Introduction to EEE department

Introduction:

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) started its journey as a survey school in 1876 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This public institution then evolved through its other entities such as Ahsanullah School of Engineering and then Ahsanullah College of Engineering to become a full fledged University in 1962. At present BUET is the leader in engineering education in Bangladesh having reputation of catering to the best students in the country. It is located at the heart of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and a mega city with approximately a million of population. BUET comprises five faculties, three institutions, four centers, several directorates, administrative wings, libraries, cafeteria, transport pool, medical center, physical education, mosques, play grounds and large dormitories for students, and housing complex for teachers and other staffs.

The faculties in BUET are Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Architecture and Planning. The yearly intake of undergraduate students is around 800 and that of graduate students including maters and Ph.D. students is around 700. Most of the laboratories in various departments of the university are equipped with the latest facilities though not commensurate with the number of students. However, it is compensated to an appreciable extent by the dedicated and quality teaching of the faculty members who are well qualified and most of whom have Ph.D. degrees from abroad in their respective specialization.

The university computing facility has improved significantly in the recent past with the introduction of computer laboratories for students and teaches in each department. Its internet facility has also undergone significant changes with the introduction of optical fiber backbone inside the campus and own VSAT connection. These facilities are supported by the Institute of Information Communication Technology (IICT) of BUET formerly known as the Computer Center.

There are three modern workshops to support the university maintenance requirements and shop practices by the students of the relevant departments. It also has good banking, postal and shopping facility within the campus.

The university has implemented its own uninterrupted power generation scheme with the installation of a 2MW gas engine based power station in January 2003. The utility supply is kept as standby or utilized during late night until early morning.

The meritorious students of this public university get almost free education since the major share (95 percent of the total) of the university budget comes from the public exchequer through the University Grants Commission under the Ministry of Education. As a result, the momentum of progress in increasing and modernizing the facilities of the university is not always at par with the development elsewhere in the world. Despite this hurdle BUET stands as a distinguished technical university in this region of the world with remarkable achievements by its faculty members and students of the present and the past.

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is the largest faculty of BUET with an an annual intake of 250 undergraduate students of which 130 are in the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and 120 in Dept. of Computer Science Engineering (CSE). The department of EEE also runs the M. Sc. Engg and Ph.D. programs with an annual intake of 100 graduate students. The total number of teaching posts in the department is 75 of which around 50 are occupied by the teachers in active service at any time in the department while the remaining teachers are abroad on leave for doctoral or postdoctoral research or teaching with lien from BUET.

The main focus of the EEE Dept. is on four major areas – power & energy, electronics, communication and computer in the undergraduate curricula, while on two major divisions- energy & power system, and communication & electronics in the postgraduate studies. The M. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees are based on publishable thesis work besides requiring the candidate to undertake prescribed courses as well.

The expertise of the faculty members of this department ranges from power systems to VLSI technology. The research areas of teachers and students of this department include power, energy, electrical machines, solid state device, signals and systems, signal processing, image processing, device modeling, power electronics, control engineering, high voltage engineering, biomedical engineering, microwave engineering, optical fiber communication, mobile telecommunication, device fabrication, VLSI and nano technology. The department provides well equipped laboratories with the latest models of PCs and state of the art equipment. The following are the main laboratories.

1. Electrical Circuits Laboratory-I
2. Electrical Circuits Laboratory-II
3. Electrical Circuits Laboratory-III
4. Electrical Machines Laboratory
5. Advanced Machines Laboratory
6. Power System Laboratory
7. Switchgear and Protection Laboratory
8. High Voltage Engineering Laboratory
9. Electronics Laboratory
10. Power Electronics Laboratory
11. Robert Noyce Simulation Laboratory
12. Electronic Circuits Simulation Laboratory
13. Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
14. Telecommunication Laboratory
15. Control Systems Laboratory
16. Microwave Engineering Laboratory
17. VLSI Laboratory
18. Microprocessor and Interfacing Laborator

Faculty members of this department take active part in consultancy, testing and collaborative research work administered by the BRTC (Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation) of BUET on request from various government, semi-government bodies and private organizations. They are also helping in teaching, curricula and laboratory developments, and research activities of the newly emerging public and private universities in Bangladesh under MoU or BRTC programs. Also the faculty members volunteer to provide their valuable expertise for various issues related to national interest on request from the government agencies.

Alumni of this department are serving with good reputation and success in many organizations and universities within the country and abroad. Since the inception the Department of EEE, BUET has been drawing the attention of the top notch students of Bangladesh as their first choice of study. The future for graduates from this department looks very promising both at home and abroad because there is shortage of quality graduates in the market in the field of power, electronics and communication. Specially in the fields of power and communication Bangladesh is experiencing steady growth due to the need. Besides absorption of our graduates in the overseas study and research programs as in the past, the current trend is that our graduates are demanded by the local cellular telecommunication, power, and several IC design centers and software development companies.

In recognition of the need and role of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the present world situation, the BUET authority has undertaken a TK. 32 Crore (approximately 5 million USD) project to build a new 12 storied building with all the modern facilities as required to house the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering i.e. the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The construction of the new building is underway at West Plassey adjacent to the BUET main campus and is expected to be completed by 2008.

The new generation of electrical and electronic engineers are encouraged to undertake research and development activities in all the areas of this rapidly expanding and fascinating discipline of engineering. The department is committed to the study and analysis of fundamental as well as applied problems. Teachers and students of the department work in solving problems in in the fields of conventional and renewable energy generation, transmission and utilization, high voltage transients, power system planning, reliability, operation, control and protection, machine and drives design, microwave fading, microstrip antenna design, remote sensing, design and synthesis of VLSI and ULSI circuits, semiconductor device design and characterization, digital signals and image processing, neural networks and bio-medical signal conditioning and identification of processed signals, mobile telecommunication and optical fibers etc.

Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME) Building of BUET

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology is striving to realize its vision and mission to place itself on the top with national and international recognition of its teaching, research and consultancy programs. So far with limited resources and facility the Department has succeeded to do so as a result of sincere effort of its faculty and students. Contribution, cooperation and collaboration of all from outside the university are also a major factor in attaining such goal. We hope the support of national and international organizations and the EEE Dept. alumni will continue and increase in the days ahead so that we can achieve our objective and goal.