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UW will be transforming into research intensive University based on research publications and projects. In the current year only, 58 research proposals were submitted to NRPU, NCGSA, PSF, National Injury Research Grant (Agha Khan University), and RASTA (PIDE) and IGNITE projects granted to final year BS students. Impact Factor of the published papers from 01 June, 2021 till 30 June 2021 is 30.113 and the total Impact Factor in the year 2021 is 103.61. The Impact Factor for the years 2019 and 2020 was 196.585 and 242.546, respectively. Researchers in the Active Researchers’ list for the year 2021 to date are 63 in number.

UW participated in Grand Challenge Fund (GCF), worth Rs 2,495,340/-, for the first time in collaboration with GIK Institute and Wah Industries Limited (WIL).

The details of titles, PIs, Co-PIs and the amount of the projects submitted during the current year is stipulated as under:

Research Grants 2021

National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) by HEC
No	Title	P.I	CO-P.I	Amount
1	Analytical and experimental analysis of fretting wear in shell and tube heat exchanger for better prediction of operational life	Dr. Shahab Khushnood	-	19,870,554
2	Development of an A-I based Tool for Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance of a Manufacturing Plant/Machinery	Dr. Adnan Tariq	Dr. Waseem Shehzad	18,917,509
3	Factors Effecting Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Initiatives: An Analysis and Way forward	Dr. Anam Javeed	1. Dr. Nasir Mehmood 2. Dr. Faiza Saleem	18,912,939
4	Neutrino cooling and decay rates for important weak interaction nuclei for core-collapse supernova simulations	Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi	Dr. Muhammad Riaz	18,649,550
5	Role of Gender Differences and Financial Innovation in Financial Inclusion: Opportunities and Challenges in Pakistan	Dr. Faiza Saleem	1. Dr. Nasir Mehmood 2. Dr. Shafqat Mukarram	18,509,193
6	Influence of guidance and counseling on students’ locus of control, self esteem and academic performance of public and private sector universities of Punjab	Dr. Wajiha Kanwal	-	17,395,000
7	Education and Socio-Economic Empowerment of the Transgender	Dr. Rukhshanda Mushtaq	Ms Uzma Khalid Ghori	16,169,400
8	Waste Water Remediation: Design of sustainable membranes hybrid membranes to mitigate hazardous pollutants.	Dr. Humaira Razzaq	Dr. Faiza Asghar	14,994,986
9	Real Time Application for Space Occupied Lesion of Brain Segmentation and Classification Using Quanvolutional Neural Network (QNN)	Dr. Javeria Amin	-	14,612,520
10	Synthesis of Naphthopyran Derivative from “Rhinacanthusnasutus” for evaluation of anticancer activity.	Dr. Zaheer Ahmad	-	13,519,454
11	Synthesis and Antidiabetics type-II Evaluation of Chiral and Achiral Imidazole and Indole based Heterocyclic Compounds	Dr. Faisal Nawaz	-	13,267,344
12	Biomimetic Hydrogel Nanocomposites for Injectable Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Applications	Dr. Mussamir Khan	Dr. Fawad Ahmad	12,560,497
13	Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance, virulence factors and horizontal gene transfer in S. aureus isolated from COVID-19 patients	Dr. Muhammad Idreees	Ms. Zeenat Haq	11,940,000
14	Shifting Teachers to Teach Online: Continuing teaching During School Closure	Dr. Nasrullah	-	11,697,440
15	Plant based synthesis of vaccine antigen against mycobacterial pathogen in transplastomic tomato plants.	Dr. Syed Waqas Hassan	-	10,235,680
16	Tuning the Dielectric Properties of ZnO Base Nano-Structures	Prof. Dr. Uzma Ghazanfar	-	9,219,438
17	Production of L-asparaginase from potential probiotic bacteria: In vitro investigation of anticancer, antioxidant and anti proliferative activities of the purified enzyme using different cell lines	Dr. Shumaila Naz	-	9,163,748
18	Role of corianderum sativum in male reproduction	Dr. Razia Bibi	-	7,468,415
19	Synthesis of new ferrocene functionalized surfactants as potent corrosion inhibitors.	Dr. Faiza Asghar	Dr. Humaira Razzaq	7,425,120
20	Manufacturing of Hydrogels by Grafting Natural Polysaccharides for Removal of Heavy Metal Present in Water and Design of Absorber for Its Commercial / industrial Applications	Dr. Khurrum Shehzad Baig	Mr. Umar Mushtaq	6,862,020
21	Removal of Toxic Heavy Metals From Industrial Waste Water by Low Cost Sorbents.	Dr. Shazia Naheed	-	5,779,033
22	Efficiency enhancement of cellulose based Polyziridine blended Diyalysis Membrane	Dr. Hizba Waheed	1 . Dr. Fawad Ahmed 2. Dr. Sarah Farrukh	5,645,200
23	Drone base early agricultural disaster detection and emergency alert model using AI techniques	Dr Ayesha Saddiqa	Mr. Mohaibullah	4,427,560
24	Preparation of bifunctional catalyst for boosting fuel cell catalysis	Dr. Fawad Ahmad	Dr. Musammir Khan	3,763,276
25	An Agent- Based Conflict Resolutioin Model for Water Resources Management: Case Study of Pakistan’s Indus Basin	Dr. Shahmir Janjua	Dr. Aftab Sadiq	3,696,000
26	Development of agro-biomass based cellulose Nano-Crystals (CNCs)/Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) 3-D Composite Sponges for Cost Effective Local Waste – Water Treatment for Organic Pollutant Removal	Dr. Saleem Iqbal	Ms Rabia Sabir	3,045,416
27	Smart Home Appliance Automation System with Gesture Recoginition	Dr. Sohaira Ahmad	-	2,860,800
28	New Semi-Analytical Techniques for Dynamical Systems	Dr. Qazi Mahmood Ul Hassan	Dr. Tasawar Abbas	2,679,144
29	Soliton Solutions of Nonlinear Real World problems Using Analytical Techniques	Dr. Muhammad Shakeel	-	2,391,142
30	Flipping the Classroom: Measuring the Impact of A Flipped Classroom on Student Achievement and Cognitive Load Levels in the Context of Online Teaching and Learning	Dr Samina Rashid	Dr Noman Aftab	994,680
31	Controlling Academic Procrastination of University Students by Using Psychological Capital Intervention Model	Dr Noman Aftab	Mr. Maaz Ahmed	851,100

National Center of GIS and Space Applications (NCGSA) by Institute of Space Technology
No	Title	P.I	CO-P.I	Amount
32	Assessment of water resources availability for long term abstraction from Industrial area of selected Potohar Region under water scarce condition using GIS and Remote Sensing	Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad	-	13,700,000
33	Study of Gamma Ray Heating and Effective Beta Decay Rates for Supernovae Simulations	Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi	Dr. Muhammad Riaz	11,580,000
34	Design and Development of a System for Monitoring, Controlling, Protection and Quality Improvement of RTU/IoT Based Automated Substation Using PLC & SCADA	Mr. Kashif Iqbal	-	8,939,000
35	Real Time Smart Metering for Power Factor Improvement Using PLC	Ms. Ayla Safdar	Ms. Anas Ibrar	7,106,000

National Injury Research Competition by The Agha Khan University
No	Title	P.I	CO-P.I	Amount
37	Antibacterial effect of Metal doped Hydroxyapatite on S. aureus strains associated with Osteomyelitis in bone injury cases	Prof. Dr. Uzma Ghazanfar	Dr. Muhammad Idrees	2,000,000
38	Bacterial infections in fall related traumatic injuries in patients suffering of type 2 diabetes	Dr. Muhammad Idrees	Dr. Syed Waqas Hassan	2,000,000
39	Alleviating post-injury psychological distress: Development and validation of an indigenous training program To help medical professionals reduce psychological distress of Patients with injury	Dr. Samina Rashid	Mr. Maaz Ahmed	2,000,000
40	Internet Based Intervention- ERITA for NSSI (Non-Suicidal Self-Injury)	Dr. Noman Aftab	Ms. Sheeza Mahak	1,953,000
41	Design, Development and Control of a Smart, Reconfigurable Wheel Chair	Dr. Adnan Tariq	Dr. Waseem Shehzad	1,951,600
42	Real Time Application for Screening and Localization of COVID-19 using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks	Dr. Javeria Amin	Prof. Dr. M. Almas Anjum	1,874,500
43	Drone based early agricultural disaster detection and emergency alert model using ai techniques (d3)	Prof. Dr. M. Almas Anjum	Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa	1,529,000
44	Skin Alignment Detection and Prevention using Smart Mirror	Dr. Qaiser Ayub	-	1,055,000
45	Resource aware routing protocols for city based Environments via IOT	Dr. Qaiser Ayub	-	1,035,000
46	Intentional and unintentional injuries in Pakistani women of Different altitude aged 1-35 years	Dr. Khuda Sarwar	-	605,000

RASTA Competitive Grants Program for Policy-oriented Research by Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
No	Title	P.I	CO-P.I	Amount
48	Tariff, Protection Policy and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): A tax heaven analysis	Dr. Asma Arif	Ms. Baserat Sultana	3,897,520
49	Politics of External Debt Management and Economic Growth in Pakistan	Dr. Asma Arif	Mr. Abdul Mansoor	3,353,680
50	Fruits and Vegetables Diseases Recognition and Classification using Convolutional Neural Networks	Dr. Javeria Amin	Prof. Dr. M. Almas Anjum	3,127,080

Product development through indigenous research and innovation by Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF)
No	Title	P.I	CO-P.I	Amount
51	Polymeric membranes for dialysis operation with enhanced performance	Dr. Hizba Waheed	Dr. Faisal Nawaz	15,000,000

Competitive Research Programme by Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF)
No	Title	P.I	CO-P.I	Amount
52	Biodegradable and Functionalized Biocompatible Polymers as Precursors for Fabrication of Composite Hydrogels as Tissue Engineering Scaffolds and Injectable Biomaterials	Dr. Musammir Khan	Dr. Fawad Khan	10,000,000
53	To study the current practices of disposal of face mask being used for prevention of COVID-19 virus.	Dr. Muhammad Idrees	Ms. Zeenat Haq	2,967,000
54	Effect of Personal Protective equipment (PPE) Waste on Environment and its Management in Pakistan	Dr. Imran Rais	Mr. Abdul Mansoor	2,000,000
55	Production of diesel using waste glucose bottles at hospitals	Dr. Khurrum Shehzad Baig	Mr. Umar Mushtaq	1,950,000
56	Smart Mirror for Skin Aliment Detection and Prevention	Dr. Qaiser Ayub	Mr. Mohaibullah	1,550,000
57	Polysulphone based nanocomposite membranes for the simultaneous removal of heavy metal ions and textile dyes by water.	Dr. Humaira Razzaq	-	1,000,000
58	Photo catalytic degradation of solid / liquid waste	Dr. Fawad Khan	Dr. Musammir Khan	1,000,000
59	Development of Virtual Manufacturing Enterprise	-	Dr. Adnan Tariq Dr. Waseem Shehzad	2,495,340

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