Career Services Office presents a session with
‘Indigenous Design and Development of Next Generation Fighter Aircraft (NGFA) – Project AZM’
Speaker: Dr. Messam Abbas Naqvi (Chief Project Director of Project AZM)
Date: Friday, April 20, 2018
Time: 11:00 am – 12.00 pm
Venue: SS Auditorium, Academic Block, LUMS
The Session would be focusing on:
• Introduction to Pakistan Air Force’s Project AZM for design and development of next generation fighter aircraft for Pakistan
• Job & Internship opportunities at Project Azm
• Pakistan Air Force’s Project AZM is targeting students in the disciplines of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Management (Accounting & Finance, HR, Management Science, Supply Chain)
About the Speaker
Dr. Messam Abbas Naqvi is working as Chief Project Director of Project Azm at newly established Aviation City, Kamra, Pakistan. He received his Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from College of Aeronautical Engineering, PAF Academy, Risalpur in 1993. He is a sword of honour from Pakistan Air Force. He completed Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA in 2002 and Masters in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the same institute in 2003. He went ahead and got his Doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering (Aircraft Design) from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA in 2006. He is the only Pakistani to be the proud recipient of Robert G Shakelford Fellows Program and worked on the “Entomopter” the flapping wing bird for NASA rover’s last mission to Mars. His bibliography was included in the Worlds Who’s is Who in 2016 based on his research contributions. Currently, he is team lead for conceptual design of Next Generation Fighter Aircraft (NGFA) at AVRID, Kamra. He holds industrial experience of more than two decades and has thousands of students across Pakistan. His current research interests are Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization, Applied Aerodynamics and Aircraft Design.
