Md Azizur Rahman, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Engineering and Applied Science
Professor
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
arahman@mun.ca
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(709) 864-8936
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Dr. Md Azizur Rahman joined Memorial University in 1976 and has remained with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science since. He is a highly respected professor and University Research Professor (since 1993) and has 50 years of teaching experience.
Dr. Rahman has had a very decorat...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Md Azizur Rahman joined Memorial University in 1976 and has remained with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science since. He is a highly respected professor and University Research Professor (since 1993) and has 50 years of teaching experience.
Dr. Rahman has had a very decorated career, having won a number of major professional awards. He was awarded the GE Centennial Invention Disclosure Award in 1978, IEEE Outstanding Students Counselor's Award in 1980, IEEE Notable Service Award for contributions in IEEE and Engineering Professions in 1987 and the IEEE Industry Application Society's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1992. In 1994, Dr. Rahman won the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland Merit Award, followed by the IEEE Canada Outstanding Engineering Educator's Medal in 1996. He was presented with the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, the IEEE Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award from PES in 2003, the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award in 2004 and the Khwarizmi International Award in 2005. In 2007 Dr. Rahman was awarded the IEEE Dr. Ing Eugene Mittelmann Outstanding Award from Industrial Electronics Society, along with the IEEE Richard H. Kaufmann Technical Field Award. In 2008 he received the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Distinguished Service Award and the A.D. Dunton Distinguished Alumni Award of Carleton University.
In February 2011, Dr. Rahman was presented with the prestigious Gold Medal by The Institution of Engineers (IEB) in Bangladesh. The IEB Gold Medal was presented to Dr. Rahman.
On March 22, 2012, Dr. Rahman was awarded the Prince Albert II Medal at the seventh Exposition and Conferences Internationales Vehicules Ecologiques and Energies Renouvelables (Internatonal Conference and Exhibition on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies) in Monaco.
Dr. Rahman's research interests have been broad throughout his career. Currently his research focuses on machines, intelligent controls, power systems, digital protection, power electronics, magnetic materials and wireless communication.
He has published 700 papers including 178 IEEE Transactions papers, eleven patents and two books. He also contributed 10 chapters for other research and academic publications. In 2011 Dr. Rahman co-authored the first book, entitled "An Introduction to Wavelet Modulated Inverters."
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Dr. Rahman has had a very decorated career, having won a number of major professional awards. He was awarded the GE Centennial Invention Disclosure Award in 1978, IEEE Outstanding Students Counselor's Award in 1980, IEEE Notable Service Award for contributions in IEEE and Engineering Professions in 1987 and the IEEE Industry Application Society's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1992. In 1994, Dr. Rahman won the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland Merit Award, followed by the IEEE Canada Outstanding Engineering Educator's Medal in 1996. He was presented with the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, the IEEE Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award from PES in 2003, the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award in 2004 and the Khwarizmi International Award in 2005. In 2007 Dr. Rahman was awarded the IEEE Dr. Ing Eugene Mittelmann Outstanding Award from Industrial Electronics Society, along with the IEEE Richard H. Kaufmann Technical Field Award. In 2008 he received the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Distinguished Service Award and the A.D. Dunton Distinguished Alumni Award of Carleton University.
In February 2011, Dr. Rahman was presented with the prestigious Gold Medal by The Institution of Engineers (IEB) in Bangladesh. The IEB Gold Medal was presented to Dr. Rahman.
On March 22, 2012, Dr. Rahman was awarded the Prince Albert II Medal at the seventh Exposition and Conferences Internationales Vehicules Ecologiques and Energies Renouvelables (Internatonal Conference and Exhibition on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies) in Monaco.
Dr. Rahman's research interests have been broad throughout his career. Currently his research focuses on machines, intelligent controls, power systems, digital protection, power electronics, magnetic materials and wireless communication.
He has published 700 papers including 178 IEEE Transactions papers, eleven patents and two books. He also contributed 10 chapters for other research and academic publications. In 2011 Dr. Rahman co-authored the first book, entitled "An Introduction to Wavelet Modulated Inverters."
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