By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
(SSUET), Karachi, Pakistan, and the University of Malaga (UMA), Spain, have
agreed to sign a formal MoU in near future to pave way for enhanced
collaboration.
This was disclosed by Engr Mohammad
Aamir, Assistant Professor at SSUET’s Electronics department, who
was awarded a grant as full sponsorship by Spanish Ministry
of Education during his stay at the Malaga University.
During his stay at the Malaga
University, Engr Aamir worked on FPGA based
simulations as part of his PhD work, which focuses on Energy
Management using SCADA.
Using tools available in the state of the art laboratories
of the Malaga University he carried out different design simulations in
order to accurately evaluate the expected outcomes of FPGA-based design of
Remote Terminal Unit as essential part of SCADA.
According to him, the joint collaboration was successfully
established between research group titled ‘Grupo I+D Ingeneiria de
Communicacions’ at the Malaga University and ‘RF Optimization’ research
activities at the Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology.
Engr Amir, who is doing his PhD from Mehran University of
Engineering & Technology, added that the initial results of his work
within this collaboration were presented in the First mobility for Life
Conference on ‘Telecommunication, Technology and Problem Based Learning’ held
in March 2012 in Thailand under the title of ‘Optimal Design of Remote Terminal
Unit for Wireless SCADA System for Energy Management.’
The simulations carried out have been a further step in this
research work and both universities agreed to sign a formal Memorandum of
Understanding in near future to further enhance the collaboration between them.
Spain’s Málaga
University (UMA) is a public institution which has been actively promoting
outstanding research and teaching within the European Higher Education Area.
The institution
follows an educational model to promote competitive, quality teaching which is
employment-orientated and accredited in Europe. Its vigour and growth over
recent years have led to it becoming a reference point for universities in
Spain.
With a university
community of just over 40,000 people, over the last decade UMA has sought to
promote the internationalisation of its teaching and research and the mobility
of its teachers and students.
