Reception Programme for Prof. Dr. Md. Saifur Rahman & Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz
22 DECEMBER, 2021
IEEE Activity Session, a part of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ICEEE) 2021, was held on December 22, 2021, hosted by Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, RUET. The program started at 2:15 pm.
Our host welcomed the honorable speakers Prof. Dr. Md. Saifur Rahman, Director of Advanced Research Institute Virginia Tech, USA, 2022 IEEE President Elect., Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Professor of Dept. of EEE, BUET, 2022 IEEE WIE Committee Chair Elect. Md. Moshiul Haque, Professor of Dept. of CSE, CUET, Chair of IEEE Bangladesh Section.
The host also welcomed the Session Chair, Milton Kumar Kundu, Assistant Professor of Dept. of ECE, RUET, Advisor of IEEE RUET IAS Student Branch Chapter. Then the special guests of the program were welcomed. They were- Prof. Dr. Md. Faruk Hossain, Professor of Dept. of EEE, RUET, Chair of Organizing Committee, ICEEE, 2021, Director of Research & Extension, RUET, Educational Activity Coordinator, IEEE Bangladesh Section, Prof. Dr. Md. Shahidul Islam, Head of Dept. of ECE, Professor of Dept. of EEE, RUET, Prof. Dr. Md. Samiul Habib, Professor of Dept. of EEE, RUET, Joint Secretary of Organizing Committee, ICEEE, 2021, Counselor, IEEE RUET Student Branch, Dr. Sajal Kumar Das, Head & Assistant Professor of Dept. of MTE, RUET, Advisor of IEEE RUET RAS Student Branch Chapter.
The host then briefly highlighted the recent activities and achievements of IEEE RUET Student Branch.
After that our Session Chair, Milton Kumar Kundu was requested to start the session. He welcomed the respectful speakers, Prof. Dr. Md. Saifur Rahman, Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz with flowers and Prof. Dr. Md. Shahidul Islam welcomed Md. Moshiul Haque with flowers. Then he congratulated Prof. Dr. Md. Saifur Rahman for being elected as the 2022 IEEE President Elect., and Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz for being elected as 2022 IEEE WIE Committee Chair Elect., and requested Prof. Dr. Md. Shahidul Islam to give a brief speech. Prof. Dr. Md. Shahidul Islam shared his thoughts and encouraged us to participate in extracurricular activities and not to confine ourselves in academic studies only. He also encouraged IEEE RUET Student Branch to work together and take the branch to a better position.
Then Session Chair requested Md. Moshiul Haque to share his thoughts with us. Md. Moshiul Haque inspired us to be innovative and use this power to grow ourselves. He also inspired us to work together irrespective of Branches to make our Bangladesh Section stronger.
Then Milton Kumar Kundu requested Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz to share her thoughts with us. She shared her experience how she started Women in Engineering (WIE) in 2010 and how she overcame every obstacles to come to this position and elected as the 2022 IEEE WIE Committee Chair. She also advised us to work hard from each of our positions and to collaborate among us neglecting the differences of our branches to take our Bangladesh Section to a prominent position.
Afterwards, the Session Chair requested Prof. Dr. Md. Saifur Rahman to share his thoughts with us. Prof. Dr. Md. Saifur Rahman shared his experience how he came to this position and elected as the Chair of 2022 IEEE President. Also as a Bangladeshi how different his journey was. He inspired us to be ethical and approachable. He also inspired us to be a student member of IEEE and grab the opportunities of IEEE.
After the valuable speech from our honorable speakers, Dr. Md. Sajal Kumar Das and Prof. Dr. Md. Samiul Habib gave a brief speech sharing their experiences.
Ins and Outs of GRE and TOEFL
9 DECEMBER, 2021
With the intention to give a clear concept about GRE and TOEFL to the higher study aspirants, Communication Theory Lab (CTL), RUET in association with IEEE RUET IAS Student Branch Chapter had organized an event entitled โIns and Outs of GRE and TOEFLโ on 9 December, 2021 at 7 PM.
This virtual program started at exact time with 115 participants. Milton Kumar Kundu, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, RUET; Advisor, IEEE RUET IAS Student Branch Chapter and A. S. M. Badrudduza, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ETE, RUET was also present in this webinar. A. S. M. Badrudduza sir is the founder of Communication Theory Lab (CTL), RUET. Milton Kumar Kundu sir welcomed all the participants, teachers and the speaker. The respective speaker is Fardin Ibne Shahid, B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, RUET who excelled in GRE and TOEFL by scoring 333 and 111 respectively.
After the inauguration session, the speaker started to give his evocative session. He explained all the necessary processes one has to follow to achieve his desired destination and shared some important strategies. At first, by explaining the GRE exam structure and format, participants got a clear view about it. Then he also shared his experience of giving the TOEFL exam and gave tips to the trail.
Later the question answer session followed. It was really an interactive session with so many participants questioning the speaker to quench their thirst for knowledge.
In the closing session, A. S. M. Badrudduza sir shared his thoughts about the program and felicitated all the participants. Afterwards, Milton Kumar Kundu sir gave e-crest to the speaker as a token of appreciation.
Finally, the program concluded at 8 pm successfully by thanking all the participants for their supportive gesture and the speaker for being so generous.
Internet of Things (IoT) & Automation for Industry 4.0
17 NOVEMBER, 2021
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ in association with ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต organized a webinar with the theme "๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ (๐๐จ๐) & ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐.๐" on 17 November at 6:30 pm.
The program was started on time. At the outset of the program, the host welcomed the honorable speaker, teachers, participants, and branch members to the webinar. The keynote speaker was Dr. Sajal Chandra Banik, Professor of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology.
Dr. Sajal Kumar Das, Advisor of IEEE RUET RAS Student Branch Chapter & Assistant Professor of Dept. of MTE, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, and Zinat Tasneem, Assistant Professor of Dept of MTE, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology was also present in the program.
The main section of the program was started with a short welcome speech by Dr. Sajal Kumar Das sir. Followed by him, the keynote speaker Professor Dr. Sajal Chandra Banik sir shared his detailed insight on the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) concept and its driving forces to transform into reality for the industry. The potential benefits from the transformation into I4.0. was covered. The challenges to reach I4.0 for Bangladesh were also incorporated and conferred. Professional feedback about the barriers to the transformation of I4.0 was placed to find out the way to overcome them.
Questions were taken from the participants afterward. The honorable speaker of the program, Dr. Sajal Chandra Banik sir kindly and patiently answered them.
Later on, As a token of appreciation, Dr. Sajal Kumar Das sir presented E-Certificate and E-Crest to the honorable speaker Professor Dr. Sajal Chandra Banik sir.
Finally, the honorable speaker was thanked for his valuable speech and all the guests and teachers were thanked for their presence. All the participants and members were appreciated for joining the webinar.
The webinar was free for all undergraduate and graduate students. All the participants were very supportive throughout the entire program. The program was concluded successfully at 7:55 pm with the hope of the advancement of technology.
Excel in Career with Project Management Skill
16 SEPTEMBER, 2021
The journey of ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต started on September 16, 2009, with some enthusiast members and very caring guardians. Over these years, by the relentless efforts of our advisors, members, and volunteers, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต has become one of the most prominent branches of IEEE Bangladesh section.
To celebrate the 12th anniversary of ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต with its members, a webinar on "๐๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น" was organized by ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต at 8 pm on 16 September.
The respective speaker of this webinar was ๐ ๐ฑ. ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ท๐ฎ๐ป, PMP, B.Sc. in EEE (RUET 09 Series), Sr. Executive, Project Management Office, Bashundhara Group, Former Chair of IEEE RUET Student Branch (2013-14).
The chief guest of this event was our honourable teacher, Dr. Md. Samiul Habib, Associate Professor of Dept. of EEE, RUET, Counselor of IEEE RUET Student Branch.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Goffar Khan sir, Prof. of Dept of EEE, RUET; Milton Kumar Kundu sir, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, RUET, Advisor, IEEE RUET IAS Student Branch Chapter; Alok Kumar Paul, Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE, RUET; Sagor Chandro Bakchy, assistant professor, Dept. of ECE, RUET attended the event.
At first Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Goffar Khan sir, Dr. Md. Samiul Habib sir, Milton Kumar Kundo sir shared their experiences with IEEE RUET Student Branch and gave directions to our following activities. Then the speaker started his presentation. He provided wonderful directions about achieving project management skills, applying them in each and every professional field. He also gave instructions about getting international certificates of skills which will be helpful in our future career.
After the speakerโs speech, K. M. Nasim Rusho, EEEโ08, former chair of IEEE RUET SB (Session 2012-13); Tushar Sarkar, EEEโ09, former Secretary of IEEE RUET SB (Session 2013-14); Injaman Shuvo, EEEโ14, former Chair of IEEE RUET SB (Session 2018-19) also shared their valuable experiences and memories regarding their journey with IEEE RUET Student Branch and discussed about the importance of having project management skill in life. The discussion went very lively.
Before ending, Milton Kumar Kundu Sir provided an e-crest as a small token of appreciation to our speaker. Around 35 participants attended the event. Finally, the event successfully ended at 10 pm.
Web Development Using MERN Stack( 5 days workshop )
24 August - 02 September, 2021
American Corner, Rajshahi in association with Qubitech Solutions organized an online workshop on โWeb Development Using MERN Stackโ which was supported by IEEE Computer Society RUET SBC. It was held on 24 August, 26 August, 28 August, 31 August and 2 September 2021 from 7.30 PM to 9.30 PM at Zoom.
The speaker of the event was Md. Nayeem Hasan, Chief Technology Officer, Qubitech Solutions.
On the first day on August 24, the discussion topics were INTRO TO MERN Stack Web Development- Ideas about web development, Working principles of websites; HTML- ideas about HTML, Structure of Webpage, HTML Tags, Adding and formatting texts, title, paragraph, body, Lists โ Ordered/Unordered ,Images, Forms, Links, Tables, Iframes, Videos, Anchor tags, HTML Divs; CSS-CSS Introduction, Inline vs Internal vs External styling, CSS Display.
On the second day on August 26, the discussion topics were CSS Backgrounds, Borders, Margins, Padding, CSS Font Styling, Stylings Lists, Styling Tables, Forms, Gradients.
On the third day on August 28, the discussion topics were ADVANCED CSS- Tooltips, Buttons, Transitions, Transformation, Animations, Box sizing, Flex, Grid; PROJECT BUILDING-Responsive Media Queries.
On the Fourth day on August 31, the discussion topics were BOOTSTRAP โ Bootstrap containers, Tables, Images, Colors, Alerts, Buttons, Spinners, Cards, Pagination, Drop Down, Carousel, GITHUB.
On the Fifth day on September 2, the discussion topics were JAVASCRIPT- Introduction to JavaScript, Variables, scoping, Data type, Strings and Numbers, Operators and loops, Functions, Understanding and working with DOM, Developer tools in Browser; Pitch Deck Design- Intro to Pitch Deck, What to include, How to research and measure required parameters, Design tools, Design resources; Pitching your Idea- Presentation etiquette, the art of storytelling.
29 participants joined this 5 days long workshop. There were three assignments that were given on Day 1, Day 2, Day 3. Those had to be submitted on google classroom before 7:30 pm on 31 August. On the basis of daily attendance and assignment submission, 16 participants received certificates and 3 participants were awarded for their 100% assignment submission and their outstanding performance.
They were-
1. Basob Paul Brinta
2. Md Nazmus Sakib
3. S M Ruhan Kabir
This workshop provided a clear idea about how to move forward as a MERN stack developer. After thanking all the participants and the speaker, this event ended successfully.
IEEE YESIST12 - Innovation Challenge Track 2021 (Pilot Event)
30 August, 2021
To keep up with the flow of innovation among the youth, IEEE RUET Student Branch and Astronomy & Science Society of RUET (ASSR) is organizing "IEEE YESIST12 Innovation Challenge Track Pilot 2021" supported by Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA). The program was organized virtually. Winners from the Pilot (regional) round will compete in the final global round.
It was a two-day program that was held on August 30-31, 2021. It started at 5 pm on 30 August with 47 participant teams. Each team got 5 minutes to give their presentation on their project. The event was conducted in three sections with a break at 8:20 pm to 8:30 pm. Event was paused at 9:15 pm on 30 August. Remaining participants gave their presentation on 31 August that started at 10 am.
The jury board consisted with our honorable-
Prof. Dr. Md. Al Mamun, Professor & Head of Dept. of CSE, RUET, Advisor, IEEE CS RUET Student Branch Chapter
Engr. Mohammad Atiqul Islam, Deputy Director, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority
Dewan Adnan, National Consultant, iDEA Project, ICT Division
Ashiqur Tanim, Chief Executive Officer, THiNK Limited
Saurabh J. Soni, Secretary IEEE Bombay Section CS Chapter (CH10246), Admin IEEE R10 & IEEE HAC Program 2021, Member,IEEE R10 HTA 2021-2022, Member, IEEE Bombay Section,
Project lead-SAWG IEEE Smart Village
The event was thoroughly undergoing in coordination with -
Tasnim Binte Shawkat, Assistant Professor of Dept. of ECE, RUET, Advisor, IEEE RUET WIE Student Branch Affinity Group
Khalid Hasan, BHTPA
Tamzid Bin Ahmed, Consultant, BHTPA
Campus ambassadors greatly promoted all activities of this event.
With the proper evaluation of every participant team by the jury board, result of the competition was received. And it was declared that the winner and runner-up teams will officially be announced later by Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA).
The event ended fairly and nicely at 12:30 pm on 31 August by cordially thanking the jury board for their valuable time and judgement and participants for their participation.
IEEE Annual General Meeting 2020
17 July, 2021
The Annual General Meeting 2020 of the IEEE RUET Student Branch was held on 17 July 2021. It was a lively virtual get-together with some of our respected teachers and enthusiastic members of the IEEE RUET Student Branch where the new Executive Committee 2021-22 was also announced.
The whole program was greatly conducted by the host Fatema Akter, Dept. of ECE, 17 series, and co-host Tanzum Sharmin Turna, Dept. of EEE, 17 series.
The meeting started with the recitation of the Holy Quran by Efaz Chowdhury, Dept. of EEE, 18 series. We were honored by the presence of Dr. Muhammad Abdul Goffar Khan, Professor of Dept. of EEE RUET; Director, IQAC, RUET, Dr. Md. Faruk Hossain, Professor & Head of Dept. of EEE, RUET; Educational Activity Coordinator, IEEE Bangladesh Section; Director, Research & Extension, RUET, Dr. Md. Al Mamun, Professor & Head of Dept. of CSE, RUET; Advisor, IEEE CS RUET Student Branch Chapter, Dr. Sajal Kumar Das, Assistant Professor & Head of Dept. of MTE, RUET; Advisor, IEEE RUET RAS Student Branch Chapter. The evening was more lively with the valuable speech and guidelines given by our honorable teachers.
After the recitation of the Holy Quran, the present members of IEEE RUET Student Branch Ashraf Al-khalique on behalf of 18 series, Samin Safayat on behalf of 17 series, Tahmin Hossain on behalf of 16 series, and Sumaiya Chowdhury Anika on behalf of 15 series shared some of their thoughts and experiences. Md. Abdur Rahman, former Vice-chair of IEEE RUET Student Branch 2016-17 gave his interesting speech. The graduate student member Md. Abdul Al Azmain, former Secretary of IEEE RUET Student Branch 2014-15 shared his valuable speech with us.
Later, debit and credit reports of IEEE RUET Student Branch, Chapters, and Affinity Group were presented by their respective chair- Khalilur Rahman, chair of IEEE RUET IAS Student Branch Chapter, Md. Fahad Hossain, chair of IEEE RUET RAS Student Branch Chapter, Sumaiya Chowdhury Anika, chair of IEEE CS RUET Student Branch Chapter, Sadia Afroz, vice-chair of IEEE RUET WIE Student Branch Affinity Group and Abida Sultana Sumona, vice-Chair of IEEE RUET Student Branch. Afterward, they announced the new executive committee of their respective Student Branch, Chapters, and Affinity Group. The responsibilities were handed over to the new executive committee and they were congratulated for their new positions.
Then the most exciting part came with the announcement of the 3 best IEEE Volunteer Awards. Abida Sultana Sumona announced Md. Tazbinur Rahman, Web Master, IEEE RUET SB, Khalilur Rahman, Chair, IEEE RUET IAS SB Chapter, Anupam Debnath, Graphic Designer, IEEE RUET SB for the best IEEE Volunteers Award.
The meeting ended merrily thanking our respected teachers and members for their presence and interesting speech and congratulating the new executive committee and the best IEEE Volunteers Award winners.
Webinar on Clean Energy Revolution
25 April, 2021
A webinar with the theme โClean Energy Revolutionโ is going to be organized by IEEE RUET Student Branch jointly with IEEE PES GUB Student Branch Chapter from IEEE Bangladesh Section, Region 10. It is going to be held on 25th April 2021 from 3 pm-5 pm (Bangladesh Standard Time).
There will be three very important keynote sessions in this webinar. These are-
Microgrid Protection System,
Artificial Intelligence for Clean Energy,
Women's Participation in Power/ Energy
The Respective speakers of the keynote sessions are-
Dr. S.V.N.L Lalita
Professor, Dept. of EEE, K L E F Deemed to be University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Chairperson, IEEE Guntur Sub-Section
Dr. Celia Shahnaz
Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET
Chairperson, IEEE Bangladesh Section
IEEE PES Women in Power R10 Representative
Walid Bin Habib
Graduate Research Assistant, Chair of Material Science (Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology),
FAU in cooperation with HI ERN and Jรผlich Forschungszentrum, Germany
SAC, IEEE Germany Section; Corresponding Member IEEE R8 HuAC
Road Map for Renewable Energy Research and Development
8 April, 2021
To Celebrate IEEE PES DAY 2021, IEEE RUET Student Branch in association with IEEE RUET WIE Student Branch Affinity Group has arranged a webinar "Road Map for Renewable Energy Research and Developmentโ keeping the theme in mind of PES Day of this year โClean Energy Revolutionโ. This webinar was held on 8th April 2021 at 4 pm.
To Celebrate IEEE PES DAY 2021, IEEE RUET Student Branch in association with IEEE RUET WIE Student Branch Affinity Group has arranged a webinar "Road Map for Renewable Energy Research and Developmentโ keeping the theme in mind of PES Day of this year โClean Energy Revolutionโ. This webinar was held on 8th April 2021 at 4 pm.
The special guest in the webinar was Dr. Celia Shahnaz Maโam, Professor, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Chair IEEE BD Section, IEEE Women in Power R10 representative.
Dr. Apel Mahmud discussed the background, current status, and future goals for RESs, major Renewable Energy Sources (RESs), major challenges, potential solutions, upcoming challenges, and areas to concentrate.
Then there was a question-answer session.
After that, Dr. Celia Shahnaz Maโam talked about the theme of IEEE PES DAY. Then she gave an overview of renewable energy & the implementation of Machine learning & Pattern Recognition in the energy management system.
There were 71 participants in the webinar. Before ending, the speaker was given an E-Crest and an E-Certificate as a small token of appreciation. Finally, this successful webinar ended at 5.35 pm.
Opportunities and Expectancy of Studying in USA
10 March, 2021IEEE Computer Society RUET Student Branch Chapter in association with IEEE RUET Student Branch with the cooperation of EducationUSA, American Corner Rajshahi and EMK Center organized a webinar event on "Opportunities and Expectancy of Studying in USA". This webinar was arranged in two sessions. The fascinating topics that were covered in the sessions were: 1. University and funding search process along with an overview of US University admission process. (This session will be very helpful for the beginners who just started their preparation) 2. How to write a winning SOP for masters and Ph.D. programs 3. Ways of contacting professor and writing an academic resume 4. Discussion on preparation strategies for graduate admission into a U.S. University The first session was held on 10 March 2021 from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm. This session was on the first two topics given above and more than 80 students from RUET and other universities participated in this session. And the second session was held on 11 March 2021 from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm on the other two topics. More than 60 students were present in this session from RUET and other universities.
Our keynote speaker was Ruhul Amin, EducationUSA outreach coordinator at the EMK Center. He gave his valuable lecture on the given topics and made it quite easy for the beginners to follow their dream in a properly guided way by his knowledgeable information.Atia Sanjida, coordinator of American Corner Rajshahi was the co-host in the event and represented American Corner Rajshahi. Prof. Dr. Md. Al Mamun, advisor of IEEE Computer Society RUET SBC was also present at the event. In both sessions, key topics were discussed for about 1 hour and ended with taking feedback from the participants for 30 minutes. Our speaker was appreciated with an e-certificate and all the registered participants will be given an e-certificate within 7 days. This webinar was free for all students and was held on the Zoom platform. All participants were given the zoom meeting joining link through the mail. Our respected teachers and the participants were very supportive and this event ended successfully.
Advanced Softwares for ICT
03 February - 10 February, 2021
To inform the students about various simulation software to simulate any model for academic and research purposes, the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT), RUET organized a series workshop on โAdvanced Software for ICTโ volunteered by IEEE RUET Student Branch from 3rd February 2021 to 10th February 2021. The primary purpose of this workshop was to assist our students by explaining to them how different software can be used and applied for our academic and research purposes.
The event began on 3rd February at the scheduled time, with a welcoming and warm "Opening Ceremony". The moderator of the event, Milton Kumar Kundu (Lecturer, Dept. of ECE, RUET) inaugurated the opening ceremony by welcoming the chief guest, special guests, faculty members from different universities, and participants.
The special guests were Prof. Dr. Md. Zahurul Islam Sarkar (Dean, Faculty of ECE, RUET), Prof Dr. Muhammad Abdul Goffar Khan (Director, IQAC, RUET), Dr. Md. Faruk Hossain (Director, Research & Extension, RUET), Prof. Dr. Robiul Awal (Director, Student Welfare, RUET), Prof. Dr. Mohiuddin Ahmad (Director, IICT, RUET). They shared their opinions on the different features of such a workshop and highlighted its benefits.
Then the chief guest, Prof. Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam Sheikh, honorable Vice-Chancellor, RUET gave his precious speech highlighting the benefits of this type of workshop. Our organizing chair for the workshop, Prof. Dr. Md. Selim Hossain (Director, IICT, RUET) and organizing secretary Prof. Dr. Md. Masud Rana (Associate Director, IICT, RUET) was also present.
On 3rd February, the very first workshop was held on "LaTex". LaTex is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It was created to make it easier to produce general-purpose books and articles within TeX. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing. It includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.
More than 90 participants joined this session and Md. Yeakub Ali, Lecturer, Dept. of ETE, RUET enlightened us about this amazing software and showed us the way to learn LaTex.
On 4th February, the second workshop was on COMSOL was presented by Mr. Alok Kumar Paul, Assistant Professor, EEE, RUET. COMSOL has an interactive interface that facilitates the modeling procedure and allows easy coupling of different physical processes. Almost 100 participants joined this session.
YouTube link: Workshop on COMSOL by Alok Kumar Paul, Organized by the IICT, RUET & volunteered by IEEE RUET SB - YouTube
On 5th February, it was a workshop on "MATLAB(Simulink)" and almost 100 participants joined this session. MATLAB is a proprietary multi-paradigm programming language and numeric computing environment developed by MathWorks. MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages. Dr. Tushar Kanti Roy, Assistant Professor of ETE, RUET enlightened us more about this amazing software MATLAB.
YouTube link: Workshop on MATLAB by Dr. Tushar Kanti Roy Organized by the IICT, RUET & volunteered by IEEE RUET SB - YouTube
The 4th workshop of the series was on "PSSยฎE" on 6th February. Dr. Md. Apel Mahmud, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia presented the workshop on "PSSยฎE" in the attendance of more than 50 participants. Power System Simulator for Engineering is a software tool used by power system engineers to simulate electrical power transmission networks in steady-state conditions as well as over timescales of a few seconds to tens of seconds.
YouTube link: (90) Workshop on PSSยฎE by Dr Apel Mahmud, Organized by IICT, RUET & volunteered by IEEE RUET SB - YouTube
Maintaining the continuity, our 5th workshop of the series workshop was on PSIM. S M Sanzad Lumen, Graduate Assistant, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia was the speaker of this workshop on 7th February along with 60 more participants. PSIM is an Electronic circuit simulation software package, designed specifically for use in power electronics and motor drive simulations but can be used to simulate any electronic circuit. Developed by Powersim, PSIM uses nodal analysis and the trapezoidal rule integration as the basis of its simulation algorithm.
YouTube link: Workshop on PSIM by S M Sanzad Lumen, Organized by the IICT, RUET, & volunteered by IEEE RUET SB - YouTube
The sixth day had two workshops on two different software; โPythonโ and "CST, HFSS, FEKO". Dr. Muhammad Abdul Motin, Lecturer, Dept. of EEE, RUET led the session of โPythonโ in the presence of 140 participants. After that, Dr. Md. Khadimul Islam, Florida International University, USA conducted the session of "CST, HFSS, FEKO" along with 60 more participants.
Python is an interpreted, high-level and general-purpose programming language. And Python Software can compile it. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Motin will discuss this software in his presentation.
YouTube link: Python by Dr. Muhammad Abdul Motin, Organized by the IICT, RUET, & volunteered by IEEE RUET SB - YouTube
CST promotes Complete Technology for 3D EM and enables the fast and accurate analysis of high frequency (HF) devices such as antennas, filters, couplers, planar and multi-layer structures, and SI and EMC effects. HFSS (high-frequency structure simulator) software has been used for simulating and optimizing the proposed antenna design. FEKO is a software suite built for the analysis of a wide range of electromagnetic problems.
YouTube link:Workshop on CST, HFSS, FEKO (part 1). Organized by the IICT, RUET & volunteered by IEEE RUET SB - YouTube
On 9th February, there were two topics discussed in the seventh workshop of the series workshop. The topics of this workshop were "CST, HFSS, FEKO" and "PSpice"
Dr. Md. Khadimul Islam, Florida International University, USA presented the topic on "CST, HFSS, FEKO". And Prof. Dr. Md. Masud Rana, Professor, EEE, RUET introduced the topic of " PSpice".
PSpice stands for Personal (Computer) Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis. It is a tool to design and develop analog circuits and simulate the behavior of a circuit. Using this tool, you will know how your circuit is likely to behave in the real world and when you prepare PCB assembly, it is likely to follow the nearby result of the circuit designed in the PSpice simulator.
YouTube link:Workshop on CST, HFSS, FEKO (part 2). Organized by the IICT, RUET & volunteered by IEEE RUET SB - YouTube
Prof. Dr. Md. Masud Rana enlightened us more about this and how we can operate PSpice software.
The last session and the topic were on โExpressPCBโ. It was held on 10th February in the presence of 50 participants and it was administered by our honorable teacher Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Gaffar Khan, Professor, EEE, RUET.
Then the closing ceremony of the "Advanced Softwares for ICT" workshop series, was held on the same day in the presence of special guests- Prof. Dr. Md. Zahurul Islam Sarkar (Dean, Faculty of ECE, RUET), Prof Dr. Muhammad Abdul Goffar Khan (Director, IQAC, RUET), Dr. Md. Faruk Hossain (Director, Research & Extension, RUET), Prof. Dr. Robiul Awal (Director, Student Welfare, RUET), Prof. Dr. Mohiuddin Ahmad (Director, IICT, RUET) and the chief guest, Prof. Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam Sheikh, honorable Vice-Chancellor, RUET who gave his valuable speech highlighting the benefits of this type of workshop. In the end, a virtual token of appreciation was provided to every presenter of this workshop.
Learn from Experts about Thesis
21 January, 2021For manifestations of the thesis topic, the IEEE Computer Society RUET Student Branch Chapter organized a webinar on โLearn from Experts about Thesisโ on 21st January 2021 from 10.30 AM to 1:00 PM in association with IEEE RUET Student Branch with technical support of IEEE CS BDC. The lead motive of this program was to give a highlight planning, conducting, reporting, and defending a thesis paper. The event started with about 100 participants at a scheduled time. The program was designed to conduct the opening ceremony, speakerโs talk, Q/A session, and closing ceremony. After welcoming all the speakers and participants, we introduced our first speaker Abdullah-Al Zubaer Imran. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Radiology at Stanford University. He also holds a Visiting Scholar position at the University of California, Los Angeles, from where he earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2020. and lastly the closing ceremony.
Our second speaker was Dr. Shah Muhammad Hamdi. He is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at New Mexico State University. His research centers around data mining, machine learning, and deep learning. Jaydeb Sarkar was our last speaker. He is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at Wayne State University (WSU), Michigan, USA. After finishing the speakerโs presentation, participants asked questions to get suggestions for the better modification of their thesis paper. In the closing ceremony, the IEEE CS RUET Student Branch Chapter advisor Prof. Dr. Md. Al Mamun, Professor, Dept. of CSE, RUET shared his thoughts He supervised the whole event. The participation certificate, the presentation slide used by speakers, and the recording of the whole event will be E-mailed to each registered participant within 7 days.
