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About NUTL

NUTECH Undergraduate Technology labs (NUTL) is a unique concept derived from world’s leading technology universities like MIT.  Under this arrangement, all the labs in a university join hands to make a collective resource to further research and development along with fulfilling academic requirements.

The objective of NUTECH Technology Labs (NUTL) is to serve as a dynamic platform for fostering industry-focused academic, research, and intellectual collaboration. Designed to promote “Learning-by-Doing” and “Project-Based Experimentation,” these labs provide state-of-the-art facilities for engineering and technology education, support applied research, and facilitate collaboration between academia, industry, and scientific organizations. By acting as conceptual hubs for innovation, NUTL aims to enhance practical knowledge, develop interdisciplinary research opportunities, offer lab-based certifications, and promote the development of patents and industrial solutions, while maintaining sustainable partnerships with national and international institutions.

NUTL Mission

NUTECH Technology Labs aim to promote "Learning-by-Doing" and "Project-Based Experimentation" by providing state-of-the-art facilities for students, researchers, and industry professionals. The labs emphasize proof-of-concept education, experimental research, and interdisciplinary collaboration while driving innovation through strong industry linkages and indigenous technology development. By creating universal accessibility, fostering creativity, and integrating knowledge with practice, NUTL aspires to become a hub of excellence for applied research, industrial problem-solving, and technological advancement.

Electrical Engineering Labs

Electrical Engg Department comprises three major and three small labs. Major equipment in these labs include Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP), Spectrum Analyzer, High Frequency Signal Generators, Power Engineering Trainers etc.

1. Circuits and Electronics Lab

The objective of this lab is to supplement, in a practical way, the material learned by the students in Electronics related courses.

Equipment

  • Digital Oscilloscope
  • Function Generator
  • Digital Millimeter benchtop
  • DC Power Supply
  • Multimeter handheld
  • Digital-Analog Trainer Board

Key Capabilities

  • Familiarization with the working of Basic Laboratory Equipment
  • Verification of KVL, KCL, Voltage & Current Divider Rule
  • Investigation of Mesh and Nodal Analysis of Circuits
  • Verification of Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuit
  • Demonstration of Digital Oscilloscope and Function Generator Operation
  • Investigation of RC and RL Circuit behavior and visualization of resultant waveforms
  • Demonstration of Operational Amplifier functions
  • Familiarization with the Characteristics, Application and Properties of Diode
  • Introduction, Analysis, Hardware Implementation and Application of BJTs

2. Power System and Machines Lab

The Electrical Machines laboratory is a well-equipped laboratory for undergraduate level teaching courses especially for carrying out practical work for Electrical Machines using latest machine trainers.  This lab gives students hands on experience on AC as well as DC motors & generators.

Equipment

  • Electric machines trainer system
  • Power electronics invertor and convertor system
  • Digital Multimeter Handheld
  • Motor, Electric Traction Training Equipment
  • Electrical Power Engineering Trainer

Key Capabilities

  • Analysis of Speed Control of a D.C Shunt Motor
  • Acquisition of Brake Test on a DC Shunt Motor and DC Compound Motor
  • Identification of Open Circuit Characteristics of a DC Shunt Generator
  • Carrying out the Load test on a D.C. Shunt Generator, D.C. Series Generator and D.C. Compound Generator
  • Determination of Hopkinson Test and Fields Test
  • Observation of Retardation Test on D.C. Shunt Motor
  • Determination of Swinburne’s Test
  • Demonstration of Separation Of Losses in DC shunt motor

3. Control and Instrumentation Lab

The objective of this lab is to provide student an opportunity to get hand-on experience on various tools and instrumentations used in electrical engineering and industry.

Equipment

  • Instrumentation Trainers
  • Controls Trainers
  • Robotic Kit
  • Oscilloscope
  • DC Power Supplies
  • Function Generators
  • Ball and Beam System
  • PLC Trainers

Key Capabilities

  • Measurement of error due to loading and insertion effects in DC circuits
  • Measurement of phase shift, frequency ratio using oscilloscope and signal generator
  • Modeling of DC Motor
  • Introduction to Lab View and robotic kit
  • Analyzing the time domain specification of obstacle avoiding robot
  • Analyzing the behavior of 2nd order System
  • Study of PID Controller for DC MOTOR
  • Designing of the Inner loop Controller for Ball & Beam System

4. Embedded Systems Lab

The objective of this lab is to supplement, in a practical way, the material learned by the students in embedded system course.

Equipment

  • FPGA Boards
  • Oscilloscopes
  • DC Power Supplies
  • Function Generators
  • Breadboards
  • Microcontrollers

Key Capabilities

  • Programming using Arithmetic and logical instructions of 8051
  • Interfacing of Stepper motor
  • Developing circuits on Spartan FPGA
  • Programming FPGA boards
  • Testing and debugging projects related to FPGA

5. Microwave and Communication Lab

The objective of this lab is to provide the foundation knowledge of communication system design and analysis.  

Equipment

  • Digital/Analog Communication Lab Platform
  • SDRs
  • DSP kits
  • Spectrum Analyzer
  • Antenna Trainers
  • Microwave Kit
  • Signal Generators

Key Capabilities

  • Analysis of Continuous Time Scaling and Shifting Transformation Techniques
  • Determination of linearity and time invariance of a system
  • Generation of convolution and correlation algorithm between two signals
  • Identification of a periodic signals corrupted by noise as application of correlation
  • Understanding the concepts of Fourier Transform and carryout Fourier Synthesis of a square wave
  • Examination of the parameters of amplitude modulated signal and demodulation of AM using Envelope Detector
  • Observation of the operation of product detector and balanced amplitude modulator with suppressed carrier.
  • Examination of the main parameters of the single sideband modulation and to check the use of filters to generate the SSB
  • Examination of the operation of RF and AM-RF (Radio Frequency) transmitter/receiver

6. Design Project Lab

The objective of design project lab is to provide environment to students for developing their projects. Final Year Students mostly work in this lab for software modeling and designing of small systems. 

Equipment

  • Oscilloscopes
  • DC Power Supplies
  • Function Generators
  • Breadboards
  • Microcontrollers

Lab Staff details

Name

Designation

Lec Basit Taj

OIC Labs

Mr. Haji Ahmed

Senior Lab engineer

Mr. Awais Abbas

Junior Lab Engineer

Mr. Ali Zaidi

Junior Lab Engineer

Mr. Rizwan Ullah

Junior Lab Engineer

Mr. Waqas Afzal

Senior Lab Supervisor

Mr. Athar Jamil

Senior Lab Supervisor

Mr. Zeeshan Shafique

Junior Lab Supervisor

Mr. Husnain Shabbir

Junior Lab Supervisor

Mr. Shakeel Anwar

Lab Technician

Mr. Sheikh Rashid

Lab Attendant

Computer Engineering Labs

Computer Engg Department comprises five labs. The major equipment include 3-D and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Printers, Robotic Arm, Embedded system Trainers etc.  

1. Communication, Networks and Internet of Things (IOT) Lab

The objective of this lab is to provide the foundation knowledge of communication system design and analysis.

Equipment

  • IoT Kit
  • Digital Oscilloscope
  • Function Generator
  • Firewall
  • Cisco Switch
  • Fibre Optic Media Converters
  • SDRs
  • Splicing Machine

Key Capabilities

  • Selection of signal processing blocks for digital modulations and wireless signals transmission
  • Hardware for Digital Signal Processors
  • To familiarize with Physical Layer (PHY) of data communication networks
  • Practical implementation of Internet of things
  • Hardware and software based implementation of Computer Networks
  • Familiarization with splicing
  • Ubiquity Nano station infrastructure configuration

2. Digital and Embedded Systems Lab

The objective of this lab is to provide a range of experiments, from simple logic gates all the way to projects using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)

Equipment

  • FPGAs
  • Data Acquisition Kit
  • Oscilloscope
  • Function Generator
  • 8051 and PIC development boards
  • Analog and Digital Trainer
  • MSP 430 development kit

Key Capabilities

  • To make students familiar with the basic concepts and terminology of the target area, the embedded systems design flow
  • To give students an understanding of the embedded system architecture
  • Design and program an embedded system at the basic level
  • Develop hardware-software complex with the use of the National Instruments products.

3. Electronics and Digital Logic Design lab

The objective of this lab is to supplement, in a practical way, the material learned by the students in Electronics related courses.

Equipment

  • Analog and Digital Trainers
  • Function generator
  • Analog Discovery
  • MyDAQ and Protoboards
  • Kits for experimentation
  • PCB Fabrication Printer
  • PCB Fabrication Printer
  • Hand Held Oscilloscope

Key Capabilities

  • Study of Diode and its General Characteristics
  • To study the behavior of transistor
  • To identify the basic Boolean functions of logic gates
  • To identify various ICs used in proteus software and to perform basic functionality of logic gates

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4. Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Controls Lab

The objective of this lab is to provide student an opportunity to get hand-on experience on various tools and instrumentations used in AI, Robotics and Control systems

Equipment

  • Oscilloscope
  • DC Power Supplies
  • Function Generators
  • Magnetic Levitation kit
  • Virtual Reality headset
  • PLC Trainers
  • DC motor control kit
  • Zumi AI car
  • 3D Printer
  • Robotic Arm
  • Single axis kit

Key Capabilities

  • Measurement of error due to loading and insertion effects in DC circuits
  • To give a practical knowledge of computer graphics (geometry modeling, solid modeling, and procedural modeling), physically-based simulation (kinematics, finite element method), 3D scanning/geometry processing, and an overview of 3D fabrication methods.
  • Exposes students to the latest research in computational fabrication
  • Measurement of phase shift, frequency ratio using oscilloscope and signal generator
  • Modeling of DC Motor
  • Introduction to Lab View and robotic kit
  • Analyzing the behavior of 2nd order System
  • Study of PID Controller for DC MOTOR
  • Student will learn about principles and algorithms for turning training data into effective automated predictions.

5. Design Lab

The objective of design project lab is to provide environment to students for developing their projects. Final year students mostly work in this lab for software modeling and designing small projects.

Equipment

  • Pitop-3 and Pitop-4
  • MSP 430 development board
  • Commercial Arduino
  • Raspberry Pi 4 
  • Oscilloscopes
  • DC Power Supplies
  • Function Generators
  • Breadboards
  • Microcontrollers

Lab Staff details

Name

Designation

Dr Awais Yasin

O i/c Labs

Mr. Adeel Ijaz

Lab Engineer

Mr. Rafiullah Khan

Lab Engineer

Ms. Aqsa Rahim

Lab Engineer

Ms. Rida batool

Lab Engineer

Mr. Ehsan ul Haq Abassi

Lab Supervisor

Mr. Amir Mukhtar

Lab Attendant

Civil Engineering Labs

Civil Engineering Department comprises seven labs.  The major equipment include Universal Testing Machine 2000 KN, Compression Testing Machine 5000 KN, Flow Channel, Hydrology and Rainfall Apparatus, Triaxial Testing Machine and Flexural Testing Machine 200 KN etc.

1. Concrete Technology Lab

The objective of this lab is to introduce concepts of concrete production, properties of fresh and hardened concrete, constituents used in concrete like coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, cement, water cement ratio for a concrete, proportioning for different mix design methods, concrete strength evaluation methods by destructive testing like concrete compression cylinder and cube tests.

Equipment

  • Universal Testing Machine
  • Compression Testing Machine
  • Blaine Apparatus
  • Sieve Sets
  • Muffle Furnace
  • Vee Bee Apparatus
  • Compaction Factor Apparatus
  • Flexural Testing Machine
  • Slump Cone Apparatus
  • Vicat Apparatus
  • Le Chatelier Apparatus

Key Capabilities

  • Familiarization with the working of Basic Laboratory Equipment
  • Measurement of compression strength of various concrete specimens.
  • Investigation of soundness of concrete mixture.
  • Familiarization with initial set and final set of concrete.
  • Measurement of flexural strength of plain and reinforced concrete beams.
  • Familiarization with stress strain behavior of steel rebars.
  • Demonstration of workability of concrete samples