Prof. Dr. Engr. S. M. Abdur Razzak

Dr. S. M. Abdur Razzak is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET). He earned his Ph.D. in Electronics and Information Engineering from the University of the Ryukyus, Japan, in March 2010. Previously, he obtained an M.Eng. degree in EEE from the same university in September 2007. He also holds both M.Sc. Eng. and B.Sc. Eng. degrees in EEE from RUET (formerly Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Rajshahi), awarded in 2005 and 1998, respectively.

Following his undergraduate studies, he joined the Department of EEE at RUET as a Lecturer in June 1999. He was subsequently promoted to Assistant Professor in April 2003, Associate Professor in May 2011, and Professor in July 2013. Dr. Razzak served as the Head of the Department of EEE from 2013 to 2015 and as the Dean of the Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering at RUET from 2017 to 2019.

His research primarily focuses on the modeling of light propagation through microstructured optical fibers for electro-optic device applications. His work has been widely published in prestigious, peer-reviewed international journals, including those of IEEE, SPIE, ACS, APS, IET, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer, IEICE, APSJ, and Optica (formerly OSA). Dr. Razzak has received numerous awards in recognition of his research and academic achievements. Notably, he received the United Group Paper Award in 2019 and Best Paper Awards at IEEE H10 HTC 2019, ICEEE 2015, and the 3rd ICECTE in 2022. One of his thesis students also won the UGC Award in 2016 for a co-authored paper. He was named a Young Affiliate of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the 2013–2018 term, representing Central and South Asia. In 2012, he received the TWAS Young Scientist Award from Trieste, Italy. He was also honored with the Best Paper Award at FWOCNT 2011 in Harbin, China.

In 2010, Dr. Razzak was awarded the prestigious JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japan. He also received the President’s Honorary Award from the University of the Ryukyus in both 2007 and 2010, recognizing his academic and research excellence during his Master’s and Doctoral studies. In 2008, he was the sole recipient from IEEE Region 10 of the IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship Award, and he also received the Marubun Foundation Award of Japan and the IEEE Fukuoka Section's Excellent Student Award in the same year. Earlier, he was awarded the Gold Medal from BIT Rajshahi in 2000 and the Zoynal Memorial Award in 1996.

Dr. Razzak’s current research interests include fiber optics, nanophotonics, and electromagnetic compatibility. He has successfully supervised three Ph.D. dissertations and fifteen Master’s theses. He served as the Organizing Chair of IEEE-sponsored international conferences ICECTE 2019 and ICEEE 2015, Technical Chair for ICECTE 2016 and ICEEE 2017, and Organizing Secretary for ICECTE 2012.

He is a regular reviewer for top-tier international journals, including those published by IEEE, Optica, and Elsevier. He also serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and the IEEE Photonics Journal. Additionally, he is an active member of the technical committees for numerous international conferences and has served on statutory committees of both public and private universities in Bangladesh.

Dr. Razzak was a subject expert on the External Peer Review (EPR) team for the EEE program at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in 2017. He also served as an academic auditor for the EEE program at the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), nominated by the Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC), during January 21–23, 2025. Currently, Dr. Razzak is the Vice-Chancellor of RUET. He is also a member of the Regent Board of Pabna University of Science and Technology and the Board of Accreditation for Engineering & Technical Education (BAETE). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), a Fellow of JSPS, and a Senior Member of the IEEE, USA.