Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Dr. Sarwar Naqvi

·         NAQVI, S., Space Shuttle Flight Control System for First Stage Ascent, presented at the IEEE Conference held at Karachi, Pakistan in 1986.

·         NAQVI, S., Performance Verification of the Space Shuttle Onboard Software, presented at the third national conference on Aeronautical Engineering, held jointly by the Royal Aeronautical Society, London, and the Institute of Engineers, Pakistan, November 1985.

·         HUANG, H.Y., and NAQVI, S., Extremization of Terminally Constrained Control Problems, Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. Xx, No. 4, pp. 193-222, Jan – Feb 1973, Baker, R.M.L., Editor.

·         HUANG, H.Y. and NAQVI, S., Unconstrained Approach to the Extremization of Constrained Functions, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 39, No. 2, August 1972, Bellman, R., Editor, Academic Press.

·         MIELE, A., NAQVI, S., LEVY, A.V. and IYER, R.R., Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Equations and Nonlinear, Two-Point Boundary Value Problems, Advances in Control Systems, Theory and Applications, Vol. 8, 1971, Leondes, C.T., Editor, Academic Press.

• Plus numerous company publications in the Aerospace Industry around the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Khalil Aslam Awan

• Awan K. A. Design and manufacture of rotor balancing machine. B.Sc project report. N.E.D University, Mech. Eng. Dept. Karachi, March. 1984.
• Awan K. A. Expert Systems for Cold Forging. MSc thesis. Imperial College. Mech. Eng. Dept. Sept. 1987.
• Lengyel B, Awan K A. Knowledge based expert system in design for production. Current Advances in Mech. Design and Prod. , 4th Cairo Univ. MDP Conf., Cairo, Dec. 27-29, 1988. pp 487-479.
• Awan K. A , Besant C B. Design and Manufacture of complex surfaces with 5-axis Machining. 7th Int. Conf. on Production aided Engineering, Cookeville, TN USA, August 13-14, 1991, pp 449-459.
• Awan K. A. Computer aided Design and Manufacture of Complex Surfaces. PhD thesis. Imperial College. June 92.
• Awan K. A. Collision detection and avoidance in Multi-axis milling operation. 10th ISPE/IFAC International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future, CARs & FOF'94.
• Awan K. A. Tool Offset Generation of Ball End Cutter in Multi-axis Machining Operations. The International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management, Marrakech, Morocco, April 4-7, 1995.
• Awan K. A. Design and Manufacture of SST Complex volute. 2nd Vehicle Thermal Management Systems Conf. 9-12 May, 1995. London, UK pp 519-526.
• Awan K. A. 2D to 3D Solid transformation of geometric object. The 11th ISPE/IEE/IFAC International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future, CARS & FIF'95.
• Sulaman, Saad M A; Awan K A. Comparative Study of AutoCAD and MicroStation CADD Systems. The 11th ISPE/IEE/IFAC International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future, CARS & FIF'95.
• Khalil Aslam Awan; Design and Manufacture of Axial and Radial Flow Turbine Blades with Multi-axis Machining. 2nd Int. Conf. on Design to Manufacture in Modern Industry, 29-30 May, 1995. Maribor, Slovenia.
• Saad M A Suliman and Khalil Aslam Awan; Comparative Evaluation of Popular CADD systems. 2nd Int. Conf. on Design to Manufacture in Modern Industry, 29-30 May, 1995. Maribor, Slovenia.
• Awan K A. Cubic spline based CAD system for sculptured surfaces. The ICPAM95 International Conference on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 19-22 November, 1995, Bahrain.
• Sulaman, Saad M A; Awan K A. Comparative evaluation of popular CADD systems. 1st Bahrain Int. Conf. on Computers in Industry, 6-8 November, 1995, Bahrain.
• Awan K A, Sulaman, Saad M A. Computer for Numerical Code Generation: A Review. 1st Bahrain Int. Conf. on Computers in Industry, 6-8 November, 1995, Bahrain.
• Asraf A. Al-Khayat; Rauyd A. Aziz; Awan K. A. Transformation of 2D Drawing to 3D Solid Objects. IEEE First Students Symposium, University of Bahrain, Bahrain, 2nd May, 1996.
• Awan K A. A Closed Loop System for the Organic Household Waste Management. Int. Conf. on Pathways to Sustainability, 1-5 June, 1997, Newcastle, Australia.
• Awan K. A. Household Waste Management at Source. AEESEAP’97 : Challenges and Goals for Engineering Education in the 21st Century. 17-20 August, 1997. Manila, Philippines.
• Awan K. A. Industry Oriented Course/Training Development in Computer Aided Design and Draughting (CADD). Conf. on Computer Education in the South Pacific. 25-28 August, 1997. Lae, Papua New Guinea.
• Awan K. A. Household Waste Management SystemThe Design and Environment Conference Catalyst’97. 5-8 December 1997. Canberra, Australia.
• Saad M. A. Suliman; Khalil A. Awan. Automatic Recognition of Turning Features Using 2-D Drawing Files. JSME International Journal, Series C, Vol. 44, No 2, 2001.

·         Awan K. A; Dr. Yasir A. Hadi. Use of Internet in Traditional Courses. 3rd Saudi Technical Conference and Exhibition (STCEX). 11-14 December, 2004. Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

·         Awan K A; Generation of CAD Surfaces by using Cubic Spline Curves; 2-13 July, 2007; Innovative Production machines and System Virtual Conference I*PROMS2007

·                         http://conference.iproms.org/generation_of_cad_surfaces_by_using_cubic_spine_curves

·         Awan K. A; Yasir A. Hadi. Prediction of Al and Cu Surface Roughness Based Regression Analyses Model. VIMation Journal, ISSN 1866-4245, Issue 1/2008, pp 32-38.

• Awan K A; Knurling quality modelling using artificial neural network (ANN) 1-14 July, 2008, Innovative Production machines and System Virtual Conference I*PROMS2008 (Paper accepted and to be publish in the conference)

Abdul Waheed

• ZEESHAN, Q., WAHEED, A., “Optimal Orbit Transfer using Genetic Algorithm “, ICNPAA-2006: Mathematical Problems in Engineering and Aerospace Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 2006
• WAHEED, A., ZEESHAN, Q., “Optimal Ascent Trajectory for a Launch Vehicle using Genetic Algorithm“ ,  ICNPAA 2008: Mathematical Problems in Engineering,  Aerospace and Sciences, Jenoa, Italy