NUST Energy moot Energy Systems Engineering Ends today
Rawalpindi:A three-day International Conference on Energy Systems Engineering (ICESE-2010) is currently underway at the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, a research-intensive unit of the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).
Minister for Science and Technology Muhammad Azam Khan Swati chaired the opening session of the conference in the presence of a large number of dignitaries and scholars from home and abroad including the United States, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and Switzerland. Addressing the session, Azam Khan Swati appreciated the efforts of the college in addressing energy and climate issues and also highlighted the role of the government in this regard. He made a specific mention of the role of the Ministry of Environment, the Environment Protection Agency, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, the Alternative Energy Board, and the Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies in implementing government policies related to energy and environment.
The minister appreciated the college for having a well-established programme in energy, particularly in solar energy, wind energy and micro-hydro energy.
Other speakers included the pro-rector of NUST Rear Admiral (r) M. Mushtaq, who talked about the high ranking of NUST as a research intensive university; Commandant of the College of E&ME Major General M. Shahid, HI (M), who highlighted the contribution of the college in the field of energy; and Associate Dean and conference Chair, Professor Dr. Afzaal Malik, explained the salient features of the conference.
The conference, which will conclude today (Wednesday), focuses on a wide range of topics in form of technical papers and keynote addresses. The topics range from energy sources in the form of thermal, nuclear, renewable, and advanced energy sources; energy policies, energy economics, carbon reduction in the environment for a low carbon society, global warming, climate change and institutional framework.The news
