rh.Md. Rifat HoshenStudent · a continuing journey
professional perspective

A student’s path
through research.

I am a student working across robotics, embedded systems and wearable sensing. I learn by studying what others have done, building an idea with my teammates, and returning to it when the first attempt is not enough.

M.Sc. milestone · 26 August 2026Bilateral data-glove thesis defended. Result pending. The work continues.

The professional journey

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2026

Sharing the path from breadboard to publication

In a session for the IEEE HSTU Student Branch, I shared the research journey from a practical build toward documentation and publication. The subject came from the path I knew: beginning with questions, studying existing work, developing a prototype and learning how to explain it.

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2025

Continuing the work as a Research Assistant

In January 2025, I continued my laboratory journey as a Research Assistant at RSSDL, HSTU. The role grew out of my undergraduate experience and kept me close to practical research: prototyping, system integration, collaborative development and wearable sensing.

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2024

Leaving with more questions than I arrived with

I completed my B.Sc. in Electronics and Communication Engineering at HSTU in October 2024. The data-glove and semi-autonomous poultry-robot work were important parts of that chapter. Neither felt like a closed subject: both continued into the research I wanted to pursue next.

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2023

Recognition that belongs to the team

Our poultry-technology work received team recognition in the Smart Bangladesh Award 2023. I was listed as a team member in the district-level technical, team, government category. For me, it is a reminder of the supervisor, teammates and shared effort behind the prototype—not a story of working alone.

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Practical robotics beyond the workbench

Through ObstacleBot Odyssey and school-student robotics outreach with the IEEE HSTU Student Branch, I shared practical electronics and robotics learning with others. Teaching became another part of the engineering journey.

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2022

Supporting workshops and seminars

I served as Assistant Workshop & Seminar Secretary of the ECE Club of HSTU. The role connected student organization with the technical learning activities that mattered to me.

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Learning to take responsibility

Serving as Vice Chair of the IEEE HSTU Student Branch from May 2022 to March 2023 changed the kind of responsibility I carried. The branch was already important to my technical learning; leadership asked me to contribute to the space in which other students could learn too.

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Making the first steps approachable

I taught a Workshop on Raspberry Pi & Arduino through the ECE Club of HSTU. It brought together tools that had become part of my own learning and gave me a chance to share a practical way into embedded systems.

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2021

Serving as the branch Treasurer

My period as Treasurer of the IEEE HSTU Student Branch added organizational responsibility to an already important technical community in my life.

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Learning to bring the parts together

I began as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at SSDL in January 2021. Small assignments grew into larger collaborative projects. I gradually took more responsibility for planning the work, coordinating the different contributions and helping mechanical, electronic and software parts function as a whole.

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2020

Working with the IEEE student branch

I served as an Executive Member of the IEEE HSTU Student Branch. This community helped keep my interest in engineering alive and gave me a place to learn with others.

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2019

2018

Where curiosity met engineering

I began studying Electronics and Communication Engineering at HSTU. It gave a formal direction to a much older interest in motors, lights, batteries and building things.

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Stories without an exact date

Passing the learning forward

I began as the student asking questions. Over time, I found myself helping juniors with their circuits, projects and first attempts at research. Some now guide their own juniors. That continuing chain matters to me: the work is not only what I build, but also what other people become able to build.

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Before the research: motors, lights and batteries

Long before I knew how to describe a research problem, I wanted to know what made a toy move. I collected parts from old devices and experimented with motors, lights and batteries. School science fairs gave those small interests a place to become something I could show.

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