News and Events

August 2022
Congratulations to BioInnovation group team members Nusrat, Farhan and Oishee to secure full funded PhD positions!
This year three of BioInnovation Research Group’s research students secured funded (fellowship or RA) PhD admission in different universities. Nusrat started her PhD at Duke, Farhan and Oishee at Utah. We would like to congratulate them and wish them a very best towards achieving their dreams.
July 2022
4th July 2022
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tarik Arafat has joined as Head, BME.

In a cordial meeting, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tarik Arafat was welcomed as the new Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department at BUET on July 4th, 2022. The previous head, Prof. Dr. Md. Aynal Haque, handed over the headship to Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tarik Arafat. The meeting was attended by faculty members and faculty staffs of the department.

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20th July 2022
BME-BUET wins best poster award in International Colloquium on Authentic Scientific Publications organized by NYAB.
BME-BUET student Khdijatul Kobra (Post graduate student) got the best scientific poster in the Applied Science and Engineering category at the International Colloquium on Authentic Scientific Publications organized by National Young Academy of Bangladesh (NYAB). Here presentation was on the Development of nanoemulsion based topical formulation for controlled delivery of ciprofloxacin. On the same event, Lamiya Hassan Tithy got the honorary mention for her work on hemostat.
June 2022
30th June 2022
Nondita wins 3rd prize in the Advanced Material track of IUPC 2022.

BioInnovation Research Group’s student Nondita Datta (BME16), secured the 3rd position in the advanced material track of the International Undergraduates Poster Competition (IUPC 2022) among submissions from around the world.

The event was organized by the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, held on 29th – 30th June 2022 offering various tracks for undergraduate final year projects to join this International Undergraduate Poster Competition including 1. Information System & Network, 2. Computational method, 3. Biosciences, 4. Advanced Material, 5. Instrumentation and Devices, 6. Safety. The winning poster was titled “Sodium alginate nanoparticle depot for sustained release of multiple drugs”. The project was supervised by Dr. M Tarik Arafat, Professor, BME, BUET.  Nanoparticles provide unique advantages in the field of drug delivery, such as targeted delivery, sustainability, cellular uptake etc. Proper combination of nanoparticle properties and drug types can lower the required amount of medication by ensuring lower drug wastage. Moreover, sustained dual drug delivery reduces the number of interventions and eventually results in a shorter recovery period. The team is now working towards the clinical translation of the project. Link: https://engineering.utm.my/iupc2022/
Aug 2021
August 2021
Congratulations to BioInnovation group team members Samreen, Sushanto, Foysal and Laboni to secure full funded PhD positions!.
This year four of BioInnovation Research Group’s undergraduate research students secured funded (fellowship or RA) PhD admission in different universities. Samreen started her PhD at Duke, Sushanto at Utah, Foysal at and Laboni at Purdue. We would like to congratulate them and wish them a very best towards achieving their dreams.
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28th July 2021
BioInnovation research Group’s student gets the best scientific awards at 6th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2021.

Farhana Islam Oishe got the best  scientific awards in Tissue engineering and Clinical management at 6th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2021 (BioMed2021). This is a biannual exhibit organised by the Department of Biomedical Engineering of University of Malaya. In the conference Farhana presented methods to increase the yield of bacterial cellulose. This was part of her undergraduate work and the work.

Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-90724-2_58

28th July 2021
BioInnovation Research Group’s students get the best scientific awards at 6th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2021.

Noushin Anan, Nusrat Khan, Samreen Mahmud, Tahura Hossain got the best  scientific awards in AI and computational modeling at 6th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2021 (BioMed2021). This is a biannual exhibit organised by the Department of Biomedical Engineering of University of Malaya. In the conference Farhana presented methods to increase the yield of bacterial cellulose. This was part of their undergraduate work.

Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-90724-2_58

October 2020
“Calcified Koala” – wins The Roland B. Snow Award

The team, led by BioInnocation research group students, took first place in the The Roland B. Snow Award for the Best Poster in the Ceramographic Exhibit & Competition 2020. This is an annual poster exhibit organized by the American Ceramic Society to promote the use of microscopy and microanalysis as tools in scientific investigation. The team members were: Mehnaz Urbee Jahangir, Farhana Islam Oishi. The team was supervised by Dr Tarik Arafat (Professor, BME, BUET).

There were five categories in the competition, and the submitted poster was not only selected as the 1st prize in the category (undergraduate studies), but also selected among all submissions as the Best in Show Winner and is recognized with the 2020 Roland B. Snow Award. The poster, titled “Calcified Koala,” is based on the work of Mehnaz and Oishi, where the cluster of synthesized hydroxyapatite particles gives an illusion of a koala holding onto a branch of a tree.

Nevertheless, the 2nd prize in the undergraduate category also goes to Mehnaz and Oishi. We had two submissions.
August 2020
Congratulation to Musavvir Mahmud on starting his PhD with Fellowship at the Fischell’s Department of Bioengineering of the University of Maryland
Musavvir Mahmud was the first research assistant of BioInnovation Research Group. He is a dedicated and passionate researcher. We are happy that Musavvir is going to start his PhD at University of Maryland with Fellowship. We wish him a very best towards achieving his dreams.
January 2020
Dr M Tarik Arafat gave key note speech at 6th International Fiber and Polymer Research Symposium, Busra, Turkey
Dr Tarik was invited as a keynote speaker at the 6th 6th International Fiber and Polymer Research Symposium organized by the Istanbul Technical University. He talks about the nanofibrous research his group is doing.
December 2019
Dr. Tarik visits KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden
Dr Tarik visited Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems of the School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH) , KTH as a visiting schoral. During this visit Dr Tarik discussed with the department staffs and students about their ongoing work, attended one post-graduate class, visited the MTA division of two University hospitals and attended two workshops. The visit was supported by an on-going exchange program between BME, BUET and KTH.
July 2019
Dr M tarik Arafat gets the outstanding reviewer award by IOP publishing for Biomedical Materials for 2019.

Dr M Tarik Arafat from BME, BUET got the outstanding reviewer award by IOP publishing for the journal Biomedical Materials for 2019. Each year the editorial team of the IOP journals selects a number of outstanding reviewers based on the quality, quantity and timeliness of the reviewer’s reviews.

August 2017
BioInnovation research group has stated its journey.
BioInnovation research group stated its journey with 4 (four) undergraduate research students – Aneem, Mehnaz, Sushanto and Oishee. They were 2nd year undergraduate students when they started doing the volunteer research work!
July 2016
Dr Tarik started setting up the laboratories
Construction works of the laboratories were started.
January 2016
Dr Tarik joined BME, BUET
Dr Tarik joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering, BUET as an Assistant Professor. He was the first full-time faculty of the department.