Naznin Akter, PMP®

This month IEEE Young Professionals and the IEEE Women in Engineering Miami section affinity groups are hosting an event titled “Gradlife enigma: Resilience at Work and Career Redefinition” on July 23rd at 3:30 PM (EST). We are delighted to have Ms. Naznin Akter, PMP® as our speaker for this event. She is the chair of the Miami section IEEE YP and WIE affinity groups. Ms. Akter is a Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant in INSYST Integrated Nanosystems Research Lab, ECE, FIU and is conducting research in the area of nanomaterials for THz devices. Ms. Akter is holding leadership positions at multiple IEEE and other organizations, while balancing with graduate work. The detailed information about the webinar is given below.

Biography:

Naznin Akter, PMP® is a Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant in INSYST Integrated Nanosystems Research Lab, ECE, FIU. She is a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) in NASA MIRO Center for Research and Education in 2D Optoelectronics (CRE2DO) at FIU for the summer of 2021. Her research focuses on investigating and exploring novel materials such as graphene to design high responsivity, tunable, compact size, and room temperature operable THz detector and emitter. She is also working on THz I.C. testing using CNN-based deep learning for ensuring hardware cybersecurity. Apart from this, she is also working on nano-biosensing and metal-ceramic-based nanocomposites for solar energy harvesting. Before joining FIU, she earned her B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.S. degrees in Applied Physics, Electronics, and Communication Engineering from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has a job experience of 3.5 years in two different corporate telecom industries in Bangladesh. She received her 2nd M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2020 from ECE, FIU. She has recently joined the IEEE Photonics Society Professional Advancement Committee as a committee member and the IDEA (Inclusion Diversity Equity in Action) R3 AdHoc Committee of IEEE Region 3. She is currently holding several leadership positions, including 'STEP & Graduate Transition Representative' for the IEEE Photonics Society Young Professionals Advisory Committee, Founding Chair of the Miami section IEEE Young Professional AG, Chair of Miami section IEEE Women in Engineering AG, and Treasure for the Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, FIU chapter. She is also serving as a 'Student Editor' for the IEEE Photonics Society Newsletter.