Founded in 1993, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) is one of the oldest and leading private universities in Bangladesh where academic excellence is a tradition, teaching a passion and lifelong learning a habit. IUB currently has more than 9,800 undergraduate and graduate students and over 13,700 alumni. The students of IUB experience an exciting academic life with copious opportunities to explore and nurture their innate talent.
Live in Field Experience (LFE) is a signature course of IUB. It allows IUB students, most of whom come from urban settings, to have an immersive experience of everyday life in rural Bangladesh. Unique in Bangladesh, the overarching idea, which owes its roots to some of the leading social thinkers of this region, is to bridge the gap in knowledge that an urban student has about their rural counterparts. As part of the LFE, which is a mandatory course, small groups of students (usually 5-10, mix of male and female, and English and Bangla medium backgrounds) spend a certain amount of time at different locations in Bangladesh and experience life in the fields.
IUB FabSat team scores an astounding 96.64% in CanSat Critical Design Review
13/05/2024
The IUB FabSat team, which became the first Bangladeshi group earlier this year to be selected for the American Astronautical Society (AAA)'s prestigious CanSat Competition 2023, has scored an outstanding 96.64% in the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase.
The 10 members of the team are Iftekharul Alam, team leader, Md Mahmudul Kabir Peyal, Noor E Sadman, Hasibur Rahman, Fayed Al Monir, Tahfizul Hasan Zihan, Hana Sultan Chowdhury, Mohammad Faizul Hossain, Shirazim Munir Deap and Rubayed Mehedi Anik. They are all students of IUB's Computer Science and Engineering Department.
During the CDR phase, IUB FabSat team presented the detailed design of their "can-shaped" satellite device, incorporating simulations and computations, which garnered respect and recognition from the judges. Based on feedback received in the previous phases of evaluation, the IUB team made significant improvements.
The CanSat competition is an annual event organized by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) that aims to promote innovative and creative thinking in the field of space exploration.
The “Can-shaped” satellite can be deployed in the upper atmosphere by a rocket to gather environmental data, take pictures from high altitudes for surveillance and other purposes, and so on. The design includes a variety of sensors and cameras, and parachutes and a heat-shield to provide protection against the extreme conditions of the launch and the fall. The prototype was developed at FabLab IUB, which is among only a handful of operational state-of-the-art digital fabrication laboratories in Bangladesh located at IUB.