Teaching
Teaching is the work that I love to do. It is a passion for me rather than a profession. Choosing to work as a teacher is more than just a job. You must possess an infinite amount of tolerance and compassion. In spite of the difficulty and weariness involved, a good teacher must have the guts to do what’s necessary for the benefit of their students.
University Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant / Instructor (2022–2023)
Tennessee Technological University, TN, USA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
I served as an Instructor for the course “Introduction to Digital Systems (ECE 2140 / ECE 3160)” from Fall 2022 to Spring 2023 at Brown Hall, Room 407.
Course Description: Hardware considerations and performance of combinational and sequential digital devices including gates, flip-flops, multiplexers, and decoders.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Effectively use digital laboratory equipment
- Recognize and avoid many common digital circuit problems
- Measure the electronic and logical characteristics of logic devices
- Construct, design, and test combinational and sequential logic circuits using appropriate techniques
- Write technical reports
Topics Covered:
- Introduction to digital test equipment and laboratory reports
- HC logic family timing: propagation delay and rise/fall times
- HC logic family I/O: voltage and current characteristics
- HC logic family decoupling, noise margin, and unused input pins
- Feedback oscillation problem and LED drivers
- Construction and testing of combinational logic circuits
- Verification of Boolean algebra and logic minimization techniques
- Design and testing of sequential logic
- Practical design of combinational logic circuits
- Logic implementation using multiplexors and decoders
- Techniques for a combinational design project
Reference Text: M.M. Mano & M.D. Ciletti, Digital Design: With an Introduction to the Verilog HDL, VHDL, and SystemVerilog (6th Edition), Pearson, 2018. ISBN-13: 978-013-454989-7
Teaching Background
Power Systems Training at APSCL (2016–2021)
Ashuganj Power Station Company Ltd. (APSCL), B.Baria, Bangladesh
During my tenure at Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited, I regularly conducted internship classes and staff training at the APSCL Power Plant Training Centre (PPTC) for manpower development.
Topics Taught:
- Transformers, Generators, and different kinds of electrical machines
- Electrical Safety procedures
- High Voltage insulation resistance tests
- Short circuit and open circuit tests of Transformers
- Ratio test of CT and PT
- Lightning arrestor (LA/Surge Arrester) testing
- Transformer testing using CPC 100 and CP TD1 (Ten Delta testing kit, Omicron)
- Contact resistance test of High Voltage circuit breakers
- Installation of Circuit Breakers in 132 kV and 230 kV substations
- Earth resistance testing
- Regular, breakdown, and emergency maintenance of substation components
Web Design and Development Teaching (2013–2015)
Cloud Technology BD, Pabna, Bangladesh
While running my startup, I regularly shared knowledge and real problem-solving experiences with colleagues and students. Topics taught included:
- HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- PHP programming
- WordPress Theme Development and Customization
- Business website design and development
- ICT literacy for secondary and higher secondary school students
Availability for Current Students
I am currently working full-time as a Research Assistant at the Smart Grid Lab, Center for Energy Systems Research (CESR), Tennessee Tech (Clement Hall, Room 103). I am not currently serving as a teaching assistant or instructor.
If you have questions related to my previous courses or research, feel free to reach out by email.