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I received my BSEE (1980) and MSEE degrees from the Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), where I also served as a faculty member from 1980 to 1984. I later earned my Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Clarkson University in New York. My academic career spanned over 20 years, during which I held faculty positions at Mississippi Valley State University, the University of West Georgia, Southern Polytechnic State University, and Kennesaw State University.
I learned to play Bridge in high school and continued playing throughout my college years and professional life. Now retired, I dedicate much of my time to playing Bridge online. I have achieved the rank of BBO Virtuoso and am an ACBL Sectional Master. I enjoy playing SAYC, 2/1, and many other popular conventions. Currently residing in Atlanta, I enjoy music, bird feeding, and, of course, playing Bridge.
Transportation Engineer working for the State of Arizona. Enjoy playing bridge. Started playing while a BUET student. I was playing Auction bridge until 2019 when we started learning Contract Bridge. I am a proud member of Arizona Bridge Club, a brain child of Vashkar. We convene 2 times a month to enjoy Bridge.
Email: maruf.m.rahman@gmail.com
SSC 1983, Government Laboratory High School, Dhaka
HSC 1985 Dhaka College.
Undergrad : BUET 1987-1992, Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
MS : Michigan State University.
First heard about Bridge from the book "Pishach Deep - Masud Rana". If you have not read it, highly recommend.
Started playing auction bridge during Buet days. Unfortunately, my teacher Mr. Manjurul Islam Babu passed away in 1996. We used to play Auction in Contract style, at least for first 1-2 calls.
In USA since 1993, in Austin since 2000.
Email: mkhasan@yahoo.com
BBO ID: munkhan
Email: Munir@post.com
Email: omar_faruk@yahoo.com
Email: faruqbk@yahoo.com
Email: smsajedr@gmail.com
Email: skarif9@gmail.com
Received BSEE and MSEE degrees from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and University of Central Florida in Electrical Engineering. Worked over 27 years in Semiconductor industries in Research & Development in Technology Development in companies like Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductor and Microchip Technologies.
Learned how to play Bridge in childhood by hands-on training from dad. Started with the Auction Bridge and later switched to Contract and Duplicate Bridge. Founded Arizona Bridge Club with other Bangla speaking Arizona Bridge enthusiasts and organizing in-person Duplicate Bridge tournaments twice in every month. During COVID got in touch with Bangla speaking Bridge players around the globe (Thanks to Bongobashi Bridge Club of Houston) and created the Global Bridge Group WhatsApp platform and organized team match tournaments globally.
Also became an ACBL member and have been playing ACBL tournaments in BBO and also in San Lakes Bridge Club and earned ACBL Master Points.
He likes to play SAYC, 2/1 and many other popular Bridge conventions and is interested in learning new conventions.
Vashkar resides in Chandler, Arizona. Other than playing Bridge, his other passions include directing theatrical plays for adults and kids (founder of Bangladesh Theater of Arizona), teaching Bangla to the next generation kids living in Arizona and other states/countries (founder of Shikor Bangla School), organizing different social, cultural and charity events to promote and represent Bangla culture, language and to help Bangladesh.
Email: tahsin.askar@gmail.com