Faculty Member Details

Dr. Md. Kawsar Alam obtained his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UBC, Canada in 2011. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He is currently a Professor at the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the same university.
His research interest includes Nanoscale Device Modeling and Simulation, Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS), Photovoltaic Devices, Ab-initio Modeling and Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Charged Particle Interaction with Nano-materials, Electron Emission Properties of Nanostructures, and Monte Carlo Simulation. He leads the nanoscale science and technology research group.

Keywords/ Research Interest

Nanoscale Device Modeling and Simulation, Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS), Photovoltaic Devices, Ab-initio Modeling and Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Charged Particle Interaction with Nano-materials, Electron Emission Properties of Nanostructures, and Monte Carlo Simulation.

Awards/Honors

Best Paper of the Track in IEEE WIECON--ECE 2015; Track Name: Semiconductor Devices, Nano-Technology and Photonics.
Featured Cover(back) Article, Physica Status Solidi B: Basic Solid State Physics, Wiley, Issue: February 2017.

Recent/Selected Publications

1. M. Islam, M. M. Rahman, M. M. Chowdhury, and M. K. Alam, "Graphene Nanoscrolls via Electric Field-Induced Transformation of Water-Submerged Graphene Nanoribbons for Energy Storage, Nanofluidic, and Nanoelectronic Applications”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, American Chemical Society, Vol. 02, Issue: 09, pp. 5857 - 5870, 2019.

2. M. M. Rahman, M. M. Chowdhury, and M. K. Alam, "Rotating electric field induced carbon nanotube based nanomotor in water: A molecular dynamics study”, Small, Wiley, Vol. 13, Issue: 19, pp. 1603978-1 - 1603978-10, 2017.