AU organizes conference on physics participated by Chinese, foreign professors

Islamabad: Air University (AU) organized 2nd ‘Two Days International Conference on Physics,’ during which renowned scholars and professors from China and other countries participated, the AU announced.

Professors from Canada, Italy, Sweden, Australia, Iraq and other countries also attended the conference and expressed their views with a focus on renewable energy sources, nano-technology, magnetic, thermoelectric and ferroelectric materials.

The conference’s keynote talk, according to the organizer Dr Mozaffar Hussain, Chair of the ICP 2022 and Chair Department of Physics, focused on contemporary needs on physics research.

Renowned scientist Dr Samar Mubarakmand, who was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony, lauded the Air University’s initiative to organise the international conference providing a remarkable opportunity of knowledge sharing among scholars in the fields of Physics.

Sharing his life experiences with participants, he said that knowledge of Physics is essential to every field; may it be education, healthcare or defense.

In his address, he especially mentioned China as a key partner of Pakistan in enhancing literacy and research. He mentioned that Pakistan has immense reserves of a large number of minerals and natural resources that include coal, gold, copper, chromites, iron ore, and many others. “However, 95percent of minerals are still unexplored in Pakistan,” he stated, while urging the need to give due importance to the mining industry for boosting the national economy.

Earlier, Vice Chancellor Air University Air Marshal Javaid Ahmed (retd), in his welcoming address, acknowledged the contributions of the Department of Physics for promoting the research culture.

The Vice Chancellor, while urging students to explore new avenues in the context of the digital era, has advised that Physics opens doors to most exciting, cutting-edge, rewarding career opportunities across the globe.

He contended that one of the major lessons Air University learned during the pandemic Covid-19 was the importance of online education and distance learning. “The theme of the conference is very close to our hearts,” he said, hoping that several issues related to renewable energy, climate change and global warming would be addressed during the two-day conference. He also announced that all the campuses of varsity are going to be solar in near future.

The Vice Chancellor further said that Air University is collaborating with the Government of Pakistan for a project of water conservation and distribution management based on modern techniques of satellite imaginary and artificial intelligence.

“Air University is always supportive in research and innovation through our modest efforts,” he further said, adding that “We have consequently improved our rankings as we are currently ranked 15th in the QS Ranking and 6th in the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking.”

Dr. Mozaffar Hussain, Chairman Department of Physics, said that the conference’s keynote talk would be focused on contemporary needs on physics research.

According to him, the most interesting applications are in electronic circuits, resistive random-access memories, high-frequency systems, power generating devices, environmental remediation, drug delivery, diagnostics, hyperthermia treatment, biotechnology, and data storage.