Mechanical and Production Engineering

Dr. Muhammad Rizwanur Rahman

Designation: Assistant Professor

Email: mrizwanur.mpe@aust.edu

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Room No: 8A01-10

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Research Interests

• Fluid Mechanics
• Interfacial Science
• Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics
• Drops, Bubbles, Surfactants
• Passive Heat Transfer

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Fluid Mechanics/Interfacial Science), Imperial College London

Honors and Achievements

• Shell- Imperial PhD studentship, Imperial College London, 2021
• Beit Fellowship for Scientific Research, Imperial College London, 2021
• Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarships, University of Alberta, 2020
• Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarships, University of Alberta, 2019
• Dean's list and University Merit Scholarships (multiple years), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2015

Publications

• Life and death of a thin liquid film, Communications Physics, 2024
• On the hydrostatic limit for thin film flow with applications to thermosyphons, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024
• Non-equilibrium molecular simulations of thin film rupture, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023
• The Intrinsic Fragility of the Liquid--Vapor Interface: A Stress Network Perspective, Langmuir, 2022
• On the deflection of the liquid--vapor interface in a wicked heat pipe, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021
• Double-emulsion drop evaporation and formation of a daughter droplet, Langmuir, 2019
• On the effect of relaxation time in interfacial tension measurement, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2019
• Influence of outer medium viscosity on the motion of rolling droplets down an incline, Physical Review Fluids, 2018
• Droplet spreading on liquid--fluid interface, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2018
• Droplet spreading on liquid--fluid interface, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2018