Engineering Dreams Sikder Samiur Rahman

When I was just five months old, my father was transferred to the USA to represent Bangladesh as a diplomat. My cousin came along with us, and in the first three years of my life, I became extremely attached to him. When my father was transferred again to Saudi Arabia, my cousin stayed behind in the United States. Fearing that I would miss him too much, my father bought me my first video game system, a Nintendo Entertainment System, to keep me occupied. My interest in technology and all things electronic began then.

Even when I was young, I wondered how videos of real people could be displayed on television screens. As I grew older, my interest in electronics deepened. I started to tinker around with my computer by the age of 10. By the time I was 12, I had made my own website, which received numerous hits every week. After my Playstation 2 died on me, I figured out that its lens was not operating fast enough to decipher the data on the disks. I proceeded to open up the system, and found that I could raise the voltage of the laser to make it run faster. Sure enough, my games ran fine after that.

What interests me most in the field of electronics is the fact that great things can be created through the simple act of manipulating...