Event Description

EWU IEEE Student Branch is going to arrange a seminar on 'Future of Power System: A comparison between DC and Ac' on IEEE Day 2019. This seminar will give an overview of future of power system. Prof. M. Rezwan Khan, Professor of United International University.

Prof. M. Rezwan Khan completed his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), the leading technical university in Bangladesh, in 1980. He then obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from University College London in 1982 and 1986 respectively. He served BUET from 1980-2004 till he joined United International University (UIU). He was the Vice Chancellor of UIU from 2005-2017. He is presently serving as a professor at the UIU, Bangladesh.

Prof. Khan has research interest in diverse fields like thin film nano-devices, power electronics, renewable energy and energy systems. He has been serving as the Chairman of the Technical Standard Committee of Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), the largest financial organization in Bangladesh in Renewable energy sector. Under his technical guidance IDCOL has so far financed more than 5.5 million solar home systems in Bangladesh, the largest solar home system program in the world. He received the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal in 2005 for his outstanding contribution in the field of science and technology in Bangladesh. Prof. Khan is a proponent of DC Power system and was selected as the Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE IAS for the years 2017-18.

Date: 24th November, 2019

Venue: CCC Lobby

Time: 10 AM

*****This seminar is open for all. ****

It is our greatest pleasure to have him with us

Miss the seminar at own risk.

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