Contribution of Muslims in Science & technology in modern age.

1. Contribution Of
Muslims
In
Science & Technology
Presented By: Shakiluz Jaman Ahmed
B.Tech 6th Semester
Department of Civil Engineering
Al-Falah University
Faridabad, Haryana

2. The Missile Man of INDIA
Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
(Born 15 October 1931, Indian Aerospace Scientist)
• Known for his work on the development of ballistic missile
& launch vehicle technology.
• Between the 1970s and 1990s, he developed the Polar SLV
projects.
• Chief Project Coordinator during Pokhran-II nuclear bomb test
explosions in May 1999.
• In 1998, along with cardiologist Dr. Soma Raju, he developed
a low cost coronary stent. It was named as "Kalam-Raju
Stent" honouring them.
• 2012, the duo, designed a rugged tablet PC for health care in
rural areas, which was named as "Kalam-Raju Tablet".

3. The first Muslim to win Nobel prize in science
D r . M o h a m m a d A b d u s S a l a m
( 21 January 1926 – 21 November 1996, Pakistani theoretical physicist )
• Shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to Theory
of Electroweak Unification.
• Founding director of Space & Upper Atmosphere Research
Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan.
• He made an important and significant contribution in quantum
electrodynamics & quantum field theory, including its extension
into particle and nuclear physics.
• Salam introduced the massive Higgs bosons to the theory of the
Standard Model, where he later predicted the existence of proton
decay.
• He also worked on Vector Meson, hypothetical particle. He also
formulated the magnetic photon.
Large Hadron Collider, CERN

4. The Father of Tubular Designs for high-rises
Mr. Fazlur Rahman Khan
(3 April 1929 - 27 March 1982, Bangladeshi Structural Civil Engineer, Architect)
• His "tube concept," using all the exterior wall perimeter structure of a building to
simulate a thin-walled tube, revolutionised tall building design.
• Most buildings over 40-storeys constructed since the 1960s now use a tube
design derived from Khan's structural engineering principles.
• Mr Khan was also a pioneer in computer-aided design (CAD).
DeWitt-Chestnut apartment
building, Chicago
Framed Tube
Bank Of Chine, Hong Kong
Trussed tube
Wills Tower, Chicago
Bundled tube
780 Third Avenue, NY City
Tube in tube

5. The birdman of India
Dr. Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali
( 12 November 1896 - 20 June 1987, Indian ornithologist and naturalist )
• He is the first Indians to conduct systematic bird
surveys across India.
• Known for his famous Book “Fall Of A Sparrow”.
• He prevent the destruction of what is now the Silent
Valley National Park, Kerala.
• Create the Bharatpur bird sanctuary (Keoladeo
National Park), Rajasthan.
• He studied at close hand, the breeding of the baya
weaver and discovered their mating system of
sequential polygamy.Weaver Bird

6. Reactor Khan
Dr. Mu n ir Ah mad Kh an
( 20 May 1926 - 22 April 1999, Pakistani nuclear engineer )
• First Asian member from any developing country who was
appointed as head of Reactor Division in the IAEA from
1961-1972.
• Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IAEA from
1986–87.
• Father of the Pakistan's atomic bomb project.
• The clandestine Cold war program developed the atomic
weapons that ultimately resulted in first successful atomic
bomb testing on May 1998 as Kirana-II, Chagai-I & II.

7. T h e i n n o v a t o r o f G R I P S
Mr. Mirza Faizan
(Indian aerospace scientist, innovator and technology entrepreneur.)
• He founded Avembsys Technologies to design and
develope innovative system Ground Reality Information
Processing System or GRIPS.
• GRIPS was developed from paper to an aviation safety
system within a record time of 18 months wherein Faizan
led the R&D.
• GRIPS was evaluated by NASA scientists and aerospace
experts across the globe and received international
accolades.
• He was recipient of many prestigious national and
international awards for innovation and

8. Inventor of the gas laser
Dr. Ali Javan
( Born December 26, 1926, Iranian-American physicist )
• He co-invented the gas laser in 1960, with William R.
Bennett.
• In 2007 Javan was ranked Number 12 on the list of the
"Top 100 Living Geniuses".
• Javan carried out the first demonstration of optical
heterodyne beats with lasers in 1961.
• He introduced the concept of an optical antenna of
several wavelengths long.
• Javan developed the first absolutely accurate
measurement of the speed of light.

9. The 1st woman honoured with the Fields Medal
Dr. Mar yam Mirzakhani
(Born May 1977, Iranian mathematician)
• Mirzakhani was awarded the Fields Medal in 2014 for
"her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and
geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces"
• Her research topics include Teichmüller
theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory,
and symplectic geometry.
• has made several contributions to the theory of moduli
spaces of Riemann surfaces.
• Named one of Nature's 10 "people who mattered" of
2014.

10. Father of Femtochemistry
D r . A h m e d H a s s a n Z e w a i l
(Born 26 February 1946, Egyptian scientist )
• Won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
his work on femtochemistry.
• In January 2010, Ahmed Zewail, Elias
Zerhouni, and Bruce Alberts became the
first US science envoys to Islam, visiting
Muslim-majority countries.

11. A founders of the Soviet space industry
Lieutenant-General Kerim Aliyevich Kerimov
( 14 November 1917 – 29 March 2003, Azerbaijani-Soviet/Russian aerospace engineer & rocket
scientist )
• He was one of the lead architects behind the string of
Soviet successes that stunned the world from the late 50s.
• One of the designer & developer of the first satellite,
the Sputnik 1 in 1957.
• The first human spaceflight, Yuri Gagarin's 108-minute trip
around the globe aboard the Vostok 1 in 1961.
• His identity was kept a secret from the public for most of
his career till 1987.
Sputnik 1 in 1957

12. The Kardar–Parisi–Zhang (KPZ) equation
Dr. Mehran Kardar
(A prominent Iranian born physicist)
• Particularly known for the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang
(KPZ) equation in theoretical physics.
• He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in
2001.
• Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA.

13. Dr. Munir Hasan Nayfeh
( Born in December 1945, Palestinian-American particle physicist)
• Renowned for his pioneering work in
nanotechnology.
• In 1977,he answered the question that Richard
Feynma posited in 1959 "what would happen if man
could manipulate individual atoms? and succeed in
rearranging them within their chemical
constituents?’’
• Nayfeh succeeded in manipulating individual atoms
into the shape of a 'P' enclosed within a heart.
• This ground breaking work has enabled the advent
of electron microscopes & nanotechnology.

14. Dr. Gamal Hamdan
(February 2, 1928 - April 17, 1993, Egyptian scholar and geographer)
• Hemdan left behind a rich legacy of writing in
both Arabic and English languages, including
seventeen books in Arabic and eight in English, in
addition to several articles in Arabic, published
in newspapers, magazines and other
publications.
• his most prominent books are The Character of
Egypt, Studies of the Arab World, and The
Contemporary Islamic World Geography, which
form a trilogy on Egypt's natural, economic,
political and cultural character and its position in
the world.

15. The 1st alien to have access to the secret US atomic Facilities
Dr. Sameera Moussa
( March 3, 1917 - August 5, 1952, Egyptian nuclear scientist )
• She wanted to make nuclear treatment as available
and as cheap as Aspirin.
• She came up with a historic equation that would help
break the atoms of cheap metals such as copper,
paving the way for a cheap nuclear bomb.
• She organized the Atomic Energy for Peace
Conference and sponsored a call for setting an
international conference under the banner "Atom for
Peace“.
• She volunteered to help treat cancer patients at
various hospitals.
• She was given permission to visit the secret US atomic

16. Dr. Ali Moustafa Mosharafa Pasha
(11 July 1898 – 16 January 1950, Egyptian theoretical physicist)
• Contributed to the development of
the quantum theory as well as the theory of
relativity and corresponded with Albert
Einstein.
• Mosharafa published 25 original papers in
distinguished scientific journals about quantum
theory, the theory of relativity, and the relation
between radiation and matter.

17. First Muslim in space
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
(Born 27 June 1956, Arabian payload specialist, Fighter pilot )
• He was payload specialist on STS-51-G Discovery.
• Time in space 7 Days 01 hour 38 mins.
• he represented the Arab Satellite
Communications Organization (ARABSAT) in
deploying their satellite, ARABSAT-1B.
• Holds the record for being the youngest person
to fly on the Space Shuttle, at the age of 28.

18. First Muslim woman in space
Anousheh Ansari
(12 September 1966, Iranian engineer)
• Ansari lifted off on the Soyuz TMA-9 mission with
other crew members at 04:59 (UTC) on Monday
September 18, 2006, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
• The 4th (and first female) space tourist.
• Landed safely aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on September
29, 2006, at 01:13 UTC on the steppes of
Kazakhstan.
• the first person to publish a weblog from space.
• Ansari performed a series of experiments on behalf
of the European Space Agency in ISS.

19. Dr. Syed Zahoor Qasim
(31 December 1926, Indian marine biologist)
• Lead India's exploration to
Antarctica.
• Guided the other seven
expeditions from 1981 to 1988.

20. If you are worthy enough;
Your religion is never going to be an
excuse.

21. ARE YOU WORHTY
?
Ask yourself

22. THANK YOU.
Have a nice day.
Shakiluz Jaman Ahmed
CV-12-147
M:09818096073

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