FEECE-MUET ISSUE 05

e-NEWLETTER VOL: 1
15th MAR 2009

Patrons:
Dr. B. S. Chowdhry
Dr. Aftab Memon

Editor:
Fahim A. Umrani

Sub-Editor(s):
Mr. Aakash Makhijani
Mr. Raheel Jonejo
Mr. Saad Kalwar
Mr.Jawad Saeed
Ms. Maya Kella
Contents:

* Life at hostel
“ Life in the Mr. Noman Palijo
Ms. Zunera Aziz
Mr. Moiz Rehman

Hostels of MUET”
* PTCL News Reporter(s):
Broadband Mr. Zubair Ahmed
services in Mr. Salman Ahmed
MUET Mr. Umair Mujtaba
Jamshoro By Jawad Saeed Abro 06TL48 Mr. Habibullah
* Fiber Optics Mr. Kapal Dev
* News on
Campus “Yaar! Paraathey khane chalen kya???” Going out to Jamshoro Phatak late nights
“Dost, kuch pesey udhaar de saktey ho? for having Parathaas, getting up late in
Merey kal aney wale hain gaoun se!” the morning & being the last to enter the
“Ghar ki buhat yaad aa rahi hai! Pata nahin class, those long queues outside
ye mid-term ki chhutiyaan kab milengi?” bathrooms, that striking of dinning table
HOSTEL while waiting for the meals, those restless
nights of exams, those Water Nights of
LIFE IS ONE These phrases may sound a bit
strange to many of you, but are very
the celebration week, are some of the
finest moments related to the hostel life.
OF THE common for those spending their lives, far
away from their homes, in the hostels during
These are like a very fine painting over
the canvas of our life that serves to be a
FEW their entire period of study in any university
or other educational institute. Hostel is the
treasure of memories.

“GOLDEN house of residence for those students that

belong to the areas other than the one in
CHAPTERS” which their respective institute is. I think that
no one would differ from the thought that
OF BOOK though during the hostel life one goes
through a lot of troubles, face many a
OF MY LIFE hardships, yet it has its own charm. And
probably this is the best part during the
entire university life. Life for me in the
hostels of Mehran is no exception!
Those sweet memories alone are not
the good thing about the hostel life.
There’s another benefit to it. And that is it
teaches you many a things, out of which
“Compromise” tops the list. Because you
have to spend a period of four years with
your room-mates, whom you never knew
before (this’s mostly the case). Then, you
have to share almost everything with
them, from the room to even your cell
phone.
 It might be the case that you are in
the mood to study & your room partner
wants to sleep & turns off the lights.
Imagine what it would feel like! Or you are
having some friends with you after a very
long time & the room partner asks you to
take them out as he has to study for his
tomorrow’s paper. So, you need to
compromise over almost everything,
including your mood or likeliness. At least,
a peace-loving guy like me would do that
(even if I get furious to death).
HOSTEL Then, it teaches you to manage
everything from the money to your
LIFE LIFE clothes,
HOSTEL it teaches you how to deal with
different people, it makes you bold, teach
you to handle your matters by yourself & it
TEACHES increases you self-confidence. But, above
all that, it makes you mature.
YOU MANY the roomWhenof hostel, I was allotted a vacancy in
though much of my
MANY
THINGS, OUT tension was released (as it’s very difficult
to get hostels in Mehran), I was afraid to
death to go there. Because I’d heard that
THINGS,
OF WHICH it’s very difficult to survive there, the
seniors make you do a lot of stupid things
“OUT OF
COMPROMISE
in the name of Ragging & you’ll have to
listen to & follow almost everything that
they say (if you don’t want to get hurt!),
WHICH
” TOPS THE you don’t get good quality food, there are
no facilities and many things like that.
“LIST. Though many of the things proved to be
COMPROMISE”” right actually, but it doesn’t feel any
difficult once you are addicted to these
TOPS things.
There have always been some
THE misconceptions about the hostels & the
hostellers. I, myself find many of my
LIST. friends saying things as “It’s the house of
thugs”; “Hostellers are here to enjoy only”;
“They don’t study at all!” But, this makes
no sense that you should criticize
everyone just because of a few people
who do so. Take the numbers for
example; the ratio of boarders in position
holders & intelligent students is no where
less than that of the non-boarders.
In Mehran, currently there are
eight hostels; five for boys (namely: Sa-
chal Sarmast Hostel, Shah Abdul Latif
Hostel, Pir Hissam-ud-din Shah Rashidi
Hostel, Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi Hos-
tel & Hyder Baksh Jatoi Hostel), two for
girls (Elsa Kazi & Muhtarma Benazir
Bhutto Shaheed Hostel) and one for
teachers and the postgraduate students
(Dr Abdul Qadeer Afghan Hostel).
The major facilities provided to the
boarders here in Mehran include the
newspapers (which are never found in TV
lounge but in the room of those who get
their hands to it first!), the internet, point
buses for Hyderabad city, the ambulance
in case of emergency, the gym etc. Some
extra curricular activities are also
organized, such as: inter-hostel sports
tournament that includes cricket, volley
ball, table tennis & tug of war. There’s
also a “Farewell Party”, for the final year
batch, organized by the juniors each year.
For this they also get the support
(whether funds or participation) of the
university officials.
At the same time, there are also
many facilities that we really need here in
hostels. The first of which is the quality
food. It takes heart & a lot of guts to
digest the meals given in the hostel. We
have both canteen & mess system in our
hostels, but both remain closed on
Saturday evenings. So we have to go to
either the Society or Phatak to eat. Then,
there’s no any healthy source of
entertainment other than our very own
PTV (and if you think that PTV is a
“healthy” source of entertainment, I bet
you think again!). Thus, the mobile
phones with built-in FM transmitters are
very common, because FM (which
station??? FM 105) is the only source of
entertainment around this place.
Everywhere else, there are four
seasons in a year. But, here in hostel, we
have two additional seasons as well &
those are the “Exam Seasons” . I
personally like the exam season a l ot
because everything’s just turned upside
down in these two parts of the year. You
get to observe very strange things. The
mosque gets flooded with the students
(even those who don’t offer Jumma
Prayers as well), where everyone’s
praying for their paper to go good. Most of
the students start dusting the books that
they didn’t bother to look at the whole
semester. They get up early in the
morning (not to attend the classes, but) to
get a fine seat in the reference section of
the library, where they can try to study.
The wings of the hostel that use to get
blown off with the sound of R&B music in
the other parts of the year, give the look
of a silent desert.
 Those worried masses, wandering from one place
to the other, trying to understand the solution to a prob-
lem from their friends that they predict to be a part of
the next day’s paper. At that time though being dead
seems to be a better option to get rid off all of this ten-
sion, but then if we think of those wonderful days, these
are like a sign of relief in the moments of tension.
One more thing that I miss around this place is
my family. All of us, living in the hostels, though
pretend to be very happy with our friends, but deep down
inside we know that we miss our families, our parents,
our homes, our native towns & villages every moment we
breathe. We miss them when we are feeling sad,
feeling hopeless, are in some trouble or even when we
are happy! We wish if we were with them & would have
shared all of these feelings. Probably, this is the
hardest thing about the hostel life; that you are far away
from your loved ones.
And not to forget, my all time favorite song . . . . . . . . ?!
“Hoo Hostel Jooun Yaadoun” by Nadeem Mirani.
Though this thing clouds my good thoughts about
the hostel life sometimes, yet it feels great to be living
it. And this is because it’s one of the few “Golden
Chapters” of the book of my life. But, I am afraid that by
the time I have realized it, it’s about to end as I am in my
final year. Words can’t explain what it feels like when I
ask myself “Will I have to leave this place forever after
the next 9 months?” or “Will there be no such exam
season spending in hostel life, no going for Parathaas
with Sangat after midnights, . . . .
. . ???”
But as they say, “Life must go on!” So, I am to
enjoy the remaining few months in hostel to the full, so
are my other friends of final year. Yet, I would like to
advice the students of junior batches living in hostel
“Seize these golden moments of your university life!” At
the same time, I also feel sorry for those of my friends
that didn’t get to enjoy & learn all of the things that we
have, here in the HOSTEL LIFE.

"PTCL Broadband
services in MUET
& Jamshoro"
By Jawad Saeed Abro 06TL48

The Internet, since its inception, has grown to be one of the technologies reaching out to the
people at a speed comparable to that of the Light. The reason for this is plain & simple; not only the
internet has proved to be the Gateway to the useful knowledge of almost about everything, but it has
also provided a much faster way of communication than the ordinary mail. And guess what! One
doesn’t even have to pay what he/she should, for such beneficial services. The reason for this is the
fact that such rapid penetration of this technology, among all of the countries of the world, has made
it accessible to the majority of the population of the world.

Jamshoro, being the house to three of the most reputed institutions of the country, is
considered to be the land of learned & literate people. The inhabitants of this city, specially the
students, had the need to accessing the internet at faster speed but at a reasonable cost.

This need was understood & then catered by the PTCL authorities when the Regional
General Manager of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL), Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Ursani
inaugurated PTCL multimedia & broadband (internet) services for the Mehran University of Engineering
& Technology, Jamshoro colony exchanges, here on 13th February, 2009. the credit is also shared
by the higher authorities of the MUET, without the efforts of which this would have not been
possible.
 The inaugural ceremony was presided by the vice-chancellor of MUET Jamshoro,
Dr A. Q. K. Rajput. Speaking at which, Dr Rajput thanked the PTCL authorities for taking such a
great step to facilitate the students of the university & the residents of Jamshoro colony.
Further, he highlighted the importance of broadband services in the education sector & mentioned
various resources on the internet that can facilitate the students in their respective fields of study
The participants of the ceremony included the Dean, FEECE, Dr A. K. Baloch, Registrar,
Dr Muhammad Aslam Uqaili, Chairman Department of Electronics Engineering, Dr B.S. Choudhary,
Chairman Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Dr Aftab Memon & other officials of the
university.

"FIBER OPTICS"
By Saadullah Kalwar 07TL21

The need for reliable long-distance communication systems has existed since the birth of man. With time, the
sophistication of these systems has gradually improved, from smoke signals to telegraphs and finally to the first coaxial
cable, put into service in 1940. As these systems improved, certain limitations came in their way. Electrical systems
were limited by their small repeater spacing (the distance a signal can propagate before attenuation requires the signal to
be amplified), and the bit rate of microwave systems was limited by their carrier frequency. In the second half of the
twentieth century, it was realized that an optical carrier of information would have a significant advantage over the existing
electrical and microwave carrier signals.
The development of lasers in the 1960s solved the first problem
of a light source, further development of high-quality optical
fiber was needed as a solution to the second. Optical fiber was
finally developed in 1970 by Corning Glass Works with
attenuation low enough for communication purposes (about 20dB/
km), and at the same time GaAs semiconductor lasers were
developed that were compact and therefore suitable for fiber-optic
communication systems.
After a period of intensive research from 1975 to 1980, the
first commercial fiber-optic communication system was developed,
which operated at a wavelength around 0.8 µm and used GaAs
semiconductor lasers. This first generation system operated at a bit
rate of 45 Mbit/s with repeater spacing of up to 10 km.
 Fiber optics (optical fibers) are long, thin strands of very pure glass about the diameter of
a human hair. They are arranged in bundles called optical cables and used to transmit
light signals over long distances.

If you look closely at a single optical fiber, you will see that it has the following parts:
Core - Thin glass center of the fiber where the light travels
Cladding - Outer optical material surrounding the core that reflects the light back into the

FIBER core

OPTICS -

“DATA
TRAVELS
WITH
THE
SPEED
OF
LIGHT” One of their main advantages is that they carry data with the speed of light. Light is kept in
the core of the optical fiber by total internal reflection. This causes the fiber to act as a
waveguide. Fibers which support many propagation paths or transverse modes are called multi
-mode fibers (MMF), while those which can only support a single mode are called single-
mode fibers (SMF). Multi-mode fibers generally have a larger core diameter, and are used
for short-distance communication links and for applications where high power must be
transmitted. Single-mode fibers are used for most communication links longer than 550
meters (600 yards).

Transmitters:
The most commonly-used optical transmitters are semiconductor devices such as
light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes. The difference between LEDs and laser
diodes is that LEDs produce incoherent light, while laser diodes produce coherent light.
For use in optical communications, semiconductor optical transmitters must be designed
to be compact, efficient, and reliable, while operating in an optimal wavelength range, and
directly modulated at high frequencies.

In its simplest form, an LED is a forward-biased p-n junction, emitting light through
spontaneous emission, a phenomenon referred to as electroluminescence. The emitted
light is incoherent with a relatively wide spectral width of 30-60 nm. LED light transmission
is also inefficient, with only about 1 % of input power, or about 100 microwatts, eventually
converted into «launched power» which has been coupled into the optical fiber. However,
due to their relatively simple design, LEDs are very useful for low-cost applications.
 Recommended Websites
By Salman Ahmed
www.dynamicwebs.co.uk/information/dictionary.html

Description :
This is a useful website for telecommunication engineers. In this website you can
find the meanings and definitions of the terminologies used in Telecommunication
Engineering.

http://www.educypedia.be
http://www.howstuffworks.com
http://www.ebook30.com
http://www.ilmkidunya.com
http://www.citycollegiate.com
http://www.asic-world.com
http://www.stickcricket.com
http://www.urdupoint.com
http://www.hamariweb.com

News On Campus
Workshop on FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA)
A three-day certificate training course is organized by Institute of Information & Com-
munication Technology and department of Electronics, MUET Jamshoro. The course
aims to provide Engineers and allied professionals in-depth knowledge of Program-
mable Logic Boards that help engineers gain new skills and advance new designs.
This course is suitable for complete range of Xilinx-based system boards built
around the latest FPGA technologies. For Further Information please Contact:
Prof. Dr.B.S Chowdhry (Director IICT M.U.E.T Jamshoro) Office:022-2771334,
PABX: 022-2772250-70 Ext. 4100 Email: bsc_itman@yahoo.com. Or Engr. Irfan
Ahmed Halepoto (Lecturer,Dept: Electronics Engg, M.U.E.T) Tel: 0346-2730197,
PABX: 022-2772250-70 Ext. 4123 Email: Irfan.halepoto@gmail.com.

GRADUATE ENGINEERS ASSESMENT TEST (GATE)

Junaid Shaikh (05ES42) prepares a GRADUATE ENGINEERS ASSESMENT TEST

(GATE), similar in pattern to the GAT test conducted by National Testing Services
Pakistan (NTS) for ES, TL and EL Students. Via this effort he attempts to help his
fellow student in acquiring better test scores and develop strong academic founda-
tions. The test is also suitable to the fresh graduates hunting for scholarship awards
and job positions. We thank him on the behalf of all students on his effort and hope
that may be he develop his basic work into full fledge book form suitable for the
graduates of ES/TL/EL and BM.

The test and its answer kek can be downloaded at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sar_muet/files/MISC/

WORKSHOP ON CAREER ADVANCEMENT

A half day workshop is arranged in the department of Telecommunication, MUET
Jamshoro on saturday, 28th March, 2009 at 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Venue is Mehran
UET Auditorium. Registration fee is RS. 500/= (inclusive of Hi-tea, Dinner, Participa-
tion certificates, workshop Kit including bag).