IBCAST is the leading scientific conference of Science and Technology in Pakistan held in Islamabad on Jan 12-16, 2016. NTU faculty members Dr Yasir Nawab, Mr. Ayub Asghar, Mr. Waqas Ashraf and PhD students Mr. Khubab Shaker, Mr. M. Umair participated in the advance materials symposium. Dr. Yasir Nawab gave a key note talk on the generation of residual stress in composites for aerospace applications whereas Mr. Waqas Ashraf and Khubab Shaker presented Master’s research work.