On December 26, 2022, the Faculty of Engineering, American International University – Bangladesh (AIUB) organized a visit to the Commodore Superintendent Dockyard (CSD), also known as BN Dockyard. CSD is located at New Mooring, Chattogram, on the bank of river Karnuphuli. 14 teachers from AIUB along with 37 students from Department of EEE and IPE participated in this visit. The team from AIUB reached CSD at 9:30 AM and stayed there for approximately 3 hours.
Commodore Khandakar Akhter Hossain, (E), (NUP, ndc, psc, PhD, BN, CSD) wholeheartedly greeted the AIUB team upon their arrival, and Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman (Pro Vice-Chancellor, AIUB) thanked the officials of CSD for their support. After a brief group photo, the visiting team was taken for a guided tour to the radar and calibration shops in two groups. At the radar section, the jobs of different sections dedicated to the RF (HF, VHF, UHF) equipment, amplifiers, UPS/IPS, radars (surveillance/tracking/navigation) were explained by the engineers in charge of each section. Following that, the team visited a few labs of the calibration center, where they learned how repair, rework, test and inspection of electronic printed circuit boards (PCBs) of ship equipment is performed. The two groups were next guided to the machine shop that handles the repair DC and induction motors, domestic equipment such as fans/heaters, batteries and distilled water plants. After a short break at the CSD organization, the whole team from AIUB boarded BNS BANGABANDHU, where Captain A N M Ishtiaq Jahan Farouqee, (G), psc, BN, (Commanding Officer of BNS BANGABANDHU) welcomed them on board. Next, Executive Officer Cdr. Md Rashed Hossain, (ND), psc, BN gave a 10-minute presentation explaining the history, functions, armament, sensors, and processing systems of the ship. Following the presentation, executive officers took the visiting team on a guided tour of the ship and familiarized them with several armaments, such as anti-ship missile, surface-to air missile system, rapid compact gun, CIWS (close-in weapon system), torpedo tubes etc. They also pointed out the targeting and detection systems present on the ship, such as fire control radar, surface search radar, MIRADOR optical surveillance and tracking system etc. Next, Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman sincerely thanked Captain A N M Ishtiaq Jahan Farouqee for his cooperation and shared a token of appreciation for his time and support. The tour ended with a group photo on the BNS Bangabandhu with all the participants from AIUB.
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