SEMINAR ON TEXTILES

Department of Textile Technology, Ahsanullah University of science and Technology (AUST) organized a seminar in their permanent campus on 14^th March 2008. The seminar comprised of four separate topics namely (I) Three dimensional Weaving (II) Manufacturing Whole Garments with Flat Knitting Machine (III) Garments Fitting For Ladies Wear and (IV) Quality Management Strategy For Garment Production. The keynote speakers were (I) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Busgen, (II) Prof. Dr-Ing Marc Weber, (III) Prof. Dipl-Ing. Rudolf Haug, and (IV) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marie-Louise Klotz respectively. All of them are professors of the department of Textiles and Clothing Technology, Niederrhein University of Applied Science, Germany. The seminar attracted immense enthusiasm from the audience most whom were top level textile experts of the country.

Prof. Dr. M Anwar Hossain, Vice Chancellor, AUST was the chief guest of the seminar. In his speech Prof. Dr. M Anwar Hossain, VC, AUST mentioned that the textile sector is one of the most important sectors of Bangladesh and Department of Textile Technology AUST is trying to help this vital sector in many ways. He also mentioned that AUST is planning for introducing postgraduate courses like masters and post-graduate diploma in the near future. Apart from this he has also proposed for an industry university alliance. The industry can get help from the university in solving their problems and in return university can generate funds from the industry. This is a situation where both industry and university will be benefited.

Prof. Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, Head, Department of Textile Technology, AUST presided over the seminar session. Engr. Mozaffar Hossain, President of ITET and special guest of the seminar also spoke in the seminar. The seminar started with welcome address by Prof. Dr. Md. Mahbubul Haque, Professor, Department of Textile Technology, AUST and convener of the seminar organizing committee. In his welcome address he mentioned that research and post-graduate studies are vital for sustaining in the global and competitive market. The seminar was conducted by Mr. Lal-Mohan Baral, Asst. Professor of the Department of Textile Technology, AUST.

Seminar on Safety in Garment Industry

A seminar on Safety in Garment Industry was held in the seminar hall (New building) of IEB on the 6^th March 2008. It was jointly organized by Dept. of Textile Technology, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) and Industrial Safety Board of Bangladesh (ISBB) IEB. Prof. Dr. M Anwar Hossain Vice-Chancellor, AUST and Chairman, ISBB, IEB was the Chief Guest of the seminar. Mr. Sultan Ahmed, Asst. Executive Director, Bangladesh Institute of Labor Studies (BILS) and Mr. Victor Biswas, Safety Consultant, GTZ were the two key note speakers and Engr. Mr. Abdur Rouf, Vice President (EPSSW), IEB presided over the seminar session.

The seminar has attracted enormous enthusiasm among the participants as the subject matter was somewhat uncommon. Representative from various related quarters like Govt. agencies, NGOs, labor organization and garments industries actively participated, and put forward their valuable suggestions. Prof. Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, Head, DTT, AUST, Engr. Ms Asma Huque, Convener, Safety Training Committee, ISBB, IEB and Engr. Taibur Rahman, Secretary, ISBB, IEB spoke on the occasion. The seminar ended with vote of thanks from Prof. Dr. Md. Mahbubul Haque, Professor, Dept. of Textile Technology of AUST.   

Department of Textile Technology has arranged a technical seminar on weft accumulator on the 23^rd of January 2008. Mr. Stephen Summers Gill, Area Manager IRO, ROJ and Mr. Ulf Cleasson Chief Technical Person IRO ROJ has spoken on various aspect of the weft accumulators. It may be mentioned that IRO is the world leader in the area of manufacturing weft feeders which are used in shuttleless weaving and knitting machines.  Prof. Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, Head, Dept. Of Textile Technology, AUST was the president of the seminar. Prof. Dr. Md Mahbubul Haque of Deportment of Textile Technology has conducted the seminar. All the teachers and final year students of the department attended the seminar.

Mr. Stephen Summers Gill has spoken about their products and the business profile of IRO ROJ in the global scenario while Mr. Ulf Cleasson has provided the technical details of the weft accumulators. Both of them have also highlighted the role of weft accumulators on fabric quality. Prof. Dr. Md Mahbubul Haque has mentioned that at present shuttleless looms runs at a very high speed and it is difficult to unwind weft yarn from a cone/cheese at that speed therefore weft accumulators should be used to ensure smooth production and quality of fabric. Mr. Hafizur Rahman, Managing Director of Shaj Corporation and Local agent of IRO has also spoken in the seminar. Finally Prof. Dr. Mustafizur Rahman concluded the seminar by thanking everybody for attending.

A technical seminar on weft feeders was held in the China-Bangladesh friendship conference centre on 22^nd January 2008. Weft feeders are used in weaving and knitting machines and the seminar was organized by Shaj Corporation, the local agent of IRO ROJ. Prof. Dr. Md Mahbubul Haque was a guest speaker and delivered a lecture on value addition and product diversification of our RMG export. Dr Haque has opined that we can increase our textile export by manufacturing costly items like high quality sports wear, shirts, suits jackets etc. He has also mentioned that there is huge scope of diversifying our export in the area of home textile and terry towel apart from this by introducing synthetic fibres we can also multiply our export by many folds. He feels that Bangladesh has a very bright prospect of bamboo fibre. We have huge hill areas in Chittagong where we can grow bamboo and convert them into textiles. It may be mentioned that bamboo fibre has lot of advantages from processing point of view. Apart from this bamboo fibre and corresponding products are associated with very limited environmental pollution. The seminar was also addressed by Mr. Stephen Summers Gill, Area Manager `IRO, ROJ and Mr. Ulf Cleasson Chief Technical Person IRO ROJ.

To discuss various issues related emissions in Power Generation, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) organized a seminar on “Power Generation in a Carbon Constrained World” at the Seminar Hall of AUST permanent campus at 141-142 Love Road, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka on January 08, 2008.

Engr. Natalie Shamsii Hossain, Environmental Affairs Department, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Austin, USA was the keynote speaker of the seminar, while Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, AUST was the chief guest on the occasion. Dr. Khandaker Rashedul Haque, DG, Environment Directorate was present as the special guest. Mr. Abul Hussain, Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering presided over the session.

Engr. Natalie Shamsii Hossain, Environmental Affairs Department, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Austin, USA delivering her speech.

The speaker focused on various effects of different components of emission, CO₂ in particular, on environment in power generation by using fossil fuels. She highlighted various technologies some of which are in research stage, for extraction or trapping of CO₂ and reuse or dumping it. Students were inspired by her valuable speech and they put forward a number of good questions during discussion session.

Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Khandaker Rashedul Haque, DG, Environment Directorate,Heads of the Deprtments, Faculty Members and Students are in the seminar.

Students were inspired by her valuable speech and they put forward a number of good questions to her in the discussion session.

Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, AUST delivering speech.

Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor emphasized that power is absolutely necessary for development and mentioned that Bangladesh will have to use her own coal for power generation as natural gas reserved is not sufficient in the country. However, appropriate technologies should be used to reduce harmful emissions as much as possible to protect the environment for future generation.

He thanked the speaker for her excellent and encouraging presentation. He also advised the students to be innovative and creative so that they may be able to take part in this noble sector of generating power in the country.

The program was also well attended by the Faculty Members and the Heads of various Departments.

The Department of Civil Engineering of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) organized a seminar on “Development in Structural Design for Process and Power Industries and Present Trends of Outsourcing” at the AUST permanent campus at 141-142 Love Road, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka on January 07, 2007.

The Program started at 3:00 P.M. having two sessions-presentation and open discussion. The seminar was open to all the students of AUST.

Engr. Saddam Ahmad, PE, Supervising Engineer, Civil, Structural and Architectural Department, Technip, USA Inc, Houston, Texas was the keynote speaker of the seminar, while Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, AUST was the chief guest on the occasion. Prof. Dr. A. M. Shadullah, Head, Department of Civil Engineering presided over the session.

The speaker spoke mainly on the petro chemical industry structural design process. He narrated the process of designing the super and substructure which can be completed by using software. After completion of the design, data are being transferred to the client by e-mail. As a result the costs are reduced and it becomes possible to get the work done by the competent firms.

Seated from left Engr. Saddam Ahmad, PE, Supervising Engineer, Civil, Structural and Architectural Department, Technip, USA Inc, Houston, Texas , Prof. Dr. M Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor and Prof. Dr. A. M. Shadullah, Head, Department of Civil Engineering, AUST.

Students were inspired by his valuable speech and they put forward a number of good questions to him in the discussion session.

Prof. Dr. M Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, Heads of the Departments of EEE and CE, Faculty Members and students are in the Seminar.

Prof. Dr. M Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor thanked Engr. Saddam for his excellent presentation and for his efforts for outsourcing some works to Bangladesh. He advised the students to attend this type of Seminar for building their professional career and asked them to be innovative and creative in their field so that they can show their excellence both at home and abroad.

The program was also well attended by the Faculty Members and the Heads of various Departments.

A Seminar on “Open Source and Open Content, the New Paradigm” was held on 27 November, 2007 at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology. The Seminar was organized by IEEE, AUST Students Branch. The speaker of the seminar was Mr. A.A. Munir Hasan, Coordinator, Bangladesh Open Source Network. Faculty members of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering respectively were present on the occasion. About 200 students from the two departments attended the Seminar.

Mr. Abul Hussain, Head, Department of EEE and Prof. Dr. Abdur Rahim Mollah, Counselor of IEEE AUST Branch delivered speech on the opening session.

To let the students know how to make career in engineering and high technology business fields, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) organized a seminar on “How Bangladeshi Engineers can be successful in the Global Business Place” at the AUST permanent campus at 141-142 Love Road, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka on November 22, 2007.

The Program started at 3:00 P.M. having two sessions-presentation and open discussion. The seminar was open to all the students of AUST.

Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, AUST addressing his speech. Ms. Sumiya Donna Imam, Business Development Manager, Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, USA seated on his left and Mr. Abul Hussain, Head Department of EEE, AUST seated on his right.

Ms. Sumiya Donna Imam, Business Development Manager, Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, USA was the keynote speaker of the seminar, while Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, AUST was the chief guest on the occasion. Mr. Abul Hussain, Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering presided over the session.

 The speaker explained the students about the forces that drive career advancement in engineering and high technology business market, especially in US job market. The presentation also covered US work visa opportunities for Bangladeshi professionals in US based corporations. She spoke about how engineer can leverage their US education and skills to make the Bangladesh business environment more attractive to high technology multinational companies such as Freescale and create high-tech jobs in Bangladesh. She also provided an overview of Freescale semiconductor to the students.

Ms. Sumiya Donna Imam, Business Development Manager, Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, USA delivering her speech.

Students were inspired by her thought provoking speech and they put forward a number of good questions to her in the discussion session.

 Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain, Vice-Chancellor thanked the speaker for her excellent and encouraging presentation. He also advised the students to be innovative and creative so that they can show their excellence in both local and global job market.

The program was also well attended by the Faculty Members and the Heads of various Departments.