I introduce myself as a student. Researcher and hands-on engineer describe parts of what I do, but student describes how I want to approach it: with questions, a willingness to learn, and room to change my mind. Once a student, always a student.
My earliest memories of making things are simple: motors, lights and batteries. I was curious about remote-control cars, collected parts from old toys and devices, and took part in science-fair projects. I did not have a clear research direction then. I wanted to understand what made things move and how I could make something myself.
In 2018, I joined Electronics and Communication Engineering at HSTU. It was where a childhood interest met a field of study, although the connection was not automatic. IEEE student-branch mentoring helped renew my interest. With guidance from Ferdous Wahid, I began learning how to find research papers, read existing work and choose a practical place to begin.
That place was the streetlight project. A new requirement meant a new skill: controlling a motor, moving a panel, connecting sensors or getting devices to communicate. Between 2019 and 2025, the project paused and restarted, but it kept giving me reasons to learn.
Working with my supervisor, Professor Dr. Md. Mahabub Hossain, and our team broadened that experience into poultry robotics, automated feeding, shed automation and wearable hand-motion sensing. My role often sits between the parts: planning how a system should work, coordinating mechanical and electronic contributions, and helping the whole assembly work together.
Building a place for that work matters to me too. My room served as an informal laboratory before we moved into a dedicated shared space. Helping organize the laboratory and guiding younger students are achievements I value alongside the projects. Some of those students now guide their own juniors; the learning continues beyond one person.
I want to keep working in research and development. I see doctoral study as a way to sharpen my understanding, judgement and problem-solving, not as the final destination. The longer aim is to build useful things and help others become capable of doing the same.
Education
M.Sc. in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University
Thesis defended/presented on 26 August 2026; result awaited.
Thesis: Engineering a Bilateral Wearable Data-Glove Platform for Hand-Motion Sensing, with Application to Bangla Sign Language
B.Sc. in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University
Undergraduate work in data-glove sensing and semi-autonomous poultry robotics.
What research means to me
For me, research means finding a better way to solve a problem. That begins with understanding what already exists, asking what matters in a particular setting, and learning from a physical system rather than stopping at an idea.
How I work
I begin by looking at existing projects and literature. I develop a plan, consider useful mechanisms from different places and work with teammates to bring them together. The goal is to understand and improve a solution in its own context, not to claim that every component or idea began with me.
Ferdous Wahid
Ferdous Wahid helped me take my first steps into research through IEEE student-branch mentoring. I began learning how to find papers, read existing work and turn an ambitious idea into a practical starting point.
The smart streetlight became that starting point. Its requirements grew over time, and each new requirement gave me another reason to learn. That guidance helped turn an interest in building things into a more deliberate research practice.
Professor Dr. Md. Mahabub Hossain
At HSTU, Professor Dr. Md. Mahabub Hossain guided my undergraduate and master’s research. Our work together has included poultry robotics, automated feeding, poultry-shed automation and wearable hand-motion sensing.
His support also helped our work grow beyond my room-based laboratory into the shared Robotics and Smart System Design Lab. I helped plan the working table, coordinate fabrication and organize the move. I value his encouragement to study context-specific problems, experiment carefully and document the work clearly.