Industrial Creative Activity Term (ICAT) 2024

NUTECH’s mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, engineering, technologies, and other areas of scholarship to grow the knowledge economy and develop leaders, professionals, and skilled workforce embodied with the spirit of discovery, innovation, entrepreneurship, social responsibilities, and ethical practices to best serve the society and industry. To continue this mission, a four-week Industrial and Creative Activity Term (ICAT) is offered before every Spring Semester and is part of the undergraduate curriculum. Students develop small-scale projects focused on understanding and implementing a particular topic and improving hands-on skills. ICAT is meant to unleash the creative abilities of students through innovative teaching and learning approaches and by encouraging everyone to set their educational agendas according to their aptitude and interests (both curricular and extra-curricular). All members of the NUTECH community including faculty were free to introduce innovative educational experiments as ICAT activities to share a particular talent, expertise, or interest with others at the university.

NUTECH’s commitment to fostering innovation and hands-on learning is truly inspiring, especially through initiatives like the Industrial and Creative Activity Term (ICAT). The recent ICAT event showcased an impressive array of projects, highlighting the creativity and technical skills of students in both IT and engineering domains. A total of 107 which includes 57 projects from the IT domain and 50 projects from the Engineering domain were displayed. Rector NUTECH Lt Gen Moazzam Ejaz, HI(M), Retd and Pro-Rector Major Gen Khurrum, HI(M), Retd visited the student’s different projects and interacted with the students. During the visit, the Rector appreciated the effort of students in attaining such a wonderful achievements within four weeks of ICAT. He praised the student’s projects and encouraged them to polish and pursue them as their final degree projects.

Some vital projects displayed were: VirtuAero Spectra: Hand-Gesture Guided Drone with VR Immersion, Autonomous Robotics for Environment conservation, Rasp Cam: Live streaming with obstacle avoidance using Raspberry pi, Dual-Control Gesture, Bluetooth, Voice, and Vision Controlled ROBORT with Autopilot and Real-Time Simulation, Self-Stabilizing Platform, Development of Rocker Bogie Military Robot and Mobile control 4 x 4 hydraulic operated vehicle. The highlight of ICAT-2024 were self-activating flood barrier project which in the future will control the water level of the dams and hence control the flood in Pakistan. Another project named “Gas Leakage System” will also benefit the society in future

ICAT provides opportunities for faculty and students to get engaged in industry-focused design/development projects and innovative/creative activities. This knowledge base industrial creativity activity term contributing positively to students’ careers as future technology leaders and entrepreneurs. The NUTECH provided all possible material, technical, intellectual, and financial support to their students to enable them to work freely, confidently, and independently on the project activities of their choice.

Overall, ICAT not only enhances students’ skills but also prepares them to become future leaders and innovators in their fields, reflecting NUTECH’s mission to advance knowledge and serve society.