GOAL 13: CLIMATE ACTION

• NED University continued planting trees of various species, in campus, taking the total count to over 8,500. This year (2021-22) plantation drive extended to various schools of Karachi as well through the support of Col. Zafar Uddin Ahmed.
   
• Seven Urban Forests have been established in this financial year through the generous contributions by Col. Zafar Uddin Ahmed, Chotani group and NEDIAN-NA.
   
• Department of Architecture and Planning of NED University helped envisage eco-tourism in Manora island and sustainable development in collaboration with Cantonment Board Manora.
   
• NED University has declared each Friday as Healthy Friday. With no vehicles allowed within campus; walking and bicycling is encouraged to commute. Prominent figures have joined NED University during healthy Fridays.

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 13. 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.

• Wearable Heat Stroke Prevention Device
• City and Building Information Models for Solar Energy Optimization in Buildings
• Estimating Biasness in the Satellite Rainfall Products
• Spatio-temporal Analysis of Urban Pollution Based on Arterial Type
• Design of Concrete Flexural Members Using Bamboo Reinforcement
• Design of Low-cost Residential Housing Units Using Lightly Reinforced Masonry
• Surveying and Mapping of Potential Clay Reserves in KPK Region
• Developing Decision Support System for Stormwater Management for an Urbanized Area
• Effect of Curing on the Strength of Geopolymer Concrete at Ambient Temperature
• Validation of Energy Efficiency Improvement Measures for Housing Units through Simulation and Living Lab Concept
• Comparison of Pyrolytic Product Blends and Co-pyrolytic Products Blends Obtained by
• Waste Engine Oil and Waste Cooking Oil.
• Catalytic Co-pyrolysis of Waste Engine Oil and Waste Cooking Oil.
• Catalytic Pyrolysis of Plastic/Municipal Waste to Higher Hydrocarbons
• Pilot Scale Production of Soil Conditioner through Bio-chemical Treatment of Food Waste.
• Designing of a Commercially Viable Waste Recycling Power Plant (Solid Waste)
• Commercial Scale Pilot Plant Fabrication for PCA Based Road Making.
• Evaluation of the Feasible Process Scheme for CO2 Capture from Acid Gas and its Successful Utilization in Industrial Processes Or its Environmental-Friendly Disposal in geological formation.
• Simulation of Syngas Production from Banknote Paper Waste Using Apen Plus
• Development Of A Blockchain-Based Car Pooling Mobile Application
• Hardware impelmentation and remote monitering of solar charging ststion for an electric vehicle
• Hybrid Power System
• Impact of green marketing on brands and consumer behaviour
• Development of Hybrid Renewable Energy Based Solutions using Wind, Solar and Batteries for Sustainable Power Generation and Transmission Capabilty of Congested Networks
• Development of Solar Based Refrigerator
• Techno-Economic evaluation of integrating renewable energy sources with 660 MW coal fired power plant
• Design and Fabrication of a Small Scale Urban Air Purification Tower
• Development and Characterisation of Super-hydrophobic and Self-Healing coatings for engineering applications
• Design and Development of See-beck coefficient measurement setup.
• Investigation of Transition metal derivative as an efficient Hydrogen Evaluation Catalyst
• Design And Development Of corrosion resistant hydrophobic Zn/ZnO Composite Coatings on Steel Substrates.
• Design and Development of Composite Materials for Engineering Applications Trough Recyclable Materials
• Development of MAX phases as precursors for catalysis in Battery applications.
• Development of Functional Ceramics for energy Harvesting Devices
• Effect of chlorine-based environment on boiler tubes steel grades in waste to energy plant
• High-Temperature study of diffusion aluminide coated martensitic stainless steel
• Studying and enhancing the corrosion resistance of outer body panel of car.
• Efficient Solar Power System in House Hold Application
• Integrating fundamental Laws of Natural science and Technology to tackle space debris catastrophe
• Bit Bulletin-A News Summarize using NLP
• Air Quality Index Analysis and Alert System using Machine Learning
• Parametric heat transfer analysis of yarn with and without PCM
• Heat transfer analysis of composites with or without microencapsulating phase change material
• Removal of Particulate Matter (PM) with Biomass-Based Air Filters
• Flexural behaviour of self-healing concrete in ambient condition
• Investigation of heat of hydration of calcined caly based concrete
• Structural Behaviour of light weight aggregate column
• Flood Inundation Modeling of Manchar lake
• Mechanical Properties of self-healing concrete

Postgraduate Projects

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

• Bias Correction of Meteorological Variables of Remotely
• Sensed Products for Data Scarce Regions
• Catalytic deoxygenation of waste cooking oil and non-edible oil  to product biofuels.
• Comparing the effectiveness of variours redox
• mediators in tegdme/litfsi electrolyte for the optimization of li-air batteries
• Liquid chromatographic method development and optimization for quantitative determination of molnupiravir in pharmaceutical formulation.
• Development of Green Liquid Chromatographic Method for Finished Product Testing of
• Drugs for Arthritis: Software Design for Greenness Evaluation Using Analytical Eco Scale Approach
• Impact of green washing on consumer buying decision and brand image
• Design of a low temperature rotary kiln suitable for the production of calcined clay
• Fine Particulate Matter Forecasting Models: A Case Study for Major Cities of Pakistan

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.

• A spatial mapping for Arsenic (As) concentration hotspots towards generating water quality profile and development of sustainable prototype water treatment system for Larkana Division, Sindh
• Investigation & Evaluation of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) Bars in Civil Infrastructure Applications in Pakistan.
• Development of thermal block as sustainable and energy efficient material
• Toyota Road Improvement Project
• Afloat for Centuries: The Flat-bottomed Indus Boats - An Abode, an Agency for Livelihood and an Expression of Cultural Identity, Sindh, Pakistan
• Development of sustainable building material for restoration and conservation
• Environmentally friendly Multiferroic Ceramics for Electronic Applications by cold sintering method
• Green Energy Source and Environmentally friendly lead-oxide free piezoelectric ceramics for energy harvesting devices
• High Energy Density Lead Free Ceramic Capacitors for Power Pulsed Applications at High Temperatures
• NB-IoT ProSe: Proximity Services enabled NB-IoT for Reliable and Critical Communication in Low- Powered Applications
• Development of Additively Manufactured Low-cost Moulds for the Manufacturing of FRP Products
• Bench-Scale Demonstration of an Integrated Waste-to-Energy Process for Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Step Toward Sustainable circular economy”
• “Investigation of the Distortion and Surface Integrity of Aluminum Aerospace Grade Alloys during High Speed CNC Milling Machining Operations
• Smart potable water harvesting grid for adaptive social capacity in varying humidity and insolation regions
• Cost Effective Synthesis of Tetraethylene Glycol Dimethly Ether (TEGDME) for Development of Highly efficient Energy Storage Device
• Development of Energy efficient housing design
• Technology Enabled Performance Monitoring and Virtual Digitization of CPEC Infrastructure for Sustainable Maintenance Decision-Making
• Development of Thermal Block as Sustainable and Energy Efficient Construction Material
• Weed Detection and Removal Robot Design for Agriculture using AI and Computer Vision
• NCAI Smart City Lab
• Center of Excellence Project No. 65 - Multifaceted Crop Scouting using Industry 4.0
• Deforestation in Pakistan: Combating through Wireless Sensor Networks (DePWiSeN)
• Mobility for bilateral stakeholder mapping for creating IoT networks for Climate Change
• Design and Development of Universal Smart Robotic Manipulation System for Packaging Industry
• ES2: Energy smart switch
• Municipal Waste in Pakistan and Identification of Underlying Factors and Key Drivers.
• Designing of a Versatile Prototype based on the application of Ion Exchange Membranes, for Efficient and Cost Effective Recycling of Industrial waste.
• Design and development of efficient energy storage solution
• Cost-Effective Synthesis of Tetraethylene Glycol Dimethyl Ether(TEGDME) for the Development of Highly Efficient Energy Storage Devices
• Disaster Resilience Improvement in Pakistan (DRIP)
• Development Project of IoT Circuit for Electrical BLDC fans, dashboard and mobile app
• EV System Development
• RoboDoc: A social robot to protect healthcare professionals dealing in contagious diseases
• Radiographic Detection of traumatic chest injuries by Machine Learning Tool Versus conventional radiologist in Emergency Department, a cross-sectional study
• Development of novel mechanisms for the advanced plasma spray coating deposition based on in-situ oxide cleaning through creating a high-temperature droplet
• Pakistan Energy Outlook
• Energy Finance Outlook
• Water Condensation from Tropospherical Humidity for Water Insecurity via Hydro-Solar Nexus
• Smart Potable Water Harvesting Grid for Adaptive Social Capacity in varying Humidity and Insolation Regions
• Solar Testing
• Bioactive and Antibacterial Microarc Oxidation Layer on Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys for Biomedical Implants
• Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) of TiAlV alloy in order to develop Bioglass based composite layer for bone and dental applications
• Performance optimization of energy storage using Phase change materials
• Small scale solar based vapour absorption cycle system
• Dynamic Analysis of Nanostructured Thin Films for Smart Energy
• Production Characterization and Surface Modification of Dental Implants
• Indigenous development of high-performance textiles based composite structural reinforcement system for Civil Infrastructure
• EV Development
• Development of Cost-Effective Structural Concrete Formulation using Limestone Calcined Clay-Based LC3 Cement Blend with Domestic Resources and its Application in a Pilot Project
• Impact Behaviour of Ultra High Strength Concrete RC Structural Members
• Recycling of Polymeric Materials; plastics and elastomers
• Constitutive Modelling of Self-Healing PVA Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SHPFRC)
• UDEROLAL PREIDOT RESEARCH PROJECT
• Neurocomputation Lab, NCAI
• Beyond the routine CBC: hematology analyzer generated morphometric parameters driven artificial intelligence techniques for diagnosis of common anemias and their potential role in elective blood bank practices.

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.

• Awareness Session regarding Waste Management and Energy Conversation for the students of NED Cowasjee School
• Site visit to Bahria Town
• Consaviour competition
• upcoming visit to K-Electric facilities and plant
• Seminars held on various topics 'Effective Interviews', 'Importance of Software Skills in Chemical Engineering', 'Interpersonal Skills Seminar', 'Occupational Health and Safety Seminar', 'Safe transportation of Hydrogen’ and ‘Use of accelerating rate calorimeter'.
• 2nd International Industrial Chemistry Conference
• International Conference on Sustainable Engineering & Development (ICSED-2022)
• 6th International Conference on Urban and Regional Planning (CURP)