Overview
Education
- Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin, 1997
- M.S. The University of Texas at Austin, 1993
- B.S. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1988
Information
Academic Interests and Expertise
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer; Inverse Heat Transfer; Pseudospectral Methods; Modeling and Simulation; Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing
Areas of Research Interest
- Large Scale Modeling of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer; Wind Farms; Transport of Atmospheric Pollutants
- Sustainability; Renewable Energy
- Ground-Source Assisted (Geothermal) Cooling/Refrigerant-Free Air Conditioning
- Open Source Software on High Performance Computing Platforms (BeoShock)
Areas of Teaching Interest
- Engineering Thermodynamics; Fluid Mechanics; Heat and Mass Transfer
- Energy and Sustainability; Engineering for the Environment
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer; Incompressible Flow; Turbulence and Modeling
Working Papers
For Peer Review
- Ahmed, I., Power Density of Wind Farms.
- McKenna, M., Ahmed, I., and Yeo, D.-H., Effects of Reduced Mesh Resolution on LES of ABL.
Open Access Textbook (OAT)
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Energy & Sustainability (with a Primer on Engineering Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer)
Areas of Service
Current Service
- Faculty Senate, 黑洞社区
- Campus Sustainability, 黑洞社区
In Recent Past
- Graduate Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering
- Bicycling and Pedestrian Advisory Board, City of Wichita
Other Interests
Squash at the Heskett Center; Sailing on Lake Cheney; Mountain Biking