Professional appointments

1.  Associate Professor, Department of Nanomaterials and Ceramic Engineering, BUET                   2/2021 - present. 

2.  Assistant Professor, Department of Nanomaterials and Ceramic Engineering, BUET                        12/2017 - 2/2021.

3.  Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,                           9/2017 - 11/2017.

     East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.                  

4. Postdoctoral associate, Dimitri Antoniadis research group

     Microsystems Technology Laboratories                                                                                               2/2015 - 7/2017.  

     Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA.                                                                                   

5. Graduate Research Assistant,                                                               8/2009 - 12/2014. 

     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 

     University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA                                            

6. Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BUET.                                  2/2007 - 8/2015. 

Awards

• RISE Internal Research Grant for studying transparent radiative cooling, 2024-25.

• Basic Research Grant from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology for research projects on Coatings on Glass, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2023-25.

• Research grant (as PI) for fabrication of semi-transparent thin-film solar cells, Project title - "Energy Harvesting Glass for Green Building Applications", Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council (BEPRC), Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, 2019-25.

• Research grant (as Co-PI), "Numerical analysis and experimental study of various cleaning intervention strategies for soiling affected solar panels to maximize revenue", East West University Center for Research and Training (EWUCRT), 2022-25. 

• Research grant (as Co-PI), "In-field data driven PV soiling rates and techno-economic analysis: A look into utility-scale PV installation in Bangladesh", Institute of Advanced Research, United International University, 2022-23.

• Research grant (as Co-PI) for developing a tool for predicting soiling effects on solar panels, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) division, Government of Bangladesh, 2020-21.

• SRC TECHCON Best in Session Award, 2016 

• Charles L. Brown Graduate Student Fellowship for Excellence, University of Virginia, 2013-14. 

• Louis T. Rader Graduate Research Award, University of Virginia, 2013. 

• INDEX (NRI) student poster award, 2013. 

• EEE Faculty Dean’s list - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2001-2005. 

• University Merit Scholarship - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2001-2005.