Honors and Awards

Honors/Responsibilities

The Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) Engineering Research Center (ERC) at The University of New Mexico (UNM) won the “Best Real World Application of STEM” Award at the “Discovery Festival by Big Brothers, Big Sisters” held on November 18, 2016 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The event drew more than 1,500 K-12 students from around New Mexico. Link
2016 Regional Judge at the Central NM Science & Engineering Research Challenge, USA on Friday, March 18, 2016 from 7:00 am to approx. 1:00 pm.
Program committee member: 2015 IEEE Photonics Conference, Student and Young Professional Job Fair.
Program committee member: 2015 IEEE Photonics Conference, Student and Young Professional Poster Competition and Reception.
Audio visual volunteer @ 2015 IEEE Photonics Conference (formerly IEEE LEOS) from 4-8 October, 2015 @ Reston, Virginia, USA. pdf file, 2015 AV
Teaching Assistant of Prof. Lukas Chrostowski (UBC, Canada) for the IEEE IPC 2015 Silicon Photonics Fabrication Workshop on Sub-wavelength Grating Materials /Meta-materials. pdf
Evaluator of the IEEE Photonics Society 2015 Graduate Student Fellowship Program.
Program committee member: 2015 New Mexico Celebration of the International Year of Light @ University of New Mexico, USA.
Director of Youth at Islamic Center of New Mexico (ICNM), Albuquerque, NM, USA. January 2015-Present time.
Certificate of participation as an official Optical Society of America's UNM student chapter representative at the 2014 Student Leadership Conference, presented at 98th Frontiers in Optics 2014, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Poster, Certificate
2014 IEEE Photonics Conference Session chair on "Novel Optical Technologies" from 8:30-10:00 am on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. pdf
Audio visual volunteer at 2014 IEEE Photonics Conference (formerly IEEE LEOS), October 12-16, 2014, La Jolla, San Diego, California USA. pdf file 2014
First Associate Vice President (AVP) of Student Membership at IEEE Photonics Society (IPS), IEEE for 2014-2015, 2015-2016. SOE, CHTM, IEEE Photonic Society Official Facebook, and Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (Sept. 2014).
President of Optical Society of America's UNM Student Chapter, 2014-2015. Link
Contributor to the following NSF-supported project:
Award Number: 1301373
PI/co-PI(s): Charles Fleddermann, Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico, USA
Project Title: RET: in Engineering and Computer Science: Energizing Engineering Education (E3): An RET site at the University of New Mexico investigating energy research and engineering practice.
2014 Regional Judge at the Central NM Science & Engineering Research Challenge, USA on Friday, March 21, 2014 from 7:30 am to approx. 1:00 pm. pdf file
Member of CHTM Green Campaign Committee, February 2014-present.
Appreciation from National Museum of Nuclear Science & History for doing outreach in Optics and Photonics at Discover STEM Week 2014, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. pdf file
Vice President of Optical Society of America (OSA)-UNM Student Chapter, 2013-2014. Link
Elected as the Vice President of Bangladesh Student Association at University of New Mexico (BSAUNM), USA, 2013-2014.
Audio visual volunteer at 2013 IEEE Photonics Conference (formerly IEEE LEOS), September 8-12, 2013, Bellevue, Seattle, Washington, USA. pdf file 2013
President of University of New Mexico Cricket Club (UNMCC), 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016.
Elected as the UNM Chair of National Science Foundation (NSF)-Smart Lighting ERC Student Leadership Council, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016.
2013 Regional Judge at the Central NM Science & Engineering Research Challenge, USA on Friday, March 15, 2013 from 7:30 am to approx. 1:00 pm. pdf file
Founding Counselor of IEEE Stamford U Student Branch, Region 10, Bangladesh Section, 2012. Link pdf file
Reviewer of peer reviewed International Journals and Conferences.
Paper entitled “1.55 μm Quantum Dot Heterostructure Laser using InN” was listed as one of the best papers at the IEEE Electron Devices Society Bangladesh Chapter Student Paper Contest 2009.
Elected as a Vice President of the Electrical and Electronic Department Student Organization at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh, 2008.
Co-ordinator of IEEE KUET Student Branch, Region 10, Bangladesh Section, 2007.

Awards

2018 Student Travel Grant in the amount of $2000 from IEEE Photonics Society to attend Society's flagship conference, the 31st Annual IEEE Photonics Conference at Reston, Virginia, USA, 30 September - 4 October, 2018.
2018 Student Travel Grant in the amount of $2500 from IEEE Photonics Society to attend IEEE Summer Topicals at Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 9 - 11 July, 2018.
2018 Professional Development Grant (PDG) in the amount of $500 from UNM Graduate and Professional Student Association (UNM-GPSA).
2017 Professional Development Grant (PDG) in the amount of $500 from UNM Graduate and Professional Student Association (UNM-GPSA).
2017 Student Travel Grant in the amount of $2000 from IEEE Photonics Society to attend Society's flagship conference, the 30th Annual IEEE Photonics Conference at Orlando, Florida, USA, October 1-5, 2017. CHTM News
2016 Professional Development Grant (PDG) in the amount of $500 from UNM Graduate and Professional Student Association (UNM-GPSA).
2016 Doctoral Conference Presentation Award from UNM in the amount of $1000 for the IEEE Photonics Conference Presentation at Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, October 2-6, 2016.
2015 Doctoral Conference Presentation Award from UNM in the amount of $1000 for the IEEE Photonics Conference Presentation at Reston, Virginia, USA, October 4-8, 2015.
2015 IEEE Albuquerque Section, USA (Region 6) Outstanding Graduate Engineering Student Award. Link , IEEE ABQ, UNM News, SOE, SOE Magazine, CHTM.
2014 Grant in the amount of $600 from UNM Student Conference Award Program (S-CAP) for Oral Presentation at the IEEE Photonics Conference at La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA, October 12-16, 2014. pdf file
“People’s Choice” award in the student poster competition at CS/ECE Tech Day 2014 at The University of New Mexico, USA for poster titled “Low voltage CMOS compatible linear-mode p-n junction silicon avalanche photodiode”. CHTM, OSE, SOE, CS.
Awarded with a prestigious 2014 SPIE Optics and Photonics Education (OPE) Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 for the long term and potential contribution to the Optics and Photonics. Links SPIE, SPIE press release, ECE, OSE, CHTM, UNM Grad Student Spotlight and Smart lighting ERC (May, 2014).
Nominated for the 2013 Sarah Belle Brown Award in Student Category in Recognition to Outreach and Community Service Efforts in Optics and Photonics at the University of New Mexico, USA. pdf file
2013 RPT Grant in the amount of $830 from Office of Graduate Studies at the University of New Mexico (UNM), USA. pdf file
2013 Grant in the amount of $600 from UNM Student Conference Award Program (S-CAP) for Oral Presentation at the SPIE Optics+Photonics Conference at San Diego, CA, USA, August 25-29, 2013. pdf file
2013 SPIE Student Travel Grant Award in the amount of $400 for Oral Presentation at Optics+Photonics Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, August 25-29, 2013. Links ECE, CHTM, UNM Grad Student Spotlight. pdf file
2012 Travel Grant in the amount of $540 from Sweden-Bangladesh Trust Fund for the purpose of pursuing PhD at USA. pdf
2012 IEEE MGM Albuquerque Section Award (top recruiter in the Western U.S. Region).
Graduate Research Assistant, Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, USA, Fall 2012-present. pdf file
Recipient of Board Scholarship (for outstanding academic accomplishments in 12th grade) from the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 2005-2008.
Recipient of Junior Scholarship (for outstanding academic results in 8th grade) from the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 2000-2001.