Overview
The Center for Research and Training (CRT) at Uttara University is dedicated to fostering a vibrant academic environment that supports high-quality research and professional development. Our center is committed to advancing knowledge, facilitating innovation, and nurturing the academic growth of our faculty, students, and staff. Through comprehensive training programs and a robust research agenda, CRT aims to contribute significantly to the academic community and society at large.
Mission
To promote and support high-impact research and professional training that addresses contemporary challenges, enhances research-based knowledge, and fosters sustainable development.
Vision
To be a leading center of excellence in research and training, recognized for its innovative approaches, collaborative spirit, and significant contributions to academic and societal advancement.
History
Founded in 2010, the Center for Research and Training at Uttara University has grown into a pivotal institution dedicated to research excellence and professional development. Over the years, CRT has initiated numerous research projects, organized a wide array of training programs, and collaborated with various national and international institutions and organizations. Our history is marked by a commitment to fostering a research culture that encourages intellectual curiosity and innovative thinking.
Message from the Director
Welcome to the Center for Research and Training at Uttara University. Our center is dedicated to advancing research and providing excellent professional training programs that empower individuals and contribute to societal progress. We believe in fostering a collaborative environment where ideas flourish and innovation thrives. I invite you to explore our initiatives, participate in our programs, and join us in our journey towards academic excellence and impactful research.
Dr. Md. Sultanul Islam
Director
Center for Research and Training (CRT)
Members of Center for Research and Training (CRT)
Research
The CRT is committed to promoting cutting-edge research across various disciplines. We invite researchers to submit proposals for innovative projects that address critical issues and contribute to knowledge advancement.
Training
The CRT offers a range of training programs designed to enhance professional skills and academic knowledge. Our training sessions include workshops, seminars, certification courses, and more.
Resources
CRT provides access to a wealth of resources to support research and training activities. These include a digital library, research tools, contemporary software, and annual research grant for innovative projects. We are dedicated to equipping our researchers and trainees with the necessary tools to succeed.
Past Events
Our past events have been instrumental in shaping the academic and professional landscape. Highlights include international conferences, symposiums, and specialized workshops that have drawn participants from around the globe.
CRT Research Projects for 2023-2024
Human Resource Competency in the Bangladeshi Banking Sector: A Cross-sectional Study
Project ID: P-1/SoB-1/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Rashed Mahmud Shakil, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE
Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation on Academic Performance of the Students at Private Universities of Bangladesh
Project ID: P-3/SoB-3/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Farhana Mitu, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration
Co-Investigator: Dr. Serena Aktar, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration
Quality Assessment of Commercially Supplied Drinking Jar Water at Tea Stalls at Uttara
Project ID: P-5/CIE-1/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Aseaya Khanom Mim, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering
Assessment of Glass Powder and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) as a Replacement of Bitumine for Sustainable Alternatives in Modified Asphalt Mixtures
Project ID: P-6/CIE-2/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Tofayel Ahmed Tapu, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering
Comparative Analysis and Enhancement of Pavement Aggregates from Various Sources in Bangladesh for Sustainable Development of Roadway Infrastructure
Project ID: P-8/CIE-4/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Sourav Malakar, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering
Groundwater Quality Investigations – A Study on Gazipur City Corporation
Project ID: P-9/CIE-5/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Tasnova Chowdhury, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering
Investigation the Effect of Molar Concentration on Structural and Optical Properties of Dip-Coated Copper Oxide Thin Films
Project ID: P-10/CIE-6/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Abul Monsur Mohammed Musa, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Bond Performance of Epoxy Coated Mild Steel Bar and Conventional Rebar Embedded in Brick Aggregate Concrete
Project ID: P-11/CIE-7/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Md. Zakaria Habib, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Efficiency of a constructed floating wetland system to treat Uttara lake wastewater
Project ID: P-12/CIE-8/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Md. Tarequl Islam, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering
Challenges for Women Education in Tertiary Level
Project ID: P-14/SEPE-1/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Dulali Rani Saha, Assistant Professor, Department of Education
Evaluating the Techno-Economic Viability of a Hybrid Energy System to Provide Electricity to the Building: A Case Study of Uttara University
Project ID: P-15/SSE-1/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Mahmood Reaz Sunny, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Department of EEE
Co-Investigator: Tausif Ali, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of EEE
Design of Intelligent Controller for Power Electronics Converters Based on Artificial Intelligence
Project ID: P-18/SSE-4/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Md. Tanvir Shahed, Lecturer, Department of EEE
Co-Investigator: Md. Moiful Alam, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE
The South Asian Female Immigrant’s barriers to social & cultural integration presented in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane
Project ID: P-19/ASS-1/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Ishrat Zahan, Assistant Professor, Department of English
A Study of Hilbert Spaces with an Inner Product Spaces and It’s Applications
Project ID: P-23/SSE-8/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Dr. Moqbul Hossain, Professor, Department of Mathematics
Co-Investigator: Md. Abdul Mannan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Study of attitude in College Students Towards Physical Education and Sports Science
Project ID: P-24/SEPE-2/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Mohammad Shahidullah, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education
An electrostatic nonplanar shock structure emerges in a multispecies dusty plasma setup containing nonextensive electrons and two-temperature nonthermal ions
Project ID: P-26/SSE-10/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Nilufer Yesmin Tanisa, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Department of Physics
Development of Electrically Conductive Textile Fabric by Coating with Conductive Cu/Ag Based Compounds Using Sol-Gel Method
Project ID: P-27/SSE-11/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Mosfiqur Rahman, Senior Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering
Co-Investigator: Rijon Saha, Senior Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering; Md. Humayun Kabir Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Engineering; Md. Abu Bakar Siddiquee, Associate Professor & Adviser, Department of Textile Engineering; Dr. Md. Kamruzzaman, Professor, Department of Physics, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur
From toxicity to Sustainability: A Green Approach to Enhance Flame Retardancy in Cotton Textiles Using Waste Coconut Shell and Lemon Extract
Project ID: P-28/SSE-12/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Rijon Saha, Senior Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering
Co-Investigator: A.T.M. Gulam Moula, Senior Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering; Md. Humayun Kabir Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Engineering; Dr. Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Professor, Department of Textile Engineering, MBSTU
Numerical study of some nonlinear boundary value problems (BVPs) with efficient numerical methods
Project ID: P-32/SSE-15/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Nazmun Nahar, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics
Co-Investigator: Dr. Md. Amirul Islam
বাংলাদেশে ইসলামী দা‘ওয়াহ কার্যক্রম প্রচারে গনমাধ্যমের ভূমিকা: একটি পর্যালোচনা
Project ID: P-33/ASS-2/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Dr. Aunopama Afroz, Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies
Development of Jute Fiber Reinforced Bio composites – Effect of Fillers
Project ID: P-35/SSE-17/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: A.T.M. Gulam Moula, Senior Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering
Co-Investigator: Md. Humayun Kabir Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Engineering; Md. Abu Bakar Siddiquee, Associate Professor & Adviser, Department of Textile Engineering; Mahbub Morshed Khan, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Textile Engineering; Subrata Chandra Das, PhD Researcher, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Developing an Integrative Customer Satisfaction Model: An Application of Customer Experience in Bangladesh E-Banking Services
Project ID: P-36/SoB-6/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Dr. Md. Golam Morshed, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration
Co-Investigator: Md Abdul Bashir, Lecturer (Adjunct), CSE, UU
From Struggle to Silver Screen: A Retrospective Exploration of the Fifty Years of Cinematic Representations of Bangladesh’s Liberation War
Project ID: P-37/ASS-3/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Naznin Jahan, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Co-Investigator: Rukhsar Raiyan Modina, Department of English; Khandaker Nahian Tasnim, Department of English; Tripti Das, Department of English
An Enhanced Activation Function for Fully Connected Artificial Neural Networks
Project ID: P-38/SSE-18/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Md. Wahidur Rahman, Senior Lecturer, Department of CSE
Co-Investigator: Dr. Md. Mijanur Rahman, Professor, Department of CSE, Dean, School of Science and Engineering; Dr. A. H. M. Saifullah Sadi, Associate Professor, Department of CSE
The Development of Lightweight Deep CNN Model to Classify Breast Cancer from Ultrasound Images
Project ID: P-39/SSE-19/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Dr. A. H. M. Saifullah Sadi, Professor, Department of CSE
Co-Investigator: Md. Wahidur Rahman, Assistant Professor, Department of CSE; Dr. Md. Mijanur Rahman, Professor, Department of CSE
Multiclass paddy insect classification using transfer learning and optimized features
Project ID: P-40/SSE-20/CRT 2023
Principal Investigator: Md. Wahidur Rahman, Senior Lecturer, Department of CSE
Co-Investigator: Dr. Md. Mijanur Rahman, Professor, Dean, School of Science and Engineering, Department of CSE; Dr. A. H. M. Saifullah Sadi, Professor, Department of CSE
Reward Policy for Research and Publications (Revised & Valid from 1.1.2026)
Uttara University (UU) encourages high-quality research contributions from its faculty members and staff. To promote impactful publications in high-indexed journals, UU has revised its Reward Policy for Research and Publications, effective for all articles published on or after January 1, 2026.
Reward Policy 1 (No APC)
Each journal article or book chapter published in a regular/special issue by a UU faculty member and staff that is indexed in Scopus or Web of Science and involved no article processing charge (APC), will receive a cash reward based on the quartile as follows:
| Sl | Scopus Quartile status when published | Reward (BDT) for only UU affiliation as corresponding/ first/second author among authors | Reward (BDT) for only UU affiliation as third/fourth author among authors | Reward (BDT) for only UU affiliation as fifth/sixth among authors (will not be considered after sixth) | Reward (BDT) for two UU affiliations among authors | Reward (BDT) for three UU affiliations (or first three UU affiliations if more than three within six authors) among authors |
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| 1 | Q1 and Q2 | 30,000 | 25,000 | 15,000 |
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| 2 | Q3 and Q4 | 20,000 | 15,000 | 10,000 |
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Reward Policy 2 (With APC)
Each journal article, book chapter, or conference proceeding published in a regular/special issue by a UU faculty member and staff that is indexed in Scopus or Web of Science and involved article processing charge (APC), a maximum APC up to USD 200 will be funded by UU to either the corresponding or first or second author with UU affiliation. Proof of APC must be submitted to the Office of the CRT (bank transfer, invoice, journal acceptance letter and other documents). Any external co-author (non UU affiliation) will not receive the APC. If the APC is less than USD 200, then the actual amount will be funded. If the APC is more than USD 200, then the additional amount on top of USD 200 needs to be managed by the authors. Additionally, they will receive a cash reward of 50% of Reward Policy 1 based on the quartile as follows:
| Sl | Scopus Quartile status when published | Reward (BDT) for only UU affiliation as corresponding/ first/second author among authors | Reward (BDT) for only UU affiliation as third/fourth author among authors | Reward (BDT) for only UU affiliation as fifth/sixth among authors (will not be considered after sixth) | Reward (BDT) for two UU affiliations among authors | Reward (BDT) for three UU affiliations (or first three UU affiliations if more than three within six authors) among authors |
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| 1 | Q1 and Q2 | 15,000 | 12,500 | 7,500 |
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| 2 | Q3 and Q4 | 10,000 | 7,500 | 5,000 |
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Reward Policy 3 (Conference Participation)
If any UU faculty member or staff wants to participate at any international conference (physical, online or hybrid mode) indexed in Scopus or Web of Science database, will receive a grant up to USD 100 to partially cover up the cost of registration fee, transport allowance (if physical) etc. If the proceedings of that conference or selected papers of that proceedings are published in a special/regular issue of a journal and indexed in Scopus or Web of Science, then s/he can claim the Reward Policy 2. Only one person (presenter or attendee of the conference/corresponding or first author of the proceedings) from the author list will receive the cash reward as per Reward Policy 2.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a full-time UU faculty member or staff at the time of application.
- The article must be published in a journal indexed by Scopus or Web of Science (for details, please contact the Office of the CRT). Journals indexed in other databases will not be considered for the reward.
- For any article authored by multiple UU faculty members and staff, the award money will be shared by a maximum of three UU members as listed in the authors’ serial number. If the corresponding author is not from UU, the first three UU authors from the list can apply for the reward.
- To be eligible for the reward, the applicant must use his/her UU affiliation and official email address in the publication.
- The person can apply for the reward once the article is published and assigned a DOI. Articles catalogued as “forthcoming” or “article in press” are not eligible for a cash reward.
- Any Web of Science or Scopus-indexed article published on or after January 1, 2026 is eligible for the cash reward.
- Either “full paper”, “research article” or “review paper” publications are considered for the cash reward, provided these are Web of Science or Scopus-indexed. Publications such as “Letters to the Editor”, “Editorial”, Communiqués, etc. do not qualify for the reward.
Reward Policy for Current UU Students
Any current UU student, journal publication indexed in Scopus or Web of Science, will receive a cash reward of BDT 10,000 for single author and BDT 15,000 for multiple authors. A maximum of two UU students will be eligible for the reward and they need to be corresponding/first/second authors (After second authors, none will be considered). Faculty members or staff, if involved in the publication as co-author, will not receive any cash reward irrespective of the authorship position.
For any query or clarification, please contact the Director or Office of the CRT.
Contact Us
We would love to hear from you! For any inquiries or further information, please reach out to us:
- Office of the CRT (Level 2), Uttara University, Holding 77, Beribadh Road, Turag, Uttara, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
- crt@uttarauniversity.edu.bd
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