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4th DESIGN, BUILD AND FLY COMPETITION (DBFC) 2008-09

STEM Careers Programme Organized 4th Design Build and Fly Competition (DBFC-IV) in collaboration with Faculty of Macenatical Engineering (FME) of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIK-I) on 4-5th April-2009 at GIK-I. DBFC is part of the National Engineering Competitions of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Careers Programme, which is joint venture of Higher Education Commission and Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad to groom the youth of the nation in the STEM Careers. This provides an excellent opportunity to the students and faculty from multiples disciplines to involve in the creative activities involved in Design, Build and Fly in collaboration with professionals involved in flying.

The aim of such competition is to encourage the youth and to hunt the talent to ultimately take them to international level competitions in the years to come. 45 Teams registered however 19 teams competed in the final event.

 

The competition was divided into two categories: Electric Powered Radio Controlled Aircraft and Engine Powered Radio Controlled Aircraft. Following are the positions of the teams:

Cash Prizes in each category:

First Prize: Rs 40000

Second Prize: Rs 30000

Third Prize: Rs 25000

Special Prize: Rs 5000

Engine Category

  1. Falcons 05, UET Lahore
  2. Paragon, NED University Karachi
  3. Phantom II UET, Taxila

Electric Category

  1. Paragon, NED University Karachi
  2. AQ 8886, UET, Peshawar
  3. Thunder Bolt, HI Tech University Taxila

Special Prizes

  1. Masroor & Co, UET Peshawar
  2. Frontier Wings, UET Peshawar

Air Commodore Taher Mahmood was the chief guest in the concluding ceremony and the officials of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra were invited to judge the capabilities of young engineers and their efforts to Design, Build and Fly Remote Controlled Aircrafts. They lauded the level of professionalism and said that all the designs were really attractive and admirable. Dr Fazle Khalid, Pro Rector GIK-I, Dr Muhammad Abid, Coordinator DBFC, Al Hasanat Rasul, Programme Director STEM, and the judges; Lt Col Shahzad Ahmed, AMF (Team Leader), Sqn Ldr Sallman Hussain, AMF, Sqn Ldr Muhammad Sohail, AMF, Flt Lt Aqib Yaqub Awan, AMF, Flt Off Shahid Hussain, F-6 RF were also present in the concluding ceremony.

On the whole the competition was a success due to the increase of teams in the event and the improvement and sophistication in the designs of the competing teams.

 

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