On 14th of October, 2016, Afra Anjum, a former thesis student from the EEE Department of BRAC University participated at the sixth annual IEEE global humanitarian technology conference, GHTC 2016 in Seattle, USA. At the conference, Afra presented her paper "Solar Electric Ambulance Van Unfolding Medical Emergencies of Rural Bangladesh" . The research was based on the author's final year thesis under Dr. A. K. M. Abdul Malek Azad. Her work content has been highly recognized by other researchers and professors attending the conference. The IEEE GHTC was therefore a great experience and a path to success for an engineering research program for her.