AABEA-SC Current Executive Committee (2023-2024)

Mohammed M Rais, President

Mohammed Mahibur Rais completed his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1989 from BUET. He has been working as a Service Engineer in the Service Division of Thermo Fisher Scientific for last 22years. His fields of specializations are Ion Chromatography , High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Trace Elements analysis. He is happily married to his wife Dr. Umme Ruman Rais and lives in Castaic with their two sons. He loves traveling, cooking ,reading books, spending time with friends and family. 

 

Kamrul Islam, General Secretary

I am Kamrul Islam, and I completed my BS in Civil Engineering from Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET). Currently, I am working for the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) as a Transportation Engineer (Civil), worked for Ali Saif Building Construction, UAE as a project engineer, Local government engineering department (LGED) as an assistant engineer, and owned JK Building Construction at Bangladesh. I have served as a Delegate of Professional Engineer in California Government (PECG) in the Los Angeles section in 2021, as convenor of BPI, as an organizing secretary, and as a general secretary of the Bangladesh Student's League (DUET). I have been voluntarily assisting people to get a job in the different departments and positions in the Federal, State, Counties, and Cities.  I have a very good family with my beautiful and multi-talented wife and around 3-years sweet old baby girl and like to spend time with them and my dad’s combined family.

Sadique Hossain: President Elect

Sadique Hossain is a licensed Profession Engineer (PE) in the State of California and a Project Management Professional (PMP). He has been working as a Senior Transportation Engineer in California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) since 2014. Before joining Caltrans, he worked for Stantec Consulting, the Keith Companies, and the Louis Berger Group. Sadique  obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech University. Sadique spends his free time traveling and watching sports. Sadique is married to Aysha Habib (Rupali) who is also a Senior Transportation Engineer in Caltrans. They are proud parents of two young boys. 

Lamisha Sultana, Treasurer

Lamisha Sultana completed her Bachelor's in Computer Engineering from California State University, Fullerton. She is a Hardware Engineer at Mercury Systems. Her areas of expertise include Digital Electronics, HDL coding and troubleshooting hardware systems. She has experience in providing technical & customer support. Her undergraduate research was in machine learning, and her senior project was on wireless communication systems.  

MD. Rohul Amin Bhuiyan, SEC SC rep

Md Rohul Amin Bhuiyan (Shimul) is presently working as a District area engineer (Civil) in California Department of Transportation, District-07 (Los Angeles). He received his BS degree in Civil Engineering in 2006 and his Masters in 2009 from the California State University - Fullerton (CSUF). He was an Executive Member of ASCE - Student Chapter (2004-2005) and served as the President of the Society of Asian American Engineers (SAAE) at CSUF (2008-2010). He also served as the President of Chaffey College Engineering Club (2001-2002), CA. He achieved the Asian Outstanding Student Graduate Award and the Outstanding Academic Achievements Award in Engineering & Computer Science from CSUF in May, 2006. MD Rohul Amin Bhuiyan also received a Publication Award at the World Congress on Engineering – 2010, London UK, for his published paper on Development of a New Optimal Method for the Solution of Transportation Problems. Md Bhuiyan has served as the Executive Member in the AABEA - Southern California Chapter for the (2011-12) and (2017-2018) term and He has been serving as a Vice President in the Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)- Los Angeles since 2017-2023. He is current members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). He is married to Dr. Nasima F. Bhuiyan, who is also working as Transportation Engineer (Civil) in California DOT (Caltrans) - HQ and served as a Civil Engineering Lecturer in California State University Long Beach (CSULB). They are blessed with two Sons, Saafir & Shamel.

Sunny KabirMember

Mr. Sunny Kabir, Holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (Major) & Computer science (Minor) from California Polytechnic University, Pomona. Completed his Executive MBA from Chapman university emphasis on leadership and M&A. Started his career from southern California Edison as a generation engineer. Eventually moved to the private sector as an application engineer for a software company in Irvine California. Currently is a global director of ELIP at ABB, which is Switzerland based company. Responsible for a team of 48 people from field application engineers, R&D developers, account managers, technical specialists. Happily married with 2 children reside in North Fontana. Wife currently works for JPL-NASA as a cyber security analyst. As a family, very passionate about travelling the world and trying different cuisines. Always have a huge tick for getting involved in volunteering work to help the less fortunate and make the world a better place to live.

Md. Abdul Gaffer: Member

My name is Md Abdul Gaffer and I am a Cyber Security Engineer (Information Technology Specialist) at California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). I am graduated from Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET) with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering also I have 4 years diploma degree in Computer Engineering. I also completed an intensive cybersecurity certification program from California State University, Long Beach. I am a Cisco CCNA Routing & Switching, CCNA Security, LPI Linux essentials, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) and CompTia Security+ certification certified. I am a well-seasoned IT engineer with over four years experience in the field from when I lived in Bangladesh. I have now been in the United States for 6 years. I find great enjoyment in fishing and hunting, as well as taking long drives to explore new areas and enjoy the scenery. Please reach out to me if interested @ gafferduet@gmail.com.

 

Tanvir Chowdhury, Member

 

"Tanvir Chowdhury is a petroleum engineer with more than twenty years’ experience in working for major oil and gas companies such as Chevron and Halliburton in the states of TX and CA. His main area of expertise includes reserves estimation, production forecasting, economic analysis, subsurface modeling, well optimizations and field development planning. He holds a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from BUET (Dhaka, Bangladesh). He is currently working as a reservoir engineering advisor for SPR, a California based oil producing company. He enjoys reading books, travelling, watching movies and spending time with his family and friends. He also enjoys being a volunteer judge in state or local speech competitions for the Central Valley high school students." 

Mir Tanveer, Member

Mir Tanveer Islam completed his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2015 from North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Currently He is pursuing his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). He specializes in semiconductor hardware design and has worked for Neural Semiconductor Limited, Dhaka in the past. He is happily married to his wife Tasnim Binte Baki and lives in Fullerton.