National Instruments Corporation,
or NI, is an American multinational company with the international
operation. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a producer of automated
test equipment and virtual instrumentation software. Common
applications include data acquisition, instrument control, and machine
vision. NI’s Field Technical Consultant in Pakistan (Mr. Muhammad Bilal Ashraf)
conducted a seminar, in CIIT Wah on April 20, 2017 and discussed role of National
Instruments Role in Academic; Academic Teaching Philosophy – Traditional
Approach vs New Approach; Platform based approach for Hands-on learning; NI
Solutions for teaching Instrumentation, Measurement and Controls; Industry
Standard Data Acquisition Tools and gave demonstration on Hardware. Seminar was
attended by faculty and students from EE, CS and Maths departments.Later in a
meeting with HoD EE and Chairman ME it was decided to train faculty and
students for certifications through short courses and workshops by NI. This
will enable students for industrial job placements as they will be trained with
industrial standards and codes to provide solutions to industry. It was agreed
that NI will provide all possible help to train faculty/staff for the equipment
available at CIIT Wah. Faculty will be involved in NI events held on national
and international levels. Special thanks Director Campus, members from ME and
EE and support team which enabled to organize such an informative seminar
enabling to make further industry-academia linkages.
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