The idea of a coordinated effort from Intel to help BUET was conceived from the incidents of:

a. Reception of  Professor Dr. Nooruddin Ahmed,  Ex-Vice Chancellor of BUET in Silicon Valley by American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers and Architects (AABEASV) in a banquet (April 2001).  Professor Nooruddin returning back and opening a foreign account “BUET Development Fund” for BUET and urging  NRBs by email to help them in education and research (Aug. 2001).

b. Email from Dr. M. M. Shahidul Hassan (Head of EEE Dept., BUET) asking NRBs to help them establish two simulation labs in BUET (August 2001).

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Short term goals

• To establish a 30 PC simulation lab for the department of EEE and CSE of BUET, to be completed by July 2002 (project finalized).

• To establish a Unix/PC lab in BUET to be used by all the departments of the University (details are being discussed), by mid of 2003.

• Work with other external efforts directed for BUET.

• Be a model for other companies like SUN, CISCO, TI, Microsoft where there are significant bodies of professionals of Bangladeshi origin.

• Work with BUET and get in sync regarding their plans with ours.

Mid term goals

• Work with BUET to expand, modernize, and support the education and research in the areas related to computer and electrical engineering.

• Help expand and establish three separate major programs in BUET with all the up-to-date curricula: a) Electrical Engineering, b) Computer Engineering, and, c) Computer Science, both in undergraduate and graduate levels with adequate lab and research facilities.

• Get Intel employees involved with BUET students and teachers in various research and educational projects.

• Help establish a concerted educational effort for science, math, and engineering in some selected Bangladeshi educational institutions by making a common platform out of NRB professional groups.

Long Term Goal

• Help BUET keep up-to-date in curricula and facilities in all technical disciplines.

• Help establish BUET among the top 20 technical educational institutions in Asia by 2010.

• Help establish a solid ground for some other selected educational institutions in Bangladesh, especially, in the areas of mathematics, science and engineering.

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One

A new Intel group “Intel Bangladesh Association” (IBA) formed (Nov. 2001).

One of the main objective of the group being to work as a common platform for all Intel employees to help increase interest and participation of Bangladeshis in the technical fields.

The current members of the executive committee are: 

1. Motahar Ahmed

2. Shameem Akhter

3. Dr. Mohiuddin Mazumder

4. Dr. Ishfaqur Raza, and

5. Dr. Shah Musa

Two

Finalized the first project of developing a 30 PC simulation lab to be completed by July 2002. The project has an estimated cost of $45,000 (Forty five thousand US dollar) including 30 PCs, three printers, the networking gears including the connection to the Internet, and the basic software.

Established relations with Intel Foundation, its president Tim Saponas agreed to provide us with the Employee Matching Gift Program, usually used for US educational institutions.

Intel Foundation’s matching can be up to 2:1. Note, Intel contributions each year is over $120m. 

Established relation with AABEASV (Dr. Jahangir Dewan) as a 501(c)(3) organization, to coordinate this effort with IBA, as demanded by Intel Foundation.

Established a common platform for all the Intel employees of Bangladeshi origin, a group named as “Intel Bangladesh Association (IBA)” has been formed and officially approved by Intel.

The objectives, charters, bylaws, etc of the new group are approved by Intel HR/legal.

Three

Joint working group (JWG) was formed as follows: 

1. Dr. M.M. Shahidul Hassan
    Professor and Dean
    Faculty of EEE, BUET
    shassan@eee.buet.ac.bd
 
2. Dr. Mohammad Ali Choudhury
    Professor & Head, Dept. of EEE, BUET
    mac@eee.buet.ac.bd

3. Dr. Md. Quamrul Islam
    Professor and Dean
    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, BUET
    quamrul@me.buet.ac.bd

4. Dr. Md. Abul Kashem Mia
    Professor, Dept. of CSE, BUET
    kashem@cse.buet.ac.bd

5. Dr. Hasib Mohammad Ahsan
   Professor
   Dept. of Civil Engineering, BUET
    hmahsan@ce.buet.ac.bd

6. Dr. Tapan Kumar Chakraborty
    Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE
    Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Gazipur, Dhaka
    bitdhaka@bangla.net

7. Dr. A.H.M. Asadul Haque
   Associate Professor
   Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Dhaka
    asadul@bigfoot.com

8. Professor S.M. Lutful Kabir
    Director, Institute of Information and Communication
   Technology (IICT), BUET
   lutfulkabir@iict.buet.ac.bd

9. Professor Dr. Nooruddin Ahmed
     Ex-Vice Chancellor, BUET
     Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, BUET

10. Abdur Rab
     Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA

 11. Mohiuddin Mazumder
       Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA

 12. Shah Musa
      Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA

 13. Motahar Ahmed
      Intel Corp., Portland, OR

14. Shameem Akhter
      Intel Corp., Portland, OR

15. Shamim Ahmed
      Intel Corp., Tokyo, Japan

 16. Ishfaqur Raza
       Intel Corp., Dupont, WA

17. Professor Saifur Rahman
      Virginia Tech, VA
 
18. Dr. Jahangir Dewan
      President AABEA, Santa Clara, CA

Four

Recently IBA has raised a fund of $24,550 (Twenty four thousand five hundred fifty US dollar) and given it to AABEA. Intel will match this amount on 1:2 basis so the total should become $73,650 after the matching.

The Joint Working group (AABEA, BUET and IBA) will work closely soon on how the money will be spent, project plans and implementations details.

This is a joint press release (AABEA and IBA) to the web and other avenue to develop the awareness on  this effort so that other Alumni and AABEA chapters can duplicate the same
initiatives and visions and spread the words to build our motherland institutions.

Five

Professor Dr. Md. Alee Murtuza has recently joined BUET as Vice Chancellor. BUET VC Professor Dr. Md. Alee Murtuza is one of the august members of the Joint working group (JWG).

Contact Address:

  Professor Dr. Md. Alee Murtuza
   Vice Chancellor, BUET
  amurtuza@vc.buet.ac.bd

Six

The Robert Noyce Simulation lab was inaugurated by the BUET Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Md Alee Murtuza on 11 December 2003. Ex-Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Nooruddin Ahmed, Deans, Heads, four executive members of IBA and distinguished guests graced the occasion. 

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JWG-Bangladesh and JWG-USA do teleconferencing once in a month. The IBA has already raised a fund of $1,20,000 of which $60,000 has been utilized in purchasing microcomputers and one server for the the first project Dr. Robert Noyce Simulation Laboratory. The rest of the money will be used for the second project "Campus Networking" in BUET. Dr. Robert Noyce Simulation Lab was inaugurated by the BUET Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Md Alee Murtuza on 11 December 2003. Ex-Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Nooruddin Ahmed, Deans, Heads, four executive members of IBA and distinguished guests graced the occasion.

It is expected that the second project will be completed by July 2003. The members of JWG are working on finalizing the projects for the year 2004.

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Updated on 10/09/2002