We would like to welcome you to the 1st International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy (ICMERE) to be held on 22-24th December, 2011 i n Chittagong, Bangladesh. The Conference is organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) in collaboration with the Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers (BSME).
Chittagong is the second largest city of Bangladesh and is also the principal sea port - with almost all the country's imports and exports passing through its busy harbour. This city is very rich in cultural heritage and bears several places of historical interest. Chittagong is immensely blessed with hilly areas, rivers & Sea-Beach of Bay of Bengal. There are also places of interest in this city like Foy's Lake, War Cemetery, D.C. Hill, The Batali Hill, Patenga Sea Beach , world’s longest sea beach Cox’s Bazar Sea beach and Coral island St. Martin. If this is your first visit to Chittagong, it has a lot to offer you from scenic sights, cultural experience, delicious food, to warm and friendly people. The generous hospitality will surely fascinate you. You will gain new experience, insight and knowledge. As the conference chair, I would like to invite you to participate in this conference.
CUET is one of the leading public universities of Bangladesh. It is situated alongside the Chittagong-Kaptai road, 25 km away from the city of Chittagong. CUET sets its guiding principle to foster the best professional competence by coupling pedagogy and research in relevance to the real world problems. The students of this university are enjoying unique and inimitable environment of learning.
Visiting Chittagong, Means Visiting Bangladesh. See you in December 2011 !!!

On behalf of Organizing Committee:
Prof. Dr. Md. Tazul Islam
Conference Chair