A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, USA
MSc in Electrical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh
BSc in Electrical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh
Professor Khairul Alam received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees both in electrical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He obtained a Ph.D. degree also in electrical engineering from the University of Californian, Riverside, USA. He worked with Intel at New York, USA as a summer intern. He spent two years at the University of Tokyo, Japan as a post-doctoral researcher under the JSPS fellowship of Japan government.
He has been with the EEE department of East West University since January 2007. Along with teaching, he has a significant contribution in research and education. He published a book chapter, 35 journal papers, and 26 conference papers. He received the University Grants Commission award in 2009 for his research on strain effects on the performance of a graphene nanoribbon transistor.
He has been serving the editor position of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (T-ED) since January 2019. He served the director position of institutional quality assurance cell of East West University for three years. During his period, seven departments of East West University completed the self-assessment report, external peer review, and post improvement plan. He served the external peer review team for the quality assurance of a few universities. He also served the accreditation team of BAETE for accreditation of engineering programs in Bangladesh.
November 01, 2019 - Present: Sectoral Committee Member for Electrical and Electronic Engineering or related programs of BAETE.
January 01, 2019 - Present: Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (T-ED).
January 01, 2016 - December 31, 2018: Director, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), East West University.
August 26, 2012 – August 25, 2014: Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
June 26, 2006 – September 15, 2006: Intern co-op, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center at Yorktown Heights, New York, USA.
September 2003 – December 2006: Research Assistant, LAboratory for Terascale and Terahertz Electronics (LATTE), University of California, Riverside, USA.
I served the chair position of the BAETE accreditation visiting team for the EEE programs of North South University. October 2019.
I served the chair position of the BAETE accreditation visiting team for the EEE programs of Premier University Chittagong. July 2019.
I served as a local QA expert in the external self-assessment peer review team for the ETE program of University of Liberal Arts – Bangladesh (ULAB). Date May 12-14, 2018.
I served the chair position of the BAETE accreditation visiting team for the EEE programs of Stamford University Bangladesh (SUB). Date December 9, 10, and 11, 2017.
I served the chair position of the BAETE accreditation renewal visiting team for the EEE program of Daffodil International University. Date July 6, 2017.
I served the chair position of the BAETE accreditation visiting team for the EEE and ETE programs of Independent University, Bangladesh. Date May 8, 9, and 11, 2017.
I served as a subject expert in the external self-assessment peer review team for the EEE program of United Internal University, Bangladesh. Date February 28, March 01, and 02, 2017.
Attended the workshop “Orientation and Discussion Session for Drafting, Finalizing and Assessing Evaluation Team Onsite Visit Reports,” on August 5, 2019, organized by BAETE.
Attended the international symposium “Quality assurance in Engineering Education through Accreditation,” on March 13-14, 2019, organized by BAETE.
Attended a day-long workshop on “Preparation for Outcomes-based Accreditation for Faculty & Program Directors,” on December 12, 2017. This was organized by BAETE, IEB, and the resource persons were Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Wan Hamidon Wan Badaruzzaman and Prof Ir Dr. Hjh Siti Hawa Hamzah, Washington Accord Mentor to BAETE.
Attended a two-days’ workshop on “Preparation for Outcomes-based Accreditation for Faculty & Program Directors,” on October 17 and 19, 2017. This was organized by BAETE, IEB, and the resource person was Professor Kai Sang LOCK, Washington Accord Mentor to BAETE.
Attended a two-days’ workshop on “Preparation for Outcomes-based Accreditation for Faculty & Program Directors,” from January 4 to 5, 2017. This was organized by BAETE, IEB, and the resource person was Professor Kai Sang LOCK, Washington Accord Mentor to BAETE.
Attended a three-days’ workshop on “PEO-PO statements and mapping, PO-CO-LO statements and mapping,” December 9 to 11, 2016. This was organized by BAETE, IEB, and the resource persons were Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Wan Hamidon Wan Badaruzzaman and Prof Ir Dr. Hjh Siti Hawa Hamzah, Washington Accord Mentor to BAETE.
Attended a day-long workshop on “International Peer Reviewing Training Workshop,” on October 25, 2016. This was organized by QAU, HEQEP, UGC, and the resource person was Dr. Rozilini Farnandaz –Chung, QA Expert from Edu Leads Consulting, Malaysia.
Conducted a workshop on “Bloom’s Taxonomy and Course Lesson Plan” at East West University on August 6, 2016. The faculty members of East West University attended the workshop.
Conducted a workshop as a resource person on “SA report format, Learning outcomes, and Lesson plan” at East West University on April 17, 2016. Participants were QAC members, SAC members, and all heads.
Received training on Quality Assurance in Higher Education from Edu Leads, Malaysia, From 28 March to 8 April 2016.
Received training on Teaching-Learning, Curriculum and Quality Assurance from Graduate Training Institute (GTI) Mymensingh, Bangladesh, From 13 to 17 March 2016.