Faculty name

Dr. Md. Sultan Mahmud

Designation

Professor of Physics,

Head of the Department,
Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities

Mailing Address and other info :

Professor of Physics and Head
                                               Department of Basic Sciences & Humanities
                                               University of Asia Pacific
                                               House #52/A, Road # 3A
                                               Dhanmondi Residential Area
                                               Dhaka-1209
                                               Phone: (8802) 9664953 ext 118 (Office)
                                                           (88) 0191-6974628 (Mobile)
                                              Fax:      (8802) 9664950

Permanent Address:              House.468, Darikharbana, Post: G.P.O.-6000, P.S: Boalia, Dist: Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Date of Birth:                         February 1, 1964         

Nationality:                            Bangladeshi

Marital Status:                       Married

Academic Qualification

2008- Ph.D. (Thesis Title: Study of Structural and Magnetic Characteristics of Cr Substituted Fe-based Nanocrystalline Alloys)  from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) [Ph.D. research works have been performed under sandwich program with Uppsala University, Sweden and financed by the International Program for Physical Sciences (IPPS), Uppsala University, Sweden]
            
2002- M. Phil. [Thesis Title: Development and Study of Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Material) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)]

1986- M.Sc. (Physics) Rajshahi University                                              

1985- B.Sc. (Hon’s) in Physics, Rajshahi University.                             
 
1981- H.S.C from Sirajgonj Government College, Rajshahi Board         

1979- S.S.C from Gandhail High School, Rajshahi Board                       

E-mail address

  E-mail: Head.bsh@uap-bd.edu, sultan_uap@yahoo.com

Experience

 i)  Presently working as Professor of Physics and Head,         Department of Basic Sciences & Humanities, University of Asia Pacific, since April 2012 to   till date

1.  Worked as an Associate Professor of Physics and Co-ordinator in the Interdepartmental Courses, UAP from April 15, 2008 to June 8, 2011.
2.  Worked as an Assistant Professor of Physics in the Interdepartmental Courses, UAP from August 02, 2003 to April 14, 2008.
3.  Worked as a Senior Lecturer in Physics in the Interdepartmental Courses, UAP from June 06, 2002 to August 01, 2003.
4.   Worked as a Lecturer in Physics in the Interdepartmental Courses, UAP from June 01, 1996 to June 05, 2002.
5.   Worked as an Assistant Registrar (Admission & Co-curricular Activities), UAP from March 27, 2003 to July27, 2003.
6.   Working as an Admission Advisor, UAP since June 01, 1996 to till date.

         viii)     Working as an Editor in Chief, “Journal of Science and Arts”, Published by: 
                     UAP, (ISSN: 1813-9957, January: 2005)
          ix)       Examiner of M. Sc. Physics (electronics), National University
           Examiner of M. Sc. thesis (materials science group), Jahangirnagar
           University
         xi)       Life member of Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS)

Publications in Journals / Proceedings.

Dr.Sultan Mahmud's Paper Published in IEEE Digital Library

List of Publications in Journals / Proceedings: (1-19)

[1] Md.Sultan Mahmud, Permeability and Hysteresis Loop Measurements of Amorphous and Annealed Samples of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 Alloys, Proceedings of the XIII international conference on the physics of nanocrystalline solids, Yichang three Gorges, Hubei, P.R.China (Accepted)

[2] Md. Sultan Mahmud, Measurements of Amorphous and Annealed samples of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys, International Journal of Advances Material Science (IJAMS) (Accepted)

[3] Md. Sultan Mahmud and M.A.Hakim, An over view of Cr substituted Fe-based Nanocrystalline Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys,This paper appears in: Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2011 11th IEEE Conference on, IEEE Xplore digital library, Issue Date: 15-18 Aug. 2011, On page(s): 1043 - 1047 ,Location: Portland, OR, USA, ISSN: 1944-9399, E-ISBN: 978-1-4577-1515-0, Print ISBN: 978-1-4577-1514-3, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/NANO.2011.6144518, Date of Current Version: 02 February 2012

[4] Md. Sultan Mahmud, Nanocrystallization and Magnetic Behaviour of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 amorphous alloys, Asian Transactions on Science & Technology 1(3) (2011) 1-6.
 
[5] Md.Sultan Mahmud, Magnetic Behavior of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 (0£x£17.5) Amorphous Alloys at Low Temperature, Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A1 (2011) 58-63.

[6] Duc-The, Md. Sultan Mahmud, Stephen McVitie, Hoang-Hai Nguyen, Hong-Gam Duong, Quong-Hoa Nguyen, Chau Nguyen, Crystallization Progress in Si-rich Ultra-soft Nanocomposite Alloy Fabricated by Melt Spinning,  Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 322 (2010) 342-347.

[7] Md. Sultan Mahmud, Phase transition and permeability of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys, Proceedings of WSEAS Unifying the science conference, Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA, November 07 to November 09 on Sensors, signals, visualization, simulation and materials, USA, ISSN: 1790-5117, ISBM: 978-960-474-135-9 (2009) 64-68.

[8] M M Uddin, S Manjura Hoque, Md. Sultan Mahmud, M A Hakim, F U Z Chowdhury, Effect of structural parameters on variation of microstructural and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline alloy of Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics 47 (2009) 289-299.

[9] M M Uddin, S Manjura Hoque, Md. Sultan Mahmud, F U Z Chowdhury, M A Hakim ,Magnetocaloric effect in amorphous magnetic alloy based on Finemet, Indian J. Phys., 82 (11) ( 2008) 739-747.

[10] M.A.Hakim, S.S.Sikder, Md. Sultan Mahmud, S.Manjura Hoque, P.Nordblad, Dilution of magnetic moment of Fe by Cr for Fe73.5-x CrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 and Field cooled and zero field cooled behavior for higher Cr content, Journal of the Korean Physical Sciences (JKPS) 53(2) (2008) 766-771

[11] N.Chau, P.T.Hue, N.Q.Hoa, H.D.Anh. N.H.Luong, M.A.Asgar, S.S.Sikder, Md.Sultan Mahmud, An existence of Laminar structure in nanocrystalline ribbon in Finemet with partial substitution of Fe by Cr, Proceedings of Hanoi Conference (2007) 348-352.

[12] M. A. Hakim, S. Manjura Hoque, Md. Sultan Mahmud, S. S. Sikder, Effect of Cr substitution in Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 Alloys on Magnetization and Magnetic Phase Transition, National Conference on Electronics and Telecommunication, Rajshahi University, June 29 to June 30 (2007) 100-102.

[13] Md. Sultan Mahmud, M. A. Hakim, S. Manjura Hoque, S. S. Sikder, Asit Kumar Gain and Per Nordblad, Crystallization behavior of Cr substituted Fe-based nanocrystalline alloys, Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetic Materials (ICMM-2007) 55-57.

[14] D.T.H.Gam, N.D.The, N.Q.Hoa, Md.Sultan Mahmud, N.Chau, The investigation of the nanocrystallization process and magnetic properties of FINEMET –like Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si17.5B9,    Proceedings of the 1st IWOFM- 3rd IWONN conference Halong, Vietnam, December 06 to December 09 ( 2006) 262-263.  

[15] Md. Sultan Mahmud, and A.K.M.Zakaria , S.S.Sikder and M.A.Asgar, Study of temperature dependence of magnetization and structural properties of nanocrystalline Fe74Cu1.5Nb2.5Si12B10 alloy, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, 28 (2005) 103-108.

[16] S.S.Sikder, A.K.M.Zakaria, M.A.Asgar, M.A.Hakim and Md. Sultan Mahmud, Frequency dependence of the complex permeability in the amorphous magnetic materials Fe90-xSixB10 (x = 6, 8, 10, 12 &14), Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, 27 (2004) 69-76.

[17] N.Q.Hoa, N.Chau, H.D.Anh, N.H.Luong, M.A.Asgar, S.S.Sikder and Md.Sultan Mahmud, The effect of partly substitution of Fe by Cr in Finemet, Proceedings of the Seventh Vietnamese-German Seminar on Physics and Engineering, Halong City from March 28 to April 5, 2004.

[18] Md. Sultan Mahmud, S.S.Sikder and M.A.Hakim, Crystallization behavior and initial permeability of Fe (Cr) CuNbSiB nanocrystalline alloys, Journal of Science and Arts, 1 (2004) 33-41.

[19] Md. Sultan Mahmud, M.A.Asgar and M.A.Hakim, Structure and dynamic properties of nanocrystalline ribbons, Journal of Science and Arts, 1 (2004) 21-31.

[20] Md. Sultan Mahmud, M.A.Asgar, S.S.Sikder and A.K.M.Zakaria, Effect of annealing temperature on ac initial permeability of nanocrystalline amorphous ribbon with composition (Fe74Cu1.5Nb2.5Si12B10, Journal of Nuclear Science and Applications, 13 (2004) No.1, 2 (2004) 27-34.

[21] Md. Sultan Mahmud, M.A.Asgar, S.S.Sikder and A.K.M.Zakaria, Study of temperature dependence of magnetization of nanocrystalline ribbon (Fe0.9Co0.1)73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9, Bangladesh Journal of Physics 1(1) (2004) 53-59.

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Papers Presented in the National and International Conferences:

[1] Md.Sultan Mahmud, Permeability and Hysteresis Loop Measurements of Amorphous and Annealed Samples of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 Alloys, Proceedings of the XIII international conference on the physics of nanocrystalline solids, Yichang three Gorges, Hubei, P.R.China (Accepted)

[2] Md. Sultan Mahmud and M.A.Hakim, An over view of Cr substituted Fe-based Nanocrystalline Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys., IEEE NANO 2011 Conference, Portland State University, Oregon, USA ( August 15-18, 2011)

[3] Md.Sultan Mahmud, Magnetic Behavior of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 (0£x£17.5) Amorphous Alloys at Low Temperature, International Conference on Magnetic Materials (ICMM-2010), Saha Institute Kolkata, India ( October 25-29, 2010)

[4] Md.Sultan Mahmud, S.S.Sikder, M.A.Hakim, Determination of Curie temperatures of Cr substituted Fe-based nanocrystalline Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 (x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12.5, 15 & 17.5) alloy system, International Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (ICMAM- 2010), March 3-7, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 [5] Md. Sultan Mahmud, Phase transition and permeability of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys, WSEAS Unifying the Science Conference, Morgan State University Baltimore, USA (November 7-9, 2009) Conference id: 639-137

[6] M.A.Hakim, Md.Sultan Mahmud, Sk. Manjura Hoque, S.S.Sikder, P. Nordblad,  Nanocrystallization and Magnetic Behaviour of Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 amorphous alloys, International Conference on EuroNano Forum 2009, June 2-5, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic.

[7] Md.Sultan Mahmud, Field cooled and zero-field cooled magnetic effect on Cr-substituted Fe based amorphous Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys, International Conference on Frontiers of Physics (ICFP 2009), June 2-5, Kathmandu, Nepal

[8] Md.Sultan Mahmud, M. A.Gafur, D.K. Shaha and M.A. Hakim, Influence of Annealing temperature on the Microstructure and Crystalline phase of Fe-Cr-Cu-Nb-Si-B alloy,” S.S.Sikder, P. K. Roy, International Physics Conference, May 15-17, 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS)

[9] M. Manjurul Haque, M. Huq, Sk. Manjura Hoque, M. Sultan Mahmud, M. A. Hakim, and P. Nordblad, Magnetic Structure of Zn-substituted Mg-Zn Spinel Ferrites, International Physics Conference, May 15-17, 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS)

[10] Md. Sultan Mahmud, S.S. Sikder and M.A. Hakim, Crystallization behaviour and evolution of magnetization with higher Cr content of Fe75.5-xCrxCo1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys, International Physics Conference, May 15-17, 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS)

[11] Md. Sultan Mahmud, S.S. Sikder and M.A. Hakim, Critical concentration for the onset of ferromagnetism of Fe75.5-xCrxCo1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys, International Physics Conference, May 15-17, 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS)  

[12] M.M Uddin, S Manjura Hoque, Md. Sultan Mahmud, M A Hakim, F U Z Chowdhury, Influence of Microstructure on the Magnetic Properties of Fe-Based Nanocrystalline Alloy, Bose Conference on Contemporary Physics-08 at Dhaka University, jointly organized by Physics Department, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and The Abdus Salam International Centre for theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy from 19-21 March, 2008.

[13] Md. Sultan Mahmud, M. A. Hakim, S. S. Sikder, Concentration dependence of Curie temperatures and the onset of ferromagnetism in  Fe73.5-x CrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloy system, Bose Conference on Contemporary Physics-08 at Dhaka University, jointly organized by Physics Department, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and The Abdus Salam International Centre for theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy from 19-21 March, 2008.

[14] Md. Sultan Mahmud, M. A. Hakim, S. Manjura Hoque, S. S. Sikder, Asit Kumar Gain and Per Nordblad, Crystallization behavior of Cr substituted Fe-based nanocrystalline alloys, Poster Presentation in the ICMM conference at Saha Institute, Kolkata from 11th December to 16th December-2007.

[15] M M Uddin, S Manjura Hoque, Md. Sultan Mahmud, F U Z Chowdhury, M A Hakim, Magnetocaloric effect in nanocrystalline Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si17.5B5 alloy based on Finemet, 25th anniversary of higher studies at Physics Department of BUET from 4th December to 6th December-2007.

[16] M. A. Hakim, S. Manjura Hoque, Md. Sultan Mahmud, S. S. Sikder, Effect of Cr substitution in Fe73.5-xCrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 Alloys on Magnetization and Magnetic Phase Transition, Conference on Electronics and Telecommunication; 29-30 June-2007, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.

[17] P.K.Roy, Md.Sultan Mahmud, S.S.Sikder, M.A.Hakim, and Sk. Manjura Hoque, Ultra-soft magnetic behavior and initial permeability of nanocrystalline   Fe71.5Cr2Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloy. Regional Physics Conference, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS) from May 4 to May 5, 2007 at BUET, Dhaka.

[18] M.A.Hakim, M.Manjurul Haque, Sk. Manjura Hoque, Md.Sultan Mahmud, D.K.Saha and P. Nordblad , Low temperature magnetization and spin glass behavior of diluted Mg-Zn ferrites, Regional Physics Conference, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS) from May 4 to May 5, 2007 at BUET, Dhaka.

[19] Md.Sultan Mahmud, S.S.Sikder, Sk. Manjura Hoque, D.K Saha3 and M.A.Hakim,Crystallization behavior and evolution of permeability of Fe73.5-x CrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 magnetic ribbons, Regional Physics Conference, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS) from May 4 to May 5, 2007 at BUET, Dhaka. Awarded best paper in the conference

[20] Md.Sultan Mahmud, S.S.Sikder, M.A.Hakim, Sk. Manjura Hoque and P. Nordblad, Influence of Cr on magnetic moment and magnetic phase transition temperature in Fe73.5-x CrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys, Regional Physics Conference, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS) from May 4 to May 5, 2007 at BUET, Dhaka.

[21] Md. Sultan Mahmud, S.S.Sikder, S.Manjura Hoque and M.A.Hakim, Magnetic Phase transition and Permeability of Fe73.5-x CrxCu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys, Regional Physics Conference, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS) from February 11 to February 13, 2006 at Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka.

[22] N. Chau, P. T. Hue1, N. Q. Hoa, H. D. Anh, N. H. Luong, M. A. Asgar, Sh.Sh. Sikder, Md. S. Mahmud, An existence of laminar structure in nanocrystalline ribbon in Finemet with partial substitution of Fe by Cr, The 9th Biennial Conference on Radio and Electronics, November 27-28, 2004, REV’04, Dhaka.

[23] Md. Sultan Mahmud, M.A.Asgar, S.S.Sikder and A.K.M.Zakaria, Study of temperature dependence of magnetization of nanocrystalline ribbon (Fe0.9Co0.1)73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9, Biennial Symposium on Physics and Modern Development. Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS) from March 30 to March 31, 2002 at Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka.

Research area

Materials Science (Nano)