Dr. Feroza Begum

feroza.begum@ubd.edu.bn



               

Dr Begum holds a PhD in Electronics and Information Engineering in 2007 and a MEng in Electronic Materials Engineering in 2004 from University of the Ryukyus, Japan. She received B. Sc. Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1998 from Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (Former Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Dhaka), Bangladesh. She was a Foreign Visiting Researcher funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) during August 2009 - September 2011, in University of the Ryukyus, Japan. She was also a Postdoctoral Research fellow funded by Marubun Research Promotion Foundation, Japan from October 2007 – February 2009 in University of the Ryukyus, Japan.

Dr. Begum is a Senior Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at Faculty of Integrated Technologies (FIT), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) in Brunei Darussalam from August 2019 to present. In FIT, she is the Postgraduate Students Coordinator and also a member of the ABET Accreditation Process at the faculty. She was an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at FIT, UBD in Brunei Darussalam from July 2015 to August 2019. Prior to joining UBD, she was an Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at East West University, Bangladesh from May 2012 to July 2015. She was an Associate Professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh from September 2011 – April 2012. Dr Begum was an Associate Professor in Information Science and Engineering at Dalian Polytechnic University, China from March 2009 to July 2009. So far, she has taught a total of up to 13 Modules at diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels, most of which relate to Systems Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Dr Begum has got a number of awards in recognition of her research activities and academic records. Some of these include nomination of the “Teaching Excellent Award” at FIT, UBD in 2020; “Best Presenter Award” at ICGT conference in 2019; “Foreign Visiting Researcher Award” from JSPS in 2009; “Excellent Thesis Advisor Award” at Dalian Polytechnic University, China in 2009; “Best Paper Award” at FWOCNT conference in 2009; “Postdoctoral Fellowship Award” from Marubun Research Promotion Foundation, Japan in 2008; and the “Director’s Honorary Award” from University of the Ryukyus, Japan in 2007.

Dr Begum supervised 6 Postgraduate students by research and thesis, more than 40 undergraduate 4th year students by research, thesis and discovery year in home and abroad. She attended in different international conferences and workshops around the world. She published 55 peer reviewed journal papers and 67 international conference papers, 1 book chapter and 1 invited paper with author and coauthors. She also holds 1 patent.

EDUCATION

• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of the Ryukyus, Japan (2009-2011)
• Marubun Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of the Ryukyus, Japan (2007-2009)
• Ph.D in Electronics and Information Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Japan (2007)
• M.-Eng in Electronic Materials Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Japan (2004)
• BSc in Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh (1998)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Optical fiber and Photonics
• Photonic Crystal Fiber based Sensors
• Optical Fiber Communications
• Optical Coherence Tomography
• Nanophotonics for Optical Fiber

FUTURE PROJECTS

Development of Photonic Crystal Fiber based Physical Sensors

Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are a kind of optical fibers that use photonic crystals to form the cladding around the core. Photonic crystals are low-loss periodic dielectric medium constructed using a periodic array of microscopic air holes that run along the entire fiber length. PCF-based sensors are advantageous over standard optical fiber sensors in many aspects. They not only have great design flexibility but also their holey internal structure can be filled with analyte so that a controlled interaction can take place between propagating light and the analyte sample. This greatly enhances the sensitivity of fiber optic sensors as well as opens up a new direction for making advanced portable sensors. PCF sensors have a wide range of applications. Measurement of different physical parameters like temperature, pressure, strain, twist, torsion, curvature, bend, electromagnetic field, gas and refractive index are a few of them. The research and entrepreneurial communities are interested in this topic due to multiple applications of these sensors in various fields, including civil engineering and the aeronautical and automotive industries. The objective of this project is to develop PCFs for sensing any of the aforementioned physical parameters in the optical and terahertz regimes. This shall be achieved through design, simulation, fabrication and characterisation.


Applications Invited
PhD or Masters

Nanophotonics in Optical Fiber Technology

Nanophotonics is an exciting new field of nano-science that deals with the interaction of light with matter on a nanometer size scale. It is a field in which photonics merges with nanoscience and nanotechnology, providing challenges for fundamental research and creating opportunities for new technologies and applications. Nanotechnologies can be exploited by incorporating nano-features into optical fibers to achieve manipulation of light in ways not possible with conventional optical fiber waveguiding techniques. This additional functionality offers great potential of fiber-based nanotechnology for applications in communications, optical computation and medical technology for optical waveguides.


Applications Invited
PhD or Masters

White light generation using photonic crystal fiber

Rapid developments in Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs) driven by novel engineering techniques continue to push the limits of optical fiber technology and its applications. This major advancement in PCFs is essentially due to its high design flexibility and geometrical economy. PCFs are the very useful for white light generation. A white light source is usually understood to be a light source generating white light in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum. i.e., with a white perception for the human eye. Some typical types of white light sources are incandescent lamps, gas discharge lamps, fluorescent lamps, Light Emitting Diode (LED), and laser based RGB sources. Important properties of white light sources include the colour temperature, colour rendering index, luminous efficacy, temporal coherence, spatial coherence, operation lifetime, radiant flux, and its ability to operate continuously. Many white light sources are required for various lighting applications (indoor and outdoor), where one often needs to generate a substantial luminous flux over extended times. The energy efficiency, largely determined by the luminous efficacy, is then particularly important. Moreover, the attractive properties of PCFs include high nonlinearity, high birefringence, endlessly single mode, and large mode area, etc. These properties make PCFs natural candidates for supercontinuum generation. Efficient supercontinuum generation relies on an endlessly single mode nonlinear medium with tailored dispersion and nonlinearity – essentially a highly nonlinear PCFs. The applications of white light source in illumination such as signs, traffic signals, decorative and architectural lighting, and automobile daylight running lights and brake lights. Other applications of white light source include photography, spectroscopy, and colorimetry. The advantages of white light sources are many, such as their low maintenance cost, tuneability, compact size and robustness, but they also have environmentally important features such as longevity, high energy efficiency and not containing any environmentally harmful substances. The successful application of white light sources will be provided significant economic and environmental benefits.


Applications Invited
PhD or Masters

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

1. Izaddeen Kabir Yakasai, Pg Emeroylariffion Abas and Feroza Begum, “Proposal of novel photonic crystal fibre for sensing adulterated petrol and diesel with kerosene in terahertz
frequencies,” IET Optoelectronics, May 2020.

2. Ramadhani Sinde, Feroza Begum, Karoli Njau and Shubi Kaijage, “Refining Network Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Network Using Energy‐Efficient Clustering and DRLBased Sleep
Scheduling,” Sensors, vol. 20, pp. 1540, March 2020.

3. Izaddeen Kabir Yakasai, Pg Emeroylariffion Abas and Hazwani Suhaimi, Feroza Begum, “Low loss and highly birefringent photonic crystal fibre for terahertz applications,” Optik –
International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol. 206, pp. 164321, March 2020.

4. Izaddeen Kabir Yakasai, Pg Emeroylariffion Abas, Shubi Felix Kaijage, Wahyu Caesarendra, and Feroza Begum, “Proposal for a Quad-Elliptical Photonic Crystal Fiber for Terahertz
Wave Guidance and Sensing Chemical Warfare Liquids,” Photonics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1–16, July 2019.

5. Izaddeen Kabir Yakasai, Pg Emeroylariffion Abas, Sharafat Ali and Feroza Begum, “Modelling and simulation of a porous core photonic crystal fibre for terahertz wave
propagation,” Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 1–16, April 2019.

TOP PUBLICATIONS

1. Ramadhani Sinde, Feroza Begum, Karoli Njau and Shubi Kaijage, “Refining Network Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Network Using Energy‐Efficient Clustering and DRLBased Sleep
Scheduling,” Sensors, vol. 20, pp. 1540, March 2020.

2. Abdalla M. Abdalla, Shahzad Hossain, Atia T. Azad, Pg Mohammad I. Petra, Feroza Begum, Sten G. Eriksson, Abul Kalam Azad, “Nanomaterials for solid oxide fuel cells: A review,”
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 353-368, February 2018.

3. Feroza Begum, Yoshinori Namihira, Tatsuya Kinjo and Shubi Kaijage, “Supercontinuum generation in square photonic crystal fiber with nearly zero ultra-flattened chromatic
dispersion and fabrication tolerance analysis,” Optics Communications, vol. 284, no. 4, pp. 965-970, Feb. 2011.

4. Feroza Begum, Yoshinori Namihira , S.M. Abdur Razzak , Shubi Kaijage, Nguyen Hoang Hai, Tatsuya Kinjo, Kazuya Miyagi and Nianyu Zou, “Novel Broadband Dispersion
Compensating Photonic Crystal Fibers: Applications in High Speed Transmission Systems,” Optics & Laser Technology, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 679-686, Sept. 2009.

5. T. Oshiro, Feroza Begum, Masaaki Yamazato, Akira Higa, Toyama Maehama and Minoru Toguchi, “The Structures and Properties of a-C:H Films Deposited at a Wide Range of
Relative Hydrogen Gas Flow Rate by RF Sputtering,” Thin Solid Films, vol. 506-507, pp. 92-95, May 2006.

GRANT DETAILS

1. Title: Terahertz Technology for Homeland Security and Defence
Duration: January 2020 to December 2021
Grant Type: Faculty Research Grant (FRG)
Grant Number: UBD/RSCH/1.3/FICBF(b)/2019/008
Grant Amount: B$ 46,000
Organization: Faculty of Integrated Technologies (FIT), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei Darussalam
Project Leader: Feroza Begum, PhD
FIT Members: Pg Dr Emeroylariffion bin Pg Hj Abas and Pg Dr M Iskandar bin Pg Hj Petra
Faculty of Science (FOS) Member: Dr Rosyzie anna Awg Haji Mohd Apong, UBD
External Collaborator: Professor Dr. Nianyu Zou, Dalian Polytechnic University, China

2. Title: Development of Photonic Crystal Fibers for Supercontinuum Source in Optical Communications and Medical Applications
Duration: August 2009 to July 2011
Grant Number: P 09078
Grant Amount: 9,053,000 Yen
Organization: Japan Society of Promotion and Science (JSPS), Japan
Host Researcher: Professor Dr. Yoshinori Namihira
Research Fellow: Feroza Begum, PhD

3. Title: Studies on Optimum Design of Highly Nonlinear Photonic Crystal Fibers for Supercontinuum Light Sources and Highly Accurate Nonlinear Constant Measurement Evaluation
Duration: April 2008 to March 2009
Grant Amount: 1,500,000 Yen
Organization: Marubun Research Promotion Foundation, Japan
Host Researcher: Professor Dr. Yoshinori Namihira
Research Fellow: Feroza Begum, PhD

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

• International Peer Reviewed Journals: 55

• International Conferences and Workshops: 67

• Book Chapter: 1

• Invited Paper: 1

• Patent: 1

Industry, Institute, or Organisation Collaboration

• Maintaining research collaboration with Dalian Polytechnic University in China.

• Maintaining research collaboration with Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania

• Initiated collaboration with the Universiti of Malaya in Malaysia.

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, or ACADEMIC BENEFITS

Photonic crystal fiber is a special type of the lightwave guide which has a silica-air microstructure surrounding the fiber core region and running down entire length of the optical fiber. Fiber optics systems have allowed scientists to make many important advances in the telecommunication, chemical, mechanical, environmental, digital imaging, printing, and medical fields. Sound, video, and computer communications are more reliable than in the past. Engineers are able to monitor and maintain safer modes of transportation. And doctors can perform less dramatic life-improving procedures. The world of fiber optics has opened many possibilities for solving technological problems and has improved human civilization. This field is continuously evolving thus paving the way for more academic research that would lead to positive socio-economic development.