Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringPh.D., 2025 - University of Tennessee Knoxville
Electrical Engineering
M.S., 2023 - University of Tennessee Knoxville
Electrical Engineering
B.S., 2017 - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Contact Information
Office: 333 Fluor Daniel Building
Office Phone: 864.656.1052
Email: shamiua@clemson.edu
Bio:
Dr. Alam earned his Ph.D. (2025) and M.S. (2023) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), and his B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2017. Prior to beginning his Ph.D. in 2020, he served as a Lecturer at the Military Institute of Science and Technology in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Dr. Alam’s research focuses on emerging electronic devices, circuits, and architectures for future computing systems, with applications spanning both room-temperature and extreme environments. He has authored more than 40 publications in leading venues, including Nature Electronics, Applied Physics Reviews, Scientific Reports, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Electron Device Letters, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, and major conferences such as DAC, DATE, and DRC. He has also co-authored a book with Springer Nature and holds multiple U.S. patent applications.
His research has been recognized with several distinctions, including selection as a ‘Featured Article’ in Applied Physics Reviews and an ‘Editor’s Pick’ in Applied Physics Letters. He received the Outstanding Graduate Research Award from both the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2023) and the Tickle College of Engineering (2025) at UTK. In addition, he was awarded multiple prestigious scholarships and fellowships, including the GATE Fellowship from the UT–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, the Shipley Swann Graduate Fellowship, the Tennessee’s Top 100 Graduate Fellowship, and the DAC Young Fellowship.
Research:
Dr. Alam's research aims to leverage device-circuit co-design techniques in combination with emerging technologies to develop energy-efficient and scalable computing systems for both room temperature and extreme environments. His specific areas of interest include: