Institute of Electronics

Nuclear Electronics Division (NED)

Phone: : 88-02-7790410, Fax: 88-02-7701620
Email: ne.division_ie@yahoo.com

Head: Mahbubul Hoq


Objectives

  1. Design, development, fabrication, of nuclear instruments for laboratory use.
  2. Refurbishment of nuclear instruments
  3. Run the QA/QC activities for nuclear instruments.

Activities

  1. Projects
    • Upgradation of the laboratory facilities.
    • Research work “Radon exhalation and radiological impact of building material containing fly ash.”
    • Design and Development of a 15 KV, 10mA Power Supply for Neutron Generator of INST.
    • Design and Development of versatile PIC Micro-controller Programmer.
    • Conversion the analog display to digital display system.
  2. Services
    • Repair the dose calibrator of RIPD, INST

Achievements

  1. Refurbishment of a soft incubator.
  2. Refurbishment of a temperature controlled shaking water bath.
  3. Design & development nuclear pulser to check the nuclear data acquisition system.
  4. Design and development of digital panel meter.
  5. Design and development of a non contact liquid level controller
  6. Design and development of a programmable electronic timer.
  7. Repair a data logger of NMU, AERE.
  8. Repair an inductive coupled plasma (ICP) of chemistry division, Atomic Energy Center (AEC), Dhaka.
  9. Repair a water bath for NRCD, INST, AERE.
  10. Installation of Reocale programmable viscometer of NRCD, INST, AERE.
  11. Design and develop an environment monitoring system
  12. Completed the industrial attachment training of B. Sc. level students of IUT and JU.
  13. Supervise/guide the Master degree theses work on “Design and development of environmental monitoring system using microcontroller” of a student of Dhaka University.
  14. Supervise/guide the Master degree theses work on “Position Detection using Microcontroller and Stepper Motor” of a student of Jahangirnagar University.

Major Facilities

  1. Nuclear counting system, MCA, NIM BIN module, Scintillation processor, Scintillation detector.
  2. Oscilloscope, Function generator, DC power supplies, Digital multimeters, necessary tools for electronic works.
  3. Broadband Internet.

Note: All necessary instruments are kept in IE store and when necessity arise, those are borrowed from the store for use.

Perspective Plan

  1. Short Term (2007-2010)
    1. Upgrading Nuclear Electronics Laboratory
    2. Design and Automation of the Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory Facilities
    3. Design and Development of a Environmental Monitoring System for Nuclear Reactor
    4. Refurbishment of Nuclear Instrument
    5. Design and Development of a Data Acquisition System using LabVIEW
    6. Upgrading of the QA/QC facilities of Nuclear Instruments
    7. Refurbishment of TLD Readers
  2. Mid Term (2007-2015)
    1. Upgrading Nuclear Electronics Laboratory
    2. Design and Development of a Environmental Monitoring System for Nuclear Reactor
    3. Design and Development of a Central Monitoring System for Nuclear Reactor
    4. Refurbishment of Nuclear Instrument
    5. Design and Development of a Nuclear Counting System using FPGA Technology
    6. Design and Development of Programmable Logic Controller Based System
    7. Design and Development of Beam Port Shutter Controller for Nuclear Reactor
    8. Detection of Background Neutron Around the Nuclear Reactor
    9. Upgrading of the QA/QC facilities of Nuclear Instruments.
  3. Long Term (2007-2020)
    1. Upgrading Nuclear Electronics Laboratory
    2. Design and Fabrication of a Very Large Scale Integration Chip
    3. Refurbishment of Nuclear Instrument
    4. Design and Development of Digital Control Panel for Nuclear Reactor
    5. Detection of Background Neutron Around the Nuclear Reactor
    6. Upgrading of the QA/QC facilities of Nuclear Instruments
    7. Design, Development and Fabricate nuclear instrument.

Publications


TitleName AuthorsName of Journal/Proceedings
A study of Alpha Emitters Concentration Measurement in Mineral Water Sample in Bangladesh. M. M. Alam, K. Asaduzzaman, M. I. Kabir, and S. K. Mondal Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Science, Bangladesh. vol.29, No. 1, P. 55-59, 2005. ISSN: 0378-8121.
Internal Dosimetry Of Human Brain For 99mtc And 131i Using Nuclear Imaging in Bangladesh. M. M. Alam, M. I. Kabir, K. A. Zaman, and M. Rafiuddin, G. U. Ahmad Sri Lankan Journal of Physics, Sri Lankan, vol.6, P. 33-42, March- 2005. ISSN: 1391-5800
Measurement Of Alpha Emitters Concentration In Soft Drinks Samples. J. K. Sen, M. M. Alam, Kh. Asaduzzaman, and M. R. Uddin. Journal of Physical society, Bangladesh.
Measurement of Alpha Emitting Radionuclides Concentration In Some Imported Milk Samples. M. M. Alam, K. Asaduzzaman, M. I. Kabir and S. M. Abu Raihan. National University Journal of Science, Bangladesh. N. 1, Vol. 1, pp. 63-66. December 2006. ISSN 1994-7763.
Design and development of a programmable electronic timer. Kh. Asaduzzaman, M. Nazrul Islam and M. M. Abu Naser Waheed. Journal of Bangladesh electronics society, vol.5, no.1, June-2005, P.97, ISSN: 1816-1510.
Design and development of a low cost digital panel meter. M. Nazrul Islam, Kh. Asaduzzaman and M. M. Abu Naser Waheed. Journal of Bangladesh electronics society, vol.5, no.1, June-2005, P.43, ISSN: 1816-1510.
A study of the electrical properties of lead (Pb) thin films. Khandoker Asaduzzaman and M. M. Alam. Journal of Jahangirnagar physics studies, Bangladesh, vol.11, 2005.
Concept and Implementation of Payment Automation Technique with Personnel Management System using Visual Basic for organizations M. Nazrul Islam, M. Sohel Rana and M. Rafiqul Islam. Proceedings, 4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering ICEE, January 26 – 28, 2006, Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB).
Up gradation of nuclear medical equipment in the developing countries and its impact in Bangladesh. Saleh Mahmud Jahangir, Y. Xie, Md. Rokon Uddin, Mohammod Abu Sayid Haque, Mahbubul Hoq, Yasmeen Mawla, Md. Jahangir Alom and Tasnim Morium. The Abdus Salam international center for theoretical physics. IC/IR/2002/30.
Serial communication between microcomputer and microcontroller. Mahbubul Hoq and Md. Abu Sayid Haque. Journal of Bangladesh electronics society, vol.5, no.1, June-2005, P.43, ISSN: 1816-1510.
Design and development of microcontroller based traffic light control system. Mahbubul Hoq, Yasmeen Mawla, Mohammod Abu Sayid Haque and Saleh Mahmud Jahangir. Proceedings, Bangladesh electronics society conference, 24-26 April 2003.
Minimization of positioning error by using microcontroller based micro step technology. Dr. Enamul Basher, Amina Hasan Abedin, Mahbubul Hoq and Md. Abu Sayid Haque. Proceedings of 7th international conference on computer and information technology, 26-28 December 2004. Brac University, Dhaka.
Energy Conversion and Solar Cell: A Study of Design, Economics and Social Impacts. M. Nazrul Islam, Kh. Asaduzzaman and Mahbubul Hoq. Nuclear Science and Applications, ISSN: 1016-197X (Submitted).

Resource Person


Name & E-mail AddressDesignationLast QualificationField of Specialization
Mahbubul Hoq
mahbubulhoqkoko@yahoo.com		Principal Scientific OfficerM.Sc.Instrumentation
Mohiuddin AhmedSenior EngineerDip-in-Engg.Electronics
Sarkar Rafiqul IslamSenior EngineerDip-in-Engg.Electronics
Khandoker Asaduzzaman
asad.baec@yahoo.com		Senior Scientific OfficerM. Sc., M. Phil ongoingInstrumentation
Md. Nazrul Islam
nislam_25@yahoo.com		Assistant EngineerB. Sc. Engineering,
M. Sc. Engineering ongoing		Instrumentation
Dipa SahaJoiner Experimental OfficerM. Sc.-

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