GCU gets nuclear accelerator
Sunday, January 13, 2008
LAHORE: Government College University (GCU) Lahore’s Centre for Advanced Studies in Physics (CASP) installed a nuclear accelerator funded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
According to a press release issued by the GCU on Saturday, GCU Lahore vice chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Khalid Aftab said the pelletron accelerator would be used to detect, diagnose and treat patients suffering from cancer. He said it was a great addition to the GCU CASP laboratories, as it would transform CASP into a hub of research work in Physics.
Director CASP Prof Dr Ghouri said on the occasion that the GCU had invested Rs 20 million from its own funds to construct a multi-purpose, multi-storied building in CASP in order to install the most sophisticated nuclear accelerator. He said the pelletron accelerator had been purchased from the National Electrostatic Corporation of USA with an amount of Rs 69.68 million funded by HEC for the rejuvenation of the GCU`s High Tension Laboratory.
Prof Ghouri said CASP was already bedecked with technologically advanced instruments such as the ND Yag Laser Transmission electroscope and scanning electron microscope. He said they had already been extending facilities to the students of the University of the Punjab, Agriculture University Faisalabad, Bahauddin Zakaria University Multan and Islamia University Bahawalpur.
Finally, Prof Ghouri said, with the installation of the accelerator, students could now conduct research work in environmental sciences, archaeology, medicine, agriculture and medical sciences, as well as facilitate research in nuclear Physics and atomic sciences. staff report