IUB's EEE wins Best Paper Award in IEEE QPAIN 2025

The EEE department of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) received the Best Paper Award in the Poster Paper Presentation category at the 2025 IEEE QPAIN conference, according to a press statement.

The 2025 IEEE international conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking (QPAIN) was held from July 31 to August 2, at the Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology in Saidpur, Nilphamari.

The conference was organised by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics Society Bangladesh Chapter.

The paper was authored by undergraduate students Hemal Sharma, Fardous Mahmud, and Anika Bushra, along with Tazrian Noor, Research Scientist, and Dr. Mustafa Habib Chowdhury, head of the EEE department and director of the IUB Photonics Simulation Laboratory. Hemal Sharma, the lead presenter, and Fardous Mahmud represented the team at the conference.

The research addressed persistent challenges in lead-free perovskite solar cells, such as stability, limited light absorption, and lower power conversion efficiency compared to lead-based alternatives.