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About Us The purposes for which the Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers (AMSE) is organzied are: To channel the talents of Muslim scientists and engineers in providing Muslim individuals and communities assistance and guidance in all spheres of human activity. To provide encouragement, guidance and assistance to Muslim scientists and engineers in their education and careers. To improve the distribution and dissemination of technical information and Islamic knowledge through journals, publications, meetings and similar medias. In general, to carry out any and all activites that are strictly scientific, educational, religious, cultural and charitable in accordance with Islamic teachings.
| AMSE President 2005-2007 Khurshid Qureshi, Ph.D.
 DR. KHURSHID QURESHI has worked for 20 years with Multi nationals such as General Motors, Ingersoll Rand and Hughes Corporation. At present he is the president and CEO of zeeWAVES Corporation a hi-tech company which he founded in 2003. He served as Chairman of Society of Automotive Engineers Rocky Mountain Area and President of Colorado Engineering Society (an umbrella organization of 25 engineering societies with a membership of 50,000). He has been highly recognized by his business and peers and awarded with entrepreneur of the year and emerging venture awards. In 1980s he advised the Government of Pakistan on improving Science & Technology education and to develop a strong industrial base. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and completed his post graduate work at Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology and Anderson School of Business at UCLA. Khurshid Qureshi has been involved in Islamic work since he was a student at Oklahoma State University. In the early days of MSA, he accepted the responsibility of regional representative for Southern region where he coordinated the establishment of MSA chapters in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Kansas and Arkansas. He volunteered his time as a Sunday School Teacher and worker in newly acquired MSA head quarter building in Gary, Indiana in 1970. He helped to establish earlier Islamic Sunday Schools in Illinois and Michigan. He founded first regularly scheduled Islamic Youth Camp in USA (Al Hilal Youth Camp recently observed its 27th anniversary). He also worked with different Islamic organizations in Michigan to improve the conditions of inner city youth to guide them in attaining better education and career opportunities. He served as a member of board of Directors of Islamic Association of Greater Detroit and worked as a volunteer principal of its Islamic Sunday School for 15 years. His other Islamic work included seminars for the youth, Muslim Unity symposiums and political action committees.
| Member testimonials
"I have attended and organized many professional conference, but now having participated in an AMSE conference, I feel as if I have come home."
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