BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Dhaka BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T091407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0600 TZOFFSETTO:+0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+06 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20091231T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0700 TZOFFSETTO:+0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1TH;BYMONTH=12 TZNAME:+06 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20181223T102033Z UID:8620A62A-C11F-4183-A40C-29BCA8992F0E DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dhaka:20181121T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dhaka:20181124T200000 DESCRIPTION:A group of 43 students and 4 faculty members from the Electrica l and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Independent University\, Bangladesh (IUB) visited the Khulna Shipyard Ltd and Orion Power Rupsha Ltd during a 4-day industrial tour from 21-24 November\, 2018. The purpose of the indus trial tour was to give the students a practical idea about the application s of engineering in commercial industry as well as to make collaboration w ith the industrial sectors. The tour was organized by Department of EEE\, IUB in collaboration with IEEE Industrial Application Society (IAS) Chapte r of IUB.\nThe first part of the industrial tour was to visit the Khulna S hipyard Ltd. Founded in 1957\, Khulna Shipyard Limited is a ship construct ion and repair yard at Khulna\, Bangladesh owned by the Government of Bang ladesh under the Ministry of Defence and managed by the Bangladesh Navy. T he shipyard is responsible for ship building\, making steel structures\, c ivil works and other manufacturing jobs. The visiting team was welcomed by the high officials of Khulna Shipyard Ltd. The students along with the fa culty members and the officials from Khulna Shipyard Ltd had an introducto ry session about the history\, development and purpose of the shipyard. Af ter having refreshments\, the students visited the workshops of Khulna Shi pyard Ltd notably Platter Shop\, Carpentry shop\, Civil Section\, Machine Shop. Electrical shop\, Foundry Shop and Docking Section. The officials fr om the shipyard explained the various works which are done inside the ship yard. Enthusiastic students asked questions and gathered knowledge in vari ous fields of engineering. They were delighted to witness the first war sh ips BNS DURGAM and NISHAN which were built in Bangladesh.\nThe next part o f the tour was the visit to Orion Power Rupsha Ltd.\, a privately-owned co mmercial power plant located in Lobonchora\, Khulna. ORION\, one of the co untry’s leading industrial conglomerates\, has developed a 105 MW power plant\, which operates on six Wärtsilä-50 engines running on heavy fuel oil (HFO). Mr. Bijoy Roy Chowdhury\, Senior Assistant Engineer of Orion Po wer Rupsha Ltd also the alumnus of Department of EEE\, IUB gave a warm wel come to the team from IUB. The students were divided into two groups and M r. Bijoy and his team guided the students to the different sections of the power plant. The students got to learn about the heavy fuel oil storage s ystem\, water purification\, electricity generation and distribution\, pro tective components in power plants\, switch yards\, control room and many other useful stuffs. The whole visit was an interactive one where the high er officials gave their remarks on the visit from IUB students and also sh ared their experiences about working in the power plant. Later\, group pho tos were taken to capture the memories of the tour.\nThe industrial tour w as full of valuable learnings and a real life experience for the students. During the four day long tour\, the students got the chance to stay in RR F Training & Resource Centre (TARC) in Jessore and also they had the chanc e to pay tribute to the great Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt by visi ting his birthplace in Sagordari\, a village in Keshabpur Upazila\, Jessor e District.\nThe whole tour was coordinated by Dr. Md. Abdur Razzak\, Asso ciate Professor of EEE department along with Dr. Mustafa Habib Chowdhury\, Assistant Professor\, Ms. Navila Rahman Nadi and Mr. Shovasis Kumar Biswa s Lecturer from the same department.\n\nKhulna\, Khulna\, Bangladesh LOCATION:Khulna\, Khulna\, Bangladesh ORGANIZER:ieeeiubstudentbranch@gmail.com SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:EEE Students visit Khulna Shipyard and Orion Power Rupsha URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/185065 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>A group of 43 students and 4 faculty membe rs from the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Independent Uni versity\, Bangladesh (IUB) visited the Khulna Shipyard Ltd and Orion Power Rupsha Ltd during a 4-day industrial tour from 21-24 November\, 2018. The purpose of the industrial tour was to give the students a practical idea about the applications of engineering in commercial industry as well as to make collaboration with the industrial sectors. The tour was organized by Department of EEE\, IUB in collaboration with&nbsp\;IEEE Industrial Appli cation Society (IAS) Chapter of IUB.<br />The first part of the industrial tour was to visit the Khulna Shipyard Ltd. Founded in 1957\, Khulna Shipy ard Limited is a ship construction and repair yard at Khulna\, Bangladesh owned by the Government of Bangladesh under the Ministry of Defence and ma naged by the Bangladesh Navy. The shipyard is responsible for ship buildin g\, making steel structures\, civil works and other manufacturing jobs. Th e visiting team was welcomed by the high officials of Khulna Shipyard Ltd. The students along with the faculty members and the officials from Khulna Shipyard Ltd had an introductory session about the history\, development and purpose of the shipyard. After having refreshments\, the students visi ted the workshops of Khulna Shipyard Ltd notably Platter Shop\, Carpentry shop\, Civil Section\, Machine Shop. Electrical shop\, Foundry Shop and Do cking Section. The officials from the shipyard explained the various works which are done inside the shipyard. Enthusiastic students asked questions and gathered knowledge in various fields of engineering. They were deligh ted to witness the first war ships BNS DURGAM and NISHAN which were built in Bangladesh.<br />The next part of the tour was the visit to Orion Power Rupsha Ltd.\, a privately-owned commercial power plant located in Lobonch ora\, Khulna. ORION\, one of the country&rsquo\;s leading industrial congl omerates\, has developed a 105 MW power plant\, which operates on six W&au ml\;rtsil&auml\;-50 engines running on heavy fuel oil (HFO). Mr. Bijoy Roy Chowdhury\, Senior Assistant Engineer of Orion Power Rupsha Ltd also the alumnus of Department of EEE\, IUB gave a warm welcome to the team from IU B. The students were divided into two groups and Mr. Bijoy and his team gu ided the students to the different sections of the power plant. The studen ts got to learn about the heavy fuel oil storage system\, water purificati on\, electricity generation and distribution\, protective components in po wer plants\, switch yards\, control room and many other useful stuffs. The whole visit was an interactive one where the higher officials gave their remarks on the visit from IUB students and also shared their experiences a bout working in the power plant. Later\, group photos were taken to captur e the memories of the tour.&nbsp\;<br />The industrial tour was full of va luable learnings and a real life experience for the students. During the f our day long tour\, the students got the chance to stay in RRF Training &a mp\; Resource Centre (TARC) in Jessore and also they had the chance to pay tribute to the great Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt by visiting his birthplace in Sagordari\, a village in Keshabpur Upazila\, Jessore Distri ct.&nbsp\;<br />The whole tour was coordinated by Dr. Md. Abdur Razzak\, A ssociate Professor of EEE department along with Dr. Mustafa Habib Chowdhur y\, Assistant Professor\, Ms. Navila Rahman Nadi and Mr. Shovasis Kumar Bi swas Lecturer from the same department.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR