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Genesis - Engineering Management Program
Seats of higher learning like, Universities of Engineering and Technology endeavor to produce quality graduate engineers in various engineering disciplines. Apart from technical skills, these young engineers are educated and trained to multitask; focus on details, interpret requirements, make good judgments and educated decisions, perform in team, listen to others’ opinions, brainstorm, and whittle down to viable options in their career pursuits. However, there is much more to management a technical enterprise than these traits only – the business bottom line. Technical managers must be fast thinkers, skilled negotiators, good planners, efficient marketers, and smart entrepreneurs, shall have financial acumen, must be strong on human relations, and shall have the skill to get things done by utilizing the resources available at their disposal.
Most of the engineering graduates, after completing their bachelor’s degree, enter the job market in their respective engineering discipline and are involved in pure technical work. Within 3 - 5 years of their employment, they are lesser involved into their technical fields and more into management aspects of technical enterprises. Keeping in view this phenomenon and the requirement of specialized management skills for engineers, leading universities of the world; like Stanford, Berkley, Duke, George Washington University, University of Minnesota, University of Maryland and many others started MS and PhD Programs in Engineering Management.
National University of Sciences and Technology being one of the premier education institution in the country also realized this need and started Masters and Doctoral studies in Engineering Management.
Effective and efficient management is one of the important aspects in career progression of every engineer, irrespective of his / her discipline of engineering, organization of employment and position in organization’s hierarchy. Presently, the need for Engineering Management has been felt at all levels of managers, particularly in the professional management work environment. Keeping that in view, MS and PhD in Engineering Management has started in 2006 at College of E&ME. This program endeavors to transform its students, who are already graduate engineers with a diversified engineering discipline into visionary technical leaders, skillful communicators, and high achievers.
The Program
Engineering Management Department at the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering is offering Masters and Doctoral Program in Engineering Management since 2006. The program is structured in accordance with the international standards and comparable with similar programs being offered at other reputed universities in USA and elsewhere in the world. This program is designed to equip professionals for top management positions, like Technical Executives leading the industry. Latest courses and management tools are aimed to prepare the students with in depth knowledge and skills in this field.
The students have the choice to pursue their academics and research studies in any of the following specializations:
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Engineering Management
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Quality Engineering
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System Design and Simulation
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Technology Management
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Environment and Energy Management
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Supply Chain Management
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Crisis, Emergency & Risk Management
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Knowledge & Information Management
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Project Management
Degree Requirements
The Masters students are required to complete 6 core courses and 2 courses from the available optional courses of 3 credit hours each and write thesis of acceptable quality equivalent to 6 credit hours to complete a total of 30 credit hours requirement for the MS degree. The students pursuing MS leading to PhD program would take 6 additional courses 3 of which will be core courses and 3 courses in the area of specialization. The scholars will work-out their plan of studies in consultation with their advisor/HOD and GEC.
Teaching and Coaching
The Department is fully equipped to impart world class quality education and training to its students and is led by world class faculty. State of the art classrooms with video conferencing facilities, decision support system research laboratory, well stocked library, access to rich online research resources, like internet, digital library and research databases provides all the academic resource required for grooming students.
The courses are structured to provide a blend of conceptual knowledge and simulated practical situations which engineering managers’ face in their daily professional
routine. The graduates are required to take-up practical engineering management research issues either individually or collectively as part of small groups in every taught course during a semester. The structuring of curriculum is done in close collaboration with the industry leaders both in public and private sectors.
Often, eminent experts from academia and engineering managers experienced in policy making, governance, operations and managerial roles in engineering enterprise are invited for talk and interactive sessions to share their wisdom and experiences with students. Similarly, subject specific seminars and workshops are also organized for the benefit of the students, researchers and faculty.
In addition to the formal class room lectures, there is a lot of emphasis on active training methods, such as case studies, projects, presentations and group work etc.
Course Work Requirement
Following courses are currently available to Masters and PhD students.
MS-Compulsory/Core Subjects
MEM 801-Project Management
MEM 802-Design, Patents, Contract and Legal Engineering
MEM 803-Quality Engineering
MEM 804-Engineering Ergonomic and Work Study
MEM 805-Production System Design and Analysis
MEM 806-Facility Planning and Layout
MEM 899-Project Thesis (compulsory)
Optional Subjects
MEM 808-Operation Management
MEM 809-Simulation Modeling
MEM 810-Production Planning and Control
MEM 811-Advances Practices in EM
MEM 812-Environmental & Safety Management
MEM 813-Industrial Costing Management
MEM 814-Technology Management
Thesis
Upon the completion of course work, the students of MS program are required to fill TH – 1 form in consultation with his/her advisor/HOD. Any change to the agreed research area of studies is subject to the approval of the academic advisor / HOD / Dean. Six credit hours thesis is required for the award of MS degree in Engineering Management.
PhD Courses In Engineering Management
MEM 815-Advanced Research Methods
MEM 816-Productivity Management
MEM 817-Marketing of Technology and Industrial Products
MEM 818-Contract Management MEM 819-Management of Technical Organizations
MEM 820-Supply Chain Management
MEM 821-Engineering Optimization Management
MEM 822-Probability & Statistics for Engineers
MEM 823-Operation Research
MEM 824-Risk Management
MEM 825-Problem Solving and Decision Making in Engineering Organizations
MEM 826-E – Management
MEM 827-Innovation & New Product Management
MEM 828-Time Management
MEM 829-Energy Resources Management
MEM 830-Waste Management
MEM 831-Maintenance Management
MEM 832-Financial Management
MEM 833-Human Resource Management
MEM 999-PhD Research Thesis
Faculty and Research Interests
Dr Nawar Khan
PhD (Mech-TQM) 1999, UK/UET Lahore, MS Production Engineering 1995, MBA (HRM) 2005 AIOU, BE Mechanical Engineering 1981, ISO 9001:2000 Lead Assessor, Quality Management Representative (QMR) of the College of E&ME for ISO 9000:2000 certification.
Dr Nawar Khan is the only PhD in the field of Total Quality Management in Pakistan at the moment and has published a number of National and International papers. He is heading Quality Management Cell (QMC). He has worked on Pakistan National Quality Award (PNQA) with Higher Education Commission and Ministry of Industry, Production and Special Initiative (MOIP&SI). He is the pioneer to start MS leading to PhD program in Engineering Management at the College of E&ME and its associated laboratories. His book on Total Quality Management is published by NUST. His research interests are ‘Quality Standards, TQM, Manufacturing and Productivity.
Dr Muhammad Abbas Choudhary
Doctor of Science Degree in Engineering Management from the George Washington University, Washington DC., USA with distinction; Over 24 years of experience in
education, training, research, program and project management, financial management, development banking, and ICT; Published over 25 international conference/journal papers with colleagues and written over 50 professional reports and research studies; Led technology teams of fortune 500 clients including Unisys Corporation, Automatic Data Processing Inc. and others. Before joining Engineering management Program at NUST Dr. Choudhary remained Project Coordinator of Pakistan-Sweden University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Sialkot; and first and founding Vice Chancellor, Balochistan University of Information Technology & Management Sciences, Quetta. His research interests include technology management, technology marketing, forecasting technology trends and management issues in IT & telecom, energy, and manufacturing sectors.
Assistant Professor Muhammad Saleem
MSc Total Quality Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore. BSc Mechanical Engineering (with honor), UET Lahore.
Lecturer Ali Salman
MSc Advanced Manufacturing Management and Technology, University of Surrey, UK. BSc Mechanical Engineering, UET Lahore. Associate member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) UK.
Interdisciplinary Faculty
Because of interdisciplinary nature of the program, the services of 33 PhD faculty members of other departments of the college can be taken.
Admission Process
Registrar NUST publishes advertisements in the major national newspapers regarding admission in Masters as well as PhD Program well before the beginning of academic session each year. All PhD Programs however, commence in the month of Nov every years with a four weeks Zero Semester as forerunner. The exact dates are communicated through national press/PG prospectus / NUST website.
Pre-Requisite for Intake
Masters Program
BE/equivalent in related field from PEC accredited institutions with a minimum CGPA of 2.5 on 4.0 scale or 60% marks. A maximum of one second division in Matric / FSc is allowed but no third division.
Admission of postgraduate student in various disciplines of engineering / Information Technology and Management Sciences are based upon GRE (Gen) / GAT / GMAT scores as under:-
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GRE (Gen) / GMAT. Preference will be given to high scores in GRE (Gen)/GMAT. The vacancies will be initially filled from the merit list prepared from this cat of candidates.
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An interview is being conducted prior to admission in MS program.
PhD Program
Masters and/or M.Phil Degree in any engineering discipline or equivalent in the related field from a local HEC recognized / foreign institution of repute, with a minimum CGPA of 3.0/4.0 or 70% marks.
Following is also essential:-
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A maximum of one second division in Matriculation through Bachelor degree, but no third division is allowed
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Candidates with some prior practical experience with reputable national or international organizations are given preference.
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GRE (General / G MAT or local GRE (General) / GMAT conducted by NUST / HEC with acceptable scores.
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Going through successful interview being conducted prior to admission.
§ Initial Selection
Registrar NUST publishes advertisements in all the major newspapers regarding admission in Masters/PhD Program starting at least eight months before beginning of academic session each year. MS/PhD Program however, commences in the month of November every years. The exact dates are communicated to the interested candidates through national press / PG prospectus / NUST website every year.
Further Information
For further information and details
 Visit college website
http://www.ceme.edu.pk
Contact us on
Phone: (92-51) 561-32627, 9278050-55 Ext. 4302, 4322
Fax: (92-51) 9278048
Postal address
College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (C of E&ME) Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi-46000, Pakistan
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