Dr. Mohammad Saidul Islam

Scholarly Teaching Fellow in Mechanical Engineering

BACKGROUND

Dr Saidul Islam working as a Scholarly Teaching Fellow in the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. Dr Islam completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. Prior to starting the current role, Dr Islam worked as a postdoctoral research fellow and casual lecturer at UTS. Dr Islam got expertise in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and biomechanical modelling.

Dr Islam’s current research activities focus on  the following areas:

  • Computational flow modelling, Human lung Modelling, Blood pump modelling, Inertial cell separation .
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in curved duct flow, Phase Change Materials (PCM), Thermofluids modelling.

GRANTS/ PROJECTS

  • Early Career Researcher Capabilities Development Project (UTS competitive grant): Mechanical Ventilation of Stenosis Airway and Targeted Drug Delivery. Total amount of funding $19,350 for 2019-2020.
  • Blue Sky Project (UTS internal competitive grant): Investigation of airway mechanical ventilation and particle transport to the terminal airways of CT-Scan based lung. Total amount of funding $15,000 for 2019.
  • Blue Sky Project (UTS internal competitive grant): Modelling of lung aging effects on airflow and particle transport in realistic lung airways. Total amount of funding $17,000 for 2018.

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Fellowship (2010-2011), Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology, The People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
  • International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), QUT Top-up Scholarship for Excellence
  • Queensland University of Technology High Achiever HDR Student Award, September 2017
  • Best Paper Award, ICCM2015, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • A.F Mujibur Rahman Foundation Gold Medal.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • M. S. Islam, S. C. Saha, T. Gemci, E. Sauret, I. A. Yang, Z. Ristovski, Y. T. Gu, “Euler-Lagrange Prediction of Diesel-Exhaust Polydisperse Particle Transport and Deposition: Anatomy and Turbulence Effects” Nature Scientific Reports, 9 (2019) Article number: 12423 (16 pages).
  • M. S. Islam, S. C. Saha, E. Sauret, T. Gemci, I. A. Yang, Y. T. Gu, “Polydisperse Microparticle Transport and Deposition to the Terminal Bronchioles in a Heterogeneous Vasculature Tree” Nature Scientific Reports, 8 (2018) Article number: 16387 (9 pages).
  • M. S. Islam, S. C. Saha, E. Sauret, T. Gemci, I. A. Yang, Y. T. Gu, “Ultrafine Particle Transport and Deposition in a Large Scale 17-Generation Lung Model” Journal of Biomechanics, 64 (2017) pp. 9 – 18.
  • M. S. Islam, S.C. Saha, E. Sauret, I. Yang, Y. Gu, “Pulmonary aerosol transport and deposition analysis in upper 17 generations of the human respiratory tract.” Journal of Aerosol Science, 108, (2017), pp. 29 – 43.
  • Chen, J., M.S. Islam et al., ‘‘A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China.’’ Science of the Total Environment, 579, (2017), pp. 1000-1034.

CONTACT DETAILS:

T: +61 2 9514 5416

E: mohammadsaidul.islam@uts.edu.au

W: http://www.cmaslab.org/

Dr. K.C. Amanul Alam

Casual Academic and Researcher

BACKGROUND

Dr K C Amanul Alam is a Sessional Academic of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He received his PhD in Heat Driven Adsorption Air-conditioning System from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan. Then he worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at TUAT, Japan and at Conservatoire Arts De Metier, Paris, France. He also worked as an Academic at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and East West University, Bangladesh.

Dr Alam’s current research activities focus on three key areas of

  • System analysis of heat driven air-conditioning system including modelling and simulation of the system
  • Heat and Mass Transfer,  Solar thermal and renewable energy technologies.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics

      GRANTS/ PROJECTS

  • Research Fellowship Grand, ‘SoCold Project’, Conservatoire Arts De Metier, Paris, France. Duration: August 2005 – July 2006.
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship Award, Japan Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan. Duration: April 2003-March 2005.
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship Grand, Project: New Energy Organization (NEDO), Japan), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan. Duration: January 2002-March 2003.
  • Japan Ministry of Education Scholarship to conduct PhD study at. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan. Duration: October 1997-March 2001.

      SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • K. M. A. Kabir, R. A. Rouf, M. M. A. Sarker, KC A. Alam and B. B. Saha, Improvement of COP with Heat Recovery Scheme for Solar Adsorption Cooling System, International Journal of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, v. 26 (2), pp. 1850016-1-9, (2018).
  • KC A. Alam, Rifat Ara Rouf, Bidyut Baran Saha, M. Abdul Hakim Khan & Francis Meunier, Autonomous Adsorption Cooling – Driven by Heat Storage Collected from Solar Heat, Heat Transfer Engineering, v.37,no.7-8 (2016)

      SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • KC A. Alam, B.B. Saha, A. Akisawa, “Adsorption cooling driven by solar collector: a case study for Tokyo solar data”, Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 50, pp.1603-1609, (2013)
  • M. Clausse, KC A. Alam and F. Meunier, “Residential air conditioning and heating by means of enhanced solar collectors coupled to an adsorption system “, Solar Energy, vol 82, pp.885-892, (2008).
  • KC A. Alam, M.Z.I. Khan, A.S. Uyun, Y. Hamamoto, A. Akisawa and T. Kashiwagi, “Experimetal study of a low temperature heat driven re-heat two-stage adsorption chiller”, Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 27, pp. 1686-1692, (2007).
  • K.C.A. Alam, A. Akahira, Y. Hamamoto, A. Akisawa　and T. Kashiwagi, “ A 4-bed mass recovery adsorption refrigeration cycle driven by low temperature waste/renewable heat source” Renewable Energy, Vol.29, pp.1461-1475, (2004).
  • K.C.A. Alam, B.B. Saha, A. Akisawa, and T. Kashiwagi, “Influence of design and operating conditions on the system performances of a two-stage adsorption chiller”, Chemical Eng. Communications, Vol.191, no.7, pp.981-997, (2004).
  • KC A. Alam, B.B. Saha, Y.T. Kang, A. Akisawa and T. Kashiwagi, “Heat exchanger design effect on the system performance of silica gel adsorption refrigeration systems.”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.43, No.24, pp.4419-4431, (2000)

CONTACT DETAILS:
E: kc.alam@uts.edu.au
W: http://www.cmaslab.org/

Mr. Sheikh Imamul Hossain

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

BACKGROUND

Sheikh Imamul Hossain is a PhD student of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He completed his M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Khulna University, Bangladesh. Then he started his PhD at the QUT, Brisbane, Australia under the supervision of Dr Saha in the year of 2016. Later he moved with Dr Saha to UTS in 2018 to continue his PhD research with Dr Saha. Hossain involves in the research with molecular modelling techniques to investigate the nature of gold nanoparticles interactions with lung surfactant monolayer at molecular scale.

Overall, the following highlights cover Hossain’s research profile.

  • Comprehensive experience in solving challenging computational problems in coarse-grained and atomistic scale using molecular dynamics simulation techniques.
  • Demonstrated understanding of computational analysis for high performance computers.
  • Comprehensive collaborative skills with a broad range of experience demonstrated in participation in multi-institutional projects.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of GROMACS, VMD, OPENMD, UCSF CHIMERA, MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, C programming, and FORTRAN.
  • Broad knowledge in numerical simulation, heat and mass transfer, mathematical modelling, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, finite difference method.

      SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:

  • UGC Award: UGC (University Grant Commission) Merit Scholarship, 2014.
  • Dean Award: Dean Award for Distinction in Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics, 2014.
  • Gold Medal Award: The A F Mujibur Rahman Foundation Award for the Excellence in Mathematics, 2015.
  • Fellowship Award: Research Fellow at national science and technology (NST) Dhaka, Bangladesh under Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic Bangladesh, July 2014-June 2015.
  • PhD Scholarships: Living allowance, tuition fees, overseas student health cover (OSHC)
  • Travel Award: National Science Foundation (NSF) and Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall 2018

      SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • S. I. Hossain, N. S. Gandhi, Z. E. Hughes, Y. T. Gu, S. C. Saha, “Molecular Insights on the Interference of Simplified Lung Surfactant Models by Gold Nanoparticle Pollutants”, BBA Biomembranes, 1861 (8), 1458 – 1467, 2019.
  • S. I. Hossain, N. S. Gandhi, Z. E. Hughes, S. C. Saha, “Computational Modelling of the Interaction of Gold Nanoparticle with Lung Surfactant Monolayer”, MRS Advances, 4 (20), 1177-1185, 2019.
  • S. I. Hossain and M. M. Alam, “Soret and Dufour Effects on MHD Viscoelastic Fluid Flow Through a Vertical Flat Plate with Constant Suction”, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1754 (1), 040007, 2016.
  • S. I. Hossain and M. M. Alam, “MHD Viscoelastic Fluid Flow through a Vertical Flat Plate with Soret and Dufour Effect”, Modelling, Measurement and Control B, 84 (2), 24-38, 2015.
  • S. I. Hossain and M. M. Alam, “Effects of Thermal Diffusion on Viscoelastic Fluid Flow through a Vertical Flat Plate”, Procedia Engineering, 105, 309–316, 2015.
  • N. N. Anika, M. M. Hoque, S. I. Hossain and M. M. Alam, “Thermal Diffusion Effect on Unsteady Viscous MHD Micropolar Fluid Flow through an Infinite Vertical Plate with Hall and Ion-slip Current,” Procedia Engineering, 105,160–166, 2015.

CONTACT DETAILS:
Email: sheikhimamul.hossain@uts.edu.au
W: http://www.cmaslab.org/

Mr. Salman Al Zahrani

PhD Student

BACKGROUND

Salman Al zahrani is a PhD candidate at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Mechanical Engineering department, Australia. He received his BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering with first and second class honour, respectively. He worked as an operation engineer at Saudi ARAMCO company in “Eastern Region Distribution Department”. Since 2012, he has been working as TA at Al Baha University.

Salman’s current research activities focus on computational studies of heat and mass transfer mechanisms of different types of heat exchangers, Performing different new passive techniques in order to improve the thermal performance of heat exchangers. The main focus belongs to Corrugated and Flat Plate Heat Exchangers.

PROJECTS

  • Thermal performance investigation in a novel corrugated plate heat exchanger.
  • Heat transfer enhancement investigation in a novel flat plate heat exchanger
  • A thermo-hydraulic characteristics investigation in corrugated plate heat exchanger.
  • Estimated air infiltration through plastic strip curtains in a refrigerated store. Found the optimum specifications of the plastic strip that reduces the largest amount of warm air infiltration through refrigerated doorway when it is completely opened in order to reduce energy consumption for refrigeration stores.
  • Collision of a droplet with a hemispherical static droplet on a needle.
  • Study the possibility of implementing Solar PV system in Al-Mikhwa City.

PUBLICATIONS

  • S. Alzahran, M.S. Islam, S. C. Saha, “A thermo-hydraulic characteristics investigation in corrugated plate heat exchanger”, Energy Procedia, 160 (2019) pp. 597 – 605.
  • S. Alzahran, M.S. Islam, S. C. Saha, F. Xu, “Thermal performance investigation in a novel corrugated plate heat exchanger”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 148 (2020) Article number 119095 [IF: 4.346] Q1.
  •  S. Alzahrani, M. S. Islam, S. C. Saha, “Heat transfer enhancement investigation in a novel flat plate heat exchanger”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Under Review [IF: 3.488] Q1.
  • S. Alzahran, M.S. Islam, S. C. Saha, “Heat transfer augmentation in retrofitted corrugated plate heat exchanger”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Under Review [IF: 4.346] Q1.

CONTACT DETAILS:
T: +61 452372613
E: Salman.zahrani@kaust.edu.sa
W: http://www.cmaslab.org/

Mr. Zohurul Islam

PhD Student

BACKGROUND

Mohammad Zohurul Islam  is a PhD student of Engineering in the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He completed his Graduation in Applied Mathematics from Khulna University, Bangladesh and he was working on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer. Then he started his career  in teaching and research at Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST), Bangladesh. Mr Islam started his Doctoral study at the UTS from 2018.

Currently, he is working on Computational Biomechanical Engineering including ligand coated nanoparticles penetration into the lung surfactant monolayer and drug delivery.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

GROMACS molecular dynamics simulation, Visual molecular dynamics (VMD), OPENMD, UCSF CHIMERA, Python.

  • FORTRAN, MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, C-programming.

 RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of ligand coated nanoparticle interaction with lung surfactant.
  • Computational modelling of drug design, drug delivery in the targeting area and drug interaction with lung surfactant.
  • Numerical Modelling of fluid flow and heat transfer.
  • Computational studies on inertial microfluidics.

GRANTS/ PROJECTS

  • Research and Development (R&D) Project (MOST, Bangladesh Govt. competitive grant): Effect of curvature on Convective Heat Transfer and Fluid flow through a Rectangular Shaped Curved Duct. Total amount of funding BDT: 80,000 for FY: 2017-2018.
  • Internal Faculty Project (JUST internal competitive grant): Numerical Computation of Flow Instability with Convective Heat Transfer through a Curved Rectangular Duct.

     Total amount of funding BDT:

      30,000 for FY: 2014-2015.

  • N. S. I. C .T Fellowship (For M. Sc. Student ): Pressure-Driven Flow Instability with Convective Heat Transfer through a Rotating Curved Channel with Rectangular Cross-section. Total amount of funding BDT: 54,000 for FY: 2011-2012.

      SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Islam, M.Z., M.H. Rashid, and R.N. Mondal, Effect of Coriolis force on unsteady flow with convective heat transfer through a curved duct in case of negative rotation. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2018. 1980(1): p. 050019.
  • Hossain, K.E., et al., Combined heat and mass transfer of unsteady fluid flow analysis through vertical porous medium in presence of nanoparticles. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2018. 1980(1): p. 050014.
  • Zohurul Islam, M., R.N. Mondal, and M.M. Rashidi, Dean-Taylor flow with convective heat transfer through a coiled duct. Computers & Fluids, 2017. 149: p. 41-55.
  • Islam, M.Z. and R.N. Mondal, Unsteady Flow through a Rotating Curved Channel with Rectangular Cross-Section. Procedia Engineering, 2015. 105: p. 452-463.
  • Mondal, R.N., M.Z. Islam, and R. Perven, Combined Effects of Centrifugal and Coriolis Instability of the Flow Through a Rotating Curved Duct of Small Curvature. Procedia Engineering, 2014. 90: p. 261-267.
  • Mondal, R.N., M.Z. Islam, and M.S. Islam, Transient Heat and Fluid Flow through a Rotating Curved Rectangular Duct: The Case of Positive and Negative Rotation. Procedia Engineering, 2013. 56: p. 179-186.

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CONTACT DETAILS:
T: +61 444521596
E:mohammadzohurul.islam@student.uts.edu.au
W: http://www.cmaslab.org/