Shafkat Chowdhury

Shafkat Ahmed Chowdhury

Aerospace Engineer
Born November 13th, 1958 at
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality American
Education Khulna University of Engineering and Technology at Bangladesh, Sam Houston State University at Huntsville, Texas
Work
Engineering discipline Electrical engineering, Aerospace engineering, Systems engineering
Significant projects International Space Station, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Crew Exploration Vehicle
Significant design Control system, Actuation Systems, Future Combat System

Shafkat Ahmed Chowdhury, born in Dhaka, Bangladesh is a Bangladeshi-American Aerospace Engineer. Shafkat is one of the Contributor in NASA's high tech aerospace projects and also one of the pioneer in space vision. He had the key role in designing NASA’s Integrated Mission Avionics & Reconfiguration Software (IMARS) used in relation to control system operation of the International Space Station (ISS). His other contribution included Embedded system development for Unmanned aerial vehicle, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Bradley Fighting Vehicle. His biography is being published in Who's Who in America[1] and Who's Who in the World.[2]

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Biography

Shafkat A. Chowdhury was born in 13 November 1958 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father M. A. Chowdhury was the former Finance Director of Bangladesh Water Development Board and after retirement served as the Adviser to University Grants Commission (UGC) at Dhaka.

Education

Shafkat Completed his Undergraduate coursework at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh and obtained bachelor degree in Electrical engineering in 1986. Later on, he came to United States and obtained Master's degree in Industrial technology from Sam Houston State University at Huntsville, Texas in 1998.

Career

Shafkat started his career in Microcomputer Industry in the year 1986 in Bangladesh and continued his effort in developing end user application. In the year 1992, he came to United States and began working with PC clone manufacturing companies as a Consultant and later on, he went to Sam Houston State University at Huntsville, Texas and attended Graduate school. In 1999, employed by United Space Alliance (USA), he began working at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center on NASA’s Integrated Mission Avionics & Reconfiguration Software (IMARS) project, an embedded flight software project pertaining to the International Space Station, he was responsible for IMARS design and Systems engineering analysis, this software generates products that are used for control system operation of International Space Station. He also worked as an Avionics Consultant Engineer for various world renowned Aerospace Companies in relation to Embedded system development of Unmanned aerial vehicle, C5 aircraft, C130 aircraft, Crew Exploration Vehicle, Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

Personal Interests

Outside of work, Shafkat enjoys spending time with his family (wife sayeeda and daughter lynda). He also enjoys modern innovative Music, Long Drive and traveling. He also makes his own space vision in SPACEnterprise.

Professional Milestones

International Space Station
The International Space Station on May 2010
Station statistics
Crew 6
Launch 1998–2011

List of Contribution

References

  1. ^ a b Marquis Who's Who: Who's Who in America. 2010. pp. 818. ISBN 978-0-8379-7019-6. 
  2. ^ a b Marquis Who's Who: Who's Who in the World. 2011. pp. 476. ISBN 978-0-8379-1145-8. 
  3. ^ "In recognition of your outstanding contributions during the recovery and investigation of the STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia accident". http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/.  By Mike McCulley, President and CEO, United Space Alliance (USA).
  4. ^ "Quest For Excellence". http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/.  USA Service Award.
  5. ^ "In recognition of your efforts as a JSC Team Member contribution to the International Space Station's significant milestone of a 6-person crew". http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html.  By Michael L. Coats, Director, NASA Johnson Space Center.

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