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Professor Dr. Syed Arif Kamal, Professor (BPS-21), Department
of Mathematics, University of Karachi, obtained his BSc (Honors), MSc and
PhD from University of Karachi, MS from Indiana University, Bloomington,
USA and MA from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA as
Quaid-é-Azam Scholar.
His
awards and honors include throughout First-Class-First Position and 4 gold
medals for scholastic achievements. He is a member of American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), International Brain Research
Organization (IBRO), the Karachi University Senate, Academic Council and
Boards of Faculty. As member of Expert Panel on Curriculum of Mathematics,
Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan, he reviewed mathematics
syllabi and textbooks for Classes I-XII. He acts as Subject Expert
(Mathematics) on the Selection/Interview Boards of University of
Balochistan, Pakistan Space and
Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and Federal Public Service
Commission. He is, also, a referee of Clinical Biomechanics
(Elsavier) [Impact Factor = 2.000 (2008)], Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and
Journal of Scientific and Industrial
Research.
His
research, teaching and administrative experiences in institutions of
higher learning and R&D organizations span over 27 years.
He
had an opportunity to lead teams in 5 different capacities, Chairman,
Department of Mathematics (2003-6), Project Director, the NGDS Pilot
Project (1998-present), Chairman, Board of Studies for Mathematics
(2003-6), Convener, Program in Industrial and Business Mathematics,
University of Karachi (2003-6) as well as Convener,National Curriculum
Revision Committee for Mathematics, Higher Education Commission,
Government of Pakistan (2004-present), which prepared BS, MS and PhD
curricula. In addition, he is contributing in grooming future leaders as
Program Coördinator of the Early Talent Research Parti-cipation Program,
University of Karachi (2002-present). He
has 103 papers to his credit (91 as solo/first/ corresponding author) in
biomathematics, astrodynamics, relativity, physical mathematics and
algebra, some of them published in Biological Cybernetics [Impact Factor = 1.935 (2008)], Journal of Biological Physics [Impact Factor = 0.506 (2008)] as well as Matrix and Tensor Quarterly.
His
contributions to mathematics include defining determinant of a general tensor,
introducing cardiac coördinates to study heart function, developing
astrodynamical coördinates to study bounded keplarian motion, formulating
Strong Noether’s Theorem to study particle symmetries, avoiding
infinities from the Lorentz and the Poincaré transformations as well as
devising new control laws (complete mathematical formulation with proof),
the extended-cross-product steering, the dot-product steering and the
ellipse-orientation steering for spacecrafts and satellites, making
mathematical models of brain, heart, spinal column and growth of children.
In addition, he has written a critical review of Richard H. Battin’s book,
“An Introduction to the Mathematics and the Methods of
Astrodynamics”.
He
has given 61 colloquia, guest lectures, presentations and seminars at
various institutions of higher learning, including Air War College, the
Aga Khan University, Higher Education Commission, the Abdul-Salam
International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA. In addition, he has con-ducted 21 trainings
and workshops as well as in-service and professional development courses
and organized 14 exhibitions, grand seminars, seminar series and
conferences.
He
was invited speaker in 3 international confere-nces, session chair in 3
conferences, panelist (panel discussion) in the 12th IEEE
International Multitopic Confere-nce (2008) as well as chief guest and
keynote speaker in the Sindh Educational Conference
(2009).
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