NI Elvis Seminar

السلام عليكم

Seminar hosted jointly by National Instruments, USA and Rastek Technologies on 18th April, 2011 to explore ELVIS.

ELVIS Connect Theory to the Real World.

With National Instruments software and hardware, engineering educators worldwide help students connect theory to real-world design through hands-on, experimental learning. Using NI Elvis, educators can take advantage of a complete, low-cost design and prototyping platform for teaching circuits, measurements, controls, telecommunications, microcontrollers, and embedded design in engineering laboratories. http://www.ni.com/nielvis/

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam Uqaili, Pro Vice Chancellor, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, was the Chief Guest to this seminar.

Attendees to this seminar were;
Prof. Dr. Bhawani Shankar Choudhry, DEAN, MUET.
Prof. Dr. Altaf Mukati, Dean, Bahria University, Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Shoaib Zaidi, Chairman, Depts. of Electronics, NED University.
Prof. Dr. Iqbal Bhatti, Ziauddin University, Karachi.
Prof. Shahid Suleman Jan, PAF KIET, Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Ali Raza Jaffery, Co-chairman, Deptt. of Bio-medical, NED University.
Dr. Bilal Alvi, Chairman, Depts. of Electronics, Sir Syed University.
Dr. Abdul Rehman Abbasi, KINPOE, Karachi.
Dr. Nadeem Iqbal, KINPOE, Karachi.
Dr. Attaullah Khwaja, Depts. of Electronics, NED University.
Dr. Iqbal Bhatti, ISRA University, Hyderabad.
Dr. Ghous Narijo, Depts. of Electronics, NED University.
Dr. Abid Karim, IQRA University, Karachi.
Dr. Mohammad Yaqoob, PCSIR Labs., Karachi.
Dr. Hameedullah Qazi, ISRA University, Hyderabad.
Lt. Cdr. Engr. Yaseen Khattak, PN Karsaz.
Engr. Arif Hassan, Siemens Pakistan.
Engr. Hoosain Ebrahim, Siemens Pakistan.
Engr. Tariq Rafiq, QUEST, Nawabshah.
Engr. Majid Hussain, QUEST, Nawabshah.
Engr. Mohammad Ali Shah, MUET, Jamshoro.
Engr. Atif Jamil, HOD – Pakistan Navy Polytechnic Institute, Karachi.
Engr. Abdullah Ali, National University, FAST, Karachi.
Engr. Khalid Naseeruddin Sheikh, SUPARCO.
Mr. Musaddiq Ali Shah, SUPARCO.
Mr. Gohar Noor, GNoor PCtronics.
Mr. Arif Karim, PCSIR
Mr. Arif Fareed, UIT, Karachi.
Mr. Iqbal H. Qazi
Mr. Abdul Aziz, ISRA University, Hyderabad.

Seminar started by the name of Allah.

Mr. Rafiq Ahmed Lakhani, CEO, presented "Vision and Mission" of Rastek Technologies, as the core objective of this seminar was around NI Product specially Elvis, LabVIEW & MultiSIM. While Prof. Dr. Altaf Mukati share his Electronic Work-Bench memoirs with Mr Rafiq when it comes to speak on electronic simulation.

Later, Mr Ahmed Bilal and Mr Elie explained NI scope of work with respect to simulation, emulation, mechatronics, and robotics. All these were focused on education. How NI has been working with different educational societies all around world. Specifically working with MIT is explained and a video is played for audience to get some know-how on NI Academic activities.

After a short break, we returned to listen Dr Bhawani Shanker DEAN, MUET.

He presented his article “Project-Based Learning”. Dr Bhawani speaks his article, and shares his experience for PBL. He focused his concerns that a student, educators and organizations who facilitate an educational institute would work together to resolve real-world problem using a generalized concepts of PBL as practiced by other countries.

Finally, we arrived to get knowledge of NI Elvis.

The Elvis, and other related NI products is presented by Mr. Elie Abou Nasr, Manager Middle East NI and Ahmed Bilal, NI Pakistan. Mr Elie says that NI is always ready to work with educational sectors to provide more intelligent and cost-effective solution to equip their technical laboratories so students can get hands-on experience on real-world problems with minimum efforts and without any resources wastage as normally it happen with industries. NI Elvis with LabVIEW, a student can do all practical for what they learn in theory.

Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam Uqaili concluded the seminar with his most appreciable and intellectual remarks. At this occasion, “Ajrak” presented by Rafiq Ahmed Lakhani to Dr Muhammad Aslam Uqaili and to Elie Abou Nasr.

People from educational sectors contribute a good comments and express their feelings about this event. While, several other attendees from non-educational sectors also add their statement regarding the real-world challenges that can be easily solved using Elvis & LabVIEW.

We, GNoor PCtronics appreciate such events and foresee a good learning environment not only for students but for industrial engineers as well. We are more convinced by Mr Elie Abou Nasr, that these tools, like Elvis can be utilized in industries to solve complex problems without investing huge resources.

We all are working together to get a better tomorrow.

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