Alumnus recognised by President of Pakistan for outstanding services in mechanical design

Awards
Kazim is wearing a navy suit and sitting down wearing the medal on one half of the image and on the right there is a close up of the medal.

Dr Kazim Altaf has been honoured with the prestigious Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Civil Award by the President of Pakistan in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the Pakastani government.

He currently works as a Design Engineer in the mechanical engineering department at the Institute of Space Technology. For the last twenty-five years Kazim has worked in the field of ships, boats and offshore structure design.  

On receiving the award, Kazim said:  

I am deeply grateful for the education and research experiences that I gained at Loughborough University from 2006 to 2011 at Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering. Indeed, it has played a significant role in shaping the person I am today. My research work during my PhD in the field of solid mechanics facilitated me to work later in mechanical structures design especially for marine sector”. 

The Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Civil Award is also known as the Medal of Excellence and is awarded on 23 March on Pakistan Day. These awards are held at the President House in Islamabad.  

Kazim graduated from Loughborough with a master's degree in 2007 in Engineering Design. He then completed a PhD in 2011 in the field of Mechanical Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering. 

Congratulations Kazim.