Research Projects
Research Projects
The faculty members of United International University are engaged in multifarious research endeavors funded by different national and international agencies as well as UIU’s own funding. The list of research activities being carried out by the UIU faculty members are as follows:
List of UIU-Funded Research Activities:
| SL | Title of the Project | Name of Principal Investigator | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Application of Multi-facet Performance Measurement System: A Framework for the Ready Made Garments of Bangladesh | Prof. Dr. Hasnan Ahmed, Professor – School of Business & Economics | Taka 6,00,000 |
| 2 | Quality education and employee retention practices among Private Universities in Bangladesh: Mediating effects of organization commitment (OC) and perceived organizational support (POS) on HRM practices and employee retention | Dr. Mohd Hasanur Raihan Joarder, Associate Professor – School of Business & Economics & Director – BBA Program | Taka 9,00,000 |
| 3 | An Assessment of Impact of Social Performance of Microfinance Organizations on the Financial Performance of Microfinance Ventures | Dr. Mohammad Badruddoza Mia, Asst. Professor – School of Business & Economics and Coordinator – MBA & EMBA Programs | Taka 5,86,500 |
| 4 | An Analysis of Tourism Potentials, Impediments and Destination Competitiveness: A Case Study on Bangladesh | Mr. Md. Kaium Hossain, Asst. Professor – School of Business & Economics | Taka 599,700 |
| 5 | Rising Consumerism: Understanding the ‘Culture Shift’ of Contemporary Bangladesh | Mr. Muhammad Rehan Masoom, Asst. Professor – School of Business & Economics | Taka 3,60,000 |
| 6 | Financial Consequences of Widowhood in Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study | Mr. Raihan U. Amin, Adjunct Faculty – School of Business & Economics | Taka 487,700.00 |
| 7 | Investigation of critical failure factors affecting the ERP implementation in textile and apparel industry of Bangladesh | Ms. Fahim Tasneema Azad, Lecturer – School of Business & Economics | Taka 5,10,000 |
| 8 | Preparation and Characterization of Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles Deposited on Glass | Prof. Dr. Hasan Sarwar, Professor – CSE Dept. | Taka 12,00,000 |
| 9 | Bangla Onubad: An English to Bengali Machine Translator | Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nurul Huda, Professor – CSE Dept. & Coordinator – MSCSE Program | Taka 5,10,000 |
| 10 | Investigations to enhance movement decoding performance from neural signals towards development of brain machine interface (BMI) | Dr. Khondaker Abdullah Al Mamun,Associate Professor – CSE Dept. | Taka 5,50,000 |
| 11 | Smart Computing and Data Storage at the Edge Cloud | Dr. Salekul Islam, Associate Professor & Head – CSE Dept. | Taka 4,00,000 |
| 12 | Novel All-Carbon Based MIS Solar Cell | Dr. Md. Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury,Associate Professor – EEE Dept. | Taka 3,60,000 |
| 13 | Development of novel features of EEG signal in spatial, spectral and temporal domain, and application of their fusion for BCI | Dr. M.K. Masukur Rahman, Associate Professor – EEE Dept. | Taka 2,70,000 |
| 14 | Design theory of optical mode converter using photonic bandgap structure | Dr. Intekhab Alam, Asst. Professor – EEE Dept. | Taka 2,40,000 |
| 15 | Nonlinear Collective Waves in Highly Charged Dusty Plasma | Prof. Dr. Abu Saklayen, Professor of Physics | Taka 3,60,000 |
List of Research Activities funded by National & International Agencies:
| SL | Title of the Project | Funded By | Name of Principal Investigator | Grant Amount | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong Ties | European Union Erasmus Mundus Program | Prof. Dr. M. Rezwan Khan, Vice Chancellor & Professor – EEE Dept., UIU (Country Coordinator) | 2.8 million Euro | This project has 6 European and 11 Asian partners. 9 Bangladeshi students, faculties and staffs went to different European countries. |
| 2 | INTACT | European Union Erasmus Mundus Program | Prof. Dr. M. Rezwan Khan, Vice Chancellor & Professor – EEE Dept., UIU (Int’l Joint Coordinator) | 2.8 million Euro | This project has 5 European and 12 Asian partners. 15 Bangladeshi students, faculties and staffs went to different European countries. |
| 3 | LEADERS | European Union Erasmus Mundus Program | Prof. Dr. M. Rezwan Khan, Vice Chancellor & Professor – EEE Dept., UIU (International Joint Coordinator) | 3.01 million Euro | There are 10 European and 10 Asian partners. It is an ongoing project still in its initial phase. A total of 15 Bangladeshi students, faculties and staffs expected to get opportunity to visit/study in Europe. |
| 4 | The Next Generation of Low Cost Energy-efficient Appliances and Devices to Benefit the Bottom of the Pyramid | DFID and EPSRC, UK Lead Partner: Open University, UK | Prof. Dr. M. Rezwan Khan, Vice Chancellor & Professor – EEE Dept., UIU (Country Coordinator) | GBP 1.1 million | |
| 5 | Solar DC Nano Grids: An Appropriate Solution for Meeting Community Needs? | Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) Lead Partner: Loughborough University, UK | Prof. Dr. M. Rezwan Khan, Vice Chancellor & Professor – EEE Dept., UIU (Country Coordinator) | GBP 4,80,000 | |
| 6 | eLINK | European Union Erasmus Mundus Program | Prof. Dr. Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman, Pro-Vice Chancellor & Professor – CSE Dept., UIU (Country Coordinator) | 5.5 million Euro | This project had 5 European and 6 Asian partners. Out of 334 scholarships, 85 Bangladeshi students, faculties and staffs went to different European universities and pursued their study/research for a period of 10/12 months. Scholarship amount were 1000 Euro to 2500 Euro per month excluding tuition fees, insurance and travel expenses. |
| 7 | cLINK | European Union Erasmus Mundus Program | Prof. Dr. Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor – CSE Dept., UIU (International Joint Coordinator) | 2.5 million Euro | This project has 6 European and 8 Asian partners. Out of 112 scholarships, 22 Bangladeshi students, faculties and staffs went to different European universities and pursued their study/research for a period of 10/24 months. Scholarship amount were 1000 Euro to 2500 Euro per month excluding tuition fees, insurance and travel expenses. |
| 8 | FUSION | European Union Erasmus Mundus Program | Prof. Dr. Chowdhury Mofizur Rahman, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor – CSE Dept., UIU (International Joint Coordinator) | 2.8 million Euro | This project has 9 European and 11 Asian partners. Out of 106 Asia to EU scholarships, 15 Bangladeshi students, faculties and staffs went to different European universities and pursued their study/research for a period of 10/27 months. Scholarship amount were 1000 Euro to 2500 Euro per month excluding tuition fees, insurance and travel expenses. |
| 9 | Design and Study of a Solar PV Boat | Infrastructure Development Company Ltd. (IDCOL) | Prof. Dr. S.M. Lutful Kabir, Dean – School of Science & Engineering & Professor – EEE Dept., UIU | Taka 45,17,000 | |
| 10 | An Intelligent System for Detecting Electricity Theft | United Trust (A Trust of United Group) | Prof. Dr. S.M. Lutful Kabir, Dean – School of Science & Engineering & Professor – EEE Dept., UIU | Taka 10,00,000 | |
| 11 | Development of Bangla Optical Character Recognizer | Access to Information Programme, Prime Minister’s Office, GoB | Prof. Dr. Hasan Sarwar, Professor – Dept. of CSE, UIU | Taka 23,00,000 | |
| Refreshable Digital Braille Display System | Information A2I-II Prime Minister’s Office, GoB | Mr. Md. Arif Reza Anwary, Asst. Professor – CSE Dept., UIU (On Study Leave) | Taka 23,45,000 | ||
| 12 | e-ECG: Development of ECG measurement and data | Bangladesh Initiative (BDI), Texas | Prof. Dr. Raqibul Mostafa, Professor & Head – EEE Dept., UIU | $600 and two development boards to build e-ECG prototype system | |
| 13 | Computer-Aided Diagnosis and Classification of Breast Cancer in Digitized Mammograms | United Trust (A Trust of United Group) | Prof. Dr. Raqibul Mostafa, Professor & Head – EEE Dept., UIU | Taka 2,42,500 | |
| 14 | Handwritten Arabic Character Recognition Using Sparse Image | Dept. of EE, University of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Dr. Abu Sayeed A. Huque, Former Asst. Professor – Dept. of EE, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia | Taka 5,88,000 | |
| 15 | Extraction of Fetal Electrocardiogram (fECG) from Abdominal ECG Recordings using Advanced Machine Learning Techniques for Signal Processing | Dept. of EE, University of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Dr. Abu Sayeed A. Huque, Former Asst. Professor – Dept. of EE, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia | 21,000 Rials | |
| 16 | Solar PV-Diesel Hybrid Mini Cold Storage for Rural Off-grid Areas of Bangladesh | Infrastructure Development Company Ltd. (IDCOL) | Dr. Intekhab Alam, Asst. Professor – Dept. of EEE, UIU | Taka 29,83,500 | |
| 17 | Establishment of a 16 kWp Solar PV Mini-grid Laboratory at United International University | World Bank and IDCOL | Mr. Md. Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury, Director – Centre for Energy Research & Asst. Professor – Dept. of EEE, UIU (Project In-charge) | Taka 1,10,00,000 | |
| 18 | Community Based Decentralized DC Nanogrids for Combined Household and Productive Use | World Bank and IDCOL | Mr. Md. Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury, Director – Centre for Energy Research & Asst. Professor – Dept. of EEE, UIU | Taka 55,84,000 | |
| 19 | Smart Irrigation System with Prepaid Billing and Remote Monitoring | World Bank and IDCOL | Mr. Md. Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury, Director – Centre for Energy Research & Asst. Professor – Dept. of EEE, UIU | Taka 79,86,600 | |
| 20 | Piloting and evaluation of DC Nano grids | GIZ and National University of Singapore | Prof. Peter Adelmann, University of Ulm – Germany | 1,00,000 Euro | |
| 21 | Bangladesh Energy and Emission Modeling (BD 2050) | UK Department of Energy and Climate Change | Dr. Monjur Mourshed, Professor – Cardiff University, UK | GBP 1,03,000 |
