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IEEE BRAC University Student Branch 2016 Newsletter IEEE BRACU Study Tour to Air Force Technical Base Special words from Chair, Fatin Farhan Haque Special words from Counselor, Dr. A.K.M. Abdul Malek Azad Special Words from Editor, Anika Iqbal IEEE BRACU Student Body 2016 EEE BRACU Student General Body Meeting 2016 IEEE BRACU Study Tour to Air Force Technical Base IEEE Campaign 2016 IEEE BRACU Workshop on Latex IEEE BRACU Video Editing Workshop on After Effects IEEE BRACU Technical Writing Competition 2016 Counselor : AKM Abdul Malek Azad ( [email protected] ) Chairperson : Fatin Farhan Haque ( [email protected] ) Vice-Chair: Fairooz Zafar ( [email protected] ) Secretary : Md. Nasimuzzaman Mishuk ( [email protected] ) Treasurer : Mehdi Ashan ( [email protected] ) Editor : Anika Iqbal ( [email protected] ) Web developer : Apurba Nath ( [email protected] ) INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS Volume 4 , Issue 1 31 December 2016 Inside this issue : Special points of interest : Special Words From Chair , Fatin Farhan Haque IEEE - one of the institutions that encouraged me to get enrolled when I was in my sophomore and now I am honored to serve as the Chairperson of IEEE BRAC University Student Branch for 2016; it was assuredly one of the most inspirational experiences I ever had. I had the support of an amazing executive team members which helped me to organize and manage activities in the branch. The IEEE BRAC University Student Branch has provided me the platform and I think I have been able to utilize the opportunity for the students, and I am posi- tive that the students will be able to take any challenge in any upcoming compe- titions. I would like to convey my best wishes to the students to achieve more success from this branch in the future. IEEE BRAC University student branch successfully organized its first General Body Meeting (GBM) of 2016 on 29 th March 2016. The event was arranged at one of the classrooms of the campus premises which started at 5 pm. It started with the speech of the counselor of IEEE BRAC University Student Branch and Professor of the Electrical and Electronics Department Dr.AKM Abdul Malek Azad. He gave a brief speech about the advantages of be- ing an IEEE member as well as the activities of the IEEE BRAC Uni- versity Student Branch. He distrib- uted certificates among the previous Executive Body (EB) Members of 2014 and 2015. IEEE BRAC University Student General Body Meeting 2016 The Volunteers who had exceptional contribution were provided with crest as the recognition of their work. Following that, the chair of the IEEE BRAC University Student Branch, Fatin Farhan Haque, discussed about the upcoming events and tours with the new members. The event ended with a photo session where group photos were taken with the new members as well as the previous EB Members. In all, the event was triumphant and appreciated by everyone. IEEE BRAC University Student Branch has successfully completed its year 2016, which started back in 2008. The Executive Body mem- bers have a very vibrant goal to bring success and attain plenteous triumphs for the upcoming year. To conclude, IEEE BRAC Univer- sity Student Branch is looking for- ward to have more achievements with the new EB members with a clear goal of success and prosperity IEEE BRAC University Student Branch 2016 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 Inspiring Excellence

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IEEE BRAC University Student Branch 2016 Newsletter

IEEE BRACU Study Tour to Air Force Technical Base

Special words from Chair, Fatin Farhan Haque

Special words from Counselor, Dr. A.K.M. Abdul Malek Azad

Special Words from Editor, Anika Iqbal

IEEE BRACU Student Body 2016

EEE BRACU Student General Body Meeting 2016 IEEE BRACU Study Tour to Air Force Technical Base

IEEE Campaign 2016

IEEE BRACU Workshop on Latex IEEE BRACU Video Editing Workshop on After Effects

IEEE BRACU Technical Writing Competition 2016

Counselor : AKM Abdul Malek

Azad

( [email protected] )

Chairperson : Fatin Farhan

Haque

( [email protected] )

Vice-Chair: Fairooz Zafar

( [email protected] )

Secretary : Md. Nasimuzzaman

Mishuk

( [email protected] )

Treasurer : Mehdi Ashan ( [email protected] )

Editor : Anika Iqbal

( [email protected] )

Web developer : Apurba Nath

( [email protected] )

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS

Volume 4 , Issue 1 31 December 2016

Inside this issue : Special points of interest :

Special Words From Chair , Fatin Farhan Haque

IEEE - one of the institutions that encouraged me to get enrolled when I was in

my sophomore and now I am honored to serve as the Chairperson of IEEE

BRAC University Student Branch for 2016; it was assuredly one of the most

inspirational experiences I ever had. I had the support of an amazing executive

team members which helped me to organize and manage activities in the branch.

The IEEE BRAC University Student Branch has provided me the platform and I

think I have been able to utilize the opportunity for the students, and I am posi-

tive that the students will be able to take any challenge in any upcoming compe-

titions. I would like to convey my best wishes to the students to achieve more

success from this branch in the future.

IEEE BRAC University student

branch successfully organized its

first General Body Meeting (GBM)

of 2016 on 29th March 2016. The

event was arranged at one of the

classrooms of the campus premises

which started at 5 pm. It started with

the speech of the counselor of IEEE

BRAC University Student Branch

and Professor of the Electrical and

Electronics Department Dr.AKM

Abdul Malek Azad. He gave a brief

speech about the advantages of be-

ing an IEEE member as well as the

activities of the IEEE BRAC Uni-

versity Student Branch. He distrib-

uted certificates among the previous

Executive Body (EB) Members of

2014 and 2015.

IEEE BRAC University

Student General Body

Meeting 2016

The Volunteers who had exceptional

contribution were provided with crest

as the recognition of their work.

Following that, the chair of the IEEE

BRAC University Student Branch,

Fatin Farhan Haque, discussed about

the upcoming events and tours with the

new members. The event ended with a

photo session where group photos were

taken with the new members as well as

the previous EB Members. In all, the

event was triumphant and appreciated

by everyone.

IEEE BRAC University Student

Branch has successfully completed

its year 2016, which started back in

2008. The Executive Body mem-

bers have a very vibrant goal to

bring success and attain plenteous

triumphs for the upcoming year.

To conclude, IEEE BRAC Univer-

sity Student Branch is looking for-

ward to have more achievements

with the new EB members with a

clear goal of success and prosperity

IEEE BRAC University

Student Branch 2016

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IEEE BRAC University Student

Branch Successfully Arranged and

Attended a Study Tour to

Bangladesh Air Force Technical

Base

One of the significant and efficacious event of

2016 was the tour to Bangladesh Air Force Tech-

nical Base organized by IEEE BRAC University

Student Branch. It has been a glorious opportu-

nity and splendid accomplishment for BRAC

University as it is the first University in Bangla-

desh which has effectively made this tour possi-

ble. Major General (Retired) Muhammad Sa-

hool Afzal, Registrar BRAC University had con-

tributed prominently to arrange this tour success-

fully. The tour took place on 26th May and the bus

started off from the campus premises at 8:15 am

with 27 people. Among them, 25 were students

who are IEEE members, following with two re-

spected lecturers of Electronic and Electrical De-

The first IEEE campaign of 2016 was held on 26th Janu-

ary at BRAC University campus premises. 120 students

have signed up and 58 students have become IEEE mem-

bers for this year. The campaign started at 9 am and con-

tinued till 5pm. For campaigning, the IEEE student body

arranged slide shows, distributed brochures among the

students Moreover, the volunteers of IEEE student body

members were there to help the inquisitive students and

described them about the perks and benefits for joining

IEEE. In all, the campaign was successful!

IEEE CAMPAIGN 2016

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-partment (EEE) Atanu Kumar Saha and Avijit Das. By 9

am we reached their technical base precisely, at the Hanger

named Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre and was

warmly welcomed by the Bangladesh Air Force officers.

Squadron Leader Shahid guided us throughout the tour.

Next, we were taken to the Electric Specialized Equip-

ment Shop where F-7 series Aircraft equipment were

shown and displayed. Following that, they showed all the

plating treatment and process of the F-7 Aircraft at the

Surface Treatment Plant, which is the largest surface

treatment plant in Bangladesh. After that, they gave us a

tour to their different Electrical Workshops which are,

Turbo Cooler Tester Room, Hydraulic Curve Com-

pressor Testing Room, Mechanical Performance and

Tensile Test Room, Pipe Repair Workshop, NDI Work-

shop, NDT Workshop, Cable Room, Radio and Rader

Workshop etc. At the end, they took us to Precision

Measuring Equipment Lab (PME) where calibration of

the circuits and sets are tested in oscilloscopes and to the

R&D Cell from where the direction and location etc. are

controlled by their R&D project. This tour was a lifetime

experience for the students of EEE department of BRAC

University.

IEEE BRAC UNIVERSITY STUDENT BRANCH

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Volume 4 , Issue 1

An efficient and significant workshop on writing scien-

tific article on Latex has been accomplished success-

fully at BRAC University premises on 17th May 2016.

It was a two hour workshop that started at 3 pm. Irtiza

Haque, System Engineer, Grameenphone Limited and

Shoilie Chakma,Lecturer of BRAC University Elec-

tronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) Department

were the instructors for the event. They are also desig-

nated as the workshop Coordinator of Women in Engi-

neering(WIE), IEEE Bangladesh Section. They showed

the students different skills and techniques of writing

effective scientific paper on Latex. They showed the

students different skills and techniques of writing effec-

tive scientific paper on Latex. Noticeably, there was a

total of 40 students attending the workshop, of them 21

were IEEE members and others were non IEEE mem-

bers. Most of them were final year students.

The workshop was highly beneficial for their thesis also. At the

end, Samantha Lubaba Noor, Lecturer of EEE Department and

Chair of WIE, IEEE Bangladesh section gave a short speech on the

use of Latex for writing scientific paper and its assistance. Finally,

the event ended with distribution of certificates and light refresh-

ments among the participants.

The workshop was held on the 8th of October 2016, Saturday

with a total of 27 students. The session was conducted by

Ananto, a junior year at BRAC University and working as the

Assistant Director in the university’s Robotics Club. After

Effects was the software that was chosen to get the students

introduced to editing and animating videos and movies. To

facilitate the students, the software was already installed in

the desktops and hence, the session proved to be more effec-

tive. Ananto started with the explanation of very basics, such

as duration, composition, background color, resolution, so

that students can easily connect with the features of the soft-

ware. Shohan and Fatin acted as the biggest support for con-

ducting the session and looked into all the needs of the par-

ticipants while doing their tasks. Fun videos were shown at

first for grabbing the attention of all and gradually more fea-

tures of importing files and by using basic concepts of phys-

ics, increase and decrease in speed were taught to students.

This definitely helped them to imagine the scenario and per-

form the tasks of animation in the very first hour.

Moreover, concepts of varying speed, scaling, per-

spective, visibility and duplicating commands were

taught to everyone. Overall, continuous interaction

and a friendly environment aided to turn the workshop

into a very successful one!

IEEE BRACU ORGANISES WORKSHOP ON WRITNG

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE ON LATEX

IEEE BRACU VIDEO EDITING

WORKSHOP ON AFTER

EFFECTS

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IEEE BRAC University Technical

Article Writing Competition

The Impact of Processing

Nafisa Nowshin Ahmed IEEE BRACU Student Member

MIT Media Lab has introduced us to Processing, a software which has

unquestionably opened thousands of doors for simulating innumerable

concepts of physics and other life sciences. The most attractive feature

which I discovered was while learning to build a game with it as it defi-

nitely showed me the prospects of its various applications. The Bus

Game had the use of buttons, rectangles, ellipses, counter, color and

many more, which do seem like very simple concepts and processes.

However, the program is built in such a manner that would stimulate the

area responsible for problem solving in our brains. Initially, it would

reflect that the game is for young children but a difference in opinion

occurs when the same program and its tasks are assigned to adults who

are new to the world of coding. An introduction to computer science

cannot be much more comfortable and interesting at the same time, as I

have personally been through this whole experience. Be it the use of

straight line equations for analyzing the direction of a falling ball or to

consider the velocity and air resistance when a ball hits the ground, the

software has been able to prove its worth undoubtedly as it allows an

individual to visualize the real scenario. It is undeniable what the posi-

tive impact of the introduction of this software would do to the entire

education system. Children, being even in middle schools, could not be

taught to imagine concepts of the natural world but could be taught to

code and create the real scenarios on their own. The psychological effect

of this implementation would be game changing, especially in this era of

technological revolution and in this part of the world. According to a

report published on the website of World Economic Forum about The

Annual Meeting that took place in Davos from 20 to 23 January, under

the theme “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution” complex prob-

lem solving would be the quality that employers would be looking for

the most in 2020. Also, since 2015, the same trend has been set and the

opportunity could not be wider for such proposals to bind both the up-

coming and the previous generation through the leadership of the current

one. To be more specific, The Tech Academy, in Dhaka, Bangladesh has

made this approach their flagship and has been conducting their sessions

through various short and long courses for the children and adults. An

immense progress could definitely be noticed in the number of skills the

non technical students have gained, which I had witnessed myself. To

recapitulate, Processing has been enlightening for me in terms of per-

ceiving any new aspect and I truly believe it has the potential to teach us

to transform our imaginations into reality, well beyond our expectations.

IEEE BRACU organized

“Accelerating your career

Engineers’ Perspective”

On the 8th of November BRACU IEEE SB organized a

seminar name, “ Accelerating your career Engineers’ Per-

spective “ in association with BRACU OSCAR. Almost

25-30 students from ECE, EEE and CSE department were

present, who had a amazing opportunity to meet profes-

sionals from Thesra Services, LLC, Robi Axiata Ltd,

Ericssion Bd, SSL Wireless and BAT. Discussions fo-

cused on how we can get internship offer in good firms

and also about the key factors that firms look for in fresh

graduates, followed by a Q&A session to know more

about the opportunities available in Bangladesh.

IEEE BRAC UNIVERSITY STUDENT BRANCH

Website of the electronic copy of the newsletter: www.ieee.bracu.com

I heartily thank the IEEE BRAC University Student Branch’s counselor Professor Dr. A.K.M. Abdul Malek Azad Sir for giv-

ing me the opportunity to attend as the editor of the student branch. Likewise every year, the student branch is going to publish

the newsletter this year which combines all the activities done. I am thankful to Ms. Ahmed Hosne Zenan and Ms Rumana

Rafique for their contribution in previous years’ newsletter and wish for the branch’s prosperity and welfare in the coming

year. —— Anika Iqbal

A note from Counselor

Dr.AKM Abdul Malek Azad

IEEE BRACU SB has been active and dynamic

branch, organizing various educational and moti-

vating events like seminars, technical tours and

workshops since 2008. Our effort is to inspire

students to participate in events occurring both

locally and internationally. This diversifies their

knowledge and understanding of a particular

subject. I have been serving as Counselor of

IEEE BRACU SB since its foundation in 2008

and also serving IEEE BDS as “Educational Ac-

tivity Coordinator” for 2015. Like previous years,

this year has been witness to some exhilarating

and successful activities from IEEE BRAC Uni-

versity Student Branch 2015. I would like to

congratulate the whole team on their diligent

work and determination. I have hope that the next

year will be even more industrious and enjoyable

in terms of activities and will bring us further

appraisal and much more. I am honored to be

able to present you all with the fourth issue of

IEEE BRAC University Student Branch’s very

own Newsletter! Enjoy. P

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From the Editor :