Hi, I’m
Anika Rahman
CHARLOTTE,North Carolina
Summary
Strong and confident, participating in classroom teaching and discussions, and reviewing student assignments. Possesses strong interpersonal skills to interact with instructors, students, and staff effectively. Knowledgeable in subject matter and clearly explains complex material.
Overview
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte
Graduate Teaching Assistant
08.2023 - 05.2025
Job overview
- Mentored students through office hours and one-on-one communication.
- Checked assignments, proctored tests and provided grades according to university standards.
- Documented attendance and completed assignments to maintain full class and student records.
- Taught Physics 1101, Physics 1101 Lab, and Physics 1102 college-level courses for over 200 students each semester.
- Worked with teachers in evaluating student progress, needs and gains.
- Collaborated with staff in curriculum reviews to improve course and program offerings.
- Participated in and contributed to departmental meetings to stay informed about university policies and initiatives.
- Developed and graded exams and assessments to evaluate student learning and provide feedback on performance.
- Planned and delivered lectures and course materials to communicate course content and provide students with subject matter knowledge.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, RUET
Research Assistant (RA)
01.2022 - 06.2022
Job overview
- Participated in research projects by designing and executing experiments.
- Participated in lab meetings and project presentations.
- Recorded and analyzed data to produce reports of results.
Education
University of North Carolina At CharlotteCharlotte, NC
Masters in Optical Science and Engineering
05.2025
University Overview
- Awarded Graduate Assistant Support Plan.
- Awarded Graduate Teaching Assistant.
- 3.5 GPA
- Extracurricular Activities: Proctored and Graded Super Physics Competition for the High School Students held at UNC Charlotte on March 2025.
- Capstone Project: Wavelength-Selective Illumination using Photonic Integrated Gratings with the help of LightTools.
- Research Project: Heterogeneous Integration and Monolithic Integration of III-V Lasers.
- SPIE Member
- Optica Member
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET)Bangladesh
Bachelor of Science from Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
03.2021
University Overview
GPA: 3.34/4.0
- Awarded Undergraduate Merit Scholarship.
- Extracurricular Activities: Coordinator of Cultural Programs of ETE Department of RUET.
- Innovation Society of RUET Member.
- Electronics Society of RUET Member.
- Thesis: THz Spectroscopic Sensing of Illicit Drugs and Toxic Chemicals using Photonic Crystal Fiber.
Skills
- COMSOL Multiphysics
- Light Tools
- CST Studio Suite
- Microwind
- DSCH
- MATLAB
- C
- Arduino
- PSpice
- Cisco Packet Tracer
- Riverbed Modeler
- LaTex
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Visio
- ExpressPCB
- Leadership strength
- Immersive teaching
Publications
- A. Rahman, A. Khaleque, M. Y. Ali, M. T. Rahman, THz spectroscopic sensing of liquid chemicals using a photonic crystal fiber, OSA Continuum, 3, 11, 2892-2996, 11/01/20
- A. Rahman, A. Khaleque, M. Y. Ali, Sensing of Illicit Drugs and Toxic Chemicals in Terahertz Region using Photonic Crystal Fiber, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Information and Communication Technology (ICAICT), 11/01/20
Research Abstract
Photonic crystal fibers based highly sensitive sensing mechanism is proposed, in the terahertz frequency band, able to detect a wide range of analytes, such as toxic or non-toxic chemicals and illicit drugs. The proper optimization of the PCF structures increases the light-matter interaction in the core, which results in a high relative sensitivity of about 94.0% and above with negligible confinement loss at the optimum frequency. Few liquids, chemicals, and drugs are considered to justify the sensing mechanism: a relative sensitivity of 99.60% can be achieved for the maximum porosity of core while ketamine was the analyte. Other fiber properties are also analyzed to check the feasibility of the proposed fiber with standard fiber and have obtained good performance. Therefore, the sensors may find applications to sense a wide range of analytes, non-toxic and toxic chemicals, as well as illicit drugs for example, in the THz (terahertz) region.
Extra-Curricular Activities
Industrial attachment, Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL), one month, 2019 Member of Innovation Society of RUET Member of Electronics Society of RUET
Current Projects
- Next generation Silicon Photonics: Innovations and Pathways- at the department of Physics and Optical Science at UNC Charlotte
- Wavelength-selective illumination using Integrated Photonic Grating- at the department of Physics and Optical Science at UNC Charlotte
Former Projects
Novel Design of Hollow Core Fibers for Terahertz Application- at the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET)
Scientific Presentations
Sensing of Illicit Drugs and Toxic Chemicals in Terahertz Region using Photonic Crystal Fiber, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Information and Communication Technology (ICAICT), 11/28/20, 11/29/20
Volunteering Experiences
Peer Reviewer, Applied Optics - OSA Publishing, 04/06/21
Undergraduate Projects
- Obstacle Avoiding Robot using Arduino-uno
- Online Courier Management System
Honors And Awards
- Undergraduate merit scholarship, RUET, 2016, 2020, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Secondary School Certificate Scholarship, Education Board, 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Junior School Certificate Scholarship, Education Board, 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Primary School Certificate Scholarship, Education Board, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Interests
- Integrated photonics
- Nanophotonics
- Fiber optic sensors
- Optical illumination
- Bio-sensing
- Bioengineering
- Optical imaging
- Optical communication
- Digital image processing
- Machine learning
Languages
English
Full Professional
Bengali
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte
08.2023 - 05.2025
Research Assistant (RA)
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, RUET
01.2022 - 06.2022
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Masters in Optical Science and Engineering
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET)
Bachelor of Science from Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
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