Selected students of Civil Engineering Department had participated in ZCL, 2020 on 5th February, 2020 under the guidance of Lab Engineers, Engr. Wajahat Ali and Engr. Jahanzaib Sherani. Civil Engineering Runner-up team played very well at all during contest.
Departmental meeting by Acting Chairperson, Engr. Syed Faraz Jafri with all faculty members was organized on 29th January, 2020. The agenda of meeting was the discussion on complete preparations of PEC Interim Visit which is scheduled on 11th February, 2020. Tasks were assigned to all faculty members in said meeting by Chairperson.
On 9th January, 2020, a field visit was arranged for students of 3rd and 5th semesters, Civil Engineering students. The visit was proposed for Road and Culvert Design on Mehmoodabad Construction Project (2.5 kms length approx.) having client, consultant and contractor are Government of Sindh, Engineering Associates (EA) and Kaimkhani Brothers (KKB) respectively however the focal person of study trip from department was Lecturer, Engr. Muhammad Kamran. The said trip is useful for students in terms of gaining knowledge of infrastructure design and appropriate construction procedures.
A research paper entitled “Strategic Traffic Crash Avoidance translating Scatter Plotting Evaluation Model” has been accepted for publication in “Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences” (JMCMS). The authors of respective publication are acting Chairperson, Engr. Syed Faraz Jafri and Departmental Coordinator, Engr. Khawaja Sheeraz.
On 25th November, 2019, delegation from University of Huddersfield visited Department of Civil Engineering Link road campus. Initially Dean ZUFEST gave elaborations on academic activities of ZUFEST/ link road campus. Further visit of Civil Engineering laboratories was also carried out. They appreciated the advanced equipment present in Civil laboratories and description given by acting Chairperson, Engr. Syed Faraz Jafri and Departmental Coordinator, Engr. Khawaja Sheeraz.
Since 26th November, 2019 onwards, training of Civil Engineering Lab equipment is in process by vendor to all Lab Staff and Lab Engineers of Civil Engineering department. This practice is adopted for proper installation, calibration and handling exercise of equipment when it is required to use for laboratory classes.
As per the requirements of OBE system, open ended activities were arranged during the month of November 2019 for couple of subjects. Open ended activities are meant for students to get along with practical exposure of subject matter pertinent to technical evaluation and analytical stream by their own. The Civil Engineering subjects covered in this activity are Surveying and Geo-Informatics against 2nd Semester and Engineering Geology against 4th Semester however the concerned instructors were Engr. Jahanzaib Sherani and Engr. Wajahat Ali respectively.
During the month of November 2019, advanced lab equipment is received in Department of Civil Engineering, ZUFEST, Link road campus. Currently, the department is in lines with the availability of basic and modern equipment of Civil Engineering domain when compared with other public and private universities. The latest equipment includes a wide range from the fields of RCC, Transportation Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geology and Soil Mechanics.
On Tuesday, 8th October, 2019, an assignment based activity was organized for students of 4th Semester, Batch I. This activity is arranged within the capacity of current subject Engineering Geology while the focal person for execution was Engr. Wajahat Ali being the responsibility of Lab Engineer. Different posters were developed and presented by students in shape of groups however assessment is also carried out by invited faculty members and will be the part of their final marks. The posters were meant with the evaluation of different properties of Minerals and Rocks subjected to their smart use in civil construction activities as an aggregate. Acting Chairperson, Engr. Syed Faraz Jafri also appreciated the efforts of students and course teachers.
Another field visit has arranged by Department of Civil Engineering, 2nd Semester students, Batch II on Monday, 7th October, 2019. The visit was scheduled at Hill Park Road, Karachi where construction of Underpass is ongoing. The visit was conducted with the efforts of focal person Lecturer, Engr. Muhammad Kamran however other faculty members also joined in said visit. It was an interesting activity in terms of learning of infrastructure development in Civil Engineering domain. The consultant and contractor of this construction are EA Consultant and Sher Jan Mosakhel Sons (SMS) respectively. Students are also asked to produce detailed report on subjected visit considering connection with running courses.
