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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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Dr. Islam Md. Didarul Research Assistant Professor Office: Umm Shaif, Room 4011 Phone: +971 2 607 5230 Fax: + 971 2 607 5200 Email: dislam@pi.ac.ae

• PhD, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, 2007

Islam Md. Didarul joins PI as a research associate with the extensive knowledge on heat transfer engineering. He received his PhD in material, structural and energy engineering from University of the Ryukyus of Okinawa which is one of the biggest and famous university in Japan. His PhD research work focused on the study of heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of rectangular finned surface in duct. T type thermocouples and an infrared camera, TVS 8000 with indium-antimony (In-Sb) sensor, which can measure the temperature at 160 ´ 120 points with a resolution of 0.025ºC for a black body were extensively used to observe the temperature distributions and the detailed heat transfer of four different fin patterns and several arrangements of rectangular fins in the narrow duct. Among the four different patterns (co-angular, zigzag, co-rotating and co-counter rotating) co-rotating type with pitch ratio 2 showed best configuration for heat transfer enhancement in the narrow channel. Several flow visualization technique (Fluorescent dye flow in water channel, Oil titanium Oxide film flow, Smoke flow etc.) were used to observe the flow pattern around the fins in the duct.

Dr. Islam worked more than 9 years as a lecturer and an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, a center of excellence in the northern part of Bangladesh. He has extensive teaching background on advanced heat and mass transfer, refrigeration and air conditioning, solid mechanics and renewable energy. At his career, Dr. Islam supervised project works of many undergraduate students and published more than 30 Research articles including Reputed Journal papers and International Conference papers.

HONORS and AWARDS

• PhD with honors
• M.Sc. With honors
• Japanese Government Scholarship (MONBUKAGAKUSHO), 2002-2004.
• HEIWA NAKAJIMA FOUNDATION( Tokyo, Japan) Scholarship, 2005-2007

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Member of the Organizing Committee of The ENERGY 2030 Conference, November 4-5, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Journal Reviewer for the Journal of the Enhanced Heat Transfer; Journal of Energy Policy; Applied Energy Journal.
• Member of ASME,JSME, BSME, IEB etc.

EXPERTISE

• Heat transfer Measurement by Infrared Image Technique (Infrared Camera TVS 8000).
• Flow Visualization Technique( including High Speed Camera Phantom V7.1)
• Flow in the narrow channel.
• Extended Surfaces and Heat Exchangers.
• Utilization of Solar Energy

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• M.D. Islam, A. A. Alili, I. Kubo and M. Ohadi, “Measurement of solar energy (Direct Beam Radiation) in Abu Dhabi, UAE” J. Renewable Energy, Article on line , Vol. 35, Issue 2, pp. 515-519, 2010.
• M.D. Islam, I. Kubo, M. Ohadi and A. A. Alili, “Measurement of solar energy radiation in Abu Dhabi, UAE” J. Applied Energy, Vol. 86, Issue 4, pp. 511-515, April 2009.
• M.D. Islam, K. Oyakawa and I. Kubo, “Visualization of flow pattern and Thermal image analysis of enhanced heat transfer surface” Heat and Mass Transfer J., Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 511, 2009.
• M.D. Islam, K. Oyakawa, M. Yaga and I. Kubo, “The effects of duct height on heat transfer enhancement of a co-rotating type rectangular finned surface in duct” Experimental, Thermal and Fluid Science J., Vol. 33, pp.348-356, 2009.
• M.D. Islam, M. Al-Shehi, M. Ohadi, “Emerging applications in Cryogenics- Nitrogen injection for Reservoir Enhanced Oil Recovery”, ASHRAE Transaction, Vol. 115, Part 2, 2009.
• M.D. Islam, K. Oyakawa, M. Yaga and I. Kubo, “The influence of channel height on heat transfer enhancement of a co-angular type rectangular finned surface in narrow channel” International Journal of Thermal science, Vol. 48, Issue 8, pp. 1639-1648, 2009.
• K. Oyakawa, A. Umeda, M.D. Islam N. Saji and S. Matsuda, “Flow structure and heat transfer of impingement jet”, accepted, article in press, Journal of heat and mass transfer, 2009.
• M.D. Islam, Kenyu Oyakawa and Minoru Yaga, “Heat Transfer Enhancement from a Surface Affixed with Rectangular Fins of Different Pattern and Arrangement in Duct Flow” Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 31-50, Begell House, New York, 2008.
• M.D. Islam, Kenyu Oyakawa, Minoru Yaga and Izuru Senaha “Study on heat transferand fluid flow characteristics with short rectangular plate fin of different pattern” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 31,  pp. 367- 379, 2007.
• Kenyu Oyakawa, M.D. Islam and Minoru Yaga, “Fluid Flow and Infrared Image Analysis on Endwall Fitted with Short Rectangular Plate Fin”, Journal of Thermal science, Vol.15, No. (2), pp. 145-151, 2006.