Rishad Arfin

Background

About Rishad Arfin

Hi there! I am currently working as a full-time Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) at McMaster University, Canada. My research broadly focuses on the development of emerging nanophotonic, optical, and THz devices for energy harvesting, optical communications, sensing, and imaging applications. Currently, my research works involve the domain of inverse design for different classes of nanophotonic devices by using various optimization techniques ranging from conventional to contemporary methods. In essence, my primary interest lies to develop efficient computational framework for nanophotonic devices by leveraging selective gradient-based optimization techniques that use powerful adjoint methods. To elaborate on my academic teaching experience, I am working as a graduate teaching assistant (TA) in the Department of ECE at McMaster University for 3+years. Also, I served as a full-time lecturer (presently on leave) in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at North South University, Bangladesh for 3+ years. During my tenure, I have conducted several undergraduate courses in and CSE disciplines. Previously, I was employed as a full-time lecturer in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Southeast University, Bangladesh for 3+ years. My research interest broadly covers the field of computational nanohotonics, optics, plasmonics, optimization techniques, applied machine learning, and deep learning.