Interviews Engineering, Empathy & Innovation: PakVitae Solving Water Problems for the World Rabia Nusrat, ideaXme’s Public Interviewer and an environmental engineering enthusiast from UET Lahore, interviewed Shayan Sohail Sarwar, a chemical engineer from the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, Pakistan. Shayan Sohail Sarwar is a young innovator, and chief technology officer of Pak Vitae, a company dedicated to solving water problems for low-income communities. Driven by […] Written by ideaXme 2020-09-082020-09-08 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews To the Stars and Back: An Interview with Dr Tayyaba Zafar The spirit of dreaming of stars, in a city like Lahore, where you can rarely see them is in fact few and far between. Despite facing numerous challenges in STEM, with interests in astronomy—a hardly talked about course of interest in Pakistan, especially for women—Dr Tayabba Zafar pursued her dream of becoming an astrophysicist. Not […] Written by Iqra Naveed 2020-03-202020-03-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews Science Through the Poetic Lens Before the scientific method, philosophy answered mankind’s big questions. But somewhere along the way, science conquered philosophy; scientists became rather mechanical, surrendering their hobbies and creativity to tireless invention and discovery. IdeaXme’s founder, Andrea Macdonald, interviews Dr. Sam Illingworth, an atmospheric physicist, and an avid science communicator. Dr. Illingworth is currently a Senior Lecturer in […] Written by ideaXme 2020-02-292020-02-29 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews Technology PART II: How To Make Machines Learn Like We Do Arslan Chaudhry is a Rhodes Scholar studying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning towards his PhD dissertation at Oxford. Originally from Lahore, Arslan completed his undergraduate education from UET Lahore in Electrical Engineering and worked with Mentor Graphics, a popular company specializing in embedded electronics, for two years before arriving at Oxford. As part of our […] Written by Usman Anwar 2020-02-192020-02-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews Physical Sciences “Culture greatly influences attitude towards science”: Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy on science in Pakistan Dr Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a nuclear physicist, mathematician, and activist. He did his BSc in mathematics and electrical engineering from MIT and went on to have an MSc in Solid State Physics and a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the same institution. He has had an extensive academic career: working as a guest scientist […] Written by Mahnoor Fatima 2020-02-052020-02-08 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Interviews Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy: “Physics is the basis of everything” Dr Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a nuclear physicist, mathematician, and activist. He did his BSc in mathematics and electrical engineering from MIT and went on to have an MSc in Solid State Physics and a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the same institution. He has had an extensive academic career: working as a guest scientist […] Written by Mahnoor Fatima 2020-01-162020-01-18 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews Life Science Technology Human Head Transplant IdeaXme’s Aging and Longevity Ambassador, Ira Pastor, sat down with Dr. Sergio Canavero, a neurosurgeon and the founder of the HEAVEN (Head Anastomosis Venture) project. Dr. Sergio Canavero has worked as a neurosurgeon at the University Hospital, Turin for 22 years and is currently an honorary professor of Harbin Medical University in China. In this […] Written by ideaXme 2019-12-052019-12-05 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Interviews Reshaping Education from the Roots Upwards There is a growing concern about the continuously declining state of education in Pakistan. While numerous issues are at play in aggravating the situation, an in-depth analysis reveals that the heart of the problem lies at the soulless education offered by commercial ‘education franchises’, which rarely promote anything but rote-learning and a blindfolded chase of […] Written by Mahnoor Fatima 2019-08-272020-10-05 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
