Rate My Professor Shamim Anower

Dr. Md. Shamim Anower is a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) in Bangladesh, where he has served since June 2016 and currently holds the position on leave. He previously served as Associate Professor from January 2015 to June 2016, Assistant Professor from September 2006 to January 2015, and Lecturer from April 2003 to September 2006 at RUET. Since January 2019, he has been Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at RUET. Anower is also affiliated with Adelaide University in the Engineering faculty through the STEM division, teaching courses including Control Systems (ENGEX-301), Robotics and Automation (ENGMX-408), and Mobile Autonomous Robotic Systems at the Mawson Lakes campus, associated with Mechatronics Engineering at the University of South Australia prior to the merger. His academic background includes a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 2012, an MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from RUET in 2007, and a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from RUET in 2002.

Anower's research specializations include photonics with a focus on photonic crystal fiber designs for sensing applications such as chemical identification, biosensing via surface plasmon resonance, terahertz waveguides for fuel adulteration detection, and explosive sensing; power system stability, operation, and control; biomedical engineering involving machine learning for diabetic retinopathy and pulmonary disease classification; wireless communication security; cyber security; and underwater acoustic signal processing. He has produced over 100 refereed publications, comprising 4 books or book chapters, 66 journal articles, and 71 conference papers. Key publications feature 'Diabetic retinopathy identification using parallel deep learning approach' in Expert Systems with Applications (2023), 'Highly sensitive hollow core spiral fiber for chemical spectroscopic applications' in Sensors International (2020), 'Enhanced performance of SnSe-Graphene hybrid photonic surface plasmon refractive sensor for biosensing applications' in Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications (2020), and 'Numerical Modeling of a Rectangular Hollow-Core Waveguide for the Detection of Fuel Adulteration in Terahertz Region' in Fibers (2020). His scholarship has accumulated 3,428 citations on Scopus and an h-index of 18. Awards include the University International Postgraduate Award from UNSW (2008-2011), Rectors Publication Fellow at UNSW (2012), Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (2013), BOG Gold Medal for first place in BSc Engineering, and multiple Rajshahi Education Board Awards and merit scholarships.