Yeasin Arafat Pritom

PhD Researcher

Elmore Family School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

Email: ypritom@purdue.edu

My favorite writer, André Gide, once said, "You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore". I don't know how far I have crossed the ocean, but I persistently strive to maintain my command over the boat amidst the boundless depths of the open sea.

I am a PhD researcher in the CEED research group in the ECE Department at Purdue University, West Lafayette (since Spring 2026). My research focuses on physics-based modeling of microfluidic systems and biosensors, with emphasis on Multiphysics and device-level simulation. I completed my BSc (2024) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (top 5% of the class) from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and worked as a graduate research assistant at the Emerging Nanoscale Devices (END) Research Group. My previous work includes physics and machine learning-based modeling of emerging electronic devices, including negative capacitance FETs, forksheet FETs and photovoltaic solar cells. Before joining Purdue University as a researcher, I served as a full-time lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

I served as the Chair of the IEEE Electron Devices Society Student Branch Chapter, University of Dhaka (2022-2023), and the winner of IEEE EDS Undergraduate Fellowship 2023 in Region 10 in recognition of outstanding academic excellence and research contributions in the field of electronic devices.

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Research Highlight:

News and Updates:

Completed Fall 2025 semester in ECE at the University of Maryland- College Park.
Received the National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship in 2024-25 session.
Received the German Research Foundation Fellowship 2024.
Selected and Nominated to attend the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physics).
Joined BRAC University, Bangladesh as a full-time lecturer in the Department of CSE, School of Data and Sciences.
A research paper titled "Performance Analysis of Forksheet FETs compared to Nanosheet FETs for sub-3 nm Technology Node" has been selected for poster presentation at the 8th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing Conference, Bangalore, India (03-06 March 2024).
Presented a research paper titled "Enhanced Broadband Absorption in Ultra-Thin Crystalline Si Solar Cells with Parabola Textured Front Surface and Plasmonic Nanoparticles" at the 5th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications and Photonics, Dhaka, Bangladesh (23rd December 2023).
Selected as the IEEE Region 10 recipient of the "2023 IEEE Electron Devices Society Undergraduate Student Fellowship".
A research article titled "Plasmon-enhanced parabolic nanostructures for broadband absorption in ultra-thin crystalline Si solar cells" was published in Nanoscale Advances in August 2023.
Attending MLED'23 workshop on Machine Learning for Electron Devices at IIT Roorkee, India funded by IEEE EDS SBC DU and Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Dhaka.
Has been elected as the Chair of IEEE EDS SBC DU for the session of 2023-2024.

Important Achievements:

Recipients of "IEEE Electron Devices Society Undergraduate Student Fellowship 2023" in Region 10.
Received the German Research Foundation Fellowship 2024.
Nominated for attending the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physics).
Received the National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship in the 2024-25 session.
1st Runner up in the "Bento Packaging Activity Recognition Challenge" under the 3rd International Conference on Activity and Behavior Computing 2021.
1st Runner up in the "3rd Nurse Care Activity Recognition Challenge 2021" under the conference of HASCA workshop, ACM Ubicomp 2021.
Selected for the General Grade Scholarship based on the results of board exams SSC 2016 (Comilla Board) & HSC 2018 (Dhaka Board).
1st Runner up in the "6th Bangladesh Physics Olympiad, 2016" at the divisional round in category B.
Champion of the debate competition at the "36th National Science & Technology Week- 2015" in category B.
Champion of the science fair at the "36th National Science & Technology Week- 2015" in the junior category (More on the achievements page).