Dr. Rashid seeks to understand the underlying structure of a material, its electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, and its performance in applications. In his study, he employs Density Functional Theory. He is the founder of the Quantum Materials Simulation Lab (QMSL), the first personal research laboratory in the Department of Physics of the university. QMSL is dedicated to first-principles materials modeling and has developed a growing computational research environment. Currently, the lab comprises three faculty members, one PhD student, and more than 25 research assistants (both undergraduate and postgraduate), all actively engaged in a wide range of projects including electronic structure calculations, optoelectronic materials design, and thermoelectric studies. QMSL is supported by a dedicated computational facility that enables advanced simulations using state-of-the-art packages such as WIEN2k. To learn more about QMSL’s facilities and the activities of its members, click here.

CURRENT TEACHING [Routine]

Undergraduate:

• Year 3: Solid State Physics I [Course Site]
• Year 1: Bangladesh Studies [Course Site]

Postgraduate:

• Condensed Matter Physics

VIDEO LECTURES

• Topics on Quantum Mechanics
• Tutorials on DFT calculations using WIEN2k

LECTURE NOTES

• Quantum Mechanics
• An Introduction to Density Functional Theory
• Semiconductor Physics
• Superconductor Theory

PREVIOUS TEACHING

Undergraduate:

• Year 1: Vector Analysis (Physics: 2020, 2021)
• Year 1: Bangladesh Studies (Physics: 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Year 2: Semiconductor Physics (Physics: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Year 3: Electrical Engineering Materials (EEE: 2023, 2024)
• Year 3: Quantum Mechanics I (Physics: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Year 3: Solid State Physics I (Physics: 2023, 2024)
• Year 3: Statistical Mechanics (Physics: 2021)
• Year 4: Superconductivity (Physics: 2019)

Postgraduate:

• Condensed Matter Physics (Physics: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics-II (Theoretical Physics, DU: 2018)

To learn more about QMSL’s facilities and the activities of its members, click here.