Mohammad Aamir Khan (HoD, ME), Dr Muhammad Zeeshan Rafique (Associate Professor, MED) and Engineer Khurram Hameed Mughal ((Assistant Professor, MED). Dr Khan is an international scholar and researcher with PhD in Robotics and Automation from Italy. He has worked on multiple national and international projects about automotive design, hybrid vehicles, and automation for transportation.
Speaking at the seminar, Dr Khan elucidated the plans on how to design an efficient and high performance vehicle and also encouraged the students to pursue research in the field of automotive technology. He gave ideas, concepts, and tips on how to pursue a research roadmap and career in automotive technology.
Earlier, Mr Mughal conducted an interactive session where he introduced the latest trends and innovations in automotive technology. These trends pertained to reconfigurable cars, override mechanisms, artificial intelligence (AI), smart cars, autonomous cars, automatic braking, safety, big data analytics, machine learning, smart tyres, in-house marketing, human machine interface (HMI), and active health monitoring of the driver etc. His talk which was combined with pertinent pictures and supplementary videos attracted applauses from the audience.
On the occasion, Dr Rafique highlighted the role of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) for automotive technology organizations. He presented an overview of the goals and work being done in the automotive sector towards sustainable production. He further highlighted the LARG lean, agile, resilient, and green (LARG) paradigm for sustainable production in the automotive sector.
Prof Dr Fiaz Hussain Shah (Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology) graced the event as the chief guest and awarded shields of appreciation to the speakers and the key organizers including Salman Abubakar Bugvi (Patron, MES & Assistant Professor, MED), Dr Mughal, Waleed Bin Nasir (President MES), Muhammad Usama Shahid (General Secretary MES) and Abdul Hanan (Treasurer MES).
The seminar was well managed by office bearers of the MES who coordinated with the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) and the student body to present a disciplined and organized activity before them. The event was concluded with photographs and a vote of thanks to the management of the UOL, OSA, and MED for their valuable support and facilitation.
Deck Info: “Interactive session shed light on the latest trends and innovations pertained to reconfigurable cars, override mechanisms, AI, autonomous cars, safety, and machine learning, etc.”
