Teacher Info:
 
Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Professor
Email: mjalam@eee.buet.ac.bd
Phone: (880 2) 9665650-80 Ext.7772 (O), 7656 (R)
Fax: (880 2) 8613046
 

Education

(a) Ph.D. in Thin Film Technology, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, November 2001.

Thesis title: Preparation and characterization of suitable insulating and transparent conducting thin films for a thin film electroluminescent device by sol-gel process.

(b) M. Sc. Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, September 1996.

Thesis title: Performance Study of Optical Coherent and Direct Detection DPSK System in Presence of Fiber Chromatic Dispersion.

(c) B. Sc. Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, December 1993.

 

Research interest

  • Thin film deposition.

  • Electrical and optical characterization of thin films.

  • Structural characterization of thin films (Infrared, X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy techniques).

  • Dielectric materials.

  • Transparent conductors.
  • Power Electronics.

Publications

  1. Publications   

     

    Journal Publications (recognized and refereed journals):

     

    1. Muhammad Mohsiul Haque and M. J. Alam, "Study of Voltage Imbalance due to Leakage Current Variation among Capacitors and an Approach to Improve", accepted for publication in the International Journal of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
    2. C. K. Das, M. A. Kader and M. J. Alam, "Design and Implementation of a Hybrid Energy Neutral Home System for Bangladesh" Accepted in International Journal of Renewable Energy Resources (IJRER), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
    3. Mohammad Jahangir Alam and Mohammad Ziaur Rahman, "Correlation of Fe-rich Defect Centre and Minority Carrier Lifetime p-Type Multicrystalline Silicon", Journal of Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 440, 82-87 (2014).
    4. M. A. Latif, M. J. Alam, M. A. Rashid, A. Karim, N. H. Ramly and I. Daut "Microcontroller based PWM Inverter for Speed Control of a Three Phase Induction Motor", International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET), Vol. 5, No. 2, April-May 2013, pp. 624-630.
    5. Mohammad Ziaur Rahman and Mohammad Jahangir Alam, "SRH Recombination Strength of Fe in Compensated Solar Grade Silicon", Photonics Letters of Poland, Vol. 5(3), 118-120 (2013).
    6.  Mohammad Ziaur Rahman and Mohammad Jahangir Alam, "Enhancement of Minority Carrier Lifetime of Fe Contaminated Boron-Phosphorus Compensated p-Type SoG Silicon", Photonics Letters of Poland, Vol. 5(2), 75-77 (2013).
    7. Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam, "Improvement of Input Side Currents of a Three Phase Rectifier Using Cu'k Converter in Discontinuous-Capacitor-Voltage Mode Operation", International Journal of Engineering Studies, Vol. 2, No. I, 2010, pp. 67-74.
    8. Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam, "Power Factor Improvement by Pulse Width Modulated Switched Single Capacitor", International Journal of Engineering Studies, Vol. 2, No. I, 2010, pp. 75-80.
    9. Md. Abdul Latif and M. J. Alam, "PWM Inverter Control Using Microcontroller for Speed Control of a Three Phase Induction Motor", Journal of Electrical Engineering, IEB, Vol. EE 34, No. I & II, December 2007, pp. 33-36.
    10. Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam, "A High Performance Switch Mode Voltage egulator for Single-Phase AC Sources", Journal of Electrical Engineering, IEB, Vol. EE 33, No. I & II, December 2006, pp. 57-61.
    11. Amina Hasan Abedin, Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam, "Improvement of Input Side Currents of a Three Phase Rectifier Combining Active and Passive Filters", Journal of Electrical Engineering, IEB, Vol. EE 33, No. I & II, December 2006, pp. 87-90.
    12. Y. Kavanagh, M. J. Alam and D. C. Cameron, "The characteristics of thin film electroluminescent displays produced using sol-gel produced tantalum pentoxide and zinc sulphide", Thin Solid Films, 2004, vol. 447-448, pp. 85-89.
    13. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Preparation and Characterization of TiO2 thin films by Sol-gel Method", Journal of Sol-gel Science and Technology, 2002, vol. 25, pp. 137-145.
    14. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Investigation of annealing effects on sol-gel deposited indium tin oxide thin films in different atmospheres", Thin Solid Films, 2002, vol. 420-421, pp. 76-82.
    15. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Preparation and properties of transparent conductive aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films by sol-gel process", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, July/August 2001, vol. 19(4), Part II, pp. 1642-1646.
    16. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Characterization of transparent conductive ITO thin films deposited on titanium dioxide film by sol-gel process", Surface and Coatings Technology, 2001, vol. 142-144, pp. 776-780.
    17. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Optical and Electrical properties of transparent conductive ITO thin films deposited by sol-gel process", Thin Solid Films, 2000, vol. 377-378, pp. 455-459.

     

     

    Conferences Proceedings (national and international conferences):

     

    1. Md. Zakaria Habib, Jobair Ibna Abdul Ali, Imrul Hasan Khan and Mohammad Jahangir Alam, "Design and Analysis of the Reduction of Harmonics at Single Phase Inverter Output" Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, 2013 (ICAEE 2013), IEEE Xplore, December 19-21, 2013, Independent University, Bangladesh.
    2. C. K. Das, M. A. Kader and M. J. Alam, "Load Shedding Backup with the Energy Neutral Home System" Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education(ICERIE), ICERIE, 11-13 January, 2013, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

    3.      C. K. Das and M. J. Alam, "An Innovative Energy Neutral Home System for Rural Areas of Bangladesh", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2012), IEEE Xplore, 20-22 December, 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

    1. C. K. Das, M. A. Kader, S. Deb and M. J. Alam, "Design and Implementation of an Energy Neutral Home System for Rural Areas of Bangladesh", Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy (ICMER 2011), ISSN: 2221-2213, CUET, Chittagong-4349, Bangladesh, December 22-24, 2011.
    2. Muhammad Mohsiul Haque and M. J. Alam, "Impact of Capacitors' Leakage Current Dispersion and a Simple Approach to Improve", Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS 2010), IEEE Catalog Number: CFP10APCCDR, ISBN: 9781424474554, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 6-9, 2010.
    3. Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam, "Three Phase Cuk AC-AC Converter Employing Minimum Switches", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2008) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 20-22, 2008.
    4. Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam, "Power Factor Improvement by Pulse Width Modulated Switched Single Capacitor", Proceedings of India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), Chennai, India, December 19-21, 2006.
    5. Md. Raju Ahmed and M. J. Alam, "Design of a Switch Mode AC Voltage Regulator with Improved Performance", Proceedings of India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), Chennai, India, December 19-21, 2006.
    6. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Investigation of annealing effects on sol-gel deposited transparent conductive ZnO:Al thin films in different atmospheres", Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2002) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 26-28, 2002.
    7. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Investigation of annealing effects on sol-gel deposited indium tin oxide thin films in different atmospheres", Proceedings of the International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings And Thin Films (ICMCTF) in San Diego, California, April 22-26, 2002.
    8. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Optical and Electrical properties of transparent conductive ITO thin films deposited by sol-gel process", Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings And Thin Films (ICMCTF) in San Diego, California, April 10-14, 2000.
    9. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Characterization of transparent conductive ITO thin films deposited on titanium dioxide film by sol-gel process", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE), September 18-22, 2000, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
    10. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Preparation and properties of transparent conductive aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films by sol-gel process", Proceedings of the AVS 47th International Symposium in Boston, USA, October 2000.
    11. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Electrical, Optical and Structural Properties of Sol-gel Deposited Tantalum Oxide Thin Films", Proceedings of the AVS 48th International Symposium in San Francisco, California, October 28-November 2, 2001.
    12. M. J. Alam, D. C. Cameron, "Optical and Electrical properties of titanium dioxide thin films deposited by the sol-gel process", Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT'99), Vol. II, pp. 1185-1193, Dublin City University, August, 1999.

     

Contact information

Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Professor
Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh
Email: mjalam@eee.buet.ac.bd