ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

2019 - 2024

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

CGPA: 3.69/4.00 [Merit Position: 60/182]

Dean’s List Scholarship for academic excellence in 2019.

2016 - 2018

Higher Secondary School Certificate

Notre Dame College

GPA: 4.00/4.00

Received National Scholarship 

2007 - 2015

Secondary School Certificate

Dhanmondi Govt. Boys' High School

GPA: 4.00/4.00

Received National Scholarship 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

April 2025 - Current

Research Assistant

Ashiqur Rahman Research Group

Supervisor: Dr. Md. Ashiqur Rahman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Rajib Mahmud, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Idaho State University

Project: 

• Continuum Scale Modeling of Hexagonal boron nitride Polydimethylsiloxane composite for efficient heat transfer. (Ongoing)

• Modeling of DC Arc Plasma Using a Two-Temperature Model for Turbulent Flow. (Ongoing)

Jun 2023 - Current

Undergraduate Researcher

Shahereen Chowdhury Research Group

Supervisor: Dr. Shahereen Chowdhury, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Kazi Arafat Rahman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Project: 

• CylindriGAT: Geometry-Aware Graph Attention for Defect-Sensitive Prediction of CNT Mechanical Behavior. (Ongoing)

• Molecular Dynamics Study of Grain Size Effects on High-Temperature Nanoindentation of Nanocrystalline Titanium using Berkovitch Indenter. (Ongoing)

• Comprehensive analysis of Invar 36 Processed by Selective Laser Melting: A Computational Investigation using LAMMPS. (Completed)

• Undergraduate Thesis: Prediction of crystalline structure evolution in pure Aluminum during solidification in atomistic scale at varying cooling rates using a hybrid Conv1D-LSTM neural network model. (Completed)

Sep 2024 – Dec 2024

Research Assistant

Fire Safety Education (FSE) Research Group

Department of Civil Engineering, BUET

Supervisor: Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed, Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Md. Ashiqur Rahman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Project: 

• A pilot program to promote fire safety awareness and develop fire safety education for school and college students under the Fire Safety research group. (Completed)

Mar 2024 – Aug 2024

Undergraduate Researcher

Computational Fluid Dynamics & Heat Transfer (CFDHT) Lab

Supervisor: Dr. Sumon Saha, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Project: 

• Extensive Assessment of Thermal Performance of MHD Free Convective Flow of Ferrofluid with Internal Heat Generation and Joule Heating in a Square Chamber Containing Double Discrete Heaters using COMSOL. (Completed)

• Comparative Analysis of Proportional, Proportional-Integral, and Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controllers for Thermal Regulation in a Cylindrical Cooling System with Multiple O-Ring Heat Sources. (Completed)

Nov 2023 – Mar 2024

Remote Researcher

Smart Manufacturing Advancement and Logistics Technology (SMALT) Lab

Supervisor: Dr. Abdullah Al Amin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton

Project: 

• Modeling the influence of process parameters in keyhole porosity during laser powder bed fusion of metals using ANSYS Fluent. (Completed)

RESEARCH GRANT

Dec 09, 2023

RISE Undergraduate Student Research Grant ǀ Research and Innovation Center for Science and Engineering (RISE) ǀ  Certificate

Research and Innovation Center for Science and Engineering (RISE), BUET

•Project: An Atomistic Study and Machine Learning Based Approach on the elastic properties of selectively laser melted Invar 36 alloy under variable laser parameters. [Ongoing]

Dec 2023 ǀ 

RESEARCH PUBLICATION

Journal Publication

• S. Chanda, S. Chowdhury, K. A. Rahman, “Strength-Ductility Trade-offs in Multi-Layer Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Invar 36: An Atomistic Investigation” (Under review)

• S. Chanda, S. Saha, N. Biswas, “Analysis of Magnetohydrodynamic Ferrofluid Flow with Internal Heat Generation and Joule Heating in a Heater-Embedded Square Chamber” (Under review)

• R. B. Dastagir, S. Chanda, F. K. Chowdhury, S. Chowdhury, K. A. Rahman, “Prediction of Crystalline Structure Evolution During Solidification of Aluminum at Varying Cooling Rates Using a Hybrid Neural Network Model,” (Published in Results in Engineering (Q1, IF 6.0), Vol. 25, Issue 104578, 2025, Manuscript Link)

• S. Chanda, Md. M. H. Ratul, M. N. Tasnim, M. Moni, S. D. Suvro, and S. Saha, “Comparative analysis of proportional, proportional-integral, and proportional-integral-derivative controllers for thermal regulation in a cylindrical cooling system with multiple O-ring heat sources,” (Published in Physics of Fluids (Q1, IF 4.1), Vol.36, Issue 8, 2024, Manuscript Link)

Conferences

• S. M. H. Rahman, T. Rahman, S. Chanda, A. Ashraf, R. Mahmud, and M. A. Rahman, “Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in hBN Nanocomposites through Plasma-Etching-Induced Surface Roughness Alteration,” (Accepted in the 15th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME) 2025)

• R. Dev, R. S. Choudhury, S. Chanda, Z. H. Fahim, and S. Chowdhury, “Molecular Dynamics Study of Grain Size Effects on High-Temperature Nanoindentation of Nanocrystalline Titanium,” (Submitted to the 15th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME) 2025)

• S. Chanda, S. Saha, S. R. Kallem, and S. R. Sheri, “Extensive Assessment of Thermal Performance of MHD Free Convective Flow of Ferrofluid with Internal Heat Generation and Joule Heating in a Square Chamber Containing Double Discrete Heaters,” (Presented in 6th International Conference on Applications of Fluid Dynamics 2024, Manuscript Link)

• T. Mehereen, S. Chanda, A. A. Nitu, J. T. Jami, R. R. Rahim, and M. A. Rahman (2024). “Molecular Dynamics Study of Liquid Condensation on Nano-structured Sinusoidal Hybrid Wetting Surfaces,” (Presented in 8th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering 2024, Manuscript Link) 

• S. Chanda, R. D. Prangon, and K. N. Hoque, “A CNN-based approach for room number detection using drone in indoor environment,” (Published in IEEE International Conference on Power, Electrical, Electronics and Industrial Applications, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, pp. 410-415, 2024, Manuscript Link)

US Patent

• S. Chanda, R. B. Dastagir, J. T. Jami, M. Rahman, K. Dey, F. Hafiz, M. M. Rahman, M. Qureshi, and M. M. Chowdhury, “AI-Driven Smartphone Solution for Digitizing Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits and Enhancing Accessibility for the Visually Impaired,” (US Patent Pending, Manuscript Link)

PROJECTS

Apr 2022 – Dec 2023

Room Service Drone ǀ Python, Mission Planner, SolidWorks, MATLAB ǀ Project Link

•Manufactured and tested a drone in an autonomous indoor environment, image dataset preprocessing using MATLAB script, and trained a k-nearest neighbor (KNN) model for room number detection.

Oct 2022 – May 2023 

Air Cooler Based on Peltier Module ǀ SolidWorks, PTCMC ǀ Project Link

•Manufactured and tested a Peltier-based cooling solution, validated Peltier cooling performance, and performed overall performance analysis.

Oct 2021 – Jan 2022

Aqua Monitor ǀ SolidWorks, Arduino, Altium Designer, JavaScript ǀ Project Link

• Designed an IOT-based digital water billing and monitoring system in Bangladesh.

May 2021 – Oct 2022

Spondon ǀ Hyperledger Fabric, JavaScript, CouchDB ǀ Project Link

• Designed and proposed a blockchain-based solution using Hyperledger Fabric, Docker containers, and Rest APIs to digitize medical records, ensuring data transparency, traceability, and security in healthcare systems.

May 2021 – Oct 2022

Science Tool- Renaissance v1.0, Mars Rover ǀ Project Link

• Designed, manufactured, and tested a scientific analysis setup for the Mars Rover that can accomplish science tasks missions like drilling, soil collecting, and onboard chemical testing for Team Interplanetar. 

Jan 2021 – May 2021

Gas Compression System- Nirveek v1.0 Mars Drone ǀ SolidWorks ǀ Project Link

• Designed and proposed a gas compression system” for the proper functioning of sensors in a drone of MARS environment for Team Interplanetar. 

AWARDS AND HONORS

Mar 2024

First Position ǀ Best Term Paper Award 2024

• Secured a grant of USD 200 for modeling controllers for thermal regulation in a cylindrical cooling system.

Oct 2024

• SDG 3 Honorable Mention ǀ The International Blockchain Olympiad 2022 ǀ Project: Spondon

Aug 2022

Silver Award ǀ Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh (BCOLBD) 2022 ǀ Project: Spondon

• Secured a grant of USD 1000 from Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh.

Jan 2022

Champion ǀ National STEM Competition 2021 ǀ Project: Aqua Monitor

• Secured a grant of USD 2000 from Bangladesh STEM Foundation (bdSTEM)

Nov 2021

Champion ǀ Bikiron – A Sustainable Energy Innovation Challenge ǀ Project: Krishi Bondhu

• Secured funding of USD 700 to implement a solution for Energy Smart Village, organized by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)

May 2021

Innovation Award ǀ International Planetary Aerial Systems (IPAS) Challenge “Propelling Exploration”

• Received Innovation Award from MARS Society South Asia for project Gas compression system – Mars drone and secured 8th position worldwide and 1st position in South Asia.

STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES

August 03, 2024

TOEFL: Total Score: 93 (Reading: 22, Listening: 22, Speaking: 22, Writing: 27)

Appointment No: 6768208240117171

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Oct 2023 – Nov 2023

Intern ǀ Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Center (BITAC)

May 2022 – Nov 2022

Mechanical Design Intern ǀ Vertical Innovation LTD ǀ Project: Jyoti Solution-Vending Machine

TECHNICAL SKILLS

•Computational Fluid Dynamics: COMSOL, Ansys Fluent 

•Molecular Dynamics: LAMMPS, OVITO

•Computer-Aided Design: SolidWorks, AutoCAD

•Programming Languages: MATLAB, Python, C, LaTeX

•Microsoft Tools: Power Automate, Power BI, Power Apps, PowerPoint, Excel

•Languages: Fluent in English and Bengali

•Adobe Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro

•Others: Sketching, Extempore Speech, Debating, Public Speaking, Writing, Organizing, Management

CERTIFICATIONS

Feb 2022

CSWA- Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (Dassault Systèmes)

Credential ID C-J8FB29AYZG

Nov 2020

Introduction to Programming with MATLAB (Coursera)

Credential ID: A4HYXHTU2AWS

EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCE

Jun 2023 – Aug 2024

President ǀ BUET Automobile Club

General Secretary ǀ IMechE BUET Student Chapter

Director - Exhibition ǀ BUET Photography Society (BUETPS)

Feb 2022 – Feb 2023

Lead of Simulations and Test Design for Rover Mission ǀ Team Interplanetar- BUET MARS Rover Team ǀ Participated in University Rover Challenge (URC) 2022 at MDRS near Hanksville, Utah, USA