The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan

Two-Day Seminar/Workshop on Topics in Semiconductor Materials and Nanodevices

Two-Day Seminar/Workshop on Topics in Semiconductor Materials and Nanodevices on June (2-3) 2008. The seminar/workshop will focus on the most recent advances in the epitaxial growth and investigation of electronic, and optical and nano-structural properties of semiconductors with major emphasis on III-V, II-VI, and group IV materials. The application of novel techniques in Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Nanodevices covering a complete range of elemental and compound semiconductors is aimed to be addressed.

Principal Sponsors:
Higher Education Commission (HEC) Islamabad, Pakistan
National Commission for Nanoscience & Technology, (NCNST), Islamabad
A.Q. Khan Research Laboratories, Kahuta Rawalpindi
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Programme

Day & Time	Content
Day – 1,Monday June 02, 2008	Inaugural Session
08:50 am	Registration
09:15	Guests to be seated
09:20	Arrival of the Chief Guest
09:20–09:35	Recitation from the Holy Quran & Naat –e-Rasool (SAW)
09:35-09:45	Welcome & Introduction: Prof. Dr. M. Asghar Hashmi, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
09:45-10:35	Keynote Address by Prof. (Distinguished) Dr. Raphael Tsu, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
10:35-10:50	Remarks by the Chief Guest
10:50 – 11:10	*Refreshments Break*
10:50	First Session, Chair: Prof. Dr. M. Yasin Akhtar Raja
11:10 – 12.00	First Speaker: Dr. M.-A Hasan, UNC Charlotte, USA
12:00 – 12.50	Second Speaker: Prof. Dr. A. S. Bhatti
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch Break
	Second Session, Chair: Dr. Arshad S. Bhatti
14.3 0-15:20	Third Speaker: Prof. M. Yasin Akhtar Raja, UNC Charlotte, USA
15:20 – 16:10	Fourth Speaker: Dr. Hamid Ahmed Khan, Executive Dir COMSATS, Islamabad
16:10—16:30	Fifth Speaker: Dr. Arshad Mahmood, NILOP, Islamabad
16:30 – 16:50	Sixth Speaker: Mr. Javaid A Bhatti. KRL, Rawalpindi
20.00-22.00	*Welcome Dinner by the Vice Chancellor, Islamia University of Bahawalpur*
Day – 2 Tuseday June 03, 2008
	First Session Chair: Dr. M- .A Hasan
9:30 – 10:15	First Speaker: Prof. Dr. Raphael Tsu, UNC Charlotte, NC, USA
10:15-10:50	Second Speaker: Prof. Dr. M. Aslam Baig (TI, SI)
10:50 – 11:10	Third Speaker: Dr. N.M. Butt (S.I), Chairman PSF and NCNST
11:10-11.30	Tea/Coffee Break
	Second Session, Chair: Prof. Dr. Raphael Tsu
11.30-12.15	Fourth Speaker: Prof. Dr. Yasin Akhtar Raja, UNC Charlotte, NC, USA
12:15-13:00	Fifth Speaker: Dr. M- .A Hasan, UNC-Charlotte
13.00- 14.30	Lunch Break
	Third Session, Chair: Dr. N.M. Butt
14:30-15:15	Sixth Speaker: Dr. Qamar Wahab, Linkoping University Sweden,
15:15 - 16.00	Seventh Speaker: Prof. Dr. M. Asghar Hashmi
16:00-16:30	Tea /CoffeeBreak
17:00	*Panel Discussion* (Moderator Dr. S.M.H. Zaidi, NUST, Islamabad)
17:45	Concluding Ceremony
20.00-22.00	Conference Dinner

LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: 20-May-2008

Apply By Email to asghar_hashmi@yahoo.com, ijazctn25@yahoo.com