Dr. Arifur Rahman Khan

The University of Texas at El Paso, United States

Dr. Khan is an Associate Professor of Instruction at The University of Texas at El Paso. He obtained his BS and MS degree in Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Ph.D. in Electrical Electronic and Computer Engineering from the School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan. His research expertise is Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) to prepare MOSFET, Transistor, p-n junction, etc., development of passive spacecraft charge neutralizer (Electron Emitting Film, ELF) and Surface Charging Monitor (SCM), double Langmuir Probe (DLP) with space grade circuitry, 3D printer for spacecraft, etc. Dr. Khan is also an expert on space environment durability testing of Spacecraft/Payload/Subsystem/Unit based on ISO standards, studying space-grade material's properties changes due to space environment interactions (UV, low- and high-density plasma, High voltage, Atomic Oxygen, degassing, Thermal fluctuation, etc.), circuit designing, testing and payload development, machine-computer interface, etc. He used to work as an active member of various satellite projects such as Horyu-II, Horyu-IV, BIRDS-1, (Japan), Micro-Dragon (Vietnam), OF-II (UTEP), etc. Dr. Khan used to work on the developing various small spacecraft testing unit beside his regular teaching of graduate and undergraduate students. His classroom teaching focus is on hands-on learning named Design-Build-Test-Fly (DBTF) model. Dr. Khan is a senior member of both the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronomic (AIAA) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is also a regular reviewer of many scientific research journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Journal of Applied Physics, American Institute of Physics, etc.

Contact: arkhan(at)utep.edu