College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering

The College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (CEME) (Urdu: برقی اور میکانی کالج‎) is a constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan, located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The campus is on the main Peshawar Road, near the M2 motorway terminal. The college is the main training institute for Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering officers and enlisted ranks.

College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Mottoاپنا مقام پیدا کر
TypeMilitary college
Established1957
CommandantBrigadier Muhammad Alamgir[1]
Academic staff
113 [2]
Students1600 (~300 Cadets)
Location
Rawalpindi
,
Punjab
,
Pakistan

NicknameEME
AffiliationsNational University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan, Pakistan Engineering Council, Washington Accord
Websiteceme.nust.edu.pk

Overview

The college is divided into two sections: Academic and Military. The Academic section comes under the supervision of the Academic Services Group - they are responsible for assembling curriculum, making class schedules, appointing teaching staff for Undergraduate, Post Graduate and Doctoral Studies. Undergraduate students can be divided into three types: NUST Cadets (NCs), Paying Cadets (PCs) and Gentlemen Cadets (GCs). Gentlemen Cadets are inducted into the college after clearing their ISSB, while NUST Cadets (NCs) and PC (PCs) sit in the NUST Entrance Exam (NET) to secure admission.

The Military Section of the college is housed mainly in old Polytechnic buildings to the east of the campus. The Military section is responsible for training of the enlisted ranks of Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in various machinery maintenance and vocational skills. The Military section also hosts the Young Officer (YO) course for officers in the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, this serves as basic introductory course for officers into various roles CEME serves in the Pakistan Army. Sports facilities at EME include three tennis courts, a basketball court, a squash court, badminton court, football grounds, cricket pitches, a swimming pool, horse riding club and two gymnasiums. EME cricket and squash team won the Inter-NUST title in 2016.

Gentlemen Cadets (GC) after graduating from the EME, go to the Pakistan Military Academy Kakul for a 1 year Basic Military Training program and are commissioned with a rank of Captain to join the Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The campus includes all on-campus facilities, hostel accommodation, auditorium, academic blocks, conference halls, sports complex and mess facilities. The library is fully computerized with a collection of 70,000 volumes.

History

On 1 April 1957, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering was established at Quetta as EME School. In 1969, EME School was given the status of college and civilians were also admitted. In 1981, a BSc program started at EME and a few years later in April 1984, EME moved to its current location in Rawalpindi from Quetta. From 1984 to 1993, it was affiliated with the University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore.[3]

In 1977, the polytechnic institute at Peshawar Road Rawalpindi had been closed down by Gen Zia-ul-Haq, and was converted into EME College.

In 2003, EME received ISO 9001-2000 certification. Ph.D program started in 2006.

Location

The campus is located on Peshawar Road, 13 km from the heart of Rawalpindi and 15 km from the center of Islamabad. It spans an area of 124 acres (0.50 km2). The campus consists of training blocks, living accommodation for students, faculty and staff, stadium, auditorium, cafe, mess, sports complex, gymnasium, swimming pool, assault-course, mosque, post office, bank, grocery store and a welfare shop.

Departments
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Computer & Software Engineering
  • Department of Mechatronics Engineering
  • Department of Basic Sciences & Humanities
  • Department of Engineering Management

Battalion

The College consists of a Battalion of cadets, commanded by a Battalion Commander, further divided into six companies.

Companies
  • Shershah Company(of male NCs)
  • Nishter Company(of GCs)
  • Jauhar Company(of GCs)
  • Ghauri Company(of male PCs)
  • Amna Company(of female students)
  • Khadija Company(of female students)

Each company is commanded by a Company Commander and has its own company appointments of 3rd and 4th-year cadets.

Hostels

The college has its own hostels located on-campus having a collective accommodation capacity of up to 820 cadets.

  • Aitazaz Shaheed Hostel(named after Aitazaz Hasan Shaheed)
  • Iqbal Hostel
  • Liaqat Hostel
  • Jinnah Hostel
  • AbuBakar Hostel
  • Amna Hostel
  • Khadija Hostel
  • Hired Hostel

Student Societies
  • EME Olympiad Association
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers CEME (IEEE CEME)
  • Sports and Adventure Society (SAS)
  • Society for Promotion of Art and Literature (SPAL)
  • NUST Volunteers Club (NVC)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (EME Chapter)
  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE EME Chapter)
  • NUST Automotive Group (NUSTAG)
  • EME Media Club
  • EME Dramatics Club
  • Google Developers Student Club CEME NUST (DSC CEME)
  • Emerging Technologies Research Lab (ETL)

Events

NERC

The Department of Mechatronics Engineering hosts National Engineering Robotics Competition(NERC[4]) each year. Students, enthusiasts and hobbyists from all over Pakistan participate in NERC and compete for their robots in different categories. NERC is considered as the biggest robotics competition of Pakistan.

COMPPEC

Computer Project Exhibition and Competition(COMPPEC) is hosted by the Department of Computer Engineering each year. It is a national level event with students participating from all over Pakistan.

Student achievements

The Devrim II is the first-ever hybrid car of Pakistan, designed and fabricated by students of National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) in 2010. In 2012, students (Abdullah Masood, Kamal Rahim, Usman Irfan and Sarim) from the Department of Mechanical Engineering recorded a 72 km/l mileage for a road-acceptable mini-car at the Eco-marathon held in Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia. "Lipton Talent Hunt" contest organized by Unilever in 2013 was won by students of electrical engineering department (Asad Naeem, Mujtaba, Hassan Raza, Mohid Nabil and Taimoor Ijaz).[5] In 2019, Team Pagri(Abdullah Bin Rizwan and Saad Javed) participated in Agriculture Robotics Competition in China and stood 2nd on a national level.

EME Alumni Association (EMEAA)

EME Alumni Association (EMEAA) was formally initiated in the year 2005 to provide a platform to ex-students. Over the years, EMEAA has become an institution of its own, based on a strong commitment by the volunteers. Currently, more than 2500 alumni members are registered with the association. The association is headed by President and General Secretary, supported by three committees (Scholarship Evaluation, Fund Raising and Alumni Network & Media Committee). EMEAA has a stable financial aid program that aims to support needy students of the college. There are two sessions in a year, the grants are given after a strict evaluation process. EMEAA arranges alumni reunion every year in the college, all the alumni and ex faculty members are invited for the event. EMEAA also holds career counselling and publishes a study guide for students.[6]

SAE EME Chapter

The SAE EME Chapter is a student organization run by the Department of Mechanical Engineering. It has held a number of engineering and technology competitions that include boat-building competition and the popular egg-drop challenge. It holds workshops relating to subjects mainly from the field of mechanical engineering.

Notable Commandants

See also

References
  1. "Message From Commandant". College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (CEME).
  2. http://www.nust.edu.pk/INSTITUTIONS/Colleges/CEME/AboutUs/Pages/Facts-and-Figure.aspx
  3. http://nust.edu.pk/INSTITUTIONS/Colleges/CEME/AboutUs/Pages/Welcome-to-CEME.aspx
  4. https://www.nerc.com.pk
  5. "NUST Students Design Pakistan's First-ever Hybrid Car". 12 May 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  6. "EMEAA | EME Alumni Association". emealumni.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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