On August 5, 2021 (Thursday), Faculty of Engineering organized a webinar titled “Electrical Substation Testing Commissioning and Maintenance” which was supported by AIUB Community of Engineering Students (ACES). The program began at 07:30 PM with over 240 participants attending via the online platform Zoom. The purpose of this webinar was to provide idea about commissioning & testing an electrical substation and the procedure followed by the maintenance team.

Prof. Dr. A.B.M. Siddique Hossain (Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB; Advisor, ACES) inaugurated the webinar by encouraging the students to be more skilled in commissioning, testing and maintenance of power grid system to ensure the public safety, health, and welfare.

Afterwards, Mr. Abu Bakar Shiddik (Deputy Managing Director, Reverie Power & Automation Engineering Ltd.), began his speech by expressing gratitude towards all the faculty members of AIUB and the participants for their enthusiasm and interest in power grid system. Thereafter, he introduced himself and continued his speech by sharing his professional knowledge and experience. He further went on describing the power generation, transmission and distribution tropology. Additionally, he explained protocol of electrical substations. he discussed the various bus configurations. Different types of transformers were also demonstrated. Moreover, he elucidated several types of transformer pre-commissioning and yearly maintenance testing. After that Q&A session was held where the speaker answered to the queries of the participants. Following that, Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman (Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB; Advisor, ACES) emphasized the importance of power system prevention, since it is extremely difficult to recover from a power system hazard. He concluded his remarks by thanking the speaker and presented the virtual crest of appreciation.

Finally, the webinar was concluded at 10:00 pm by thanking everyone for their participation and taking a group snapshot with the presence of Prof. Dr. A.B.M. Siddique Hossain (Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB; Advisor, ACES), Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman (Professor, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB; Advisor, ACES) , Dr. Md. Abdul Mannan (Professor and Director, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Mr. Nafiz Ahmed Chisty (Associate Professor and Head In-Charge, Dept. of EEE, AIUB), Mr. Chowdhury Akram Hossain (Senior Assistant Professor and Special Assistant of OSA, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Mr. Md. Saniat Rahman Zishan (Head, Dept. of CoE & Senior Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Mentor, ACES), Mr. Abir Ahmed (Lecturer, Dept. of CoE, AIUB; Motivator, ACES) , Mr. Asif Mahfuz (Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Dr. Md. Ehsanul Haque (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Mr. Farhadur Arifin (Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) , Dr. Md. Rifat Hazari (Assistant Professor , Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Mr. Kawshik Shikder (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Mr. Md. Khurshed Alam (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Mr. Md. Ashif Islam Oni (Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Dr. Mohammad Hasan Imam (Senior Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB), Mr. Raja Rashidul Hasan (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) and the participants along with the organizing team of AIUB Community of Engineering Students (ACES).