KEYNOTE / PLENARY / INVITED TALKS

  1. “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology to Market → Bangladesh Contributing to Global Knowledge Economy,” American Associate of Bangladeshi Engineers and Architects, September 1, 2018, New York, USA.
  2. “Secure Electronics – Deterrence versus Innovation,” (Distinguished Speaker), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 8, 2018.
  3. “Memristors: A New Technology Paradigm,” (Keynote Talk), Condensed Matter Physics 2017, New York, USA, October 19-21, 2017
  4. “Memristors: Materials, Devices and Systems,” (Keynote Talk), 2017 EMN/CC Barcelona Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, September 11-15, 2017.  
  5. “Memristors: Materials, Physics and Systems,” (Invited Talk), EMN Meeting on Memristive Switching and Network, Milan, Italy, August 14-18, 2017
  6. Commencement Speaker, Marianapolis Academy, Thompson, CT, June 2017.
  7. “Secure Electronics: Supply Chain versus New Device Paradigm,” April 5, 2016, National Academy of Science/Engineering, Washington DC
  8. “U. S. International Intellectual Property Policy: The Role of the State Department,” Guest Lecturer, Multinational Intellectual Property Protection, School of Law, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, 2016.
  9. “GaN Electronics and the Challenges”, Invited Talk, Optical Engineering + Applications – The premier optical design, engineering, fabrication, and instrumentation conference, San Diego, CA, August 28 – September 1, 2016.
  10. “ZnO nanostructures and memristors,” (Keynote Talk) International Conference and Exhibition on Mesoscopic & Condensed Matter Physics, Boston, USA, June 22-24, 2015.
  11. “ZnO and Related Nanostructures for Electronics and Photonics,” International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Symposium, Boxbrorough, MA, May 5, 2015
  12. “Zn1-xMgxO (x≤0.3) Nanostructures: A Versatile Material Platform for Advanced Electronics and Photonics,” (Keynote Talk), World Congress and Expo on Nanotechnology and Materials Science, Dubai, UAE, April 13-15, 2015.
  13. “Comparison of ZnMgO/ZnO Coaxial Core-Shell Structures with ZnO Nanorods for UV detection and Gas Sensors,” (Keynote Talk), 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Lasers, Optics and Photonics, Philadelphia, September 8-10, 2014.
  14. Workshop on Sustainable Energy Integration: 14 Lectures on Different Sustainable Energy Technologies, Integration and Economics, June-July 2014, Ethiopia.
  15. “Engineered Nano-Signatures (ENS) & Other Novel Authentication Technologies,” Joint Audit Planning Committee, NASA, June 17, 2014.
  16. “AlGaN/GaN HEMTs,” Compact Modeling Council, Washington DC, Dec. 13, 2013.
  17. “ZnMgO Solar Blind Detectors: from Material to Systems”, SPIE Optics Photonics, San Diego, CA, Aug 25-29, 2013.
  18. “ZnO-Based Oxide Semiconductors: A Material Platform for High Power Room Temperature THZ QCLs,” MIOMD-XI, September 4-8, 2012, Evanston, Illinois, USA
  19. “Possible Material Platforms for High Power Room Temperature THz Quantum Cascade Lasers,” THz Forum 2012, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), April 3-4, 2012, Virginia, USA.
  20. “Nitride-based quantum cascade lasers: a material and performance study,” Photonics West, January 21-26, 2012, San Francisco, USA.
  21. “DNA-Based 2D Self-Replicating Microelectronics,” NSF-EFRI Conference, January 11-12, 2011, Washington DC.
  22. “Energy Challenges for Bangladesh – A Roadmap for Sustainable Energy Solutions,” (Keynote Talk), Bangladesh Power Development Board, Dhaka Bangladesh, January 8, 2011.
  23. “Renewable Technologies to Address Energy Needs in Bangladesh,” (Keynote Talk), Daily Star Leadership Colloquium on Alternative Energy, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 7, 2011.
  24. “Hetero-structure FETs: Modeling, Characterization and Analysis,” (Tutorial), ICECE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 21, 2010.
  25. “Research: Fundamental Contribution towards Knowledge,” (Keynote Talk) Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, January 22, 2010.
  26. “Sustainable Energy Sources: Power Conditioning,” NSF/IUCRC Workshop, University of Connecticut, Storrs, October 28-29, 2009.
  27. “NSF/Industry University Cooperative Research Center,” NSF/IUCRC Workshop, University of Connecticut, Storrs, October 28-29, 2009.
  28. “GaN-based THz Quantum Cascade Lasers,” SPIE Europe: Security and Defence, Berlin, Germany, August 31 – September 3, 2009.
  29. “Sustainable Energy – The New Challenge,” East West University, (Keynote Talk) Celebrating the Anniversary of IEEE Student Branch, August 2, 2009.
  30. “GaN HFETs: Physics and Applications,” United International University and IEEE Electron Devices – Bangladesh Chapter, July 30, 2009
  31. “Green Research at UConn: Addressing Energy Challenges in Bangladesh,” Asia Pacific University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 28, 2009.
  32. “Trap Characterization in GaN/AlGaN HFETs using GTLM Structures,” (Invited Paper), SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, California, January 24-29, 2009.
  33. “Research Capabilities, UConn School of Engineering,” ARDEC/University R&D Collaboration meeting, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, June 18, 2008.
  34. “Concepts in Advanced Engineering,” DHS Summit meeting and at the Advanced Material Workshop, June 26-27, 2008
  35. “Molecular Microsystems,” AMCTA Workshop, Raleigh, NC, January 30-31, 2006.
  36. TUTORIAL: Nanowire sensors experiment and theory, Optics East [6008-33], October 25, 2005.
  37. “Impurity Diagnostics in NanoWires,” Optics East [6003-33], October 25, 2005.
  38. “Localization and Shot Noise in Nanostructures,” Optics East, Philadelphia, October 25-28, 2004.
  39. “Advanced III-V Devices: GaAs Metamorphic HEMTs and GaN FETs,” Plenary Talk, International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2002.
  40. “GaN HEMTs,” Raytheon Company, Andover, Massachusetts, October 2002.
  41. “III-V High Frequency HEMTs,” XI-th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Delhi, India, December 11-15 2001.
  42. “QWIPs: A Physics Based Model,” Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ, December, 1998.
  43. “ Semiconductor devices for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Applications.” An IEEE Short Course, 9th – 10th August, 1998, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  44. “A Physics Based Model for High Electron Mobility Transistors,” IEEE Electron Devices and Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, April, 1998, Boston.
  45. “Noise in Semiconductor Devices,” ECE Department, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, April, 1995.
  46. “Noise in Quantum Well Devices,” Rome Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Boston, January, 1995.
  47. “Bistability, traversal time and shot noise in DBRTS and 1D random structures,” International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 1993.
  48. Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 1993.
  49. “Quantum size effect devices,” EEE Department, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,
  50. “Modelling of quantum well structures,” Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, April 1993.
  51. “Electromagnetic field approach to study quantum mechanics,” Bellcore, Livingston, NJ, July 1992.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • Guest of Honor (Lunch Speaker), Canadian Mission, New York, October 27, 2016.
  • Jefferson Science Fellow [2015-2016], The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
  • IEEE Electron Device Society Service Award 2010
  • Member, Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
  • Fellow, SPIE
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Idea Certificate, Department of the Air Force, December 7, 2004.
  • S. O. A. R. S. (Student Organization Advisor Resources and Support): Certificate of Appreciation 2008-2009.
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Summer Fellowship, 1996 and 1997.