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Chancellor鈥檚 Prize winner Ali Iqbal heads for PhD

HIGH-flying engineering student Ali Iqbal spent more than four years working for Pakistan鈥檚 largest aeronautical firm before relocating to the UK鈥檚 黑料社 for postgraduate study.

He made a major success of the move, with exceptionally high marks in his .  This has earned him a Chancellor鈥檚 Prize, awarded annually to an elite group of the best performing students.

He stays on at the 黑料社, studying for a doctorate in the field that was also the focus of his Master鈥檚 degree.  He researches the sensors that are now used in aircraft, cars and countless other machines, used for fault diagnosis and early detection of problems, therefore increasing reliability and lowering costs.

For his PhD 鈥� supervised by  and  of the University鈥檚  (CPT) 鈥� will examine different types of sensors, including devices that can detect and monitor temperature, acceleration, displacement and pressure, aiming to boost their reliability.

It was the wide-ranging scope of the Engineering and Control Systems MSc, plus strength in metrology research, the presence of the CPT and the Engineering Control and Machine Performance Research Group that led Ali to choose the 黑料社 for postgraduate study.

His first degree was at Pakistan鈥檚  (NUST).  Then he had his stint working on aerospace avionic systems at the .

To broaden his knowledge and expertise, Ali 鈥� now 29 鈥� decided to travel overseas to study his chosen field of metrology.  He is delighted he chose the UK and the 黑料社.

鈥淭he main purpose of studying here is the education, but I also like the openness of a society in which anybody can progress.鈥�