Innovation and Enterprise

The fruit of scientific research and development are brought to light in the form of industrial innovation. Many of our faculty and their research groups enjoy strong ties with the industry. On this web page, we exemplify some of these industrial connections which are cherished by the school.

Vision

To create conducive environment that promotes transformative discoveries and innovation and supports creative activities with industrial collaborations for the collective betterment of School of Science and Engineering at LUMS, society and the country. 

Mission

To provide the SSE community with comprehensive, solution-oriented services and infrastructure to support innovation and translation of discoveries in a way that builds a self-sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem for the school. 

 

Innovation Clusters

We achieve the above vision and mission through the following:


Exemplar Innovation

Computer Science

Dr. Naveed Arshad

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA)

  • Power Information Technology Company (PITC)

  • Fatima Group

  • Hadron Solar

  • Engineering Development Board (EDB)

  • Ministry of Climate Change

  • Songuo Motors, Korea

  • Energy Forecasting

  • Energy Data Analytics

  • Energy Efficiency

  • Renewable Energy

  • Electric Vehicles

  • Electric Vehicles

  • Electric Vehicles

 

Dr. Asim Karim

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Working with Information Technology, Software, Government, Health and Financial Sector

  • Natural language processing

  • Machine learning

  • Deep learning

  • Descriptive and predictive modelling

 

Dr. Hamad Alizai

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Zaheen Machines

  • Gas saving devices

 

Dr. Fareed Zafar

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Descon Engineering (Data analysis)

  • Oxford Policy Management (Child Protection, Information management system)

  • Data Analytics for finance department(DFID)

  • Media Logic(Television Audience management)

  • Network Security

  • Big Data Analysis

  • Machine Learning

 

 

Dr. Murtaza Taj

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Group Aid

  • Mission Archéologique Française du Bassin de l'Indus

  • Directorate General of Archaeology, Punjab

  • Director of Archeology and Museum, KPK

  • Environmental Protection Department, Punjab

  • WWF-Pakistan

  • Millat Tractors

  • Consultancy

  • Archeology

  • Documentation of Museums

  • Documentation of Heritage Sites

  • Air Quality

  • Early Warning System - Snow Leopard

  • Precision Agriculture

 


Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

Dr. Salman Noshear Arshad

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • All Punjab Gem Merchants & Jewellers Association

  • Materials Testing

  • Quality Control

  • Process improvement

 

Dr. Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • CCL Pharma.

  • New drug leads

  • Generics

 

Dr. Rofice Dickson

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Bullah Shah Packaging Pvt Ltd

  • Process Optimization

 

Dr. Basit Yameen

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Bullah Shah Packaging Pvt Ltd

  • Packages Pvt Ltd

  • Sustainable Materials

  • Polymer product development

Electrical Engineering

Philosophy of Department of Electrical Engineering

Engineering education has traditionally focused on the model-based understanding of the fundamental principles that govern the working of our universe. In most cases, the scope of a particular course is limited to its defined boundaries and system-level aspects that cut across course boundaries become harder to grasp. Students, even those dedicated to the learning process, are sometimes unable to relate the classroom learning to the real-world considerations of a commercial organization and industry. This important gap can be bridged through industry-academia linkages which allow the students to look at the application of their learning to solving real-world problems.

Modes of Engagement

In the following, a few modes of engagement are listed in which collaboration between LUMS and industry can be explored:

1- Customized short trainings/workshops for Scientists/Engineers: EE faculty members can design customized short courses and workshops for employees of a company based on their needs and requirements communicated by them in advance.

2- MS/PhD Program for Employees: Many organizations have focus on Research and Development (R&D) and they invest on these aspects of their Human Resource. Such organizations can sponsor their employees to pursue higher studies (MS or PhD) at LUMS. The candidates would need to pass the LUMS admission test. The faculty should be allowed to publish research or file joint patents after getting approval from the company.

3- Industrial Sponsored MS Program (Company Scholars): A company can select candidates through interviews or any other suitable mechanism from the cohort of graduate students inducted in EE program. The fee, research expenses and nominal stipend for selected candidates will be paid by the company for two years. Selected candidates may or may not enter into a contract (depending upon the Company’s policy/requirement) for serving the company after graduation. Such students may be called “COMPANY Scholars” (e.g., SUPARCO Scholars). 

4- Industrial Sponsored PhD Program (Company Fellows): If a company plans to explore a long-term fundamental research problem, it can consider funding PhD program (tuition fee + research expenses and stipend). These candidates would be called “Company Fellows” (e.g. NESCOM Fellows). Selected candidates may or may not enter into a contract (depending upon the Company’s policy/requirement) for serving the company after graduation. PhD program aims to develop technical scholarship by performing fundamental research. 

5- Research Projects: Faculty members can also get engaged with a company through research projects. A company can identify specific projects/problems of interest and discuss them with the interested faculty and in turn, the faculty members will submit research proposals or feasibility reports. These projects are typically applied in nature with a possibility of research as a side product. The duration of these projects could be typically from 1 to 3 years (could vary depending upon the nature of the project). Typically, in such projects, full-time RAs are hired with the possibility of partial funding of MS or PhD students. The faculty should be allowed to publish research or file joint patents after getting approval from the company.

6- Consultancy: A company can also engage EE faculty in consultancy mode. These are mainly short-term engagements with little or no possibility of research publication. The IP is completely owned by the company.

7- Senior Year Design Projects: A company can sponsor senior design projects of EE students on certain short-term problems that the company wants to explore. The project scope should be of 9 months at least with an understanding that 8-10 hours of work in a week can be performed because of students’ other academic engagements.

8- Internship Program: A company can offer internships to a certain number of EE students during the summer. This will be a 12-week long engagement. If worked out earlier, the work assigned to the internee may also result in a senior design project.

 

Dr. Wasif Tanveer Khan

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • NESCOM

  • Printed Electronics, RF Front end and Antenna Design


Dr. Hassan Mohy-ud-Din

Ongoing Engagements

Prospective areas

  • Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center

  • Healthcare and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Oncology

Life Sciences

Dr. Safee Ullah Chaudhary

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Development of a continuous glucose meter

  • Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital

  • INMOL, Lahore

  • Biomedical Devices

  • Head and Neck Cancer

  • Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Dr. Shaper Mirza

Ongoing Engagements
Prospective areas
  • Pfizer

  • Course Development on Antimicrobial Stewardship


Physics

Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar

The Physlab, which is Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar's research group in the Department of Physics, actively develops technology for education and research. The startup Qosain Scientific has translated some of the work done in the laboratory to the production of commercial gadgets, devices and instruments that can be employed both inside the laboratory as well as in industrial settings. 

For further details: Qosain.pk | Physlab.org

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Project Briefs - Technology Development Fund (TDF)

Technology Development Fund (TDF) is a national scheme launched by the Higher Education Commission whose aim is to foster linkages between the academia and the industry.

Project Title

Principal Investigator

Industrial Sponsor

Approved Funds (million)

Department

Design and Development of a Rotibot (An Automated machine/appliance to cook bread/chapatti roti)

Dr. Wasif Tanveer Khan

Venture Capital

12.5

Electrical Engineering

Internet of Things (IoT) based Conversion Kit for Motor Loads

Dr. Tariq Mahmood Jadoon

Hadron Solar Pvt Ltd

13.9

Electrical Engineering

Microfluidic Lab on a chip cytometer for point of care HIV/AIDS Diagnostics

Dr. Nauman Zafar Butt

Shaukat Khanam Memorial Hospital and Research Center

11.0

Electrical Engineering

Li-Ion battery unit as replacement of Lead-acid batteries for existing and new storage-based electrical systems.

Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Ikram

Sozo Group of Companies, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry

13.8

Electrical Engineering

Design and production of scientific equipment for physics teaching and research

Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar 

Usman Engineers, Gujranwala (an offshoot of Sun Engineers)

13.3

Physics

Microgrid Interface Kit for Standalone Solar PV and UPS Backup Systems

Dr. Hassan Abbas Khan

EcoEnergy Solutions Pvt. Ltd

12.4

Electrical Engineering

Motorway to Safety: Design and Development of an Intelligent System for Active Traffic Management and Efficient Law enforcement on National Highways and Motorways

Dr. Zubair Khalid

Digital Transformation Centre of Excellence (Pvt) Limited

12.7

Electrical Engineering

Value Addition for Local Artificial Jewelry Industry Through Electroplating Process Optimization

Dr. Salman Noshear Arshad

Ray Gold Pakistan

12.4

Chemistry

Design and Development of a Wearable Continuous Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetes Patients

Dr. Safee Ullah Chaudhry

Byonyks

13.9

Biology

Transforming biomass ash residues into commercializable products

Dr. Basit Yameen

HEC-TDF

15.6

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Design and Development of UHF/VHF Band Software Defined Radio

Dr. Wasif Tanveer

HEC-TDF

13.9

Electrical Engineering

Design and Development of a Rotibot (An Automated machine/appliance to cook bread/chapatti roti)

Dr. Wasif Tanveer

HEC-TDF

12.5

Electrical Engineering

Internet of Things (IoT) based Conversion Kit for Motor Loads

Dr. Tariq Mahmood Jadoon

HEC-TDF

13.9

Electrical Engineering

Microfluidic lab on a chip cytometer for point of care HIV/AIDS diagnostics.

Dr. Nauman Zafar Butt

HEC-TDF

11.1

Electrical Engineering

Li-Ion battery unit as replacement of Lead-acid batteries for existing and new storage based electrical systems.

Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Ikram

HEC-TDF

13.8

Electrical Engineering

Design and Production of Scientific Equipment for Physics Teaching and Research

Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar

HEC-TDF

13.3

Electrical Engineering

Microgrid Interface Kit for Standalone Solar PV and UPS Backup Systems

Dr. Hassan Abbas Khan

HEC-TDF

12.4

Electrical Engineering

Motorway to Safety: Design and Development of an Intelligent System for Active Traffic Management and Efficient Law enforcement on National Highways and Motorways

Dr. Zubair Khalid

HEC-TDF

12.7

Electrical Engineering

Value Addition For Local Artificial Jewelry Industry Through Electroplating Process Optimization

Dr. Salman Noshear Arshad

HEC-TDF

12.4

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Design and Development of a Wearable Continuous Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetes Patients

Dr. Safee Ullah Chaudhary

HEC-TDF

13.9

Biology