Background
Chowdhury, Ali Asraf was born on July 1, 1955 in Jaldi, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Son of Hesamuddin Ahmed Chowdhury and Mahfuza Khatun Chowdhurani.
director researcher electrical engineer
Chowdhury, Ali Asraf was born on July 1, 1955 in Jaldi, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Son of Hesamuddin Ahmed Chowdhury and Mahfuza Khatun Chowdhurani.
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with honors, Belarus Polytechnic Institute, 1980. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Saskatchewan, Canada, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, University Saskatchewan, Canada, 1988.
Master of Business Administration, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, 2002.
Design engineer General Electric Manufacturing Company, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 1980—1981. Reliability engineer Atlantic Nuclear Services Ltd., Fredericton, Canada, 1987—1990. Senior engineer Alberta (Canada) Power Ltd., Edmonton, 1990—1999.
Senior engineering reliability planning specialist Mid-American Energy Company, Davenport, Iowa, 1999—2006. Chairman composite system reliability working group Mid-Continent Area Power Pool, St. Paul, 1999—2005. Member MRO Resource Assessment Subcommittee, since 2006.
Chairman Mid-American Engineering Conference MidAmerican Energy Company, Davenport, 2002. Member Council Energy Advisors, United States of America, Davenport, since 2001. Technical advisor Electric Power Research Institute, California, Davenport, since 2001.
Industry advisor Power Systems Engineering Research Center, Davenport, since 2000. Chairman reliability task force Alberta Electric Utility Planning Council, Calgary, 1990—1995. Chairman coordinator of reliability information group Grid Company Alberta, Calgary, 1996—1999.
Member technical program committee International Association Science and Technology Development, Calgary, 1991—1999. Member executive committee Quad City Expo-Tech Organization, Davenport, 1999, Quad City Engineering and Science Council, Davenport, 1999—2002. Advisor Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta, Edmonton, 1990.
Member fund raising committee United Way of City of Edmonton, 1995. Member organizing committee, international technical advisory committee 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, 2004. Member international technical advisory committee 9th International Conference Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, 2006.
Member scholarship award committee Quad City Engineering and Science Council, Davenport, 1999—2002. Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman Iowa-Illinois section 2004, chairman regional chapter coordination since 2007, Party of European Socialists fellow evaluation committee since 2007, Best Paper award 1997, Region 4 Outstanding Engineer of Year 2003, Regional Activity Board Achievement award 2005, Best Working Group award for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standard 762 2005, Institute for Advanced Study Ralph H. Lee Best Prize Paper award 2007), Institution Engineering and Technology England (membership examiner 1999).
Married Razia Khanam. 1 child Fariha.