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Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering (NSE)

Razia Sultana Ripa

Lecturer, Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering (NSE)

Email: razia@mist.ac.bd

Room: Faculty Room - 14, 7th Floor, Tower 4, Faculty of Science and Engineering, MIST

  Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Conducting theoretical and sessional classes. 
  • Preparing and modifying lab manuals. 
  • Developed the undergraduate sessional syllabus. 
  • Preparing questions, checking scripts, scrutinizing, and tabulating. 
  • Serving as the Academic Advisor for 28 undergraduate students (course registration, class routine, faculty coordination, etc.). 
  • Lab in charge of the Nuclear Radiation Detection Lab, Nuclear Materials Lab, and Nuclear Safety and Safeguards Lab. 
  • Lab in charge of the operation and maintenance of the Ultrasonic Flaw Detector, Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (WDXRF), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). 
  • Performing various administrative tasks
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • B.Sc. in Nuclear Science and Engineering

           Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)

           (From 2020 to 2024)

  • Higher Secondary Certificate

           Ideal School and College, Dhaka

           (Year 2019)

AWARDS AND HONORS
  • MIST Dean's List of Honor - 2023
  • MIST Dean's List of Honor - 2022
  • MIST Dean's List of Honor - 2021
  • University Merit Scholarship in level 1, level 2, level 3, and level 4 during undergraduate study at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Radiation Detection and Measurement
  • Nuclear Reactor Analysis
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics

 

Undergraduate Project: “Demonstration of Emergency Core Cooling System for a Pressurized Water Reactor”

  • Physical model for demonstrating core cooling phenomena during undesired conditions.

Undergraduate ThesisPerformance study and application of high-purity Germanium detector system for natural radioactivity measurements.

 

  • Performance study of HPGe detector system for accurate measurement
  • Determined natural radioactivity of sediment samples
PUBLICATION 
  • Islam, Mohammad Amirul, Sayam, Abu Sayed Mohammed, Ali, Md. Rahat, Roy, Argho, Ripa, Razia Sultana, Hassan, Md. Maynul and Kabir, Shaiful. "Natural radioactivity and concomitant radiological risks in sediments of the Padma River near Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant of Bangladesh: Pre-operational status" Radiochimica Acta, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2024-0333

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • I presented a poster on “Demonstration of emergency core cooling system for a Pressurized Water Reactor” and a Paper on “Demonstration of emergency core cooling system for a Pressurized Water Reactor”—the 4th International Conference on Energy and Power (ICEP2022).
  • Presented a paper on “Natural radioactivity and concomitant radiological risks in sediments of the Padma River near Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant of Bangladesh: Pre-operational status” and presented a poster on "Characterization of a High-Purity Germanium Detector System for Natural Radioactivity Measurements"—the International Conference on Physics-2024.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

Engineering Software:

Nuclear Power Plant Simulator:

Programming Languages:

  • SolidWorks
  • PCTRAN
  • Python

 

 

  • C

 

 

 

 

MS Office:

  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint

Linguistic Proficiency

 

 

 

  • English (Fluent working proficiency)
  • Bangla (Native language)
  • Russian (Speaking and writing)

 

TRAINING EXPERIENCE
  1. Industrial training in 3MW BAEC TRIGA Research Reactor (BTRR) on its operation.
  2. Industrial training in the NDT division of Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka (AECD) on various techniques and hands-on experience with different non-destructive testing methods.
  3. Siddhirganj 335MW Combined Cycle Power Plant.
  4. Haripur 412 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant.
  5. Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
  6. Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, Ishwardi, Pabna.
  7. Participated and worked as a volunteer in the 4th International Conference on Energy and Power 2022 organized by the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology.
  8. Participated and worked as a volunteer on “World Nuclear Energy Day” in 2021 organized by the Information Center on Nuclear Energy, Dhaka.

 

CONDUCTED COURSES

Theory 

Sessional    

  1. NE 301: Radiation Detection and Measurements
  2. NE 317: Nuclear Security and Safeguards Engineering
  3. NE 321: Nuclear Reactor Operation and Safety
  4. NE-105 - Fundamentals of Atomic and Nuclear Physics
  5. NE-261 - Numerical Methods in Nuclear Engineering Analysis
  6. NE-356 - Fluid Mechanics and Machinery Sessional

1. NE-318: Nuclear Security and Safeguards Engineering Sessional

2.NE-306: Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulic Sessional

3. NE-204: Introduction to Nuclear and Radiochemistry sessional 

4.ME-180: Basic Engineering Drawing

5. GERM-352 - Fundamentals of Research Methodology

6. LANG-174 - Introduction to Russian Language - II

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Lecturer, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering.

           Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)

           Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.             

          April 2024 - Present