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Dr. Khadiza Akter (Bonna)

Associate Professor & Coordinator

PhD (Malaysia)
M.Sc (IUT), BSEEE (IUBAT)

Room #415 | Ext #404
E-mail: khadiza@iubat.edu

Dr. Khadiza Akter is a distinguished academic, researcher, and academic leader with over 13 years of excellence in power electronics and renewable energy systems. Her expertise in photovoltaic power conversion, advanced DC–DC converter topologies, PV system optimization, grid integration, and machine learning–based solar forecasting positions her as a leading contributor to sustainable energy innovation.

With strong proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, PSIM, PSpice, and advanced engineering simulation platforms, Dr. Akter seamlessly integrates theory with real-world applications. She plays a pivotal role in curriculum development, Outcome-Based Education (OBE) implementation, and academic quality enhancement, ensuring that students are equipped with industry-relevant skills and a strong research foundation.

In recognition of her professional achievements and leadership within the global engineering community, she has been elevated to the prestigious grade of Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) a distinction awarded to professionals demonstrating significant performance, technical excellence, and impactful contributions.

Dr. Akter has published extensively in Scopus- and Web of Science-indexed journals and internationally reputed conferences, contributing to advancements in high-efficiency photovoltaic converters and clean energy technologies. Her research excellence has been honored with the Best Paper Award at several conferences and a highly competitive Engineering Merit Scholarship during her PhD.

An inspiring mentor and proactive leader, she has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, led departmental academic initiatives, and actively contributed to professional activities through IEEE. Committed to innovation, sustainability, and academic excellence, Dr. Khadiza Akter continues to shape future engineers and researchers dedicated to building a smarter, greener world.

  • PhD (Power Electronics – Renewable Energy Systems), International Islamic University Malaysia
  • MSc (Electrical & Electronic Engineering), Islamic University of Technology
  • BSc (Electrical & Electronic Engineering), International University of Business Agriculture and Technology

Published Research Articles

K. Akter., Motakabeer, S.M.A., Zahirul Alam, A.H.M. et al. A novel MPPT approach for photovoltaic system using Pelican optimization and high-gain DC–DC converter. Sci Rep 15, 40451 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-24000-z (SCIE)

Sharma, S., Jately, V., Kuchhal, R.K Pachuri. K.Akter, B.Khan. “An Adaptive Voltage Perturbation-Based MPPT Technique for PV System Under Fast Changes in Irradiance”. J. Electr. Eng. Technol. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42835-026-02628-9

N.Kumar,R.K pachuari, P.Kuchal K.Akter andH Malik,“Performance analysis of floating and ground-mounted photovoltaic systems: An experimental study,” Solar energy, Sepetmber 2025, doi:10.1016/j.solener.2025.113989.(SCIE)

H. M. Shouquat, M.B.A Bashir, K. Akter, “Design a low-cost solar PV data logger and assess the application and accuracy with off-grid monocrystalline panels’ ‘measurement journal(Elsevier)

M.Kabir, M. Shouquat, K.Akter and M.Assad,“Impact of Dataset Size on Machine Learning Regression Accuracy in Solar Power Prediction,” no. Ml, 2025, doi: 10.32604/ee.2025.066867.(Scopus indexed)

K. Akter, S. M. A. Motakabber, A. H. M. Z. Alam, S. Hajar, and B. Yusoff, “e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering , Electronics and Energy Design and investigation of high power quality PVfed DC-DCboost converter,” e-Prime - Adv. Electr. Eng.Electron. Energy, vol. 9, no. July 2023, p. 100649, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.prime.2024.100649.(Scopus indexed)

N.Firuz, J.Mohammed, C. Hossain, K Akter,“Evaluation and Performance Metrics for Forecasting Renewable Power Generation, Demand, and Electricity Price,” Book chapter in Wiley online library, doi: 10.1002/9781394249466.ch7.(Book chapter indexed in Scopus )

K.Akter, S.M.A.Motakabber, A.H.M.ZahirulAlam, S.H.Yusoff, S.Ahmed, and T.Annur, “Performance inspection of high gain chopper designed to extract optimum output of photovoltaic source,” Int. J.Power Electron. Drive Syst., vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 2204–2216, 2023, doi: 10.11591/ijpeds.v14.i4.pp2204-2216. (Scopus Indexed)

S.M.A.MOTAKABBER,K.AKTER,A.Z.ALAM,andS.H.YUSOFF,“ExtendableHigh-
Gain DC-DC Converter for Storage Battery and Photovoltaic Cell,” IIUM Eng. J., vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 263–274, 2024, doi: 10.31436/iiumej.v25i1.3093.(Scopus and web of science Indexed)

K.Akter,S.M.A.Motakabber,A.H.M.Z.Alam,andS.H.Yusoff,“ANewTopologyof
High-EfficiencyDC-DCHybridBoostSEPICConverterforPVCell,”AsianJournalOf
Electrical And Electronic Engineering, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1–10, 2022. (Indexed in google scholar and my cite)

I.I.Alzayani, A.Alsharif, K.Akter and A.A.Ahmed, “Recent Developments in EV Charging Infrastructure: Opportunities and IoE International Journal of Electrical Engineering Recent Developments in EV Charging Infrastructure: Opportunities and IoE Framework Challenges,” no. November, pp. 47–63, 2023 (Arab impact factor, indexed in Google Scholar)

[11] K.Akter,F.A.Nahid,andN.Islam,“Open Loop Analysis of a High Performance Input
Switched Single Phase AC-DCBoostConverter,”Int.J.Electr.Electron.Eng.,vol.6,no.7,
pp.6–11,2019,doi:10.14445/23488379/ijeee-v6i7p102.(Scopus indexed)

Accepted Research Article

K. Akter, S. M. A.Motakabber, A. H. M. Z. Alam, and S. H. Yusoff,“An imperative role of high gain DC-DC converter for PV application”, International Journal of renewable energy research (Accepted, Scopus and web of science indexed)

K.Akter,S.M.A.Motakabber,A.H.M.Z.Alam,andS.H.Yusoff,F.A.Nahid“AnEfficient Grid-Tied PV System in Conjunction with a Five-Level Inverter and High Gain Converter”, International Journal of circuit theory and application (Accepted, Scopus and web of science indexed )

Paper presented and published in conferences
A. Saxena, R. S. Bishnu, V. Gupta, K. Akter, R. K. Pachauri and H. M. Shouquat, "Thermoelectric Cooling for Enhanced PV Efficiency: A Matlab/Simulink Approach," 2025 International Conference in Advances in Power, Signal, and Information Technology (APSIT), Bhubaneswar, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/APSIT63993.2025.11086221.

S. A. Zami Alif, M. Nazmul Howlader, B. Paul, K. Akter, A. Islam and A. Rhine, "A Unified MATLAB/Simulink Framework for Comparative Control of Grid-Connected Electric Vehicles," 2026 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer & Telecommunication Engineering (ICECTE), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2026, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICECTE69292.2026.11429298.

R. K. Pachauri, V. Jha, S. Shashikant, K. Akter, V. Anand and V. Pandey, "Vu-Do-Ku Game Puzzle Methodology for Reconfiguration of PV Modules in Partially Shaded Array System," 2025 IEEE 22nd India Council International Conference (INDICON), Bengaluru, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/INDICON68490.2025.11392879.

K.Akter, G. Sarowar, M.A. Hoque, and S. F. B.Ahmed, “Modeling and simulation of input switchedAC-DC SEPIC converter with PFC control for optimized operation,” 4th Int. Conf. Electr. Eng. Inf. Commun. Technol. iCEEiCT 2018, pp. 240–245, 2018, doi: 10.1109/CEEICT.2018.8628168.(Scopus Indexed)

K.Akter, G. Sarowar, F. Faisal, M.A. M. Oninda, and M.A. Hoque, “Input Switched Single Phase AC-DC PFC Boost Converter for High-Performance,” 2018 Int. Conf. Adv. Electr. Electron.Eng.ICAEEE2018,pp.1–4,2018,doi:10.1109/ICAEEE.2018.8643016.(Scopus
Indexed)

K. Akter, G. Sarowar, and S. F. B. Ahmed, “Close loop analysis of a single phase high- efficiencyAC-DC CUK converter with low input current THD and improved power factor,” ICECE 2018 - 10th Int. Conf. Electr. Comput. Eng., pp. 393–396, 2018, doi: 10.1109/ICECE.2018.8636724.(Scopus Indexed)
K.Akter, S.N.Soheli, and M.N.Islam,“Performance Analysis of a High Power Quality Single Phase AC-DC Buck Boost Converter,” 1st Int. Conf. Adv. Sci. Eng. Robot. Technol. 2019, ICASERT 2019, vol. 2019, no. Icasert, pp. 1–4, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ICASERT.2019.8934848.(Scopus Indexed)

K. Akter, “Comprehensive Analysis of a Bridgeless AC-DC Modified Cuk Converter with Maximized Performance by Using PFC Scheme,” Int. Conf. Robot. Electr. Signal Process. Tech., pp. 557–560, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ICREST51555.2021.9331022.(Scopus Indexed)

K.Akter,M.N. Islam,F.A. Nahid,andS.N. Soheli,“ComparativeAnalysis and Exploration of a High Gain Input Current ShapedAC-DC Step-Up Converter with Feedback Controller,” Int. Conf. Robot. Electr. Signal Process. Tech., pp. 253–258, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ICREST51555.2021.9331180.(Scopus Indexed)

K.Akter,S.M.A.Motakabber,A.H.M.Z.Alam,andS.H.BintiYusoff,“ANewHighStep- Up DC-DC Converter for Photovoltaic Application: Switch Inductor Cell Combined with VoltageDoublerCircuit,”Int.Conf.RecentProgressesSci.Eng.Technol.ICRPSET2022,pp. 1–5, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ICRPSET57982.2022.10188566.(Scopus Indexed)

S. M.A. Motakabber, K.Akter,A. H. M. Z.Alam, and S. H.Yusoff, “Design and Evaluation of a High-Performance Extensible DC-DC Converter Integrated with ANN Based MPPT Controller,” Proc. 9th Int. Conf. Comput. Commun. Eng. ICCCE 2023, pp. 75–79, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ICCCE58854.2023.10246093.(Scopus Indexed)

K.Akter,S.M.A.Motakabber,A.H.M.Z.Alam,andS.H.B.Yusoff,“DevelopmentofHigh- Performance Single Inductor Quadratic Multilevel DC-DC Step-Up Converter with MPPT Controller,”Int.Conf.Robot.Electr.SignalProcess.Tech.,vol.2023-January,no.January,pp. 280–284, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ICREST57604.2023.10070035.(Scopus Indexed)

Paper Presented and Accepted in Scopus Conferences

[1] K.Akter, H.M. Shouquat, F.N. Nahid, V. Gupta, R.K. Pachuri “Soft Switching Quadratic Cell- based Step-up Converter with Improved Gain for EV Application "[2nd International Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy Research (ICSPER 2025) ] [Accepted and presented]

[3] H.M. Shouquat, K.Akter, AKM Alamgir, V. Gupta, R.K. Pachuri
''Energy and economic analysis of a photovoltaic/thermal system using thermal energy storagematerials in dusty environments'' [2nd International Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy Research (ICSPER 2025) ] [Accepted and prenested]

[4] K.Akter, SMA.Motakakabber, A.H.M.Z. Alam, M.T.R.Tanim, D.Mahmud, B.Hossain
"Efficient Control of a Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Battery Charging and Discharging in Electric Vehicle Motor Drives"[2025 10th International Conference on Computer andCommunication Engineering (ICCCE)] [Accepted and presented]

[5] MD. Shouquat, K.Akter, SMA. Motakabber, Low-Cost Solar PV Data Logger for off-Grid Monocrystalline Panels: Design and Performance Analysis'' [2025 10th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE)] [Accepted and presented]

[6] FA.Nahid, K Akter, SMA. Motakakabber, A.H.M.Z. Alam
"Socio-Economic Impacts of Clean Energy Transition in Bangladesh'' [2025 10th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE)] [Accepted and presented]

[7] MBA Bashir, MD. Shouquat, K.Akter, SMA. Motakakabber, A.H.M.Z. Alam "Thermoelectric Generator Optimisation for Electrical Oven Waste Heat Recovery at Low Temperatures'[ 2025 10th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE)] [Accepted and presented]

[8] K.Akter, P.Ghosh, R. Islam, S. Ahsan, “ Optimized soft switching DC-DC Converter with Intelligent MPPT for Solar power System” [2025 7th International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology(EICT)] [Accepted and presented]

  • Electrical Machine,
  • Digital Logic Design,
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Power electronics,
  • Energy harvesting,
  • Integrating AI in Renewable Energy

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