Volume 1 October 2012 Issue 1 Welcome! Welcome IE students to the first edition of the UMT-IIE Newsletter, “The Industrial Peer”. The UMT Institute of Industrial Engineers is excited to inform you of current events, future plans, events news, and many more things to come as we facilitate the bridge between our society, the IE department and you. By reading this newsletter, UMT-IIE hopes to allow the student population to be more informed on our society‟s events and to provide more information on how to get involved. Through this cause, we hope to enrich and expand our personal and educational experience in the Industrial Engineering community. Saad Ahmad President UMT-IIE Student Chapter What is UMT-IIE Student Chapter? Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) is the world's largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity. Founded in 1948, IIE is an international, non-profit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial engineering. We are a student branch among other 280 chapters worldwide. We are student run and we have members of many different backgrounds and experiences. We are here to bring you MANY educational opportunities for both entry level positions and internships. Through meeting IIE alumni and club events such as Internship nights, guest speakers, and many plan tours, we allow you to network to people in our own industry. Through UMT-IIE, new opportunities in the academics and industry are opened to you as you learn from peers in the department and participate in our weekly events. Come to any of our open meetings or club events to connect and learn more about us! Upcoming Events! • 11/16 Gold Award Celebration • 12/04 Auto CAD Competition • 01/15 Registration for Arena Simulation Competition “Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems.” How to get started? Join UMT-IIE Student Chapter by logging onto our website www.ieumt.webs.com and visit our Facebook page facebook.com/umtiie to stay update with our latest news, events, pictures, videos and much more. You can download our membership form, fill it and then submit it to our Membership Director or Advisor in the Industrial Engineering Department. You have two options for the membership. You can either become the international member of IIE or become a local member of the chapter to participate in local events. Secondly, take active part in all the activities of the chapter. You can help in chapter development, suggest ideas, coordinate events, grow membership, conduct lectures, host seminars anything that you believe can bring knowledge to your fellow IE students. We welcome all the creative, hardworking, passionate and devoted students! Mr. Gregory H. Watson Senior Vice President International of Institute of Industrial Engineers Volume 1 October 2012 Issue 1 Congratulations! to the Industrial Engineering Student Chapter at UMT, which has garnered national recognition with the Gold Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), honoring student achievement during the 2011-2012 academic years. Prof. Farhan Daud Qazi has served as the faculty advisor of the IIE Student Chapter since its inception. University of Management and Technology is the only university from Pakistan that has received the Gold Award. This award shows how UMT's Industrial Engineering program students are willing to help each other and serve their community. Their willingness, hard work, commitment, and team work brought this important and prestigious award to UMT. We will soon be arranging a celebration event at UMT-IIE Student Chapter along with our members because it is a big success for all of us! Students visited local heavy mechanical industries gaining knowledge about the on field industrial engineering applications; organized various functions including membership camp, oath taking ceremony, and orientation for new students, seminars and lectures on important IE topics such as Arena Simulation software. First time ever from Pakistan our student members participated in the Annual Rockwell's Arena Simulation competition and this year participating again. We also conducted the first election in our organization giving chance to the new leadership to come forward and lead the organization to new heights. These are just some of the great achievements of our newly born student chapter which is "God wiling" destined to become one of the best run student chapters of industrial engineering profession in Pakistan. Volume 1 October 2012 Issue 1 IIE students join Arena Simulation competition The student members of IIE-UMT Branch participated in the annual IIE/Arena Simulation Competition held recently worldwide. The competition was sponsored by Rockwell Automation Inc. and Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) USA. It was entirely based on a real world case study sent to all teams. They were given eight weeks to develop solutions to the problem. The first ever team from Pakistan; The team "UMT-Industrial Engineers" who participated in the Annual Rockwell Arena Simulation Competition 2012 The competitors were also required to model the entire problem in Arena Software which is internationally used for discrete event simulation. Although, the students could not win the competition but they were rewarded with participation certificates by the Rockwell Software company. On May 31‟ 2012 a lecture on Rockwell’s Arena Simulation software was conducted. The lecture covered an introduction to the software. We invited our members and industrial engineering students to see how others have used Arena to help analyze and execute successful changes in their business environment s. We IIE-UMT have the honor of being the first-private sector university to participate in this competition amongst more than 180 other universities from around the globe. The society will arrange a workshop before every competition to ensure our willing students to attain better positions in the competition. Hi-Tea with Mr. Gregory H. Watson An interactive session on "Global Perspectives of Industrial Engineering" was organized by the UMT Institute of Industrial Engineers Student Chapter, Lahore, on May 2, 2011. The session was chaired by Gregory H Watson who is the Senior Vice President International at the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). The session comprised of a talk on Industrial Engineering, its global impact and how the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) is playing its part in productivity and efficiency worldwide. Mr. Watson said that students will be able to attain IIE Six Sigma certifications will have international recognition. He also told that many conferences and student competitions are regularly held from the platform of IIE. Students have the opportunity to participate in these events and collaborate with other chapters around the world thus enhancing the possibilities for their professional success. This was a great step towards empowering the students of industrial engineering, especially the members of UMT-IIE Student Chapter with knowledge and skills that will help them to become great industrial engineers the in future. The session is the first direct international exposure for the students of the Department and fulfilled our commitment is to provide students with much more effective and challenging interactions. A technical talk on "Global Perspectives of Industrial Engineering" was held by Institute of Textile & Industrial Sciences and IIE-UMT Student Chapter at Pearl Continental Hotel on Monday May 02, 2011. Mr. Gregory H. Watson, Senior Vice President Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) chaired the session. The session was attended by faculty members of ITIS and students of Industrial Engineering. Mr. Watson acknowledged the involvement of Industrial Engineers from UMT in Pakistan and congratulated UMT for being the "Youngest Members' Chapter" of the whole IIE. While explaining the benefits of membership of IIE, he announced that the member students from UMT, upon completion of their degrees, will have the possibility to attain certifications from the IIE. This certification will have international recognition. The Industrial Peer ● Volume 1, Issue 1 ● Volume 1 October 2012 Issue 1 IIE Student visits Bilkent University’ Turkey Ammar Hussain member of UMTIIE Student Chapter was invited to Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. He met Industrial Engineering student organizations there who received him with great excitement. Bilkent University has 3 student organizations there, ESTIEM, Operations Research Student Club and IIE. Ammar had a small meeting with them to share some thoughts. In the meeting he was given a presentation about the Bilkent‟s IE program, they discussed with him about industrial engineering in Turkey and what the field is creating for them and how it is helping Turkey develop. Ammar's father had also joined him in the visit and expressed great interest in attending the meeting. They were able to learn more about the profession and how it helps to improve businesses and industries. Ammar also went through a tour of the university and was amazed to see great laboratory equipment which included CNC Machines, Advanced NC Machines etc. UMT-IIE is progressing and making international relations. Ammar's visit is a great achievement and step towards gaining more international exposure for UMT's Industrial Engineering program and to develop more interests and learning opportunities for our students and members. Ammar Hussain (Batch 14) receiving a certificate of appreciation from the Chairperson & Advisor Prof. Farhan Daud Qazi on his successful trip to Bilkent University‟ Turkey. UMT-IIE Industrial Visit to Infinity Engineering Pvt. On 17 May 2011, UMT-IIE Student Chapter arranged a visit to Infinity Engineering Pvt. Ltd. The visit was for academic and learning opportunity. The visit was coupled with a tour of the facility along with a chance to work as an IE and perform Work Study and Method Engineering tools at some of the work stations. It was a great opportunity as an undergraduate student to get hands on exposure to the things that we are learning in our university. The leading person of the whole program was Prof. Salman Butt who is also the CoAdvisor of the student chapter. Knowledge Center Archives Search a library of whitepapers, magazine articles, Web-exclusive content, and conference proceedings by topic or author. Webinars Register for upcoming Webcasts and view archived Webcasts in a growing variety of topics. Case Studies Sponsored by companies that support the industrial engineering function, these papers explains leading-edge technologies and illustrate cost-effective strategies. Newsletters Electronic newsletters deliver technical updates, IIE news, and links to member benefits. Publications Magazines and journals serve the professionals and students whose common interest is industrial engineering. Terminology Search Find the appropriate term from more than 12,000 entries in the latest edition of Industrial Engineering Terminology. All of these useful resources can be found in IIE USA’s website: www.iienet.org The Industrial Peer ● Volume 1, Issue 1 ● Volume 1 October 2012 Issue 1 1st Executive Body Meeting Fall ‘2012 The first executive body meeting for the Fall 2012 semester of IIE-UMT Student Chapter was held at University of Management and Technology on Thursday 23rd October „2012. The meeting was held to determine chapter goals for the upcoming two very important semesters. This year important events are lined up which will be of supreme interest to our student members. The IIE-UMT will be organizing learning opportunities for its members in terms of various seminars and lectures by industry professionals. Various competitions are being planned both nationally and internationally for students to participate. The society is also going to be participating in the 3rd International Conference on Business Management at UMT Lahore. We will be having separate sessions to discuss and share the knowledge about Industrial Engineering. Students from the department and the members of IIE-UMT are all encouraged to take part in these activities both as participants and as volunteers who will help us make these events successful. Upcoming Events o o o o o o o Gold Award Celebration Auto CAD Competition Internship Experience Sharing Seminars/Workshops International Conference Workshops on Arena Simulation Arena Simulation Competition The Industrial Peer ● Volume 1, Issue 1 ● Volume 1 October 2012 Issue 1 Membership Information Institute of Industrial Engineers UMT Student Chapter has following two types of memberships. 1. IIE International Membership All the registered students in UMT having IIE membership are the paid members of UMT-IIE student chapter. Apart from the facilities provided by the IIE international, the paid members enjoy full benefits provided by IIE like discounts and preferences in different activities held under this branch. Membership Fee is Rs. 3500/- per year 2. Volunteer Membership All the registered students in UMT not having IIE membership but willing to participate in organizing and work for the UMT-IIE student chapter in its different activities shall be given status of volunteer members. They enjoy partial benefits in different activities held under this branch. Membership Fee is Rs. 1000/- per year For more information on the membership benefits and procedure to get registered. Visit www.ieumt.webs.com/membership.htm The Industrial Peer ● Volume 1, Issue 1 ● Volume 1 October 2012 Issue 1 Officer’s List 2012 Chairperson & Advisor Name: Farhan Daud Qazi MS-Industrial Engineering (GIT) BS-Mechanical Engineering (UET) Contact: [email protected] President Name: Saad Ahmad Batch: 14 E-Mail: [email protected] Vice President Name: Waqar Waheed Batch: 14 E-Mail: [email protected] Secretary Name: Ansar Hani Batch: 18 E-Mail: [email protected] Treasurer Name: Muhammad Zawar Batch: 18 E-Mail: [email protected] Officers (2010-2012) Chairperson & Advisor: Prof. Farhan Daud Qazi Founder & President: Azeem Iqbal Vice President: Kumail Rizvi Secretary: Abdul Sami Sheikh Treasurer: Irfan Haider Raza Executive Director: Saad Ahmad Program Director: Waqar Waheed Membership Director: Samad Ahsan Industrial Relations Director: Hamza Bajwa Marketing Director: Harris Sheikh Media Coordinator: Adeel Abbas A technical talk on "Global Perspectives of Industrial Engineering" was held by Institute of Textile & Industrial Sciences and IIE-UMT Student Chapter at Pearl Continental Hotel on Monday May 02, 2011. Mr. Gregory H. Watson, Senior Vice President Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) chaired the session. The session was attended by faculty members of ITIS and students of Industrial Engineering. Mr. Watson acknowledged the involvement of Industrial Engineers from UMT in Pakistan and congratulated UMT for being the "Youngest Members' Chapter" of the whole IIE. While explaining the benefits of membership of IIE, he announced that the member students from UMT, upon completion of their degrees, will have the possibility to attain certifications from the IIE. This certification will have international recognition. Volume 1 October 2012 Issue 1 Questions? Comments? Feedback? We would love to hear from you! Suggestions and ideas for the chapter‟s newsletter, events and presence is always welcomed. 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