UMT-IIE Student Chapter

UMT-IIE Student Chapter wins 2012 Gold Award

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The Industrial Engineering Student Chapter at UMT earned national pride and recognition as they were recently endowed with Gold Award, the highest award given to the allied student chapters by the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).

IIE, founded in 1948 and based in North America, is the world's largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity.

Predicated on the students' performance and activities related mainly to Industrial Engineering, strict criteria are devised by the international body to select a handful of student chapters out of hundreds throughout the world. By dint of various activities including, but not limited to, participation in international competitions, conducting seminars, workshops, lectures, industrial visits, etc, throughout the academic year 2012-13, the IIE student chapter in UMT was able to win this award along with top universities in the world.

The IIE Student Chapter at UMT was founded in January 2011. The University of Management and Technology (UMT) 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 has brought this important and prestigious award to UMT.

“It is a big achievement for all of us and we will soon be arranging a celebration event at UMT-IIE Student Chapter along with our members. I am thankful to all the members and the UMT administration for providing us the opportunity to show our mettle to the world. We hope that the UMT will continue supporting us,” remarked Azeem Iqbal, Founder & Past President of UMT-IIE Student Chapter.

"It is indeed a moment of pleasure and pride for the UMT student chapter. I congratulate all the members, particularly Azeem Iqbal, for the consistent and tireless efforts in bringing forward our chapter to this level. I hope that the current office bearers of the chapter will continue in the footsteps and raise the bar even higher," said the faculty advisor and head of Industrial Engineering Department, Farhan Daud Qazi.

Introduction to Arena Simulation Lecture by Azeem Iqbal

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Introduction to Arena Simulation Software - Presentation

Speaker:
Mr. Azeem Iqbal
Founder & Past President of UMT-Institute of Industrial Engineers Student Chapter.

The lecture covered the Arena simulation software which delivers the technology required to support all aspects of a simulation project. A flowchart-style modeling methodology, hierarchical modeling, and an extensive graphical library are just some of the features that make Arena the world’s leading simulation system.

Through a combination of process simulation and optimization technologies, Arena simulation software helps demonstrate, predict, and measure system performance--specifically the effectiveness and efficiency of new strategies--and test drive new business rules and scenarios in a controlled environment under varying conditions and decision criteria before implementation on "live" operations or customers.

Leading organizations have come to rely on Arena to help them improve customer service, capitalize on new business opportunities, and maximize profits. Typically, organizations realize a return of more than 10-15 times their investment in Arena and achieve these returns within a few weeks to a few months.

We invited our members and industrial engineering students to see for themselves how others have used Arena to help analyze and execute successful changes in their business environment.

Oath Taking & Certificates Distribution Ceremony

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UMT-Institute of Industrial Engineers Student Chapter conducted the Annual Oath Taking Ceremony to install the officially elected 2012 officers. The chairperson & Advisor of the student organization Prof. Farhan Daud Qazi was the chief guest of the event. The Oath Ceremony was coupled with the "Certificates of Appreciation" distribution ceremony for all the past officers of the tenure 2011-2012. It is important to note here that the old officers are the true founding members of the organization who have worked diligently to bring the society to what it is today. Their immense hard work and contributions cannot be forgotten and hopefully the new team of IIE-UMT will take the student chapter further.

The Ceremony started with recitation of the Holy Quran. After the recitation the past "Executive Director" and new elected President "Saad Ahmad" hosted the entire event. The event started off with a presentation session of Mr. Azeem Iqbal the founder and president of IIE-UMT. The presentation was entirely based on society's mission, vision, goals & objectives as well as pictures from the past work that was done under his presidential tenure. He was very happy with overall progress of the chapter and the way chapter has survived many hardships of the conditions he hopes it will bring immense success to the university's industrial engineering program.

After Azeem Iqbal's presentation the chairperson & Advisor of IIE-UMT Prof. Farhan Daud Qazi was invited to grace the event with his presence and by sharing his views. The Chairperson was very happy for the dedication that students are giving in these healthy contributions. He said that a lot of credit goes to Azeem Iqbal for his dynamic, enthusiastic and persistent hard work that today society is all set to accept new student leaders who can create great opportunities for themselves and students of the program. He said that more active participation of all the students will result not only in the benefit of the organization but it will also help students to develop themselves professionally and increase their networking and knowledge base. He stressed that being involved in such organizations help to attain better international image and lastly he wished all the best to the new officers and reflected his hope that the new team will lead the chapter forward.

After the Chairperson's views, the certificates distribution ceremony was conducted in which Prof. Farhan Daud Qazi distributed the "Certificates of Appreciation" to all the past officers of the organization.

The certificates were distributed to the following past offices:

1. Azeem Iqbal (Founder & President)

2. Kumail Rizvi (Vice President)

3. Abdul Sami (Secretary)

4. Irfan Raza (Treasurer)

5. Saad Ahmad (Executive Director)

6. Waqar Waheed (Program Director)

7. Samad Ahsan Aziz (Membership Director)

8. Hamza Bajwa (Industrial Relations Director)

After the certificates distribution ceremony the Oath Ceremony was conducted in which the founder and past president Azeem Iqbal toke the oath from all the new elected officers. All the new officers toke the pledge to serve the IIE chapter to best of their abilities and that they will keep highest of standards in their profession and educational activities that help benefit all the industrial engineering community of University of Management and Technology. All the officers in a harmony said "I do!" and toke the Oaths of their respective offices.

After the Oath, the new elected President, Saad Ahmad gave a presentation about the upcoming plans that he wishes to conduct under the IIE banner. Saad Ahmad presented a plan that consisted of very important points and were of great importance. The first thing society will conduct now is Internship Programs in which the IIE-UMT is preparing to sign a "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) with big names in the Pakistani industries such as "4 Brothers Ltd". He said that the members of IIE-UMT can benefit a great deal from these programs that will allow them to attain better level of professional experience. He said that society will also be arranging, workshops and lectures on specific industrial topics that will hopefully create beneficial results for the members and industrial engineering community of UMT. The dedication of Saad and his future plans were greatly appreciated by the Chairperson.

After the presentation the event ended with refreshments from the newly installed officers.

Elected Officers (2012-2013)

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Dear Industrial Engineering students:

Here are your new UMT-Institute of Industrial Engineers Student Chapter executives for the Academic Year 2012-2013:

* President: Saad Ahmad

* Vice President: Kumail Rizvi

* Secretary: Ansar Hani

* Treasurer: Muhammad Zawar

The new team will assume the officesoon and an oath taking ceremony will be arranged. The "Certificates of Appreciation" will be presented to all the previous officers who worked diligently in the previous academic year to bring society to what it is today.

Thanks to all the students who took the time and effort to vote. Congratulations to our new cabinet executives for accepting the opportunity to serve the IE student body at University of Management and Technology.

This is your society all my Industrial Engineering fellows. It was created for you so that you can use this platform to show your skills and abilities as an Industrial Engineer and make UMT proud of having you as a student.

I personally want to wish best of luck to all the new elected officers and hope that they will work hard to take this chapter more further and successful.

Best Regards,

Azeem Iqbal
Founding President of
UMT-IIE Student Chapter
(2011-2012)

Prof. Farhan Daud Qazi
Chairperson & Advisor
UMT-IIE Student Chapter

Elections' 2012

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The UMT-IIE will be conducting Elections in our next General Meeting, The elected candidates will make up the new IIE Cabinet for next year. This is your Chapter, so make your vote count.

There are a total of 13 posts in the chapter. Please note that to apply for the executive body posts of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Executive Director you have to be a registered member of IIE. All those with expired memberships are also compulsory to renew their memberships to apply for the posts.

All other posts are open for all Industrial Engineering students of UMT.

Following are the available positions:

Executive Body: (IIE Membership Must!)

1. President
2. Vice President
3. Secretary
4. Treasurer
5. Executive Director

Committees & Other Positions: (Local Membership Must!)
6. Program Director
7. Membership Director
8. Marketing Director
9. Sponsorship Director
10. Industrial Relations Director
11. Newsletter Editor
12. Webmaster
13. Social Media Coordinator

To apply for the post please use the following form:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHBUNjVYZXZDX0t6a3o4emhYMHMzckE6MQ#gid=0

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IMPORTANT NOTE:
1. Scrutiny and subsequent selection of candidates for all the posts will be conducted by UMT-Institute of Industrial Engineers chapter advisor and co-advisor. Their decision in this regard will be final.
2. Executive committee members will ensure smooth running of UMT-IIE Chapter activities under the supervision of advisors and co-advisors (faculty members).
3. It is compulsory to get IIE membership number for selection on an executive committee post.
4. SST does not force any student to join UMT-IIE Chapter.
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Deadline for Nomination Submission is 8th April '2012.

The list of Nominees will be displayed on our Facebook page and elections will be conducted on Tuesday in our General Membership Meeting.

For any details & Information feel free to contact us.
http://www.facebook.com/umtiie
umtiie@gmail.com

Kind Regards,

Azeem Iqbal
President UMT-IIE Student Chapter 2011-2012
umtiie@gmail.com
0322-4200197
Website: ieumt.webs.com

Ammar's Visit to Bilkent University

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Ammar Hussain member of UMT-IIE Student Chapter was invited to Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. He met Industrial Engineering student organizations there who received him with great excitement.

Bilkent University of Ankara, Turkey have 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 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 Hussain'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.

Orientation 2011

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UMT-Institute of Industrial Engineers arranged an introductory seminar for the new incoming batch of Industrial Engineering.

The Seminar was of knowledgeable and technical importance featuring the IIE Society, UMT Chapter, Industrial Engineering and Questions and Answers session.

UMT wins Gold Award 2013 from IIE-USA