Mushfiqur Rahman Saad

Education

2022-2025 - M.Sc EEE Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor Fadzilah Abdullah, Dr. Asma ‘ Binti Abu Samah, Prof. Ir Rosdiadee Nordin

2015-2020 - B.Sc EEE Independent University Bangladesh (IUB)

Supervisors: Dr. Md. Abdur Razzak

Work
Experience

2022-2024 - GRA Wireless Research@UKM

Key Activities:

1. Research and Development of Machine Learning Models for Plastic Waste Auditing

2. Research and Development of a Low-Cost Volume Estimator for Plastic Waste

2016-Present - Founder Wizkit

Key Activities:

1. Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping of high impact projects in Healthcare, Disability Tech, Sustainable Tech and Education Tech

2. Create education kits for Bangladesh National Curriculum to help with hands on STEM teaching and learning activities

3. Generate open-source engineering designs and documentations to promote the democratization of science in Bangladesh

4. Conduct courses, workshops and seminars to upskill students in STEM

5. Founded, and currently managing the country’s largest open-source AI and CV community

2016-2016 - Intern R&D Telenor Health

Key Activities:

1. R&D on healthcare system in Bangladesh, especially on out of pocket expenses.

2. Develop Customer Service Technology and Operations’ process protocols

2013-2016 - Co-Founder Project Be

Key Activities:

1. Developed gamified experiences around social projects, mobilizing youth participation in projects relevant to education, environment, healthcare, mental health and gender based violence.

2. Designed and built the first ever floating treatment wetland in Bangladesh

3. Spring boarded multiple youth initiatives around various social causes

4. Conducted workshops on social business and design thinking for community engagement initiatives.

5. Organized exhibitions to showcase community art and science

6. Worked with Female Empowerment Movement (FEM) to teach students in townships how to use DIY fire alarms.

Publications

2024

Intelligent Plastic Brand Audit for Extended Producer Responsibility Initiatives Using Machine Learning Model, Jurnal Teknologi (Pending Publication)

2021

M. M. Rahman Saad and M. A. Razzak, “A Cost Effective UV Robot for Disinfecting Hospital and Factory Spaces for Covid-19 and Other Communicable Diseases,” 2021 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT), Seattle, WA, USA, 2021, pp. 0373-0378, doi: 10.1109/AIIoT52608.2021.9454191.

Recognition and Awards

2024

Invited Speaker for Wireless Research@UKM Upskilling Seminar on WebApp Development with Python

2023

Best Case Study presentation at Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced School Workshop on Machine Learning in Citizen Science, Trieste, Italy

2022

Invited Speaker for Wireless Research@UKM Upskilling Seminar on Introduction to 3D Printing

2021

Winner Design for Life Emergency Medical Ventilator Competition during COVID-19

2018

Acknowledged for running one of the top 7 education transformation initiatives in the world.

2018

Winner – Hult Prize 2018

2018

Runner-up Green Genius 2018

2016

Khoj, Finalist, mBillionth award, in Government and Citizen Engagement App Category

2016

Runner up-  USAID Biodiversity Film Competition

2016

Winner Young Environmentalist 2016

2016

Winner, Entrepreneur of the Year, YGAP Bangladesh (Formerly Spark* International)

Press

Wizkit: Making science simple and apprehensible - Read More

Fighting the pandemic with STEM-based solutions - Read More

Seminar on 'Artificial Intelligence' held at IUB - Read More

Founders Resiliency Stories: Wizkit - Read More

Green Geniuses awarded for generating outstanding ideas - Read More

A-Level students invent petrol bomb extinguisher - Read More

PrivaShe Hackathon 2020 by PrivaC - Read More