Dr. Sharif Mohammad Mominuzzaman
Director, NWPGCL
Professor, BUET

Dr. Sharif Mohammad Mominuzzaman, Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET, joined NWPGCL as a Director on November 2023. He is a Member of Technical and Engineering Committee and Audit & Finance Committee of NWPGCL.

Dr. Mominuzzaman joined as Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on 01 January 2009. He is faculty of BUET since January 1992.

His preliminary academic base was developed at Jhenidah Cadet College (JCC). He has obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree from BUET in 1991 and 1993, respectively. Later he has earned Ph.D. from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan in 2001. His M.Sc. topic was on second breakdown phenomenon in electronic device. His Ph.D. research was on Fabrication of Carbon/Silicon hetero-junction Photovoltaic solar Cell by lon Beam Sputtering and Pulsed Laser Ablation methods. During his PhD work, he has synthesized doped semiconducting carbon and fabricated n-C/p-Si hetero-junction PV cell and performed in depth investigation successfully. Due to his recognition of research activity he was awarded Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-doctoral Fellowship. During his post-doctoral research he has synthesized various types of nano carbon including single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) and multi wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT), graphene, semiconducting a-C, DLC from fullerene C60 for opto-electronic device applications. His research area includes synthesizing of nano-materials, fabrication of nano devices for opto-electronic applications, solar cells, renewable energy and power systems; and simulation of the materials, device and systems. He was also awarded prestigious Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)-University Grants Commission (UGC) Joint Research Project (During 2009~2011). He has participated many conferences home & abroad and published more than 200 papers in the International Journal and Conferences. He was the Technical Chair of 12th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2022), Dhaka, Bangladesh organized by the Department of EEE, BUET with the IEEE Bangladesh section as the technical co-sponsor.

In recognition to his research, Dr. Mominuzzaman has received Best Oral Paper Award in the category-I (Fundamental and New Approaches) in the 14th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-14), Jan. 26-30, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand. He has also received Best (2) Oral Paper Award in the 10th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, (ICECE 2018), 20-22 December 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

He has served as Consultant in the area of PV systems Designing, Fabrication, Integration, Evaluation Technologies; Mobile, Battery Systems Assembling and Fabrication Technologies; Consultant in Preparing Proposal for Accredited Laboratories, Consultant in the area of Low Medium and High Voltage Power Systems including Power transformer and Distribution Transformers, HT/LT switchgears, Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) Panel, PFI Panels etc. for about 30 years.

He was a member of selection committee, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Bridge Fellowship Program. He has been serving as consultant, member in top supervision committee, member in tender evaluation committee, member in technical specification preparation committee in many national projects in Bangladesh especially in the field of Renewable energy and Power systems. He is directly involved in preparation and finalization of Bangladesh Standards (BDS) and served as member, Divisional Committee (Electrical and Electronics (EEDC)), Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) Committee, Ministry of Industries, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

He has contributed in accreditation activities and served as Chair in many Accreditation Committees, Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB), Ministry of Industries, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh since 2018. He is also serving as Chair, The Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Education (BAETE), the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Dhaka for Accreditation of Graduate in Engineering programs of Universities in Bangladesh.

He has served as Syndicate Member, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU), Dhaka, Bangladesh during 2020~2022.

In his personal life, he is blessed with two sons and two daughters.