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2013 ANNUAL REPORT ON

ACTIVITIES OF IEEE BANGLADESH (BD) SECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

IEEE Bangladesh Section Activities 1

IEEE Bangladesh Student Branch Activities 7

IEEE PES Bangladesh Activities 24

IEEE COMSOC Bangladesh Activities 25

IEEE GOLD Bangladesh Activities 26

IEEE WIE Affinity Group Bangladesh Activities 30

IEEE ED/SSC Society Bangladesh Chapter Activities 36

IEEE BANGLADESH SECTION ACTIVITIES

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IEEE Bangladesh Section Report

Event 1:

Jan. 5, 2013

Technical Seminar: A High Efficiency Low Cost Multi-junction Solar Cell Technology

Speaker: Raisul Islam, Ph.D. Student, Stanford University, CA, USA

The speaker presented the recent condition of the solar industry and demonstrated a proposed high

efficiency low cost disruptive, mono-crystalline multi-junction solar cell technology.

Event 2:

Jan. 9, 2013

Technical Seminar: Light Trapping in Solar Cells: Towards the Limit and Beyond

Speaker: M. Ryyan Khan, Ph.D. Student, Purdue University, IN, USA

The speaker pointed out the challenges involved in recently developed nanostructures aiming

towards exceeding the conventional light trapping limit and presented the light trapping schemes.

Event 3:

Jan. 9, 2013

Technical Seminar: Chipless RFID: Revolution in Identification in the New Millennium

Speaker: Dr. Nemai C. Karmakar, Asso. Prof., ECSE, Monash University, Australia

The speaker discussed the issue of micro-chip in the RFID tag, which is the most expensive item

there and presented the idea of chipless RFID tag and reader for low cost item level tagging.

Event 4:

May 13, 2013

Technical Seminar: Biometric Recognition for Security: Recent Trends and Challenges

Speaker: Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah, Asso. Prof., EEE, BUET

The speaker presented some promising biometric systems along with theirmajor challenges. He

focused on new spectro-temporal features for face, palm-print and voice recognition.

Event 5:

May 13, 2013

Technical Seminar: The Quantum Coherence anda Novel Approach to Create Ultra-Short

Pulses in Quantum Cascade Lasers

Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Anisuzzaman Talukder, Asso. Prof., EEE, BUET

This talk covered an introduction to QCLs, coherent tunneling and incoherent scattering. The

speaker presented a novel approach to create ultra-short pulses from QCLs using SIT effect.

Event 6:

May 15, 2013

Membership Workshop: IEEE & WIE Membership

Development Workshop

Coordinator: Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair, Membership

Development, IEEE BD Section

A half day long workshop was held at BUET to encourage

students to join in IEEE. It was focused on the benefits and

role of IEEE in advancing engineering education and research.


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Event 7:

May 20, 2013

Technical Seminar: Visualisation and Browsing of

Image Repositories

Speaker: Dr. Gerald Schaefer, CS, Loughborough

University, UK

The speaker discussed on methods for managing large

image databases and introduced the method of horizontal

and vertical browsing to achieve interactive, intuitive and

efficient browsing.

Event 8:

May 30-31, 2013

Project Competition: SS12: Asia Code-A-Thon Challenge: 1st Round Competition

Coordinator: Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair, WIE Affinity Group, IEEE BD Section

The first round of the SS12 Asia was held at BUET in collaboration with IISAT 2013, Coimbatore,

India. Participants from BUET, BRAC University, Dhaka University and AUST showcased 14

project ideas addressing the unique needs of people with disabilities. A panel of 6 judges selected

the first prize winning team to attend the final round at Coimbatore, India.

Event 9:

June 1, 2013

Entrepreneurship Seminar: Market Place for Embedded System: Imagine, Implement, Introduce. Speaker: Mahmudul Hasan Shohag, Chairman, PiLabs and Onnorokom Group

The speaker highlighted the demand in the market for embedded system design and imple-

mentation and encouraged the students to move forward with their innovative design ideas.

Event 10:

June 18, 2013

Project Competition: 1st IEEE Control System

Project Show Coordinator: Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah, Secretary,

IEEE Bangladesh Section

Twenty seven innovative real-life control system

projects were displayed. Four to five final year EEE

students of BUET were involved in each project. A

panel of 9 judges evaluated the projects.

Event 11:

June 19, 2013

Project Competition: 1st IEEE Digital Electronic Project Show Coordinator: Upal Mahbub, Student Activities Chair, IEEE BD Section

Fifty digital logic circuit based projects were displayed. In each project three third year EEE

students of BUET were involved. A panel of 3 judges evaluated the projects.


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Event 12:

June, 2013

Central Event: Formation of Special interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) group

Coordinator: Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET and Chair, WIE, IEEE Bangladesh

Section

Dr. Celia Shahnaz’s petition to form Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT)

was accepted by IEEE. A new SIGHT group namely FLASH in association with WIE affinity group

was launched in IEEE Bangladesh Section under the leadership of Interim Chair Dr. Celia. IEEE

BD section has already received $250 seed fund for the activities of FLASH.

Event 13:

June 21, 2013 (Nationwide Event)

Congress: IEEE Bangladesh Section Student, Gold and WIE Congress, 2013

IEEE Bangladesh section, Student, GOLD, WIE Congress 2013 took place at the ECE building of

BUET on 21 June, 2013.The sponsor of the event was Energypac Limited. A total of 61 students,

GOLD and WIE delegates from six student branches were present at the congress. The

participating IEEE student branches were from BUET, AIUB, AUST, EWU, IUT, and RUET.

Prof. Satya Prasad Majumdar, Dean, Faculty of EEE, BUET inaugurated the congress at 8:30 am.

The first event was Interactive Session I titled The Conquest where the delegates were randomly

formed into 6 groups and were asked questions on how they plan to promote science. Dr. Fattah

and Dr. Celia were the official judges of the event.

There was a Tesla corner, basically a quiz corner, from where questions related to the tech world

were announced at a regular interval for the participants. The next event was a technical talk

“Renewable Energy in Bangladesh: The Way Forward” delivered by the invited speaker Professor

Dr. M. Rezwan Khan, Vice-Chancellor, United International University. Another technical talk

titled, “High Mobility Semiconductor MOSFETS for Beyond the Silicon CMOS Technology” was

delivered by Dr Anisul Haque, Professor, East-West University and IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.

There was an open forum discussion session conducted by Dr. Celia in order to inspire, engage,

encourage, and empower women participants in the congress and also women engineers, scientists,

and young professionals in Bangladesh.

All student branches shared their activities. Finally they participated in a Treasure Hunt where they

had to find set of clues at different places in the ECE building. At the end there was a cultural

program and prize giving ceremony followed by Dinner. Different prizes were given to the

participants by Prof. Dr. P. K. Saha, Chair, IEEE.

Event 14:

August 3, 2013

Technical Seminar: New High-end Processing Technologies: From New Memories (PCRAM,

ReRAM) to High Mobility Channels (III-V, Graphene)

Speaker: Dr. Zia Karim, Sr. Director, Business Development and Global Customer Support

AIXTRON Inc., 1139 Karlstad Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA

The speaker presented detail on configuration of some next generation memories (PCRAM,

ReRAM), characteristics of complex thin films, advances in new channel materials for low power

high performance logic devices by employing III-V compound materials, applications of Graphene

and Carbon Nanotube (CNT).


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Event 15:

September 29, 2013

Technical Seminar: Heterogeneously Integrated Micro/Nanoscale Devices and Multi-functional

Systems for Computing, Energy Conversion, Storage and Sensing

Speaker: Prof. M. Saif Islam, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Northern

California Nanotechnology Center and University of California – Davis, California, USA.

The speaker presented a high-throughput method for large area fabrication of micro/nano-scale

single crystal devices and recent developments on highly-sensitive sensors enabled by ultra-sharp

nanotips for disease diagnosis and other agricultural/industrial applications.

Event 16:

October 4, 2013 (Nationwide Event)

IEEE Day Celebration: was Leveraging technology for a better tomorrow.

Ambassador: Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah, Secretary, IEEE Bangladesh Section

IEEE BD Section celebrated the IEEE Day on October 3, 2013 at East West University (EWU),

Dhaka. IEEE Day 2013 is the 4th time in history when engineers worldwide celebrated the

anniversary of the first time IEEE members gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884. The

event was organized by IEEE Bangladesh Section. The sole sponsor of the event was Muspana and

EWU IEEE Student Branch provides the organizational support. A total of 140 students, GOLD,

WIE, and IEEE delegates from 13 universities including all IEEE student Branches attended the

event. (3 public universities: BUET, UofD, JU and 10 private universities: AUST, EWU, NSU,

AIUB, BRAC, UIU, IUB, PU, DU, SU).

Prof. Pran Kanai Saha, Head, Dept of EEE, BUET inaugurated the congress at 9:00 am. Dr. Shaikh

Anowarul Fattah, Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET and Secretary, IEEE Bangladesh

Section was the Ambassador of the event. There was a colorful rally attended by all participants

inside the EWU campus. The rally was ended by cake festival and opening of the WIE booth.

Considering the importance of nuclear energy in solving acute power crisis in Bangladesh a

Technical Seminar titled Prospect of Nuclear Energy was organized. The speaker Engr. M. Ali

Zulquarnain, Member, P&D, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission discussed detail on

implementation aspects, prospects, risk factors, and advance technical issues of nuclear energy.

For the young undergraduate IEEE members, Invited Talks on Carrier Development was arranged

by WIE BD Section. In this session, two esteemed female speakers, Prof. Shamima Karim

Choudhury, Department of Physics, Dhaka University and Ms. Sadequa Hassan Sejuti, Founder,

Amar Desh Amar Gram were invited. The first speaker discussed mainly on choice of carrier as an

academician while the second one focused on choice of carrier as an entrepreneur. Prof. Choudhury

presented her recommendations on selecting carrier as scientists, researcher or an academician. On

the other hand, Ms. Sejuti inspired young members to look for entrepreneurship with innovative

technology. Participating members asked several inquisitive questions and shared their ideas during

the talks.

In the afternoon, considering the theme of the IEE Day, there was another Technical Seminar titled

Current and Next Generation Biometrics for Security. The speaker was Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah,

Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET and Secretary, IEEE Bangladesh Section. Dr. Fattah

presented the importance of strengthening the security measures to obtain a better tomorrow, and

demonstrated emerging biometric security technologies.


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An essay competition on Technology for Humanity: Future Challenges in Bangladesh was

organized. Moreover, EWU IEEE Student Branch organized an interactive session where all the

student participants attended in randomly selected group basis. The session consisted of several

quizzes and theme proposal.

Event 17:

November 22, 2013 (Nationwide Event)

2nd BCC International Robotics Challenge 2013

Chief Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah, Secretary, IEEE Bangladesh Section

2nd BCC International Robotics Challenge (IRC) 2013, Bangladesh was held on 21-22 November,

Friday at ECE Building, BUET. The event was jointly organized by IEEE Bangladesh Section and

IEEE BUET Student Branch with technical cooperation from Departments of EEE and CSE, BUET.

Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) was the sole sponsor of this prestigious event. The IRC,

Bangladesh served as the qualifier round for the teams to participate in the IRC Grand Finale which

was held on Jan 5-7, 2014 at Techfest 2014 in IIT Bombay, India. Fourteen teams, each consisting

of four to five members, participated in the competition. Apart from BUET, students from three

other universities (IUT, U of D, RUET) took part in the challenge. During the event on both days,

a huge number of audience was present (on an average 300, mostly undergraduate students, some

faculty members and guardians).

Top four teams were selected and sent to India for the final round. In the final round, there were

participants from following twelve countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and Thailand. We are very proud to inform

you that this year BUET team secured the third position in IRC Grand Finale at IIT Bombay, India.

Among the top ten positions, BUET teams secured 4 positions (second, seventh, ninth, and tenth).

Mr. Md. Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology,

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, was present as the Chief Guest and Prof. Dr.

Aminul Hoque, respected Dean, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), BUET

was present as the Special Guest in the Prize Giving Ceremony. Mr. S. M. Ashfaque Hussain, Joint

Secretary and Executive Director, Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) was present as the Guest

of Honour in this event.

Event 18:

December 18, 2013

Tutorial: Pattern Recognition: Techniques and Fields of Application

Speaker: Abu Shafin M. Mahdee Jameel, PhD Candidate, Department of Electrical, Computer,

and System Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY-12180, USA

The tutorial has given opportunity to a large number of registered participants to have a hands on

experience on a demanding area of Pattern Recognition. Starting from fundamental theories of

pattern recognition, some recent developments and applications were discussed by the speaker in a

friendly manner with huge interaction.

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCbangladesh

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCegypt

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCethiopia

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCfrance

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCindia

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCnepal

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCpakistan

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCrussia

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCsouthafrica

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCsouthafrica

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCsweden

http://www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCthailand


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Event 19:

December 21, 2013

Technical Seminar: Latest Trends inQuantum Mechanics and Nano-Electronics

Speaker: KM Mohsin, PhD Candiate, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

The speaker presented the challenges faced by state-of-the art CMOS technology in nm- and sub-

nm node for VLSI and presented new findings regarding modeling based on carbon nanotube.

Event 20:

December 21, 2013 (postponed)

Technical Seminar and Reception: Prof. M. S. Alam being elevated to IEEE Fellow

Speaker: Prof. Mohammad S. Alam

Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of South

Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

Nomination:

Nomination for 2013 R10 WIE Professional Volunteer Award: Dr. Celia Shahnaz

Date: October 31, 2013

MOU Approval

1. 2013 International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE)

2. 2013 International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology

(EICT) and EICT to be held 19-Dec-2013 to 21-Dec-2013, in Khulna, Bangladesh (the

"Conference").

3. 2013 16th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) and

ICCIT to be held 21-Dec-2013 to 23-Dec-2013, in Khulna, Bangladesh (the "Conference").

4. 2014 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication

Technology (ICEEICT)

IEEE BANGLADESH STUDENT BRANCH ACTIVITIES

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BUET Student Branch April 4, 2013

Tour to Energypac

Energypac is one of the largest power generation companies in Bangladesh. They have their

manufacturing, testing, research and development facilities at Baruipara, Savar, Dhaka. IEEE

BUET SB has organized tours to this facility in earlier years as well. This year a group of 40

students participated in this industrial tour. The tour consisted of a glimpse of the Power

Transformer Plant, Distribution Transformer Plant, Instrument Transformer Plant, Switchgear

Plant, High Voltage Testing Lab, Liquid Painting Plant and Powder Coating Plant.

Photos from the tour to Energypac

April 20, 2013

Seminar on Space Robotics: Autonomy with Wireless Mannual Override featuring BUET

Lunabot for NASA's 4th Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition

In 2013, BUET’s team Mechatron with their robot Lunabot participated in NASA Lunabotics

competition on 20-24 May, 2013. For this they had to work for autonomy with wireless manual

override. Team Mechatron appeared in front of the participants in the seminar and shared the

knowledge that they gained in this field and in the field of Space Robotics. More than 70 students

were present in the seminar.

Photos of Seminar on Space Robotics


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July 20, 2013

Instructive Discussion Session on Robotics

A number of robotics contests for undergrad students have been organized in the

country in recent times. So in order to have experienced participants share their

knowledge with younger robotics enthusiasts, IEEE BUET Student branch organized

an instructive discussion session. Past participants of Robotics contests like CUET

Roborace, BUET EEE Formula R, RUET Micromouse contest and International

Robotics Contest were present at the discussion. More than 80 students participated

in this very lively session.

December 18, 2013 Workshop on Recent Trends and Techniques of Pattern Recognition

Speaker: Mahdee Jameel, Ph.D. Candidate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Venue: DSP Laboratory, ECE Building, BUET

Mahdee Jameel, Ph.D. Candidate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and alumnus of

BUET EEE conducted a workshop on recent trends and techniques of pattern

recognition. This workshop, conducted in the Digital Signal Processing Laboratory of

BUET EEE gave the participants an idea on different pattern recognition trends and

on new breakthroughs in the field of Pattern Recognition. The workshop had about

40 participants. It was co-sponsored by IEEE Bangladesh section

Seminar on latest trends on Pattern Recognition


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December 24, 2013

Technical talk on Quantum Mechanics & Nano-Electronics

Speaker: K M Mohsin, Graduate student of Louisiana State University

Venue: ECE Building, BUET

K M Mohsin, Graduate student of Louisiana State University and alumnus of BUET EEE

gave a talk on recent trends in the field of Quantum Mechanics and Nano Electronics. He

discussed his own research interests, which includes Nano-electronics, Quantum

Photonics, Graphene and CNT. The workshop, co-sponsored by IEEE Bangladesh section

had about 40 participants.

COMPETITIONS

IEEE Xtreme 7.0

This year two teams, formed of BUET IEEE student members, participated in this prestigious

worldwide programming contest. IEEE BUET SB assisted in their participation in this 24 hour

programming contest, which requires a fixed venue for the whole period.

Mindwarp v2.0

Mindwarp is a math and science based quiz contest for freshman students of the Electrical and

Electronic Engineering department. This is the second year that IEEE BUET Student Branch organized

this event. And this year the number of participants crossed 50.

Mindwarp v2.0 going on


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BCC IRC Bangladesh 2013

International Robotics Challenge Bangladesh is one of the biggest robotics contests to be organized in

Bangladesh. It has a daunting task of building two robots for a race against time. This is the second year

in a row that IEEE BUET student branch co-organized this prestigious contest along with IEEE

Bangladesh Section. A large team of student volunteers worked under faculty supervision for more

than a month to organize the Robotics contest as well as possible. A total of 15 teams with participants

from four universities participated in this two-day long contest.

Full Arena of the contest The judging panel of BCC IRC BD

An automated robot in action Manual robot in action


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An automated robot in action A team controlling their Manual Robot

Respected guests of the closing ceremony

The Champion Team – BUET REX


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IEEE BUET SB Chair taking appreciation certificate

Central organizing team from IEEE BUET SB

Photos of BCC IRC BD 2013


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IEEE Bangladesh Section Student | GOLD | WIE Congress

The congress was probably one of the biggest IEEE events in Bangladesh in 2013. More than 60 student

members, WIE and GOLD affinity group members attended the contests. There were student members

from 6 different student branches. IEEE BUET SB co-organized the event along with IEEE GOLD,

Bangladesh Chapter and IEEE WIE affinity group, Bangladesh section.

The event included two interactive sessions for the delegates, a hypothetical problem discussion

session and the fun session, a treasure hunt.

The Congress included a presentation of activities of all the IEEE student branches of the country; and

also a poster exhibition by IEEE BUET Student Branch.

Two technical talks were arranged. Dr Anisul Haque, Professor, East West University presented his talk

on “High Mobility Semiconductor MOSFETS for Beyond the CMOS Technology”. Dr Rizwan Khan

presented his talk on “Renewable Energy in Bangladesh: The Way Forward”.

Also an engineering idea contest, “Technology for Humanity” was part of the congress.

The event ended with a cultural program with participation from various student branch members.

Inauguration of the congress commencing

Chair and Secretary of IEEE BUET SB


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IEEE GOLD Ex-com

Volunteers and delegates from IEEE BUET Student Branch


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Technical talk of Dr Rizwan Khan

Technical talk of Dr Anisul Haque

IEEE BD Students Activities Chair performing in the cultural program


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Prize giving ceremony of the Congress going on

Photos of IEEE Bangladesh Section Student | GOLD | WIE congress

AUST Student Branch

AUST Student Branch arranged “Intra-University Website Design Competition: Judgment

Day” on June 18, 2013 in AUST Campus. The Final day named “Intra-University Website

Design Competition: Gala Day” was held on June 24, 2013.

Industrial tour to BTCL Earth Satellite Station was arranged on June 27, 2013. A group

consisting of 40 IEEE student members participated in this tour.

Seminar on “Writing and Publication of Research Articles and Preparation for Higher

Abroad” was arranged on June 29, 2013. Speaker: Ms. Esmat Farzana, Lecturer, Department of EEE, AUST


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AUST Student Branch celebrated IEEE Day on October 1, 2013 untraditionally.

Following the global motto of IEEE Day “Technology for Humanitarian”, AUST Student

Branch celebrated the day with under privileged orphan children and provided academic

text books and lunch.

Representative from IEEE AUST Student Branch attended ETCell Camp Summer

organized by IEEE RUET from 3-4 October, 2013 Student Branch and won the “2nd Best

Idea” award.

EWU Student Branch

Industrial Tours

In February, the members of EWU Student Branch made an industrial tour to British

American tobacco or BAT, which is one of the largest multinational groups situated at

Mohakhali, Dhaka.

In 1st June, 2013, the members of EWU Student Branch arranged another industrial tour to

Epyllion group, which is a textile company situated at Gazipur.

Workshop

To increase technical knowledge of East West student branch members, a workshop was

arranged on “ARDUINO” microcontroller. Dr. Muhammed Mazharul Islam, Assistant

Professor, EEE, EWU gave a brief knowledge on “ARDUINO” microcontroller.

Attending Congresses

IEEE Bangladesh Section arranged Student|Gold|WIE Congress in June, 2013. IEEESB,

EWU also joined in this congress.


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Eight members of EWU Student branch joined in IEEE region-10 Student|Gold|WIE

Congress at Hydrabad, India.

IEEE student Branch, EWU and IEEE Bangladesh Section Jointly celebrated IEEE day on

4th October, 2013 at East West University campus.

WIE Bangladesh Section arranged '1st WIE BD Congress: A Call of Engineering for

Humanity' at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology. Female as well as male

student members participated in that event successfully.

IUT Student Branch

Seminar on ‘Wireless Communication for Sustainable Rural Development: Delay

Tolerant Networks’ by Dr. Khondokar Habibul Kabir

Date: January 29, 2013

Seminar on Higher Studies Abroad by Taskin Jamal, Sayedus Salehin and Zaheen

Farraz Ahmed

Date: April 04, 2013


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Industrial Tour to Energypac Engineering Ltd.

Date: June 23, 2013

Seminar on “Social Problems, Advanced Technologies and Our Role in Academia”

by Dr. Ashir Ahmed, Associate Professor, Kyushu University, Japan and Director,

Global Communication Center, Grameen Communications

Date: June 24, 2013

Seminar and Workshop on ‘Embedded System Design and Robotics’ with Pi Labs

Bangladesh Ltd.

Date: September 07, 2013


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NSU Student Branch

1. INSB celebrates IEEE Day 2013

On 1st October 2013, INSB celebrated IEEE Day 2013 in a grand and festive way

with more than 300 students. Based on the theme “Leveraging Technology for a

Better Tomorrow”, there was a fun quiz competition with open participation from

the audience. Prizes were given on-spot to the winners of the quiz competition.

In addition to that there were interactive sessions on the importance of being an

IEEE member taken by several faculties and students. The ceremony ended by

cutting cake with festoons flying all over and refreshments distributed to all the

audience members.


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2. INSB won “The Largest Gathering” award in the IEEE Day Photo Contest 2013

INSB took part in IEEE Photo Contest 2013 which was based on the theme

“Leveraging Technology For a Better Tomorrow”. Student Branches from all

around the world took part in the contest, and ten best photos designated for unit

activities were chosen as the winners.

IEEE NSU Student Branch (INSB) has won the award for the “Largest Gathering”

photo category in IEEE Day 2013. The photo above won this prestigious award.

3. Inauguration of INSB Website

INSB officially launched their first website on 1st October, 2013. The website keeps all up-to-date with information regarding INSB and other IEEE Student Branches in Bangladesh. It also covers a section regarding IEEE, and the problems faced by its members in FAQs.

Website: http://www.ieeensu.com/

4. INSB Idea Contest 2013

INSB hosted an idea contest that focused on the IEEE Day theme of 2013

“Leveraging Technology for a Better Tomorrow”. It is generally based on any idea

that reflects and implicates technological innovation that would help to make our

daily lives easier.

5. INSB wins the championship of “Quizdom 2013”

On 9th November, 2013, INSB won the championship of “Quizdom 2013”

defeating other clubs of North South University. “Quizdom 2013” is a general

knowledge competition among the clubs of North South University.

6. Seminar on Professional Ethics by Dr. Muhammad H. Rashid

IEEE Student Branch IUB & IEEE Student Branch North South

have jointly organized a seminar on PROFESSIONAL ETHICS at Independent

University, Bangladesh on the 23rd December 2013.

Speaker: Dr. Muhammad H. Rashid.

7. LateX workshops

INSB arranged basic LaTex workshops for the engineering students of North

South University. They were conducted by Dr. Lamia Iftekhar.

http://www.ieeensu.com/


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8. Visit to AIUB IEEE Student Branch

In June, 2013, some officers of IEEE student branch of NSU went to visit “AIUB In

House Project Contest ‘13” of IEEE student branch of American International

University-Bangladesh (AIUB), which was organized in their university campus

to showcase the hard work, dedication and talent of their young members.

9. INSB visits “1st IEEE Control System Project Show” in BUET

On the 18th of June, 2013, Department of EEE, BUET and the IEEE Bangladesh

Section jointly organized the first show of control system projects at BUET. The

show brought forth a diverse range of innovative and amazing projects including

a few line tracker robots, robotic arm, conveyer belt, voice controlled robot, image

processing projects and a lot more.

RUET Student Branch

Training for volunteers:

On 10th May, 2013 IEEE RUET Student Branch organized

seminars on Nanotechnology and Optical Fiber

Communication. Branch Counselor Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Abdul Goffar Khan and Branch advisor Dr. S. M. Abdur

Razzak was present in the seminar. About 150 participants

from dept. of EEE and ETE attended the seminar.

Dr. Md. Faruk Hossain, Assistant Professor, Dept of EEE,

RUET, presented a speech upon “Introduction to Dye-

Sensitized Solar Cells”.

Later on Md. Selim Habib, Lecturer, Dept. of EEE, RUET,

also represented his topic “Microstructure Holey Fibers:

Application to Sensing & High Speed Optical

Communication System”.

IEEE RUET Student Branch members presented a video

showing branch’s past activities including 1st IEEE

Bangladesh Section Student/Gold Congress’12.

Branch Counselor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Goffar Khan

focused on the topic that IEEE is a place where you invest

minimum but you get maximum return. On the eve of the

seminar, a competitive IT Quiz Contest took place only

for the 1st and 2nd year students.


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Technical Events:

Collaborative events:

Award & Recognition:

On 26th June, 2013, IEEE RUET Student Branch Members attended IEEE

Bangladesh Section Student/GOLD/WIE Congress 2013. In Activity

Representation Session, IEEE RUET Student Branch has achieved the “Most

Promising Student Branch” award for last year's activity.

On 20th April,2013, a seminar was held in EEE seminar room,

RUET named “Seminar on Renewable Energy & DSM”. A.H.M

Mohiuddin,Manager (Technical), DPDC & S M Altaf Hossain

Managing Director & CEO, Drik ICT Limited acted as

honorable speaker on that seminar. Participants were about 70

from different departments of RUET mainly from EEE & ETE.

In view of thinking to publish our research works in

International journals & Conferences, RUET Student Branch

organized a Seminar on “Technical Paper Writing”, specially for

the students of final year to get an idea for writing down a

standard paper properly & learn all its technical aspects. Prof

Dr. S. M. Abdur Razzak, Head of the Dept, EEE, RUET was the

honorable speaker of that seminar which took place in EEE

Seminar Room, RUET on 6th July, 2013

On 20th September,2013, Md. Selim Habib, Assistant Professor

of EEE, RUET represents a seminar on “Optimization of

Photonic Crystal Fibers using COMSOL Multiphysics

Software” at EEE Seminar Room, RUET. Almost 100 students

participated on that seminar.

IEEE RUET Student Branch organized an entrepreneur

based camp named “ETCell Camp Summer” on 3-4

October, 2013 at RUET Auditorium. All the student

branches of Bangladesh section were invited on it. A

technology based ‘Idea Contest’, a number of seminars &

workshops were held on that event. Dr. Juhurul Islam

Sarkar, Associate Professor, Dept of EEE, RUET acted as

‘Program Chair’ & S M Altaf Hossain Managing Director

& CEO, Drik ICT Limited, was appointed as Chief Judge

of ‘Idea Contest’. Shafiul Hasan Rafi from RUET was

judged 1st and Redwan Farhan from Ahsanullah

University of Science & Technology was judged 2nd on

that contest. This two day event was sponsored by Electro

Transformer & Switchgear Co. Ltd, Bengal

Telecommunications and Electric Corporation (Pvt)

Ltd (BETELCO) & Muspana Filaments Ltd.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Electro-Transformer-Switchgear-Co-Ltd/134990396682143?ref=br_rs

IEEE PES BANGLADESH ACTIVITIES

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Prospect of Jatrofa as bio fuel in Ghana

Date: February 24, 2013

Dr. Emmanuel M. Attua is a senior lecturer and the immediate past Head of the

Department of Geography and Resource Development of the University of Ghana. He

studied plant science using remote sensing and Geographic Information technologies

and presently lectures at both graduate and undergraduate levels. His core fields of

teaching and research are in tropical biogeography, environmental ecology, remote

sensing and GIS applications to land mapping. His PhD thesis focused on land use

change and carbon sequestration in fallow vegetation, using the Densu River Basin of

Ghana as a case. Before his appointment as Head of Department, he had served in

several academic positions at the University of Ghana since 2000. He was a visiting

scholar to the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University, in the

United Kingdom in 2008 and has visited several European Universities in Denmark,

Sweden, France and Germany.

IEEE COMSOC BANGLADESH UPADATES

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IEEE ComSoc Bangladesh Chapter organized a technical seminar at Stamford University

Bangladesh on May, 2013 in cooperation with Department of EEE, Stamford University

Bangladesh. Seminar theme was “Cellular Mobile Communication Networks and

Telecommunication Policy in Bangladesh”. The speakers were Mr. Altaf Hossain, Managing

Director of Drik ICT Limited and Mr. Touhid Ahmed Choudhury, Manager, Transport

Network Planning of Robi.

This Chapter organized student paper competition “2nd Student Paper Contest 2013” as part

of regular activity for the students of Bangladesh. Students were encouraged to submit their

original and unpublished works following the IEEE rules and formats and using the ComSoc

Bangladesh Chapter website. This year only one paper has been selected for the best paper

award. The best paper award has been bestowed to the following paper titled “Performance

Evaluation of a Wireless MIMO Channel in the Presence of Multiple Keyhole” and the

authors are from MIST, Dhaka.

In November 2013, IEEE ComSoc Bangladesh Chapter has finalized the criteria for

sponsoring conferences in Bangladesh following the guidelines provided by IEEE. The

Chapter also decided to be technical sponsor for iCEEiCT 2014 organized by Department of

EECE of MIST, Dhaka and IIT of Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka.

IEEE GOLD BANGLADESH ACTIVITIES

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Event 1: Technical Workshop on Embedded Systems

In February 2013, GOLD Bangladesh section jointly organized a weeklong technical

workshop named ‘Training on Computer Interfacing and Embedded Systems’ wtih ITRRC,

HEQEP in the department of Computer Science and Engineering of Jagannath University,

Dhaka, Bangladesh. The inauguration ceremony of the workshop was held on February 12,

2013 in the presence of participating students and teachers. The instructors from GOLD

Affinity Group, IEEE Bangladesh Section and also faculties of BUET Mr. Upal Mahbub

(Past AG Chair), Mr. Sajid Muhaimin Choudhury and Mr. Shuvro Chowdhury were also

present in the ceremony. Total 36 participants including teacher and students attended the

workshop. Chairman of the department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mr. Ujjal

Kumar Acharjee presided over the ceremony. Professor Peyar Ahmed of department of

Mathematices was the chief guest of the ceremony. Mr. Abu Layek, coordinator of the

workshop and sub-project manager of ITRRC, HEQEP, Jagannath University conducted the

ceremony. The chief guest and the put emphasis on the importance of the workshop. They

both requested the participants to attend the workshop carefully and to use the knowledge

acquired from the workshop for the welfare of the country.

In the training workshop the instructors covered basic concepts of microcontroller based

embeded systems necessary for professional development.

Event 2: 1st Workshop on LaTex and Scientific Writing

With a view to develop young professionals and undergraduates, IEEE GOLD Affinity

Group – Bangladesh Chapter organized the 1st Workshop on LaTex and Scientific Writing

on 17 May 2013 in Robert Noyce Simulation Laboratory, ECE Building, BUET. A total 33

participants including undergraduate students and graduate engineers participated in the

workshop. The speakers of the workshop included Sajid Muhaimin Chouhury, Chair, GOLD

Affinity Group – Bangladesh Chapter, Shuvro Chowdhury, Vice-Chair, GOLD Affinity

Group – Bangladesh Chapter, Md. Shahadat Hasan Sohel, Secretary, GOLD Affinity Group

– Bangladesh Chapter and Asif Ahmed, Treasurer, GOLD Affinity Group – Bangladesh

Chapter. Firstly, the participants were given a presentation on IEEE and IEEE GOLD. The

day long workshop covered different topics on scientific writing, and students were given

practical training in using Latex software. The sessions were interactive, and the participants

were found to be very much interested in the topics covered. At the end of the workshop,

participants were distributed certificates. Finally the speakers and participants posed for a

photo session.


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Event 3: 2nd Workshop on LaTex and Scientific Writing

After the overwhelming response of participants and to honor the requests of a large number

of members GOLD arranged 2nd Workshop on LaTex and Scientific Writing on June 6

in the same venue and another Day Long Workshop on “Latex” – a document

preparation system, this time in a new venue American International University of

Bangladesh (AIUB) on June 20.

Event 4: Workshop on COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling

IEEE GOLD Affinity Group – Bangladesh Section, Department of Electrical and Electronic

Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and COMSOL arranged

a workshop on COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling, on June 19th, 2013. The workshop was

held in Robert Noyce Simulation Laboratory (R-531), ECE Building, Bangladesh University

of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. The workshop included

an overview of COMSOL Multiphysics: its capabilities, new features, enhanced

functionality, and revamped GUI. A total 38 participants attended the workshop, with 4 IEEE

Members, 29 IEEE GOLD Affinity Group members, and 5 graduate students of BUET. Mr.

Lakhvinder Singh of ComSol conducted the session.

Event 5: IEEE Bangladesh section Student | GOLD | WIE congress 2013

IEEE Bangladesh section Student | GOLD | WIE congress 2013 took place at the ECE

building of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology on 21 June, 2013. The

event was jointly sponsored by IEEE Bangladesh Section and Energypac Limited. GOLD

had a stall in this event, students were introduced to GOLD activities here and they were

motivated to join GOLD after their graduation.

Gold Stall at Congress


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Event 6: VLSI Workshop on Cadence EDA Tools

A workshop on VLSI Design Using Cadence EDA Tools was held on 8th July 2013 in VLSI

Lab, Dept of EEE, BUET. The event was jointly organized by Department of Electrical and

Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),

IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter and IEEE GOLD Affinity Group Bangladesh Chapter.

Due to the limitation on the number of licenses of the Cadence EDA tools, total number of

participants were limited. The participants had to pre-register for the event. A total 15

(fifteen) IEEE Members attended the workshop, where 11 are members of IEEE GOLD

Affinity Group Bangladesh Chapter. The workshop started at 10.00 AM. IEEE GOLD

Bangladesh Chair, Sajid Muhaimin Choudhury introduced the speakers at the beginning.

Chair of IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter, Prof. ABM Harun-ur Rashid conducted the

first session. He gave basic idea on CMOS technology, fabrication process and design flow

and design flow. Afterwards Shah Md. Abid Hussain, Lecturer, United International

University, conducted the Tutorial sessions. Participants were given hands on training to

effectively create and edit schematics for use with the full suite of Cadence simulation and

layout tools. Participant created the schematic of a macro cell using Virtuoso Schematic

editor L, created symbol and performed Spectre simulation to verify functionality of the cell.

In the evening session layout of the macro cell was created, Design rule was check, Layout

Versus Schematic was done and post Layout simulation including parasitic extraction was

performed. The daylong workshop included two light refreshments and a lunch for all

registered participants. At the end of the workshop, Chair of IEEE Bangladesh Section, Prof.

Pran Kanai Saha distributed certificates among the participants and gave a concluding

speech, thanking the participants and the organizers. The event concluded at 5.00 PM.

Event 7: Tour to Atomic Energy Research Establishment

IEEE GOLD Affinity Group, Bangladesh Section organized a Tour to Atomic Energy

Research Establishment (AERE) on July 25, 2013. The Establishment is situated in Savar,

40 km away from the capital city, Dhaka. 18 members of the GOLD Affinity Group ranging

from different University graduates, Faculty members, Industry personnel and Defense

Personnel attended the tour. The GOLD AG Chair, Sajid Muhaimin Choudhury, Assistant

Professor, Dept of EEE, BUET, led the participants in the tour. Shuvro Chowdhury, Vice

Chair GOLD AG, Md. Shahadat Hasan Sohel, Secretary GOLD AG, and Md. HasibulAlam,

Acting Treasurer GOLD AG also actively organized the tour. AERE is a major research set-

up of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) for peaceful application of nuclear

energy in various fields of physical, biological and engineering sciences. At AERE tour,

participants visited i) Centre of excellence of VLSI technology, where state of the art

fabrication tools were demonstrated, ii) Nuclear Research Reactor, where the only nuclear

reactor in Bangladesh, 3 MW TRIGA Reactor was demonstrated and iii) Tandem particle

accelerator, where high voltage particle accelerator was demonstrated. All the participants


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had a wonderful firsthand learning experience throughout the tour and in the feedback

session, they demanded more tours like this to be arranged by IEEE GOLD.

AERE Tour

IEEE WIE AFFINITY GROUP BANGLADESH ACTIVITIES

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1. LaTeX learning workshop

The first LaTeX learning workshop in the history of IEEE Bangladesh (BD) Section was

arranged by WIE Affinity Group on March 8, 2013 at Bangladesh University of Engineering

and Technology (BUET). Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair, WIE Affinity Group, IEEE BD Section,

introduced and demonstrated different features of LaTeX and also mentioned its

advantages over regular document writing softwares. She taught them every know how to

write a technical paper/document in LaTex starting from abstract to Bioliography. Ms.

Urmita Sikder, Vice-chair, Ms. Orchi Hassan, Secretary, and Mrs. Fariah Hayee, Membership

Development Secretary, all from WIE Affinity Group, IEEE BD Section, provided a more

detailed demonstration on some key features of LaTeX. The participants had an

opportunity to get hands on experience on usage of the tools and received certificates of

participation.

Participants of LaTeX Workshop

2. IEEE and WIE Membership Development Workshop

In May 15 2013, WIE Affinity group, IEEE BD section arranged WIE membership and IEEE

membership Development Workshop at VLSI Lab, , in the Department of EEE, BUET. In this

workshop, Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair, WIE, IEEE BD section highlighted the benefits of IEEE

and WIE Membership and inspired engineering students to nurture professional and

leadership skills as members of the global community of technology. Most of the young

women in engineering education in the IEEE BD Section are now informed of the fact that

if they become a student member of IEEE, they can be member of WIE at free of charge.

Participants of IEEE and WIE Membership Development workshop


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3. SS12: Asia 13 Code-A-Thon Challenge: First Round Competition

The international committee of SS12: Asia 13 Code-A-Thon Challenge has selectedBUET as

pilot venue and assigned Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair, WIE Affinity group, IEEE BD section as

co-ordinator of the first round competition. WIE Affinity group, IEEE BD section conducted

this first round coding competition open to female and male participants on May 30-31,

2013 at BUET in collaboration with the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent

Interactive Systems on Assistive Technology, August 1st-3rd, 2013 at Kumaraguru College

of Technology, Coimbatore, India and Project: Possibility. In this competition, participants

from different Universities of Bangladesh showcased 14 project ideas addressing the

unique needs of people with disabilities. Six panel of judges selected the first prize winning

team to attend the final round. The selected team in the first round has been awarded a

prize money of 25000 BDT as travel grant to attend the final round. In the final round

competition on August 1-3, 2013 at Coimbatore, India, Bangladesh BUET team has won the

second prize. The members of the winning team have received certificates of participation,

and a prize money of Rs 4000.

Participants of Code-A-Thon Challenge: First Round Competition

4. IEEE Bangladesh Section Student | GOLD | WIE Congress

In the IEEE BD Section Student | GOLD | WIE Congress, June 21, 2013, a booth of WIE

affinity group was set up. Volunteers from the WIE affinity group showcased their past

activities and future plans in the booth throughout the congress. As Chair, Membership

Development and Chair, WIE affinity group, IEEE BD Section, Dr. Celia Shahnaz conducted

a special session covering the detail information about the internal structure of IEEE, and

WIE membership benefits and affinity groups in IEEE Bangladesh Section, namely WIE and

Gold.


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Dr. Celia Shahnaz’s lecture at the Special Session

The WIE members actively participated in the Interactive Session I titled The Conquest,

two invited talks, the second interactive session- Treasure Hunt, and a cultural program. It

is to be noted that among the six participants of the idea contest Technology for Humanity,

four were female. All the Female participants of the idea contest have been awarded

certificates of Honourable mention.

WIE participants at IEEE Bangladesh Section Student | GOLD | WIE Congress

5. Invited Technical Talk

On September 29, 2013, WIE Affinity group, IEEE BD section has co-arranged an Invited

Technical Talk by Dr. Saif Islam, Professor, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. The title

of the talk was ``Heterogeneously Integrated Micro/Nanoscale Devices and Multi-

functional Systems for Computing, Energy Conversion, Storage and Sensing``. In the talk,

Dr. Saif has presented some recent developments on highly-sensitive sensors enabled by

ultra-sharp nanotips for chemical and biological detection, diagnosing medical symptoms

of diseases, monitoring and controlling agricultural and industrial greenhouse gas

emission, waste disposal and treatment plants, and systems for pollution monitoring and

control. The goal of the talk was to introduce the WIE members to the recent technologies

and modern research.


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Professor Saif Islam’s Invited Talk

6. Career Talk on IEEE Day

In October 4, 2013, on the occasion of IEEE day celebration in BD section, WIE Affinity

group, IEEE BD section arranged two invited talks, where eminent speakers from academia

and industry provided insightful thoughts. Shamima K. Choudhury, Professor, Department

of Physics, DhakaUniversity provided talk on “choice of career as an academician” and

Sadequa Hassan Sejuti Founder, Amar Desh Amar Gram provided talk on “choice of career

as an entrepreneur” . These talks have created an interesting scope of knowledge sharing

for the WIE members that has helped them to empower themselves with appropriate

guidelines about their career development in the Male-dominated Engineering profession.

WIE participants at Career Talk on IEEE Day

7. 1st WIE BD Congress: A call of Engineering for Humanity

With 2013 IEEE R10 WIE support fund, WIE Affinity Group, IEEE BD Section organized the

event ̀ `1st WIE BD Congress: A call of Engineering for Humanity on 20th December, 2013,

Friday at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

This BD congress has attracted 95 female registered participants, 5 male participants, 10

female delegates and speakers, 5 male delegates, 15 volunteers and 5 technicians and

support staff for event hall management. The congress begins with registration kit


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collection by the participants, delegates, invited speakers, and volunteers. There was a rally

of all around the AUST Campus with an accompanying Congress banner.

Inauguration of 1st WIE BD Congress after the rally

After the rally, the congress was inaugurated by flying balloons and festoons. There was a

WIE booth showcasing posters, banners, and newsletter of WIE Affinity, IEEE BD Section.

The booth was formally opened and chocolates were distributed among the participants.

This congress highlighted particularly Women Technical Professionals who are working for

the Benefit of Humanity. Here, 3 experts from Bangladesh with varied technical

backgrounds, namely Dr. Dil Afroza Begum, Dr. Umme Kulsum Navera and Dr. Celia Shahnaz

provided Invited talks. The major events, such as Humanitarian Technology Project Idea

Competition, Interactive Session on Humanitarian Technology, WIE logo and poster

competitions, panel discussion on Campaign for "Go Engineering Girl" were conducted and

crests/prizes/certificates were bagged by the participants. The advantages and

opportunities as IEEE WIE member and how to build up leadership Qualities, significant

past activities of WIE BD Section and their achievements were displayed during lunch

break in the event hall.

8. Dr. Celia Shahnaz: Winner of the 2013 IEEE R10 WIE Professional Volunteer Award

This year, the Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) WIE Committee has selected Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair,

WIE, IEEE BD section as the winner of 2013 IEEE R10 WIE Professional Volunteer Award.

This award has been established to recognize individuals who have exhibited exemplary and

substantive leadership of an extraordinary nature in implementing activities which support the

visions of R10 WIE at the local, regional, national, and/or international level. Dr. Celia has

demonstrated strong leadership for promoting outstanding and innovative activities for the WIE

of Bangladesh.

9. 2013 IEEE R10 WIE support fund

Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair, WIE affinity group, IEEE BD Section, had submitted a proposal for

2013 IEEE R10 WIE support funds in May 2013. This year, R10 WIE received a total number


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of 59 proposals. After careful consideration, R10 WIE committee has reached the final

decision to award 35 proposals among which WIE affinity group, IEEE BD Section has

received the highest fund ($400).

10. Formation of SIGHT FLASH

In June 2013, Celia Shahnaz, Chair, WIE Affinity group, IEEE BD section has filed a petition

to form FLASH, a new special interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) of IEEE

BD Section. IEEE BD section has already received $250 seed fund for the activities of FLASH.

As a nominee from FLASH, Dr. Md Forkan Uddin, treasurer, IEEE Bangladesh Section

attended the IEEE R10 Student | GOLD | WIE Congress, July, 2013 at Hyderabad, India. WIE

Affinity Group, IEEE BD Section is an associated group of FLASH. The acceptance of FLASH

has widen the platform for WIE members to carry out Humanitarian Technology Activities

for the benefit of underserved.

11. Winner of Best Appearance in the R10 WIE Poster Session

In the IEEE R10 Student | GOLD | WIE Congress, July, 2013 at Hyderabad, India, WIE affinity

group, IEEE BD section participated in a competition, where different WIE groups of R10

have showcased their activities. WIE affinity group, IEEE BD section has become the

winner of Appearance for the R10 WIE Poster Session. The idea and writings of the poster

were provided by Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Chair, WIE, IEEE BD Section and it is designed by

Urmita Sikder, Vice-Chair, WIE, IEEE BD Section. Apart from Urmita Sikder, Orchi Hassan,

Secretary, WIE, IEEE BD Section was also a nominated delegate from IEEE BD Section to

IEEE R10 Student | GOLD | WIE Congress.

Urmita Sikder and Orchi Hassan at Poster Session

in the IEEE R10 Student | GOLD | WIE Congress

IEEE ELECTRON DEVICES AND SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS (ED/SSC) SOCIETY BANGLADESH CHAPTER ACTIVITIES

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IEEE ED/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter along with IEEE BUET Student Branch jointly

organized a talk on “Light Trapping in Solar Cells: Towards the Limit and Beyond” on Wednesday January 09, 2013 at the department of EEE, BUET. The talk was given by Mr. M. Ryyan Khan, Graduate Student, Purdue University, IN, USA. Total 43 participants with 28 IEEE members were present on the talk.

A talk on “Current Status and Future of Solid-State Devices: A Semiconductor Industry” was held on Monday January 28, 2013 at the department of EEE, EWU. The talk was jointly organized by the department of EEE, EWU and IEEE ED/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter. Dr. A K M Arif Ahsan, R&D Reliability Engineer, Intel Corporation, USA was the speaker of the talk. Total 60 participants including 10 IEEE members attended the talk.

A short course on Digital Logic Design Using FPGA was organized by IEEE ED/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter on Saturday March 30, 2013 at the VLSI Laboratory of department of EEE, BUET. Prof. A. B. M. Harun-Ur Rashid, Chair, IEEE ED/SSC Society, Bangladesh Chapter delivered a presentation on benefits of becoming a IEEE member at the beginning of the event. The short course was instructed by Mr. Upal Mahbub, Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET and Mr. Shuvro Chowdhury, Lecturer, Dept. of EEE, BUET. Because of seat limits, the participants had to pre-register for the short course. Total 20 participants including 5 IEEE members participated in the short course.

IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter organizes a seminar series on “high-k dielectric field effect transistors” and “VLSI Design with Novel Nanoelectronics Devices” on Wednesday June 19, 2013 at the VLSI Laboratory, Department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). 35 participants attended the seminar of which 15 were IEEE Members.

In the first talk Dr. Md. Ziaur Rahman Khan, Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET spoke on Sol-gel based high-k dielectric field effect transistor. Prof. Zia described the fabrication and characterization of a SOI FET structures for cryogenic operation using a sol-gel derived electron beam resist as the gate dielectric. Different characterization techniques were explained. Interesting results were shown for certain operating region.

In the 2nd Talk Dr. ABM Harun-ur Rashid, Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET gave a presentation on "VLSI Design in Nanoelectronics Era : Opportunities and Challenges". Prof. Rashid described the challenges and opportunities in VLSI design using Multi-gate transistors and Novel nano devices such as Memristors, Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene based MOS devices.

The talk was followed by refreshment and free discussions among the participants and the presenters.

IEEE ED/SSC Joint Bangladesh Chapter organized an Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecture Program as a part of the IEEE Bangladesh Section student-GOLD-WIE congress held on June 21, 2013 in ECE building of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka. The one hour spanned talk was delivered by EDS Distinguished Lecturer Professor Dr. Anisul Haque from East West University. Prof. Haque is also serving as the Editor of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. On the day,


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his talk was entitled as “High-Mobility Semiconductor MOSFETs for Beyond the Silicon CMOS Technology”. He addressed the issues of Ge and III-V materials as a potential alternative of widely used silicon and their associated pros and cons; as the trend in CMOS industry kept with the continuous scaling down of devices. His lively lecture drew a wide group of enthusiastic audiences, all IEEE members, exceeding 70 in number from various universities—BUET, RUET, AIUB, IUT, UIU, EWU to name a few. An interactive session between Professor Haque and the participants over the issues he brought forth marked the successful end of the DL program.

A day long workshop on VLSI Design Using Cadence EDA Tools was held on 8th July 2013 in VLSI Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event was jointly organized by Department of EEE, BUET, IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter and IEEE GOLD Affinity Group of IEEE Bangladesh Section. Due to the limitation on the numbers of licenses of the Cadence EDA tools, total number of participants were limited. The participants had to pre-register for the event. A total 15 (fifteen) IEEE Members attended the workshop, where 11 are members of IEEE GOLD Affinity Group of IEEE Bangladesh Section. The workshop started at 10.00 AM. IEEE GOLD Bangladesh Chair, Mr. Sajid Muhaimin Choudhury introduced the speakers at the beginning. Chair of IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter, Prof. ABM Harun-ur Rashid conducted the first session. He gave basic idea on CMOS technology, fabrication process and VLSI design flow. Afterwards Shah Md. Abid Hussain, Lecturer, United International University, conducted the Tutorial sessions. Participants were given hands on training to effectively create and edit schematics for use with the full suite of Cadence® simulation and layout tools. Participant created the schematic of a macro cell using Virtuoso Schematic editor L, created symbol and performed Spectre simulation to verify functionality of the cell. In the evening session layout of the macro cell was created, Design rule was check, Layout Versus Schematic was done and post Layout simulation including parasitic extraction was performed. The daylong workshop included two light refreshments and a lunch for all registered participants. At the end of the workshop, Chair of IEEE Bangladesh Section, Prof. Pran Kanai Saha distributed certificates among the participants and gave a concluding speech, thanking the participants and the organizers. The event concluded at 5.00 PM.

IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter organizes a seminar on Graphene for Transparent Flexible Electronics and High Speed Devices on Sunday July 28, 2013 at Huawei Lab, 5th Floor, Dept. of EEE, ECE Building, BUET. 40 participants attended the seminar of which 23 were IEEE Members. The talk was conducted by Dr. Samiul Haque, a Graduated from Warwick University in 2003. Dr. Haque also did his PhD from University of Cambridge, UK in early 2008 in Carbon Nanotube based sensors. His focus was on compatibility of nanotubes and nanowires of CMOS platforms. He joined Nokia in March 2008 in Helsinki Nanosystems division to work on graphene and CNTN based devices.

Dr. Haque’s talk fouces on Graphene which has recently attracted tremendous interest in various research areas due to its exceptional electrical and mechanical properties. Its unique band structure is notably being exploited in nanoelectronics to achieve novel high-speed devices such as field effect transistors and frequency multipliers. Application of Graphene in areas of novel user interface technologies, Battery, Solar Cells, RF Devices, Antennas and Novel Sensing applications on Flexible and Stretchable platforms were discussed. It was also emphasized that future wearable devices, displays and photovoltaic devices require materials which are mechanically flexible, light weight and low-cost, in addition to being electrically conductive and optically transparent. Transparent material


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such as indium tin oxide (ITO) is the most wide spread transparent conductor in optoelectronic applications, however the mechanical rigidity of this material limits its use for future flexible devices. In the race to find novel transparent conductors, graphene monolayers and multilayersare the leading candidates as they have the potential to satisfy future requirements.

The talk was followed by a refreshment and informal discussion of the speaker with the attendee.

IEEE ED/SSCS Bangladesh Chapter organizes a seminar jointly with IEEE Bangladesh

Section and Department of EEE, BUET on Saturday 3rd August 2013 at the VLSI Lab of the Department of EEE, BUET. The title of the Seminar was. “New High-end Processing Technologies: From New Memories (PCRAM, ReRAM) to High Mobility Channels (III-V, Graphene)”. Dr. Zia Karim, Sr. Director, Business Development and Global Customer Support AIXTRON Inc., 1139 Karlstad Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA (Email : [email protected]) presented the lecture. To keep up with the diverse applications of memory devices, a number of next generation memory options are being studied, such as STTRAM, PCRAM and ReRAM. The memory configuration is also changing to 3-D structures. In addition, the demand for low power high performance Microprocessor is a must for future Logic Devices involving high mobility channel FinFET using III-V films and Graphene. Dr Zia focuses on all aspects of the above topics. A very interactive discussion was held after the seminar.

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