Dr Hasan Shaheed, a Bangladeshi renowned scientist led a team which invents the first solar helicopter of the world and engaged with his next big thing, controllable capsule robot project

This is Dr. Hasan Shaheed (Bengali: ড.হাসান শহীদ), a Bangladeshi renowned scientist led a team along with Prof. Ante Munjiza which invents the first solar helicopter of the world and engaged with his next big thing, controllable capsule robot project.

The team was consisted of 7 students of Queen Marry university of England. Dr Hasan Shaheed is the Assistant professors of Queen marry university’s school of engineering. Another Bangladeshi, Sakir ahmed, was also in the team.

An Iraqi student, Ali abdai, was started research on solar helicopter in 2011 under Mr. Hasan. The model of the solar helicopter can fly without any problem, the speed too can be controlled; but this helicopter can not run with solar energy, required battery to run. The team started working on this joined to overcome this problem. The project of solar helicopter extended to continue in masters level. Another 6 students joined with him in the team and Professor Antonio Munjia also joined with them as assistance coordinator. The focus of the team was to run the helicopter with solar energy with three goals as light, durable, and energy-efficient. The solar run helicopter, named as solar-copter came into existence with a wight of just 1 kilogram. A solar simulator with the combination of halogen lamp was made to determine the flying capacity of the solar-copter. The four wings of the copter started moving after the operation was started with remote control. The solar copter fled up giving surprise to everyone. This is the story of the invention of the first solar copter in the world.

The outer look of solar copter is not our familiar appearance of helicopter. The familiar helicopter has two propeller-one of the top and one the tail or two in the top. But the solar-copter has 4 propellers in 4 corners in equal distance from the center which is known as quad rotor or quad-copter for getting the most solar energy from sun. The news of the solar copter circulated in technology based famous magazine of the world like Gijmag, design book. The world famous TV channel, Discovery, was telecast a report on solar-copter in their daily planet show.

The team members of the solar copter had worked on different aspects-Sakir Ahmed researched on the present condition of solar energy and the potentiality of solar cell to be used for solar copter. Kazimierz Wojewoda researched on size and structure. Jibs Ahmed researched on the materials to be used for solar copter; Aly Abidali worked on the creation of solar panel and other challenges.

Dr Hasan Shaheed was born at Hanua village of Bakerganj sub-district of Barisal district. He had completed secondary and higher secondary school certificate certification from Barisal Cadet College. Later he had completed his graduation as first class first from Dhaka University in applied physics from Electronic and communication engineering department. He had gone to Sheffield university of UK with commonwealth scholarship in September 1997. He researched on the controlling of the hand of robot. Later he completed his PHD degree from Sheffield university of United Kingdom (UK). He had joined in the Queen marry university as professor after completing his PHD in 2001. He is now researching in robotics and control in school of engineering and material science department as a senior professor. He was included in the list of top 100 most influential Bangladeshi (British Bangladeshi power and inspiration) residing in UK. His wife, Ms Mohsina Mahmuda Ferdous, is researching in genetic engineering in PHD level in Bronel University. The couple has as 5 years old daughter Nuyaima.

In 2007, a book, named as Alien: somvabona and Sondhan (Bengali: এলিয়েন: সম্ভাবনা ও সন্ধান) and in 2008, another book, named as, Mohabisser mohakash (Bengali: মহাবিস্ময়ের মহাকাশ) was published from samay prokason (Bengali: সময় প্রকাশন) in Bangladesh. Another book, Parallel Computing for Real-time Signal Processing and Control was published from Springer publisher of England as co-author along with another two authors, M Osman Tokhi, M. Alamgir Hossain. He is now busy with his next big thing, controllable capsule robot project which is already selected for innovation award of Queen’s marry university.

List of his publication: http://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/publications/pdf/?m.h.shaheed
Link of Mohabisser mohakash (মহাবিস্ময়ের মহাকাশ):
http://www.rokomari.com/book/3980
Link of Alien: somvabona and Sondhan (এলিয়েন: সম্ভাবনা ও সন্ধান)
http://www.rokomari.com/book/7643
Link of England publisher (Parallel Computing for Real-time Signal Processing and Control): http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/book/978-1-85233-599-1
http://books.google.com.bd/books?id=Cy6niFwQgRUC&pg=PR7&lpg=PR7&dq=Dr+m+Hasan+Shaheed

Awards:

Received ‘Drapers’ Prize for Developments in Teaching and
Learning, 2010-’11,’ Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Shortlisted for ‘Drapers’ Awards for Excellence in Teaching, 2009
’10,’ Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Nominated for Drapers’ ‘Awards for Excellence in Teaching, 2008
’09, 2009-’10 and 2010-’11,’ Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Postal address:
School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
Email: m.h.shaheed@qmul.ac.uk
Telephone: (0)20 – 7882 – 3774, fax: +44 (0)20 7882 3390

The members of the team:
P J Fani:
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KG Eorge:
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Irmantas Burba:
https://www.facebook.com/irmantas.burba.5?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Kazimierz Wojewoda:
https://www.facebook.com/kazimierz.wojewoda?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Jibs Ahmed:
https://www.facebook.com/jibran.ahmed.904?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Aly Abidali:
https://www.facebook.com/aly.abidali?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Shakir Ahmed :
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