Curriculum Vitae

Muhammad Arshad Zahangir Chowdhury

Graduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue School of Engineering and Technology
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Phone:+880-191-419-0829
E-mail:arshad.zahangir.bd@gmail.com & marschow@iupui.edu
URL: www.arshadzahangir.weebly.com

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, July 2014
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000
Thesis Title: Study of Heat Transfer Enhancement in Turbulent Flow through tube using
Longitudinal Strip Insert with Delta and Rectangular Winglet Vortex Generator.
Advisor: Prof.Dr. M.A.R. Sarkar
Higher Secondary Certificate, Science, September 2008
Government Science College, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Secondary School Certificate, Science, June 2006
Government Science College attached High School, Tejgaon, Dhaka

AWARDS AND HONORS

Academic Honors
Awarded to students graduating with a GPA of 3.75 or higher.
Deans List
Awarded to students maintaining a GPA of 3.75 or higher in an academic year.
Education Board Scholarship
Awarded for outstanding performance in H.S.C. examination.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, October 2014-August 2016
Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering
Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka
Trainee Engineer, October 2013-November 2013
Bangladesh Milk Producers Co-Operative Union Limited, Dhaka

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Fall 2014-Spring 2016)

Theoretical
Mechanics of Materials
Elements of Theory of Machine and Machine Design
Sessional
Heat Engines Sessional
Heat Transfer Sessional
Control Engineering Sessional
Mechanical Engineering Drawing I
Mechanical Engineering Drawing II (CAD)
Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering Sessional

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Workshop on Biofluid Dynamics (WBFD 2013), ME Dept., BUET
Workshop on Thermo-Fluid Modeling using Multi-physics Software, ME Division, IEB

PROJECTS
Pick and Place Robot Manipulator
Cost Eective Universally Accessible Automatic Bus Door

SOFTWARE SKILLS
Comsol Multiphysics, Matlab, Simulink, Solidworks, SmartDraw, LATEX

PUBLICATIONS
Journal
M.R. Haque and M.A.Z. Chowdhury, Numerical study of vortex induced vibration of
various blu bodies for design optimization of an energy harvester , Journal of Emerging
Trends in Engineering and Applied Sciences (2015)
Conference
M.A.Z. Chowdhury, M.R. Rahman and M.A.R. Sarkar, Heat transfer enhancement
in a circular tube in fully developed turbulent flow using delta winglet vortex generators
, 9th International Forum on Strategic Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh (2014)
M.R. Haque, M.A.Z. Chowdhury and Anjan Goswami, Eect of angle of attack on an
optimized vortex induced vibrated energy harvester: a numerical approach , Proceedings
of 11th ICME, BUET,Dhaka, Bangladesh (2015)

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Appendix
A1. Numerical study of vortex induced vibration of various blu bodies for design optimization of
an energy harvester.
Flow induced vibration is numerically investigated for flow over three dierently shaped blubodies at dierent fluid velocities to find the most
appropriate energy harvester shape. To optimize
and refine the design of a cantilever based novel
energy harvester, the computation has been done
for cylindrical, triangular and elliptical blu bodies to which the harvester is attached. A Fast
Fourier Transformation is performed on the estimated vibration frequency to yield the frequency
of vortex shedding. From the wake velocity profile,
lift oscillation and frequency of vortex shedding is Fig A1.1:Velocity contour at Re = 270 and t=7s for
estimated. Strouhal numbers of the stated bodies (a) triangular (b) elliptical(c) circular blu body.
are analyzed. A higher synchronized bandwidth
of shedding frequencies is an indication of an optimized harvester design. Both triangular along
with elliptical shaped blu bodies were found to
be more suitable than that of cylindrical shaped
blu bodies. Elliptical shaped blu bodies yield a
wide range of lock-in frequency compared to that
of triangular shaped blu bodies. Moreover, blu
body shape has a prominent influence on vortex induced vibration and elliptical blu body gives the
Fig A1.2:Variation of Strouhal number with
highest vibration or energy under stated conditions.
Reynolds number.

A2. Heat transfer enhancement in a circular tube in fully developed turbulent flow using delta winglet
vortex generators.
An experimental investigation has been carried
out to study the convective heat transfer enhancement. In a circular tube, V-array delta winglet vortex generators were (DWVGs) inserted to study
dierent common flow up configuration of delta
winglet pairs (3, 5 & 9). The angle of attack was
set at 10 , 15 and 20 . The flow was varied in the
turbulent regime , from 2.04 to 6.04 . Air velocity,
air inlet and outlet temperature, wall temperature Fig A2.1:Comparison of the variation of heat transand pressure drops along the axial length of the test fer coecient with Reynolds Number. ( Number of
section were measured to analyze the friction fac- Winglet Pairs = 3 ).
tor, Nusselt number, and heat transfer co-ecient.
At comparable Reynolds number, heat transfer coecient in tube with in row V-array DWVG is enhanced by 1.41 to 3.51 times, Nusselt Number increased by 1.6 to 3.6 times , friction factor increased
by 3.3 to 6.2 times. But the pumping power increases as much as 6 times compared to that of
smooth tube.
Fig A2.2:Comparison of the variation of thermal
performance factor with Reynolds Number.( Number of winglet pairs = 9).