Two student teams from the Department of EEE, AIUB has secured the "Top 100" position under “Smart Energy” and “Social & Health” categories in a prestigious innovative idea competition titled "Global Xplore 2023 Technology Award for a Sustainable World". This competition is organized by “Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co KG”, Germany. Phoenix Contact has stood for technological innovation for nearly 100 years. More than 170 Teams from 100+ institutes/companies of 30+ countries participated in the initial round. Out of these 100 teams are selected for the next round. Top 100 teams will receive a voucher for goods valued at over 3,000 Euros. From the top 100 teams, the international jury will nominate 25 finalists who will be invited to Germany.

The members of the research team under Social & Health category are Ruham Rofique, Md. Yasin Arafat Alif, Suprio Saha Himu and Fahmida Zahan Naima. This team has been mentored by Mr. Kawshik Shikder (Assistant Professor (on leave), Dept. of EEE, AIUB), Mr. Abul Hasnat (Senior Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) and supervised by Mr. Chowdhury Akram Hossain (Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, AIUB).

The members of the research team Smart Energy category are Tonmoy Hassan, Debraj Das, Shahir Islam Rhyme and Supratik Bal. This team has been supervised by Dr. Md. Rifat Hazari (Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE, AIUB).  All the members are final year students of EEE department, AIUB.