Dr. Most. Tauhida Tabassum

Senior Lecturer
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Email: tauhida@ustc.ac.bd

Profile

Dr. Most. Tauhida Tabassum has joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), USTC as a Senior Lecturer in February, 2026. She has a specialization in high voltage engineering and plasma science, with research focused on plasma-based environmental applications, particularly wastewater treatment using pulsed streamer discharge. Her research interests include high voltage electrical discharges, plasma physics and chemistry, plasma-liquid interactions, and advanced wastewater treatment technologies. She has hands-on expertise in diagnostic and analytical techniques such as optical emission spectroscopy (OES), UV-Vis spectroscopy, and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). 

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan  (2021–2025).
  • Master of Engineering
    Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan  (2019–2021).
  • B.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
    Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Bangladesh (2014–2018).

Program Affiliated

  • B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Areas of Interest

  •  High Voltage Engineering
  •  Plasma  in material Science
  •  Plasma Physics and Chemistry
  •  Environmental Applications of Plasma
  •  Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies
  •  Electrical Discharges and Non-Thermal Plasma Systems

Courses Taught

  • Electrical Machines (Mechanical Engineering)
  • Communication Engineering II

Journals & Articles

Journals

  • “Decomposition of heavy metal complexes in liquids by pulsed discharge within microbubbles generated inside an ejector”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 64, 086001 (2025).
  • “Investigation of the decomposition performances of Cu-EDTA using pulsed streamer discharge”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 63, 086002 (2024).

Conferences Proceedings:

  • “Degradation of Cu-EDTA in Water using Pulsed Streamer Discharge”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, 47th IESJ annual meeting, Japan, September 12, 2023.
  • “Characteristics of Trichel Pulse Discharge from Taylor Cone with AC Superimposed DC voltage”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo HAKONE XVII, Kekrade, Netherlands, August 21-25, 2022.
  • “Comparative Analysis of Taylor Cone Dynamics, Electrospray and Discharge Characteristics between Positive and Negative Corona Discharge using Pulsating Applied Voltage”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, 45th IESJ annual meeting, Japan, September 21, 2021.
  • “Controlling Electrospraying and Corona Discharge from Taylor Cone by AC Voltage superimposed on DC Voltage”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, 22nd Annual Spring Meeting of the Institute of Electrostatics, Japan, March 2, 2021.

Poster presentation

  • “Discharge in the Bubbles for Cu-EDTA Decomposition”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, ISPlasma 2025, Aichi, Japan, March 03-07, 2025.
  • “Performance evaluation of Cu-EDTA decomposition by pulsed streamer discharge in contact with liquid”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, 77th Gaseous Electronics Conference, HW6.00030.
  • “Evaluation of Cu-EDTA Decomposition by Streamer Discharge in Contact with Liquid”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, 85th JSAP Autumn Meeting, Niigata, Japan, September 16-20, 2024.
  • “Decomposition of Cu-EDTA in Wastewater using Pulsed Streamer Discharge”, Most Tauhida Tabassum, Yusuke Nakagawa and Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, 25th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan, May 21-26, 2023.