Dr. Md. Kawsar Alam

• Dr. Md. Kawsar Alam obtained his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 2011. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. Engineering from BUET in 2005 and 2007, respectively. Since 2017, He is a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He leads the nanoscale science and technology research group.
  
• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka. (17/12/2017-- to the date)
    
  • Associate Director, Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka. (01/09/2020-- 24/02/2023)
    
  • Assistant Provost, Suhrawardy Hall, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka. (28/02/2018-- 06/10/2020)
    
  • Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka. (28/01/2015-- 16/12/2017)
    
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka. (30/11/2008--27/01/2015)
    
  • Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka. (30/07/2005--29/11/2008)
    
• EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering (2009-2011), University of British Columbia (UBC, Vancouver), Canada
    
  • M.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (2007), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
    
  • B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (2005), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
    
  • Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.) (1999), Notre Dame College (NDC)
    
    
• AWARDS AND HONORS
  • Featured Cover(inside) Article, Nanoscale Advances, Issue: 02, Vol. 5, 2023.
    
  • Featured Cover(back) Article, Physica Status Solidi B: Basic Solid State Physics, Wiley, Issue: February 2017.
    
  • Best Paper of the Track Award, IEEE WIECON, 2015.
    
  • Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (UGF*), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2009-2012. (Prorated to 2011 for PhD degree completion in November 2011)
    
  • Research Assistantship, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2009 - 2011.
    
  • Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2010-2011.
    
  • International Partial Tuition Scholarship, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2009.
    
  • Student Travel Grant, International Conference on Electron, Ion & Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN), June 1-4, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 2010.
    
  • 2nd Best Paper Award, IEEE Electron Device Society (Bangladesh Chapter) Student Paper Contest, 2007.
    
  • Gold Medal, Janata Bank Limited, Bangladesh, 2006. [for outstanding result in B.Sc. Engineering examination]
    
  • 3rd position (among 152 students) with honors in B.Sc. (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) examination.
    
  • University Merit Scholarship, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (for results of undergraduate study in each term), 2000-2005.
    
  • Dean's List Scholarship (published for academic excellence at undergraduate level in each academic year), 2000-2005.
    
  • Dean's List Scholarship (published for academic excellence at undergraduate level in each academic year), 2000-2005.
    
• VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES
  
  • Technical Secretary, ICECE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022.
    
  • Co-Chair, Technical Program Committee, TENSYMP Virtual Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020.
    
  • Member, Organizing Committee, IEEE International Conference on Telecommunication and Photonics (ICTP), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017.
    
  • Member, Organizing Committee, 5th IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10HTC), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017.
    
  • Track Co-Chair, Devices, Circuits and Photonics, 5th IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10HTC), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017.
    
  • Member, IEEE Electron Devices and Solid State Circuits Society Executive Committee (Bangladesh Section), 2017.
    
  • Member, Technical Committee, 9th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016.
    
  • Vice Chair, IEEE Electron Devices and Solid State Circuits Society (Bangladesh Section), 2016.
    
  • Session Chair,Poster Session 2, IEEE WIECON-ECE, 2015.
    
  • Track Co-Chair,Semiconductor Devices, Nano-Technology and Photonics, IEEE WIECON-ECE, 2015.
    
  • Chair, IEEE Young Professionals (Bangladesh Section), 2015.
    
  • Membership Development Coordinator, IEEE Electron Devices and Solid State Circuits Society (Bangladesh Section), 2015.
    
  • Student Activities Chair, IEEE Bangladesh Section (Executive Committee), 2014.
    
  • Member, Technical Committee, 8th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014.
    
  • Member, Organizing Committee, 7th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012.
    
• REVIEWER/REFEREE (JOURNAL)
  
  • Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics]
    
  • Advanced Functional Materials [Wiley]
    
  • Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics]
    
  • Review of Scientific Instruments [American Institute of Physics]
    
  • AIP Advances [American Institute of Physics]
    
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces [American Chemical Society]
    
  • ACS Applied Electronic Materials [American Chemical Society]
    
  • ACS Omega [American Chemical Society]
    
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry [American Chemical Society]
    
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A [Royal Society of Chemistry]
    
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C [Royal Society of Chemistry]
    
  • Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B [American Vacuum Society]
    
  • Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A [American Vacuum Society]
    
  • Materials Research Express [Institute of Physics]
    
  • Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering [Institute of Physics]
    
  • Transactions on Electron Devices [IEEE]
    
  • Electron Device Letters- EDL [IEEE]
    
  • Photonics Technology Letters [IEEE]
    
  • Applied Surface Science [Elsevier]
    
  • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [Elsevier]
    
  • Diamond and Related Materials [Elsevier]
    
  • Solar Energy [Elsevier]
    
  • Computational Materials Science [Elsevier]
    
  • Canadian Journal of Physics [NRC Research Press]
    
  • Journal of Material Science: Materials in Electronics [Springer]
    
  • Journal of Computational Electronics [Springer]
    
  • Journal of Electronic Materials [Springer]
    
  • Chemical Papers [Springer]
    
  • Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering [Springer]
    
  • Scanning [Wiley]
    
  • International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields [Wiley]