BRAC University holds int’l conference on energy, power, engineering

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of BRAC University organised a  3-day International Conference on Energy and Power Engineering (ICEPE 2022) on November 24-26 with the theme ‘Green Energy for All’.

Md Habibur Rahman, secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, attended the inauguration ceremony as the chief guest, said a press release.

Professor Vincent Chang, Vice Chancellor, BRAC University also joined the opening ceremony as the special guest.  Professor Md Mosaddequr Rahman, chairperson, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and general chair, ICEPE 2022 delivered the opening remarks and Professor Shahidul Islam Khan, technical chair, ICEPE 2022 presided over the opening ceremony.

Organising for the second time, ICEPE 2022 aimed at providing a platform to leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the areas of power and energy engineering. Eminent professors and experts from Bangladesh and abroad conducted panel sessions and keynote talks on power and energy related topics.The conference also called for papers from researchers nationally and internationally.

“In our development endeavor, great importance is given to green energy. We are Vigorously promoting Renewable Energy in our generation mix” said Md Habibur Rahman, Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.  He mentioned that the government is also willing to generate up to 40 per cent electricity from clean energy by 2041. He also suggested sending the proceedings of the conference to Power Division, so that they can take those into consideration while formulating future course of actions.

Policy is relevant but any policy without the support of technology advancement will unlikely succeed, said Professor Vincent Chang, Vice-Chancellor, BRAC University. By wishing success of the conference, he said that anything contributing to improvement of energy technology perhaps can be more effective than many policies.

Professor Saifur Rahman, 2022 IEEE president-elect and Dr Nagaraja Ramappa, managing director at Power Research & Development Consultants Prv Ltd, India attended the conference as the key note speakers and spoke on the topics “Causes and Effects of Carbonization on the Climate: Decarbonization Opportunities in the Electric Power Sector” and “Integrated resource planning and power procurement optimization in RE rich
environment” respectively.