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“The future belongs to those, who believe in the beauty of their dreams”   Roosevelt, Eleanor

Professor Dr. Syed Arif Kamal, Professor (BPS-21) and Ex-Chairman, Department of Mathematics, University of Karachi and Convener, National Curriculum Revision Committee in Mathematics, Higher Education Commission, 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 part 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), 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 26 years. He has 95 papers to his credit (80 as solo/first/corresponding author) in biomathematics, astrodynamics, relativity, physical mathematics and algebra.

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, extending special theory of relativity (by introducing periodic functions) to include speed ranges c to infinity and 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 56 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 conducted 19 trainings as well as in-service and professional development courses.

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