Awards
Noteworthy honors and awards Md Abrar Jahin received in reversed chronological order.
2024 - November
Student Researcher of the Year Award β KUET Research Society
Awarded on November 16, 2024, by the Vice-Chancellor of KUET, as an alumnus and fresh graduate, for exceptional contributions to research and leadership. Recognized for publishing the highest number of...
2024 - April
MIT Solve β 2024 Global Health Equity Challenge
Founded SpecX, an XAI-powered web app for sentiment-driven disease profiling & specialist allocation. I developed the interpretable hybrid DL model architecture, integrated topic modeling, telemedicine appointment, and personalized treatment solutions...
2024 - April
Champion | CS50x Puzzle Day, Harvard University | Meta
Led a 5-person international team by fostering diversity & inclusion (Bangladesh, USA, Morocco, and Pakistan) and solved advanced 9/9 puzzles (including Metapuzzle).
2023 - October
NASA Space Apps Challenge β Global Nominee
Led a 5-person team and forecast geomagnetic storms using hybrid deep neural networks from satellite data. On October 7-8, 2023, history was made as we participated in the largest hackathon...
2023 - November
Finalist β HONDA Young Engineer and Scientists' (Y-E-S) Award 2022
Awarded for being among the top 15 Bangladeshi young engineering undergrad scientists. The competition recognizes outstanding talent and innovative ideas in various fields. As part of the competition, I participated...
2023 - January
Dean's Award 3x (2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021)
Received 3 Dean's awards in recognition of achieving annual GPAs greater than 3.75 out of 4.00 in three consecutive years of undergraduate classes at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology,...
2022 - March
Junior Research Fellowship | Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)
Nominated as the junior-most research fellow among the other excellent 55 undergraduate researchers for the project titled 'Disaster Damage Mitigation by Multispectral Remote Sensing Satellite Image Data Analysis: A Deep...
2021 - December
Qiskit Gold Level Translator β English to Bengali
Translated 22101 and proofread 25375 words of IBM Qiskit's first-ever textbook, collaborating with West Bengal and Bangladeshi Qiskit translator team of 36 members.
2021 - June
Top 6 among 385 teams β Entrepret Season-2: Crafting Visions | North South University, Bangladesh
Developed a feasible and sustainable business canvas model showing the proper break-even point with financial breakdown, surveyed 160+ students for our Git and Jenkins integrated freelancing startup.
2021 - May
Top 500 β Google Android App Developer Challenge 2021
Engineered a countdown timer app on Android Studio with Jetpack Compose Beta using Kotlin language. My belief in the 'What I touch becomes Gold' theory proved true as my passion...
Google Android Developer Challenge 2021 2nd week submission. My first ever android app development using Jetpack Compose on Android Studio Canary build with Kotlin. Really learned a lot after fixing thousands of crashes.#AndroidDevChallenge #growwithgoogle pic.twitter.com/NKs3nVVB3f
β Md Abrar Jahin (@MdAbrar2652) March 6, 2021
2021 - March
Global Champion | Smart Roads β Winter Road Maintenance Hackathon | UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
Led a 2-person team and developed an ML model to forecast winter road friction and was offered a 1-month research internship at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. We...
2020 - July
Winner β ISCEA Ptak Prize Global SCM Case Competition
Led a 4-person team and achieved 70% scholarship for completing the course for the professional certification titled Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA)
2020 - September
Champion | CS50x Puzzle Day (Fall), Harvard University
Spearheaded a 4-person international team (Bangladesh, the UK, Pakistan, and Mexico) and solved advanced 8/8 puzzles
2020 - July
Gold Honor β Ranked top 3% β IAAC
After the Qualification and Pre-Final rounds, I advanced to the Final Round of the International Youth Math Challenge. The final round consisted of 40 multiple-choice questions, each to be answered...
2020 - April
Champion | CS50x Puzzle Day (Spring), Harvard University
Led a 3-person international 'Team Aurora' by fostering diversity & inclusion (Bangladesh, Brazil, and India) and solved advanced 8/8 puzzles
2020 - April
International Asteroid Search Collaboration β NASA
Administered a 4-person team 'Aurora' and discovered 2 main belt asteroids by analyzing Pan-STARRS images using Astrometrica software. The IASC was established to address the need for continuous monitoring and...
2019 - December
Gold Honor β Ranked top 5% β IYMC
My correct answers to the easy, hard, and research questions in the Pre-Final round qualified me for the Final Round. I took the final exam under the supervision of a...
2018 - July
Government Board Merit-based Scholarship β HSC Examination 2018
Awarded a 'General' scholarship worth 375 BDT per month from July 2018 to July 2022 throughout the entire time of pursuing a 4-year bachelor's degree.
2016 - June
Government Board Merit-based Scholarship β SSC Examination 2016
Awarded a 'General' scholarship worth 350 BDT per month from July 2016 to June 2018 for 2 years.
2013 - June
Government Board Merit-based Scholarship β JSC Examination 2013
Awarded a 'Talent Pool' scholarship worth 300 BDT per month from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2015 for 2 years.
2010 - June
Government Board Merit-based Scholarship β PSC Examination 2010
Placed 17th in the Rajshahi board in the Government Primary School Certificate Board Exams and was awarded a 'Talent Pool' scholarship worth 300 BDT per month from June 2011 to...