Engineering, Business, AI, Data Science, Business Analytics.

Shamsul Arefeen

*.*********@*****.*** 806-***-**** 1919 34th St. Lubbock, TX-79411

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamsul-arefeen-20a99414 EDUCATION AND HONORS

Texas Tech University, Whitacre College of Engineering Lubbock, TX PhD in Electrical Engineering Pursuing

• Researching on unified design algorithm for low-cost solar photovoltaic system using renewable tensegrity structures

• 1st Prize winner of Graduate Poster Competition in Spring 2020 for best research, awarded SEACAT scholarship. Texas Tech University, Whitacre College of Engineering Lubbock, TX Masters in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) December 2018

• Cumulative GPA: 3.94/4.0, earned Engineer in Training (EIT) certification in the process.

• Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy Systems, Tech Startup, MEMS, Power Systems, Power Electronics, Power Semiconductor Devices.

University of Dhaka, Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Dhaka, Bangladesh Masters in Business Administration (MBA) July 2007

• Majored in Marketing. Relevant Coursework: Consumer Behavior, Marketing Communication, Strategic Management. Islamic University of Technology Dhaka, Bangladesh Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (BSEEE) October, 2003

• Passed with Honors with a CGPA of 4.68 in 5.00 scale. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Part Time Instructor and Research Assistant, Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX Computational Thinking and Data Science with Python (Whitacre College of Engineering, TTU) January 2021 - Present

• Collaborated with instructor and 5 other TAs to lead recitations, grade coursework, and answer 35+ students’ questions.

• Conducted lab sessions for 35+ students for training them hands-on for Data Science with Python Introduction to Engineering with MATLAB (Whitacre College of Engineering, TTU) September 2019 – December 2020

• Taught the freshman engineering course involving mathematics, statistics, and programming concepts as instructor.

• Implemented smooth and quick transition to online teaching using LMS platforms of Blackboard, Zoom, MS Teams. Tokai Power Products Ltd Dhaka, Bangladesh

Executive Director, Shareholder July 2013 - August 2016

• Oversaw the business of design, installation, and commissioning of electrical substations; design, manufacturing and supply of distribution transformers; sales and supply of generators and bus bar trunking systems. Reduced manufacturing cost by 12% by process reengineering.

• Led the team of pre-sales and service engineers; maintained customer relationships. Increased revenue by 25% by generating new revenue streams with public and private sector customers. The company revenue for 2015-16 was more than $4 million. Grameenphone Ltd., A Telenor Company Dhaka, Bangladesh System Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, General Manager October 2004 - July 2013

• Led multi-functional team for managing strategic technology vendors Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia-Siemens etc. through sourcing, project and service delivery, and contract management process.

• Led multiple cross-functional procurement projects including RFQ for radio and transmission equipment, battery and IT solutions in coordination with Telenor Global Sourcing. Reduced the total AMC cost by 27% just by redefining scope, competitive RFQ and renegotiation.

ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE

Softcell Solution Ltd. Dhaka, Bangladesh

Founder Chairman July 2011

• Providing strategic growth direction for the operating business with annual revenue exceeding $1 million equivalent and employing 13 (thirteen) full-time employees. Company website URL: www.softcellbd.net

• Developed various enterprise business process management (BPM) software solutions for ready-made-garments, finance, education industry. Conducted government projects for skilled professionals’ development through training with project values exceeding $1 million equivalent.

• Collaborated with US company Alegion (Austin, TX) to serve as their global partner for data labelling tasks, integral to state- of-the-art Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning business solutions. Greenergy Solutions Ltd. Dhaka, Bangladesh

Founder Managing Director September 2009

• Founded the engineering firm to provide renewable energy and energy management solutions in private and public sector. Operaing business in Bangladesh with seven full-time employees. Company website URL: www.greenergy.com.bd

• Designed and installed more than 300 kWp of roof-top solar PV system with turnkey scope of engineering, design, drawing, project management etc.

Solar Nanogrid-in-Box. Lubbock, TX

Entrepreneurial Lead in NSF I-Corp Regional Program May 2018

• Got nominated for NSF I-Corp National Program with Solar Nanogrid in Box idea proposal in regional event.

• Awarded spark fund from GLEAMM (Global Leadership in Energy Asset Management and Manufacturing) for the Solar Nanogrid-in-Box idea.

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS

• Various ML and DS projects involving ML algorithms (Regression, SVM, Decision Tree, Random Forest), Time-Series Data

(RNN, LSTM) and DNN using Python packages (Numpy, Pandas, Scikit Learn, Keras, TensorFlow). Github Repository: https://github.com/sarefeen99/

• Publication: Zaman I, Arefeen S. A Machine Learning Based Approach for PHEV Energy Load Profiling (In Preparation for IEEE Conference for SmartGrid).

• Publication: Arefeen S, Dallas T. Low-cost solar PV racking system with renewable tensegrity structure. Solar Energy, Elsevier, Under Review since September 2020.

• Publication: Dallas T, Arefeen S. Mitigating the Digital Divide caused by COVID-19 pandemic with Solar Powered Digital Classroom in Box (Accepted for ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Conference to be held on July,2021.

• Ideation, solution architecture, development and deployment (beta) of an exposure notification mobile app for COVID-19

• Technology commercialization research on integration of tensegrity structure for solar photovoltaic system and optimal composition of module level power electronics portable solar nanogrid.

• Modeling and simulation of Solar PV microgrid with next-generation energy storage technologies (Redox Flow Battery) and smart inverters.

SKILLS

• Programming Languages: Python, C, C++, MATLAB, SQL, HTML

• Big Data & Machine Learning: Spark, Python (eg. scikit-learn, numpy, pandas, matplotlib), R

• Data Science & Miscellaneous Technologies: A/B testing, ETL, Data science pipeline (cleansing, wrangling,visualization, modeling, interpretation), Statistics, Time series (RNN, LSTM), Keras, Tensorflow

• Soft Skills: Communication, leadership, strategy, teamplay, problem-solving, critical thinking.

• Design and Simulation Tools: LTSpice, Simulink, OPAL-RT, AutoCAD, Inventor, EagleCAD, SAM, PVSyst, Homer.

• Equipment: Lulzbot 3D-Printer, Solar Inverters, Voltera PCB Printer, Optical Microscopy. TRAINING AND EXPOSURE

• NSF I-Corp Technology Commercialization Workshop (2018)

• Real-time simulation of power systems with OPAL-RT. (2018)

• Smart Energy Networking workshop by Korea Smart Grid Assoc. (KSGA), Jeju Island, Korea (2012)

• Completed 35 PDU of Project Management Professional (PMP) by PMI curriculum, conducted by ESI, India (2011).

• Obtained training for Six Sigma Green Belt (2012), conducted by BMG India.

• Strategic Supplier Management training (3-days) by UNI, Singapore (2012) AWARDS AND LEADERSHIP

• General Secretary, Association of Bangladeshi Students and Scholars, Texas Tech University 2018-19

• Telenor Global Top Talent by 9-Box Performance, Potential Matrix 2012-13

• British Council Global Climate Champion 2009-10

• Chair, IEEE Student Branch (IUT) 2002-03

• Debate and Tennis Champion at Intra-college competitions 2001-03 REFERENCE

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