GOAL 10: REDUCED INEQUALITY

Pedestrian Path Policy on Campus

• Railings and supports.
• Street lamps for pedestrian in night.
• Ramps and guiding blocks which have suitable design for pedestrian having physical disabilities.

Activity Summary Graph

The following graph depicts the course offerings and other recent activities carried out at NED University of Engineering and Technology both at undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG), relevant to the requirements of sustainable development goal 10. A brief description of the same follows.

Undergraduate Courses
Following is the list of relevant courses currently being offered in different undergraduate programmes of the University. The credit hour detail of the same can be found in the University’s Undergraduate Prospectus, available at https://www.neduet.edu.pk/prospectus.

Postgraduate Courses
Following is the list of relevant courses currently being offered in different postgraduate programmes of the University. The credit hour detail of the same can be found in the University’s Postgraduate Prospectus, available at https://www.neduet.edu.pk/prospectus.

Undergraduate projects
Following is the list of relevant Final Year Design Projects (FYDP) thesis carried out at undergraduate level in the University.

• Rising trend of domestic help in Karachi: Exploring the reasons and its impacts on socio spatial dimension.
• Increasing dependency of informal education system in Karachi: exploring the dynamics, reasons and impacts.
• Senior citizens and urban infrastructure: Do Karachi city provide an inclusive living environment to senior citizens?
• Adjustable Arm Support
• Design and Development of a Mobile Patient Transfer Lift
• Design and Development of Postural Supports for Wheelchair
• Development of Degradable Polymeric films mimicking cartilage tissue
• Hardware implementation and remote monitoring of solar charging station for an electric vehicle
• Impact of inflation on standard of living in Pakistan
• Electrophoretic deposition of bioactive layer on Ti alloy.
• Game based on Blockchain with NFTs
• KidsTech
• Virtual School- A real time AI supported teaching platform

Postgraduate Projects
Following is the list of relevant thesis carried out at postgraduate level in the University.

• Cost Effective School Architecture –  Learning from the experiences of non-profit organizations working in education sector of Pakistan
• Impact of Print Media in Urban Planning Decisions
• Impact of Binaural beats on dementia patients
• Beta neurofeedback for attention enhancement
• Non-invasive acoustic stimulation for mental health
• Evaluation of Chair-Mounted Passive Trunk Orthosis through Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor
• Representation of Multilingual identities of ESL fiction writers: Nativization of English language

Externally Funded Research Projects
Following is the list of relevant research projects funded by external agencies, which are currently being carried out in the University.

• Working women mobility and employability
• Community based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage in Tharparkar, Sindh
• Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education
• Security & Threat Intelligence Platform for the Capital Market of Pakistan
• National Center for Cyber Security
• Technology Enabled Performance Monitoring and Virtual Digitization of CPEC Infrastructure for Sustainable Maintenance Decision-Making
• Collection & Analysis of Malnutrition facts in Tharparkar using ML
• Pakistan English Access Microscholarship Program Award: SPK33018CA0018; Project No.: 102427.001.033
• Engineering Soft skills Training of Final Year (Bachelor of Engineering) Students to Meet Employment Challenges after Graduation
• PUAN Master Class in Creative Writing
• Disaster Resilience Improvement in Pakistan (DRIP)
• Bringing Urdu in Digital Age
• Hi-STEM FabLab
• Radiographic Detection of traumatic chest injuries by Machine Learning Tool Versus conventional radiologist in Emergency Department, a cross-sectional study
• Pak France Peridot Research Project
• Water Condensation from Tropospherical Humidity for Water Insecurity via Hydro-Solar Nexus
• Exploring Invisible Diversity in the City of Lights
• Modernization of curriculum of Textile Engineering and Textile Technology in Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan (SMARTEX)
• Development of Reactive Inks for Digital Printing
• Recycling of Polymeric Materials; plastics and elastomers
• Development of Smart Shirt for Ambulatory Monitoring of Human Body Vital signs
• Assessing introduction and impact of TCV into routine immunization in GAVI eligible African and Asian Countries

Events and Curricular Activities
A number of relevant activities are being carried out from time to time in the University, both by the departmental administrations and the students. Some significant activities are as follows.

• Youm-e-Hussain (RA)
• Habib Girls School students visit to NED University
• programme on Women Empowerment
• The NED International Cricket Tournament - Peace Tolerance and Inclusivity in Society
• Blood Donation camp
• An awareness program against the Harassment of Women at Workplace - Act 2010
• Outreach Session for PhD Scholarship Program
• The Qalandars (Meet & Greet)
• The programme Outreach USA - Life after Graduation
• The Power of Passion - Women’s Day
• organized a stall on Orientation Day
• soft skills workshop
• 77. IEEE Day/NED Orientation'22
• AI Club ki Baithak II
• AI Fest 4.0
• Seminars held on various topics including:
  • Effective Interviews
  • Importance of Software Skills in Chemical Engineering
  • Interpersonal Skills Seminar
  • Occupational Health and Safety Seminar
  • Safe transportation of Hydrogen
  • Use of accelerating rate calorimeter