Students make Pakistan’s 1st hovercraft: Daily Times

* Machine capable of lifting 350kg weight
* Students to visit US to participate in international science fair

ISLAMABAD: Three intermediate students from the Sir Syed Science College, Rawalpindi, have developed Pakistan’s first hovercraft. A project sponsored by Intel under the ‘Intel ISEF Awards’ made Muhammad Naeem Khan, Zaki Hussain and Muhammad Qasim excel in the field of technology, as they developed a machine having the capability to lift up to 350 kilogrammes.

The students said they were now preparing to visit the United States to participate in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). They will exhibit their project at the fair later this month. The ISEF is a global science competition for students in grades between 9 and 12. This year’s programme will include a record number of 1,557 high school students from 51 countries, presenting 1,241 projects. The finalists are selected from more than 550 affiliated fairs around the world every year. Each affiliated fair can send its top two individual projects and one team project to the ISEF. Hammad Hassan speaks volumes of the young minds. An expert over the subject, Hammad defines their work as ‘a great job’. “These students have done a brilliant job. It was not an easy task, as there were a number of essential designs and construction principles they had to keep in mind,” he said.

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