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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
Chairperson : Fatin Farhan
Haque
Vice-Chair: Fairooz Zafar
Secretary : Md. Nasimuzzaman
Mishuk
Treasurer : Mehdi Ashan ( [email protected] )
Editor : Anika Iqbal
Web developer : Apurba Nath
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
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Student Branch 2016
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Inspiring Excellence
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
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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